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September 15 2019

Scott Kreutter wins the 15th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Ohsweken 9/14/2019

Published September 15, 2019

Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 360 Sprint Cars (60 Entries)

A-Feature [Started] 35 laps – 10:00.815 NTR
1. 49-Scott Kreutter [4]; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham [17]; 3. 67X-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 4. 79-Jordan Thomas [2]; 5. 28FM-Steve Poirier [3]; 6. 13-Cory Turner [9]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [8]; 8. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [7]; 9. 45-Chuck Hebing [13]; 10. 17M-Max Stambaugh [1]; 11. 0H-Jim Huppunen [18]; 12. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [22]; 13. 28-Jordan Poirier [20]; 14. 91H-Scott Holcomb [11]; 15. 10H-Kelly Hebing [14]; 16. 55-Mark Smith [5]; 17. 87-Jason Barney [10]; 18. 17X-Mack DeMan [23]; 19. 22-Shawn Sliter [19]; 20. 98-Joe Trenca [26]; 21. 85-Dustin Daggett [21]; 22. 10B-Mitch Brown [12]; 23. 91-Ryan Turner [15]; 24. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr [29]; 25. 10-Jeff Cook [24]; 26. 1-10-Jake Brown [27]; 27. (DNF) 28F-Davie Franek [16]; 28. (DNF) 90T-Matt Tanner [28]; 29. (DNF) 22P-Jonathan Preston [25]; 30. (DNF) 17-Jared Horstman [30]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Jordan Thomas (1-8), Parker Price-Miller (9-26), Scott Kreutter (27-35)
Hard Charger – Matt Farnham +15

Awards:
-Feature Winner Bonus: Scott Kreutter (Free Fire Suit from EPIC Racewear)
-Rookie of the Nationals Award: Matt Farnham ($250 CAD from RaceRivalz.com)
-Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car Award: Jamie Turner ($350 CAD from Corr/Pak Merchandising)
-Travis Rutz Long Tow Award: Conner Morrell ($250 CAD from Doc Magilligan’s Irish Pub at Best Western Plus Cairn Croft)
-Fastest Qualifier Award: Cory Turner ($300 CAD from Grisdale Racing Products)
-Fastest Canadian Qualifier Award: Cory Turner ($300 CAD from Inside Track Motorsport News)
-Hard Charger Award: Matt Farnham ($250 CAD from RaceRivalz.com)
-Top Empire Super Sprints Driver: Steve Poirier ($250 USD from Lucas Oil ESS)
-Top Great Lakes Super Sprints Driver: Max Stambaugh ($250 USD from Specialty Fuels & Logistics)
-Top National Racing Alliance Invaders Series Driver: Jared Horstman ($200 USD from K&L Ready Mix)
-Top Patriot Sprint Tour Driver: Jordan Thomas ($200 USD from Patriot Sprint Tour)
-Top Ohsweken Speedway Driver: Scott Kreutter ($250 CAD from Ohsweken Speedway)
-Top Southern Ontario Sprints Driver: Cory Turner ($200 CAD from Brighton Speedway)
-Mach 1 Chassis Bonuses: Mark Smith ($250 USD from Mach 1), Jonathan Preston, Jeff Cook ($100 USD each from Mach 1)
-Top Eagle Chassis: Steve Poirier ($200 USD from Mike Emhof Motorsports)

Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – 2:34.392
1. 55-Mark Smith [4]; 2. 10H-Kelly Hebing [2]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [6]; 4. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [1]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett [8]; 6. 46C-Ryan Coniam [3]; 7. 2-Dave Axton [5]; 8. 7CS-Dylan Swiernik [9]; 9. 90T-Matt Tanner [7]; 10. 87X-Shone Evans [10]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 79-Jordan Thomas [4]; 2. 10B-Mitch Brown [3]; 3. 45-Chuck Hebing [5]; 4. 1-10-Jake Brown [2]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier [1]; 6. 98-Joe Trenca [7]; 7. 3-Denny Peebles [9]; 8. 5D-Shane Ross [6]; 9. 5JD-Jacob Dykstra 10]; 10. 84-Tyler Rand [8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 28FM-Steve Poirier [2]; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham [1]; 3. 17M-Max Stambaugh [10]; 4. 13-Cory Turner [3]; 5. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr [4]; 6. 1-Holly Porter [6]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill [5]; 8. 9-Steve Lyons [8]; 9. 99-John Trenca [9]; 10. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell [7]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 10 laps – 2:39.288
1. 49-Scott Kreutter [2]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [4]; 3. 87-Jason Barney [3]; 4. 22P-Jonathan Preston [1]; 5. 88C-Chad Miller [6]; 6. 88H-Josh Hansen [7]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie [5]; 8. 121-Steve Glover [8]; 9. 15-Dan Nanticoke [10]; 10. (DNF) 16L-Roger Levesque [9]

Heat Race 5 [Started] 10 laps – 2:42.631
1. 67X-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek [1]; 3. 0H-Jim Huppunen [4]; 4. 10-Jeff Cook [6]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman [2]; 6. 11-Jamie Turner [5]; 7. 81-Derek Jonathan [7]; 8. 9B-Scott Burk [10]; 9. 7-Caleb Wood [8]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres [9]

Heat Race 6 [Started] 10 laps – 2:45.604
1. 91H-Scott Holcomb [1]; 2. 91-Ryan Turner [2]; 3. 22-Shawn Sliter [3]; 4. 17X-Mack DeMan [4]; 5. 35-Jared Zimbardi [5]; 6. 45L-Curtis Gartly [9]; 7. 8-Hannah Ferrell [6]; 8. 22JR-Allen Gilleta [8]; 9. 15F-Mike Ferrell [7]; (DNS) 21-John Burbridge Jr.

Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – 1:21.369
1. 17M Max Stambaugh [1]; 2. 79 Jordan Thomas [3]; 3. 28FM Steve Poirier [5]; 4. 49 Scott Kreutter [6]; 5. 55 Mark Smith [2]; 6. 67X Parker Price-Miller [4]; 7. 47X Dylan Westbrook [7]; 8. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. [8]

B-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 28-Jordan Poirier [14]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett [2]; 3. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [7]; 4. 17X-Mack DeMan [4]; 5. 10-Jeff Cook [1]; 6. 22P-Jonathan Preston [8]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca [11]; 8. 1-10-Jake Brown [6]; 9. 90T-Matt Tanner [20]; 10. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr. [10]; 11. 3-Denny Peebles [18]; 12. 87X-Shone Evans [23]; 13. 88C-Chad Miller [5]; 14. 1-Holly Porter [15]; 15. 7CS-Dylan Swiernik [22]; 16. 17-Jared Horstman [13]; 17. 11-Jamie Turner [16]; 18. 46C-Ryan Coniam [17]; 19. 45L-Curtis Gartly [3]; 20. 88H-Josh Hansen [12]; 21. (DNF) 35-Jared Zimbardi [9]; 22. (DNF) 2-Dave Axton [19]; 23. (DNF) 23-Devon Dobie [21]

C-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 3-Denny Peebles [1]; 2. 2-Dave Axton [6]; 3. 90T-Matt Tanner [17]; 4. 23-Devon Dobie [7]; 5. 7CS-Dylan Swiernik [5]; 6. 87X-Shone Evans [19]; 7. 84-Tyler Rand [22]; 8. 9-Steve Lyons [11]; 9. 81-Derek Jonathan [3]; 10. 7-Caleb Wood [16]; 11. 77X-Alex Hill [8]; 12. 22JR-Allen Gilleta [10]; 13. 15-Dan Nanticoke [12]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres [21]; 15. 15F-Mike Ferrell [18]; 16. 16L-Roger Levesque [20]; 17. (DNF) 5D-Shane Ross [14]; 18. (DNF) 8-Hannah Ferrell [4]; 19. (DNF) 121-Steve Glover [9]; 20. (DNF) 99-John Trenca [15]; (DNS) 9B-Scott Burk; (DNS) 5JD-Jacob Dykstra; (DNS) 28M-Conner Morrell; (DNS) 21-John Burbridge Jr.

Provisional A-Feature Starters: Jared Horstman (NRA Sprint Invaders) & Cory Turner (Night Before the Nationals Triple 15 Winner)

Added A-Feature Starters: Joe Trenca, Jake Brown, Matt Tanner, Billy VanInwegen

September 15 2019

Cory Turner, Jason Barney, & Parker Price-Miller locked into Saturday night’s Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Main

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Ohsweken 9/13/2019

Published September 15, 2019

OHSWEKEN, Ontario (September 13, 2019) – Rain was all around Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night, but the wet weather held off just long enough for all of the scheduled racing to be completed in the Night Before the Nationals presented by Burger Barn and Bradshaw Brothers.

Cory Turner, Jason Barney, and Parker Price-Miller took full advantage of their opportunity by claiming wins in the Triple 15’s for the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars and locking themselves into Saturday night’s Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Main. Meanwhile, Logan Shwedyk and Kyle Wert finished their seasons off with wins in the Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stock and HRW Automotive Mini Stock divisions, respectively.

The first of the three Triple 15’s began with Mark Smith and Cory Turner on the front row. Smith was looking for the third Night Before the Nationals win of his career, but Turner had other ideas and took the lead from Smith on lap three. Smith spent the remainder of the caution-free race unsuccessfully trying to chase Turner down, but Turner took his first Night Before the Nationals win by 1.239 seconds. Smith settled for the runner-up spot, followed by Jared Horstman, Shone Evans, and Ryan Turner.

Dylan Westbrook and Jason Barney made up the front row for the second Triple 15, but third place starter Max Stambaugh quickly entered the fray to lead the first lap. Barney did not allow Stambaugh to get away though, and took the lead at the start/finish line at the completion of lap two. Yellow flags for Tyler Rand and Al Gilleta Jr. followed, but Barney stayed ahead of the field to take the win by 1.232 seconds over Mitch Brown. Stambaugh, row four starter Sam Hafertepe Jr., and row five starter Jordan Poirier rounded out the top five.

The third Triple 15 of the night started with Parker Price-Miller and Jonathan Preston on the front row. It appeared two-time CSCN winner Price-Miller was going to run away with the win, but Matt Farnham had other ideas; the rookie 360 Sprint Car driver drove past Price-Miller on lap five and began to open a lead. Farnham’s lead shrunk as he negotiated traffic and Price-Miller adjusted his line. Disaster almost struck for the leaders with two laps to go, as Price-Miller had a big run out of turn four and almost got squeezed into the wall as Farnham drifted up the track. Farnham fought off a slide job from Price-Miller in turn one on the last lap, but Price-Miller drove around the outside to take the win in turns three and four. Farnham settled for second, followed by Preston, Jake Brown, and Billy VanInwegen.

Shone Evans, Mark Smith, Steve Poirier, Mitch Brown, Jared Zimbardi, and Dylan Westbrook claimed heat race wins for the 49 car field. Triple 15 winners Cory Turner, Jason Barney, and Parker Price-Miller earned guaranteed starting spots in Saturday night’s 35 lap Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Main, and will start 11th or better in the $10,000 USD-to-win event

Night Before the Nationals 360 Sprint Cars (49 Entries)

A-Main 1 [Started] 15 laps – 4:00.779
1. 13-Cory Turner [2]; 2. 55M-Mark Smith [1]; 3. 17-Jared Horstman [5]; 4. 87X-Shone Evans [4]; 5. 91-Ryan Turner [9]; 6. 9-Steve Lyons [7]; 7. 28M-Conner Morrell [10]; 8. 28F-Davie Franek [11]; 9. 1-Holly Porter [12]; 10. 23-Devon Dobie [8]; 11. 15-Dan Nanticoke [6]; 12. 7-Caleb Wood [13]; (DNS) 28FM-Steve Poirier; (DNS) 46-Kevin Pauls; (DNS) 68-Aaron Turkey
A-Main 1 Lap Leaders – Mark Smith (1-2), Cory Turner (3-15)
Hard Charger – Ryan Turner +4

A-Main 2 [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 87-Jason Barney [2]; 2. 10B-Mitch Brown [4]; 3. 17M-Max Stambaugh [3]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [8]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier [10]; 6. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [1]; 7. 79-Jordan Thomas [7]; 8. 84-Tyler Rand [11]; 9. 88H-Josh Hansen [9]; 10. 22-Shawn Sliter [5]; 11. 22JR-Allen Gilleta [13]; 12. (DNF) 7C-Dylan Swiernik [6]; (DNS) 36-Kyle Moffit ; (DNS) 77X-Alex Hill ; (DNS) 9B-Scott Burk
A-Main 2 Lap Leaders – Max Stambaugh (1), Jason Barney (2-15)
Hard Charger – Jordan Poirier +5

