OHSWEKEN, ON – Hunsinger’s and Abate & Associates presented Halloween in July and Autograph Night on Friday, July 17 at Ohsweken Speedway. Josh Hansen, Jesse Costa, Ryan Beagle, and Mark Thorne took A-Main victories.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints
Josh Hansen started on pole, with Darren Dryden next to him, for the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Hansen took command of the race with blistering speed, opening a gap of 2.2 seconds over the field. Traffic became a factor for the leaders on lap eight.
The Turner brothers – Ryan and Cory – were able to stabilize the second and third positions, holding off Nick Sheridan and Dryden. Meanwhile, points leader Dylan Westbrook was struggling to keep touch with the top-five, a first for this season. Hansen grabbed the checkers with a devastating 5.8-second advantage, claiming the $8,000 bounty on Westbrook. Finishing out the top-five were Ryan Turner in second, Cory Turner third, Sheridan fourth, and Dryden fifth.
Strickland’s Brantford Chevrolet Crate Sprints
Campbell Baker and Austin Roes brought the 28-car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Jesse Costa took the lead from the drop of the green flag, after starting on the second row. Costa began to put drivers a lap down by lap seven.
Despite the stout field and stiff competition, Costa proved to be the standout driver as he crossed the finish line first with a 5.8-second lead over second-place Mack DeMan, leading every lap and running the fastest lap of the race. Next to finish were Mike Bowman in third, Steve Murdock fourth, and Liam Martin fifth.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Kyle Andress and Gofast Teeple to begin the 20-lap Thunder Stocks A-Main. Teeple was fast right out of the gate, leading the first lap. He built a three-second lead over the field by lap six as he began to hold off the championship favourites, Dave Bailey and Ryan Beagle.
The only caution flag of the race occurred on lap 11 as Liam Shwedyk suffered a spin in front of the lead lap cars. Everyone avoided the spin, but Teeple was affected the most as his lead was extinguished. Teeple tried his best to hold off the two most recent champions, but it was to no avail as Beagle and Bailey split him as both battled for the lead. Beagle claimed the lead with seven laps remaining, going on to win the race and keep the bounty alive for at least another race. Rounding out the top-five were Bailey in second, Teeple third, Ryan Kimball fourth, and Trevor DeBoer fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Mark Thorne started on pole, alongside Connor Chambers, to take the green flag for the 15-lap Mini Stocks A-Main. Thorne led the opening laps unchallenged, enjoying a 1.7-second lead by lap eight.
Meanwhile, there was a hotly-contested battle for second between Wayde Thorne, Alex Riley, Alexander Klotz, Craig Cole, and Jeff Elsliger. The five-car battle lasted for the remaining laps of the race, while Mark Thorne drove off to his first Ohsweken victory, leading every lap of the contest. The rest of the top-five were Klotz in second, Riley third, Wayde Thorne fourth, and Cole fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
The Six Nations Showdown presented by Federated Auto Parts will take to the track on Tuesday, July 21 and Wednesday July 22. This NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car series doubleheader will be packed with action, with each night featuring a different support division; the Dirt Late Model Open will be run on Tuesday, while a UMP vs. Canadian Modified challenge will be run on Wednesday. Many star drivers from the NASCAR and dirt track racing world will be in action over the course of this huge two-day event. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, July 17, 2026 // Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada // Total Entries: 107
Kool Kids-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars (22 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps
