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Chernosky churns up some Modified success while Simpson looks Super and Monteith bites Thunder City Mid Mods

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (June 12) - Rick Simpson, Kevin Monteith, and Cole Chernosky were the head of the class on Wednesday night at Thunder City Speedway in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, while the Street Stock victor was decided in the tech shed, with A.J. Kellar topping that feature.

In that WISSOTA Street Stock feature, B.J. Kapush led the field to the green flag from the pole. He was the early leader ahead of a hornet’s nest for second among David Mitchell, Johnny Staal, eighth-starter Darren Wolframe and Kellar in the top five.

Wolframe moved to second about a lap later, but was quickly under fire from Mitchell and Kellar for the runner-up spot, as they raced three wide for a full lap. Kellar moved into second and looked ahead toward the leader. He drove by Kapush and took sole position of the top spot one lap later. Kyle Bolt moved past Wolframe for second, Mitchell was fourth, while Kapush Justin Tougas battled for fifth.

Several green-flag laps passed by without incident, and the leaders began to make their way through the back of the field. Bolt was able to close in on Kellar, with Kellar better than Bolt in turns one and two, and Bolt better in three and four. With just two to go, Kellar could not get past a lapped car and Bolt used that to his advantage, driving by on the outside. Bolt took the apparent win, but in post-race tech inspection, the win was awarded to Kellar. Wolframe was second, Mitchell was third, Tougas was fourth from 11th at the start, and Kapush finished out the top five.

Polesitter Tom Smart was the leader of lap one when the WISSOTA Super Stocks began their feature. Nathan Roy was second, and Jeremy Britten slipped back to third before the yellow flew for a spun racer with just a few laps complete.

Smart led the field back to green, a start that was negated due to another dustup in the field.

Back under the green, Smart led Britten and Roy in the top three. John Garrity was fourth, as Danny Young and Rick Simpson battled for top-five spots, with the middle of the pack three and four-wide for spots.

One lap later the top five were two and three wide for position, but a caution for MacKenzie Holmwood broke up the party. Following the restart, Simpson blasted along the high side and into the lead to complete the lap. Britten was third, Roy was fourth and Young was close behind in fifth. Another caution brought the action to a standstill at about the halfway point.

Simpson led the field back to green, with Roy and Smart side by side for second. Behind them, Young and Toppozini were side by side for fourth and fifth.

Young moved by Roy about two laps later for second, bringing Toppozini along with him into third. Another caution regrouped the field with less than a handful of laps to go.

Simpson, who started ninth, drove off to the eventual victory following the final restart, ahead of Young, Toppozini, Roy and Smart in the top five.

Kolby Reed and Matthew Mitchell led the WISSOTA Midwest Mods to the green flag. Cole Chernosky was on the move early from fifth, taking the lead about two laps into the program. Reed then came under fire from Kevin Monteith, who took the second spot and set out after Chernosky. Tanner Henderson and David Simpson were close behind in the top five at the halfway point.

Chernosky’s lead was substantial over Monteith, Henderson and Simpson. Simpson was just about to make the pass when a caution reset the field.

Chernosky was back out to the lead under green, while Monteith and Henderson fought side by side for second. Simpson was fourth right on their bumpers. Another yellow brought the field to a halt.

Following the restart, Chernosky was under heavy pressure from first Henderson, and then Monteith and Simpson, side by side, during the white flag lap. As the field thundered into turns three and four, Monteith dove down to the inside and took command with Simpson also getting by Chernosky for second at the checkered flag. Henderson was fourth, and 16th-starter Trenton Woodbeck completed his charge in fifth.

In the WISSOTA Modifieds, Cole Chernosky had his moment of redemption from the closing laps in the Midwest Mods, as he started fourth and drove to the lead a lap or so into the feature. He then set off to the victory and withstood a green, white, checkered finish to garner the win ahead of last week’s winner Riley Matthews, Joel Cryderman, Curtis Stieh and Colin Chascuk in the top five.

