By Tommy Goudge
Ohsweken, Ontario – April 18, 2014 – The roster for Ohsweken Speedway’s Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Car division continues to grow in advance of Opening Night on May 16. The latest name on that list is Sprakers, New York driver Jessica Zemken, who will race the #77 for the Hill’s Racing Team.
Jessica’s resume includes wins in Modifieds and Sprint Cars, and a track championship at Utica-Rome Speedway. She become the first female feature winner in American Sprint Car Series history in a Patriot Region event at Brockville Ontario Speedway in 2007, and last year became the first female driver to qualify for Oswego Speedway’s International Classic 200.
“JZ” has been a regular visitor to Ohsweken over the years with various Sprint Car tours, and she has contended for feature wins on several occasions. A flat tire on the last lap was all that separated her from an Empire Super Sprints tour feature win at Ohsweken in 2006, in fact. She joins the growing weekly roster which also includes 2013 Ohsweken winners Glenn Styres, Jamie Collard, Mitch Brown, Jim Huppunen, and Mikey Kruchka.
The Hill’s Racing Team #77 owned by Miles and Pam Hill will have support from Corr/Pak Merchandising, Townline Variety, Iroquois Hereford Farms, M-One, and Tobacco Plus. Jessica’s schedule will also include asphalt racing, with weekly Supermodified competition at New York’s Oswego Speedway on Saturday nights. Visit the Corr/Pak Merchandising website at www.CorrPak.ca, the Hill’s Racing website at www.HillsRacingTeam.com, and Jessica’s website at www.JessicaZemken.com
Ohsweken Speedway’s 19th season of racing begins on Friday, May 16 with 2014 Opening Night, including 25 lap features for the Corr/Pak Merchandising 360 Sprint Cars, and Affordable Towing & Recovery Thunder Stocks, 20 lap features for the Strickland’s GMC Crate Sprint Cars, and HRW Automotive Mini Stocks, and a 15 lap feature for the Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Bombers.
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 sponsors for their support: Arrow Express, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc., Renway Energy, O’Neil’s Farm Equipment, McDonald’s Restaurants of Paris & Brantford, Nathan Ackland State Farm Insurance, Strickland’s GMC, Mobil 1, Burger Barn, Affordable Towing & Recovery, HRW Automotive, and Gale’s Auto Aftermarket.