(Sauble Beach, ON) – The stars and cars of the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series rolled into Sauble Speedway on Saturday June 8th for a return visit to the ¼-mile facility after a year’s absence. Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener, entered event number two of the championship season as the points leader, with Jake ‘The Juicebox’ Ott (#60) of Ayr, one marker back in second following his win in the season opener on Victoria Day weekend at Varney Speedway. Dan Prudhomme (#96) of Thamesford, entered the event third in points, with Josh Wood (#66) of London, and Doug Cathcart (#48) of Ottawa rounding out the top-five, all within 10 points of the leader. A huge car count of 18 were on hand for the 100-lap feature, with included a total of 11 lead changes in just 100 circuits.

A number of cars were quick in practice, and it looks like former Series Champion Steve Robblee’s qualifying record of 15.65 seconds (set in June, 2007), might finally fall. Darrell ‘Hollywood’ Lake (#77) of London was the first car out, and set down the benchmark time of 15.83 seconds. That mark would stand for 11 cars until Wood hit the track and ripped off a lap of 15.74 seconds to take the fast qualifier title away for the time being. Two cars later, McGlynn turned the oval in 15.71 seconds, fast, but not quite a record time. Ott was up next and stopped the clock at 15.66 second, missing the track mark by 1/100th of a second, but winding up as the fastest qualifier of the session.

The top-five drivers would assemble on the front stretch during opening ceremonies, and the Ultimate Sandblasting and Coatings ‘Fast Five’ draw. Each competitor was paired with a lucky fan and draw their starting positions for the 100-lap main event. The draw would put Wood and McGlynn on the front row, Lake and Prudhomme in row two, and Ott in fifth for the green flag.

McGlynn was able to get the jump on the outside and led the first stint before a lap six yellow slowed the field, but on the next restart it was Wood on the high side that took command. That would last until a yellow on lap 17, as McGlynn again captured the point when the green flew. A Cathcart spin slowed the field again on lap 28 and Wood re-took the lead on the restart. He would hold serve during the next couple of restarts on the bottom, while Prudhomme ran third and Amanda Connolly fourth. The big one hit on lap 52 as Tim ‘The Intimidator’ Tolten (#3) of Guelph, and John Schwemler (#45) of Montreal, tangles. Ott came upon the wreck and climbed onto the brakes only to be hit from behind from Cathcart, and knocked into the pile-up.

The field restarted on lap 57, and one lap later it was McGlynn shown as the leader at the stripe, but he was still side-by-side with Wood, who was back out front on lap 58. Wood was able to clear McGlynn and pulled out to a lead before a yellow slowed the field again with less than 15 laps to go. On the restart, McGlynn took control again, but by lap 90 Wood had found his way out front again.

The race would see one more restart with just a handful of laps to go, with Wood taking the green from the inside and McGlynn on the outside. McGlynn had a better run to the green and closed the door on Wood heading into turn one. Prudhomme struck as well, getting past Wood, but ran out of laps trying to catch McGlynn who held on to win his first race of the year.

McGlynn explained his night from victory lane, “It’s a lot of fun to win a race like that. Josh and I were having a great battle for the win, and on that last restart I knew he was going to push going in, and just got ready for it. When we were coming to the green, I tried to squeeze him down as much as I could. We both spun the tires, but he spun them more than I did. This has been a great way to start the season, and we’ve extended our point lead heading into the third race of the season.”

With the late move, Prudhomme was able to claim the silver medal, “I knew we had a good car, and were as good as those guys up front all night, but I was just saving my stuff for 15 to go. We tightened up a bit at the end, but we’re still very happy with a second-place finish, and taking the car home in one piece.”

After leading the most laps on the night, Wood talked about his third-place finish, “We had a great race with the #81 [McGlynn] all night, but we had a push in the car all evening. We weren’t as good when he pinched me down, and we didn’t get as good of a restart as he did on that last green. He got a great jump, and had to do what he had to do to win – I understand that – but we ran each other pretty clean and hard up front tonight.”