A-Main 3 [Started] 15 laps – 4:00.646
1. 67X-Parker Price-Miller [1]; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham [3]; 3. 22P-Jonathan Preston [2]; 4. 1-10-Jake Brown [5]; 5. 56-Billy VanInwegen [6]; 6. 5D-Shane Ross [8]; 7. 21-John Burbridge Jr. [11]; 8. 8-Hannah Ferrell [12]; 9. 46C-Ryan Coniam [10]; 10. 16L-Roger Levesque [7]; 11. (DNF) 99-John Trenca [9]; 12. (DNF) 35-Jared Zimbardi [4]; 13. (DNF) 15F-Mike Ferrell [13]; (DNS) 85-Dustin Daggett; (DNS) 0-Glenn Styres
A-Main 3 Lap Leaders – Parker Price-Miller (1-4, 15), Matt Farnham (5-14)
Hard Charger – John Burbridge Jr. +4

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:00.080
1. 87X-Shone Evans [1]; 2. 15-Dan Nanticoke [2]; 3. 17M-Max Stambaugh [6]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [4]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier [3]; 6. 84-Tyler Rand [5]; 7. 21-John Burbridge Jr [8]; 8. (DNF) 0-Glenn Styres [9]; 9. (DNF) 77X-Alex Hill [7]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 55M-Mark Smith, [6]; 2. 67X-Parker Price-Miller, [7]; 3. 9-Steve Lyons, [3]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen, [2]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell, [4]; 6. 99-John Trenca, [8]; 7. (DNF) 15F-Mike Ferrell, [1]; 8. (DNF) 46-Kevin Pauls, [5]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 1:59.729
1. 28FM-Steve Poirier, [2]; 2. 17-Jared Horstman, [3]; 3. 7NY-Matt Farnham, [6]; 4. 1-10-Jake Brown, [7]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek, [1]; 6. 1-Holly Porter, [4]; 7. 7-Caleb Wood, [5]; 8. 22JR-Allen Gilleta, [8]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 1:58.957
1. 10B-Mitch Brown [1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney [6]; 3. 22-Shawn Sliter [5]; 4. 5D-Shane Ross [4]; 5. 23-Devon Dobie [7]; 6. 8-Hannah Ferrell [2]; (DNS) 91H Scott Holcomb; (DQ) 3-Denny Peebles [3]

Heat Race 5 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 35-Jared Zimbardi [1]; 2. 13-Cory Turner [7]; 3. 22P-Jonathan Preston [8]; 4. 91-Ryan Turner [4]; 5. 46C-Ryan Coniam [2]; 6. (DNF) 85-Dustin Daggett [3]; 7. (DNF) 68-Aaron Turkey [5]; 8. (DNF) 9B-Scott Burk [6]

Heat Race 6 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [5]; 2. 7C-Dylan Swiernik [1]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas [3]; 4. 56-Billy VanInwegen [6]; 5. 16L-Roger Levesque [7]; 6. (DNF) 36-Kyle Moffit [4]; (DNS) 69-Steve Glover; (DQ) 2-Dave Axton [2]

September 10 2019

POIRIER PERFECT IN EXTENDED NY NATIONALS WEEKEND SWEEP AT LAND OF LEGENDS

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Land of Legends 9/7/2019

Published September 10, 2019

In what may amount to his swan song on the Northeastern sprint car circuit, Frenchman Steve Poirier was right on key after sweeping the extended three-day weekend at Land Of Legends Raceway.

The rain-delayed New York Nationals short-track extravaganza closed out Sunday afternoon and for first-ever 360 Sprint Car event winner Poirier, he probably wouldn’t mind an entire speedweek at the Ontario County Fairgrounds oval where he now owns an even half-dozen feature wins in winged competition.

His latest sprint car triumph at the hallowed half-miler rewarded ‘Fireball’ with the biggest payday ever, a whopping $5,000 top-prize for 17 minutes of work in the headline NYN 30-lap A-Main. He opened the inaugural sprint car spectacular on Friday with a ‘Twin 15’ qualifying race win before placing first in the ‘Pole Dash’ on Saturday.

“It’s really nice to be the first winner of the New Yorker at Land of Legends, a track I really appreciate,” remarked Poirier, who registered wins at LOLR in both Patriot Sprint Group and Empire Super Sprint-sanctioned events, with his first checkered flag taken in 2010. “Its far from home but I always try to make the travel here. Even with the rain the track was smooth and as good as it could be for a day show.”

The top-two finishers in each of the Twin 15s on Friday and four heat race winners on Saturday contended in the all-important ‘Pole Dash’ on day two to determine the the starting order for the front four rows in the inaugural NY Sprint Nationals. Poirier dominated the six-lap affair to earn the point, yet still had to wait one more day to show his skills as rain ultimately postponed any victory lane celebration.

Drivers faced a smooth, slick surface upon their return Sunday, magnified further after the 20-car field filed onto the track following closure of the lead-off 50-lap Sportsman feature. Despite the change in condition, the no. 28FM FM Industries-4 Seasons Foundations-Fuzion Electric-Mega Pumping/Eagle showed no side effects with Poirier behind the wheel as he sped out to a comfortable lead at the outset of the 30-lapper.

“It helps the driver when you’ve got a good piece under you,” Poirier noted. “The car was still good running on the rubber laid down even though it changed the dynamics a little bit. It was one of those weekends when you have a good car and a lot of things tend to turn out in your favor.”

Matt Tanner had other ideas as he overtook Jason Barney for second on lap four and crept closer to Poirier as the green flag laps clicked off. Barney suddenly lost a right-rear wheel entering turn four to incur the first slowdown on lap 14, and two laps later a red flag flew as the result of Shawn Donath’s mount briefly coming to rest atop the same pink #48A sprinter that Darryl Ruggles had borrowed for the day from his daughter, Alysha Bay, Friday night’s 305 winner.

The ensuing lap 16 restart proved pivotal as Tanner pulled alongside Poirier exiting turn two and when the lead duo reached corner number three a new leader had emerged. Undaunted by Tanner’s bold maneuver, Poirier remained on the gas ahead of ESS hotshoe Paulie Colagiovanni while Billy VanInwegen joined the chase with 10 to go.

