Norris Family Sweeps Ontario Pro Challenge Features at Flamboro Speedway

MILLGROVE, Ontario --- The family that wins together, sticks together, right? If that's the case, the Norris family is doing that well with a sweep of the Ontario Pro Challenge features by father and daughter on Saturday, August 9 at Flamboro Speedway.

Tim Norris won the first feature after taking the lead with eight laps to go ahead of son Mike Norris, Sterling Hattin, Emma Norris, and Mike O'Connell. Travis Majuery was sixth in front of Taylor Weber, Ethan Fleet, Tenli Pepin, and Colton Clark.

Emma Norris grabbed the lead in the final laps to win the second feature ahead of Ethan Fleet, Mike Norris, Travis Majuery, and Sterling Hattin. Tenli Pepin rebounded from the first feature for sixth in front of Tim Norris, Taylor Weber, Mike O'Connell, and Colton Clark.

Billy Swartzenburg took the lead on Lap 14 to win the first Grisdale Racing Products Late Model feature ahead of Kevin Albers, Rick Burbridge, Darren Jones, and Kevin Gallant.

Billy Schwartzenburg made it a sweep on the night by winning the second feature in front of Kevin Albers, Rick Burbridge, Kevin Gallant, and Darren Jones.

Bobby Mercer looks to have the bugs worked out of the wagon after winning the first Klotz Auto Repair Mini Stock feature ahead of Ryan Edwards-Kiss, Mike Thomson, Shawn Taylor, and Cam Thomson. Mark Grieve was sixth in front of Dan Pettit, Rodney Rutherford, Matt Young, and Mark Thorne.

Bobby Mercer swept the night with a win in the second feature ahead of Mike Thomson, Ryan Edwards-Kiss, Shawn Taylor, and Cam Thomson. Dan Pettit was sixth in front of Rodney Rutherford, with Mark Grieve done after contact with the backstretch wall on Lap 1.

Craig Cole took the lead on Lap 4, and did not look back en route to winning the Hogan Law & McClurkin Properties of Cambridge Pure Stock feature ahead of Gary Slama, John Cote, Rodney Rutherford, and Hailey Hill. Spencer Riddell rebounded from his wreck a week ago for sixth in front of Rachel Mitchell, Cam Thomson, Chance Rogers, and Leo Labarbera.

Rick Mitchell was 11th, followed by Mark Allan, Matt Young, Megan Mitchell, Connor Ross, and Teagan Ellis.

Matt Young put his struggles in the Mini Stock behind him by winning the second Pure stock feature ahead of Cam Thomson, Chase Mitchell, Gary Slama, and Rick Mitchell. John Cote was sixth in front of Spencer Riddell, Leo Labarbera, Hailey Hill, and Chance Rogers.

Mark Allan was 11th, followed by Craig Cole, Rachel Mitchell, Megan Mitchell, Teagan Ellis, and Connor Ross.

Flamboro Speedway will be hosting Meet the Drivers Night & Reunion Night Presented by Flamboro Speedway Hall of Fame this Saturday, August 16. The on-track action will feature the Pro Late Models, Canadian Vintage Modifieds, Mini Stocks & Pure Stocks.

Be sure to keep up with the latest by checking out Flamboro Speedway’s website at http://www.flamborospeedway.ca. You can also keep up via your favorite social networking website by following the speedway on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FlamboroSpdwy and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/flamborospeedway. Fans are encouraged to like the speedway’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Flamboro-Speedway-Authorized-Page-102328664646735/.

Report By: Ashley McCubbin

Shawn Chenoweth Dominates Gold Rush 125 at Flamboro Speedway

MILLGROVE, Ontario --- The big victories keep coming for Shawn Chenoweth, as he dominated the Gold Rush for the Ontario Outlaw Super Late Models on Tuesday, August 5 at Flamboro Speedway.

Chenoweth showed the speed of the No. 89c in time trials, topping the sheet with a lap of 14.265 seconds. Jake Sheridan backed up his victory from the previous Friday night at Delaware Speedway by posting the second-quickest time (14.313) ahead of J.R. Fitzpatrick (14.371), Blake Childers (14.379), and Kyle Crump (14.596).

An invert of two was determined by a fan with a dice roll, placing Chenoweth on the outside of Sheridan for the green flag. The veteran wasted no time putting himself out front, taking the lead on Lap 1 and not looking back as he looked to distance himself from the field. There was a slip up when fluid laid down from Josh Stade's expired engine caused him to spin while trying to thread his way through lap traffic, but he was able to keep himself from sustaining damage. He was given back his position as a result of not being the cause of caution, and able to resume his advantage over the field.