Connolly and Lake rounded out the top-five.

Race #1 Results – Sauble Speedway – 1. McGlynn, 2. Prudhomme, 3. Wood, 4. Connolly, 5. Lake.

Standings after 2 of 8 events – 1. McGlynn (209 points), 2. Prudhomme (197), 3. Wood (195), 4. Ott (192), 5. Cathcart (182).

The next event for the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup will be Friday, June 21st at Delaware Speedway, just minutes outside of London. Race number three of the eight-race championship season will be the only appearance of the season at the historic oval for the tour. The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup cars ran at Delaware twice last season, with wins going to Connolly, and Wood.

For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series, Sauble Speedway, or Delaware Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.saublespeedway.ca, www.delawarespeedway.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -  May 20, 2012 – (Varney, ON) – Sophomore driver Jake ‘The Juicebox’ Ott (#60) of Ayr stole the lead from defending Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup champion Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener, with 30 laps to go at Varney Speedway Motorplex on Saturday night and held on to capture his first career with in the tour’s 2013 season opener.

The afternoon started with qualifying and McGlynn was able to post the fastest time, turning the ¼-mile high-banked oval in a track record time of 13.256 seconds, a full half of a second quicker than the existing track record. Tim ‘The Intimidator’ Tolten (#3) of Guelph, qualified second at his home track, with Josh Wood (#66) of London, and Ott also bettering the previous time trial mark. Amanda Connolly (#16) of Aurora, rounded out the top-five.

The top-five qualifiers all met on the front stretch to draw their starting positions during the Lucas Oil Fast Five draw, and everything shook out with Connolly on the pole, and Tolten joining her on the front row. Connolly led early before a lap 13 yellow flag slowed the field, and restarted the front duo in the same order on the restart. Contract ensued during the battle for the lead and the yellow flew again, with more contact under yellow. It knocked both cars from the event.

This turned the lead over to McGlynn who was forced to race Dan Prudhomme (#96) of Thamesford, for the top spot, and on lap 15 Prudhomme seized command, while all eyes were on freshman driver Paul Fothergill (#33) of Dorchester, who had moved from ninth on the grid to second and was on the hunt for the lead. Fothergill passed McGlynn and then was able to get Prudhomme on a subsequent restart to show the way at lap 54. McGlynn was still on the charge and on lap 63 tapped Forthergill before he and Ott drove past. Wood was also able to get past before Fothergill got into the back of him and turned him around second both of them to the back.

Ott was on the charge, and passed the second and third-place cars on the outside before setting the sights on the leader, McGlynn. On the next restart, Jake continued to run well on the high side and moved to the head of the pack. He would survive a pair of restarts in the late going to nail down is first Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup feature win, holding off McGlynn and Prudhomme, who finished third.

In victory lane Ott spoke about his maiden voyage to Lucas Oil Victory Lane, “The car was good in the beginning, and we really wanted to pace ourselves and have lots left at the end, but the pace was very fast. We might have made our night when we were able to takes second and third on the outside. On the restart I was trying to hang back and get a good run, and then we got a good jump. He wasn’t able to run the outside as well as we were. We worked hard and are a lot smarter about our own program after the offseason, and this is a great way to start the year.”

McGlynn admitted that he had a second-place car, “Jake ran me hard into turn three on that last restart and was able to get us. We were spinning the tires late in the trace, and got a few lucky breaks to get up to the front, but weren’t able to pass anyone under green. This is still a good way to start the season, and we’re proud of setting a new track record in qualifying.”

After taking a year off from the tour, Prudhomme’s return to the series resulted in a solid finish, “We were on old tires and our car was still really good. We got into the lead and if it had stayed green at that point we were in great shape, but we were never as good after we lost the lead. We unloaded fast and have a competitive car, and while I wasn’t really a fan of this place early in the night, I’m beginning to like it now.”

Doug Cathcart (#48) of Ottawa, stayed out of trouble and posted a solid fourth-place, while Chad McGlynn (#18) of Kitchener, rounded out the top-five.

