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October 21 2018

LUCAS WOLFE WINS 360 SPRINT PORTION OF DUTCH HOAG WEEKEND AT OUTLAW SPEEDWAY

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Outlaw 10/19/2018

Published October 21, 2018

By Kenny Shupp Jr.

(Dundee, NY) Lucas Wolfe showed why he is one of the top Sprint Car drivers in the northeast as he claimed the combined Empire Super Sprint, Patriot Sprint Tour, United Racing Club 25 lap, 360 Sprint Car Feature on Friday, October 19 at the Outlaw Speedway. For the second generation pilot from Mechanicsburg, Pa it was the culmination of a great last several weeks as he has been victorious in 410 Sprint action in his home state as well as claiming the 2018 track title at the famed Williams Grove Speedway which is within eye sight of where he resides in the Keystone State.

Wolfe took full advantage of his outside pole position starting spot in the A Main event; however it was Shawn Donath jumping into the lead in the early going. A caution on lap one for the spinning machine of Coleman Gulick in turn 1 slowed the pace at the start of the event and for Gulick it was because of some tremendous heads up driving by half the field that he was able to avert any real contact and restarted at the rear of the field. On the restart Donath once again showed the way, but a red flag on lap 4 caused by the spinning machine of Darryl Ruggles and subsequent rollover of the Dan Kuhn machine brought the field to a stop. After the track was cleared and the cars realigned the race would then go green to checkered and provided some spectacular competition from front to back. Justin Barger who now resides in Cornelius, North Carolina took over the top spot on lap five, but Donath would retake the lead with a nifty pass in lap traffic on lap nine. On the very next lap Barger was once again able to get around the stingy Donath and lead until lap twelve when Wolfe would show his muscle and take over the top spot which he would never relinquish. However, the second half of the 25 lap affair would not come easy for Wolfe as he was constantly hounded by Barger as Donath’s machine began to fade allowing the likes of Jared Zimbardi and Chuck Hebing to move into the top five. “Juice” Zimbardi and “Cobra” Hebing put on a driving clinic as they pushed each other hard in an attempt to run down the high flying duo of Wolfe and Barger, but time ran out as Wolfe picked up the win by just a scant 2 seconds over Barger with Zimbardi, Hebing and Donath rounding the top five finishers. Outlaw Speedway Fall Nationals 360 Sprint winner, Davey Franek led the charge of the next five competitors across the line followed there by Dylan Westbrook, Derek Locke, Joe Trenca and Cameron Gulick who rallied nicely from his lap 1 spin to round out the top ten finishers. Congratulations to all competitors!

Earlier evening qualifying heat wins went to Wolfe, Hebing and Zimbardi with Jeff Cook picking up the win in the B-Main. The 5 lap Dash to set the top six for the feature was won by Shawn Donath.

Outlaw Speedway/360 Sprint Tid Bits.

Some 28 sprints took to the 4/10 of a mile clay oval as the event at Outlaw Speedway pretty much brought down the curtain on 360 Sprint Car racing in NY for the 2018 season.

Lucas Wolfe set fast time for the night in early evening time trials by stopping the clock at 12.583 seconds.

Jared Zimbardi continues his mastery of the Outlaw Speedway with yet another top five finish as “The Juice” really has the Yates County oval figured out. The duo of Zimbardi and Hebing are 2 of the most popular drivers that compete and Outlaw Speedway and they certainly did not disappoint the hearty fans that was on hand and braved the cold temperatures.

Opening night of the two day Dutch Hoag Triple 7’s Weekend drew no less than 175 cars representing 7 classes of competition

Albeit the fact the event was dubbed as an Open 360 Show featuring drivers from ESS, PST and URC it was the staff of the Lucas Empire Super Sprint organization that over saw the night of action.

ESS/PATRIOT/URC 360 SPRINTS. QUICK RESULTS

OUTLAW SPEEDWAY DUTCH HOAG TRIPLE 7’S WEEKEND.

Friday, October 19, 2018.

360 Sprints. (28 cars)

Heats. Lucas Wolfe, Chuck Hebing, Jared Zimbardi

B-Main. Jeff Cook

Dutch Hoag Memorial Pole Dash. Shawn Donath, Lucas Wolfe, Justin Barger, Davey Franek, Chuck Hebing, Jared Zimbardi

Mach 1 Chassis 25 lap A-Main. Lucas Wolfe, Justin Barger, Jared Zimbardi, Chuck Hebing, Shawn Donath, Davie Franek, Dylan Westbrook, Derek Locke, Joe Trenca, Coleman Gulick, Kyle Drum, Bobby Hackel, Steve Hutchinson Jr., Matt Billings, Darryl Ruggles, Denny Peebles, Matt Tanner, Jeff Cook, Dave Axton, Scott Holcomb, Jason Barney, Jonathan Preston, Dan Kuhn. DNS Derrick Juliano. DNQ. Will Glover, Kelly Hebing, Will Hull

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October 16 2018

2018 Lucas Oil ESS Champion Wins $3,000 at Brockville over Jeff Cook and Jason Barney

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Brockville 10/13/2018

Published October 16, 2018

2018 Lucas Oil ESS Champion Wins $3,000 at Brockville over Jeff Cook and Jason Barney

By Tim Baltz

The 360 Sprint Cars took to the speedway for 25 laps and to no surprise Steve Poirier would jump out into the early race lead over Jeff Cook and Matt Tanner. The race track for the Sprint Cars also became difficult on their right rear tires but Poirier, who claimed his record tying 8th series title in 2018, was mastering the tire game to the best of his ability but a yellow on lap 6 for Shawn Donath would slow the pace for everyone.

On the next restart a major accident took place as a total of 12 cars piled into turns 1 and 2 with no place to go, blocking the entire race track and the red flag was displayed. Despite what looked to be a severe accident, resulted in only a few drivers having to retire to the pits but many were able to rejoin at the tail of the field.On the restart it was still Poirier in front of the field over Cook, Tanner, Jason Barney and Matt Billings. At the halfway point Poirier and Cook had distanced themselves from the rest of the field and Cook, who chose a harder tire than Poirier tried his best in traffic to get by the 8 time ESS champion but Poirier remained up to the challenge and in control. The battle for 3rd however was a fantastic battle as Matt Tanner tried at will to hold off 2017 ESS champion Jason Barney for a podium spot. With a handful of laps remaining Jason Barney was able to get by for 3rd but had a lot of work to do to run down the top 2. At the checkered flag despite the many attempts by Jeff Cook, the man they call Fireball was able to claim another Brockville Speedway Sprint Car win in his career. Jeff Cook took 2nd with Jason Barney claiming the final podium spot

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints A-Main at Brockville – Steve Poirier ($3,050), Jeff Cook ($2,000), Jason Barney ($1,100), Matt Tanner ($800), Matt Billings ($550), Chris Jones ($470). Joe Trenca ($430), Larry Wight ($420), Rick Wilson ($410), Alex Vigneault ($500), Yan Bilodeau ($370), Denny Peebles ($400), Dave Axton ($330), Shawn Donath ($325), Jordan Poirier ($370), Sean Durand ($315), Kelly Hebing ($310), Parker Evans ($305), Roger Levesque ($300), Steve Hutchinson Jr., ($300), Paul Pekkonen ($300), Tyler Cartier ($300), Chad Miller ($300), Dale Gosselin ($300).

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September 25 2018

Steve Poirier Beats Chuck Hebing in American/Canadian Clash Thriller at Airborne Park on Sunday

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Airborne 9/23/2018

Published September 25, 2018

Steve Poirier Beats Chuck Hebing in American/Canadian Clash Thriller at Airborne Park on Sunday

By Dean Reynolds

PLATTSBURGH, NY – It was the first ever American/Canadian Sprint Car Clash at the Airborne Park Speedway where the battle for the $4,000 top prize wasn’t decided until the waiving of the checkered flag by starter Austin Swamp.

Steve Poirier and Chuck Hebing swapped the lead twice in the final three laps with Poirier finally coming out on top of the former two-time Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint (ESS) champion. For Poirier it capped a dream weekend as he claimed a record tying eighth ESS title the night before at the Fonda Speedway.

“When Chuck got by me I thought ‘oh I just lost the race’!” exclaimed Poirier right after, “He went under me and just pulled away. Then all of a sudden he just got too high in turn two and I got back under him. I just felt I got lucky.”

