By Tommy Goudge
OHSWEKEN, Ontario (September 14, 2019) – Scott Kreutter claimed $10,000 USD and the first Canadian Sprint Car Nationals win of his career on Saturday night at Ohsweken Speedway, while Jesse Costa was the victor in the Action Sprint Tour Crate Sprint Car season finale, and Josh Hansen clinched the Action Sprint Tour championship. A total of 97 drivers competed in the 15th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals presented by Nitro 54 Variety and Arrow Express, including 60 360 Sprint Cars and 37 Crate Sprint Cars.
Steven Beckett and Liam Martin began the final Crate Sprint Car A-Main of the season on the front row, and the pair diced for the lead early in the 20 lap race. Martin took the lead and held it until lap 13, when third row starter Jesse Costa took the lead as he attempted to win in his first race with the Barr Motorsports team.
Martin kept the leader in sight over the remaining laps but could not retake the lead from Costa, who took the win by just over half a second. Martin settled for the runner-up spot, while Lucas Smith crossed the line third after starting 13th. Smith was penalized two spots for jumping a restart, however, which allowed Paul Klager to celebrate a podium finish while Beckett was credited with fourth and Smith fifth. Josh Hansen clinched the Action Sprint Tour championship with a sixth place finish, followed by DJ Christie, tenth row starter Brandon Murrell, Jordan Hill, and Adrian Stahle.
Adrian Stahle, DJ Christie, Liam Martin, and Jesse McDonald won qualifying heat races, while Terry Baker won the B-Main and advanced from 21st to 11th in the A-Main.
OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY STATISTICAL REPORT
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
15th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
Action Sprint Tour Crate Sprint Cars (37 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 4-Jesse Costa [6]; 2. 29-Liam Martin [2]; 3. 1EH-Paul Klager [5]; 4. 08-Steven Beckett [1]; 5. 49L-Lucas Smith [13]; 6. 88H-Josh Hansen [11]; 7. 5-D.J. Christie [4]; 8. 19-Brandon Murrell [20]; 9. 28-Jordan Hill [15]; 10. 50LS-Adrian Stahle [3]; 11. 26X-Terry Baker [21]; 12. 49H-Jerry Hill [8]; 13. 26-John Verney [12]; 14. 70-Baily Heard [23]; 15. 19D-Allan Downey [17]; 16. 69-Joshua Hill [14]; 17. 3B-Blaine Barrow [24]; 18. 24A-A.J. Lewis [19]; 19. 74-Rob Neely [9]; 20. 88-Jesse McDonald [7]; 21. 5D-Jacob Dykstra [18]; 22. 20-Johnny Miller [16]; 23. R52-Ryan Hunsinger [22]; 24. (DNF) MK8-Matthew Hill [10]
A-Feature Lap Leaders – Liam Martin (1, 6-12), Steven Beckett (2-5), Jesse Costa (13-20)
Hard Charger – Brandon Murrell +12
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 02:17.110
1. 50LS-Adrian Stahle [1]; 2. 49H-Jerry Hill [2]; 3. 08-Steven Beckett [7]; 4. 20-Johnny Miller [4]; 5. 24A-A.J. Lewis [5]; 6. R52-Ryan Hunsinger [8]; 7. 1C-Davey Boughton [10]; 8. 51-Trevor Young [6]; 9. 14-Eric Gledhill [9]; 10. (DNF) 14T-Noelle Teal [3]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:20.124
1. 29-Liam Martin [9]; 2. 74-Rob Neely [1]; 3. 69-Joshua Hill [2]; 4. 49L-Lucas Smith [6]; 5. 19-Brandon Murrell [4]; 6. 70-Baily Heard [3]; 7. 43-Darren Dryden [7]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke [8]; 9. 45-Nick Sheridan [5]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 5-D.J. Christie [3]; 2. MK8-Matthew Hill, 03:47.186[1]; 3. 1EH-Paul Klager, 03:47.550[9]; 4. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, 03:48.952[2]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey, 03:49.286[6]; 6. 26X-Terry Baker, 03:49.481[8]; 7. 83-Spencer Davis, 03:51.838[7]; 8. 12-Brad Herron, 03:52.031[5]; 9. 69K-Jason Dixon, 03:56.975[4]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:16.038
1. 88-Jesse McDonald [2]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen [1]; 3. 26-John Verney [4]; 4. 28-Jordan Hill [5]; 5. 4-Jesse Costa [9]; 6. 3B-Blaine Barrow [6]; 7. 56-Dereck Lemyre [8]; 8. 38-Derek Miller [7]; (DNS) 5C-Conor Mahoney
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 26X-Terry Baker [2]; 2. R52-Ryan Hunsinger [1]; 3. 70-Baily Heard [6]; 4. 3B-Blaine Barrow [4]; 5. 51-Trevor Young [11]; 6. 43-Darren Dryden [7]; 7. 56-Dereck Lemyre [5]; 8. 1C-Davey Boughton [3]; 9. 45-Nick Sheridan [14]; 10. 14-Eric Gledhill [13]; 11. 83-Spencer Davis [8]; 12. 12-Brad Herron [12]; 13. 38-Derek Miller [10]; 14. 5C-Conor Mahoney [17]; 15. 14T-Noelle Teal [16]; 16. (DNF) 69K-Jason Dixon [15]; 17. (DNF) 9C-Brian Nanticoke [9]