By Brent Otchere
OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 11, 2025) – Strickland’s and Abate & Associates presented the Summer Sprint Showcase on Friday at Ohsweken Speedway. Dylan Westbrook took the $10,000 win in the 360 Sprint Car event, while Jacob Dykstra, Dave Bailey, and Mason Anderson also claimed A-Main victories.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars
Cory Turner started on pole with Glenn Styres next to him for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Mike Lichty brought out a caution flag due to his spin off turn one. The restart saw Dylan Westbrook grab the lead. Westbrook began to pull away from the field, however a few caution flags diminished his lead. He defended each restart successfully though.
A red flag was thrown on lap twelve as Matt Billings flipped on the back stretch. Billings was unharmed but his car had terminal damage. Westbrook proved to be untouchable once racing resumed, and he claimed his 46th Ohsweken Speedway 360 Sprint Car division victory. Next to finish were D.J. Christie in second, Cory Turner third, Jordan Poirier fourth from row six, and hard charger Max Stambaugh fifth from row ten. The Summer Sprint Showcase paid $10,000 to the winner thanks to JR’s Riverside Bait & Tackle, while each A-Main starter earned at least $1,000 thanks to Glenn Styres Racing.
Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
Al Sleight and Holly Porter brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprint Car A-Main. The race had a false start when Tyler Podwinski and Brett Stratford tangled together and brought out the red flag. The restart went well, with Al Sleight taking command. Jacob Dykstra began to eat away at Sleight’s lead though, and overtook him on lap ten. The leaders were navigating through traffic when a caution flag came out on lap fourteen. This caution flag bred another which then resulted in the second red flag of the race when Jesse Costa flipped. Austin Roes had nowhere to go, driving straight into the stranded Costa. Both drivers were unharmed.
Sleight regained the lead on the restart, however it was short lived as the final caution flag of the race came out with four laps to go. Dykstra reclaimed the lead on the restart and went on to win the race. Rounding out the top five were Sleight in second, Eric Gledhill third, Adrian Stahle fourth, and Curtis Gartly fifth. The Crate portion of the Summer Sprint Showcase paid $2,000 to the winner and at least $300 to each A-Main starter thanks to Ackland Insurance.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured George Grosul and John Overholt to begin the Thunder Stock A-Main. Grosul led the first lap, however the race quickly halted due to a caution flag for Scott McPhail stopped on the track. Adam Plazek executed a great restart and claimed the lead. Plazek suffered a disastrous spin while trying to defend his lead and brought out caution flag on lap four.
Zack Bleich grabbed the lead on the restart, but Dave Bailey overtook Bleich on the next lap. Bailey never looked back once he got the lead, staying up front all the way to the checkered flag. A four-way battle for second place saw Bleich emerge with a runner-up finish, with Ryan Dinning taking the final podium step. Rounding out the top five were Ryan Beagle fourth, and Trevor DeBoer fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Steve Milller started on pole alongside Doug Erskine to take the green flag for the Mini Stock A-Main. Ken Hair took the lead on the first lap, however a caution flag came out on lap two due to a loose wheel on the track. Mason Anderson had a perfect restart taking over the lead from Hair.
