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OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY PR: ZEMKEN & WINGER TAKE WINS AT THE ARROW EXPRESS CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS
by Tommy Goudge (September 13, 2014) – 68 360 Sprint Cars and 28 Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks combined for 96 total drivers signed in to race in the 10th annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Saturday night. Jessica Zemken and Lee Winger visited Mobil 1 Victory Lane.
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY RACE REPORT - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
OHSWEKEN, ONTARIO, CANADA
ARROW EXPRESS CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS
TOTAL ENTRIES - 96
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360 SPRINT CARS - CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS (68 entries)
Jessica Zemken of Sprakers, New York became the first woman to win the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Feature in the 10th annual edition of Ohsweken Speedway’s signature event on Saturday night. Zemken took the lead on lap 13 of the 35 lap race and held off 2009 CSCN winner Wayne Johnson to earn the $12,000 prize.
The race began with Jared Horstman and Dustin Daggett on the front row. Daggett took the lead, while Shane Stewart moved up to challenge, and the two traded slide jobs several times before making contact on lap 7 and allowed Stewart to take the lead. Horstman joined the fray along with 14th starter Jessica Zemken just as a yellow flag came out for a spin by Randy Hannagan in turn 3. Just one more lap was completed before Horstman slipped off the end of the track in turn 3 and hit an embankment. Horstman went to the work area during the caution period, but his crew decided the car was too heavily damaged to continue.
Daggett and Zemken went to work on Stewart when the green flag flew again. Daggett was alongside Stewart for the lead several times, while Zemken used the extreme low side of the track to move into 2nd on lap 12, and past Stewart on the next circuit. Another yellow flag flew on lap 14 for Paige Polyak facing the wrong way in turn 3, while Kyle Patrick got off track at the same time. 12th starter Bryan Howland was up to 6th at that point, while 24th starter Robbie Stillwaggon had advanced to 7th, with 17th starter Mark Smith right behind him.
Zemken pulled away when the race restarted, while Stewart and Daggett continued to race for the 2nd spot, and 10th starter Johnson raced with Howland for 4th. Zemken began to work through traffic, with Stewart and Johnson giving chase. Johnson drove around Stewart to take the 2nd spot on lap 22, while a caution flag came out on lap 23 for a spin by Dave Axton. Zemken restarted with the lead and 3 lapped cars between herself and Johnson, followed by Stewart, Howland, Daggett, Joe Trenca, Smith, 21st starter Steve Poirier, Stillwaggon, and Chuck Hebing.
Zemken opened a lead when the green flag came back out, while Johnson and Stewart worked to get past the lapped cars. Johnson used the high groove to start making gains on Zemken, who was sticking to the low side of the track, but the race was stopped with 9 laps left when Jordan Thomas crashed hard on the front stretch. Thomas eventually climbed from his heavily-damaged car under his own power. Crews were allowed to refuel cars during the red flag, but Mark Smith's crew entered the track surface before they were permitted, resulting in the 6th place driver being sent to the back of the field.
The top five of Zemken, Johnson, Stewart, Howland, and Daggett restarted without any lapped cars between them, while Poirier inherited the 6th spot with one lapped car between himself and Daggett. Zemken's restart was strong, and she opened a lead before Johnson begin to reel her back in. Daggett and Howland raced with Stewart for the 3rd spot, with Daggett eventually prevailing, while Poirier took 5th from Stewart. Johnson continued to close the gap on Zemken despite having no brakes, but was held up briefly by a lapped car with less than 2 laps to go. Zemken held on to take the win, followed by Johnson, Daggett, Howland, Poirier, Stewart, Hebing, Trenca, Polyak, and Jared Zimbardi.
68 drivers from 2 Canadian provinces and 8 American states attempted to qualify for the 2014 edition of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals on Saturday night. 16 drivers competed in the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals for the first time, with Paige Polyak the highest finishing first-time competitor. Chuck Hebing ran the fastest time overall in group time trials to collect the Fastest Qualifier Award, while Mitch Brown claimed the Fastest Canadian Qualifier award. Jeff Cook and his crew were given Corr/Pak Merchandising “Bill Peer Memorial” Best Appearing Car Award honours, while Steve Poirier claimed the Top Canadian A-Feature Finisher award, and Mitch Brown won the Brighton Speedway Highest Finishing SOS Driver award.