Race #1 Results – Varney Speedway – 1. Ott, 2. S. McGlynn, 3. Prudhomme, 4. Cathcart, 5. C. McGlynn.

Standings after 1 of 8 events – 1. McGlynn (104 points), 2. Ott (103), 3. Prudhomme (97), 4. Wood (95), 5. Cathcart (94).

The chase for the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup will continue on Saturday June eight, as the tour makes their return to Sauble Speedway. The tough ¼-mile

For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series, Varney Speedway, or Sauble Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.varneyspeedwaymotorplex.com, www.saublespeedway.ca, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.

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Dec. 15th, 2012 – Lucas Oil Products have renewed their sponsorship with the National Stock Car Association as title sponsor for the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series for 2013. This marks the 5th season that they have supported the Ontario touring series.

“We are excited to extend our relationship with Lucas Oil for another season” stated Series Director Dave Alexander. “Lucas Oil is a huge supporter of motorsports at all levels and their continued support is a strong testament to the quality and professionalism of our series”.

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The 2013 schedule will see a return to Varney Speedway Motorplex as the series opener on May 18th. All events will feature 100 lap formats.

For more information visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com

(Milgrove, ON) – The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series wrapped up the season Saturday night at Flamboro Speedway, with veteran short track racer Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener finishing third in the feature.  To claim the championship he would need to stay out of trouble in qualifying, and merely start in the feature event, but in the end he almost had a shot to win during the rain shortened 74-lap affair.

‘Hamilton’s Asphalt Arena’ was hosting their annual Octoberfest event, part of the post-season for the Ontario Stock Car scene and the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup tour was the headline event, as the competitors fought mother nature as much as each other throughout the day.

The series was also going to make some of its’ own history, as Race Time Radio was on hand to stream the race live on www.racetimeradio.com, with a line up of Joe Chisholm Jr., and Joe Chisholm Sr. of Race Time Radio, Josh and Gerry Paxton, the voices of Flamboro Speedway, and Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series announcer Jamie Maudsley.

The first set of heat races for all the other classes kicked off the day before young 15-year old Matthew Scannel (#56) of Milton hit the track and said down a lap of 18.284 seconds.  He was followed up by Chad McGlynn (#18) of Kitchener who stopped the clock at 17.83 seconds to take away the top position.  Four more cars would attempt to qualify before the track became too wet to continue.

Following a brief shower, some of the other classes that run treaded tires dried the track, and qualifying was officially rained out.  The other features that were going to run that night were moved up, and the second set of heats were pushed until the end of the program of the weather held out.

The field was inverted, putting Adam Martin (#8) of Hespler on the pole with Kris Root (#69) of Delaware on the outside of the front row.  Martin led early in the feature and held service on one restart for an early yellow before Tim ‘The Intimidator’ Tolten (#35) of Guelph, poked his Chevrolet out front.

The races second yellow came when two of the top contenders tangled on lap 28, as Shawn McGlynn spun across the nose of Amanda Connolly (#16) of Aurora into the infield.  He would pit to fix the damage to the front of his car, and Connolly would be forced to retire with a broken radiator.  McGlynn talked about the contact, “I was behind Bob Merrifield at the time and was stuck.  I was having a hard time getting a run at him off the corner and he was taking up a lot of room.  I tried to give myself a better run at him and thought she was give me enough room to get a run on him.  I got into her and it wasn’t her fault, but I was thought she knew that I was just trying to get a run on Bob.”

Root spun off turn two while running in the top-ten on lap 32 to bring out caution number three, and by lap 40, Josh Wood (#66) of London, had moved to second, with Jay Doerr (#40) of London, third, Jake ‘The Juice Box’ Ott (#60) of Ayr, fourth, and Shawn McGlynn fifth.

