Forty-one cars, in three divisions, ushered in the 2019 local stock car season at the Kinross Speedpark this past weekend as the facility shifted to Saturday Night entertainment. Kinross Speedpark is a proud member of Contingency Connection's $100,000 Racer Rewards program.
Under mostly sunny skies, Sault Ste. Marie, ON product Dustin Jackson took the first checkered flag of the night winning the Modified Division Four Car Dash. He would be the first of four different winners in the top division at the track. 2018 Runner-Up Mark Laakso (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) grabbed one of the heat races before Pickford, MI pilot John Clawson captured the checker flag in the other.
When the division rolled out for their 40-lap feature event, all 12 cars would make the call.
When the dust settled, second generation pilot Buddy Gray IV (Petoskey, MI) took the win with Tim Aho (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) and Steve Saddison (Harbor Springs, MI) rounding out the final podium positions.
Bob Carson (Petoskey, MI) made a triumphant return to short track racing. Getting back behind the wheel for the first time in twenty-three years, the veteran competitor captured the ABC Stock Car A-Division four car dash.
John Carter (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) took the win in the heat race.
The feature event saw a spirited battle for the win, with Larry Young Jr. (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) edging out Sault Ste. Marie, ON driver Keenan Spurway.
Speedpark founding father, Dennis Aho rounded out the top three.
Todd Nyberg started off 2019 the way he ended 2018, with a win. The Pickford, MI product was the ABC Stock Car B-Division’s feature winner at last year’s Memorial Invitational, while this day he grabbed early bragging rights in the four car dash.
Brad Leach (Petoskey, MI) and Daniel Bibeau (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) drove to heat race victories.
Bibeau and Nyberg would run side-by-side and nose-to-tail in hot pursuit of the feature win before finishing in that order just ahead of two-time track champion Buddy Palahnuk (Goulais River, ON) to round out the top spots.
Three different drivers would carry the checkered flag in the Four Cylinder Division on the night.
Megan Hayes (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) showed the boys the quickest way around the track in the Four Car Dash before Cody Beach (Petoskey, MI) took their heat race win.
Adversity may have played a factor come feature time, but that wouldn’t slow down Prince Township, ON driver Rob Wager as he would kick off the new season with the feature victory.
Ken Fewchuk (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) and rookie competitor, Noah Gray (Petoskey, MI) finished 2nd and third place respectively.
The track will now continue it’s bi-weekly schedule on Saturday, June 15th.
The night will feature a full show of Modifieds, ABC Stock Cars, Four Cylinders while the Mini Wedges will join the program.
Time trials are set for 4 PM with racing action to start at 6 PM.
This second event on the 2019 schedule is proudly presented by Autore Oil Company / Shute Oil and will also feature live post-race music by “Steelhead”.
The 50/50 draw will support Save Haven / Sault Ste. Marie Housing Commision.
For more information on the Kinross Speedpark you can find them online at www.racekinross.com or on Facebook (Kinross Speedpark).
