OHSWEKEN, ON – Slack Lumber and Window Werx presented Back-To-School Backpack Night and Contractors Night on Friday at Ohsweken Speedway, with Dylan Westbrook, Keegan Baker, Dave Bailey, and Rogan Monaghan taking A-Main victories.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints
Liam Martin started on pole, with Josh Hansen next to him, for the 360 Sprints A-Main. Hansen had a great start, overtaking Martin for the lead on the opening lap. Hansen drove away from the field, easily leading the early laps. Dylan Westbrook hunted down Hansen and passed for the top spot on Lap 11. Once Westbrook got the taste of the lead, he wasn’t going to relinquish it.
A late-race restart didn’t phase Westbrook as he secured his seventh win of the season and 49th career 360 Sprint win at Ohsweken, scoring vital points going into the championship race next week. Next to finish were Ryan Turner in second, Nick Sheridan third, Tyeller Powless fourth, and Hansen fifth.
Strickland’s Crate Sprints
Steve Murdock and Jacob Dykstra brought the 29-car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprints A-Main. Dykstra took the lead before Ken Hamilton brought out a caution flag for a spin on lap one. The restart was successful and Dykstra maintained his lead over the field. Jesse Costa began to challenge for the position in the opening laps and Dykstra pushed too hard as he tried to defend, spinning and allowing Costa to swoop into the top spot. The resulting caution flag bred three more restarts until racing resumed.
In the wake of the caution flags, 2024 Open Micro Sprints champion Brennen Hagar flipped and brought out an immediate red flag. Dykstra tried to avoid the flip and ended up slamming into the backstretch wall, forcing him to retire from the race. Both drivers were unharmed. The restart became a six-lap dash to the finish, where Keegan Baker got the better of Costa to claim his first Crate Sprint win at Ohsweken. Costa settled for a second-place finish, while the top-five was rounded out by Austin Roes in third, Holly Porter fourth, and Lance Erskine fifth.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Dylan Peckham and Kyle Andress to begin the Thunder Stock A-Main. Tim Phalen took control of the race at the start, leading the opening lap and holding off a very hungry Zack Bleich. Dave Bailey made a beeline to the front and overtook Phalen by Lap 10, after starting 18th on the grid.
Driving a backup car after last week’s crash, Ryan Beagle entered into the picture and kept Bailey honest. Bailey stayed ahead to pick up the win, making his points deficit even smaller going into the championship race next week. Beagle’s second-place finish limited the damage and allowed him to stay 12 points ahead of Bailey. Next to finish were Robert Hoskins in third, Keith Dale fourth, and Tim Phalen fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Mike Sarantakos started on pole, alongside Bill Pearsall, to take the green flag for the Mini Stock A-Main. Pearsall pounced on the lead, claiming it for himself in the opening laps. Jeff Elsliger was able to pry away the top spot from Pearsall on lap seven.
Elsliger checked out after he got the lead, sailing away from the field to take the checkered flag in first. But Elsliger was subsequently disqualified for a technical violation, and this turn of events gave Rogan Monaghan his first Mini Stock win. The top-five was rounded out by Gillian Hils in second, Pearsall third, Tristan DaSilva fourth, from row 12, and Alex Riley fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
EPIC Racewear and Bradshaw Brothers present Championship Friday on September 5. The Ohsweken Speedway weekly Friday Night Excitement division championships will be decided for the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints, Strickland’s Crate Sprints, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, August 29, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Total Entries: 107