Just one lap later, the race would take a turn for the worse, as Martin wrecked hard.  The car hit the wall on the exit of turn two, as the throttle stuck open.  He accelerated down the backstretch before hitting the wall again and riding on top of the wall through turns three and four.  The race was red flagged, and while the cars were stopped a mild sprinkle commenced again.  Luckily the shower was brief and after a few minutes, action resumed with Tolton setting the again at the head of the pack.

Wood was in hot pursuit and started to apply the pressure to Tolton before making his move on lap 55 and taking his turn at the point.  Tolton would finally get in line in Doerr and Ott also betting past, before the trio was joined by Shawn McGlynn a few laps later.  Tolten would finish fifth.

Ott passed Doerr on lap 62 and started to put the pressure on Wood, with McGlynn climbing to third.  For Wood the track position that he gained on the last couple of restarts, as well as his battle with Tolton paid off on lap 74, as the sprinkles started, turning to a full-scale drizzle.  The track was quickly lost and the checkers flew, denying Ott and Mcglynn a shot at Wood in the closing laps, as Josh picked up his second consecutive victory, and fifth of his career.

Wood talked about the final run, “We were losing brakes and I had to work hard to keep Jake behind me.  He ran me clean, and I’m not sure if I could’ve held those two guys off, but I would’ve given it a shot.  I think I had enough to keep them behind me, unless we had some lapped traffic, but we never got the chance to find out.”

Ott was thrilled with his second-place finish, and closed out his rookie year with top-five finishes in four of the five races they competed in.  ‘The Juicebox’ said, “I had the chance to get Tolten when we were running second early, and maybe I should’ve forced the issue, but I was trying to be patient.  Then we got caught on the outside and lost a few spots.  I was having a tough time getting off the outside of the corners, so the final run would’ve been good with McGlynn, but I could’ve lost second, as well.  While it’s too bad we didn’t finish and find out, it was a good run for us.”

After an eventful evening of pit stops and restarts from the back of the pack, McGlynn wheeled his Mustang to a championship winning third-place performance to go with his two wins, two seconds, and a fourth during the tour this summer.  He described his evening as ‘eventful’, and added, “If the rain didn’t come at the end, I would’ve liked a shot at Jake and Josh.”

As far as his second Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Championship, and his third dating back to the CASCAR Sportsman days, McGlynn said, “It’s been a long time and a lot of races since we won our last one.  This is for my Dad, because he lives for this.  I like winning races, but he really puts a lot of importance in championships.”

Doerr finished fourth.

Lucas Oil 100-lap feature finish (shortened to 74 laps due to rain) 1.       Wood, 2. Ott, 3. S. McGlynn, 4. Doerr, 5. Tolton.

Final Point Standings (after all events) 1.       S. McGlynn (612 points), 2. Doerr (588), 3. Wood (576), 4. Connolly (571), 5. Merrifield (535).

The broadcast will be available shortly, so you can re-live the action of the Lucas Oil 100-lap feature from Flamboro Speedway, by visiting www.racetimeradio.com.

For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series, or Flamboro Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.flamborospeedway.itgo.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.

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(Delaware, ON) – The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series rolled into Delaware Speedway on Saturday, September 1st for the second to last race of the 2012 championship season with Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener, and Jay Doerr (#40) of London, separated by just nine markers with a title on the line.

The first order of the day was time trials, and Darrell Lake (#77) of London, was the third driver on the track, setting a benchmark lap of 20.661 seconds.  Driver after driver tried to eclipse the mark but fell short until the final four qualifiers.  Josh Wood (#66) of London turned the half-mile in 20.625 seconds to take the provisional pole before both Doerr (20.418 seconds) and McGlynn (20.174 seconds) stomped the mark to claim the first two qualifying positions.

For the first time in series history, the field would run qualifying heat races, and it was Doug Cathcart (#48) of Ottawa, and Amanda Connolly (#10) of Aurora, taking the checkered flags before the field started preparing for the Lucas Oil 100-lap main event.

McGlynn accepted the Blast Floor Coating Challenge, starting from the rear of the field in an effort to try and claim the bonus, while Lake drew the pole, and Doerr the outside pole.  Jake ‘The Juicebox’ Ott (#60) of Ayr, and Bob Merrifield (#43) of Belle River started on row two.