A-FEATURE (35 laps)
Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 1z Jessica Zemken (14)
2. 77x Wayne Johnson (10)
3. 2m Dustin Daggett (2)
4. 51h Bryan Howland (12)
5. 28fm Steve Poirier (21)
6. 3g Shane Stewart (4)
7. 45 Chuck Hebing (13)
8. 45t Joe Trenca (7)
9. 19p Paige Polyak (15)
10. 35 Jared Zimbardi (11)
11. 87 Jason Barney (25)
12. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon (24)
13. 10 Mitch Brown (9)
14. 13 Dylan Swiernik (23)
15. 36 Mike Stelter (20)
16. 49d Shawn Dancer (30)
DNF. 67 Steve Collins (19)
18. 77 Dain Naida (29)
19. 0 Glenn Styres (16)
20. 14h Jim Huppunen (28)
21. 33k Kyle Patrick (3)
22. 2 Dave Axton (18)
DNF. 55 Mark Smith (17)
DNF. 10c Jeff Cook (26)
DNF. 79 Jordan Thomas (22)
DNF. 123 Yan Bilodeau (5)
DNF. 17h Hud Horton (27)
DNF. 22h Randy Hannagan (6)
DNF. 17 Jared Horstman (1)
DNF. 16 Ryan Ruhl (8)
No Time
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Dustin Daggett (1-5), Shane Stewart (6-12), Jessica Zemken (13-35)
AWARD WINNERS:
Insta-Insulation Fastest Qualifier Award - 45 Chuck Hebing (14.158 seconds)
Nathan Ackland State Farm Insurance Fastest Canadian Qualifier Award - 10 Mitch Brown (14.201 seconds)
Corr/Pak Merchandising “Bill Peer Memorial” Best Appearing Car Award - 10c Jeff Cook
Case IH Top Canadian A-Feature Finisher Award - 28fm Steve Poirier (5th)
Brighton Speedway Highest Finishing SOS Driver Award - 10 Mitch Brown (13th)
TIME TRIAL GROUP #1 (4 laps - Top 4 inverted into heat race starting positions)
Rank. Number Name (Hometown) Best Lap (Overall Rank)
1. 67 Steve Collins (Belfast, NY) 14.235 (7), 2. 35 Jared Zimbardi (Bradford, PA) 14.244 (9), 3. 55 Mark Smith (Sunbury, PA) 14.335 (16), 4. 3g Shane Stewart (Pittsboro, IN) 14.452 (23), 5. 17h Hud Horton (Germantown, OH) 14.546 (28), 6. 5d Dave Dykstra (Port Colborne, ON) 14.668 (34), 7. 48j Darryl Ruggles (Canadaigua, NY) 14.972 (48), 8. 21 Don Adamczyk (Williamsville, NY) 15.057 (51), 9. CJ Jones (Cortland, OH) 15.133 (52), 10. 15 Mike Ferrell (London, ON) 15.391 (60), 11. 5m Brad Malloy (Fort Erie, ON) 15.705 (63), 12. 19k Paul Kinney (Canastota, NY) No Time (68)
TIME TRIAL GROUP #2 (4 laps - Top 4 inverted into heat race starting positions)
Rank. Number Name (Hometown) Best Lap (Overall Rank)
1. 16 Ryan Ruhl (Coldwater, MI) 14.191 (2), 2. 1z Jessica Zemken (Sprakers, NY) 14.258 (11), 3. 33k Kyle Patrick (Kingsville, ON) 14.295 (13), 4. 14h Jim Huppunen (Welland, ON) 14.506 (24), 5. 79 Jordan Thomas (Harding, PA) 14.524 (25), 6. 10j Jeremy Hughes (Burlington, ON) 14.585 (31), 7. 10k Rob Dietrick (Farmington, NY) 14.799 (40), 8. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton, ON) 14.856 (43), 9. 3r Shane Ross (Thedford, ON) 14.887 (44), 10. 51 Lee Ladouceur (Alexandria, ON) 14.931 (46), 11. 81 Derek Jonathan (Lewiston, NY) 15.352 (57), 12. 27 Brad Lamberson (Parma, MI) No Time (67)
TIME TRIAL GROUP #3 (4 laps - Top 4 inverted into heat race starting positions)
Rank. Number Name (Hometown) Best Lap (Overall Rank)
1. 22h Randy Hannagan (Pittsboro, IN) 14.229 (6), 2. 19p Paige Polyak (Tiffin, OH) 14.303 (14), 3. 49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, NY) 14.350 (17), 4. 51h Bryan Howland (Union Springs, NY) 14.391 (19), 5. 87 Jason Barney (Brewerton, NY) 14.425 (21), 6. 6m Max Stambaugh (Elida, OH) 14.442 (22), 7. 25p Michael Parent (Granby, QC) 14.575 (29), 8. 13 Dylan Swiernik (Port Leyden, NY) 14.851 (42), 9. 87r Ryan Linder (Phoenix, AZ) 14.930 (45), 10. 75 Tommy Wickham (Constantia, NY) 14.995 (50), 11. 01 Kyle Fraser (Arnprior, ON) 15.343 (55)
