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Young, Toppozini, Simpson and Bolt tighten the screws on Thunder City competition Wednesday night

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (May 29) - Danny Young, John Toppozini, David Simpson, and Kyle Bolt were WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners Wednesday night, as Thunder City Speedway hosted a weekly show on May 29 for 120 racers, as the Thunder Bay oval continues to welcome huge car counts to its pits.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, David Mitchell was the early leader from the pole before a dustup in the back occurred without a lap complete. Side-by-side action was plentiful throughout the field for the first several laps, as Mitchell continued to lead, although A.J. Kellar moved in to pressure for the lead, with Kyle Bolt and Darren Wolframe in the mix for top four spots.

One lap later, they were three wide for second behind Mitchell, with Bolt grabbing second and immediately moving in to pressure Mitchell for the lead. Wolframe was third, and Kellar was fourth. Wolframe moved by Bolt into second as they raced through lapped traffic before a caution reset the field with four laps to go.

Following the restart, Bolt, Wolframe, and Brendan Makkinga got around Mitchell coming to the line with three to go. Bolt hung on and took the victory ahead of Wolframe, Makkinga, Kellar and Mitchell in the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods were led to green by Kevin Monteith and Dan Tocheri, with Tanner Ulakovic and David Simpson in row two. A first lap caution negated the start.

On the ensuing restart, Monteith had a slim lead to complete the lap, but Simpson took over the top spot in corner one before another caution brought the field to a halt and restored Monteith to the lead.

Following the green, Monteith continued to lead with heavy pressure from Simpson. Simpson dove down low between turns one and two and took command, followed closely by Monteith. Tocheri was third, Ulakovic was fourth, and Matthew Mitchell moved into the top five.

Out front Simpson began to put distance on the field by the halfway point. A caution for Trenton Woodbeck brought the field back to Simpson’s deck lid. Another caution about a lap later kept the field at a stop-and-go pace.

Simpson drove on to the eventual victory, taking the checkered flag ahead of Monteith, Tocheri, Ulakovic and Kolby Reed in the top five.

Danny Young was the early leader in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature from the pole. Frequent cautions and delayed restart lineups marred the start of the race, and the race was green, white, checkered. When the field was finally back underway, Young drove off to the win ahead of Rick Simpson, Shawn Polonoski, John Toppozini, and Andrew Groom in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Modifieds, John Toppozini started outside of the second row and took the lead the second lap, holding on for 15 circuits and taking the victory ahead of Cole Chernosky, Jeff Davis, Joel Cryderman, and Riley Matthews in the top five.

In the track’s Hornet class, Nate Owen won from seventh in the field.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. T23-John Toppozini[4]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[3]; 3. 85-Jeff Davis[6]; 4. 51-Joel Cryderman[8]; 5. 9-Riley Matthews[7]; 6. 621-Colin Chaschuk[5]; 7. 27-Scott McKinnon[2]; 8. 32C-Curtis Stieh[9]; 9. 316-Shawn Polonoski[11]; 10. 146-Dan Bertrand[10]; 11. 7M-Wagner Macleod[12]; 12. (DNF) 15-Adam Dennhardt[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Riley Matthews[2]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[4]; 3. 621-Colin Chaschuk[6]; 4. 27-Scott McKinnon[1]; 5. 32C-Curtis Stieh[5]; 6. 316-Shawn Polonoski[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Joel Cryderman[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 3. 85-Jeff Davis[5]; 4. 15-Adam Dennhardt[6]; 5. 146-Dan Bertrand[3]; 6. 7M-Wagner Macleod[1]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 37A-Danny Young[1]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[5]; 3. 316-Shawn Polonoski[9]; 4. T23-John Toppozini[4]; 5. 15G-Andrew Groom[3]; 6. 24-Josh Oleksuk[12]; 7. 19-Larry Both[7]; 8. 33C-Cole Chernosky[6]; 9. 07-Jeremy Britten[14]; 10. 95-MacKenzie Holmwood[15]; 11. 22R-Nathan Roy[13]; 12. 219-Ryan House[11]; 13. 37J-Tyler Wade[2]; 14. (DNF) 498-Tanner House[10]; 15. (DNF) 61-Tom Smart[16]; 16. (DNS) 70-David Simpson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Rick Simpson[1]; 2. 70-David Simpson[5]; 3. 37A-Danny Young[8]; 4. T23-John Toppozini[7]; 5. 316-Shawn Polonoski[6]; 6. 219-Ryan House[3]; 7. 22R-Nathan Roy[2]; 8. (DNF) 61-Tom Smart[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[7]; 2. 37J-Tyler Wade[2]; 3. 19-Larry Both[3]; 4. 15G-Andrew Groom[4]; 5. 498-Tanner House[5]; 6. 24-Josh Oleksuk[1]; 7. 07-Jeremy Britten[8]; 8. 95-MacKenzie Holmwood[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[4]; 2. 3D-Kevin Monteith[1]; 3. 2-Dan Tocheri[2]; 4. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[3]; 5. 89-Kolby Reed[8]; 6. M17-Matthew Mitchell[12]; 7. 15K-Jeff Kelly[14]; 8. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[17]; 9. 32C-Curtis Stieh[9]; 10. 26-Paul Hari[6]; 11. 17-Ashley Boyum[5]; 12. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[13]; 13. 146-Dan Bertrand[10]; 14. 67-Glen Brown[18]; 15. 10D-Patrick Davis[19]; 16. 97-Mark Earl[7]; 17. 6-Joel Macleod[21]; 18. 47-Don Craig[15]; 19. 40-Tanner Henderson[16]; 20. 27B-Dave DeVente[11]; 21. 31J-Mike Jacques[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3D-Kevin Monteith[6]; 2. 26-Paul Hari[1]; 3. 27B-Dave DeVente[2]; 4. 67-Glen Brown[7]; 5. 11-Kevin Armstrong[4]; 6. 18-Hunter Brink[9]; 7. 56-Keith LaPlante[5]; 8. (DNF) 66-Bill Speak[3]; 9. (DNS) 03-Jami Oshust