Poirier admitted afterwards, the multi-grooved track was challenging. “The track was better than I thought it would be. The top was fast but it looked like the bottom started to get some rubber. I was actually confused on to where to run,” he said jokingly. “I was down low and felt the rubber but I thought “Cobra” (Hebing) was up top and just got a run on me so I went back up there at the end. I don’t know it that was the right move.”

Poirier settled down and maneuvered through lapped traffic in the final lap to pick up his seventh win of the 2018 campaign. “To win the ESS championship last night and then to win such a competitive race today, it was a pretty special weekend for me and the crew.” Poirier summed up.

For Hebing, it was so close to the win in his first time ever seeing the Airborne 4/10ths mile, “I had a good run on Steve there coming off four and then I just went a bit to high in the next corner and he got back around,” said Hebing, “You just can’t give a guy like Steve that type of break. We wanted the win sure but had a good car, the guys have worked hard and each time we hit the track the car is good.”

For Matt Tanner, he made some late race moves and found himself in third at the checkers. “Those last two laps were a bit crazy, there were cars on top and bottom,” he said on the last few laps, “Jeff (Cook) got slowed up by a slower car and I was able to sneak under him to get third on the last lap. We had a good car and run here well, it was a good finish.”

The aforementioned Jeff Cook came home in fourth but did get has high as second as he found a good lane down low late. You can say he found the rubber before anyone else. Billy VanInwegen led several laps running the cushion but as the track changed and lapped traffic figured in he dropped back just a bit late to take fifth.

Rounding out the top ten were Jason Barney, Alex Vigneault, Alain Bergeron, Matt Billings and Chad Miller.

The special ESS vs. SCONE vs. Canada five lap dash with a $1,000 purse went to Alain Bergeron making for a Canada sweep of the night. VanInwegen and Barney followed the winner.

Davie Franek and Lucas Wolfe were in route but unfortunately an accident on Interstate 87 North stopped traffic for seven hours. Despite ESS and Airborne officials moving the schedule around hoping for their arrival, they were forced to turn around and go back home.

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

American/Canadian Clash A-Main at Fonda – Steve Poirier ($4,000), Chuck Hebing ($2,000), Matt Tanner ($1,200), Jeff Cook ($700), Billy VanInwegen ($775), Jason Barney ($675), Alex Vignaeult ($450), Alain Bergeron ($725), Matt Billings ($410), Chad Miller ($400), Adam Pierson ($375), Scott Holcomb ($350), Will Hull ($440), Jake Williams ($330), Dale Gosselin ($320), Paul Pekkonen ($310), Dan Douville ($300), Ryan Avery ($300), Lacey Hanson ($425), Roger Levesque ($300), Sean Durand ($375), Jordan Fournwalt ($300).

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September 25 2018

Danny Varin Wins Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Event at Fonda; Steve Poirier Claims Eighth Career Title

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Fonda 9/22/2018

Published September 25, 2018

Danny Varin Wins Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Event at Fonda; Steve Poirier Claims Eighth Career Title

By Dean Reynolds

FONDA, NY – Danny Varin dominated the second and final stop for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints at the Fonda Speedway on Saturday night for his sixth win of the season. Varin was chased to the line by Steve Poirier in second which was good enough for him to win his eighth career series championship tying with him Mike Woodring for the most all time.

“This car has been phenomenal,” stated Varin in victory lane. “I can’t thank my crew enough. They put a really good car underneath me, good motor underneath me and it really paid off.”

Varin started on the outside of the front row which gave him the top lane going into turn one. He blasted around pole-sitter Cory Sparks to have the lead as the field exited the turn onto the back straightaway. From there he quickly opened up the gap over the field.

Varin caught traffic on lap seven forcing him to alter his line while Larry Wight worked his way into the runner-up position after starting fifth. Wight closed in on Varin as he encountered heavier traffic. Then, on lap nine the caution was necessary as Josh Flint spun in the third turn.

Much like the opening start, Varin was on the mark at the green flag putting distance on Wight. Wight had his hands full with Varin’s father Bobby as he looked to take second. As their battle continued for second, a few positions behind them Poirier was working his way up through from the 13^th starting spot.

On lap 15 Poirier was looking to a make a three-wide move to go from seventh to fifth only to come together with Coleman Gulick. The contact caused Poirier to spin in turn three. He stayed on the gas and completed the 360 spin to keep going without losing a position.

One last caution was necessary as Bobby Varin’s car came to a rest in turn one after collapsing the front end on lap 19. Action resumed with a double-file restart as Danny was flanked by Wight on the outside. Like the two previous starts, Danny was gone at the green.

“I was looking forward to the restarts to be honest with you,” commented Varin. “I felt so good after a restart, but the long green flags I was really fading and fading pretty fast. Once the yellow came out I gathered everything up, pulled the wing back a little bit more and put my foot to the floor.”

With Danny checking out, the race heated up for second. Poirier took advantage of the restart to jump from sixth into the top three with a wild three-wide pass on the outside. He then tracked down Wight to take over the runner-up spot with just a lap to go.

Danny was too far gone at that point as he went on to easily win the E&V Energy / NAPA Auto Parts / Mach 1 Chassis feature for his fourth consecutive win at his home track.

Poirier’s second place finish earned him championship number eight. He was able to put enough of a gap between himself and 2017 champion Jason Barney to earn top honors again to match Woodring’s record.

“We were not supposed to race for the title, but at mid-season it started being possible,” commented Poirier. “We had some luck. I felt like we deserved it. We had been good team and did really well during the season. We were just supposed to race for wins, but then we could get the title. I have a lot of respect for Mike Woodring and I didn’t know if we’d run for another championship, maybe next year to eventually get it. Now that it played our way I’ll have to come back to defend the title.”

It wasn’t an easy run to the title on Saturday night as Poirier had ignition issues in timed warm-ups which started him last in the heat. He missed the redraw before going on to win the dash. He then regrouped from the 360 spin in the feature to take second.

“What a night,” cited Poirier. “We battled hard tonight. We had problems in hot laps then some small problems with the car in the heat race and missed the redraw. We thought we were in trouble. In the feature we knew we had to take every position possible for the championship. I had a run on the backstretch on Coleman and Pieniazek, he turned a little onto me and I didn’t lift. I needed just a bit more traction to get there. When I spun I thought, ‘at least I tried.’ I wouldn’t have been proud of myself if I didn’t. I kept my foot in it and within two laps I was catching them again.”

Wight held on late to finish in the third position with Gulick finishing fourth and Pieniazek able to round out the top five.

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

Mach 1 Chassis A-Main at Fonda – Danny Varin ($2,085), Steve Poirier ($1,160), Larry Wight ($860), Coleman Gulick ($630), Josh Pieniazek ($555), Billy VanInwegen ($470), Shawn Donath ($480), Cory Sparks ($470), Paul Kinney ($410), Matt Tanner ($400), Jason Barney ($395), Bobby Hackel ($355), Jeff Trombley ($375), Jeff Cook ($350), Chad Miller ($350), Matt Billings ($300), Mike Kiser ($325), Kelly Hebing ($325), Dave Axton ($350), Mike Mahaney ($300), Jeremiah Munson ($300), Floyd Billington ($300), Bobby Varin ($325), Josh Flint ($300).

Did Not Qualify – Sean Durand, Brett Wright, Keith Granholm.

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Wight, Donath, B. Varin $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Wight, Donath, D. Varin $25

Engler Machine and Tool Halfway – D. Varin $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – Sparks $50

Insinger Performance Hard Charger – Poirier (13 pos), $50

Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 14^th Anniversary – Cook $50

Fondations 55 Last Car Lead Lap – Hebing $50

Lacaillade Masonry B-Main – Axton – $50

Fondations 55 Pick 5 – Pieniazek $25

SUNY Canton Smart Finish – Barney $35

Trackside Body Works/Cobra Coaches Dash – Poirier ($100), Trombley ($75), Miller ($50), Kiser ($25), Hackel ($25), K. Hebing ($25)

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – D. Varin, Poirier, Wight $10

Hoosier Tire – Mahaney $200

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September 20 2018

Parker Price-Miller Wins 2018 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Ohsweken 9/15/2018

Published September 20, 2018

Parker Price-Miller Wins 2018 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals

By Tommy Goudge

OHSWEKEN, Ontario (September 15, 2018) – Parker Price-Miller claimed $10,000 USD and the second Canadian Sprint Car Nationals victory of his career on Saturday night at Ohsweken Speedway, while Lucas Smith was the victor in the Crate Showdown. A total of 95 drivers competed in the 14th Annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals supercharged by Nitro 54 Variety, including 65 360 Sprint Cars and 30 Crate Sprint Cars.