“Wasn’t sure how things would end up when I lost the lead, especially on a track that was getting harder to pass on as more rubber started to build up,” Poirier stated. “I was just staying in second, unless we get into traffic I might have a chance.”

Continuing to shadow Tanner high and low in traffic, Poirier caught the leader on the low side and in a final push to the front, forged the final lead change rounding turn one with less than three laps to go. The rest was easy as the veteran from St-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Que. cruised home for a six car-length victory over Tanner, with Colagiovanni, VanInwegen and Jordan Thomas filling out the front-five.

“My car didn’t go on that restart, I was spinning tires, especially out of turn two,” Poirier said. “When I saw Matt I tried to push it as hard as I could into turn three but he was just faster for that lap. After a couple more laps my tires came back in, maybe I was trying to save them too much early. I had a perfect line out of turn four and maybe surprised him in one and had a lucky move there. So the luck was good for us this weekend but I think we had a really good car. It was perfect every time we hit the race track with a lot of different conditions.”

“I want to make sure to be competitive when I retire, don’t want to go out when I’m struggling. Missed a lot of races this season but have done pretty well the last month. So its nice to end this year on a high note,” added Poirier, now with an all-time high ESS count of 74 A-Main triumphs.

Despite suffering a bent frame after contact with Roger Levesque sent his #45 Cobra Motorcoaches & Homes/X-1 rolling over during warm-ups on Saturday then electing to sit out Sunday’s finale, the show-up points awarded were just enough for Chuck Hebing to retain his LOLR 360 Sprint Classic Series title by a scant three markers over Colagiovanni. Ironically, both Hebing (245 pts) and Colagiovanni (242) competed in just four of the five mini-series A-Mains, while both their nearest chasers Tanner (217) and Jonathan Preston (210) ran all five.

“Think I burned the tires at the end,” figured runner-up Tanner, who won the first of four heats on Saturday to qualify for the pole dash in which he finished third. “Before that I knew the only way I could get by Steve was using the high side on the restart before he got his momentum back up. It worked for awhile, just ran out of laps to keep it up there when it counted.”

*A-Main (30 laps): 1. 28fm-Steve Poirier ($5,000), 2. 90-Matt Tanner, 3. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni, 4. 56-Billy VanInwegen, 5. 79-Jordan Thomas, 6. 5b-Justin Barger, 7. 197-Ryan Harrison, 8. 7c-Dylan Swernik, 9. 98-Joe Trenca, 10. 91-Scott Holcomb, 11. 14b-Brett Wright, 12. 5-Tyler Ross, 13. 48a-Darryl Ruggles, 14. 21-William Glover, 15. 22-Jonathan Preston, 16. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 17. 2-Dave Axton, 18. 53-Shawn Donath, 19. 87-Jason Barney, 20. 66-Erik Karlsen, 00-Danny Varin(DNS), 45-Chuck Hebing(DNS), 3-Todd Gracey(DNS), 9-Josh Pieniazek(DNS), 28f-Dave Franek(DNS).

Heats (10 laps)

#1: Tanner, Holcomb, Trenca, Donath, C.Hebing, W.Glover, S.Glover, Cartier, Levesque.

#2: Swernik, Harrison, Wright, Axton, Doell, Drum, Kuhn, Richardson.

#3: Barger, Zimbardi, VanInwegen, Ross, Ruggles, K.Hebing, Moffitt, Franek.

#4: Colagiovanni, Varin, Karlsen, Gracey, Pieniazek, Trombley, Dow, Cook.

B-Main (15 laps)

#1: Ross, Gracey, Ruggles, Pieniazek, Trombley, Doell, Dow, K.Hebing, S.Glover, Franek, Cartier, Drum, Richardson, Kuhn, Levesque, Cook, Moffitt(DNS).

Pole Dash (6 laps): Poirier, Barney, Tanner, Colagiovanni, Preston, Thomas, Barger, Swernik.

DNQ: 3a-Jeff Trombley, 10c-Jeff Cook, 10h-Kelly Hebing, 16L-Roger Levesque, 23-Tyler Cartier, 36-Kyle Moffitt, 36d-Steve Doell Jr., 47-Kyle Drum, 58-Clay Dow, 67-Pete Richardson, 99k-Dan Kuhn, 121-Steve Glover.

2019 Land Of Legends 360 Sprint Classic Series Champion: Chuck Hebing.

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September 4 2019

Varin Breaks Out of Slump with Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Win at Weedsport Speedway

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Weedsport 9/2/2019

Published September 4, 2019

Weedsport, NY – The series returned to that historic facility on Labor Day with Varin finally having everything go his way. Varin started on the front row of the 25-lap feature event, led every lap en route to scoring his first win of the 2019 season while collecting a $2,000 paycheck and his third series win at Weedsport.

“That was a blast,” said Varin after the win. “There is nothing like ‘The Port.’ You get to ride up against the fence, hammer down or you can go down on the bottom and crawl. You can’t ask for a better race track than that.”

It was Varin’s race from the get-go after he started in the second spot via the redraw. He jumped out early on Joe Trenca running away from the field on the cushion in the early laps.

By lap five, Varin was working traffic with Jason Barney tracking him in second. That was until lap six when Barney abruptly pulled off into the infield ending his chase for a second consecutive win.

Tyler Cartier brought caution on lap nine as he slowed in turns one and two. At this point Varin got a new challenger in Paulie Colagiovanni. When the green lights came back on Colagiovanni challenged Varin on the bottom, but as he had done at the beginning, he opened up the gap on the field.

Varin’s second foray into traffic developed just past the halfway point on lap 14. He kept working the top of the speedway while Colagiovanni pursued through the middle of the race track. Varin’s line was perfect in traffic as he was up by the wall while Colagiovanni struggled a bit to get by the slower cars.

Varin kept up the intense pace with Colagiovanni trying to get close enough to challenge. Varin was able to continue to stretch the lead as the laps clicked off as he was more maneuverable in traffic.

On lap 23 the driveline in Scott Holcomb’s No. 91 went south causing him to stop on the backstretch. Everyone got one last shot at Varin on the restart as Colagiovanni and others looked to steal the win.

Varin restarted off the bottom of turn four allowing him to get the jump on Colagiovanni. He won the race to the first turn. He slid from the bottom to the top and pulled away. He led the final laps to take the win.

“We had to do something,” commented Varin. “I couldn’t give anyone an opportunity to slide job us so I took the bottom. The car was phenomenal tonight.”