Sydney Chaschuk won in the track’s Hornet class.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 2. 9-Riley Matthews[6]; 3. 51-Joel Cryderman[5]; 4. 32C-Curtis Stieh[3]; 5. 621-Colin Chaschuk[2]; 6. T23-John Toppozini[8]; 7. 85-Jeff Davis[11]; 8. 27-Scott McKinnon[10]; 9. 146-Dan Bertrand[1]; 10. (DNF) 99-Brody Strachan[7]; 11. (DNF) 66X-Denny Trimble[9]; 12. (DNS) 15-Adam Dennhardt

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[1]; 3. 51-Joel Cryderman[3]; 4. 146-Dan Bertrand[5]; 5. 66X-Denny Trimble[4]; 6. (DNS) 15-Adam Dennhardt

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brody Strachan[2]; 2. 621-Colin Chaschuk[1]; 3. 9-Riley Matthews[3]; 4. 32C-Curtis Stieh[5]; 5. 27-Scott McKinnon[4]; 6. 85-Jeff Davis[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 77-Rick Simpson[9]; 2. 37A-Danny Young[5]; 3. T23-John Toppozini[8]; 4. 22R-Nathan Roy[4]; 5. 61-Tom Smart[1]; 6. 37-John Garrity[6]; 7. 07-Jeremy Britten[2]; 8. 498-Tanner House[15]; 9. 19-Larry Both[10]; 10. 08-Norm Staal[11]; 11. 95-MacKenzie Holmwood[13]; 12. 15G-Andrew Groom[17]; 13. 88A-David Allen[12]; 14. (DNF) 219-Ryan House[14]; 15. (DNF) 99-Kyle Paradis[16]; 16. (DNF) 24-Josh Oleksuk[3]; 17. (DNF) 66B-Bradley Maynard[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Rick Simpson[1]; 2. 37-John Garrity[2]; 3. 61-Tom Smart[4]; 4. 19-Larry Both[3]; 5. 95-MacKenzie Holmwood[5]; 6. (DNF) 15G-Andrew Groom[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66B-Bradley Maynard[3]; 2. 22R-Nathan Roy[5]; 3. 24-Josh Oleksuk[2]; 4. 08-Norm Staal[4]; 5. 219-Ryan House[1]; 6. 99-Kyle Paradis[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. T23-John Toppozini[1]; 2. 37A-Danny Young[5]; 3. 07-Jeremy Britten[3]; 4. 88A-David Allen[4]; 5. 498-Tanner House[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 3D-Kevin Monteith[4]; 2. 70-David Simpson[8]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 4. 40-Tanner Henderson[3]; 5. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[16]; 6. 15K-Jeff Kelly[12]; 7. 89-Kolby Reed[1]; 8. 85-Jamie Davis[10]; 9. 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]; 10. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[13]; 11. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[9]; 12. 10D-Patrick Davis[20]; 13. 88-Andrew Opas[17]; 14. 67-Glen Brown[14]; 15. M17-Matthew Mitchell[2]; 16. 17-Rob Groom[15]; 17. 9-Reuben Thomas[11]; 18. 26-Paul Hari[21]; 19. 6-Joel Macleod[19]; 20. (DNF) 27B-Dave DeVente[7]; 21. (DNF) 146-Dan Bertrand[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[3]; 2. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 3. 9-Reuben Thomas[1]; 4. 146-Dan Bertrand[6]; 5. 6-Joel Macleod[5]; 6. 10D-Patrick Davis[8]; 7. M20-Travis MacArthur[7]; 8. 15F-Greg Foglia[4]; 9. 57JR-Robert Squitti[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. M17-Matthew Mitchell[2]; 2. 27B-Dave DeVente[1]; 3. 15K-Jeff Kelly[5]; 4. 66-Bill Speak[6]; 5. 18-Hunter Brink[9]; 6. 97-Mark Earl[4]; 7. 80-Doug Wakefield[8]; 8. 44-Bryce Melanson[7]; 9. (DNF) 222-Brian Hari[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3D-Kevin Monteith[1]; 2. 70-David Simpson[5]; 3. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[3]; 4. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[7]; 5. 88-Andrew Opas[2]; 6. 2-Dan Tocheri[4]; 7. 95-Connor Moro[9]; 8. 13-Ted Horst[8]; 9. (DNS) 32S-Connor Stieh

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Tanner Henderson[2]; 2. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[6]; 3. 67-Glen Brown[5]; 4. 26-Paul Hari[4]; 5. 47-Don Craig[7]; 6. 723-Wayne deBruin[1]; 7. 03-Jami Oshust[8]; 8. 9S-Edward Saari[3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Kolby Reed[3]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis[1]; 3. 17-Rob Groom[5]; 4. 31J-Mike Jacques[4]; 5. 49-Derek Ross[6]; 6. 11-Kevin Armstrong[2]; 7. 99D-Ben DeFoy[7]; 8. (DNS) 14C-Colby Petrunak

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[2]; 2. 146-Dan Bertrand[1]; 3. 10D-Patrick Davis[6]; 4. 2-Dan Tocheri[7]; 5. 47-Don Craig[5]; 6. 31J-Mike Jacques[3]; 7. 80-Doug Wakefield[9]; 8. 11-Kevin Armstrong[8]; 9. 18-Hunter Brink[4]; 10. 57JR-Robert Squitti[13]; 11. 99D-Ben DeFoy[10]; 12. (DNF) 9S-Edward Saari[12]; 13. (DNF) 44-Bryce Melanson[11]; 14. (DNS) 32S-Connor Stieh