Doerr got a good start and took the early lead from Lake, while Wood picked his way from his fifth-starting position to second by lap 18.  For a majority of the race, the only view that Wood had was of the rear bumper of Doerr, following him lap after lap, as the pair negotiated traffic.  Wood had one stab at Doerr with about 30 laps to go while the pair were working a lapped car, but Doerr was able to trap Wood behind the lapper and maintained the lead.

The races third yellow of the night flew on lap 79, with Lake, Ott, and Connolly trailing the lead duo on the restart, and McGlynn just outside the top-five following a pit stop for handling adjustments.  When the green dropped, Wood fought on the high side and took the lead on lap 86, before the race was slowed on lap 88 for another yellow flag.  Doerr was able to take the lead back again when the green dropped once more, only to see his championship hopes die with just four laps left as the car quit running and he came to rest in turn four. McGlynn had rallied back and went toe-to-toe with Wood in the closing laps, taking the lead with just three laps to go, and seemed to be on his way to a third consecutive series win, but Josh would have none of it.  He fought back and made a last lap pass on McGlynn to take his first feature win of the season, with McGlynn nipping Ott by inches at the line in a photo finish that had to be reviewed following the checkers for second.  The finish allowed Wood to move to within 10 points of Connolly for third in points.

Wood has previous wins at Sauble Speedway and Sunset Speedway, but has been in a dry spell since May, 2011 when he recorded his most recent win, also at Delaware Speedway.  He talked about his trip to victory lane, “I started my racing career here, and love coming back to the track.  It’s awesome to win here.  I have to thank my dad for putting this deal together and giving me another great car tonight.  I was trailing Doerr all night long and then he broke.  I thought McGlynn might have had us, but I didn’t give up and we were able to get him late to take the win.”

When he combines finishing second by a nose, with the problems of Doerr, McGlynn puts a healthy 22-point cushion on his championship rival heading into the final race of the season.  He said, “We’re happy to finish second tonight.  Our car went away on us tonight – it happened the last time we were here too – I think we too soft in the shocks on the front.  We came in and adjusted the front end on a pit stop, and gave up track position, but it didn’t fix the car.  It seemed like everyone slowed down, but we were able to come back through the pack.”

As for the championship, McGlynn said, “I feel bad about what happened to Jay with his problems tonight, because I would rather beat him on the track.  I guess we should have a pretty good lead and as long as we don’t wreck at Flamboro we should be fine.  We were also very fast there last time.”

After starting third, Ott remained in the top-five for the entire feature and finished inches behind McGlynn after a tremendous last corner move.  He said, “This wasn’t too bad at all after the day we had.  We had a new setup today, but our biggest problem was that we brought the wrong gear.  I raced Amanda for the longest time and I was better through the corner, but she would leave me coming off.  I thought we were in trouble on the late restart as well.  Because of the gear, I couldn’t get going quick enough on the starts and we would lose a spot on the inside, and a couple if we were in the outside.  It was still a good finish for us, and now we’ll get ready to go to Flamboro for Octoberfest.”

Connolly qualified eighth but raced her way to a solid fourth-place finish and moved to within eight points of Doerr for second in the championship standings.

Pole-sitter Lake rounded out the top-five finish with an impressive run.  It was his second top-five finish in as many starts this season on the tour.

1.       Wood, 2. McGlynn, 3. Ott, 4. Connolly, 5. Lake.

The final round of the 2012 Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series will be Saturday September 29th at Flamboro Speedway as the feature event on the first night of the annual Octoberfest celebration of speed.

Championship standings – (after 5 of 6 events) – 1. McGlynn (516 points), 2. Doerr (494), 3. Connolly (486), 4. Wood (476), 5. Cathcart (445).   For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series, Flamboro Speedway, or Delaware Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.flamborospeedway.itgo.com, www.delawarespeedway.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.