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Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints (21 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[4]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[12]; 4. 77T-Tyeller Powless[6]; 5. 88H-Josh Hansen[2]; 6. 9-Liam Martin[1]; 7. 17X-Cory Turner[5]; 8. 68-Aaron Turkey[10]; 9. 5-DJ Christie[9]; 10. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[15]; 11. 94-Todd Hoddick[8]; 12. 87XS-Skyler Evans[13]; 13. 21K-Kyle Phillips[7]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres[20]; 15. 0C-Cole MacDonald[11]; 16. 29W-Tyler Ward[14]; 17. (DNF) 84L-Mike Lichty[17]; 18. (DNF) 43-Scott Sherk[16]; 19. (DNF) 12DD-Darren Dryden[19]; 20. (DNF) 90-Travis Cunningham[18]
Hard Charger – Nick Sheridan +9
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 01:51.658
1. 17X-Cory Turner[1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 3. 21K-Kyle Phillips[3]; 4. 68-Aaron Turkey[2]; 5. 87XS-Skyler Evans[6]; 6. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[5]; 7. (DNS) 90-Travis Cunningham
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 15-Ryan Turner[4]; 2. 77T-Tyeller Powless[3]; 3. 94-Todd Hoddick[1]; 4. 0C-Cole MacDonald[2]; 5. 29W-Tyler Ward[6]; 6. 43-Scott Sherk[7]; 7. (DNF) 0-Glenn Styres[5]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 88H-Josh Hansen[2]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[4]; 3. 5-DJ Christie[5]; 4. 45-Nick Sheridan[7]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey[6]; 6. 84L-Mike Lichty[3]; 7. (DNF) 12DD-Darren Dryden[1]
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Strickland’s Crate Sprints (29 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 16X-Keegan Baker[3]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[6]; 3. 3S-Austin Roes[12]; 4. 1-Holly Porter[4]; 5. 88-Lance Erskine[8]; 6. 53-Logan Shwedyk[5]; 7. 45-Curtis Gartly[14]; 8. 28T-Cameron Thomson[13]; 9. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 10. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[9]; 11. 24A-AJ Lewis[15]; 12. 26X-Campbell Baker[19]; 13. 74-Rob Neely[18]; 14. 5-Tom Pellizzari[11]; 15. 20-Johnny Miller[23]; 16. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[22]; 17. 72-Tanner Podwinski[10]; 18. 24K-Kiana Teal[16]; 19. 8-Kurtis Connell[21]; 20. 51-Trevor Young[20]; 21. 2-Travis Hofstetter[17]; 22. 69K-Ken Hamilton[25]; 23. (DNF) BS39-Brett Stratford[7]; 24. (DNF) 26-John Verney[27]; 25. (DNF) 11W-Brennen Hagar[24]; 26. (DNF) 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 27. (DNF) 55-Cory Whittam[28]; 28. (DNF) 44-Connor Ross[26]; 29. (DNF) 88R-Riley Mercer[29]
Hard Charger – Roes Austin +9
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 16X-Keegan Baker[2]; 2. 53-Logan Shwedyk[4]; 3. 5-Tom Pellizzari[1]; 4. 52-Jesse Costa[7]; 5. 24K-Kiana Teal[3]; 6. 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]; 7. 26X-Campbell Baker[5]; 8. 8-Kurtis Connell[8]; 9. 55-Cory Whittam[10]; 10. (DNF) 44-Connor Ross[9]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:04.626
1. 1-Holly Porter[1]; 2. 2M-Steve Murdock[2]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 4. 28T-Cameron Thomson[4]; 5. 3S-Austin Roes[7]; 6. 74-Rob Neely[5]; 7. 51-Trevor Young[3]; 8. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[8]; 9. 88R-Riley Mercer[10]; 10. 26-John Verney[9]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[4]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]; 3. 88-Lance Erskine[8]; 4. 45-Curtis Gartly[3]; 5. 72-Tanner Podwinski[9]; 6. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 7. 20-Johnny Miller[1]; 8. 11W-Brennen Hagar[6]; 9. 69K-Ken Hamilton[5]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 02:04.740
1. 5-Tom Pellizzari[3]; 2. 74-Rob Neely[2]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 4. 3S-Austin Roes[6]; 5. 44-Connor Ross[5]; 6. 69K-Ken Hamilton[4]; 7. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 8. 11W-Brennen Hagar[8]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (23 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – 06:45.548
