OHSWEKEN, ON – Duke Electric and LMP Excavation presented Backpack Night and Touch-a-Truck Night on Friday, August 14 at Ohsweken Speedway. Skyler Evans, Jesse Costa, Dave Bailey and Alex Riley took A-Main victories.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Skyler Evans started on pole, with D.J. Christie next to him, for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Evans and Christie battled hard for the lead on the opening lap, seeing Evans prevail. Kyle Phillips bought out the caution on lap eight as he came to a stop.
Evans broke away from the field after the restart, building a lead that was over four seconds. Fifteen-year-old Evans went on to win his first 360 Sprint feature, holding off a hard-charging Dylan Westbrook, who had to settle for second-place. Next to finish were Christie in third, Eric Gledhill fourth, and Nick Sheridan fifth. Evans becomes the youngest 360 Sprint winner at the track.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Larry Gledhill and Keegan Baker led the 28-car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Excitement began at the drop of the green flag as Austin Roes and Lance Erskine tangled into each other off turn two on the opening lap.
Gledhill put on a dominant drive after the restart as no one could catch him. With one lap to go, Gledhill could be found navigating heavy traffic. Jesse Costa used a lap car as a pick to get around Gledhill, ultimately becoming the race-winning move. Gledhill scored a close second, with Keegan Baker in third. Rounding out the top-five were Mack Deman and Liam Martin.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Kyle Wert and Kyle Andress to begin the 20-lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Wert led the opening lap just before a caution fell on lap two due to title contender Ryan Beagle coming to a stop on the track.
Dave Bailey began to work himself to the front after the race resumed, tracking down Wert. Wert relinquished the lead after Bailey made the successful pass with nine laps remaining. Bailey went on to win the race, adding another win for the all-time record, his 60th victory at the track. Rounding out the top-five were Wert in second, Ron Loggie third, Zack Bleich fourth, and Beagle fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Jeremy Cooper started on pole, alongside Randy Alway, to take the green flag for the 15-lap Mini Stock A-Main. Cooper clearly set the stage with his phenomenal pace, while the rest of the field were racing intensely for positions.
Cooper seemed destined to win the race after enduring two restarts through the course of the event, but with just one lap to go, Alex Riley made a last-second pass for the lead. Riley held off Cooper in the final turn to win the race. Cooper found himself settling for second, while Tim DeBoer finished in third. Closing out the top-five were Alexander Klotz in fourth, and Craig Cole fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Renway Energy and Contrans present Christmas in August and Autograph Night #3 on Friday, August 21. The Ohsweken Speedway weekly Friday Night Excitement divisions will be in competition, including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, August 14, 2026 // Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada // Total Entries: 112
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (22 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps
1. 87XS-Skyler Evans[1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 3. 5-DJ Christie[2]; 4. 7-Eric Gledhill[6]; 5. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]; 6. 88H-Josh Hansen[10]; 7. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[7]; 8. 77T-Tyeller Powless[14]; 9. 12DD-Darren Dryden[8]; 10. 39-Cory Turner[3]; 11. 21-Kyle Phillips[13]; 12. 15-Ryan Turner[15]; 13. 68-Aaron Turkey[16]; 14. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[9]; 15. 0C-Cole MacDonald[17]; 16. 0-Glenn Styres[11]; 17. 29W-Tyler Ward[19]; 18. 46-Kevin Pauls[20]; 19. 70-Baily Heard[22]; 20. 11-Jamie Turner[18]; 21. (DNF) 28K-Tate O’Leary[21]; 22. (DNF) 84-Mike Lichty[12]