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(Hamilton, ON) – Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener, entered Saturday nights battle at Flamboro Speedway with a thin point lead and did everything he could possible do to extend that advantage with just two events left in the 2012 championship chase.

In qualifying, title contender Jay Doerr (#40) of London hit the track halfway through the session and turned a lap of 16.639 seconds to take the provisional pole away from Jake ‘Juicebox’ Ott (#60) of Ayr, until the final qualifier hit the track.  McGlynn was able to put his Ford Mustang on the pole with a new track record of 16.369 seconds, bettering the previous mark of 16.400 seconds.  Bob Merrifield (#43) of Belle River was fourth, and Derek Clark (#88) of Strathroy was fifth.

McGlynn took the Blast Floor Coating Challenge, and would be chasing an additional $400 bonus if he could come through the pack and win from the back.  Jason Meyer (#93) of Tillsonburg drew the pole after a sixth-place qualifying run, with Merrifield taking the green alongside him.

Merrifield tucked into line behind Meyer, while Doerr swiftly moved from fifth on the grid to third, and started to pressure Merrifield.  Jay took second on lap 17, and grabbed the lead from Meyer one lap later while McGlynn had already stick handled his way to fourth.  McGlynn kept charging, passing Merrifield and Meyer before setting the sights on Doerr.  On lap 37 he made the move for the top spot and started to streak away.  The race would be slowed by three yellow flag periods after that, and while Doerr stayed door to door for a number of laps once, he was no match for McGlynn who claimed his second consecutive victory on the tour, and also his second consecutive win at ‘Hamilton’s Asphalt Arena’, after taking the checkers in the final race of 2011.

The championship points leader spoke about the victory, “We came here and tested for the event, and it was probably a good thing we did, or we wouldn’t have won tonight.  When we tested we broke a sway bar mount after about 30 laps.  If we had’ve done it tonight we would’ve been out of the race.  We also changed some springs because of the test, and it helped the car hook up better coming out.  I took the challenge and started at the back, and I hope the fans enjoyed it.  Jay was good on the restarts, and I had a problem low.  I wasn’t scuffing the tires really well because I didn’t want to push the car under yellow and break something, because it was working so well.  We put some more points on Jay tonight, and now we’ll get ready for Delaware.”

Doerr crossed the stripe well back of McGlynn, but a distance ahead of third-place Amanda Connelly (#16) of Hampton.  He talked about his runner-up finish, “It was fun – I guess, but it would’ve been nice to have something for Shawn.  We had a second-place car, and that’s where we finished.  That was as fast a car as I’ve ever had here, and there was only so much I could do with him on the restarts.  I tried once really hard and stayed on the outside of Shawn for a couple of laps, but that was it.  It’s also not that we finished second, but it’s that we finished second to Shawn, and he’s the guy we’re chasing for the championship.”

Connelly, who was involved in a spirited battle with Josh Wood (#66) of London for the bronze medal position throughout the second half of the race spoke about her night, “We struggled in practice today and made some big changes to the car, and then had to go backwards a bit from there before the feature and it was much better.  We were a little loose at the start and a little tight at the end, but Kelly [Balson –crew chief] and Graham made the car so much better.  Racing with Josh was a lot of fun.  For some reason, we always seem to be around each other, and it’s always clean.  We’ve raced hard against each other, and he’s been such a great driver to race with.  We’re looking good for third in points, and our goal was to be in the top-five in points.  I’m also excited about going back to Delaware next weekend now that I know the track.”

Wood finished fourth, and remains fourth in points, losing a little ground to Connelly, while Ott rounded out the top-five in his cars’ maiden voyage.

The next race for the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup tour will be Saturday September second at Delaware Speedway.  The race will feature an admission price of just $10, in what is sure to be a gate crashing special.  The card will also see the championship run heat races for the first time, in addition to time trials and the 100-lap feature.

For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series, Flamboro Speedway, or Delaware Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.flamborospeedway.itgo.com, www.delawarespeedway.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.

