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.

Saturday, September 14, 2019
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
15th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
Total Entries: 97
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Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 360 Sprint Cars (60 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 35 laps – 10:00.815 NTR
1. 49-Scott Kreutter [4]; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham [17]; 3. 67X-Parker Price-Miller [6]; 4. 79-Jordan Thomas [2]; 5. 28FM-Steve Poirier [3]; 6. 13-Cory Turner [9]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [8]; 8. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [7]; 9. 45-Chuck Hebing [13]; 10. 17M-Max Stambaugh [1]; 11. 0H-Jim Huppunen [18]; 12. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [22]; 13. 28-Jordan Poirier [20]; 14. 91H-Scott Holcomb [11]; 15. 10H-Kelly Hebing [14]; 16. 55-Mark Smith [5]; 17. 87-Jason Barney [10]; 18. 17X-Mack DeMan [23]; 19. 22-Shawn Sliter [19]; 20. 98-Joe Trenca [26]; 21. 85-Dustin Daggett [21]; 22. 10B-Mitch Brown [12]; 23. 91-Ryan Turner [15]; 24. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr [29]; 25. 10-Jeff Cook [24]; 26. 1-10-Jake Brown [27]; 27. (DNF) 28F-Davie Franek [16]; 28. (DNF) 90T-Matt Tanner [28]; 29. (DNF) 22P-Jonathan Preston [25]; 30. (DNF) 17-Jared Horstman [30]
A-Main Lap Leaders – Jordan Thomas (1-8), Parker Price-Miller (9-26), Scott Kreutter (27-35)
Hard Charger – Matt Farnham +15

Awards:
-Feature Winner Bonus: Scott Kreutter (Free Fire Suit from EPIC Racewear)
-Tammy Ten Media Challenge: Matt Farnham & Parker Price-Miller ($500 CAD each from Tammy Ten Media)
-Pole Award: Max Stambaugh (Custom Sprint Car-themed fire pit from South Coast BBQ Fire Pits)
-Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car Award: Jamie Turner ($350 CAD from Corr/Pak Merchandising)
-Travis Rutz Long Tow Award: Conner Morrell ($250 CAD from Doc Magilligan’s Irish Pub at Best Western Plus Cairn Croft)
-Fastest Qualifier Award: Cory Turner ($300 CAD from Grisdale Racing Products)
-Fastest Canadian Qualifier Award: Cory Turner ($300 CAD from Inside Track Motorsport News plus $200 CAD ITMN subscriber bonus)
-Hard Charger Award: Matt Farnham ($250 CAD from Nitro 54 Variety)
-Rookie of the Nationals Award: Matt Farnham ($250 CAD from RaceRivalz.com)
-Top Empire Super Sprints Driver: Steve Poirier ($250 USD from Lucas Oil ESS)
-Top Great Lakes Super Sprints Driver: Max Stambaugh ($250 USD from Specialty Fuels & Logistics)
-Top National Racing Alliance Invaders Series Driver: Jared Horstman ($200 USD from K&L Ready Mix)
-Top Patriot Sprint Tour Driver: Jordan Thomas ($200 USD from Patriot Sprint Tour)
-Top Ohsweken Speedway Driver: Scott Kreutter ($250 CAD from Ohsweken Speedway)
-Top Southern Ontario Sprints Driver: Cory Turner ($200 CAD from Brighton Speedway)
-Mach 1 Chassis Bonuses: Mark Smith ($250 USD from Mach 1), Jonathan Preston & Jeff Cook ($100 USD each from Mach 1)
-Top Eagle Chassis: Steve Poirier ($200 USD from Mike Emhof Motorsports)