Colagiovanni finished second. He fought the good fight in the closing laps, but had nothing for Varin. The second-place effort was good enough to seal the overall tour title for the teenage. The championship is the first of his career with the series.

“I caught the wall a couple times there off of four,” said Colagiovanni about the race. “I switched lanes and tried running the bottom. Lapped traffic was tough in this one. I got stuck behind people a couple times. The car was good and this is a good run.”

Jonathan Preston secured the third position at checkered flag beating out Larry Wight. Preston was the winner at Weedsport the last time the series visited the facility. He raced forward, but wasn’t able to challenge for his third win of the weekend.

“I was a tick tight,” commented Preston. “The harder I drove it, the better it got. At the end I was giving it all she had.”

Wight crossed the line in fourth, but was placed last in the finishing order for not going directly to the scales at the conclusion of the A-Main. This moved Trenca up to the fourth spot with Tommy Wickham completing the top five.

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September 1 2019

Barney Battles Poirier Late to Win Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint Series A-Main at Fulton Speedway

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Fulton 8/31/2019

Published September 1, 2019

FULTON, NY– Jason Barney started the season red hot with the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints. He won two of the first three feature events. As the summer hit things went south for the Brewerton, N.Y., driver. He’s struggled trying to find the speed that got him wins early in the season.

Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway, Barney got his mojo back. Barney won the 25-lap A-Main in impressive fashion charging from third on a late restart to the lead. He then battled multi-time series champion Steve Poirier for the win. Barney just beat Poirier to the line for the $2,000 payday and the much-needed confidence boost.

“This is pretty nuts,” said an emotional Barney in victory lane. “We gave one away last week in Granby on the last lap. I didn’t sleep at all this week. I really messed up last night and put my favorite car in the front stretch wall. I slept about five minutes. I was just disappointed in myself. I didn’t think I could win races anymore. It creeps in; it’s crazy. We have awesome race cars and an awesome race team. I’m just really happy to get a win. It was much needed.”

Jonathan Preston was the last to draw, but he started on the pole alongside Poirier for the green. Poirier wrestled the lead from him on the opening circuit. Preston battled hard and on lap five was able to go by Poirier in turns three and four to take his shot at the front.

On the next lap, Davie Franek made it a three-car race for the number one position. Preston led with Franek in the mix along with Poirier. Preston continued to keep his No. 22 on top of the field.

Traffic appeared for Preston just before the race reached the halfway point. Luckily for Preston, his line on the top was open nearly all the way around the track as slower cars were focused on running the middle and the bottom of the track.

With Preston and Poirier solidified out front, Barney was steady throughout. He was methodical on the bottom reaching the top five at halfway before taking over third on lap 19. He still had some distance to make up on the top two.

His break came on lap 21. The only caution of the race was drawn by a spinning Ryan Harrison in turn four. He came to a stop setting up a restart with Preston and Poirier on the front row and Barney lining up on the bottom in third.

Preston elected to refire from the outside lane. Poirier got an excellent start pulling even with Preston going into turn one. This allowed him to pull a slide job through turn two in order to briefly take the lead. As the top two went high, Barney went low and drove by both drivers down the backstretch.

Barney led lap 22 at the line, but Poirier wasn’t done. Poirier came back at Barney on the high-side of turns three and four on the next lap and just inched in front at the line.

Barney didn’t give up on the bottom, he stayed in his line with Poirier powering around the top. They came to white flag right together once again with Barney low and Poirier next to him on the outside.

The final lap was going to determine the winner. Barney continued catching the moisture on the bottom while Poirier had his right rear Hoosier Tire against the cushion. They were nearly even coming off of turn two.

Barney dove low through and four with Poirier trying to carry momentum around him on the top. As they came off the corner Barney slipped up in front of Poirier slowing his pace just enough that he was able to grab the checkers.

“I knew I could be good on the bottom, but he was good running three and four on the top,” stated Barney. “I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t really run up there. If I enter up there, he’s just going to slide me. So, I figured I better go up, then go down and go back up again. That was my only chance. I still thought he was going to get me.”

Poirier, the eight-time and defending series champion, matched his best finish of the season crossing the line in second. It was a great race at the front. Poirier just needed a little bit more to get by Barney on the final lap.

“That was fun,” said Poirier of the race with Barney. “I gave it all I had. We’ve had a tough year. We haven’t won an ESS race so far. I was doing all I could. I thought when I got by Jonathan I had to protect the outside. I got a bit too high and forced the issue a little bit there. Then I saw Jason on the inside. I tried some different things and raced him as hard as I could. That was a fun race.”

After sweeping the action on Friday, Preston had to settle for third on this night after Barney and Poirier drove by on the final restart. He felt like was in trouble when the yellow came out and that proved to be the difference maker as he had a comfortable lead prior to the restart.

“The car was really good in clean air and traffic,” cited Preston. “I was just on cruise control out there. I didn’t want a restart. I knew he was going to pull me on a restart. It just doesn’t take off, but what can you do.”

Billy VanInwegen rallied late to get up to fourth with Chuck Hebing having another solid night to complete the top five.

Lucas Oil ESS/Mach 1 Chassis A-Main #1 Brewerton – Jason Barney ($2,035), Steve Poirier ($1,035), Jonathan Preston ($910), Billy VanInwegen ($630), Chuck Hebing ($555), Davie Franek ($670), Paulie Colagiovanni ($530), Matt Tanner ($420), Scott Holcomb ($410), Danny Varin ($400), Shawn Donath ($385), Jeff Cook ($345), Brett Wright ($300), Dylan Swiernik ($300), Kyle Moffit ($350), Kelly Hebing ($325), Steve Glover ($325), Pete Richardson ($375), Tyler Cartier ($300), Denny Peebles ($300), Ryan Harrison ($325), Alex Bergeron ($325), Emily VanInwegen ($300), Sam Reakes IV ($300)

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – S. Poirier, Cook, Barney $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – C. Hebing, Donath, Tanner $25

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Halfway – Preston $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – Preston $50

Fondations 55 Hard Charger – Holcomb (12 Pos), $50

Cobra Coaches Dash – Colagiovanni ($100), Richardson ($75), Moffit ($50), Bergeron ($25), Harrison ($25), Glover ($25)

Ground Control Last Car Lead Lap – K. Hebing $25

Ground Control 11th Place Finisher – Donath $25

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Barney, S. Poirier, Preston $10

Hoosier Tire – Franek $200

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September 1 2019

Jonathan Preston Sweeps Double Features at Brewerton Speedway with Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Brewerton 8/31/2019

Published September 1, 2019

BREWERTON, NY– Jonathan Preston broke out the broom on Friday night at the Brewerton Speedway.

