By Clayton Johns

BRIGHTON – The pit area saw 21 sprint cars sign in for action at
Brighton Speedway on Rapid Rad and Star 93.3 night, featuring the
Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS) on Saturday. The SOS made their fourth
appearance at Brighton this season for a 25-lap feature.

Brad Lodge (No.2 RBM Carriers) and Mitch Brown (No.10b Pro-Fit Health
Club) led the 21-car Southern Ontario Sprints field to the green. Brown
grabbed the early lead with fourth-place starter Glenn Styres (No.0 Case
IH) jumping to the second spot on the first lap.

The top two quickly broke away from the field and diced there way
through lapped traffic as early as lap four. Styres cut in to Brown’s
lead when a group of lapped cars made it difficult for Brown to run his
preferred line against the cushion. On lap 12, Brown saw his opportunity
for a fourth consecutive win at Brighton disappear when something broke
in the car’s front end, damaging the steering. The damage ended Brown’s
race, giving the lead to Styres.

Styres led the final 13 laps of the race, holding off challenges from
defending champion Chris Jones (No.11J Jones Automotive). Styres
appeared to have the victory sewn up before a caution at lap 23 slowed
the field for a spinning Keith Dempster (No.5 Renway Energy) on the
backstretch.

Jones and third-place runner Warren Mahoney (No.25 RBM Carriers) could
not mount any serious challenge in the final two laps as Styres earned
his first victory of the year at Brighton. Jones finished second while
Mahoney held on to third ahead of Jamie Turner (No.11T Hank’s Discount
Smokes) and Charlie Sandercock (No.57 Bellevue Fabricating).

Turner, Brown, and Styres won the Wiseco Pistons qualifying heats.

The SOS will return to action Labour Day Weekend at Brighton Speedway
for a double header event to crown the season champion.

Entries
0 Glenn Styres – Ohsweken, ON
01 Kyle Fraser – White Lake, ON
2 Brad Lodge – Stouffville, ON
5 Keith Dempster – Alton, ON
10 Bob Crawford – Sutton, ON
10B Mitch Brown – Brantford, ON
11J Chris Jones – Demorestville, ON
11T Jamie Turner – Caistor Centre, ON
15 Mike Ferrell – London, ON
15AW April Wilson – Joyceville, ON
19 Cory Turner – Caistor Centre, ON
25 Warren Mahoney – Lefroy, ON
42W Rick Wilson – Joyceville, ON
51 Lee Ladouceur - Alexandria, ON
57 Charlie Sandercock – Carrying Place, ON
66 Frank Baranowski – Hamilton, ON
67 Chris Durand – Port Stanley, ON
71S Shawn Sliter – Port Colborne, ON
77 Dain Naida – Tecumseh, MI
84 Tyler Rand – Picton, ON
98 Paul Pekkonen – Brockville, ON

Heat #1 Results (8 laps)
1. 11T Jamie Turner (1)
2. 42w Rick Wilson (3)
3. 19 Cory Turner (2)
4. 84 Tyler Rand (7)
5. 10 Bob Crawford (5)
6. 15aw April Wilson (6)
7. 15 Mike Ferrell (4)

Heat #2 Results (8 laps)
1. 10B Mitch Brown (1)
2. 11J Chris Jones (4)
3. 2 Brad Lodge (5)
4. 57 Charlie Sandercock (7)
5. 98 Paul Pekkonen (6)
6. 66 Frank Baranowski (2)
7. 01 Kyle Fraser (3)

Heat #3 Results (8 laps)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (2)
2. 71s Shawn Sliter (3)
3. 25 Warren Mahoney (1)
4. 51 Lee Ladouceur (7)
5. 5 Keith Dempster (6)
6. 67 Chris Durand (5)
7. 77 Dain Naida (4)

A-Main Results (25 Laps)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (4)
2. 11J Chris Jones (3)
3. 25 Warren Mahoney (6)
4. 11T Jamie Turner (5)
5. 57 Charlie Sandercock (11)
6. 84 Tyler Rand (10)
7. 42w Rick Wilson (9)
8. 71s Shawn Sliter (8)
9. 77 Dain Naida (21)
10. 51 Lee Ladouceur (12)
11. 2 Brad Lodge (1)
12. 98 Paul Pekkonen (14)
13. 67 Chris Durand (18)
14. 10 Bob Crawford (13)
15. 01 Kyle Fraser (20)
16. 19 Cory Turner (7)
17. 5 Keith Dempster (15)
18. 15 Mike Ferrell (19)
19. 15aw April Wilson (16)
20. 10B Mitch Brown (2)
21. 66 Frank Baranowski (17)

The Southern Ontario Sprints 2014 season is proudly presented by
Speedway Motors, Wiseco Pistons, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, The
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, Imagefactor.ca Motorsport
Designs and Photography, Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Canadian Motorsports
Expo, Sanderson’s Tire and Automotive, and OnDirtRacingNews.com.

Find the Southern Ontario Sprints online at www.southernontariosprints.com.
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