WESTBROOK, STRATFORD, AND PANGRAZIO TAKE WINS ON SECOND NIGHT OF THUNDER ON THE GRAND WEEKEND AT OHSWEKEN

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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 12, 2024) Nitro 54 Variety and Sit n’ Bull Tire presented night two of Thunder on the Grand at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Dylan Westbrook, Brett Stratford, and David Pangrazio took A-Main wins.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Joe Trenca and Liam Martin brought the 30 car field to the green flag for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Trenca led the race briefly before Martin overtook him for the lead on lap two. Jac Nickles brought out a caution on lap three as he spun around in turn three. The restart was cut short due to Ryan Coniam coming to a stop in turn one. Once racing resumed, Dylan Westbrook vaulted to the lead.

Lap eleven saw Martin have a nasty flip as his car was turned into a pile of twisted metal, immediately bringing the red flag out. Martin climbed out of the wreck unharmed. The closing laps of the race saw once again saw Westbrook drive away picking up his seventh victory at Ohsweken this season. The win also completed a sweep of both Thunder on the Grand 360 Sprint Car A-Mains for $15,000 total in two nights. Finishing next were Mike Bowman in second, Nick Sheridan third, D.J. Christie fourth, and Jason Barney fifth. A competitive field of 37 cars were entered for the event thanks to the cooperation of the Empire Super Sprints, Great Lakes Super Sprints, and Southern Ontario Sprints tours.

Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Brian Nanticoke started on pole with Lance Erskine next to him for the 25 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Stratford made quick work of the front row drivers, leading the opening lap. Traffic became a factor for Stratford in just four laps. Jesse Costa was racing as if he was driving on rails however, catching up to Stratford by lap twelve. Before Costa could set up the pass for the lead, a caution flag fell as Tyler Ward came to a stop in turn two.

Stratford led the restart successfully, making sure Costa stayed behind. With five laps left, a late-race caution came out and set up a dash to the checkered flag. Stratford once again led the restart, but this time Costa was right there with him. On the last turn of the race, Stratford and Costa came together and bounced off each other. Stratford inched just ahead of Costa coming out of turn four, having the momentum to cross the finish first. Stratford successfully swept the Thunder on the Grand Crate Sprint A-Mains. Costa had to settle for second, while Erskine finished in third, Andrew Hennessy fourth, and Nanticoke fifth.

Northeast Late Model Alliance
David Pangrazio and Steve Baldwin led the Crate Late Models to green, starting the 25 lap NLMA A-Main. Pangrazio led the opening laps until he lost the lead to Baldwin due to a restart after a caution flag came out on lap three. Another caution flag appeared two laps later with Pangrazio repaying the favour back to Baldwin and reclaiming the lead on the restart.

A terrifying wreck occurred on lap 17, bringing out the red flag as Ryan Goudie flipped in turn one. Goudie pulled himself out of his car unharmed and the relieved crowd cheered after learning he wasn’t hurt. A late -race caution flag produced a six lap sprint to the finish, which saw Pangrazio stepping up to the challenge and locking down the victory. Finishing next were Baldwin in second, Brandon Mowat third, Craig Graham fourth, and Kyle Sopaz fifth.

Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Strode’s BBQ & Deli and Insta-Insulation present Memorial Night on Thursday, July 19, featuring the Noelle Teal Memorial Twin 14’s for Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, Brock Leonard Memorial 50 for Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, Art Hill Memorial 42 for HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and the return of the Mod Lites. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, July 12, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors: Nitro 54 Variety and Sit n’ Bull Tire
Total Entries: 100
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (37 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman[9]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[6]; 4. 5-DJ Christie[4]; 5. 87-Jason Barney[18]; 6. 28F-Davie Franek[8]; 7. 15-Ryan Turner[17]; 8. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 9. 7NY-Matt Farnham[21]; 10. 68-Aaron Turkey[10]; 11. 71H-Max Stambaugh[20]; 12. 12DD-Darren Dryden[13]; 13. 17X-Cory Turner[27]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres[24]; 15. 87X-Shone Evans[19]; 16. 88H-Josh Hansen[22]; 17. 94-Todd Hoddick[28]; 18. 52-Scott Kreutter[7]; 19. 17-Jared Horstman[11]; 20. 77T-Tyeller Powless[26]; 21. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]; 22. 49T-Gregg Dalman[23]; 23. 46-Kevin Pauls[29]; 24. 3G-Dale Gosselin[14]; 25. (DNF) 7C-Phil Gressman[15]; 26. (DNF) 70MM-Dale Curran[25]; 27. (DNF) 9-Liam Martin[2]; 28. (DNF) 19D-Allan Downey[30]; 29. (DNF) 31-Jac Nickles[12]; 30. (DNF) 46C-Ryan Coniam[16]
Hard Charger – Cory Turner +14