Anderson found himself in a position to take his first Ohsweken Speedway win as he held off the extremely competitive field of drivers. The race ran clean for the remaining laps, and Anderson them ran error-free to lock down the win. Finishing out the top five were Jeff Elsliger in second, Hair third, Alex Riley fourth, and Jeremy Cooper fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Gale’s Auto Aftermarket and County Line present the Gale’s Auto Aftermarket Cash Blast for the Thunder Stocks on Friday, July 11. The Ohsweken Speedway weekly Friday Night Excitement divisions will be in competition, including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprints
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 2. 5-DJ Christie[5]; 3. 17X-Cory Turner[1]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[11]; 5. 5M-Max Stambaugh[20]; 6. 0-Glenn Styres[2]; 7. 12DD-Darren Dryden[8]; 8. 9-Liam Martin[12]; 9. 6-Ryan Coniam[7]; 10. 77T-Tyeller Powless[14]; 11. 15-Ryan Turner[16]; 12. 21K-Kyle Phillips[19]; 13. 87XS-Skyler Evans[10]; 14. 94-Todd Hoddick[13]; 15. 45-Nick Sheridan[3]; 16. 70-Baily Heard[25]; 17. 46-Kevin Pauls[18]; 18. 68-Aaron Turkey[17]; 19. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[23]; 20. 0C-Cole MacDonald[28]; 21. 22JR-Allen Gilleta[26]; 22. (DNF) 84L-Mike Lichty[22]; 23. (DNF) 19D-Allan Downey[6]; 24. (DNF) 71-Mike Bowman[15]; 25. (DNF) 70MM-Matt Billings[21]; 26. (DNF) 90-Travis Cunningham[24]; 27. (DNF) 29W-Tyler Ward[27]; 28. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[9]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 70-Baily Heard[4]; 2. 22JR-Allen Gilleta[2]; 3. 29W-Tyler Ward[1]; 4. 0C-Cole MacDonald[3]; 5. 21-John Burbridge Jr[6]; 6. (DNS) 88H-Josh Hansen; 7. (DNS) 43-Scott Sherk
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-DJ Christie[2]; 2. 19D-Allan Downey[1]; 3. 11-Jamie Turner[3]; 4. 94-Todd Hoddick[4]; 5. 68-Aaron Turkey[5]; 6. 70MM-Matt Billings[7]; 7. 29W-Tyler Ward[6]; 8. 70-Baily Heard[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Ryan Coniam[1]; 2. 0-Glenn Styres[6]; 3. 87XS-Skyler Evans[2]; 4. 77T-Tyeller Powless[3]; 5. 46-Kevin Pauls[7]; 6. 84L-Mike Lichty[5]; 7. 22JR-Allen Gilleta[8]; 8. (DNF) 88H-Josh Hansen[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 2. 17X-Cory Turner[2]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 4. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 5. 21K-Kyle Phillips[6]; 6. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[5]; 7. 0C-Cole MacDonald[7]; 8. 21-John Burbridge Jr[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Nick Sheridan[2]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[1]; 3. 9-Liam Martin[4]; 4. 15-Ryan Turner[3]; 5. 5M-Max Stambaugh[6]; 6. 90-Travis Cunningham[5]; 7. (DNF) 43-Scott Sherk[7]
Qualifying 1A (3 Laps): 1. 11-Jamie Turner, 00:13.718[1]; 2. 68-Aaron Turkey, 00:13.999[4]; 3. 29W-Tyler Ward, 00:14.048[2]; 4. 70MM-Matt Billings, 00:14.056[3]
Qualifying 1B (3 Laps): 1. 19D-Allan Downey, 00:13.597[2]; 2. 5-DJ Christie, 00:13.709[3]; 3. 94-Todd Hoddick, 00:13.858[4]; 4. 70-Baily Heard, 00:14.320[1]
Qualifying 2A (2 Laps): 1. 87XS-Skyler Evans, 00:13.968[4]; 2. 77T-Tyeller Powless, 00:14.123[3]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen, 00:14.148[2]; 4. 84L-Mike Lichty, 00:14.174[1]