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Andrew Opas[4]; 2. 6-Joel Macleod[3]; 3. 26-Paul Hari[2]; 4. 97-Mark Earl[6]; 5. 14C-Colby Petrunak[12]; 6. 49-Derek Ross[5]; 7. M20-Travis MacArthur[8]; 8. 66-Bill Speak[1]; 9. 723-Wayne deBruin[7]; 10. 03-Jami Oshust[9]; 11. 95-Connor Moro[14]; 12. 13-Ted Horst[11]; 13. 15F-Greg Foglia[10]; 14. (DNS) 222-Brian Hari

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[6]; 2. 96W-Darren Wolframe[8]; 3. 17A-David Mitchell[2]; 4. 1JT-Justin Tougas[11]; 5. 3B-BJ Kapush[1]; 6. 24-Andrew Piilo[5]; 7. 9E-Cameron Ellis[14]; 8. 555-Johnny Staal[3]; 9. 6R-Spencer Reid[12]; 10. 35-Nathan Henny[17]; 11. 32-Cory Ward[4]; 12. 25-Kathryn Stieh[15]; 13. 12SB-Scott Gregory[19]; 14. 17-Don Mitchell[10]; 15. S13-Mike Stover[16]; 16. 2-Charlie Merkley[18]; 17. 29-Ricky Reid[13]; 18. (DNS) 12K-Chase Kivi; 19. (DNS) 426-Brendan Makkinga; 20. (DQ) 77-Kyle Bolt[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Andrew Piilo[7]; 2. 96W-Darren Wolframe[5]; 3. 3B-BJ Kapush[6]; 4. 17-Don Mitchell[4]; 5. 29-Ricky Reid[2]; 6. S13-Mike Stover[8]; 7. 48-Jaden Piilo[3]; 8. X-Sacha Torkkeli[9]; 9. (DNF) 88-Steven Hitchman[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[1]; 2. 426-Brendan Makkinga[4]; 3. 32-Cory Ward[2]; 4. 1JT-Justin Tougas[3]; 5. 9E-Cameron Ellis[7]; 6. 35-Nathan Henny[6]; 7. 12SB-Scott Gregory[5]; 8. 16-Teagan Britten[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 555-Johnny Staal[1]; 2. 54X-AJ Kellar[4]; 3. 17A-David Mitchell[3]; 4. 6R-Spencer Reid[5]; 5. 25-Kathryn Stieh[8]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[7]; 7. 9-Sam Williamson[6]; 8. (DNS) 12K-Chase Kivi

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12SB-Scott Gregory[2]; 2. 88-Steven Hitchman[6]; 3. 9-Sam Williamson[3]; 4. 48-Jaden Piilo[1]; 5. X-Sacha Torkkeli[7]; 6. 16-Teagan Britten[4]; 7. (DQ) 12K-Chase Kivi[5]

Hornets:

A Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[2]; 2. 21N-Nate Owen[8]; 3. 34-Selena Owen[4]; 4. 8X-Michael Shalley[9]; 5. 16-Avery Chaschuk[6]; 6. 12SB-Mason Trembley[5]; 7. 95-Kristina Moro[14]; 8. 26-Sam Bolt[3]; 9. 37-Connor Danylko[15]; 10. 23-Jimmy Owen[18]; 11. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[11]; 12. 555-Carter Wieringa[13]; 13. 44J-Jessica Mina[16]; 14. M11-Merissa Currie[17]; 15. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[12]; 16. 5-Hunter Marshall[10]; 17. (DNF) 69-Rick Reid[7]; 18. (DNF) 09-Joshua Kruzel[1]; 19. (DNF) 22-Jesse Owen[19]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 8X-Michael Shalley[1]; 2. 12SB-Mason Trembley[3]; 3. 34-Selena Owen[7]; 4. 5-Hunter Marshall[5]; 5. 555-Carter Wieringa[6]; 6. 44J-Jessica Mina[2]; 7. 23-Jimmy Owen[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[3]; 2. 21N-Nate Owen[2]; 3. 69-Rick Reid[5]; 4. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[1]; 5. 95-Kristina Moro[6]; 6. M11-Merissa Currie[4]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Avery Chaschuk[3]; 2. 26-Sam Bolt[2]; 3. 09-Joshua Kruzel[4]; 4. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[5]; 5. 37-Connor Danylko[1]; 6. (DNF) 22-Jesse Owen[6]