1. 49-Dave Bailey[18]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[13]; 3. 37-Robert Hoskins[12]; 4. 26-Keith Dale[10]; 5. 427-Tim Phalen[3]; 6. 81-Nick Cameron[20]; 7. 55-Mike Thorne[6]; 8. 23-Trevor DeBoer[14]; 9. 108-Zack Bleich[5]; 10. 11-Gofast Teeple[8]; 11. 93K-Mike Klazinga[17]; 12. 8-Ryan Dinning[16]; 13. 21-Spencer Smolders[11]; 14. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[19]; 15. 21X-Mark Bazuin[7]; 16. 13-Kacey Huffman[9]; 17. 03-George Grosul[4]; 18. 51D-Dylan Peckham[1]; 19. 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 20. 76-Jamie Goudge[22]; 21. 62-Brian Pescetti[15]; 22. 13X-Bella General[21]; 23. (DNS) 88L-Logan Ferguson
Hard Charger – Dave Bailey +17
Qualifier 1 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[10]; 2. 23-Trevor DeBoer[8]; 3. 108-Zack Bleich[3]; 4. 8-Ryan Dinning[9]; 5. 427-Tim Phalen[2]; 6. 37-Robert Hoskins[7]; 7. 21X-Mark Bazuin[4]; 8. 96-Steve Shaw Sr[11]; 9. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 10. 51D-Dylan Peckham[1]; 11. (DNF) 13X-Bella General[12]; 12. (DNF) 88L-Logan Ferguson[6]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 10 laps – 03:20.779
1. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[7]; 2. 11-Gofast Teeple[4]; 3. 55-Mike Thorne[3]; 4. 62-Brian Pescetti[8]; 5. 03-George Grosul[2]; 6. 26-Keith Dale[5]; 7. 21-Spencer Smolders[6]; 8. 93K-Mike Klazinga[9]; 9. 81-Nick Cameron[10]; 10. 43-Kyle Andress[1]; 11. 76-Jamie Goudge[11]
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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (34 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – 05:21.182
1. 04-Rogan Monaghan[8]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[10]; 3. 38P-Bill Pearsall[2]; 4. 01-Tristan DaSilva[24]; 5. 17-Alex Riley[7]; 6. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[1]; 7. 17K-Spencer Riddell[4]; 8. 9-Tim DeBoer[17]; 9. 5K-Ken Hair[21]; 10. 64-Nick Erskine[15]; 11. 1-Jason Tolton[14]; 12. 4A-Mason Anderson[5]; 13. X2-Tyler Lafantaisie[18]; 14. 26-Alexander Klotz[3]; 15. 44-Doug Erskine[12]; 16. 14L-John Lubeck[16]; 17. 32L-Grayden Lyons[11]; 18. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[25]; 19. 66-Jon Janssens[19]; 20. 20J-Nathan Joyner[22]; 21. 23-Dusty DeBoer[13]; 22. 66X-Martin Schroder[20]; 23. 15-Ashton Reekie[27]; 24. 00-Steven Boverhof[9]; 25. X-Jeremy Cooper[28]; 26. 46-Wayde Thorne[23]; 27. 54-Christopher French[26]; 28. (DQ) 11J-Jeff Elsliger[6]
Hard Charger – Tristan DaSilva +20
B-Main [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 5K-Ken Hair[6]; 2. 20J-Nathan Joyner[1]; 3. 46-Wayde Thorne[4]; 4. 01-Tristan DaSilva[11]; 5. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[8]; 6. 54-Christopher French[3]; 7. 15-Ashton Reekie[10]; 8. X-Jeremy Cooper[5]; 9. 09-Clinton Barrick[2]; 10. 265-Mike Evers[7]; 11. 11-Mike Giberson[12]; 12. 12-Don Deagle[13]; 13. 79-Steve Miller[9]; 14. (DNS) 81D-Crystal Soules
Qualifier 1 [Started] 8 laps – 02:55.019
1. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[1]; 2. 9-Tim DeBoer[10]; 3. 32L-Grayden Lyons[6]; 4. 1-Jason Tolton[8]; 5. 66-Jon Janssens[14]; 6. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[4]; 7. 17-Alex Riley[12]; 8. 26-Alexander Klotz[2]; 9. 66X-Martin Schroder[16]; 10. X2-Tyler Lafantaisie[11]; 11. 20J-Nathan Joyner[13]; 12. 54-Christopher French[5]; 13. X-Jeremy Cooper[7]; 14. 265-Mike Evers[3]; 15. 79-Steve Miller[17]; 16. 01-Tristan DaSilva[9]; 17. 12-Don Deagle[15]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:51.693
1. 00-Steven Boverhof[4]; 2. 38P-Bill Pearsall[1]; 3. 64-Nick Erskine[8]; 4. 44-Doug Erskine[6]; 5. 04-Rogan Monaghan[12]; 6. 17K-Spencer Riddell[2]; 7. 14L-John Lubeck[9]; 8. 4A-Mason Anderson[3]; 9. 32-Gillian Hils[5]; 10. 23-Dusty DeBoer[7]; 11. 09-Clinton Barrick[10]; 12. 46-Wayde Thorne[14]; 13. 5K-Ken Hair[11]; 14. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[13]; 15. 15-Ashton Reekie[15]; 16. 11-Mike Giberson[16]; 17. 81D-Crystal Soules[17]