Preston set fast time in timed warm-ups, won his heat race then went on to win back-to-back 25-lap A-Main events presented by E & V Energy, NAPA Auto Parts and Mach1 Chassis. The Romulus, N.Y., driver took home over $4,000 while claiming his fourth and fifth career Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint victories.

“I don’t know what to say,” stated Preston after winning the second feature. “This car is on rails. The track is beautiful. It was my night. This is my little engine, my older car, but it seems to be old faithful.”

Preston started on the outside of the front row for the first 25-lap feature event. Preston won the race off of turn four at the green with Billy VanInwegen falling in line quickly behind him.

Preston had the lead on lap two when Kyle Moffitt flipped in turn one. Moffitt went end over end bringing out the red flag. Thankfully he was okay after the crash.

The ensuing double-file restart gave VanInwegen a shot at Preston again, but like the initial start, it was Preston powering out in front. He got to the cushion and pulled away as VanInwegen searched for something more. Eventually he also made his way to the top of the speedway.

Another red came on lap 12 just as Preston had caught traffic. Denny Peebles hit the wall and came to a stop on the front stretch. Flames erupted from his car. They were extinguished quickly with Peebles walking away uninjured in the incident.

One last double-file restart put Preston and VanInwegen side-by-side again. Preston maintained his perfection on restarts keeping everyone under control at the green.

Preston’s second foray into traffic came on lap 18. This time the traffic was a struggle for Preston. Several were running the same lane as him on the top-side of the speedway. Preston tried to battle his way through, but he was slowed enough that VanInwegen got to his bumper.

The final three laps of the race were a dogfight in traffic between Preston and VanInwegen. VanInwegen tried and tried to make the bottom lane go. It just didn’t have enough grip. He pulled even off of turn two on the final lap. Preston went to the top in turns three and four. The momentum gained was enough to propel him to the win.

“They were top and bottom,” mentioned Preston of traffic. “I was faster on the top. I sailed it in there a couple times, but it’s so hard to get a run.”

VanInwegen came up a half a car-length short of claiming victory. It was his best run at the Brewerton Speedway to date as he had to settle for second.

“I hate to give one way from the pole like that, but man he was dominant,” cited VanInwegen. “I got the wing back under that last caution. We got to him in lapped traffic. I gave him everything I had. I just couldn’t stick the bottom enough to pull it off.”

Danny Varin overcame several challenges to get a podium effort. Varin not only battled handling problems, he was also in a fight for much of the race with Jason Barney, Larry Wight and Davie Franek. He outlasted all of them to get third.

“The podiums are nice,” said Varin. “They pay the bills and keep us going. The car was no good tonight. We got some work to do. We’ve been working on it. We’ve been trying to figure something out, but right now I can’t stand this race car.”

Barney came from the 12^th position to finish in fourth with Franek hanging on at the checkered to finish in fifth

Lucas Oil ESS/Mach 1 Chassis A-Main #1 Brewerton – Jonathan Preston ($2,110), Billy VanInwegen ($1,060), Danny Varin ($910), Jason Barney ($680), Davie Franek ($530), Larry Wight ($520), Chuck Hebing ($530), Sam Reakes IV ($420), Josh Pieniazek ($410), Ryan Harrison ($400), Matt Tanner ($435), Tommy Wickham ($320), Jeff Cook ($300), Brett Wright ($500), Paulie Colagiovanni ($325), Ryan Coniam ($300), Emily VanInwegen ($300), Josh Azzi ($350), Kelly Hebing ($350), Alex Bergeron ($300), Tyler Cartier ($300), Shawn Donath ($325), Denny Peebles ($325), Kyle Moffit ($325)

Did Not Qualify – Richardson

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Preston, Varin, Wight $25

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

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Halfway – Preston $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – VanInwegen $50

Fondations 55 Hard Charger – Barney (6 Pos), $50

Lacaillade Masonry B-Main – Azzi $50

87 Speed/Cobra Coaches Dash – C. Hebing ($100), Tanner ($75), K. Hebing ($50), Peebles ($25), Donath ($25), Moffit ($25)

Ground Control Last Car Lead Lap – Colagiovanni $25

Ground Control 11th Place Finisher – Tanner $25

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

Hoosier Tire – Wright $200

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September 1 2019

2 for 2 for Jonathan Preston tonight as he wins the second Lucas Oil Feature. (Make up feature from August 16th )

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Brewerton 8/16/2019 Makeup

Published September 1, 2019

BREWERTON, NY– In the second 25-lap A-Main Jeff Cook jumped out to the lead on Sammy Reakes IV from his outside pole starting spot. On lap two the pair were joined by Paulie Colagiovanni with a three-wide battle for the lead developing. They remained together several laps before Cook maintained the edge.

Josh Pieniazek slowed on lap five to bring out the yellow. When action resumed another yellow was necessary as Barney clipped a tire on the bottom of the track sending him up the race track into Shawn Donath. They both got into the outside wall off of turn four. Tommy Wickham was also involved.

Cook benefitted from the single-file restart to keep the lead of the race. While he was motoring out in front, Preston was making his way to the forward after starting sixth. On lap 11 he broke into the top three, a lap later he was running second behind Cook.

Preston stalked Cook for three laps before finally making his move. Preston went low in turns one and two to pull even with Cook off the corner as they raced onto the backstretch. He completed the pass through turns three and four to take the lead on lap 15 after the pair exchanged slide-jobs.

“That was a riot,” stated Preston about the battle with Cook. “I wouldn’t want to race against anyone else. They are all great guys, Cook and them. I kind of feel bad, I know it’s been a while for him, but what are you going to do.”

Preston opened up the advantage on the field from this point. Cook had another challenger emerge in Matt Tanner. Tanner, who started 11^th, found some moisture off the extreme bottom of turns one and two allowing him to go by Cook for second on lap 17.

Tanner searched over the final eight laps looking for something to get to Preston to no avail. At the checkered flag it was Preston claiming the clean sweep of the night.

After not finishing in the top five in the first main, Tanner was pleased with his efforts in the second race as he finished in second. He also made up ground on those in front of him in the point standings.