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[3]; 2. 97-Mark Earl[7]; 3. M17-Matthew Mitchell[1]; 4. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[8]; 5. 44-Bryce Melanson[2]; 6. 80-Doug Wakefield[6]; 7. 99D-Ben DeFoy[5]; 8. 13-Ted Horst[4]; 9. 32S-Connor Stieh[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dan Tocheri[5]; 2. 89-Kolby Reed[8]; 3. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[1]; 4. 17G-Rob Groom[2]; 5. 6-Joel Macleod[7]; 6. 9-Reuben Thomas[6]; 7. 723-Wayne deBruin[3]; 8. 57JR-Robert Squitti[9]; 9. (DNF) M20-Travis MacArthur[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ashley Boyum[1]; 2. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 3. 15K-Jeff Kelly[5]; 4. 10D-Patrick Davis[3]; 5. 18W-Brad Walker[4]; 6. 14C-Colby Petrunak[7]; 7. 007-Shawn Liddicoat[6]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[2]; 2. 146-Dan Bertrand[1]; 3. 47-Don Craig[6]; 4. 40-Tanner Henderson[7]; 5. 49-Derek Ross[4]; 6. 99J-John Coppock[8]; 7. 31J-Mike Jacques[5]; 8. 9S-Edward Saari[3]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Tanner Henderson[3]; 2. 67-Glen Brown[1]; 3. 31J-Mike Jacques[10]; 4. 80-Doug Wakefield[6]; 5. 44-Bryce Melanson[4]; 6. 18W-Brad Walker[5]; 7. 18-Hunter Brink[13]; 8. 723-Wayne deBruin[9]; 9. 17G-Rob Groom[2]; 10. 13-Ted Horst[11]; 11. 32S-Connor Stieh[14]; 12. 56-Keith LaPlante[8]; 13. 14C-Colby Petrunak[7]; 14. (DNS) 03-Jami Oshust

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[1]; 2. 10D-Patrick Davis[2]; 3. 6-Joel Macleod[4]; 4. 11-Kevin Armstrong[3]; 5. 66-Bill Speak[10]; 6. 99J-John Coppock[7]; 7. 49-Derek Ross[5]; 8. 99D-Ben DeFoy[8]; 9. (DNF) 007-Shawn Liddicoat[9]; 10. (DNF) 9-Reuben Thomas[6]; 11. (DNF) 57JR-Robert Squitti[13]; 12. (DNS) M20-Travis MacArthur; 13. (DNS) 9S-Edward Saari

