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STYRES EXTENDS POINTS LEAD WITH WIN AT BRIGHTON

By Clayton Johns

BRIGHTON – The pit area saw 21 sprint cars sign in for action at Brighton Speedway on Rapid Rad and Star 93.3 night, featuring the Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS) on Saturday. The SOS made their fourth appearance at Brighton this season for a 25-lap feature.

Brad Lodge (No.2 RBM Carriers) and Mitch Brown (No.10b Pro-Fit Health Club) led the 21-car Southern Ontario Sprints field to the green. Brown grabbed the early lead with fourth-place starter Glenn Styres (No.0 Case IH) jumping to the second spot on the first lap.

The top two quickly broke away from the field and diced there way through lapped traffic as early as lap four. Styres cut in to Brown’s lead when a group of lapped cars made it difficult for Brown to run his preferred line against the cushion. On lap 12, Brown saw his opportunity for a fourth consecutive win at Brighton disappear when something broke in the car’s front end, damaging the steering. The damage ended Brown’s race, giving the lead to Styres.

Styres led the final 13 laps of the race, holding off challenges from defending champion Chris Jones (No.11J Jones Automotive). Styres appeared to have the victory sewn up before a caution at lap 23 slowed the field for a spinning Keith Dempster (No.5 Renway Energy) on the backstretch.

Jones and third-place runner Warren Mahoney (No.25 RBM Carriers) could not mount any serious challenge in the final two laps as Styres earned his first victory of the year at Brighton. Jones finished second while Mahoney held on to third ahead of Jamie Turner (No.11T Hank’s Discount Smokes) and Charlie Sandercock (No.57 Bellevue Fabricating).  Turner, Brown, and Styres won the Wiseco Pistons qualifying heats.

Entries
0 Glenn Styres – Ohsweken, ON
01 Kyle Fraser – White Lake, ON
2 Brad Lodge – Stouffville, ON
5 Keith Dempster – Alton, ON
10 Bob Crawford – Sutton, ON
10B Mitch Brown – Brantford, ON
11J Chris Jones – Demorestville, ON
11T Jamie Turner – Caistor Centre, ON
15 Mike Ferrell – London, ON
15AW April Wilson – Joyceville, ON
19 Cory Turner – Caistor Centre, ON
25 Warren Mahoney – Lefroy, ON
42W Rick Wilson – Joyceville, ON
51 Lee Ladouceur - Alexandria, ON
57 Charlie Sandercock – Carrying Place, ON
66 Frank Baranowski – Hamilton, ON
67 Chris Durand – Port Stanley, ON
71S Shawn Sliter – Port Colborne, ON
77 Dain Naida – Tecumseh, MI
84 Tyler Rand – Picton, ON
98 Paul Pekkonen – Brockville, ON

Heat #1 Results (8 laps)

1. 11T Jamie Turner (1)
2. 42w Rick Wilson (3)
3. 19 Cory Turner (2)
4. 84 Tyler Rand (7)
5. 10 Bob Crawford (5)
6. 15aw April Wilson (6)
7. 15 Mike Ferrell (4)

Heat #2 Results (8 laps)

1. 10B Mitch Brown (1)
2. 11J Chris Jones (4)
3. 2 Brad Lodge (5)
4. 57 Charlie Sandercock (7)
5. 98 Paul Pekkonen (6)
6. 66 Frank Baranowski (2)
7. 01 Kyle Fraser (3)
   Heat #3 Results (8 laps)
8. 0 Glenn Styres (2)
9. 71s Shawn Sliter (3)
10. 25 Warren Mahoney (1)
11. 51 Lee Ladouceur (7)
12. 5 Keith Dempster (6)
13. 67 Chris Durand (5)
14. 77 Dain Naida (4)

A-Main Results (25 Laps)

1. 0 Glenn Styres (4)
2. 11J Chris Jones (3)
3. 25 Warren Mahoney (6)
4. 11T Jamie Turner (5)
5. 57 Charlie Sandercock (11)
6. 84 Tyler Rand (10)
7. 42w Rick Wilson (9)
8. 71s Shawn Sliter (8)
9. 77 Dain Naida (21)
10. 51 Lee Ladouceur (12)
11. 2 Brad Lodge (1)
12. 98 Paul Pekkonen (14)
13. 67 Chris Durand (18)
14. 10 Bob Crawford (13)
15. 01 Kyle Fraser (20)
16. 19 Cory Turner (7)
17. 5 Keith Dempster (15)
18. 15 Mike Ferrell (19)
19. 15aw April Wilson (16)
20. 10B Mitch Brown (2)
21. 66 Frank Baranowski (17)

The Southern Ontario Sprints 2014 season is proudly presented by Speedway Motors, Wiseco Pistons, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, Imagefactor.ca Motorsport Designs and Photography, Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Canadian Motorsports Expo, Sanderson’s Tire and Automotive, and OnDirtRacingNews.com. 

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Photos courtesy of Eric Uprichard, www.OnDirtRacingNews.com.

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