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(Bowmanville, ON) – Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener scored a perfect night in race number three of the 2012 Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Saturday July 14th.  The hat trick started in time trials for the CanadianForces.com  100 lap feature, as McGlynn turned a lap of 22.568 seconds the fastest of the qualifying sessions.

With the Blast Floor Coatings Challenge having rolled over every race this season, McGlynn elected to attempt to win from the back of the pack, and try and claim the cash prize that had been building.  Amanda Connelly (#16) of Hampton, qualified second, but it was two-time defending champion Jay Doerr (#43) of London, that drew the pole in the ‘Fast Five’ draw after turning the fourth fastest time of the session.

The early section of the race was dominated by Doerr, as he led into the races second caution flag on lap 40.  Following a short cleanup, Connelly, who had been running second to Doerr restarted beside the leader on lap 43.  As the pair came through the gearbox, Connelly was able to clear the Jay heading into turn one and took control.

McGlynn was methodically picking his way through the back of the field, showing up in sixth-place by lap 10.  The first yellow on lap 30 saw Shawn fourth, and by the time Connelly made her move, he was close enough to the front to follow her through for second.  Josh Wood (#66) of London, advanced to third, with Doerr settling in fourth.

Connelly tried to keep McGlynn at bay, but on lap 47 Shawn took the lead and started to pull away from Connelly and Wood.  As the laps went by it looked like McGlynn had all but locked it up and the pair behind him were destined to fight for second until the yellow flew with less than 10 laps to go.   On the next restart Connelly started to pressure McGlynn and on lap 95 she poked the nose of her car in front before the final yellow flew on lap 95.  McGlynn took command on the final five lap sprint to the finish, but Connelly wasn’t done, as she pressured McGlynn.  On the final laps, she made a last ditch on the inside, but came up less than a car length short, while McGlynn capped his perfect night in points, and boosted himself to the championship lead.

McGlynn spoke about his first win of the season, “It was awesome racing with Amanda out there.  We were side by side a number of times and didn’t even touch.  It’s also her home track, so that made it good to beat her.  We started spinning the tires at the end, and were just out of rubber and she was there.  We took the challenge at the start of the race, even though my dad (crew chief Roger McGlynn) told me to start at the front.  I thought I had a car I could drive to the front, that’s how good it was.  I followed the guys’ advice and took it easy coming through the back of the field, and I think we gave the fans a show.  They were all on their feet at the end.  We should also be in the points lead, and I really want to win the championship again this year.”

For Connelly, coming off a win at Delaware in the previous event, she was thrilled with finishing second in front of her hometown crowd, “We were loose all night, but it was pretty good on restarts and on the short runs.  I had some runs at him off turn four, but I couldn’t hold it on the inside.  It was great racing with him, and I don’t think either of our cars have a single mark on them.  I really wanted to win this one tonight because have a lot of friends and family here – this is our home track.”

Wood, who had a great seat to watch the race for the win posted another podium finish, winding up third.  With the finish, Josh vaulted to fourth in the series point standings, and still in the title hunt as the series approaches the halfway point.  Wood said, “We worked at the car tonight, but it was a handful, and we would’ve been happier getting a win tonight.”

Tim Tolten (#3) of Guelph had an impressive run, finishing fourth, and climbed five spots in points to sixth, while Bob Merrifield (#43) of Belle River, rounded out the top-five in a solid run.

Doug Cathcart (#48) of Ottawa, posted a season best sixth-place finish, while two-time defending champion Doerr wound up seventh.  He fell to second in points, but just six markers behind McGlynn.  Chad McGlynn (#18) of Kitchener, qualified a season best fifth and finished eighth, while Steve Moore (#45) of Toronto, and Jason Meyer (#93) of Tillsonburg, rounded out the top-ten.

The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series presented by Tirecraft will be back in action on Saturday August 11th at Peterborough Speedway.  It will be event number four of seven on the year and is the series’ only 2012 appearance at the fast, high-banked 1/3th-mile speedway.