TIME TRIAL GROUP #4 (4 laps - Top 4 inverted into heat race starting positions)
Rank. Number Name (Hometown) Best Lap (Overall Rank)
1. 123 Yan Bilodeau (Victoriaville, QC) 14.417 (20), 2. 422 Etienne Girard (Saint-Germain, QC) 14.541 (26), 3. 11r Chase Ridenour (Perry, MI) 14.583 (30), 4. 2 Dave Axton (Port Byron, NY) 14.733 (36), 5. 36 Mike Stelter (Webster, NY) 14.837 (41), 6. 45t Joe Trenca (Clay, NY) 14.936 (47), 7. 5c Conor Mahoney (Waterdown, ON) 15.172 (53), 8. 6 Curtis Gartly (Thamesford, ON) 15.199 (54), 9. 22 Jim Porter (Grand Island, NY) 15.489 (61), 10. 15aw April Wilson (Joyceville, ON) 15.659 (62), 11. 43 Scott Sherk (Port Colborne, ON) 16.268 (65)
TIME TRIAL GROUP #5 (4 laps - Top 4 inverted into heat race starting positions)
Rank. Number Name (Hometown) Best Lap (Overall Rank)
1. 10 Mitch Brown (Brantford, ON) 14.201 (4), 2. 17 Jared Horstman (Cloverdale, OH) 14.239 (8), 3. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken, ON) 14.254 (10), 4. 27h Tom Huppunen (Welland, ON) 14.388 (18), 5. 00 Dane Lorenc (Depew, NY) 14.544 (27), 6. 10c Jeff Cook (Antwerp, NY) 14.620 (33), 7. 42w Rick Wilson (Joyceville, ON) 14.982 (49), 8. 21j John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams, ON) 15.345 (56), 9. 94z Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie, ON) 15.366 (58), 10. 10b Scott Kreutter (Cowlesville, NY) 15.370 (59), 11. 70 Jim Lingar (South Bend, IN) 16.388 (66)
TIME TRIAL GROUP #6 (4 laps - Top 4 inverted into heat race starting positions)
Rank. Number Name (Hometown) Best Lap (Overall Rank)
1. 45 Chuck Hebing (Ontario, NY) 14.158 (1), 2. 77x Wayne Johnson (Knoxville, IA) 14.194 (3), 3. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon (Burlington, NJ) 14.215 (5), 4. 2m Dustin Daggett (Grand Ledge, MI) 14.268 (12), 5. 28fm Steve Poirier (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, QC) 14.314 (15), 6. 19 Cory Turner (Caistor Centre, ON) 14.604 (32), 7. 49d Shawn Dancer (Delphos, OH) 14.702 (35), 8. 11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre, ON) 14.735 (37), 9. 77 Dain Naida (Tecumseh, MI) 14.743 (38), 10. 8b Alain Bergeron (Saint-Pie, QC) 14.757 (39), 11. 25g Tyler Graves (Little Genesee, NY) 16.247 (64)
HEAT RACE #1 (10 laps - Top 3 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 3g Shane Stewart, 2. 35 Jared Zimbardi, 3. 55 Mark Smith, 4. 67 Steve Collins, 5. 5d Dave Dykstra, 6. 17h Hud Horton, 7. 48j Darryl Ruggles, 8. 5m Brad Malloy, 9. 19k Paul Kinney, 10. 10jr CJ Jones, DNF. 15 Mike Ferrell, DNS. 21 Don Adamczyk. No Time
HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps - Top 3 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 33k Kyle Patrick, 2. 16 Ryan Ruhl, 3. 1z Jessica Zemken, 4. 79 Jordan Thomas, 5. 14h Jim Huppunen, 6. 3r Shane Ross, 7. 10j Jeremy Hughes, 8. 5 Keith Dempster, 9. 51 Lee Ladouceur, 10. 81 Derek Jonathan, 11. 27 Brad Lamberson, 12. 10k Rob Dietrick. Time - 2:29.637