Mark Smith (left), Parker Price-Miller, and Steve Poirier (right) took podium finishes at the 2018 Canadian Sprint Car Nationals (Photo by Dale Calnan/image Factor Media).

Jonathan Preston and Parker Price-Miller started first and second for the 35 lap A-Feature, but Chuck Hebing darted to the lead as the front row starters diced for position. The yellow flag came out with just one lap complete when Coleman Gulick slowed and then took off again, while the restart saw Preston flip wildly off the edge of the track in turn three to bring out the red flag. Preston climbed unscathed from his heavily-damaged car, and a longer green flag period ensued after the cleanup.

Hebing held the lead after the restart, but his advantage shrunk when he began to encounter slower traffic and Price-Miller slipped by on lap six. Row five starter and former CSCN winner Sam Hafertepe Jr. was already into the top five by this time, and jousted with Davie Franek as both tried to catch Max Stambaugh, Hebing, and Price-Miller. The yellow flag reappeared with 14 laps complete due to debris on the track, and Hebing’s attempt at retaking the lead was rebuffed after the restart.

Hebing’s dogged pursuit of Price-Miller continued, but the gap grew after a couple of close calls in traffic. Dylan Westbrook and Mark Smith entered the fray during this stint, but Westbrook’s bid for another top five finish went sour when he touched the wall. The yellow flag appeared again when Westbrook stopped on the track with a flat right rear tire and suspension damage on lap 24. Westbrook ran out of time in the work area and the race restarted without him, but Jeff Cook slowed with nose wing damage before another lap was completed; both Cook and Westbrook were able to return for the next restart.

Price-Miller continued at the front with Hebing again applying pressure, while Smith took third from Hafertepe and 20th starter Jordan Thomas entered the top five. More trouble slowed the race when Kyle Drum’s broken front end put him into the inside wall in turn three. Hafertepe took third back from Smith after the restart, while Hebing continued to throw everything he could at Price-Miller. Hebing’s hopes were dashed, however, when he made contact with the inside wall in turns one and two. The green flag stayed out as Hebing was able to get to the infield instead of stopping on the track, and Price-Miller then had a comfortable lead.

Hafertepe took over second when Hebing dropped out, and held that spot with five laps to go ahead of Smith, Thomas, and Steve Poirier on a late charge. While Price-Miller negotiated traffic, Hafertepe and Smith continued their contest. The Thomas charge ended when he tipped over in turn two to bring out a red flag with two laps left; this became an open red for all competitors to refuel. Thomas was able to rejoin the field for the restart.

Price-Miller fended off a challenge from Hafertepe after the restart and went on to take the win, while Poirier and Smith charged around Hafertepe to take podium finishes. Hafertepe, Franek finished fourth and fifth, respectively, while Scott Kreutter, Jordan Poirier, 26th starter Mitch Brown, 30th starter Chris Steele, and 22nd starter Jason Barney rounded out the top ten.

Dylan Westbrook was the fastest driver overall in time trials, while Chuck Hebing, Devon Dobie, Parker Price-Miller, Mack DeMan, Dain Naida, and Jonathan Preston claimed heat race wins, Alex Hill, Jordan Thomas, and Kyle Drum were B-Feature winners, and Jonathan Preston won the Pole Dash.

OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY STATISTICAL REPORT

September 15, 2018
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
14th Annual Arrow Express
Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
Supercharged by Nitro 54 Variety
Total Entries: 95
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Canadian Sprint Car Nationals – Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (65 Entries)

A-Feature (Started) 35 laps – NT
1. 67x Parker Price-Miller (2)
2. 28fm Steve Poirier (12)
3. 55 Mark Smith (9)
4. 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. (10)
5. 28f Davie Franek (6)
6. 49 Scott Kreutter (11)
7. 28p Jordan Poirier (13)
8. 10 Mitch Brown (26)
9. 80 Chris Steele (30)
10. 87 Jason Barney (22)
11. 56n Dain Naida (3)
12. 35 Jared Zimbardi (16)
13. 17x Mack DeMan (7)
14. 14h Jim Huppunen (14)
15. 79 Jordan Thomas (20)
16. 23 Devon Dobie (8)
17. 17 Jared Horstman (23)
18. 77x Alex Hill (19)
19. DNF 17 Max Stambaugh (5)
20. DNF 45 Chuck Hebing (4)
21. DNF 47x Dylan Westbrook (15)
22. DNF 47 Kyle Drum (21)
23. DNF 10c Jeff Cook (18)
24. DNF 85 Dustin Daggett (17)
25. DNF 28h Hud Horton (27)
26. DNF 54jr Steven Hutchinson Jr. (24)
27. DNF 97 Cory Turner (25)
28. DNF 14 Coleman Gulick (29)
29. DNF 22p Jonathan Preston (1)
30. DNF 56 Billy VanInwegen (28)
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Chuck Hebing (1-5), Parker Price-Miller (6-35)
Hard Charger – Chris Steele +21 (30th to 9th)

Awards:
-Feature Winner Bonus: Parker Price-Miller (Free Fire Suit from EPIC Racewear)
-Rookie of the Nationals Award: Mack DeMan ($500 CAD from Fine Touch Collision)
-Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car Award: Jordan Thomas ($350 CAD from Corr/Pak Merchandising)
-Travis Rutz Long Tow Award: Vigneault 55 w/driver Mark Smith ($250 CAD from Doc Magilligan’s Irish Pub at Best Western Plus Cairn Croft)
-Fastest Qualifier Award: Dylan Westbrook ($300 CAD from Grisdale Racing Products)
-Fastest Canadian Qualifier Award: Dylan Westbrook ($300 CAD from Inside Track Motorsport News)
-Hard Charger Award: Chris Steele ($250 CAD from Nitro 54 Variety)
-Top Empire Super Sprints Driver: Steve Poirier ($250 USD from Lucas Oil ESS)
-Top Great Lakes Super Sprints Drivers: Max Stambaugh & Dustin Daggett ($250 USD each from Specialty Fuels & Logistics)
-Top National Racing Alliance Invaders Series Driver: Devon Dobie ($200 USD from K&L Ready Mix)
-Top Patriot Sprint Tour Driver: Jared Zimbardi ($200 USD from Patriot Sprint Tour)
-Top Southern Ontario Sprints Driver: Cory Turner ($200 CAD from Brighton Speedway)
-Top Ohsweken Speedway Drivers: Chris Steele ($250 CAD from Ohsweken Speedway), Mack DeMan ($200 CAD from Overland RNC), Jim Huppunen ($150 CAD from Golfi Concrete & Drain), Dylan Westbrook ($100 CAD from Tri-Star Forming), Steve Lyons ($50 CAD from Fleet Contracting)
-Mach 1 Chassis Bonuses: Mark Smith ($250 USD from Mach 1), Jeff Cook & Coleman Gulick ($100 USD each from Mach 1)
-Top Eagle Chassis: Steve Poirier ($100 USD from Mike Emhof Motorsports)

Qualifications Flight 1
1. 47x Dylan Westbrook – Scotland ON – 13.633; 2. 35 Jared Zimbardi – Bradford PA – 13.656; 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. – Rockwall TX – 13.762; 4. 77x Alex Hill – Six Nations ON – 13.834; 5. 97 Cory Turner – Caistor Centre ON – 13.883; 6. 28fm Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC – 13.933; 7. 45 Chuck Hebing – Ontario NY – 13.958; 8. 23 Devon Dobie – Wapakoneta OH – 13.963; 9. 87 Jason Barney – Brewerton NY – 14.008; 10. 87x Shone Evans – Scotland ON – 14.056; 11. 91 Ryan Turner – Caistor Centre ON – 14.100; 12. 9 Steve Lyons – Carlisle ON – 14.201; 13. 56 Billy VanInwegen – Sparrowbush NY – 14.241; 14. 1 Holly Porter – Dorchester ON – 14.411; 15. 67 Pete Richardson – Vernon NY – 14.463; 16. 18 Ryan Susice – Ransomville NY – 14.471; 17. 9b Scott Burk – Charing Cross ON – 14.551; 18. 5d Jacob Dykstra – Port Colborne ON – 14.651; 19. 15sos Mike Ferrell – London ON – 14.687; 20. 13 Keith Granholm – Syracuse NY – 14.699; 21. 2 Dave Axton – Port Byron NY – 14.839; 22. 1c Ryan Hunsinger – Stouffville ON – NT