Qualifying 2B (3 Laps): 1. 6-Ryan Coniam, 00:13.938[1]; 2. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:14.308[3]; 3. 46-Kevin Pauls, 00:14.717[2]; 4. 22JR-Allen Gilleta, 00:15.499[4]
Qualifying 3A (3 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 00:13.692[4]; 2. 77E-Ashton VanEvery, 00:14.334[1]; 3. 21K-Kyle Phillips, 00:14.385[2]; 4. 21-John Burbridge Jr, 00:15.186[3]
Qualifying 3B (3 Laps): 1. 17X-Cory Turner, 00:14.018[2]; 2. 71-Mike Bowman, 00:14.060[3]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier, 00:14.278[1]; 4. 0C-Cole MacDonald, 00:14.454[4]
Qualifying 4A (3 Laps): 1. 12DD-Darren Dryden, 00:13.751[1]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner, 00:13.927[2]; 3. 9-Liam Martin, 00:14.084[4]; 4. 43-Scott Sherk, 00:15.375[3]
Qualifying 4B (3 Laps): 1. 45-Nick Sheridan, 00:13.808[2]; 2. 90-Travis Cunningham, 00:14.107[3]; 3. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 00:14.241[1]
35 entries
Strickland’s Brantford Chevrolet Crate Sprints
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[4]; 2. 2S-Al Sleight[1]; 3. 14-Eric Gledhill[3]; 4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[6]; 5. 45-Curtis Gartly[8]; 6. 53-Logan Shwedyk[15]; 7. 1-Holly Porter[2]; 8. 16X-Keegan Baker[7]; 9. 94-Ryan Fraser[9]; 10. 44-Connor Ross[21]; 11. 2-Travis Hofstetter[14]; 12. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[16]; 13. 28T-Cameron Thomson[17]; 14. 74-Rob Neely[25]; 15. 24K-Kiana Teal[11]; 16. 26X-Campbell Baker[27]; 17. 3S-Austin Roes[12]; 18. 78-Darren McLennan[13]; 19. 88-Lance Erskine[10]; 20. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[20]; 21. 51-Trevor Young[19]; 22. 11W-Jeremy May[22]; 23. 2M-Steve Murdock[26]; 24. 20-Johnny Miller[28]; 25. (DNF) 52-Jesse Costa[5]; 26. (DNF) 01K-Mikey Kruchka[23]; 27. (DNF) BS39-Brett Stratford[18]; 28. (DNF) 72-Tanner Podwinski[24]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 74-Rob Neely[3]; 2. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 3. 26X-Campbell Baker[2]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 5. 27-Niko Hansen[5]; 6. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]; 7. 8-Kurtis Connell[7]; 8. 5-Tom Pellizzari[9]; 9. 3B-Blaine Barrow[4]; 10. 4K-Jamie Kay[11]; 11. M52-Marc Surprenant[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Holly Porter[1]; 2. 3S-Austin Roes[2]; 3. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[3]; 4. BS39-Brett Stratford[5]; 5. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[6]; 6. 01K-Mikey Kruchka[4]; 7. 2M-Steve Murdock[9]; 8. 27-Niko Hansen[8]; 9. 8-Kurtis Connell[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Eric Gledhill[2]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[5]; 3. 2-Travis Hofstetter[4]; 4. 88-Lance Erskine[7]; 5. 78-Darren McLennan[9]; 6. 44-Connor Ross[8]; 7. 3B-Blaine Barrow[3]; 8. 69K-Ken Hamilton[1]; 9. 5-Tom Pellizzari[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16X-Keegan Baker[2]; 2. 94-Ryan Fraser[3]; 3. 45-Curtis Gartly[6]; 4. 52-Jesse Costa[9]; 5. 51-Trevor Young[7]; 6. 72-Tanner Podwinski[4]; 7. 74-Rob Neely[5]; 8. 20-Johnny Miller[8]; 9. M52-Marc Surprenant[1]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Al Sleight[2]; 2. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[4]; 3. 28T-Cameron Thomson[3]; 4. 24K-Kiana Teal[7]; 5. 53-Logan Shwedyk[8]; 6. 11W-Jeremy May[5]; 7. 26X-Campbell Baker[6]; 8. (DQ) 4K-Jamie Kay[1]
24 entries
