WESTBROOK, COSTA, BEAGLE, AND ELSLIGER TAKE CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST WINS AT OHSWEKEN

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Article Credit: Brent Otchere

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 23, 2024) – Pinewood Horticultural Services and Ontario Agra presented Christmas in August at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Dylan Westbrook, Jesse Costa, Ryan Beagle, and Jeff Elsliger took A-Main wins.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Liam Martin and D.J. Christie brought the 25 car field to the green flag for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Martin set the pace, leading the opening laps of the race and encountering traffic in just six laps. Christie brought out the red flag on lap seven with a violent solo flip off the track in turn three. Christie immediately pulled himself out of the wreck unharmed.

The restart saw Dylan Westbrook get the better of Martin and take the lead away. Unlike other times when Westbrook has taken the lead this season, he had to fight off a challenge for the win as Nick Sheridan proved to be a real threat. Sheridan was wheel-to-wheel with Westbrook in the closing stages of the race, but ultimately Westbrook was able to edge out Sheridan after a late restart and pull away for the win.

The triumph was a milestone for Westbrook, as it was his 40th A-Main victory in 360 Sprint Car competition at Ohsweken. Josh Hansen was able to squeak by Sheridan for second, while Sheridan settled for the final podium spot. Rounding out the top five were Martin and Matt Farnham.

Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Brian Nanticoke started on pole with Al Sleight next to him for the 20 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Nanticoke led the opening laps with Brett Stratford hot on his heels. The one and only caution flag came out when Keegan Baker came to a stop in turn one. Nanticoke was able to hold off the hard-charging Stratford initially after the restart, however Stratford overtook for the lead on lap eleven.

Once Stratford got the clean air, the handling went away for him and allowed Jesse Costa to close the gap. Costa took the lead in heavy traffic with seven laps to go and knifed through more traffic to lock down the win. The win was Costa’s 10th career Crate Sprint Car victory at Ohsweken and moved him into a tie with Ryan Hunsinger and Holly Porter for second on the all-time win list. Stratford was able to salvage a second place finish, with Brent Begolo finishing a close third. Steve Murdock finished in fourth, and Andrew Hennessy closed out the top five.

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Logan Ferguson started on pole alongside Scott McPhail to take the green flag for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Ferguson was only able to hold his pole position for a single lap as Donny Lampman found himself leading by lap two. Lap three saw a caution flag, allowing Ryan Dinning to become the third leader of the race after a superb restart. Dinning’s lead was cut short due to another caution, which allowed Zach Bleich to take over out front after the restart.

The racing began to heat up as the leaders were racing five wide, displaying their talent and car control. The spectacular racing came to a halt when a red flag was thrown due to Kyle Andress hitting the inside wall in turn four and barrel rolling. Andress was unharmed in the accident. The closing laps had a three-way battle for the lead between Ryan Beagle, Adam Plazek, and Dave Bailey. A late restart saw Beagle get the better of his competition and take his 18th career Thunder Stock win at Ohsweken. Next to cross the line were Bailey in second, Plazek third, Ron Loggie fourth, and Bleich fifth.

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Nick Erskine and Jeff Elsliger to begin the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. Elsliger proved to be the one to beat at the drop of the green flag, easily putting over a one second gap on the field. Fabio Olivieri came to a stop on lap five, bringing out the caution flag. Elsliger stood tall to the task, leading again after the restart.

Ken Hair tried to set up an overtake on Elsliger, but his efforts were thwarted by an untimely caution when Olivieri stopped on the track again. Elsliger timed the restart perfectly with just three laps to go, managing to lead every lap and take his fourth career Mini Stock win at Ohsweken. Following Elsliger were Hair in second, Tim DeBoer third, Nick Erskine fourth, and Alex Riley fifth.

Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
I.L.A Sports and Brant County Tire present Back to School Back Pack Night on Friday, August 30, featuring the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.

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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, August 23, 2024
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors: Pinewood Horticultural Services & Ontario Agra
Total Entries: 126
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (25 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[6]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen[4]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[5]; 4. 9-Liam Martin[1]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[14]; 6. 15-Ryan Turner[8]; 7. 19D-Allan Downey[10]; 8. 71-Mike Bowman[13]; 9. 17X-Cory Turner[12]; 10. 7-Eric Gledhill[11]; 11. 12DD-Darren Dryden[3]; 12. 94-Todd Hoddick[22]; 13. 0-Glenn Styres[16]; 14. 87X-Shone Evans[7]; 15. 77T-Tyeller Powless[9]; 16. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[17]; 17. 21K-Kyle Phillips[25]; 18. 68-Aaron Turkey[18]; 19. 21-John Burbridge Jr[23]; 20. 49L-Lucas Smith[19]; 21. 46-Kevin Pauls[21]; 22. 81-Derek Jonathan[15]; 23. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[24]; 24. (DNF) 5-DJ Christie[2]; 25. (DNF) 10C-Cole MacDonald[20]
Hard Charger – Todd Hoddick +10