Qualifications Flight 2
1. 67x Parker Price-Miller – Kokomo IN – 13.701; 2. 55 Mark Smith – Sunbury PA – 13.782; 3. 14 Coleman Gulick – Chenango Forks NY – 13.836; 4. 17x Mack DeMan – Toronto ON – 13.881; 5. 85 Dustin Daggett – Portland MI – 13.917; 6. 28 Jordan Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC – 13.965; 7. 98 Joe Trenca – Clay NY – 13.982; 8. 17 Jared Horstman – Cloverdale OH – 14.071; 9. 28f Davie Franek – Wantage NJ – 14.081; 10. 10 Mitch Brown – Brantford ON – 14.130; 11. 28g Phil Gressman – Fremont OH – 14.159; 12. 79 Jordan Thomas – Harding PA – 14.172; 13. 90 Matt Tanner – Stephentown NY – 14.223; 14. 3 Denny Peebles – Lowville NY – 14.229; 15. 19k Paul Kinney – Durhamville NY – 14.278; 16. 55t Mike Thorne – Caledonia ON – 14.335; 17. 33 Danny Varin – Sharon Springs NY – 14.479; 18. 110 Jake Brown – Brantford ON – 14.613; 19. 18x Josh Shantz – St. Agatha ON – 14.682; 20. 5c Conor Mahoney – Hamilton ON – 14.734; 21. 44 Barry Dunn – Aylmer ON – 14.983; 22. 16L Roger Levesque – Bath ON – 15.195

Qualifications Flight 3
1. 17h Max Stambaugh – Lima OH – 14.033; 2. 22p Jonathan Preston – Romulus NY – 14.070; 3. 56n Dain Naida – Adrian MI – 14.079; 4. 53 Shawn Donath – Syracuse NY – 14.120; 5. 28h Hud Horton – Germantown OH – 14.152; 6. 0 Mike Kruchka – Hamilton ON – 14.157; 7. 10c Jeff Cook – Antwerp NY – 14.287; 8. 14h Jim Huppunen – Welland ON – 14.305; 9. 47 Kyle Drum – Wayland NY – 14.312; 10. 49 Scott Kreutter – Cowlesville NY – 14.327; 11. 15 Dan Nanticoke – Ohsweken ON – 14.386; 12. 54jr Steven Hutchinson Jr. – Oswego NY – 14.495; 13. 11 Jamie Turner – Caistor Centre ON – 14.525; 14. 10h Kelly Hebing – Ontario NY – 14.592; 15. 80 Chris Steele – St. Catharines ON – 14.611; 16. 121 Steve Glover – Ontario NY – 14.652; 17. 88c Chad Miller – Amsterdam NY – 14.715; 18. 22 Shawn Sliter – Port Colborne ON – 14.774; 19. 0c Cole Macdonald – Waterdown ON – 14.930; 20. 18s Michael Summers – Warsaw IN – 15.604; 21. 30 Scott Goodrich – Middletown NY – 15.616

Heat Race 1 (Started) 10 laps – NT
1. 45 Chuck Hebing (1), 2. 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3), 3. 47x Dylan Westbrook (4), / 4. 97 Cory Turner (2), 5. 87 Jason Barney (5), 6. 56 Billy VanInwegen (7), 7. 91 Ryan Turner (6), 8. 67 Pete Richardson (8), 9. 9b Scott Burk (9), 10. 15sos Mike Ferrell (10), 11. 2 Dave Axton (11)

Heat Race 2 (Started) 10 laps – NT
1. 23 Devon Dobie (1), 2. 28fm Steve Poirier (2), 3. 35 Jared Zimbardi (4), / 4. 77x Alex Hill (3), 5. 9 Steve Lyons (6), 6. 87x Shone Evans (5), 7. 18 Ryan Susice (8), 8. 13 Keith Granholm (10), 9. 5d Jacob Dykstra (9), 10. 1 Holly Porter (7), 11. 1c Ryan Hunsinger (11)

Heat Race 3 (Started) 10 laps – 2:20.757
1. 67x Parker Price-Miller (4), 2. 28f Davie Franek (5), 3. 85 Dustin Daggett (2), / 4. 28g Phil Gressman (6), 5. 98 Joe Trenca (1), 6. 14 Coleman Gulick (3), 7. 19k Paul Kinney (8), 8. 90 Matt Tanner (7), 9. 33 Danny Varin (9), 10. 18x Josh Shantz (10), 11. DNF 16L Roger Levesque (11)

Heat Race 4 (Started) 10 laps – 2:25.222
1. 17x Mack DeMan (3), 2. 28 Jordan Poirier (2), 3. 55 Mark Smith (4), / 4. 17 Jared Horstman (1), 5. 79 Jordan Thomas (6), 6. 10 Mitch Brown (5), 7. 110 Jake Brown (9), 8. 55t Mike Thorne (8), 9. 3 Denny Peebles (7), 10. 5c Conor Mahoney (10), 11. 44 Barry Dunn (11)

Heat Race 5 (Started) 10 laps – NT
1. 56n Dain Naida (3), 2. 17h Max Stambaugh (4), 3. 10c Jeff Cook (1), / 4. 47 Kyle Drum (5), 5. 80 Chris Steele (8), 6. 0c Cole Macdonald (10), 7. 88c Chad Miller (9), 8. 28h Hud Horton (2), 9. 11 Jamie Turner (7), 10. 30 Scott Goodrich (11), 11. DNF 15 Dan Nanticoke (6)

Heat Race 6 (Started) 10 laps – NT
1. 22p Jonathan Preston (4), 2. 14h Jim Huppunen (1), 3. 49 Scott Kreutter (5), / 4. 54jr Steven Hutchinson Jr. (6), 5. 22 Shawn Sliter (9), 6. 10h Kelly Hebing (7), 7. 121 Steve Glover (8), 8. DNF 0 Mikey Kruchka (2), 9. DNF 18s Michael Summers (10), 10. DNF 53 Shawn Donath (3)

Pole Dash (Started) 5 laps – 1:13.281 NTR
1. 22p Jonathan Preston (2), 2. 67x Parker Price-Miller (1), 3. 56n Dain Naida (4), 4. 45 Chuck Hebing (7), 5. 17h Max Stambaugh (6), 6. 28f Davie Franek (5), 7. 17x Mack DeMan (3), 8. 23 Devon Dobie (8)

B-Feature 1 (Started) 12 laps – 3:00.220
1. 77x Alex Hill (1), 2. 87 Jason Barney (4), / 3. 97 Cory Turner (3), 4. 56 Billy VanInwegen (5), 5. 18 Ryan Susice (7), 6. 9 Steve Lyons (2), 7. 1 Holly Porter (14), 8. 91 Ryan Turner (9), 9. 87x Shone Evans (6), 10. 5d Jacob Dykstra (12), 11. 67 Pete Richardson (10), 12. 13 Keith Granholm (8), 13. 2 Dave Axton (16), 14. 9b Scott Burk (11), 15. 15sos Mike Ferrell (13), 16. DNS 1c Ryan Hunsinger (15)

B-Feature 2 (Started) 12 laps – 2:59.257
1. 79 Jordan Thomas (2), 2. 17 Jared Horstman (3), / 3. 10 Mitch Brown (6), 4. 14 Coleman Gulick (8), 5. 28g Phil Gressman (1), 6. 110 Jake Brown (4), 7. 98 Joe Trenca (5), 8. 3 Denny Peebles (12), 9. 19k Paul Kinney (7), 10. 33 Danny Varin (11), 11. 55t Mike Thorne (9), 12. 44 Barry Dunn (16), 13. 5c Conor Mahoney (13), 14. 18x Josh Shantz (14), 15. DNF 90 Matt Tanner (10), 16. DNS 16L Roger Levesque (15)

