By Angie Rinaldi & Mike Ferrell (Sept 3, 2011) – SOS fans enjoyed an
entertaining Sunday afternoon at Brighton Speedway with a race car show,
dunk tank, Pig Roast and Bouncy castle for the children among the
activities available to enjoy before the nights racing action would get
underway. A full field of 24 Sanderson Tire & Automotive Southern
Ontario Sprints hit the track for night two of the Labour Day Classic
Extravaganza. The #9nz of Harvard Daniels certainly had the longest trip
of anyone that night coming all the way from New Zealand to team up with
the #11T of Jamie Turner to make their first starts with the SOS. #51
Lee Ladouceur had his eye on the Championship title with a 78 point lead
going into the final event over #5 Keith Dempster. Ladouceur would just
need to have consistent night to win his second title in as many years.

Heat races Sunday night would go to the #01k of Mike Kruchka, coming on
strong with the SOS in the first heat. #57 Charlie Sandercock, rookie of
the year contender and Brighton Speedway latemodel stand out, took the
second heat. With #0 Glenn “The Ohsweken Flyer” Styres taking home the
third heat win.

Sunday night's redraw for the Sprint Cars took place on the front
straight where a select number of children pulled for the top 9
positions on behalf of the drivers. As luck would have it the children
pulled the #0 of Glenn Styres and the #07x of Dain Naida for the front
row again, with home town favourite Charlie Sandercock and the
“Joyceville Jet” Rick Wilson making up the second row.

In a replay of Saturday night, Styres broke out to the early lead
followed by Naida, Wilson and then Sandercock. On lap 8 the four drivers
started to hit lap traffic and Naida once again was all over Styres. The
two swapped the lead a few times with Styres on the bottom and Naida in
the middle until Wilson came through on the high side and made it a
three car battle for the lead. It took Wilson a few laps but he
eventually worked his way around the two and took over the lead. Styres
remained second but with lap traffic the two remained close with Styres
just waiting for Wilson to make the slightest mistake. Meanwhile the
battle for third heated up with Sandercock working his way underneath
Naida and the 01K of Mikey Kruchka starting to work Saturday night's
winner Naida over for fourth. As the laps wound down, Wilson was
flawless in lapped traffic and picked up his first win since May and his
21st victory at Brighton Speedway. Styres came home second and
Sandercock got his first Sprint Car podium finish coming home third.
Kruchka got by Naida in a drag race to the line to finish fourth and
fifth respectively. Points leader Lee Ladouceur finished in ninth
position securing his second Southern Ontario Sprints Championship and
becoming only the second driver in SOS history to win back to back
championships, duplicating the feat achieved by Glenn Styres in 2007 and
2008.

NOTES

Congratulations to 2012 SOS Champion Lee Ladouceur. Lee and the top 10
for 2012 will be honoured at the SOS Annual Awards Banquet November 17th
at the Cairn Croft Inn in Niagara Falls. All are welcome to attend.
Ticket info and details will be announced shortly on the SOS website.

Sunday night was also “Topless” night at Brighton Speedway and featured
a non-wing sprint car dash race. #5 Keith Dempster picked up the win
narrowly holding of the driver that beat him on the points standings #51
Lee Ladoucuer.

Join the SOS for the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway
September 14th, 15th. Information on the event and tickets can be found
at www.ohswekenspeedway.com

2012 SOS EVENT #11
Brighton Speedway - Brighton, Ontario

ENTRIES (24 cars)
(Number Name - Hometown)

0 Glenn Styres – Ohsweken, ON
01 Kyle Fraser - White Lake, ON
01k Mike Kruchka - Grimsby, ON
2 Brad Lodge – Stouffville, ON
5 Keith Dempster - Alton, ON
5m Brad Malloy - Fort Erie, ON
07x Dain Naida - Tecumseh, MI
9 Jim Munsie - Pickering, ON
9nz Harvard Daniels - Auckland, NZ
10c Bob Crawford – Sutton, ON
11t Jamie Turner - Caistor Centre, ON
11z Darren Zumpe - St. Catherines, ON
15 Mike Ferrell - London, ON
15aw April Wilson – Joyceville, ON
25 Warren Mahoney - Lefroy, ON
30 Adam West - Ridgetown, ON
42w Rick Wilson - Joyceville, ON
51 Lee Ladouceur - Alexandria, ON
57 Charlie Sandercock ® - Carrying Place, ON
66 Frank Baranowski - Mount Hope, ON
67 Chris Durand - Port Stanley, ON
79 Dick Mahoney – Newmarket, ON
84 Tyler Rand - Picton, ON
98 Paul Pekkonen - Brockville, ON

HEAT RACES
(top 3 finishers redraw for feature starting positions)

HEAT RACE #1
(8 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 01k Mike Kruchka (2)
2. 11t Jamie Turner (1)
3. 42w Rick Wilson (6)
4. 25 Warren Mahoney (7)
5. 01 Kyle Fraser (8)
6. 5m Brad Malloy (3)
7. 9 Jim Munsie (4)
8. 84 Tyler Rand (5)

HEAT RACE #2
(8 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 57 Charlie Sandercock ® (4)
2. 79 Dick Mahoney (1)
3. 10c Bob Crawford (6)
4. 98 Paul Pekkonen (3)
5. 5 Keith Dempster (5)
6. 2 Brad Lodge (2)
7. 15aw April Wilson (8)
8. 66 Frank Baranowski (7)

HEAT RACE #3
(8 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (1)
2. 07x Dain Naida (2)
3. 67 Chris Durand (5)
4. 51 Lee Ladouceur (7)
5. 30 Adam West (6)
6. 9nz Harvard Daniels (3)
7. 15 Mike Ferrell (4)
8. 11z Darren Zumpe ® (dns)

SOS 'A' FEATURE
(20 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)

1. 42w Rick Wilson (4)
2. 0 Glenn Styres (1)
3. 57 Charlie Sandercock ® (3)
4. 01k Mike Kruchka (5)
5. 07x Dain Naida (2)
6. 67 Chris Durand (7)
7. 11t Jamie Turner (8)
8. 30 Adam West (15)
9. 51 Lee Ladouceur (12)
10. 5 Keith Dempster (14)
11. 2 Brad Lodge (17)
12. 5m Brad Malloy (16)
13. 79 Dick Mahoney (9)
14. 9 Jim Munsie (19)
15. 98 Paul Pekkonen (11)
16. 10c Bob Crawford (6)
17. 15aw April Wilson (20)
18. 9nz Harvard Daniels (18)
19. 15 Mike Ferrell (21)
20. 01 Kyle Fraser (13)
21. 66 Frank Baranowski (22)
22. 11z Darren Zumpe ® (24)
23. 84 Tyler Rand (23)
24. 25 Warren Mahoney (10)

UNOFFICIAL TOP 5 IN POINTS AFTER ROUND #11 (Rank. Number Name Points) 1.
51 Lee Ladouceur 2. 5 Keith Dempster 3. 07x Dain Naida 4. 30 Adam West
5. 25 Warren Mahoney

The Southern Ontario Sprints would like to thank their 2012 partners:
Wiseco Pistons, XXX Race Co., Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, The Racer’s
Edge, The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, ImageFactor.ca,
Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Sanderson’s Tire & Automotive and Ontario Oval.com

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