Qualifications Flight 1
1. 55 Mark Smith – Sunbury PA – 14.615; 2. 79 Jordan Thomas – Harding PA – 14.808; 3. 46C Ryan Coniam – Cleveland OH – 14.845; 4. 10B Mitch Brown – Brantford ON – 14.922; 5. 10H Kelly Hebing – Ontario NY – 14.929; 6. 110 Jake Brown – Brantford ON – 14.995; 7. 10C Paulie Colagiovanni – Cicero NY – 15.028; 8. 28 Jordan Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC – 15.030; 9. 2 Dave Axton – Port Byron NY – 15.098; 10. 45 Chuck Hebing – Ontario NY – 15.130; 11. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. – Rockwall TX – 15.158; 12. 5D Shane Ross – Thedford ON – 15.344; 13. 90T Matt Tanner – Stephentown NY – 15.345; 14. 98 Joe Trenca – Clay NY – 15.366; 15. 85 Dustin Daggett – Portland MI – 15.426; 16. 5JD Jacob Dykstra – Port Colborne ON – 15.577; 17. 7CS Dylan Swiernik – Port Leyden NY – 15.600; 18. 3 Denny Peebles – Lowville NY – 15.667; 19. 87X Shone Evans – Scotland ON – 15.894; 20. 84 Tyler Rand – Belleville ON – 15.900

Qualifications Flight 2
1. 13-Cory Turner – Tillsonburg ON – 14.510; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook – Scotland ON – 14.791; 3. 17M-Max Stambaugh – Lima OH – 14.846; 4. 87-Jason Barney – Brewerton NY – 14.846; 5. 28FM-Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC – 14.935; 6. 49-Scott Kreutter – Cheektowaga NY – 15.018; 7. 7NY-Matt Farnham – Tonawanda NY – 15.157; 8. 22P-Jonathon Preston – Romulus NY – 15.331; 9. 56-Billy VanInwegen – Port Jervis NY – 15.345; 10. 23-Devon Dobie – Wapakoneta OH – 15.358; 11. 77X-Alex Hill – Six Nations ON – 15.360; 12. 88C-Chad Miller – Amsterdam NY – 15.491; 13. 1-Holly Porter – Dorchester ON – 15.549; 14. 88H-Josh Hansen – Beamsville ON – 15.578; 15. 28M-Conner Morrell – Bradenton FL – 15.672; 16. 121-Steve Glover – Rochester NY – 15.705; 17. 9-Steve Lyons – Kitchener ON – 15.799; 18. 16L-Roger Levesque – Bath ON – 16.008; 19. 99-John Trenca – Clay NY – 16.109; 20. 15-Dan Nanticoke – Ohsweken ON – 16.407

Qualifications Flight 3
1. 0H-Jim Huppunen – Welland ON – 15.047; 2. 17X-Mack DeMan – Mississauga ON – 15.098; 3. 67X-Parker Price-Miller – Kokomo IN – 15.167; 4. 22-Shawn Sliter – Port Colborne ON – 15.265; 5. 17-Jared Horstman – Cloverdale OH – 15.344; 6. 91-Ryan Turner – Dunnville ON – 15.395; 7. 28F-Davie Franek – Sussex NJ – 15.403; 8. 91H-Scott Holcomb – North Granby CT – 15.512; 9. 11-Jamie Turner – Caistor Centre ON – 15.582; 10. 35-Jared Zimbardi – Bradford PA – 15.593; 11. 10-Jeff Cook – Antwerp NY – 15.612; 12. 8-Hannah Ferrell – Jarvis ON – 15.741; 13. 81-Derek Jonathan; Lewiston NY – 15.751; 14. 15F-Mike Ferrell – London ON – 16.179; 15. 7-Caleb Wood – London ON – 16.285; 16. 22JR-Al Gilleta Jr. – St. Catharines ON – 16.384; 17. 0-Glenn Styres – Ohsweken ON – 16.399; 18. 45L-Curtis Gartly – Thamesford ON – 16.618; 19. 9B-Scott Burk – Charing Cross ON – 16.928; 20. 21J-John Burbridge Jr. – St. Williams ON – NT

Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – 2:34.392
1. 55-Mark Smith [4]; 2. 10H-Kelly Hebing [2]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [6]; 4. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [1]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett [8]; 6. 46C-Ryan Coniam [3]; 7. 2-Dave Axton [5]; 8. 7CS-Dylan Swiernik [9]; 9. 90T-Matt Tanner [7]; 10. 87X-Shone Evans [10]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 79-Jordan Thomas [4]; 2. 10B-Mitch Brown [3]; 3. 45-Chuck Hebing [5]; 4. 1-10-Jake Brown [2]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier [1]; 6. 98-Joe Trenca [7]; 7. 3-Denny Peebles [9]; 8. 5D-Shane Ross [6]; 9. 5JD-Jacob Dykstra [10]; 10. 84-Tyler Rand [8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 28FM-Steve Poirier [2]; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham [1]; 3. 17M-Max Stambaugh [10]; 4. 13-Cory Turner [3]; 5. 56-Billy VanInwegen Jr [4]; 6. 1-Holly Porter [6]; 7. 77X-Alex Hill [5]; 8. 9-Steve Lyons [8]; 9. 99-John Trenca [9]; 10. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell [7]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 10 laps – 2:39.288
1. 49-Scott Kreutter [2]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [4]; 3. 87-Jason Barney [3]; 4. 22P-Jonathan Preston [1]; 5. 88C-Chad Miller [6]; 6. 88H-Josh Hansen [7]; 7. 23-Devon Dobie [5]; 8. 121-Steve Glover [8]; 9. 15-Dan Nanticoke [10]; 10. (DNF) 16L-Roger Levesque [9]

Heat Race 5 [Started] 10 laps – 2:42.631
1. 67X-Parker Price-Miller [3]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek [1]; 3. 0H-Jim Huppunen [4]; 4. 10-Jeff Cook [6]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman [2]; 6. 11-Jamie Turner [5]; 7. 81-Derek Jonathan [7]; 8. 9B-Scott Burk [10]; 9. 7-Caleb Wood [8]; 10. 0-Glenn Styres [9]

Heat Race 6 [Started] 10 laps – 2:45.604
1. 91H-Scott Holcomb [1]; 2. 91-Ryan Turner [2]; 3. 22-Shawn Sliter [3]; 4. 17X-Mack DeMan [4]; 5. 35-Jared Zimbardi [5]; 6. 45L-Curtis Gartly [9]; 7. 8-Hannah Ferrell [6]; 8. 22JR-Al Gilleta JR. [8]; 9. 15F-Mike Ferrell [7]; (DNS) 21J-John Burbridge Jr.

South Coast BBQ Fire Pits Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – 1:21.369
1. 17M Max Stambaugh [1]; 2. 79 Jordan Thomas [3]; 3. 28FM Steve Poirier [5]; 4. 49 Scott Kreutter [6]; 5. 55 Mark Smith [2]; 6. 67X Parker Price-Miller [4]; 7. 47X Dylan Westbrook [7]; 8. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. [8]

B-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 28-Jordan Poirier [14]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett [2]; 3. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni [7]; 4. 17X-Mack DeMan [4]; 5. 10-Jeff Cook [1]; 6. 22P-Jonathan Preston [8]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca [11]; 8. 1-10-Jake Brown [6]; 9. 90T-Matt Tanner [20]; 10. 56-Billy VanInwegen [10]; 11. 3-Denny Peebles [18]; 12. 87X-Shone Evans [23]; 13. 88C-Chad Miller [5]; 14. 1-Holly Porter [15]; 15. 7CS-Dylan Swiernik [22]; 16. 17-Jared Horstman [13]; 17. 11-Jamie Turner [16]; 18. 46C-Ryan Coniam [17]; 19. 45L-Curtis Gartly [3]; 20. 88H-Josh Hansen [12]; 21. (DNF) 35-Jared Zimbardi [9]; 22. (DNF) 2-Dave Axton [19]; 23. (DNF) 23-Devon Dobie [21]; 24. (DNF) 13 Cory Turner [24]

C-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 3-Denny Peebles [1]; 2. 2-Dave Axton [6]; 3. 90T-Matt Tanner [17]; 4. 23-Devon Dobie [7]; 5. 7CS-Dylan Swiernik [5]; 6. 87X-Shone Evans [19]; 7. 84-Tyler Rand [22]; 8. 9-Steve Lyons [11]; 9. 81-Derek Jonathan [3]; 10. 7-Caleb Wood [16]; 11. 77X-Alex Hill [8]; 12. 22JR-Allen Gilleta [10]; 13. 15-Dan Nanticoke [12]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres [21]; 15. 15F-Mike Ferrell [18]; 16. 16L-Roger Levesque [20]; 17. (DNF) 5D-Shane Ross [14]; 18. (DNF) 8-Hannah Ferrell [4]; 19. (DNF) 121-Steve Glover [9]; 20. (DNF) 99-John Trenca [15]; (DNS) 9B-Scott Burk; (DNS) 5JD-Jacob Dykstra; (DNS) 28M-Conner Morrell; (DNS) 21-John Burbridge Jr.