B-Feature 3 (Started) 12 laps – NT
1. 47 Kyle Drum (5), 2. 54jr Steven Hutchinson Jr. (2), / 3. 28h Hud Horton (10), 4. 80 Chris Steele (3), 5. 22 Shawn Sliter (1), 6. 10h Kelly Hebing (6), 7. 88c Chad Miller (7), 8. 0c Cole Macdonald (4), 9. 121 Steve Glover (8), 10. 18s Michael Summers (9), 11. DNF 11 Jamie Turner (12), 12. DNF 0 Mike Kruchka (13), 13. DNS 30 Scott Goodrich (11), 14. DNS 15 Dan Nanticoke (14), 15. 53 Shawn Donath (15)

Provisional A-Feature Starters: 97 Cory Turner (Southern Ontario Sprints)

Added A-Feature Starters: 10 Mitch Brown, 28h Hud Horton, 56 Billy VanInwegen, 14 Coleman Gulick, 80 Chris Steele

September 17 2018

MARK SMITH AND SAM HAFERTEPE JR. WIN AT BURGER BARN NIGHT BEFORE THE NATIONALS

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Ohsweken 9/14/2018

Published September 17, 2018

MARK SMITH AND SAM HAFERTEPE JR. WIN AT BURGER BARN NIGHT BEFORE THE NATIONALS

By Clayton Johns

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 14, 2018) – Ohsweken Speedway kicked off it’s biggest weekend of the season with the Burger Barn Night Before the Nationals as part of the 14th annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend presented by Nitro 54 Variety. A total of 133 drivers were signed into the pit area, including 65 360 Sprint Cars.

The Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars headlined the night with twin 15-lap Features as drivers battled for one of two guaranteed starting spots in Saturday’s 35-lap and $10,000 USD-to-win, $1,000 USD-to-start main event. When the dust settled, it was Mark Smith who won the first Feature and Sam Hafertepe Jr. who claimed victory in the second Feature. Those two drivers will start no worse than row five in Saturday’s A-Feature.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars Twin 15-Lap Features

Mark Smith and Jordan Thomas started on the front row of the first 15-lap A-Feature. Smith and Thomas swapped the lead on the opening lap with Smith in the top spot at the line. The two drivers raced side-by-side for the lead on lap four and a straightaway ahead of a three-car battle for third between Jared Zimbardi, Davie Franek and Dustin Daggett.

On lap five, the caution came out for the only time in the race when Chad Miller spun in turn one. Smith led again on the restart with Thomas in tow as they broke away from the rest of the field again. In the final five laps, Smith distanced himself by more than five car lengths and drove away to the win. Over the final three laps Parker Price-Miller drove past Daggett to take third. Zimbardi rounded out the top-five.

Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Jordan Poirier lined-up alongside each other in the first row of the second 15-lap A-Feature. Before the first lap could be completed, Scott Goodrich spun in turn two. The ensuing restart saw Hafertepe lead on the bottom while Chuck Hebing and Poirier raced for second. In the following laps, Jonathan Preston and Dylan Westbrook both got past Jordan Poirier for third and fourth, respectively.

With five to go, Hafertepe had opened a two-second lead over Hebing, who was being tracked down by Westbrook. On the final lap, Westbrook got past Hebing in turn two and then held him off at the line while Hafertepe claimed the win. Preston and Jordan Poirier rounded out the top-five.

With their 15-lap Feature wins, Smith and Hafertepe will start no worse than the fifth row for tomorrow’s 35-lap and $10,000 USD-to-win A-Feature.

Earlier in the night, it was Hafertepe, Thomas, Shawn Sliter, Hebing, Davie Franek and Westbrook claiming heat race wins.

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Ohsweken Speedway Race Report
September 14, 2018
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Burger Barn Night Before the Nationals
Total Entries – 133

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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (65 Entries)

A-Feature 1 (15 laps – No Time)
Finish. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 55 Mark Smith (1); 2. 79 Jordan Thomas (2); 3. 67x Parker Price-Miller (8); 4. 85 Dustin Daggett (5); 5. 35 Jared Zimbardi (6); 6. 28fm Steve Poirier (15); 7. 28f Davie Franek (4); 8. 56v Billy VanInwegen (10); 9. 98 Joe Trenca (9); 10. 91 Ryan Turner (7); 11. 10h Kelly Hebing (13); 12. 22 Shawn Sliter (3); 13. 28 Phil Gressman (12); 14. 88c Chad Miller (14); 15. DNF 17x Mack DeMan (11)
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Mark Smith 1-15
Hard Charger – Steve Poirier +9 (15th to 6th)

A-Feature 2 (15 laps – No Time)
Finish. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1); 2. 47x Dylan Westbrook (6); 3. 45 Chuck Hebing (3); 4. 22p Jonathan Preston (5); 5. 28 Jordan Poirier (2); 6. 17 Jared Horstman (10); 7. 97 Cory Turner (12); 8. 80 Chris Steele (7); 9. 77x Alex Hill (9); 10. 56n Dain Naida (4); 11. 23 Devon Dobie (13); 12. 30 Scott Goodrich (8); 13. 87x Shone Evans (11); 14. DNF 2 Dave Axton (14); 15. DNF 5d Jacob Dykstra (15)
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Sam Hafertepe Jr. 1-15
Hard Charger – Cory Turner +5 (12th to 7th)

Heat Race No.1 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer to A-Feature – No Time)
Finish. # Name – Hometown – (Starting Position)
1. 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. – Rockwall, TX, USA – (4); 2. 67x Parker Price-Miller* – Kokomo, IN, USA – (3); 3. 87x Shone Evans (R) – Scotland, ON – (1); 4. 56n Dain Naida – Adrian, MI, USA – (10); 5. 88c Chad Miller – Amsterdam, NY, USA – (11); 6. 55t Mike Thorne – Caledonia, ON – (8); 7. 19k Paul Kinney – Durhamville, NY, USA – (5); 8. 1c Ryan Hunsinger – Stouffville, ON – (6); 9. 10c Jeff Cook – Antwerp, NY, USA – (2); 10. 21 John Burbridge Jr. – St. Williams, ON – (9); 11. 11 Jamie Turner – Caistor Centre, ON – (7)

Heat Race No.2 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer to A-Feature – 1:55.008)
Finish. # Name – Hometown (Starting Position)
1. 79 Jordan Thomas – Harding, PA, USA – (6); 2. 56 Billy VanInwegen (R) – Sparrowbush, NY, USA – (1); 3. 17x Mack DeMan (R) – Toronto, ON – (3); 4. 77x Alex Hill – Six Nations, ON – (9); 5. 17 Jared Horstman – Cloverdale, OH, USA – (10); 6. 49 Scott Kreutter – Cowlesville, NY, USA – (11); 7. 9 Steve Lyons – Carlisle, ON – (8); 8. 121 Steve Glover – Ontario, NY, USA – (5); 9. 9b Scott Burk (R) – Charing Cross, ON – (4); 10. DNS 18 Ryan Susice – Ransomville, NY, USA – (2); 11. DNS 67 Pete Richardson – Vernon, NY, USA – (7)

Heat Race No.3 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer to A-Feature – 2:00.390)
Finish. # Name – Hometown (Starting Position)
1. 22 Shawn Sliter – Port Colborne, ON – (3); 2. 28 Jordan Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, QC – (6); 3. 10h Kelly Hebing – Ontario, NY, USA – (1); 4. 91 Ryan Turner – Caistor Centre, ON – (8); 5. 30 Scott Goodrich (R) – Middletown, NY, USA – (10); 6. 18x Josh Shantz – St. Agatha, ON – (11); 7. 5c Conor Mahoney – Hamilton, ON – (9); 8. 15sos Mike Ferrell – London, ON – (2); 9. 18s Michael Summers (R) – Warsaw, IN, USA – (7); 10. 16L Roger Levesque – Bath, ON – (4); 11. DNS 36 Matt Billings – Brockville, ON – (5)