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 87X-Shone Evans[1]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[3]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen[6]; 4. 19D-Allan Downey[5]; 5. 71-Mike Bowman[7]; 6. 49L-Lucas Smith[4]; 7. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[8]; 8. 21K-Kyle Phillips[2]; 9. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[9]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[4]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[8]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[6]; 4. 7-Eric Gledhill[5]; 5. 81-Derek Jonathan[2]; 6. 10C-Cole MacDonald[3]; 7. 21-John Burbridge Jr[1]; 8. 46-Kevin Pauls[7]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 1:53.505
1. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[3]; 3. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]; 4. 17X-Cory Turner[5]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[4]; 6. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 7. 68-Aaron Turkey[8]; 8. 94-Todd Hoddick[7]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (34 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 52-Jesse Costa[7]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 3. 71-Brent Begolo[4]; 4. 2M-Steve Murdock[18]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 6. 2S-Al Sleight[2]; 7. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[1]; 8. 88-Lance Erskine[16]; 9. 99-Joshua Hill[12]; 10. 72-Tanner Podwinski[11]; 11. 94-Ryan Fraser[3]; 12. 74-Rob Neely[8]; 13. 14B-Broden Weiler[10]; 14. 20-Johnny Miller[17]; 15. 16X-Keegan Baker[20]; 16. 24A-AJ Lewis[15]; 17. 29W-Tyler Ward[14]; 18. 24K-Kiana Teal[21]; 19. 14W-Greg Wilson[9]; 20. 28T-Cameron Thomson[19]; 21. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[22]; 22. 5-Tom Pellezari[28]; 23. 777-Cameron Olm[24]; 24. 2-Travis Hofstetter[13]; 25. 98-Jonah Mutton[23]; 26. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[27]; 27. 11W-Nathan Jackson[26]; 28. 27-Niko Hansen[25]
Hard Charger – Steve Murdock +14

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 1. 24K-Kiana Teal[1]; 2. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[6]; 3. 98-Jonah Mutton[3]; 4. 777-Cameron Olm[2]; 5. 27-Niko Hansen[8]; 6. 11W-Nathan Jackson[5]; 7. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[10]; 8. 5-Tom Pellezari[9]; 9. 38-Melissa Miller[4]; 10. 69K-Ken Hamilton[11]; 11. (DNF) 3-Devon Bacher[12]; 12. (DNF) 14-Larry Gledhill[7]; 13. (DNS) 53-Logan Shwedyk; 14. (DNS) MK8-Matt Hill

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[6]; 3. 29W-Tyler Ward[1]; 4. 88-Lance Erskine[3]; 5. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 6. 98-Jonah Mutton[4]; 7. 777-Cameron Olm[8]; 8. 14-Larry Gledhill[9]; 9. 3-Devon Bacher[5]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 1:59.613
1. 71-Brent Begolo[1]; 2. 14W-Greg Wilson[2]; 3. 72-Tanner Podwinski[4]; 4. BS39-Brett Stratford[9]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 6. 11W-Nathan Jackson[3]; 7. 27-Niko Hansen[5]; 8. 5-Tom Pellezari[7]; 9. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:04.185
1. 94-Ryan Fraser[1]; 2. 14B-Broden Weiler[2]; 3. 99-Joshua Hill[3]; 4. 87-Andrew Hennessy[8]; 5. 28T-Cameron Thomson[5]; 6. 38-Melissa Miller[4]; 7. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[7]; 8. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[6]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 1. 74-Rob Neely[3]; 2. 2S-Al Sleight[4]; 3. 2-Travis Hofstetter[2]; 4. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 5. 16X-Keegan Baker[5]; 6. 24K-Kiana Teal[6]; 7. (DNS) MK8-Matt Hill; 8. (DNS) 53-Logan Shwedyk
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (30 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[20]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[19]; 3. 41-Adam Plazek[13]; 4. 97-Ron Loggie[14]; 5. 108-Zach Bleich[12]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer[17]; 7. 13-Kacey Huffman[8]; 8. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[15]; 9. 93K-Mike Klazinga[11]; 10. 37-Robert Hoskins[9]; 11. 28-Jim Lampman[10]; 12. 8-Ryan Dinning[7]; 13. 55-Mike Thorne[4]; 14. 69G-Brian General[16]; 15. 222-Nick Masi[22]; 16. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 17. 14DD-Dustin Duga[18]; 18. 07-Scott McPhail[2]; 19. 88-Aidan Nigh[24]; 20. 711-Seth Lanoue[21]; 21. 92-Paige Lanoue[26]; 22. 61-Steve Johnson[27]; 23. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[1]; 24. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[25]; 25. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[23]; 26. (DNF) 28D-Donny Lampman[5]; 27. (DNS) 24-Blake Bomberry Jr; 28. (DQ) 427-Tim Phalen[6]
Hard Charger – Ryan Beagle +19

Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[12]; 2. 8-Ryan Dinning[5]; 3. 93K-Mike Klazinga[7]; 4. 28D-Donny Lampman[4]; 5. 37-Robert Hoskins[6]; 6. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[9]; 7. 41-Adam Plazek[8]; 8. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 9. 69G-Brian General[10]; 10. 07-Scott McPhail[2]; 11. 711-Seth Lanoue[13]; 12. 43-Kyle Andress[1]; 13. 76-Jamie Goudge[15]; 14. 61-Steve Johnson[11]; 15. (DNS) 21-Blake Bomberry Sr

Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 55-Mike Thorne[3]; 2. 108-Zach Bleich[7]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[8]; 4. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 6. 88L-Logan Ferguson[1]; 7. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[12]; 8. 28-Jim Lampman[6]; 9. 14DD-Dustin Duga[11]; 10. 427-Tim Phalen[4]; 11. 222-Nick Masi[14]; 12. 88-Aidan Nigh[15]; 13. 92-Paige Lanoue[13]; 14. (DNF) 26-Keith Haine[2]; 15. (DNF) 24-Blake Bomberry Jr[9]
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HRW Automotive Mini Stocks (37 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[2]; 2. 5K-Ken Hair[9]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[12]; 4. 64-Nick Erskine[1]; 5. 17-Alex Riley[19]; 6. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[5]; 7. 46-Rodney Rutherford[20]; 8. 2-Matt Nuell[6]; 9. 14L-John Lubeck[16]; 10. 23-Dusty DeBoer[14]; 11. 4-Wayde Thorne[21]; 12. 32-Gillian Hils[17]; 13. 21X-Mark Bazuin[18]; 14. 01-Tristan DaSilva[11]; 15. 1A-Ashton Dickie[15]; 16. 20J-Nathan Joyner[23]; 17. 1-Jason Tolton[10]; 18. X-Jeremy Cooper[24]; 19. 66-Jon Janssens[22]; 20. 76-Shawn Taylor[3]; 21. 66X-Martin Schroder[7]; 22. 12-Don Deagle[27]; 23. 51-Jesse McDonald[13]; 24. 32L-Grayden Lyons[26]; 25. 54-Christopher French[4]; 26. 11-Mike Giberson[28]; 27. (DNF) 15-Spencer Riddell[25]; 28. (DNF) 16-Fabio Olivieri[8]
Hard Charger – Alex Riley +14

B-Main [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 4-Wayde Thorne[1]; 2. 66-Jon Janssens[2]; 3. 20J-Nathan Joyner[4]; 4. X-Jeremy Cooper[3]; 5. 15-Spencer Riddell[8]; 6. 32L-Grayden Lyons[6]; 7. 12-Don Deagle[11]; 8. 11-Mike Giberson[7]; 9. 04-Rogan Monaghan[10]; 10. 4A-Mason Anderson[13]; 11. 38C-John Cote[12]; 12. 228-Kris Lawrence[5]; 13. 79-Steve Miller[16]; 14. (DNF) 22-Ethan Beaulieu[14]; 15. (DNF) 265-Mike Evers[9]; 16. (DNF) 64E-Doug Erskine[15]; 17. (DNS) 33-Mark Martin

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 76-Shawn Taylor[3]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine[2]; 3. 66X-Martin Schroder[6]; 4. 01-Tristan DaSilva[8]; 5. 21X-Mark Bazuin[15]; 6. 51-Jesse McDonald[10]; 7. 46-Rodney Rutherford[16]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[7]; 9. 32-Gillian Hils[13]; 10. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[5]; 11. 4-Wayde Thorne[9]; 12. X-Jeremy Cooper[12]; 13. 228-Kris Lawrence[18]; 14. 11-Mike Giberson[1]; 15. 265-Mike Evers[11]; 16. 12-Don Deagle[14]; 17. (DNF) 4A-Mason Anderson[4]; 18. (DNF) 64E-Doug Erskine[19]; 19. (DNF) 33-Mark Martin[17]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 2:51.165
1. 23-Dusty DeBoer[4]; 2. X-Jeremy Cooper[2]; 3. 66X-Martin Schroder[6]; 4. 2-Matt Nuell[3]; 5. 4-Wayde Thorne[11]; 6. 76-Shawn Taylor[7]; 7. 14L-John Lubeck[5]; 8. 32-Gillian Hils[8]; 9. 44-Craig Vlasic[14]; 10. 01-Tristan DaSilva[10]; 11. 11-Mike Giberson[1]; 12. 15-Jordan Willms[13]; 13. 81D-Crystal Soules[9]; 14. (DNF) 11J-Jeff Elsliger[12]
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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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