Provisional A-Main Starters: Jared Horstman (NRA Sprint Invaders) & Cory Turner (Night Before the Nationals Triple 15 Winner)

Added A-Main Starters: Joe Trenca, Jake Brown, Matt Tanner, Billy VanInwegen
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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]
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Canadian Sprint Car Nationals History
The Canadian Sprint Car Nationals has been the annual season-closing event at Ohsweken Speedway since 2005, and brings together drivers and teams from the Empire Super Sprints, Great Lakes Super Sprints, National Racing Alliance Sprint Invaders, Patriot Sprint Tour, Southern Ontario Sprints, and Ohsweken Speedway’s Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Car division, plus more teams and drivers from Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Past Canadian Sprint Car Nationals Winners
2005 Kenny Jacobs – Holmesville, Ohio, USA
2006 Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
2007 Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
2008 Wayne Johnson – Mustang, Oklahoma, USA
2009 Shane Stewart – Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
2010 Shane Stewart – Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
2011 Sam Hafertepe Jr. – Sunnyvale, Texas, USA
2012 Steve Poirier – Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
2013 Shane Stewart – Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
2014 Jessica Zemken – Sprakers, New York, USA
2015 Bryan Howland – Auburn, New York, USA
2016 Parker Price-Miller – Kokomo, Indiana, USA
2017 Carson Macedo – Lemoore, California, USA
2018 Parker Price-Miller – Kokomo, Indiana, USA
2019 Scott Kreutter – Cheektowaga, New York, USA
2020 ???

About Arrow Express: Arrow Express Sports is a sport and entertainment company dedicated to preserving and teaching Native American Indian sports, culture, music, and languages. Based at the Arrow Express Sports Entertainment Arena, the company owns and operates the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. Arrow Express owns and operates the multipurpose 3,000 spectator capacity arena which hosts lacrosse, music, and festival events. The mission of Arrow Express Sports is to help children by advocating healthy lifestyle choices. Visit the Arrow Express Sports website at www.aeslacrosse.com.

About Nitro 54 Variety: Located at 919 Brant County Hwy 54, Nitro 54 Variety is a proud sponsor of several race teams at Ohsweken Speedway and a presenting sponsor of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals.

About Burger Barn: Since opening in 2011 Burger Barn has quickly gained a reputation for large portions, friendly staff, great food, and fair prices. Tips from satisfied customers even led Food Network Canada to feature Burger Barn on their popular “You Gotta Eat Here” series. Burger Barn takes pride in their product, and they never get tired of hearing “That was the best burger I’ve ever had”. Their menu also includes all-day breakfast, wings, chicken burgers, fish and chips, pulled pork, daily specials, and much more! Burger Barn is located at 3000 Fourth Line in Ohsweken, just minutes from Ohsweken Speedway. Call them at 519-445-0088 and visit www.BurgerBarn.ca for more information.

About Bradshaw Brothers: Based in Waterford, Ontario, Bradshaw Fuels Limited was founded in 1979. The company’s line of business includes the wholesale distribution of petroleum and petroleum products. Call them at 519 443-8611, or visit their website at www.BradshawFuels.com.

About Ohsweken Speedway: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks and Mini Stocks. The season finishes each year with the track’ annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights.

Ohsweken Speedway thanks the following partners for their support: Ackland Insurance, Arrow Express, Auto Parts Centres, Bradshaw Brothers Fuels, Burger Barn, Case IH O’Neil’s Farm Equipment, Core-Mark International, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc., Creative Edge Signs & Graphics, EPIC Racewear, Gale’s Auto Aftermarket, Grisdale Racing Products, Hoosier Tire Canada, HRW Automotive, Insta-Insulation/Insta-Panels, Jibs Action Sports, Kool Kidz Ice & Water, McDonald’s Restaurants of Paris & Brantford, Middleport Mechanical, Miska Trailer Factory, Nitro 54 Variety/Club 54 Racing, Pinty’s Delicious Foods, Renway Energy, Rochester Knighthawks, Strickland’s GMC and Victory Gamez.