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 49-Dave Bailey[20]; 2. 108-Zack Bleich[10]; 3. 8-Ryan Dinning[15]; 4. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[19]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[18]; 6. 93K-Mike Klazinga[9]; 7. 55-Mike Thorne[16]; 8. 03-George Grosul[1]; 9. 427-Tim Phalen[6]; 10. 13-Kacey Huffman[11]; 11. 26-Keith Dale[7]; 12. 69G-Brian General[12]; 13. 07-Scott McPhail[13]; 14. 222-Nick Masi[8]; 15. 41-Adam Plazek[4]; 16. 13X-Bella General[23]; 17. 43-Kyle Andress[21]; 18. (DNF) 37-Robert Hoskins[5]; 19. (DNF) 21X-Mark Bazuin[14]; 20. (DNF) 21J-Braedan Burning[17]; 21. (DNF) 11-Gofast Teeple[3]; 22. (DNF) 96O-John Overholt[2]; 23. (DNF) 51D-Dylan Peckham[22]; 24. (DNS) 5G-Gord Grant
Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 108-Zack Bleich[6]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[11]; 3. 8-Ryan Dinning[8]; 4. 11-Gofast Teeple[2]; 5. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 6. 93K-Mike Klazinga[7]; 7. 222-Nick Masi[4]; 8. 21J-Braedan Burning[10]; 9. 26-Keith Dale[3]; 10. 07-Scott McPhail[9]; 11. 43-Kyle Andress[1]; 12. 13X-Bella General[12]
Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 23-Trevor DeBoer[7]; 2. 427-Tim Phalen[4]; 3. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[10]; 4. 03-George Grosul[2]; 5. 55-Mike Thorne[6]; 6. 21X-Mark Bazuin[9]; 7. 69G-Brian General[8]; 8. 41-Adam Plazek[3]; 9. 37-Robert Hoskins[5]; 10. 96O-John Overholt[1]; 11. (DNF) 51D-Dylan Peckham[12]; 12. (DNF) 5G-Gord Grant[11]
28 entries
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4A-Mason Anderson[8]; 2. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[14]; 3. 5K-Ken Hair[7]; 4. 17-Alex Riley[16]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[11]; 6. 9-Tim DeBoer[19]; 7. 01-Tristan DaSilva[13]; 8. 23-Dusty DeBoer[9]; 9. 32-Gillian Hils[18]; 10. 66-Jon Janssens[5]; 11. 46-Wayde Thorne[25]; 12. 20J-Nathan Joyner[17]; 13. 14L-John Lubeck[10]; 14. 1-Jason Tolton[15]; 15. 44-Doug Erskine[2]; 16. 00-Steven Boverhof[6]; 17. 32L-Grayden Lyons[24]; 18. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[4]; 19. 16-Fabio Olivieri[23]; 20. 15-Ethan Fleet[20]; 21. 12-Mark Deagle[3]; 22. 79-Steve Miller[1]; 23. 30-Joe Dirt[22]; 24. (DNF) 64-Nick Erskine[12]; 25. (DNF) 25-Joe Stevenson[28]; 26. (DNF) 11-Mike Giberson[21]; 27. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[26]; 28. (DNS) 38P-Bill Pearsall
Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Nick Erskine[6]; 2. 4A-Mason Anderson[4]; 3. 9-Tim DeBoer[10]; 4. 66-Jon Janssens[5]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[7]; 6. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[9]; 7. 44-Doug Erskine[1]; 8. 00-Steven Boverhof[3]; 9. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[2]; 10. 15-Ethan Fleet[13]; 11. 11-Mike Giberson[14]; 12. (DNF) 16-Fabio Olivieri[12]; 13. (DNF) 46-Wayde Thorne[8]; 14. (DNF) 38P-Bill Pearsall[11]
Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Dusty DeBoer[5]; 2. 17-Alex Riley[8]; 3. 14L-John Lubeck[6]; 4. 5K-Ken Hair[4]; 5. 20J-Nathan Joyner[12]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[7]; 7. 32-Gillian Hils[10]; 8. 1-Jason Tolton[9]; 9. 12-Mark Deagle[2]; 10. 79-Steve Miller[14]; 11. 30-Joe Dirt[11]; 12. (BF) 32L-Grayden Lyons[1]; 13. (BF) 54-Christopher French[3]; 14. (BF) 25-Joe Stevenson[13]