“At the beginning everyone moved up immediately based on the first race,” mentioned Tanner. “That left the bottom open. It started to wear out late. You had to get up there in the middle to make speed and that’s where Jonathan was. Those guys had a hell of a night. I guess it’s not too bad finishing second to the guy that won two in one night.”

Cook was disappointed with his third-place finish. The team is getting closer and closer to getting that first win of 2019.

“It’s not where we wanted to be,” commented Cook. “I was hoping we were going to close this thing out. She started getting loose in the end. The top was just too far out. I already had the wing in the trunk so there wasn’t much I could do. I was just a sitting duck on the top.”

Lucas Oil ESS/Mach 1 Chassis A-Main #2 Brewerton – Jonathan Preston ($2,000), Tanner ($1,000), Cook ($800), C. Hebing ($630), Pieniazek ($530), Reakes IV ($470), Peebles ($430), K. Hebing ($420), Cartier ($410), C. Hebing ($400), Colagiovanni ($360), Barney ($320), Donath ($300), Holcomb ($300), Axton ($300), Flint ($300), Richardson ($300)

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August 27 2019

Shawn Donath Finally Breaks Into Victory Lane at RPM Speedway

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > LeRPM 8/24/2019

Published August 27, 2019

MARCEL, PQ – Shawn Donath has been close to collecting a Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) A-Main in 2019. There have been several different reasons why it hasn’t happened but the South Onondaga, NY veteran can put those aside.

Taking the lead on a lap 22 restart from Matt Tanner, he went on to take home $2,060 for winning the Mach 1 Chassis A-Main, Ohsweken Speedway Canada Tour and Fondations 4 Saisons Quebec Series event. The win was Donath’s eighth career on the tour.

By virtue of his third-place finish, Jordan Poirier narrowly edged Paulie Colagiovanni for the Quebec Series title. His first of any kind with ESS. For Colagiovanni, he just had to show up at Ohsweken’s Canadian Sprint Car Nationals and Brockville’s Fall Nationals to clinch the Canada Tour title.

For Donath, the win was a relief. “It feels good to finally put it in victory lane. The guys work so hard on this car and I have some many great people that sponsor and help me. This win is really for them, I just get to drive,” Donath noted, “We have had a good car at most of the races and have been close. But, it just didn’t come together. Tonight, it did.”

The 25 lap A-Main did come down to that final restart. “The restart before I switched to the bottom and that wasn’t the right move. Matt got me,” Shawn telling about the closing laps. “That though helped me. When the yellow came back out and he took the top I knew what not to do so I wouldn’t get so loose like I did before. The car just launched off the bottom and it was just enough.”

The last three laps saw Donath pull out a slight advantage to take the win in front of a record crowd for ESS’ visit to RPM. Tanner came home second but was disappointed the checkers didn’t fly over his #90.

“When I got Shawn on that restart I knew to take the top when the last yellow came out,” Tanner said, “He just got the lead back on the last one. I was hoping to get the win but it just didn’t turn out that way.”

For Poirier, the Quebec Series title adds the family name to another part of the ESS record book. “This feels good to win a point title with ESS, there are so many good cars and to win one is special,” Jordan continued, “I didn’t know I actually won it. I saw Paulie have troubles but he had a pretty good point lead. We got a little lucky.”

Dale Gosselin, Jeff Cook, Denny Peebles, Dylan Swiernik, Brett Wright, Bryan Cloutier and Jason Barney rounded out the top ten.

The A-Main had its excitement right at the drop of the green flag when the front row of Chuck Hebing and Steve Poirier made contact causing for cars to get together. Poirier went off on the hock as did Billy VanInwegen. Hebing and Chris Jones would retire shortly after with damage.

Lucas Oil ESS/Mach 1 Chassis A-Main RPM – Shawn Donath ($2,060), Matt Tanner ($1,260), Jordan Poirier ($1,085), Dale Gosselin ($855), Jeff Cook ($780), Denny Peebles ($895), Dylan Swiernik ($680), Brett Wright ($645), Bryan Cloutier ($660), Jason Barney ($625), Lacey Hanson ($610), Dave Axton ($545), Kelly Hebing ($525), Alain Bergeron ($515), Paulie Colagiovanni ($560), Chuck Hebing ($530), Steve Poirier ($500), Chris Jones ($500), Billy VanInwegen ($500).

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Colagiovanni, C. Hebing, Swiernik $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Colagiovanni, Cook, Tanner $25

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Halfway – Donath $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – C. Hebing $50

Fondations 55 Hard Charger – J. Poirier (11 Pos), $50

Ground Control Last Car Lead Lap – Cloutier $25

Ground Control 11th Place Finisher – Hanson $25

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Donath, Tanner, J. Poirier $10

Hoosier Tire – Peebles $200

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August 27 2019

Paulie Colagiovanni Stays Hot With Late Race Pass of Jason Barney to win Autodrome Granby

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Granby 8/23/2019

Published August 27, 2019

GRANBY, PQ – With the closing stages of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) A-Main at Quebec’s Autodrome Granby playing out, it looked like Jason Barney was set to pick up win #3 in the 2019 campaign. A combination of lapped traffic and charging track conditions saw Paulie Colagiovanni slip by with two laps to go to pick up his seventh win on the tour.

The 18-year-old and current overall ESS point leader is showing that he is comfortable on all size of tracks and all types of conditions. The Granby half mile was lightning quick early on in the Mach 1 Chassis A-Main but then saw conditions change drastically in the final laps.

“The track changed in the end, I moved my car around and found some better lines to run out there,” said the calm teenager, “I really got quick off of two down low where Jason just stayed high. That’s where I made the most ground.”

Still, when you looked at the distance with about five laps to go, Barney looked to have enough of an advantage to the checkers. “He (Jason) was out there, I wasn’t sure if could catch him but I was running the car as hard as I could,” Colagiovanni continued, “I think being second definitely helped, as the track slicked off I could move around where he really couldn’t. To win with a late race pass is pretty cool.”

As you could imagine Barney was somewhat dejected, “This one is tough, I had a real good car all night and thought I was in the best lane. But, as it turns out it wasn’t,” he went on, “I was low and Alex (Vigneault) went by me up top. When he had is misfortune I went up there thinking that was the fast groove.