Kinross is Proud member of Contingency Connection’s $150,000 weekly Racer Rewards Program
FULL RESULTS FROM SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 (RACE #1)
MODIFIED DIVISION (12 cars)
Qualifying
24JR Buddy Gray Iv - 14.238
56 Mike Babcock - 14.457
88 Dustin Jackson - 14.487
79 Roddy Bolduc - 14.525
55 Steve Saddison - 14.526
35 John Clawson - 14.562
27 Tim Aho - 14.575
8 Tony Rankin - 14.612
1J Jerome Jaroniewski - 14.686
11 Leila Uhlman - 14.771
84 Mark Laakso - 14.784
26A Steve McDonald - 14.886
Four Car Dash
1- 88 Dustin Jackson 2- 24JR Buddy Gray IV 3- 79 Roddy Bolduc 4- 56 Mike Babcock
Heat Race #1
1- 84 Mark Laakso 2- 8 Tony Rankin 3- 27 Tim Aho 4- 11 Leila Uhlman 5- 1J Jerome Jaroniewski 6- 26A Steve McDonald
Heat Race #2
1- 35 John Clawson 2- 55 Steve Saddison 3- 88 Dustin Jackson 4- 79 Roddy Bolduc 5- 24JR Buddy Gray IV 6- 56 Mike Babcock
Feature
1- 24JR Buddy Gray IV 2- 27 Tim Aho 3- 55 Steve Saddison 4- 8 Tony Rankin 5- 1J Jerome Jaroniewski 6- 35 John Clawson 7- 79 Roddy Bolduc 8- 84 Mark Laakso 9- 11 Leila Uhlman 10- 26A Steve McDonald 11- 56 Mike Babcock 12- 88 Dustin Jackson
ABC STOCK CAR DIVISION (21 cars)
00 Keenan Spurway - 14.700
75 Dennis Aho - 14.888
29 John Carter - 14.929
67 Bob Carson - 15.095
19 Grant Howard - 15.160
25 Larry Young Jr. - DNQ
32 Mike Fox - DNQ
18 Chris Ogden - 15.305
08 Daniel Bibeau - 15.532
00 Zack Beach - 15.616
26B Buddy Palahnuk - 15.664
72 Todd Nyberg - 15.667
26 Mike Corbett - 15.733
27 Pat Goodwin - 15.759
101 Rick McCumby - 15.863
3.8 Brad Leach - 15.908
52 Jon Diodati - 15.922
44 Chris Toms - 16.440
09 Cameron Follette - 16.739
4 Gillian Howard - DNQ
38 Scott Juday - DNQ
A-Division Four Car Dash
1- 67 Bob Carson 2- 29 John Carter 3- 75 Dennis Aho 4- 0 Keenan Spurway
B-Division Four Car Dash
1- 72 Todd Nyberg 2- 26B Buddy Palahnuk 3- 18 Chris Ogden 4- 08 Daniel Bibeau
A-Division Heat Race
1- 29 John Carter 2- 0 Keenan Spurway 3- 67 Bob Carson 4- 75 Dennis Aho 5- 25 Larry Young Jr. 6- 19 Grant Howard
Did not start - 32 Mike Fox
B-Division Heat Race #1
1- 3.8 Brad Leach 2- 52 Jon Diodati 3- 00 Zack Beach 4- 44 Chris Toms
Did not start - 09 Cameron Follette, 4 Gillian Howard, 38 Scott Juday
B-Division Heat Race #2
1- 08 Daniel Bibeau 2- 72 Todd Nyberg 3- 27 Pat Goodwin 4- 26B Buddy Palahnuk 5- 18 Chris Ogden 6- 26 Mike Corbett
Did not start - 101 Rick McCumby
A-Division Feature
1- 25 Larry Young Jr. 2- 0 Keenan Spurway 3- 75 Dennis Aho 4- 19 Grant Howard 5- 67 Bob Carson 6- 29 John Carter 7- 32 Mike Fox
B-Division Feature
1- 08 Daniel Bibeau 2- 72 Todd Nyberg 3- 26B Buddy Palahnuk 4- 27 Pat Goodwin 5- 18 Chris Ogden 6- 52 Jon Diodati 7- 44 Chris Toms 8- 4 Gillian Howard 9- 3.8 Brad Leach 10- 00 Zack Beach
Did not start - 09 Cameron Follette, 26 Mike Corbett, 38 Scott Juday, 101 Rick McCumby
FOUR CYLINDER DIVISION (8 cars)
83 John Wieman - 17.194
88 Rob Wager - 17.407
77 Megan Hayes - 17.493
3 Ken Fewchuk - 17.553
15 Cody Beach - 17.975
18 Noah Gray - 18.417
19 Ryan Matheny - DNQ
8 Jack Wieman - DNQ
Four Car Dash
1- 77 Megan Hayes 2- 83 John Wieman 3- 3 Ken Fewchuk 4- 88 Rob Wagner
Heat Race
1- 15 Cody Beach 2- 88 Rob Wagner 3- 83 John Wieman 4- 3 Ken Fewchuk 5- 18 Noah Gray 6- 19 Ryan Matheny 7- 77 Megan Hayes
Did not start - 8 Jack Wieman
Feature
1- 88 Rob Wagner 2- 3 Ken Fewchuk 3- 18 Noah Gray 4- 19 Ryan Matheny 5- 15 Cody Beach 6- 83 John Wieman
Did not start - 8 Jack Wieman, 77 Megan Hayes
