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COLLINS TAKES FIRST VICTORY WITH SOS AT OHSWEKEN

Tommy Goudge/Mike Ferrell (July 4, 2014)

A clear, warm summer evening greeted the Southern Ontario Sprints as they rolled into Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night to take on the local weekly Corr/Pak Sprints. While billed as a challenge race between the two groups its more of a home coming for the SOS as 25 of the 30 entries for the night are full or part time SOS members. The notable exception being #67c Steve Collins who came in from NY as an outlaw for the night.

Adam West and Mitch Brown started the 25 lap "SOS vs. Corr/Pak" challenge race on the front row, but Steve Collins got by both of them by the time the first lap was complete. Glenn Styres led the championship standings for both groups when the race began, and moved to the high side of the track looking to get to the front from the fourth row, but he went a bit too high and spun on lap 3.

Collins remained in the lead when the race restarted, while Styres worked to recover from his early miscue, and row 5 starter Shane Ross was on the move. Ross had moved to 5th by lap 5, and got around West for the 4th spot by lap 8. Collins opened a large lead over Brown as he worked through traffic, and went on to take his first career feature win in any type of racing division, with Brown settling for the runner-up spot. Ross and Chris Steele fought over the 3rd spot for several laps, with Ross finally getting by on lap 23, but he spun in turn 4 on the final lap, allowing Steele to finish 3rd. Kyle Patrick finished 4th, while Styres took a hard-fought 5th place finish.

Heat races for the 30 car field were claimed by Glenn Styres, Adam West, & Chris Steele, while Chris Jones won the B-Main.

HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps - Top 6 transferred to A-Feature)

1. 0 Glenn Styres (2)
2. 67 Chris Durand (4)
3. 33k Kyle Patrick (5)
   4 5d Dave Dykstra (10)
4. 10c Bob Crawford (1)
5. 66 Frank Baranowski (3)
6. 71s Shawn Sliter (8)
7. 57 Charlie Sandercock (9)
8. 9nz Havard Daniels (7)
9. 81 Derek Jonathan (6)

HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps - Top 6 transferred to A-Feature)

1. 30 Adam West (4)
2. 67c Steve Collins (5)
3. 25 Warren Mahoney (2)
4. 11 Jamie Turner (8)
5. 49 Todd Hoddick (9)
6. 15 Mike Ferrell (1)
7. 5c Conor Mahoney (6)
8. 7m Justin Martin (3)
9. 2 Brad Lodge (10)
10. 43 Scott Sherk (7) DNF

HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps - Top 6 transferred to A-Feature)

1. 80 Chris Steele (1)
2. 10 Mitch Brown (8)
3. 21j John Burbridge, Jr. (2)
4. 3r Shane Ross (6)
5. 5 Keith Dempster (3)
6. 14h Jim Huppunen (4)
7. 19 Cory Turner (5)
8. 11j Chris Jones (10)
9. 10j Jeremy Hughes (9)
10. 77 Scott Kreutter (7)

B-MAIN (10 laps – Top 4 transferred to A-Feature)

1. 11j Chris Jones (2)
2. 71s Shawn Sliter (1)
3. 57 Charlie Sandercock (4)
4. 5c Conor Mahoney (3)
5. 7m Justin Martin (8)
6. 10j Jeremy Hughes (7)
7. 77 Scott Kreutter (11)
8. 19 Cory Turner (5)
9. 81 Derek Jonathan (12)
10. 2 Brad Lodge (6)
11. 9nz Havard Daniels (9)
12. 43 Scott Sherk (10) DNS

A-FEATURE (25 laps)
Position. # Name (Starting Position)

1. 67c Steve Collins (3)
2. 10 Mitch Brown (2)
3. 80 Chris Steele (4)
4. 33k Kyle Patrick (9)
5. 0 Glenn Styres (8)
6. 5d Dave Dykstra (5)
7. 14h Jim Huppunen (16)
8. 57 Charlie Sandercock (21)
9. 3r Shane Ross (11)
10. 30 Adam West (1)
11. 67 Chris Durand (6)
12. 49 Todd Hoddick (10)
13. 21j John Burbridge, Jr. (13)
14. 11 Jamie Turner (7)
15. 25 Warren Mahoney (12)
16. 7m Justin Martin (24* Corr/Pak Provisional)
17. 5c Conor Mahoney (22)
18. 71s Shawn Sliter (20)
19. 11j Chris Jones (19)
20. 2 Brad Lodge (23* SOS Provisional)
21. 15 Mike Ferrell (18)
    DNF. 10c Bob Crawford (15)
    DNF. 66 Frank Baranowski (17)
    DNF. 5 Keith Dempster (14)

Lap Leaders - Collins (1-25)

The Southern Ontario Sprints would like to thank their 2014 partners: Speedway Motors, Wiseco Pistons, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, ImageFactor.ca, Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Canadian Motorsports Expo, Sanderson’s Automotive and OnDirt.ca 

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