From Ohsweken Speedway
OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 17, 2023) — Mike Bowman capped off a dream season with his winged crate sprint car by winning the Northern Crate Sprint Car Nationals while Safe Hafertepe Jr and Ryan Turner picked up victories in the twin-15 lap features during the Night Before the Nationals Friday at Ohsweken Speedway.
Bowman took the lead from Mack DeMan during the midway point of the Northern Crate Nationals A-Main and drove off for his eighth crate sprint car feature win 13th overall during the 2023 season. Johnny Miller slipped by DeMan in the late stages of the feature for the second position while Brett Stratford and Matt Billings rounded out the top five.
Hafertepe and Turner took advantage of pole starting positions to drive away with victories in the twin-15 laps features leading into Saturday’s Northern Sprint Car Nationals that will now pay $20,000 to the feature winner on Saturday.
Northern Crate Sprint Car Nationals / Night Before the Nationals
Ohsweken Speedway
Ohsweken, Ontario
Friday, September 15, 2023
Winged 360 Sprint Cars
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 0-Glenn Styres[2]
2. 52-Scott Kreutter[1]
3. 45H-Chuck Hebing[4]
4. 94-Todd Hoddick[3]
5. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]
6. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[8]
7. 87-Jason Barney[10]
8. 98-Joe Trenca[7]
9. 88H-Josh Hansen[9]
10. 15GG-Garrett Green[6]
11. 14H-Jim Huppunen[11]
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 15-Ryan Turner[3]
2. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]
3. 49L-Lucas Smith[1]
4. 21K-Kyle Phillips[6]
5. 17X-Cory Turner[10]
6. 5-DJ Christie[4]
7. 21J-John Burbridge Jr[5]
8. 84-Tyler Rand[9]
9. 68-Aaron Turkey[7]
10. 9-Liam Martin[8]
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]
2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[2]
3. 87X-Shone Evans[5]
4. 10C-Jeff Cook[7]
5. 0J-Lynton Jeffrey[3]
6. 7NY-Matt Farnham[8]
7. 36-Logan Crisafulli[6]
8. 1-Holly Porter[9]
9. 11-Jamie Turner[10]
10. 70MM-Dale Curran[1]
Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 7-Eric Gledhill[1]
2. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]
3. 79-Jordan Thomas[3]
4. 10-Mitch Brown[7]
5. 46C-Ryan Coniam[2]
6. 70-Baily Heard[6]
7. 19D-Allan Downey[9]
8. 77X-Alex Hill[8]
9. 21-Alex Therrien[10]
10. 46-Kevin Pauls[5]
A-Main 2 (15 Laps)
1. 15-Ryan Turner[1]
2. 45-Nick Sheridan[2]
3. 10C-Jeff Cook[4]
4. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[9]
5. 17X-Cory Turner[3]
6. 49L-Lucas Smith[8]
7. 0J-Lynton Jeffrey[11]
8. 87-Jason Barney[10]
9. 77T-Tyeller Powless[5]
10. 5-DJ Christie[13]
11. 52-Scott Kreutter[6]
12. 21K-Kyle Phillips[7]
13. 46C-Ryan Coniam[12]
14. 21J-John Burbridge Jr[15]
15. 84-Tyler Rand[14]
A-Main (15 Laps)
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]
2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[6]
3. 10-Mitch Brown[5]
4. 7NY-Matt Farnham[10]
5. 79-Jordan Thomas[8]
6. 0-Glenn Styres[2]
7. 28-Jordan Poirier[11]
8. 45H-Chuck Hebing[7]
9. 36-Logan Crisafulli[14]
10. 7-Eric Gledhill[3]
11. 70-Baily Heard[13]
12. 94-Todd Hoddick[9]
13. 87X-Shone Evans[4]
14. 19D-Allan Downey[12]
15. 1-Holly Porter[15]
Action Sprint Tour
Qualifying Flight 1A (4 Laps)
1. 2S-Al Sleight, 14.928[4]
2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 14.965[5]
3. 19-Mathieu Bardier, 15.075[3]
4. 52RHR-Matt Billings, 15.077[2]
5. 14B-Broden Weiler, 15.169[1]
Qualifying Flight 1B (4 Laps)
1. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich, 14.847[2]
2. 45-Curtis Gartly, 15.190[3]
3. 50LS-Adrian Stahle, 15.250[5]
4. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 15.383[1]
5. 5-Tom Pellezari, 15.423[4]
Qualifying Flight 1C (4 Laps)
1. 9-Adam Turner, 14.825[4]
2. 24A-AJ Lewis, 14.966[3]
3. 28T-Cameron Thomson, 15.475[2]
4. 7A-Al Blanchard, 15.795[1]
Qualifying Flight 1D (4 Laps)
1. 2-Travis Hofstetter, 15.260[2]
2. 11W-Jeremy Hughes, 15.264[3]
3. 99-Joshua Hill, 15.486[1]
4. 55-Jeffrey Weare, 15.503[4]
Qualifying Flight 2A (4 Laps)
1. 14W-Greg Wilson, 15.205[4]
2. 51-Trevor Young, 15.281[2]
3. 9C-Brian Nanticoke, 15.515[3]
4. 52M-Marc Surprenant, 15.903[1]
Qualifying Flight 2B (4 Laps)
1. 20-Johnny Miller, 14.916[3]
2. 52-Jesse Costa, 14.954[1]
3. 51L-Lee Ladouceur, 15.001[4]
4. 85C-Cam MacKinnon, 15.323[2]
Qualifying Flight 2C (4 Laps)
1. 71C-John Cadman, 14.976[3]
2. 72-Tanner Podwinski, 15.189[2]
3. 14-Larry Gledhill, 15.317[1]
4. 24K-Kiana Teal, 16.054[4]
Qualifying Flight 2D (4 Laps)
1. 71-Mike Bowman, 14.748[4]