Heat Race No.4 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer to A-Feature – 1:53.681)
Finish. # Name – Hometown (Starting Position)
1. 45 Chuck Hebing – Ontario, NY, USA – (3); 2. 85 Dustin Daggett – Portland, MI, USA – (4); 3. 97 Cory Turner – Caistor Centre, ON – (1); 4. 98 Joe Trenca – Clay, NY, USA – (7); 5. 28fm Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, QC – (5); 6. 14h Jim Huppunen – Welland, ON – (11); 7. 14 Coleman Gulick – Chenango Forks, NY, USA – (8); 8. 17h Max Stambaugh – Lima, OH, USA – (10); 9. 28h James “Hud” Horton – Germantown, OH, USA – (9); 10. DNF 0 Mikey Kruchka – Hamilton, ON – (6); 11. DNF 10 Mitch Brown – Brantford, ON – (2)

Heat Race No.5 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer to A-Feature – 1:58.022)
Finish. # Name – Hometown (Starting Position)
1. 28f David Franek – Wantage, NJ, USA – (2); 2. 55 Mark Smith – Sunbury, PA, USA – (10); 3. 82 Jared Zimbardi – Bradford, PA, USA – (6); 4. 80 Chris Steele – St. Catharines, ON – (8); 5. 2 Dave Axton – Port Byron, NY, USA – (4); 6. 1-10 Jake Brown – Brantford, ON – (7); 7. 87 Jason Barney – Brewerton, NY, USA – (9); 8. 54jr Steven Hutchinson Jr. (R) – Oswego, NY, USA – (5); 9. 0c Cole MacDonald – Waterdown, ON – (11); 10. 3 Denny Peebles – Lowville, NY, USA (3); 11. 15 Dan Nanticoke (R) – Ohsweken, ON – (1)

Heat Race No.6 (8 laps – Top 5 Transfer to A-Feature – No Time)
Finish. # Name – Hometown (Starting Position)
1. 47x Dylan Westbrook – Scotland, ON – (1); 2. 22p Jonathan Preston – Romulus, NY, USA – (4); 3. 5d Jacob Dykstra (R) – Port Colborne, ON – (3); 4. 28g Phil Gressman – Fremont, OH, USA – (5); 5. 23 Devon Dobie – Wapakoneta, OH, USA – (6); 6. 1 Holly Porter – Dorchester, ON – (7); 7. 13 Keith Granholm – Syracuse, NY, USA – (2); 8. 47 Kyle Drum – Wayland, NY, USA – (8); 9. 44 Barry Dunn (R) – Aylmer, ON – (9); 10. 53 Shawn Donath – Syracuse, NY, USA – (10)

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About Burger Barn: Since opening in 2011, Burger Barn has quickly gained a reputation for large portions, friendly staff, great food, and fair prices. Tips from satisfied customers even led Food Network Canada to feature Burger Barn on their show “You Gotta Eat Here”. Burger Barn takes pride in their product, and they never get tired of hearing “That was the best burger I’ve ever had”. Their menu also includes all-day breakfast, wings, chicken burgers, fish and chips, pulled pork, daily specials, and much more! Burger Barn is located at 3000 Fourth Line in Ohsweken, just 5 miles from Ohsweken Speedway. Call them at 519-445-0088, and visit www.BurgerBarn.ca for more information.

CSCN HISTORY
The Canadian Sprint Car Nationals has been the annual season-closing event at Ohsweken Speedway since 2005, and brings together drivers and teams from the Empire Super Sprints, Great Lakes Super Sprints, National Racing Alliance Sprint Invaders, Patriot Sprint Tour, Southern Ontario Sprints, and Ohsweken Speedway’s Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car division, plus more teams and drivers from Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

PAST CSCN WINNERS
2005 Kenny Jacobs – Holmesville, Ohio, USA
2006 Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
2007 Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
2008 Wayne Johnson – Mustang, Oklahoma, USA
2009 Shane Stewart – Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
2010 Shane Stewart – Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
2011 Sam Hafertepe Jr. – Sunnyvale, Texas, USA
2012 Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
2013 Shane Stewart – Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
2014 Jessica Zemken – Sprakers, New York, USA
2015 Bryan Howland – Auburn, New York, USA
2016 Parker Price-Miller – Kokomo, Indiana, USA
2017 Carson Macedo – Lemoore, California, USA

About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks and Mini Stocks. The season finishes each year with the track’ annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights.

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September 10 2018

Larry Wight Goes Back-to-Back with Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints by Winning at Can-Am Speedway

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Can Am 9/8/2018

Published September 10, 2018

Larry Wight Goes Back-to-Back with Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints by Winning at Can-Am Speedway

By Mike Mallett

LAFARGEVILLE, NY – Larry Wight had a much easier time picking up the win in Saturday night’s Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint feature event at the Can-Am Speedway than his one last weekend where he came from the 19^thstarting spot. The Phoenix, N.Y., driver started on the pole and led all 25-laps of the E&V Energy, Mach 1 Chassis, and NAPA Auto Parts sponsored main-event for his second consecutive series score.

Wight got the lead right at the drop of the green flag with both Shawn Donath and Matt Tanner eventually attempting to wrestle the win from him. He also contended with traffic throughout much of the non-stop feature. At the end of the race, it was Wight standing in victory lane for his fourth career series triumph.

“We definitely got a good draw from Scotty (Jeffery) on getting the pole,” commented Wight afterwards. “The car was really good. We did some work to it to get it better than it was in the heat race. All the changes seemed to go the right way.”

Wight was flanked by Donath for the start of the third and final event at the Can-Am Speedway for the 2018 season. Wight used the inside groove to blast away from Donath at the green flag to lead the field through turns one and two. Donath tried the middle lane off the exit of two, but there wasn’t enough to challenge Wight.

As Wight and Donath worked one another over for the top spot, Tanner was working his No. 90 up through the field after starting in position seven. He took over the third spot on lap seven before setting his sets on the top two.

Traffic came into play as the race reached lap 10. Wight was careful as Donath was lurking back in second looking for an opening. Wight’s pace was impeded as he had several slower cars to contend with. Wight was trying to be careful which allowed Donath to stay close.

As they came to the halfway point on lap 13 Wight bobbled coming off the fourth turn. This allowed Donath to get alongside at the line. Wight quickly slammed the door going into turn one.

“I saw Donath show me a nose there and I had a chop him a little bit going into to one to make sure I got that bottom,” mentioned Wight. “After that I picked it up a little bit.”

A lap later Donath was still searching for an advantage on Wight. As he moved off the preferred lane in turns three and four Tanner pounced to move on by for the second position. Now his full attention was placed on Wight at the front of the field.

The longer the race went non-stop, the more traffic that began appearing in front of Wight. His patience in traffic continued even with Tanner knocking on the rear bumper. Wight never wavered from the inside groove with Tanner trying everything to get by.

“The track started laying a little bit of rubber so I knew all I had to do was make sure to stay on the bottom so no one could get underneath me,” stated Wight. “When we got to lapped cars I waited for them to slip up so I could go underneath them. I knew if tried going around the outside of them I was going to slip up and slide by to fifth real quick.”

Wight went on to win by just over a half-second with Tanner ending up in second. The Stephentown, N.Y., driver gave it all he had, but Wight never made a mistake forcing Tanner to be happy with second.

“In lapped traffic I thought we had a shot at him,” said Tanner. “He was sliding off the bottom a little bit. We were rolling pretty good. At the end it was rubber racing so you had to take what you could get. We went from eighth to second on this kind of track so that’s pretty good.”

Paul Kinney made a late charge to get up into the third spot. Like Tanner, he was hoping for some mistakes by the drivers in front of him to advance even further in the field.

“Guys were over driving the corner a tiny bit,” cited Kinney. “If you just missed that a rubber a hair someone was ready to jump on you. I was hoping Matt (Tanner) would try to go around Larry (Wight) on the top so I could go by him on the bottom there. I think he knew it was safer to stay on the bottom.”

Donath ended up coming home in the fourth spot at the checkered with hometown favorite Jeff Cook ending up in fifth.