“When you lead you just don’t want to experiment too much on moving around, especially when you are comfortable,” Jason reflecting on his run, “As it turned out there were some better lines. It’s racing, Paulie is running good. I have to thank my guys for giving me a good piece. We will be back, I want a win here. I have a goal to get one win at every track ESS visits and Granby is one and man, I have been close here. We will get it.”

When the top three took to victory lane, the loudest roar from the huge Granby crowd was for sprint car rookie and local favorite Bryan Cloutier. In only a handful of runs, he put himself on the front stretch at the end and to say he was elated would be an understatement.

“Wow! I just can’t believe this race. To finish third with ESS is just amazing,” said the young drive with a big smile. “The track was real fast but I had such a good car. We didn’t change anything from hot laps to A-Main. It was all a basic Mach 1 setup that Mark Smith gave us.”

While Cloutier is new to sprints, he does have many laps around the Granby oval which proves key. “I have driven here but I don’t always do well. Tonight I felt so good out there,” he said with help of a translator, “I just can’t believe it.”

Alex Vigneault drew the pole and gave up the lead early to Barney. His high line saw him sweep back around the #87 only to come up to slower traffic and in a move to go around his car made contact with the wall and go upside down. He was fine. Chuck Hebing also found his way on his wing and he too walked away.

Billy VanInwegen and Steve Poirier rounded out the top five, the next five were made up of Jordan Poirier, Jeff Cook, Shawn Donath, Matt Tanner and Alain Bergeron

Lucas Oil ESS/Mach 1 Chassis A-Main Granby – Paulie Colagiovanni ($2,010), Jason Barney ($1,260), Bryan Cloutier ($1,035), Billy VanInwegen ($1070), Steve Poirier ($755), Jordan Poirier ($745), Jeff Cook ($680), Shawn Donath ($670), Matt Tanner ($635), Alain Bergeron ($650), Dylan Swiernik ($610), Denny Peebles ($545), Dale Gosselin ($525), Scott Holcomb ($515), Brett Wright ($535), Lacey Hanson ($505), Alex Vigneault ($600), Matt Hoyt ($500), Chris Jones ($500), Chuck Hebing ($500), Tyler Cartier ($500), Dave Axton ($200), Kelly Hebing ($500)

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – VanInwegen, S. Poirier, Cook $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Bergeron, Barney, Donath $25

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Halfway – Vigneault $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – Vigneault $50

Fondations 55 Hard Charger – J. Poirier (7 pos), $50

Ground Control Last Car Lead Lap – Wright $25

Ground Control 11th Place Finisher – Swiernik $25

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Colagiovanni, Barney, Cloutier $10

Hoosier Tire – VanInwegen $200

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August 13 2019

Jonathan Preston Takes Third Lucas Oil ESS Victory with Exciting win at Weedsport

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History > Tour Archive > 2019 > 2019 Results Page > Weedsport 8/11/2018

Published August 13, 2019

WEEDSPORT, NY – Jonathan Preston came into the 2019 Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints season still looking for his first A-Main win of 2019. After Sunday’s 25 lap, Mach 1 Chassis A-Main, he now is a three-time winner on the tour which puts him only behind Paulie Colagiovanni as the winningest driver on the tour.

“It’s been a pretty special year so far, we have been so close to getting a A-Main win over the years and now to have three in one season, that’s cool,” said the Romulus, NY, second generation driver. “We still consider ourselves a low dollar team. I mean this Mach 1 was a bent frame I got off of Jeff Cook for $500, the motor isn’t the best but you just never give up and try as hard as you can.”

The Weedsport oval had some bite and a good outside, that plays right into Preston’s wheelhouse. “It was definitely different than what it usually is,” he noted, “This track can get real slick but it never did tonight. I ran the top and I ran it hard.”

By the luck of the redraw, Preston started on the pole of the A-Main that also paid points for the NAPA Auto Parts US Tour and the E&V Energy I90/I81 Series. Alongside was Chuck Hebing who won the night before at Brockville. “I knew Chuck was going to be tough and I was a bit worried with him starting on the outside, he likes it up there,” said Preston, “But, I got the jump. Usually this motor stumbles on starts but I guess it was good enough.”

Many-time Weedsport winner Danny Varin got into second just shy of halfway and was hoping to close the gap on Preston but just never got close enough. “We just seem to be a little off this year, I’m just not quite sure what it is either,” said Varin who is surprisingly winless so far in 2019, “Second isn’t bad but I do like to get some wins, we will keep digging and see if we can get a few here at the end of the season.”

Colagiovanni is the current point leader and he got by Hebing in the closing stages of the event to stretch his point lead a little more over Hebing and Jason Barney who was a dropout victim. “The track was faster than normal which I like but it also made everyone else fast so passing was tough,” said the 18 year old, six-time winner. “It still was a good night, I just can’t thank the guys enough for giving me another good car.”

Hebing came home in fourth followed by Shawn Donath. The next five was made up of Jeff Cook, Tommy Wickham, Larry Wight, Kelly Hebing and Sammy Reakes IV.

Dave Axton lost a left rear wheel and went over on his wing but walked away uninjured.

Lucas Oil ESS/Mach 1 Chassis A-Main Weedsport – Jonathan Preston ($2,110), Danny Varin ($1,035), Paulie Colagiovanni ($835), Chuck Hebing ($655), Shawn Donath ($530), Jeff Cook ($470), Tommy Wickham ($430), Larry Wight ($420), Kelly Hebing ($460), Sammy Reakes IV ($450), Denny Peebles ($460), Matt Tanner ($345), Kyle Moffit ($325), Tyler Cartier ($300), Emily VanInwegen ($300), Scott Holcomb ($325), T.J. Karlsen ($300), Erik Karlsen ($300), Jason Barney ($500), Josh Flint ($300), Billy VanInwegen ($300), Josh Azzi ($300)

E3 Spark Plugs Fast Time – Varin, C. Hebing, Tanner $25

Car Mate Trailers Heats – Moffit, Colagiovanni, Donath $25

Around Town Plumbing and Heating Halfway – Preston $50

Pinnacle Pole Award – Preston $50

Fondations 55 Hard Charger – Reakes IV (11 pos), $50

Ground Control Last Car Lead Lap – Tanner $25

Ground Control 11th Place Finisher – Peebles $25

Walt’s Hobby Town/Cobra Coaches Dash – Peebles ($100), Axton ($75), K. Hebing ($50), Holcomb ($25), Tanner ($25)

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium – Preston, Varin, Colagiovanni $10

Hoosier Tire – Barney $200

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