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For Immediate Release - Ken Pelkie, SOS Public Relations
The "Cobra" struck at Ohsweken Friday night as Chuck Hebing of Ontario,
New York warmed up the crowd dominating a record field of 360 sprints on
his way to claiming his first SOS win of the season. "I really like to
race here at Ohsweken. The track is always smooth and tacky" exclaimed
Hebing during post race celebrations. "I would also like to thank Fred
Cade of the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel in Niagara Falls for
sponsoring to-nights race". Hebing picked up some bonus cash for his
feature win while the 17th place finisher, Brad Malloy also collected
some extra cash courtesy of the Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel.
Unusually cool temperatures didn't slow the action as a large field of
forty-three cars filed into the pit. Four qualifying heats and two "B"
Mains were completed to pare down to the twenty-four car field for the
twenty lap feature event.
Veteran's Dick Mahoney and Garry Evans paced the field to the green flag
with rookie's Rob Pietz and Brad Malloy making up the second row. Evans
grabbed the early lead as the duo exited turn two with Brad Malloy
taking second. Hebing started his charge to the front early from his
twelfth place starting position and was in second by lap four when the
caution waved for Dick Mahoney and Joe Middlemiss in turn one. Mahoney
restarted and joined the back of the field while Middlemiss retired from
the event.
As the green flag reappeared, Hebing made a bid for the lead and was in
front as the two exited turn two. The caution reappeared on lap six as
Kevin Job, Daryl Turford, and Fred Cade spun coming out of turn four.
John Watson was also involved and retired from the event.
With Hebing in command the race for second became the issue as Garry
Evans, Warren Mahoney, Adam West and Craig Downie stacked up in the top
five. Caution reappeared quickly on lap six as Brad Malloy spun in turn
three. He quickly restarted and joined the back of the field.
The green waved again with Evans, Mahoney and West locked up in a fight
for second. The three ran wheel to wheel with West claiming the second
spot by the half way point. Mahoney and Evans were running third and
fourth with Lauterborn moving into the fifth spot. Hebing continued to
dominate the field as he lapped up to sixth place Jessica Zemken. Warren
Mahoney overtook West for third on lap eighteen with West finishing
third over a hard charging Bob Crawford. Mike Lauterborn rounded out the
top five. Sixth through tenth were Zemken, Evans, Wilson, Styres, and
John Riegling.
Heat races were won by Garry Evans, Warren Mahoney, Dick Mahoney and
Jessica Zemken, while Tom Huppunen and Brad Knab claimed the two "B"
Mains.
Next up will be a return trip to Brighton Speedway Saturday, June 10th
where Glenn Styres claimed the top prize during the first of five visits
to the popular speed plant on the shores of Lake Ontario. Action is
scheduled to get underway at 7:00 PM.
RESULTS: 43 cars
Heat #1 69 - Garry EVANS (London, ON); 45 - Chuck HEBING (Ontario, NY);
10 - Bob CRAWFORD (Sutton, ON); 11x - Fred PIGEON (Prince George, BC);
27 - Tom HUPPUNEN (Fenwick, ON); 24 - Bob MC DONALD (Woodstock, ON); 7
- Jim PRICE (Wainfleet, ON); 32 - Keith DEMPSTER (Alton, ON) (DNF); 18 -
Stephanie CHRISTIANO (Buffalo, NY)(DNS); 33 - Jamie COLLARD (Princeton,
ON) (DNS)
Heat #2 25 - Warren MAHONEY (Lefroy, ON); 69E - Rob PIETZ (Port
Colborne, ON); 41 - Mike LAUTERBORN (Rochester, NY); 1a - John RIEGLING
(Chatham, ON); 0 - Glenn STYRES (Ohsweken, ON); 42s - Ken SWAN
(Lockport, NY); 17 - Gary EVANS (Thorndale, ON); 75 - Jim SWEERS
(Milgrove, ON); 9 - Tim ZACK (Dain City, ON); 18s - Mark SCHULZ
(Newfane, NY); 19 - Dean HOFFMAN (DNS)
Heat #3 79 - Dick MAHONEY (Newmarket, ON); 5m - Brad MALLOY (Niagara
Falls, ON); 71 - Craig DOWNIE (Burlington, ON); 21x - Kevin JOB
(Campbellville, ON); 42w - Rick WILSON (Joyceville, ON); 38 - Brad KNAB
(Delevan, NY); 94 - Stan ZANCHIN (Fort Erie, ON); 10m - Robert
MIDDLEMISS (St. Catharines, ON) ; 83w -James WHITTAKER (Lynden, ON); 20
- Jeff DANIELS (Chatham, ON) (DNS)
Heat #4 1z - Jessica ZEMKEN (Sprakers, NY); 30 - Adam WEST Ridgetown,
ON); 11m - Joe MIDDLEMISS (St. Catharines, ON); 93 - Daryl TURFORD
(Mitchell, ON); 5c - Chris PYLE (Cambridge, ON); 21 - Tim PHILLIPS
(Grand Island, NY); 21J - John BURBRIDGE (Simcoe, ON); 15aw - April
WILSON (Joyceville, ON); 96 - Jim DAVIES (London, ON)(DNS)
B Main #1 Huppunen; Collard; Dempster; McDonald; M. Christiano;
Swan; Evans; Sweers; Zack;
B Main #2 Knab; Cade; Zanchin; Phillips; Burbridge; R.
Middlemiss; A. Wilson; Whittaker; Hoffman; Davies; Daniels (DNS)
"A" Feature 45 - Chuck HEBING (12); 25 - W. MAHONEY (7); 30 - WEST
(9); 10- CRAWFORD (6); 41 - LAUTERBORN (10); 1z - ZEMKEN (11); 69 -
EVANS (2); 42w - R.WILSON (19); 0 - STYRES (18); 1a - RIEGLING (14); 69E
- PIETZ (3); 11x - PIGEON (17); 33 - COLLARD (23); 38 - KNAB (22); 12c -
CADE(24); 5c - PYLE (20); 5m - MALLOY (5m); 27 - HUPPUNEN (21); 21xJ -
JOB (15); 79 - D. MAHONEY (1); 71 - DOWNIE (8); 93 - TURFORD (16); 26
- WATSON (13); 11m - J. MIDDLEMISS (5)
Unofficial Points after June 9th:
1
Adam West
468
2
Bob Crawford
451
3
Warren Mahoney
448
4
Glenn Styres
444
5
John Riegling
395
KENETIC Photos Hard Charger after June 9th:
1
Glenn Styres
23
2
Jamie Collard
22
3
Rick Wilson
20
4
Fred Pigeon
16
5
Tom Huppunen
12
Post Race Awards:
Ohsweken Winners Bonus
- Chuck Hebing
Grisdale Racing Products
- Bob Crawford
Keizer Wheels
- Tom Huppunen
Leaf Racewear
- Garry Evans
Ultra Shield
- Chris Pyle
- Brad Malloy
- Tom Huppunen
- Kevin Job
- Dick Mahoney
Kenetic Photos Hard Charger
- Chuck Hebing
- Rick Wilson