HEAT RACE #3 (10 laps - Top 3 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 22h Randy Hannagan, 2. 51h Bryan Howland, 3. 19p Paige Polyak, 4. 6m Max Stambaugh, 5. 13 Dylan Swiernik, 6. 87 Jason Barney, 7. 25 Michael Parent, 8. 87r Ryan Linder, 9. 75 Tommy Wickham, 10. 01 Kyle Fraser, DNF. 49 Todd Hoddick. No Time
HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps - Top 3 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 123 Yan Bilodeau, 2. 45t Joe Trenca, 3. 2 Dave Axton, 4. 36 Mike Stelter, 5. 422 Etienne Girard, 6. 11r Chase Ridenour, 7. 5c Conor Mahoney, 8. 15aw April Wilson, 9. 6 Curtis Gartly, 10. 43 Scott Sherk, 11. 22 Jim Porter. Time - 2:32.185
HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps - Top 3 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 17 Jared Horstman, 2. 10 Mitch Brown, 3. 0 Glenn Styres, 4. 10c Jeff Cook, 5. 27h Tom Huppunen, 6. 00 Dane Lorenc, 7. 21j John Burbridge, Jr., 8. 94z Stan Zanchin, 9. 42w Rick Wilson, 10. 10b Scott Kreutter, 11. 70 Jim Lingar. Time - 2:28.305
HEAT RACE #6 (10 laps - Top 3 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 77x Wayne Johnson, 3. 45 Chuck Hebing, 4. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon, 5. 28fm Steve Poirier, 6. 77 Dain Naida, 7. 8b Alain Bergeron, 8. 19 Cory Turner, 9. 49d Shawn Dancer, 10. 11 Jamie Turner, DNF. 25g Tyler Graves. Time - 2:28.599
B-FEATURE #1 (12 laps - Top 2 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 67 Steve Collins, 2. 79 Jordan Thomas, 3. 14h Jim Huppunen, 4. 48j Darryl Ruggles, 5. 17h Hud Horton, 6. 5d Dave Dykstra, 7. 3r Shane Ross, 8. 10j Jeremy Hughes, 9. 5 Keith Dempster, 10. 81 Derek Jonathan, 11. 5m Brad Malloy, 12. 51 Lee Ladouceur, 13. 10k Rob Dietrick, 14. 10jr CJ Jones, DNS. 19k Paul Kinney, DNS. 15 Mike Ferrell, DNS. 27 Brad Lamberson, DNS. 21 Don Adamczyk. Time - 2:59.646
B-FEATURE #2 (12 laps - Top 2 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 36 Mike Stelter, 2. 13 Dylan Swiernik, 3. 25 Michael Parent, 4. 87 Jason Barney, 5. 6m Max Stambaugh, 6. 87r Ryan Linder, 7. 422 Etienne Girard, 8. 5c Conor Mahoney, 9. 6 Curtis Gartly, 10. 11r Chase Ridenour, 11. 01 Kyle Fraser, 12. 15aw April Wilson, 13. 43 Scott Sherk, 14. 22 Jim Porter, DNF. 75 Tommy Wickham, DNS. 49 Todd Hoddick. Time - 3:05.964
B-FEATURE #3 (12 laps - Top 2 transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 28fm Steve Poirier, 2. 89 Robbie Stillwaggon, 3. 10c Jeff Cook, 4. 8b Alain Bergeron, 5. 19 Cory Turner, 6. 49d Shawn Dancer, 7. 77 Dain Naida, 8. 11 Jamie Turner, 9. 00 Dane Lorenc, 10. 94z Stan Zanchin, 11. 42w Rick Wilson, 12. 10b Scott Kreutter, 13. 27h Tom Huppunen, 14. 25g Tyler Graves, 15. 70 Jim Lingar, DNF. 21j John Burbridge, Jr. No Time
DASH (4 laps – Determined top 6 A-Feature starting positions)
Finish. Number Name
1. 17 Jared Horstman, 2. 2m Dustin Daggett, 3. 33k Kyle Patrick, 4. 3g Shane Stewart, 5. 123 Yan Bilodeau, 6. 22h Randy Hannagan. Time - 59.757
LITTLE FEATURE (15 laps - Top transferred to A-Feature)
Finish. Number Name
1. 87 Jason Barney, 2. 10c Jeff Cook, 3. 17h Hud Horton, 4. 14h Jim Huppunen, 5. 77 Dain Naida, 6. 49d Shawn Dancer, 7. 6m Max Stambaugh, 8. 10j Jeremy Hughes, 9. 3r Shane Ross, 10. 19 Cory Turner, 11. 8b Alain Bergeron, 12. 5d Dave Dykstra, DNF. 25 Michael Parent, DNF. 87r Ryan Linder, DNF. 422 Etienne Girard. No Time