Photos by Dale Calnan (www.imagefactormedia.com)
By Tommy Goudge
OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 17, 2022) – Mike Bowman was the victor in the Action Sprint Tour fueled by Pinty’s Crate Sprint Car event on Saturday night at Ohsweken Speedway.
Lucas Smith and Austin Roes drew front row starting spots for the 25 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main. A $5,000 prize awaited the winner, as Bowman chose the brand new crate engine as his prize for winning the Canadian Crate Nationals the previous night.
Jacob Dykstra took the lead and was looking to regain some of the advantage he lost in the AST points standings following his disqualification on Friday night. The only major incident of the race occurred when John Cadman clipped the frontstretch wall and flipped hard. The veteran of pavement racing emerged uninjured and vowed to return for more fun on the dirt.
AST championship contender Mathieu Bardier brought out a yellow flag just past the halfway mark, briefly heading to the pit area before salvaging a 16th place finish. Bowman had fallen back early in the race but charged forward after the yellow flag, using traffic to catch and pass Smith, Steve Murdock, and Dykstra to take the win and sweep the weekend. Dykstra settled for the runner-up spot, followed by Murdock, Smith, and Darren Dryden, another AST championship hopeful.
The Action Sprint Tour fueled by Pinty’s will next be in competition at the Fall Classic Championships at Humberstone Speedway on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1. Visit www.actionsprinttour.com for more information.
Action Sprint Tour Crate Sprint Car series fueled by Pinty’s
Statistical Report – Saturday, September 17, 2022
Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[6]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[8]; 4. 49L-Lucas Smith[1]; 5. 12DD-Darren Dryden[7]; 6. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 7. 52-Jesse Costa[11]; 8. 31-Dale Curran[9]; 9. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[22]; 10. 19D-Allan Downey[13]; 11. 7-Eric Gledhill[15]; 12. 52B-Matt Billings[20]; 13. 74-Rob Neely[23]; 14. 3S-Austin Roes[2]; 15. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[5]; 16. 19-Mathieu Bardier[10]; 17. 39-Jonah Mutton[17]; 18. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[24]; 19. 94-Ryan Fraser[21]; 20. 51-Trevor Young[12]; 21. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[16]; 22. 26-John Verney[18]; 23. 20-Johnny Miller[14]; 24. (DNF) 2C-John Cadman[19]
Hard Charger – Lee Ladouceur +13
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 51-Trevor Young – Ancaster [1]; 2. 4B-Darrell Pelletier – Port Perry [6]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford – Wainfleet [7]; 4. 9C-Brian Nanticoke – Ohsweken [4]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey – Hamilton [10]; / 6. 94-Ryan Fraser – Tillsonburg [9]; 7. 74-Rob Neely – Rockwood [5]; 8. 08-Steven Beckett – Fenwick [8]; 9. 2-Travis Hofstetter – Stratford [2]; 10. 26X-Terry Baker – Ancaster [3]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 71-Mike Bowman – St. Catharines [10]; 2. 19-Mathieu Bardier – Pierreville, Quebec [4]; 3. 3S-Austin Roes – Mossley [8]; 4. 26-John Verney – Salmon Arm, British Columbia [2]; 5. 52B-Matt Billings – Brockvile [1]; / 6. 77T-Tyeller Powless – Ohsweken [9]; 7. 50LS-Adrian Stahle – Kitchener [7]; 8. 29W-Tyler Ward – Beachville [6]; 9. 5C-Conor Mahoney – Waterdown [5]; 10. 16X-Keegan Baker – Ancaster [3]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 2:02.835
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra – Port Colborne [5]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa – St. Thomas [4]; 3. 7-Eric Gledhill – Thamesford [1]; 4. 31-Dale Curran – Bowmanville [9]; 5. 2C-John Cadman – Smithville [2]; / 6. 51L-Lee Ladouceur – Alexandria [8]; 7. 14-Larry Gledhill – Thamesford [3]; 8. 77E-Ashton VanEvery – Ohsweken [6]; 9. 97-Sheldon Bender – Ethel [7]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden – Freelton [4]; 2. 49L-Lucas Smith – Brantford [8]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock – Georgetown [7]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller – Six Nations [5]; 5. 39-Jonah Mutton – Brighton [6]; / 6. 85C-Cam MacKinnon – Ridgeway [2]; 7. MK8-Matt Hill – Ohsweken [3]; 8. 88-Lance Erskine – Brantford [1]; 9. (DNF) 69K-Ken Hamilton – St. George [9]
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 94-Ryan Fraser[1]; 2. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[3]; 3. 74-Rob Neely[6]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[11]; / 5. 26X-Terry Baker[17]; 6. 08-Steven Beckett[9]; 7. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[4]; 8. 97-Sheldon Bender[13]; 9. 14-Larry Gledhill[7]; 10. 2-Travis Hofstetter[16]; 11. 16X-Keegan Baker[18]; 12. 77T-Tyeller Powless[2]; 13. 29W-Tyler Ward[10]; 14. (DNF) 50LS-Adrian Stahle[5]; 15. (DNF) 69K-Ken Hamilton[12]; 16. (DNF) MK8-Matt Hill[8]; 17. (DNF) 88-Lance Erskine[14]; 18. (DNS) 5C-Conor Mahoney
Up Next:
Friday, September 30, 2022 – Humberstone Speedway – Port Colborne, Ontario
Saturday, October 1, 2022 – Humberstone Speedway – Port Colborne, Ontario
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About the Action Sprint Tour fueled by Pinty’s: Founded in 2018, the Action Sprint Tour is a traveling Winged Crate Sprint Car Series based in Ontario, Canada. Action Sprint Tour cars are powered by GM 602 crate engines modified specifically to fit a Sprint Car chassis. Each points-paying event on the 2022 schedule will pay a minimum of $1,000-to-win and $150-to-start, and selected events will be broadcast live on GForceTV. The 2022 championship winner will be rewarded with $5,000 and a Pinty’s VIP package for the 2023 Bristol Dirt Race, while 10th place in the championship standings will pay $1,000. The 2022 Action Sprint Tour is made possible with the support of Pinty’s Delicious Foods. Visit www.actionsprinttour.com for more information.