Bell Claims Second Night of Northern Summer Nationals at Ohsweken

By Tommy Goudge

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 23, 2019) – The second night of Ohsweken Speedway’s Northern Summer Nationals presented by Burger Barn, Arrow Express, Nitro 54 Variety and Bradshaw Brothers was another action-packed affair. 146 drivers signed in for action across four divisions, including another star-studded Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car roster which featured Tony Stewart, Christopher Bell, Rico Abreu, and a host of regional racing standouts.

Christopher Bell took the $5,000 USD win in the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars feature.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars

Christopher Bell and Scott Kreutter started on the front row for the 30-lap Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car A-Feature. Bell saw his lead erased twice by yellow flags for Jim Huppunen, including a nearly three second advantage which he had built by lap 12.

Mark Smith gave Bell all he could handle after the restart, as the two exchanged a multitude of slide jobs with Smith leading laps 14 through 16 before Bell was able to slip away again. Dylan Westbrook began to reel in the leaders, but his bid for the win stalled in traffic as he fended off the advances of Jordan Poirier.

Bell drove nearly flawlessly for the remainder of the race to claim the win, while Smith took the runner-up spot followed by Westbrook, Jordan Poirier, and Jordan Thomas.

Christopher Bell, Joe Trenca, Dylan Westbrook, Cory Turner, and Jim Huppunen won qualifying heat races for the 45 car field, while Denny Peebles, Rico Abreu, and Dale Gosselin won B-Features. Jim Huppunen also won the Ackland Insurance Top Gun Award for accruing the most heat race passing points.

Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (45 Entries)

A-Feature (30 laps – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 67X-Christopher Bell, [1]; 2. 55M-Mark Smith, [5]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [7]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier, [13]; 5. 79-Jordan Thomas, [3]; 6. 17M-Max Stambaugh, [11]; 7. 28FM-Steve Poirier, [18]; 8. 91-Ryan Turner, [17]; 9. 17X-Mack DeMan, [16]; 10. 28F-Davie Franek, [12]; 11. 49-Scott Kreutter, [2]; 12. 98-Joe Trenca, [9]; 13. 24-Rico Abreu, [22]; 14. 68-Aaron Turkey, [24]; 15. 35-Jared Zimbardi, [20]; 16. 10-Mitch Brown, [15]; 17. 3-Denny Peebles, [21]; 18. 87-Jason Barney, [14]; 19. 3G-Dale Gosselin, [23]; 20. 1-10-Jake Brown, [25]; 21. 0-Jim Huppunen, [4]; 22. 5D-Shane Ross, [19]; 23. 14-Tony Stewart, [8]; 24. 0J-Lynton Jeffrey, [27]; 25. 11-Jamie Turner, [26]; 26. 27H-Tom Huppunen, [6]; 27. 13-Cory Turner, [10]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Christopher Bell (1-13, 17-30), Mark Smith (14-16)
Hard Charger – Steve Porier +11

Heat Race 1 (8 laps – 4 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 67X-Christopher Bell, [4]; 2. 87-Jason Barney, [1]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart, [6]; 4. 17M-Max Stambaugh,[8]; 5. 1-Holly Porter, [2]; 6. 1-10-Jake Brown, [9]; 7. 67-Pete Richardson, [5]; 8. 11-Jamie Turner, [3]; 9. 55-Mike Thorne, [7]

Heat Race 2 (8 laps – 4 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 98-Joe Trenca,  [1]; 2. 79-Jordan Thomas, [5]; 3. 91-Ryan Turner, [3]; 4. 17X-Mack DeMan, [6]; 5. 0J-Lynton Jeffrey, [2]; 6. 01-Kyle Fraser, [9]; 7. 18-Josh Shantz, [8]; 8. 9B-Scott Burk, [4]; 9. 46-Kevin Pauls, [7]

Heat Race 3 (8 laps – 4 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 13-Cory Turner, [1]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier, [2]; 3. 10-Mitch Brown, [4]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek, [7]; 5. 3-Denny Peebles, [8]; 6. 15-Dan Nanticoke, [5]; 7. 121-Steve Glover, [9]; 8. 18S-Micheal Summers, [3]; 9. 87X-Shone Evans, [6]

Heat Race 4 (8 laps – 4 Transfer – 2:06.339)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, [5]; 2. 49-Scott Kreuter, [6]; 3. 27H-Tom Huppunen, [8]; 4. 35-Jared Zimbardi, [3]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu, [4]; 6. 3G-Dale Gosselin, [1]; 7. 16L-Roger Levesque, [2]; 8. 79K-Clyde Knipp, [7]; (DNS) 84-Tyler Rand

Heat Race 5 (8 laps – 4 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 0-Jim Huppunen, [6]; 2. 55M-Mark Smith, [7]; 3. 28FM-Steve Poirier, [2]; 4. 5D-Shane Ross, [5]; 5. 77X-Alex Hill, [4]; 6. 68-Aaron Turkey, [8]; 7. 9-Steve Lyons, [3]; 8. 46C-Ryan Coniam, [1]; (DNS) 88H-Josh Hansen

B-Feature 1 (10 laps – 2 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 3-Denny Peebles, [1]; 2. 68-Aaron Turkey, [2]; 3. 79K-Clyde Knipp, [6]; 4. 121-Steve Glover, [3]; 5. 18S-Micheal Summers, [7]; 6. 15-Dan Nanticoke, [4]; 7. 67-Pete Richardson, [5]; 8. 46C-Ryan Coniam, [8]; 9. 88H-Josh Hansen, [9]

B-Feature 2 (10 laps – 2 Transfer – 2:47.272)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 24-Rico Abreu, [2]; 2. 1-10-Jake Brown, [1]; 3. 1-Holly Porter, [3]; 4. 18-Josh Shantz, [4]; 5. 9-Steve Lyons, [5]; 6. 55-Mike Thorne, [7]; 7. 9B-Scott Burk, [6]; 8. 87X-Shone Evans, [8]

B-Feature 3 (10 laps – 2 Transfer – No Time)
Finish. #-Name, [Starting Position]
1. 3G-Dale Gosselin, [4]; 2. 11-Jamie Turner, [6]; 3. 0J-Lynton Jeffrey, [3]; 4. 77X-Alex Hill, [2]; 5. 46-Kevin Pauls, [7]; 6. 16L-Roger Levesque, [5]; 7. 01-Kyle Fraser, [1]; 8. 84-Tyler Rand, [8]

Ackland Insurance Top Gun: Jim Huppunen

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2019 SEASON
Ohsweken Speedway’s 24th season of weekly Friday Night Excitement features four divisions of racing, including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. Visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com or call (519) 717-0023 for more information.

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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