NAIDA NAILS DOWN BIRTHDAY WIN AT OHSWEKEN
by Tommy Goudge (June 25, 2010) – Dain Naida made his second start of the season at Ohsweken Speedway count on Friday night, bringing home the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car feature win. Mike Thorne and Devin Habiuk got the wins in the “Twin 15” ESSO Thunder Stock features, Abel Castelein beat Kevin Hilborn to the finish line by inches in the ESSO Mini Stock feature, and Adam Reidel and Jeremy Hughes picked up Bomber feature wins.
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS
An all-American front row consisting of Dain Naida and point’s leader Kyle Moffit took the green flag for the twenty lap Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car feature. Naida got the lead and took off, intent on getting a feature win on his birthday, and making a week of hard work pay off.
Mike Ling began a charge through the field from his seventeenth starting spot as soon as the green flag dropped. By lap seven, he was already in eleventh, and looking for more.
Up front, Naida continued to open his lead, while Keith Dempster and Kyle Moffit fought over the second spot, and positions were up for grabs throughout the top ten.
During the second half of the race, Moffit fell slowly through the field, eventually finishing eighth. Ling got around Moffit for the fifth spot on lap thirteen, and past Travis Cunningham for fourth during the next lap. Lap fifteen saw Dykstra passing Dempster for second, and two laps later Ling got around Dempster and into third.
Naida was on a rail and took the feature win by 3.2 seconds over Dykstra, Ling, Dempster, and Cunningham. Kevin Job, Tyler Rand, Moffit, Kyle Patrick, and Tom Huppunen rounded out the top ten. Heat races for the twenty-nine car field were claimed by Job, Dykstra, Moffit, and Cunningham, while Ling won the “B” Main.
FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER 2010
ROUND RACE REPORT – JUNE 25, 2010
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY
OHSWEKEN, ONTARIO
EVENT SPONSOR – BS&B RADIATOR
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS (29 Entries)
HEAT RACES (8 laps each – Top 3 redraw for feature starting spots, top 4 transfer to A-Feature):
BS&B RADIATOR HEAT RACE #1
1. 21x Kevin Job (Campbellville), 2. 6n Dain Naida (Tecumseh, MI), 3. 11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre), 4. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken), 5. 7x Mike Ling (Mount Brydges), 6. 49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, NY), 7. 3 Wayne Ashton (Kitchener), 8. 30g Stevin Goldner (Aylmer). No Time
BEST WESTERN CAIRN CROFT HOTEL HEAT RACE #2
1. 7 Kyle Moffit (South Dayton, NY), 2. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton), 3. 1a John Riegling (Chatham), 4. 81 Derek Jonathan (Lewiston, NY), 5. 14h Jim Huppunen (Fenwick), 6. 67 Chris Durand (Port Stanley) DNF. No Time
GRISDALE RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #3
1. 5d Dave Dykstra (Port Colborne), 2. 33k Kyle Patrick (Tilbury), 3. 12c Tom Huppunen (Fenwick), 4. 23 Steve Garry (Dundas), 5. 10 Mitchell Brown (Brantford), 6. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams), 7. 01 Mikey Kruchka (Hamilton) DNF. No Time
AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT RACE #4
1. 71 Travis Cunningham (Grimsby), 2. 84 Tyler Rand (Consecon), 3. 90 James Evans (Beamsville), 4. 01f Kyle Fraser (White Lake), 5. 94 Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie), 6. 80 Chris Steele (Vineland), 7. 96 Shane Butler (London), 8. 66 Frank Baranowski (Mount Hope). No Time
“B” MAIN (10 laps – Top 4 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 7x Mike Ling, 2. 14h Jim Huppunen, 3. 01 Mikey Kruchka, 4. 10 Mitchell Brown, 5. 49 Todd Hoddick, 6. 94 Stan Zanchin, 7. 31 John Burbridge, Jr., 8. 66 Frank Baranowski, 9. 96 Shane Butler, 10. 80 Chris Steele DNF. 11. 30g Stevin Goldner DNF, 12. 3 Wayne Ashton DNF 13. 67 Chris Durand DNS. No Time
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING
SPRINT CAR FEATURE (20 laps)
Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 6n Dain Naida (1)
2. 5d Dave Dykstra (5)
3. 7x Mike Ling (17)
4. 5 Keith Dempster (6)
5. 71 Travis Cunningham (4)
6. 21x Kevin Job (9)
7. 84 Tyler Rand (3)
8. 7 Kyle Moffit (2)
9. 33k Kyle Patrick (12)
10. 12c Tom Huppunen (10)
11. 14h Jim Huppunen (18)
12. 11 Jamie Turner (8)
13. 10 Mitchell Brown (20)
14. 0 Glenn Styres (13)
15. 81 Derek Jonathan (14)
16. 90 James Evans (7)
17. 01f Kyle Fraser (16)
18. 1a John Riegling (11)
19. 23 Steve Garry (15) DNF
20. 01 Mikey Kruchka (19) DNF
No Time