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[9]; 2. 96W-Darren Wolframe[8]; 3. 426-Brendan Makkinga[4]; 4. 54X-AJ Kellar[7]; 5. 17A-David Mitchell[1]; 6. 32-Cory Ward[5]; 7. 1JT-Justin Tougas[3]; 8. 555-Johnny Staal[19]; 9. 35-Nathan Henny[13]; 10. 24-Andrew Piilo[6]; 11. 88-Steven Hitchman[12]; 12. 23-Steven Piilo[11]; 13. 6R-Spencer Reid[2]; 14. 73-Freddy Henny[17]; 15. S13-Mike Stover[20]; 16. 12SB-Scott Gregory[18]; 17. 25-Kathryn Stieh[10]; 18. 3B-BJ Kapush[16]; 19. (DNF) 16-Steven Warford[15]; 20. (DNS) 20G-Adam Gamble

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Andrew Piilo[2]; 2. 54X-AJ Kellar[4]; 3. 1JT-Justin Tougas[3]; 4. 25-Kathryn Stieh[7]; 5. 35-Nathan Henny[5]; 6. 3B-BJ Kapush[9]; 7. S13-Mike Stover[1]; 8. 17-Don Mitchell[6]; 9. 29-Ricky Reid[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[1]; 2. 426-Brendan Makkinga[3]; 3. 17A-David Mitchell[7]; 4. 23-Steven Piilo[8]; 5. 20G-Adam Gamble[6]; 6. 73-Freddy Henny[4]; 7. 2-Charlie Merkley[2]; 8. 9-Sam Williamson[9]; 9. (DNF) 555-Johnny Staal[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96W-Darren Wolframe[4]; 2. 6R-Spencer Reid[1]; 3. 32-Cory Ward[5]; 4. 88-Steven Hitchman[6]; 5. 16-Steven Warford[2]; 6. 12SB-Scott Gregory[8]; 7. (DNF) 9E-Cameron Ellis[3]; 8. (DNS) 81-Mason Reid

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 555-Johnny Staal[7]; 2. S13-Mike Stover[1]; 3. 17-Don Mitchell[4]; 4. 9-Sam Williamson[8]; 5. 29-Ricky Reid[6]; 6. (DNF) 2-Charlie Merkley[2]; 7. (DNF) 81-Mason Reid[5]; 8. (DNF) 9E-Cameron Ellis[3]

Hornets:

A Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21N-Nate Owen[7]; 2. 8X-Michael Shalley[9]; 3. 22-Jesse Owen[6]; 4. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[1]; 5. 21-James Cuthbertson[14]; 6. 26B-Rick Breukelman[11]; 7. 12SB-Mason Trembley[17]; 8. 16-Avery Chaschuk[4]; 9. 95-Kristina Moro[2]; 10. 34-Selena Owen[5]; 11. 26-Sam Bolt[16]; 12. 220-Sacha Torkkeli[10]; 13. 105-Carter Wieringa[12]; 14. 37-Connor Danylko[18]; 15. (DNF) 11-Carrie Allen[13]; 16. (DNF) 09-Joshua Kruzel[15]; 17. (DNF) 23-Jimmy Owen[3]; 18. (DNF) 91-Kathleen Speaker[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21N-Nate Owen[2]; 2. 8X-Michael Shalley[5]; 3. 34-Selena Owen[8]; 4. 220-Sacha Torkkeli[4]; 5. 11-Carrie Allen[3]; 6. 26-Sam Bolt[6]; 7. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[7]; 8. (DNF) 69-Rick Reid[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[1]; 2. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[8]; 3. 95-Kristina Moro[2]; 4. 26B-Rick Breukelman[6]; 5. 21-James Cuthbertson[7]; 6. 37-Connor Danylko[3]; 7. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[5]; 8. 5-Hunter Marshall[4]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Avery Chaschuk[5]; 2. 23-Jimmy Owen[2]; 3. 91-Kathleen Speaker[1]; 4. 105-Carter Wieringa[3]; 5. 09-Joshua Kruzel[7]; 6. (DNF) 10-Jessica Mina[4]; 7. (DNS) 12SB-Mason Trembley

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Sam Bolt[1]; 2. 12SB-Mason Trembley[6]; 3. 37-Connor Danylko[2]; 4. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[5]; 5. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[4]; 6. (DNF) 5-Hunter Marshall[8]; 7. (DNS) 69-Rick Reid; 8. (DNS) 10-Jessica Mina