1. 88H-Josh Hansen[1]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[3]; 3. 39-Cory Turner[7]; 4. 45-Nick Sheridan[5]; 5. 12DD-Darren Dryden[2]; 6. 5-DJ Christie[10]; 7. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 8. 87XS-Skyler Evans[6]; 9. 21-Kyle Phillips[16]; 10. 84-Mike Lichty[22]; 11. 90-Travis Cunningham[9]; 12. 77T-Tyeller Powless[8]; 13. 68-Aaron Turkey[12]; 14. 0C-Cole MacDonald[13]; 15. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[14]; 16. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[11]; 17. 46-Kevin Pauls[19]; 18. 43-Scott Sherk[17]; 19. 28K-Tate O’Leary[18]; 20. (DNF) 77X-Alex Hill[15]; 21. (DNS) 0-Glenn Styres; 22. (DNS) 94X-Scott Hall
Hard Charger – Mike Lichty +12
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 2. 87XS-Skyler Evans[4]; 3. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]; 4. 5-DJ Christie[5]; 5. 0C-Cole MacDonald[6]; 6. 21-Kyle Phillips[3]; 7. 46-Kevin Pauls[8]; 8. (DQ) 84-Mike Lichty[7]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[1]; 3. 90-Travis Cunningham[3]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 5. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 6. 43-Scott Sherk[5]; 7. (DNS) 0-Glenn Styres
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 15-Ryan Turner[2]; 2. 39-Cory Turner[3]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen[4]; 4. 68-Aaron Turkey[5]; 5. 77X-Alex Hill[1]; 6. 28K-Tate O’Leary[6]; 7. (DNS) 94X-Scott Hall
Strickland’s Brantford Chevrolet Crate Sprints (32 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps
1. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 2. 4-Mack DeMan[6]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[9]; 4. 2M-Steve Murdock[8]; 5. 9-Liam Martin[3]; 6. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]; 7. 26X-Campbell Baker[1]; 8. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[7]; 9. 1-Holly Porter[17]; 10. 3S-Austin Roes[2]; 11. 55-Cory Whittam[15]; 12. 94-Ryan Fraser[11]; 13. 53-Logan Shwedyk[14]; 14. 24K-Kiana Teal[21]; 15. 20-Johnny Miller[16]; 16. 27H-Niko Hansen[10]; 17. 51-Trevor Young[20]; 18. 48-Lance Erskine[12]; 19. 28T-Cameron Thomson[18]; 20. 5-Tom Pellizzari[25]; 21. 16X-Keegan Baker[13]; 22. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[23]; 23. 57C-Cooper Fritz[19]; 24. 44-Connor Ross[22]; 25. 2-Travis Hofstetter[28]; 26. 36-Jeremy May[24]; 27. 88R-Riley Mercer[27]; 28. 89L-Logan Ferguson[26]
Hard Charger – Holly Porter +8
Last Chance Qualifier [Started] 12 laps
1. 24K-Kiana Teal[6]; 2. 44-Connor Ross[2]; 3. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[5]; 4. 36-Jeremy May[7]; 5. 5-Tom Pellizzari[8]; 6. 89L-Logan Ferguson[3]; 7. 88R-Riley Mercer[1]; 8. 2-Travis Hofstetter[4]; 9. 77-Matt Boyes[12]; 10. 69K-Ken Hamilton[11]; 11. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[10]; 12. 22X-Brandon Sobeski[9]
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[2]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 3. 27H-Niko Hansen[1]; 4. 16X-Keegan Baker[3]; 5. 1-Holly Porter[8]; 6. 88R-Riley Mercer[5]; 7. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[6]; 8. 22X-Brandon Sobeski[7]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[1]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman[2]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk[3]; 5. 28T-Cameron Thomson[7]; 6. 44-Connor Ross[5]; 7. 24K-Kiana Teal[6]; 8. 96-Tyler Lafantaisie[8]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 9-Liam Martin[4]; 2. 26X-Campbell Baker[3]; 3. 94-Ryan Fraser[1]; 4. 55-Cory Whittam[2]; 5. 57C-Cooper Fritz[8]; 6. 89L-Logan Ferguson[5]; 7. 36-Jeremy May[6]; 8. 69K-Ken Hamilton[7]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps
1. 4-Mack DeMan[4]; 2. 3S-Austin Roes[3]; 3. 48-Lance Erskine[1]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[6]; 6. 2-Travis Hofstetter[7]; 7. 5-Tom Pellizzari[2]; 8. 77-Matt Boyes[8]