Hard Charger – Tyeller Powless +6
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 3. 87XS-Skyler Evans[4]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[3]; 5. 21-Kyle Phillips[5]; 6. 68-Aaron Turkey[6]; 7. 29W-Tyler Ward[7]; 8. 70-Baily Heard[8]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 7-Eric Gledhill[1]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]; 3. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[2]; 4. 0-Glenn Styres[3]; 5. 77T-Tyeller Powless[7]; 6. 0C-Cole MacDonald[5]; 7. 46-Kevin Pauls[6]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[2]; 3. 39-Cory Turner[4]; 4. 84-Mike Lichty[5]; 5. 15-Ryan Turner[3]; 6. 11-Jamie Turner[7]; 7. (DNF) 28K-Tate O’Leary[6]
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (35 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa[6]; 2. 14-Larry Gledhill[1]; 3. 16X-Keegan Baker[2]; 4. 4-Mack DeMan[7]; 5. 9-Liam Martin[5]; 6. 5-Tom Pellizzari[3]; 7. 28T-Cameron Thomson[9]; 8. 2S-Al Sleight[11]; 9. 2M-Steve Murdock[16]; 10. 20-Johnny Miller[10]; 11. 27H-Niko Hansen[8]; 12. 1-Holly Porter[19]; 13. BS39-Brett Stratford[12]; 14. 53-Logan Shwedyk[23]; 15. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[15]; 16. 94-Ryan Fraser[20]; 17. 26X-Campbell Baker[18]; 18. 24A-AJ Lewis[13]; 19. 24K-Kiana Teal[14]; 20. 55-Cory Whittam[22]; 21. 3S-Austin Roes[17]; 22. 78-Darren McLennan[25]; 23. 36-Jeremy May[26]; 24. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[28]; 25. (DNF) 71-Mike Bowman[4]; 26. (DNF) 89L-Logan Ferguson[24]; 27. (DNF) 44-Connor Ross[27]; 28. (DNF) 48-Lance Erskine[21]
Hard Charger – Logan Shwedyk +9
B-Main [Started] 12 laps
1. 48-Lance Erskine[5]; 2. 55-Cory Whittam[2]; 3. 53-Logan Shwedyk[7]; 4. 89L-Logan Ferguson[6]; 5. 78-Darren McLennan[11]; 6. 36-Jeremy May[9]; 7. 44-Connor Ross[15]; 8. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[3]; 9. 2-Travis Hofstetter[8]; 10. 69K-Ken Hamilton[13]; 11. 78X-Matt Boyes[10]; 12. 22X-Brandon Sobeski[14]; 13. (DNF) 88R-Riley Mercer[1]; 14. (DNF) 57C-Cooper Fritz[4]; 15. (DNF) 9C-Brian Nanticoke[12]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 14-Larry Gledhill[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 3. 20-Johnny Miller[2]; 4. 24A-AJ Lewis[3]; 5. 3S-Austin Roes[5]; 6. 88R-Riley Mercer[6]; 7. 48-Lance Erskine[7]; 8. 36-Jeremy May[8]; 9. 69K-Ken Hamilton[9]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 27H-Niko Hansen[1]; 2. 28T-Cameron Thomson[3]; 3. 9-Liam Martin[4]; 4. 24K-Kiana Teal[2]; 5. 26X-Campbell Baker[5]; 6. 55-Cory Whittam[9]; 7. 89L-Logan Ferguson[8]; 8. 78X-Matt Boyes[6]; 9. 22X-Brandon Sobeski[7]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 4-Mack DeMan[4]; 2. 16X-Keegan Baker[1]; 3. 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[2]; 5. 1-Holly Porter[6]; 6. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[5]; 7. 53-Logan Shwedyk[7]; 8. 78-Darren McLennan[9]; 9. 44-Connor Ross[8]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps
1. 5-Tom Pellizzari[1]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman[6]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[2]; 4. 2M-Steve Murdock[3]; 5. 94-Ryan Fraser[5]; 6. 57C-Cooper Fritz[4]; 7. 2-Travis Hofstetter[7]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[8]
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (21 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps
1. 49-Dave Bailey[17]; 2. 19-Kyle Wert[1]; 3. 97-Ron Loggie[12]; 4. 108-Zack Bleich[15]; 5. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[16]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer[13]; 7. 03-George Grosul[7]; 8. 93K-Mike Klazinga[8]; 9. 11-Gofast Teeple[10]; 10. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 11. 81-Brando Greene Styres[11]; 12. 43C-Clinton Nicholls[14]; 13. 22C-Chris Crowe[18]; 14. 69G-Brian General[4]; 15. 26-Keith Dale[3]; 16. 43X-Bella General[20]; 17. 427-Tim Phalen[6]; 18. (DNF) 55-Mike Thorne[9]; 19. (DNF) 53-Liam Shwedyk[19]; 20. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 21. (DNF) 51D-Dylan Peckham[21]
