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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