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (22 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[16]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[17]; 3. 11-Gofast Teeple[2]; 4. 21K-Ryan Kimball[18]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[13]; 6. 55-Mike Thorne[7]; 7. 19-Kyle Wert[6]; 8. 108-Zack Bleich[12]; 9. 21X-Mark Bazuin[14]; 10. 97-Ron Loggie[15]; 11. 8-Ryan Dinning[3]; 12. 21S-Spencer Smolders[19]; 13. 03-George Grosul[9]; 14. 13-Kacey Huffman[4]; 15. 43-Kyle Andress[1]; 16. 93K-Mike Klazinga[5]; 17. 44B-Bella General[21]; 18. 427-Tim Phalen[10]; 19. (DNF) 69G-Brian General[11]; 20. (DNF) 53-Liam Shwedyk[20]; 21. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[8]; 22. (DNS) 51D-Dylan Peckham
Hard Charger – Ryan Beagle +15
Timed Hot Laps 1
1. 21K-Ryan Kimball, 19.537[11]; 2. 21X-Mark Bazuin, 19.701[9]; 3. 11-Gofast Teeple, 19.709[3]; 4. 84RK-Ryan Beagle, 19.725[10]; 5. 427-Tim Phalen, 19.729[7]; 6. 108-Zack Bleich, 19.749[8]; 7. 51D-Dylan Peckham, 19.956[1]; 8. 19-Kyle Wert, 19.991[5]; 9. 13-Kacey Huffman, 19.995[4]; 10. 37-Robert Hoskins, 20.165[6]; 11. 53-Liam Shwedyk, 20.728[2]
Timed Hot Laps 2
1. 97-Ron Loggie, 19.492[9]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey, 19.518[10]; 3. 69G-Brian General, 19.570[7]; 4. 21S-Spencer Smolders, 19.582[11]; 5. 93K-Mike Klazinga, 19.602[4]; 6. 23-Trevor DeBoer, 19.637[8]; 7. 55-Mike Thorne, 19.638[5]; 8. 03-George Grosul, 19.754[6]; 9. 43-Kyle Andress, 19.868[2]; 10. 8-Ryan Dinning, 20.050[3]; 11. 44B-Bella General, 20.429[1]
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (31 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps
1. 46-Mark Thorne[1]; 2. 26-Alexander Klotz[9]; 3. 17-Alex Riley[19]; 4. 4-Wayde Thorne[7]; 5. 55-Craig Cole[12]; 6. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[18]; 7. 64-Nick Erskine[17]; 8. 01-Tristan DaSilva[10]; 9. 1-Jason Tolton[5]; 10. 5K-Ken Hair[16]; 11. 17K-Spencer Riddell[6]; 12. 99R-Ryan Farrington[4]; 13. 4A-Mason Anderson[15]; 14. 9-Tim DeBoer[13]; 15. 23-Dusty DeBoer[8]; 16. 54-Christopher French[22]; 17. 66-Jon Janssens[21]; 18. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[11]; 19. 2EZ-John Lubeck[3]; 20. 44-Doug Erskine[14]; 21. 9C-Connor Chambers[2]; 22. 43J-Randy Alway[26]; 23. 93R-Rayse Meyer[24]; 24. 81D-Crystal Soules[27]; 25. 11-Mike Giberson[25]; 26. 10J-Seth Reyneveld[28]; 27. (DNF) 5-Rodney Rutherford[20]; 28. (DNF) 12-Mark Allan[23]
Hard Charger – Alex Riley +16
Last Chance Qualifier [Started] 6 laps
1. 66-Jon Janssens[3]; 2. 54-Christopher French[5]; 3. 12-Mark Allan[4]; 4. 93R-Rayse Meyer[8]; 5. 11-Mike Giberson[10]; 6. 43J-Randy Alway[7]; 7. 81D-Crystal Soules[9]; 8. (DNF) 10J-Seth Reyneveld[11]; 9. (DNF) 265-Mike Evers[1]; 10. (DNF) G8-Jeremy Cooper[2]; 11. (DQ) 24R-Chase Mitchell[6]
Timed Hot Laps 1
1. 55-Craig Cole, 21.523[10]; 2. 11E-Jeff Elsliger, 21.550[13]; 3. 23-Dusty DeBoer, 21.772[8]; 4. 5-Rodney Rutherford, 21.940[14]; 5. 5K-Ken Hair, 21.980[12]; 6. 9C-Connor Chambers, 21.998[4]; 7. 44-Doug Erskine, 22.010[11]; 8. 99R-Ryan Farrington, 22.026[5]; 9. 17K-Spencer Riddell, 22.128[7]; 10. 01-Tristan DaSilva, 22.131[9]; 11. 265-Mike Evers, 22.155[16]; 12. 66-Jon Janssens, 22.175[6]; 13. 54-Christopher French, 22.200[3]; 14. 43J-Randy Alway, 22.510[2]; 15. 81D-Crystal Soules, 23.588[1]; 16. 10J-Seth Reyneveld, 23.757[15]
Timed Hot Laps 2
1. 7-Alex Riley, 21.209[13]; 2. 64-Nick Erskine, 21.397[12]; 3. 1-Jason Tolton, 21.599[6]; 4. 4-Wayde Thorne, 21.692[7]; 5. 4A-Mason Anderson, 21.699[11]; 6. 9-Tim DeBoer, 21.802[10]; 7. 26-Alexander Klotz, 21.837[8]; 8. 6X-Mike Sarantakos, 21.871[9]; 9. 46-Mark Thorne, 21.951[1]; 10. 2EZ-John Lubeck, 22.072[4]; 11. G8-Jeremy Cooper, 22.134[3]; 12. 12-Mark Allan, 22.232[5]; 13. 24R-Chase Mitchell, 22.553[2]; 14. 93R-Rayse Meyer, 23.258[14]; 15. 11-Mike Giberson, 23.653[15]
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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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