2. 3S-Austin Roes, 15.130[1]
3. 16X-Keegan Baker, 15.369[3]
4. 94-Ryan Fraser, 15.438[2]
Qualifying Flight 3A (4 Laps)
1. 4-Mack DeMan, 14.616[4]
2. 2M-Steve Murdock, 15.193[2]
3. 00-Greg Smulders, 15.287[1]
4. 69K-Ken Hamilton, 16.419[3]
Qualifying Flight 3B (4 Laps)
1. BS39-Brett Stratford, 14.643[3]
2. 26-John Verney, 15.075[1]
3. 97-Sheldon Bender, 15.093[2]
4. 88-Lance Erskine, 15.143[4]
Qualifying Flight 3C (4 Laps)
1. 29W-Tyler Ward, 15.230[2]
2. 77E-Ashton VanEvery, 15.629[3]
3. 38-Derek Miller, 15.707[1]
DNS: 19M-Will Marche
Qualifying Flight 3D (4 Laps)
1. 74-Rob Neely, 15.086[1]
2. MK8-Matt Hill, 15.181[2]
3. 4B-Darrell Pelletier, 15.400[3]
4. 4K-Jamie Kay, 16.486[4]
Heat Race #1 (10 Laps)
1. 52RHR-Matt Billings[1]
2. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]
3. 9-Adam Turner[4]
4. 2S-Al Sleight[3]
5. 45-Curtis Gartly[5]
6. 87-Andrew Hennessy[7]
7. 2-Travis Hofstetter[6]
8. 55-Jeffrey Weare[8]
DNS: 28T-Cameron Thomson
Heat Race #2 (10 Laps)
1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[3]
2. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich[4]
3. 19-Mathieu Bardier[2]
4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[5]
5. 5-Tom Pellezari[7]
6. 99-Joshua Hill[8]
7. 7A-Al Blanchard[9]
8. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[6]
9. 14B-Broden Weiler[1]
Heat Race #3 (10 Laps)
1. 71-Mike Bowman[4]
2. 72-Tanner Podwinski[1]
3. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[2]
4. 52-Jesse Costa[3]
5. 51-Trevor Young[5]
6. 94-Ryan Fraser[7]
7. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[6]
8. 52M-Marc Surprenant[8]
Heat Race #4 (10 Laps)
1. 3S-Austin Roes[2]
2. 20-Johnny Miller[4]
3. 71C-John Cadman[3]
4. 14-Larry Gledhill[5]
5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[7]
6. 16X-Keegan Baker[6]
7. 24K-Kiana Teal[8]
8. 14W-Greg Wilson[1]
Heat Race #5 (10 Laps)
1. 4-Mack DeMan[4]
2. 97-Sheldon Bender[2]
3. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[6]
4. MK8-Matt Hill[1]
5. 29W-Tyler Ward[5]
6. 26-John Verney[3]
7. 38-Derek Miller[7]
8. 4K-Jamie Kay[8]
Heat Race #6 (10 Laps)
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]
2. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]
3. 88-Lance Erskine[2]
4. 74-Rob Neely[3]
5. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]
6. 00-Greg Smulders[5]
7. 69K-Ken Hamilton[7]
DNS: 19M-Will Marche
Dash #1 (5 Laps)
1. 4-Mack DeMan[1]
2. 71-Mike Bowman[2]
3. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]
4. 20-Johnny Miller[7]
5. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[3]
6. 3S-Austin Roes[4]
7. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich[6]
8. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[8]
C-Main (10 Laps)
1. 28T-Cameron Thomson[7]
2. 52M-Marc Surprenant[2]
3. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[4]
4. 14B-Broden Weiler[6]
5. 4K-Jamie Kay[3]
6. 55-Jeffrey Weare[1]
DNS: 14W-Greg Wilson
DNS: 19M-Will Marche
B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[3]
2. 45-Curtis Gartly[5]
3. 87-Andrew Hennessy[8]
4. 29W-Tyler Ward[7]
5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[2]
6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[19]
7. 51-Trevor Young[6]
8. 16X-Keegan Baker[11]
9. 2-Travis Hofstetter[17]
10. 00-Greg Smulders[12]
11. 26-John Verney[14]
12. 52M-Marc Surprenant[20]
13. 94-Ryan Fraser[9]
14. 5-Tom Pellezari[1]
15. 38-Derek Miller[16]
16. 24K-Kiana Teal[13]
17. 99-Joshua Hill[4]
18. 7A-Al Blanchard[10]
19. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[18]
20. 69K-Ken Hamilton[15]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 71-Mike Bowman[2]
2. 20-Johnny Miller[4]
3. 4-Mack DeMan[1]
4. BS39-Brett Stratford[3]
5. 52RHR-Matt Billings[9]
6. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[5]
7. 2M-Steve Murdock[10]
8. 3S-Austin Roes[6]
9. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[17]
10. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[25]
11. 52-Jesse Costa[22]
12. 71C-John Cadman[15]
13. 72-Tanner Podwinski[13]
14. 2S-Al Sleight[21]
15. 9-Adam Turner[14]
16. 87-Andrew Hennessy[27]
17. 74-Rob Neely[23]
18. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[19]
19. 88-Lance Erskine[18]
20. 97-Sheldon Bender[12]
21. 45-Curtis Gartly[26]
22. 24A-AJ Lewis[11]
23. 29W-Tyler Ward[28]
24. 14-Larry Gledhill[20]
25. 28T-Cameron Thomson[30]
26. 19-Mathieu Bardier[16]
27. 20L-Treyten Lapcevich[7]
28. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[29]
29. MK8-Matt Hill[24]
30. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[8]