Hard Charger – Dave Bailey +16
Qualifier 1 [Started] 10 laps
1. 19-Kyle Wert[2]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[10]; 3. 108-Zack Bleich[9]; 4. 26-Keith Dale[3]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[4]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer[8]; 7. 03-George Grosul[5]; 8. 81-Brando Greene Styres[7]; 9. 51D-Dylan Peckham[1]; 10. (DNF) 55-Mike Thorne[6]; 11. (DNF) 53-Liam Shwedyk[11]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 10 laps
1. 97-Ron Loggie[7]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[9]; 3. 11-Gofast Teeple[6]; 4. 93K-Mike Klazinga[5]; 5. 427-Tim Phalen[4]; 6. 43C-Clinton Nicholls[8]; 7. 22C-Chris Crowe[10]; 8. 69G-Brian General[3]; 9. 43X-Bella General[1]; 10. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[2]
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (34 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps
1. 17-Alex Riley[19]; 2. 92-Jeremy Cooper[1]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[7]; 4. 26-Alexander Klotz[13]; 5. 55-Craig Cole[10]; 6. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[18]; 7. 4A-Mason Anderson[9]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[12]; 9. 23-Dusty DeBoer[11]; 10. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[6]; 11. 9C-Connor Chambers[4]; 12. 66X-Martin Schroder[25]; 13. 51-Jesse McDonald[16]; 14. 3-Chase Mitchell[24]; 15. 99R-Ryan Farrington[23]; 16. 81D-Crystal Soules[28]; 17. 78-Mark Thorne[27]; 18. 79-Steve Miller[26]; 19. 265-Mike Evers[21]; 20. 00-Steven Boverhof[22]; 21. (DNF) 17K-Spencer Riddell[8]; 22. (DNF) 30-Joe Dirt[20]; 23. (DNF) 2EZ-John Lubeck[5]; 24. (DNF) 64-Nick Erskine[15]; 25. (DNF) 4-Wayde Thorne[17]; 26. (DNF) 01-Tristan DaSilva[14]; 27. (DNF) 11-Mike Giberson[29]; 28. (DNF) 12-Mark Allan[3]; 29. (DNF) 34-Randy Alway[2]
Hard Charger – Alex Riley +18
B-Main [Started] 6 laps
1. 265-Mike Evers[1]; 2. 00-Steven Boverhof[6]; 3. 99R-Ryan Farrington[2]; 4. 3-Chase Mitchell[8]; 5. 66X-Martin Schroder[7]; 6. 79-Steve Miller[10]; 7. 78-Mark Thorne[12]; 8. 81D-Crystal Soules[5]; 9. 11-Mike Giberson[9]; 10. (DNS) 5-Rodney Rutherford; 11. (DNS) 54-Christopher French; 12. (DNS) 15-Rogan Monaghan; 13. (DNS) 10J-Seth Reyneveld; 14. (DNS) 44-Doug Erskine
Qualifier 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 92-Jeremy Cooper[1]; 2. 2EZ-John Lubeck[5]; 3. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[15]; 4. 55-Craig Cole[10]; 5. 5K-Ken Hair[12]; 6. 12-Mark Allan[3]; 7. 51-Jesse McDonald[14]; 8. 17K-Spencer Riddell[9]; 9. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[7]; 10. 01-Tristan DaSilva[13]; 11. 265-Mike Evers[6]; 12. 5-Rodney Rutherford[4]; 13. 81D-Crystal Soules[2]; 14. 66X-Martin Schroder[16]; 15. 11-Mike Giberson[17]; 16. (DNF) 15-Rogan Monaghan[8]; 17. (DNF) 10J-Seth Reyneveld[11]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 9C-Connor Chambers[4]; 2. 17-Alex Riley[15]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[7]; 4. 64-Nick Erskine[13]; 5. 26-Alexander Klotz[12]; 6. 4-Wayde Thorne[14]; 7. 4A-Mason Anderson[9]; 8. 34-Randy Alway[1]; 9. 23-Dusty DeBoer[11]; 10. 30-Joe Dirt[16]; 11. 99R-Ryan Farrington[10]; 12. 54-Christopher French[6]; 13. 00-Steven Boverhof[3]; 14. 3-Chase Mitchell[2]; 15. 79-Steve Miller[17]; 16. 78-Mark Thorne[5]; 17. 44-Doug Erskine[8]
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About Ohsweken Speedway: Opened in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex and event centre featuring a 3/8 mile clay oval auto racing track and 1/6 mile clay oval Micro Sprint and Karting track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday Night Excitement racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks, while the facility also hosts weekly Micro Sprint and Kart racing on Thursday nights.
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