ESS Rained Out at Ohsweken

From Clayton Johns

OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 4, 20170 โ€“ Tonightโ€™s scheduled Lucas Oil Night at the Races featuring the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints at Ohsweken Speedway has officially been cancelled due to heavy afternoon rain and a forecast to continue throughout the rest of the day.

Due to schedule constraints, Ohsweken Speedway is unable to reschedule a visit for the Empire Super Sprints in 2017. The ESS, however, will be a part of the 13th annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals on September 15-16. The events for the remainder of Ohswekenโ€™s weekly racing divisions will not be made up.

Racing resumes at Ohsweken next week on Friday, August 11 on Renway Energy Halloween in August night featuring the 42-lap Art Hill Memorial for the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks. The Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints Cars, Stricklandโ€™s GMC Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks and Galeโ€™s Auto Aftermarket Bombers are all on the schedule as well. Race time is 7:30pm and adult admission is just $14.

Ohsweken hosts its next major event on Thursday, August 24 in the Triple Crown Showdown presented by Townline Variety and Stoneridge Specialty Insurance. The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds, the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints and Go Nuclear Late Model Series will all be in action. Any driver who can pull off a perfect trifecta and win all three Features on the same night will score a $25,000 bonus.

For a full schedule of events and additional event information, visit www.ohswekenspeedway.com.