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

Mach 1 Chassis A-Main at Can-Am – Larry Wight ($2,135), Matt Tanner ($1,085), Paul Kinney ($1035), Shawn Donath ($630), Jeff Cook ($555), Danny Varin ($495), Mike Mahaney ($430), Steve Poirier ($520), Billy VanInwegen ($435), Coleman Gulick ($400), Jason Barney ($420), Josh Pieniazek ($320), Brett Wright ($375), Matt Billings ($375), Chad Miller ($325), Jonathan Preston ($300), Cory Sparks ($350), Joe Trenca ($300), Dave Axton ($325), Chris Jones ($300), Keith Granholm ($300), Kelly Hebing ($400), Denny Peebles ($300), Paul Pekkonen ($300)

Did Not Qualify – Sam Reakes IV, Sean Durand, Roger Levesque

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Kinney, Wight, Tanner $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Barney, Varin, VanInwegen $25

Engler Machine and Tool Halfway – Wight $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – Wight $50

Insinger Performance Hard Charger – Tanner (5 pos), $50

Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 14^th Anniversary – Billings $50

Fondations 55 Last Car Lead Lap – Hebing $50

Lacaillade Masonry B-Main – Sparks – $50

Fondations 55 Pick 5 – Cook $25

SUNY Canton Smart Finish – Barney $35

L&J Landscaping/Cobra Coaches Dash – Poirier ($100), Wright ($75), Hebing ($50), Billings ($25), Axton ($25), Miller ($25)

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Just Missed – Levesque $25

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Wight, Tanner, Kinney $10

Hoosier Tire – Kinney $200

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September 2 2018

Larry Wight Wins by Inches Over Billy VanInwegen and Danny Varin in Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Thriller at Fulton

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Fulton 9/1/2018

Published September 2, 2018

Larry Wight Wins by Inches Over Billy VanInwegen and Danny Varin in Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Thriller at Fulton

By Mike Mallett

FULTON, NY – In what will go down in history as one of the closest finishes ever with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints, Larry Wight secured a last lap, last turn pass to beat out Billy VanInwegen and Danny Varin. The Phoenix, N.Y., driver needed all 25-laps to get it done as the margin between the top three was a mere .075 of a second.

What made the win even more remarkable is Wight lost a valve on his primary motor during his heat race. The team went back to the shop and got a second motor. They completed the change as the B-Main was pushing off. Wight started near the tail of that event and won it in dominant fashion. From there he worked from 19th starting spot to secure his first ever Empire Super Sprint feature win at Fulton Speedway, in the NAPA Auto Parts, Mach 1 Chassis feature event.

“We had a phenomenal car,” stated an ecstatic Wight. “This car has been really good, but we haven’t been able to catch the breaks. In the heat race we dropped a valve. We sent dad down the road to grab the motor and we changed it just in time to make the B (Main). It went good so we knew we had a car. We definitely earned this one.”

VanInwegen and Poirier brought the 26 car field up to speed from the front row. VanInwegen jumped out on Poirier to take the lead as they exited turn two. Poirier wasn’t far behind as he kept VanInwegen close.

The duo battled at the front changing lanes with each trying to find an advantage over the other. On lap six they come off of the third turn side-by-side at the line with VanInwegen remaining the leader.

Two laps later VanInwegen got his first taste of slower cars at the back of the field. He stuck with his line allowing him to keep Poirier behind him with Jonathan Preston as well as Jason Barney entering into the mix. VanInwegen was slowed by traffic, but no one behind him was able to capitalize.

VanInwegen and Poirier kept up their battle with a pause coming on lap 11 for a red flag. Dan Douville got over in the middle of turns three and four. Thankfully he exited the car uninjured. By this point in the race Wight had made his way up inside the top ten.

Like the original start, Poirier pulled up to the outside of VanInwegen. As was the case on the opening green, VanInwegen again got the jump on Poirier. This time he was able to put to put a small gap between himself and Poirier as he was forced to contend with Barney and a charging Varin.

Varin took the third spot from Barney then a few laps later took the second spot from Poirier. His full attention was then put on tracking down VanInwegen. As the lap counter clicked 20 is was VanInwegen in traffic fending off Varin with Wight up to fourth.

Wight made the most of the leaders being in traffic as he quickly closed in on the top two. As they crossed the start-finish line with two laps to go it was a three car race for the win. VanInwegen continued to keep both Varin and Wight at bay.

The final lap saw VanInwegen work the high lane in turns one and two while Wight and Varin tucked low in the midst of traffic. Wight was able to get around Varin off the exit of turn two. He got a great run off the corner allowing him to dive to the inside of VanInwegen going down the backstretch.

Wight had the preferred lane way down on the bottom of the speedway on the entrance to turn three forcing VanInwegen in the middle. Varin went for broke on the outside. As they raced through turns three and four Wight got just enough of a run to sneak by VanInwegen off the exit of the turn and to hold off Varin at the line.

“He (VanInwegen) was missing the bottom in three and four and me and Danny could just eat him up,” cited Wight. “The lapped car got in the way and he wasn’t sure which way that lapped car was going to go. He left just enough of a hole.”

VanInwegen was obviously disappointed as he came so close to capturing his first ever feature victory with the series. He’s been constantly improving as the season has progressed including four top five finishes in his last seven races.

“I’m probably going to lose a lot of sleep and probably have to drink a lot of beers to shake that one off,” said VanInwegen. “Larry ran an awesome race to come from the B like that. I had the time of my life racing Steve Poirier like that. I thought I would be chasing him for 25-laps, but to get to race like that with him in lapped traffic is nothing to hang our heads about. It’s truly a learning year for us out here, but I think we are getting close. Hopefully I can close one of these out someday.”

Varin indicated that he wasn’t going down without a fight. The high-side of turns three and four wasn’t the most ideal lane to be in on the speedway, but the Fonda, N.Y., driver nearly made it work just enough to get the win.

“I was trying to go where he (VanInwegen) wasn’t,” commented Varin. “There just wasn’t an exit off the top of four. It was kind of killing me. I stuck with it. I thought I was going to get him. I threw a couple sliders at him then Larry (Wight) peaked his nose in there the last lap. I don’t think anybody touched a wheel, that’s how great these drivers are. It kind of sucks, we wanted to win it tonight. It was a good race.”

Poirier ended up falling back to finish in the fourth position while Barney came to the checkers in fifth.

A total of 31 sprints made up the pit log.

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

Mach 1 Chassis A-Main at Fulton – Larry Wight ($2,135), Billy VanInwegen ($1,060), Danny Varin ($810), Steve Poirier ($655), Jason Barney ($580), Jonathan Preston ($495), Kelly Hebing ($455), Shawn Donath ($695), Brett Wright ($410), Coleman Gulick ($400), Chad Miller ($395), Jeff Cook ($120), Tommy Wickham ($300), Jeff Trombley ($350), Matt Tanner ($350), Paul Kinney ($325), Scott Holcomb ($325), Dave Axton ($325), Ryan Harrison ($300), Josh Azzi ($325), Keith Granholm ($300), Josh Flint ($100), Matt Billings ($300), Cory Sparks ($400), Dan Douville ($300), Tyler Graves ($300)

DNQ – Jake Karklin Joe August, Emily VanInwegen, Bill Unglert, Derrick Juliano

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Wight, Axton, Barney $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Poirier, Preston, Hebing $25

Engler Machine and Tool Halfway – VanInwegen $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – VanInwegen $50

Insinger Performance Hard Charger – Wight (19 pos), $50

Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 14^th Anniversary – Trombley $50

Fondations 55 Last Car Lead Lap – Azzi $50

Lacaillade Masonry B-Main – Wight – $50

Fondations 55 Pick 5 – Barney $25

SUNY Canton Smart Finish – Miller $35

Scorpion Security Products/Cobra Coaches Dash – Sparks ($100), Donath ($75), Tanner ($50), Kinney ($25), Azzi ($25), Holcomb ($25)

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Wight, VanInwegen, Varin $10

Hoosier Tire – Donath $200

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September 1 2018

Danny Varin Makes it Three in Row in Late Season Action at Brewerton Speedway with Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Brewerton 8/31/2018

Published September 1, 2018

Danny Varin Makes it Three in Row in Late Season Action at Brewerton Speedway with Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

By Mike Mallett

BREWERTON, NY – There is something about the late season event at the Brewerton Speedway for Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint driver Danny Varin. The Fonda, N.Y., driver came into Friday night with two consecutive Brewerton wins in the Labor Day weekend kickoff event. He left with his third.

Varin had some luck on his side as won the first heat and then with the first pick of the redraw drew the pole starting spot for the 25-lap A-Main presented by E&V Energy, NAPA Auto Parts and Mach 1 Chassis. He led the entire feature event for his fifth series win of the 2018 season.