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
70MM-Dale Curran[4]; 2. 77T-Tyeller Powless[1]; 3. 17X-Cory Turner[3]; 4. 94-Todd Hoddick[8]; 5. 46-Kevin Pauls[9]; 6. 19D-Allan Downey[5]; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7]; 8. 84L-Mike Lichty[12]; 9. 21-Tom Huppunen[13]; 10. 13-Keith Granholm[10]; 11. (DNF) 0C-Paulie Colagiovanni[2]; 12. (DNF) 7-Eric Gledhill[11]; 13. (DNF) 70-Eli Lakin[6]

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 2. 68-Aaron Turkey[2]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman[3]; 4. 12DD-Darren Dryden[5]; 5. 87X-Shone Evans[4]; 6. 87-Jason Barney[8]; 7. 77T-Tyeller Powless[7]; 8. 19D-Allan Downey[6]; 9. 46-Kevin Pauls[10]; 10. 21-Tom Huppunen[9]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 85-Dustin Daggett[2]; 2. 52-Scott Kreutter[4]; 3. 3G-Dale Gosselin[1]; 4. 31-Jac Nickles[5]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[3]; 6. 49T-Gregg Dalman[6]; 7. 0C-Paulie Colagiovanni[9]; 8. 70-Eli Lakin[7]; 9. 13-Keith Granholm[8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 1:57.235
1. 5-DJ Christie[2]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[3]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman[1]; 4. 15-Ryan Turner[4]; 5. 46C-Ryan Coniam[7]; 6. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 7. 17X-Cory Turner[5]; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[8]; 9. (DNS) 7-Eric Gledhill

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[5]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[8]; 5. 88H-Josh Hansen[3]; 6. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 7. 70MM-Dale Curran[6]; 8. 94-Todd Hoddick[1]; 9. 84L-Mike Lichty[9]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (39 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[3]; 3. 88-Lance Erskine[2]; 4. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[1]; 6. 2M-Steve Murdock[23]; 7. 98-Jonah Mutton[12]; 8. 71-Brent Begolo[15]; 9. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[13]; 10. 20-Johnny Miller[10]; 11. 72R-Bruno Richard[8]; 12. 9-Adam Turner[22]; 13. 53-Logan Shwedyk[18]; 14. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[14]; 15. 74-Rob Neely[9]; 16. 97-Sheldon Bender[16]; 17. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[20]; 18. 2-Travis Hofstetter[7]; 19. 51-Trevor Young[29]; 20. 16X-Keegan Baker[28]; 21. 14B-Broden Weiler[17]; 22. 3-Devon Bacher[21]; 23. 777O-Cameron Olm[27]; 24. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[25]; 25. (DNF) 4B-Darrell Pelletier[30]; 26. (DNF) 14-Larry Gledhill[6]; 27. (DNF) 27-Niko Hansen[26]; 28. (DNF) 29W-Tyler Ward[19]; 29. (DNF) 28T-Cameron Thomson[11]; 30. (DNF) 24A-AJ Lewis[24]
Hard Charger – Steve Murdock +17

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[2]; 2. 27-Niko Hansen[1]; 3. 777O-Cameron Olm[3]; 4. 16X-Keegan Baker[5]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[4]; 6. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[15]; 7. 38-Melissa Miller[13]; 8. M52-Marc Surprenant[8]; 9. 4K-Jamie Kay[6]; 10. 24K-Kiana Teal[10]; 11. (DNF) 20L-Cayden Lapcevich[7]; 12. (DNS) 72-Tanner Podwinski; 13. (DNS) 2S-Al Sleight; 14. (DNS) MK8-Matt Hill; 15. (DNS) 99-Joshua Hill