Childers closed the gap in the closing stages, but was unable to find his way by as Chenoweth captured the checkered flag. It marks his second big victory of the season, after winning the Jackpot at the Hilltop at Sunset Speedway.

Childers, who normally races in the Reveal the Hammer Series in the United States, crossed the finish line in second ahead of reigning Ontario Outlaw Super Late Model Champion Fitzpatrick, Sheridan, and Todd Campbell. Rookie TJ Edwards captured a sixth-place finish in front of Dustin Jackson, Dario Capirchio, Chris Burrows, and Treyten Lapcevich. Lapcevich ran inside the top-five until mechanical issues sent him pit side on Lap 106.

Brandon Passer also showed speed inside the top-five until smoke began coming out the rear-end of his car, sending him to the pits a lap before Lapcevich. Glenn Styres was credited with a 12th-place finish after contact with the outside wall on Lap 105, followed by Ethan Counryea, Jaeger McMaster, Pete Shepherd II, Stade, and Crump. Crump did not take the green flag as a result of mechanical issues.

The Hogan Law & McClurkin Properties of Cambridge Pure Stocks were also on-hand, with a 30-lap invitational which saw 48 cars try to qualify for one of the 30 spots in the main event.

James Houghton, who has become the man to beat at the big events across the province, was the quickest in time trials with a lap of 18.951 seconds. Delaware Speedway regular David Rockwood was second quickest (19.018) ahead of John Cote (19.029), Matt Young (19.082), and Cody Wilds (19.085). Flamboro regular Chase Mitchell was sixth in front of Wayde Thorne, Gary Slama, Dan Storey, and Spencer Riddell.

The top-20 in qualifying automatically made the 30-lap Gold Rush feature, while the balance was sent to a 20-lap B-Main to set the remaining 10 cars. A series of cautions, though, saw the event shortened to nine laps. with previous feature winner Cam Thomson picking up the checkered flag ahead of Rodney Rutherford, Jo Lawrence, Mark Allan, Austin Etsell, Jordan Willms, Will Quarrie, Chad Corcoran, Glenn Schmidt, and Brandyn Milligan.

Tegan Ellis was the first car to not qualify for the main event in front of Mike Etsell, Brayden Zammit, Jeremy Dungey, Connor Ross, Leo Labarbera, Jeff Elslinger, Tyler Mayhew, Mac Ingram, Steve Oakes, Kris Lawrence, and Jeff Rourke. Mike Hall and Rachel Mitchell did not take the green flag.

An invert of three saw James Houghton start on the second row, with him biding his time as he quickly found his way into second, working on chasing down the leader. He would get alongside Cote with 10 laps to go, passing him to take over the lead.

James Houghton led the final 10 laps en route to the victory ahead of Matt Young, John Cote, Wayde Thorne, and Craig Cole. Last week's feature winner Gary Slama placed sixth in front of Rob Hoskins, Cody Wilds, Spencer Riddell, and Phil Givens.

Flamboro regular Jordan Wilms was 11th, followed by Jo Lawrence, Dan Storey, Chance Rogers, Hailey Hill, Lane Zardo, Brady Cox, Jordan Morris, Chad Corcoran, and Rick Mitchell. Delaware Speedway competitor Will Quarrie was 21st ahead of Austin Etsell, Glenn Schmidt, Brandyn Milligan, Mark Allan, Rodney Rutherford, David Rockwood, Courtney Scott, Chase Mitchell, and Cam Thomson.

Be sure to keep up with the latest by checking out Flamboro Speedway’s website at http://www.flamborospeedway.ca. You can also keep up via your favorite social networking website by following the speedway on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FlamboroSpdwy and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/flamborospeedway. Fans are encouraged to like the speedway’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Flamboro-Speedway-Authorized-Page-102328664646735/.

Report By: Ashley McCubbin

Ricky Willigar and Jason Keen Victorious in Canadian Vintage Modified Action

MILLGROVE, Ontario --- In a night filled with action on Saturday, August 2, it was a pair of regulars to the Grindstone Landscaping Canadian Vintage Modifieds taking home the victories.