“We were alright tonight,” commented Varin. “I don’t know, it was a tough race. I screwed up a bunch of times, but starting position helped us out tonight. I was wheeling that thing. We were either going to put it in the wall or put it here in victory lane.”

Varin bolted to the lead at the start with Paul Kinney falling quickly in line behind him in the second position. Varin was dominant in the opening laps pulling away to nearly a straightaway lead. That pace forced him into traffic on lap six.

As the race progressed the traffic in front of Varin got thicker while Kinney, Sammy Reakes and Jason Barney were putting on a torrid battle for the second spot. Kinney continued to keep them at bay holding on to the second position.

The red flag was needed on lap 14 as Tommy Wickham’s car came to a stop with flames shooting out of the side of his car from under the hood. This negated the lead that Varin has amassed setting up the double-file restart.

Action picked back up, but was quickly brought under red a second time as Reakes, who was third, bounced over the cushion and ended up landing awkwardly over the bank outside of turns three and four. His car got several feet in the air before coming down hard on the rear of the car. Fortunately Reakes was able to walk away from the crash.

With back-to-back cautions, a single-file run to the green was next with Varin holding onto the lead. Behind him, Kinney and Barney battled hard for second. On lap 16 the pair came together in turns one and two causing Barney to do a 360 degree spin. He kept going, but fell back to the fifth position.

The last stoppage of the race came on lap 18 as Matt Billings took a tumble in turn three while battling with Steve Poirier. The duo went for the same spot on the track with contact causing Billings to flip several times. He wasn’t hurt. His car landed on all four wheels. He was pushed into the pits before he eventually rejoined the field.

For the restart Varin now had 10^th place starter Larry Wight on his heels. Varin utilized the bottom of the track for the green allowing him to break away from Wight. Varin kept pounding the cushion with Wight working the extreme inside lane.

“I was messing with the wing there,” stated Varin. “If I pulled it back it was way too tight and I couldn’t rotate. Then I saw Larry (Wight) was second and I knew where he was going to be. He kept poking his nose under there. I got my wing back forward and we were too loose.”

At the checkered it was Varin earning the win. Wight, of Phoenix, N.Y., couldn’t make up enough ground on the bottom. He took home second.

“The bottom was pretty good for us, but as the race went on it got a little bit too slick getting in,” said Wight. “It seemed to me I’d lose two car-lengths getting in and I’d gain one coming out. Danny (Varin) had a really good car. I was hoping to get him on that restart. He got me on the jump. He went a little bit earlier than I thought he would. The rest is history.”

Barney regrouped from his spin to finish in the third spot in a night presented by his company 87 Speed. The Brewerton, N.Y., pilot had a good car, but wasn’t able to get to the lead duo in front of the hometown crowd.

“It was a good night,” mentioned Barney. “Danny (Varin) is tough to beat. When you put him out front he is even tougher. It was a decent point night. It could have been worse. I’m looking forward to tomorrow and the rest of the weekend. It’s going to be a great weekend of racing for us. I’m happy for all my family and friends that came.”

Coleman Gulick finished in the fourth after starting from the inside of the sixth row with Steve Poirier racing his way from the 13^th starting position to finish in fifth.

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

Mach 1 Chassis A-Main at Brewerton – Danny Varin ($2,135), Larry Wight ($1035), Jason Barney ($810), Coleman Gulick ($630), Steve Poirier ($655), Billy VanInwegen ($720), Matt Tanner ($505), Shawn Donath ($470), Mike Mahaney ($410), Paul Kinney ($400), Jeff Cook ($420), Brett Wright ($320), Jonathan Preston ($300), Josh Azzi ($375), Dave Axton ($350), Dan Douville ($325), Matt Billings ($400), Chad Miller ($100), Denny Peebles ($300), Kelly Hebing ($300), Parker Evans ($300), Sam Reakes IV ($300), Tommy Wickham ($300), Scott Holcomb ($300), Josh Flint ($300)

DNQ – Keith Granholm, Jake Karklin, Ryan Harrison, Tyler Graves, Steve Hutchinson Jr., Joe August.

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Cook, Preston, Axton $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Varin, Wight, Azzi $25

Engler Machine and Tool Halfway – Varin $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – Varin $50

Insinger Performance Hard Charger – VanInwegen (14 pos), $50

Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 14^th Anniversary – Azzi $50

Fondations 55 Last Car Lead Lap – Billings $50

Lacaillade Masonry B-Main – Billings – $50

Fondations 55 Pick 5 – Poirier $25

SUNY Canton Smart Finish – Cook $35

87 Speed/X1 Race Cars/Cobra Coaches Dash – Poirier ($100), Tanner ($75), Donath ($50), Douville ($25), Axton ($25)

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Just Missed – Granholm $25

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Varin, Wight, Barney $10

Hoosier Tire – VanInwegen $200

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August 28 2018

Steve Poirier Beats Matt Billings to the Line on the Asphalt at Autodrome Chaudiere

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History > Tour Archive > 2018 > 2018 Results Page > Chaudiere 8/26/2018

Published August 28, 2018

Steve Poirier Beats Matt Billings to the Line on the Asphalt at Autodrome Chaudiere

By Dean Reynolds

VALLEE JUNCTION, QBC – Canadians know all about the term hat trick, well Steve Poirier did just that following up his two wins on dirt Friday and Saturday by also winning on the asphalt at Autodrome Chaudiere on Sunday. The win was worth $3,252 making a clean sweep of Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint action in this past weekend in Quebec.

Sunday afternoon marked the fifth time the ESS has taken to the asphalt. For the seven time champion, Poirier swapping dirt tread for asphalt slicks wasn’t really in the plans. But after attempting for the first time last year to put on a show in front of his local following he found the different surface to be fun.

“It’s funny, I got into sprint car racing to go fast on dirt. I never really thought I would put one on asphalt, it never really interested me,” he said as a matter of fact. “When the event moved to Quebec, the track really wanted me to be here so I wanted to do that for them. As soon as I ran some laps I didn’t realize how much fun this was.”

Fun quickly turned into the quest to win and that was the goal Sunday at Chaudiere. Winning his heat and then drawing the pole from the four car redraw the plan was set. “It was a good draw but we don’t have a lot of notes and we saw how fast Matt (Billings) was last year so we didn’t know what was going to happen.” Poirier said.

When the green dropped, Poirier did take off into the lead with Patrick Vigneault and Billings following. The two drivers didn’t let Poirier pull out at all and on lap 14 the race outlook changed dramatically. Vigneault was trying to make a move in lapped traffic when all of a sudden his sprinter looped around bringing out the race’s only yellow.

This put Billings on the outside of Poirier and all eyes were watching. When the green flew, they were side by side going down the front stretch into turn one. Billings was hoping to have the same outcome as one year ago when he drove around the outside of Poirier.

Billings was hoping the move would stick but Poirier pulled out coming off turn two. For Billings he felt that was his chance. “I drove her in deep!” he exclaimed, “I knew that was pretty much going to be my chance unless something happened to Steve. He was fast, we were fast but it’s tougher to pass on asphalt when you’re the same speeds.”

The closing laps saw the front two in lapped traffic but Poirier made his moves with precision to claim the popular win over Billings and Jordan Poirier who had to rebuild his car after a flip the night before at RPM. Rounding out the top five were Shawn Donath, who actually used dirt tires, and Alex Vigneault.

The next five was made up of Patrick Vigneault coming back from his spin, Chad Miller, Yan Bilodeau, Dan Douville and Dale Gosselin.

Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints Autodrome Chaudiere – Steve Poirier ($3,252), Matt Billings ($2,252), Jordan Poirier ($1,652), Shawn Donath ($1,456), Alex Vigneault ($1,229), Patrick Vigneault ($1,126), Chad Miller ($937), Yan Bilodeau ($887), Dan Douville ($862), Dale Gosselin ($837), Brett Wright ($812), Guillaume Neiderer ($787), Ray Sitterly ($762), Scott Holcomb ($737), Dave Axton ($737).

Fondations 55 Heat Events – Heat 1 – Steve Poirier ($100), Shawn Donath ($50).

Heat 2 – Matt Billings ($100), Patrick Vigneault ($50).

Lap Money – Steve Poirier ($115), Matt Billings ($115), Jordan Poirier ($115), Alex Vigneault ($92), Patrick Vigneault ($69), Shawn Donath ($69

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