7.11.15 Southern Ontario Sprints Results
By Greg Calnan (Saturday, July 11, 2015) – Brighton, Ontario – The second half of the 20th season of Southern Ontario Sprints racing got underway at Brighton Speedway on Saturday. 18 drivers entered to compete in the 7th event of 2015. Glenn Styres collected his series-leading third win of the year over Mitch Brown and Dain Naida.
Styres and Kyle Fraser led the field to the green flag in the 25 lap feature. “The Ohsweken Flyer” drove to the early advantage and paced the field for the first 5 laps, while Brown moved quickly to 2nd from his 4th starting position until a caution for Mike Ferrell slowed the race. Brown restarted third, but quickly disposed of Fraser and set his sights on Styres.
The two drivers traded lines with Styres leading, and Brown a close second. Charlie Sandercock, fresh off a Late Model win just moments before the SOS feature, moved into the third spot and challenged Brown for the runner-up position.
A lap 10 caution for a spin by April Wilson tightened the pack, however Styres was able to rocket away from Brown on the restart, while Dain Naida made his presence felt by chasing Sandercock down for third. Naida grabbed the spot, and was able to hold on despite slapping the front-stretch wall in the closing laps and damaging his car.
The third caution flag of the race flew on lap 18, and gave Brown one final chance to get by Styres. He managed to draw to the left rear tire, but could get no closer as Styres drove on to his 3rd SOS win of the season, and 4th Sprint Car win in his last 5 starts.
With his 2nd place finish, Brown maintained the championship points lead with 5 races remaining on the schedule. Brown has yet to finish outside of the top 3 in the first 7 races of the season with 2 wins, a runner-up finish, and 4 third place finishes. Naida, Sandercock, and Cory Turner completed the top five.
The Southern Ontario Sprints tour next returns to action with a doubleheader weekend on Saturday, August 8 at Brighton Speedway and Sunday, August 9 at Humberstone Speedway. Visit www.brightonspeedway.com www.humberstonespeedway.com and www.southernontariosprints.com for more information.
SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS RACE REPORT
2015 SEASON EVENT #7 – SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015
BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY – BRIGHTON ON
ENTRY LIST
(Number Name – Hometown)
0 Glenn Styres – Ohsweken ON
01 Kyle Fraser – White Lake ON
5 Keith Dempster – Alton ON
10b Mitch Brown – Brantford ON
11j Chris Jones – Picton ON
11t Jamie Turner – Caistor Centre ON
11z Darren Zumpe – St. Catharines 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
57 Charlie Sandercock – Trenton ON
66 Frank Baranowski – Mount Hope ON
71s Shawn Sliter – Port Colborne ON
77 Dain Naida – Tecumseh MI
91 Ryan Turner – Caistor Centre ON
98 Paul Pekkonen – Brockville ON
HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps – Top 3 redrew for A-Feature starting positions)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 11j Chris Jones (1)
2. 42w Rick Wilson (4)
3. 01 Kyle Fraser (2)
4. 91 Ryan Turner (3)
5. 98 Paul Pekkonen (5)
6. 11z Darren Zumpe (6)
Time – 1:49.002
HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps – Top 3 redrew for A-Feature starting positions)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (6)
2. 57 Charlie Sandercock (1)
3. 5 Keith Dempster (5)
4. 15aw April Wilson (2)
5. 25 Warren Mahoney (3)
6. 15 Mike Ferrell (4)
No Time
HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps – Top 3 redrew for A-Feature starting positions)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 10b Mitch Brown (6)
2. 19 Cory Turner (1)
3. 77 Dain Naida (5)
4. 11t Jamie Turner (4)
5. 66 Frank Baranowski (2)
6. 71s Shawn Sliter (3)
No Time
A-FEATURE (25 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (1)
2. 10b Mitch Brown (4)
3. 77 Dain Naida (3)
4. 57 Charlie Sandercock (5)
5. 19 Cory Turner (8)
6. 42w Rick Wilson (6)
7. 11j Chris Jones (7)
8. 91 Ryan Turner (10)
9. 11t Jamie Turner (12)
10. 01 Kyle Fraser (2)
11. 25 Warren Mahoney (14)
12. 71s Shawn Sliter (18)
13. 5 Keith Dempster (9)
14. 98 Paul Pekkonen (13)
15. 66 Frank Baranowski (15)
16. 15 Mike Ferrell (17)
17. 15aw April Wilson (11)
DNF. 11z Darren Zumpe (16)
No Time
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Glenn Styres (1-25)
Hard Charger – Shawn Sliter (+6)
2015 SEASON FEATURE WINNERS:
Glenn Styres – 3 (Brighton Speedway June 20, Ohsweken Speedway July 3, Brighton Speedway July 11)
Mitch Brown – 2 (Brighton Speedway May 16, South Buxton Raceway July 4)
Parker Price-Miller – 1 (Humberstone Speedway May 17)
Chris Jones – 1 (South Buxton Raceway June 6)
UP NEXT:
Saturday, August 8, 2015: Brighton Speedway – Brighton ON
Sunday, August 9, 2015: Humberstone Speedway – Port Colborne ON
About the Southern Ontario Sprints: Founded in 1996, the Southern Ontario Sprints series is a traveling winged 360 Sprint Car tour based in Ontario, Canada. 2015 marks the 20th year of operation for the Southern Ontario Sprints, brought to you this season by Klotz Canada Synthetic Lubricants, Speedway Motors, The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum,www.ImageFactor.ca, Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, and www.OnDirtRacingNews.com
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