By: Tommy Goudge/Ohsweken Speedway
September 19 2016
65 360 Sprint Cars returned to Ohsweken Speedway on Sunday, September 18 to compete in the 12th annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. 30 of those drivers qualified for the 35 lap A-Feature, and Kokomo, Indiana's Parker Price-Miller was the driver standing in Mobil 1 Victory Lane after another thrilling race garnered him a $12,000 payday.
Ryan Dinning was the Ohsweken Speedway Thunder Stock victor, while Mack DeMan and Jon Janssens won Dash For Cash events for the Strickland's GMC Crate Sprint Cars and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, respectively.
QUICK RESULTS: 2016 CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS
(Full results and story to come)
360 SPRINT CARS A-FEATURE (35 laps – NT)
Finish. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 67x Parker Price-Miller (1)
2. 28fm Steve Poirier (3)
3. 1z Jessica Friesen (2)
4. 45 Chuck Hebing (24)
5. 2m Dustin Daggett (5)
6. 15h Sam Hafertepe Jr. (19)
7. 14 Coleman Gulick (13)
8. 18 Ryan Susice (10)
9. 10 Mitch Brown (11)
10. 51 Bryan Howland (27)
11. 55 Mark Smith (20)
12. 17 Jared Horstman (23)
13. 79 Jordan Thomas (15)
14. 14h Jim Huppunen (21)
15. 49x Carson Macedo (9)
16. 01k Mikey Kruchka (29)
17. 123 Yan Bilodeau (28)
18. 61 Parker Evans (30)
19. 53 Shawn Donath (4)
20. 47x Dylan Westbrook (25)
21. 1-10 Jake Brown (6)
22. 0 Glenn Styres (17)
23. 0a Amber Balcaen (8)
24. 49 Scott Kreutter (26)
25. 24 Devin Caron (18)
26. 38 Tyler Hendricks (22)
27. DNF 35 Jared Zimbardi (14)
28. DNF 80 Chris Steele (16)
29. DNF 3g Brandon Wimmer (12)
30. DNF f55 Alex Vigneault (7)
A-Feature Lap Leaders - Parker Price-Miller (1-3, 14-16, 26-35), Jessica Zemken (4-13, 17-25)
AWARDS:
Fine Touch Collision Rookie of the Nationals Award ($500) - Coleman Gulick (7th in A-Feature)
Corr/Pak Merchandising Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car Award ($350) - Shawn Sliter
Tammy Ten Media Hard Charger Award ($300) - Chuck Hebing (+20)
Corr/Pak Merchandising Fastest Qualifier Award ($300) - Jordan Thomas (14.851)
Corr/Pak Merchandising Fastest Canadian Qualifier Award ($300) - Steve Poirier (14.890)
Travis Rutz Long Tow Award presented by Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel ($250) - Sam Hafertepe Jr. (Sunnyvale TX)
About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Bombers, while the season finishes each year with the annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and has been a yearly stop on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series schedule since 2007.
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Ohsweken Speedway thanks the following partners for their support: Arrow Express, Kool Kidz Ice & Water, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc., Renway Energy, Case IH O’Neil’s Farm Equipment, Hoosier Tire Canada, EPIC Racewear, McDonald’s Restaurants of Paris & Brantford, Ackland Insurance, Strickland’s GMC, Mobil 1, Burger Barn, Pinty’s Delicious Foods, Creative Edge Signs & Graphics, Insta-Insulation, Affordable Towing & Recovery, HRW Automotive, and Gale’s Auto Aftermarket.