Ricky Willigar dominated the first feature ahead of TJ Marshall, Mike Podd, Jordan Ramsbottom, and Rodney Rutherford. Overkill Enterprises OSCAAR Modified competitor Jason Keen's return to the series saw him place sixth in front of Ty Riopelle, Scott Tonelli, Ian Henwood, and Mike Klotz. Samantha Trewolla was 11th, followed by Steve Murdoch, Heath Penney, RJ Croteau, Dave Evison Sr., and Cam Thomson.

Jason Keen dominated the second feature ahead of TJ Marshall, Ricky Willigar, Ty Riopelle, and Jordan Ramsbottom. Scott Tonelli was sixth in front of RJ Croteau, Dave Evison Sr., Samantha Trewolla, and Mike Klotz, Heath Penny was 11th, followed by Steve Murdoch, Ian Henwood, Mike Podd, and Rodney Rutherford.

Lane Zardo topped the board in Steel City Super Stock Rumble Series presented by EPIC Racewear time trials with a lap of 16.279 seconds ahead of Roy Wilkie, Justin Collison, Nick Troback, Chad Corcoran, Brendan Edgar, Jerry Broom, and Kris Lawrence.

Nick Troback led flag-to-flag en route to winning the feature in front of Lane Zardo, Chad Corcoran, Roy Wilkie, Justin Collison, JErry Broom, Brendan Edgar, and Kris Lawrence.

J.R. Fitzpatrick picked up the win in the first Gen3 Electrical Ontario Modified Racing Association (OMRS) Sports Mods feature filling in for Chad Strawn ahead of John Baker Jr., Ethan Thompson, Glenn Morris, and Rick Warnes.

Glenn Morris won the second feature in front of John Baker Jr., Ethan Thompson, and Rick Warnes.

Hailey Hill scored her first career Hogan Law & McClurkin Properties of Cambridge Pure Stock feature victory ahead of Gary Slama, John Cote, Chase Mitchell, and Leo Labarbera. Division veteran Wayde Thorne was sixth in front of Phil Givens, David Rockwood, Chance Rogers, and Cody Wilds.

Gary Triska was 11th, followed by Mark Allan, Rachel Mitchell, Megan Mitchell, Caroline Kelly, Mike Hall, Brandyn Milligan, Connor Ross, Glenn Schmidt, and Teagan Ellis. Jeff Elslinger was 21st, ahead of Keira Gallant, Darren Glavin, Cam Thomson, Kris Lawrence, Craig Cole, Spencer Riddell, and Rick Mitchell. Notably, Riddell and Mitchell fell out of the event on Lap 4 following an incident on the backstretch.

Gary Slama took the lead with five laps to go to win the second feature ahead of John Cote, Phil Givens, Mike Hall, and Gary Triska. David Rockwood showed speed with a sixth in front of Chance Rogers, Cody Wilds, Chase Mitchell, and Hailey Hill.

Cam Thomson battled his way to 11th, followed by Teagan Ellis, Craig Cole, Brandyn Milligan, Rachel Mitchell, Connor Ross, Glenn Schmidt, Leo Labarbera, Megan Mitchell, and Rick Mitchell. Keara Gallant was 21st in front of Wayde Thorne. Several drivers only completed a single lap including Caroline Kelly, Darren Glavin, Kris Lawrence, Spencer Riddell, Mark Allan, and Jeff Elslinger.

Riley Mercer won the first Southern Ontario Modified Assocation (SOMA) Pro 4 Modifieds heat ahead of Ken Mercer, John Held, Brad Maitland, Brodie Gibson, Vic Devries, Andrew Snyder, and Kelly Martin.

Shannon Morrison won the second qualifier in front of Mark Lucas, Cliff Hodgkinson, Bob Mercer, John Fera, Jesse Gibson, and Shean Carey.

Bob Mercer won the main event ahead of Cliff Hodgkinson, Mark Lucas, Shannon Morris, and Josh Fera. Shean Carey was sixth in front of Ken Mercer, Riley Mercer, Andrew Snyder, and John Held. Brad Maitland was 11th, followed by Jesse Gibson, and Brodie Gibson.

Be sure to keep up with the latest by checking out Flamboro Speedway’s website at http://www.flamborospeedway.ca. You can also keep up via your favorite social networking website by following the speedway on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FlamboroSpdwy and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/flamborospeedway. Fans are encouraged to like the speedway’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Flamboro-Speedway-Authorized-Page-102328664646735/.

Report By: Ashley McCubbin