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:00.757
1. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 2. 28T-Cameron Thomson[2]; 3. 97-Sheldon Bender[3]; 4. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[8]; 5. 3-Devon Bacher[6]; 6. 29W-Tyler Ward[9]; 7. 27-Niko Hansen[10]; 8. 4K-Jamie Kay[7]; 9. (DQ) MK8-Matt Hill[1]; 10. (DQ) 4B-Darrell Pelletier[5]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:07.963
1. 2-Travis Hofstetter[1]; 2. 14-Larry Gledhill[5]; 3. 72R-Bruno Richard[6]; 4. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[4]; 5. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[9]; 6. 14B-Broden Weiler[10]; 7. 51-Trevor Young[8]; 8. 20L-Cayden Lapcevich[7]; 9. 24K-Kiana Teal[3]; 10. (DQ) 38-Melissa Miller[2]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 52-Jesse Costa[3]; 2. 98-Jonah Mutton[2]; 3. 53-Logan Shwedyk[1]; 4. 74-Rob Neely[7]; 5. 71-Brent Begolo[8]; 6. 2M-Steve Murdock[4]; 7. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[10]; 8. 16X-Keegan Baker[9]; 9. (DNF) 72-Tanner Podwinski[6]; 10. (DNF) 2S-Al Sleight[5]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:04.513
1. 1. 87-Andrew Hennessy[1]; 2. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[2]; 3. 88-Lance Erskine[8]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[7]; 5. 9-Adam Turner[5]; 6. 24A-AJ Lewis[3]; 7. 777O-Cameron Olm[9]; 8. M52-Marc Surprenant[6]; 9. (DQ) 99-Joshua Hill[4]
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Northeast Late Model Alliance (24 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 136-David Pangrazio[1]; 2. 5-Steve Baldwin[2]; 3. 46-Brandon Mowat[3]; 4. 98-Craig Graham[6]; 5. 11-Kyle Sopaz[8]; 6. J19-Rob Ledingham[23]; 7. 38-Mike Goudie[16]; 8. 89-Austin King[4]; 9. 03-TJ Downs[15]; 10. 151KB-Brian McDonald[17]; 11. 0-Tyler French[21]; 12. 31-John McIntyre[7]; 13. 9-Adam Turner[18]; 14. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[11]; 15. 15-Tim Gillespie[24]; 16. (DNF) 94Z-Stan Zanchin[5]; 17. (DNF) 00-Ryan Goudie[13]; 18. (DNF) 41-Ryan Lambert[9]; 19. (DNF) 14-Brandt Graham[12]; 20. (DNF) 57-Charlie Sandercock[10]; 21. (DNF) 21-Rich Sanders[20]; 22. (DNF) 33-David Vandertoorn[14]; 23. (DNF) 47P-Blaine Murawski[22]; 24. (DQ) 38D-Doris Lajeunesse[19]
Hard Charger – Rob Ledingham +17

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:15.857
1. 46-Brandon Mowat[6]; 2. 5-Steve Baldwin[3]; 3. 94Z-Stan Zanchin[4]; 4. 57-Charlie Sandercock[7]; 5. 00-Ryan Goudie[2]; 6. 38-Mike Goudie[1]; 7. 38D-Doris Lajeunesse[8]; 8. 47P-Blaine Murawski[5]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 11-Kyle Sopaz[4]; 2. 31-John McIntyre[1]; 3. 89-Austin King[7]; 4. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[6]; 5. 33-David Vandertoorn[8]; 6. 151KB-Brian McDonald[2]; 7. 21-Rich Sanders[5]; 8. (DNF) J19-Rob Ledingham[3]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:14.634 NTR
136-David Pangrazio[3]; 2. 41-Ryan Lambert[1]; 3. 98-Craig Graham[6]; 4. 14-Brandt Graham[7]; 5. 03-TJ Downs[5]; 6. 9-Adam Turner[2]; 7. 0-Tyler French[4]; 8. 15-Tim Gillespie[8]
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About Ohsweken Speedway: Opened in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex and event centre featuring a 3/8 mile clay oval auto racing track and 1/6 mile clay oval Micro Sprint and Karting track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday Night Excitement racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks, while the facility also hosts weekly Micro Sprint and Kart racing on Thursday nights.

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