For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series presented by Tirecraft, Mosport Speedway, or Peterborough Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.mosport.com, www.peterboroughspeedway.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.

Release and Photos by Jamie Maudsley and www.maudsleymotorsports.com.

June 15, 2012 – Delaware Speedway PR – Release With Photos: https://delawarespeedway.com/rookie-driver-amanda-connolly-wins-tirecraft-100-friday-recap

Delaware, ON – Rookie driver Amanda Connolly (#16) of Aurora took the win in the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Tirecraft 100 Friday evening at Delaware Speedway. Connolly started ninth in the event and took the lead from two-time champion Jay Doerr (#43) of London on lap 96 of the 100-lap event.

‘I was loose from the get go and felt awful driving way up there [on the high side of the track],’ said Connolly. ‘I think I stayed consistent and [the other drivers] went away. It worked to my advantage.’

Connolly made special mention of her mother who was admitted to intensive care at the hospital last week. Though she is in stable condition she was not able to attend the race.

The race had five lead changes between four different drivers and was slowed by caution five times. Josh Wood (#66) of London led the first 32 laps of the event before crashing out on a restart in an incident involving Jake Ott (#88) of Ayr, handing the lead to Jay Doerr (#43). Doerr would continue to lead until lap fifty when he was passed by Steve Robblee (#28) of Dorchester. Robblee would keep the lead for ten laps before Jay Doerr reclaimed the lead shortly after a restart. Doerr would continue to lead until Connolly’s late charge where she ultimately took the lead with four laps to go.

Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Waterloo won the fastest time in qualifying with a 20.164 second lap time. He took the Blast Floor Coating Challenge which saw him start at the back of the twenty car field. He made his way as high as second place where he finished the race. Third in the event was Jay Doerr (#43).

The Canadian Heroes race team unveiled their new Dodge Challeger race car during the pre-race ceremonies. The team ran the vehicle as a memorial to trooper Mark Wilson who was tragically killed in 2006 in Afghanistan. Wilson’s family was on hand for the unveiling of the car which was driven by Steve Moore (#45) of Toronto.

Points leader Gary Adriaensen (#55) of London won the Demar Aggregates Trucks feature race on Friday at Delaware Speedway. The win is Adriaensen’s second of the season, going back-to-back from opening night last week. Adriaensen took the lead on lap fourteen from Tyler Finlay (#25) of London and held him off through a pair of late race cautions on lap 28 and 30. Finlay finished second in the 35-lap race and Tom Zagorodny (#77) of Dorchester finished third. Finlay and Zagorodny also won their heat races.

Paul Fothergill came back from his practice crash at the season opener to win the Coca-Cola Super Stock 35-lap feature race on Friday night. Fothergill took the lead from Geoff Chant (#19) of Thorndale on lap 3 of the race. Second was Jeff Showler (#44) of Mt. Elgin, third was Kenny McNicol Jr. (#17) of Exeter. Previous race winner Steve Smith had been contending with Fothergill for the lead, but was forced out of the race after clutch problems.

On lap 28 of the Coca-Cola Stock race fans rose from their seats during the green flag run as a tribute to Dave Lawarence (#28) Super Stock. This weekend was the anniversary of Dave’s passing. He is survived by his two sons, Kris and Jordan Lawrence who both participated in tonight’s race.

Next weekend at Delaware Speedway is the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Weekend. Friday June 22 is Police, Fire, and Ambulance appreciation night featuring King of the Hill Spectator’s Races, GAW Recycling Enduro Challenge, Coca-Cola Super Stocks, and FT Garage Late Models. Saturday, June 23 is the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series EMCO 200 at 8:00 pm. Tickets and weekend passes continue to be available at delwarespeedway.com or at the gate the day of the event.

DEMAR AGGREGATES TRUCK FEATURE RACE
Feature Race
1. 55 Gary Adriaensen Belmont
2. 25 Tyler Finlay London
3. 77 Tom Zagorodny London
4. 51 Trevor Collver Lucan
5. 6 Courtney Marche London
6. 39 Brady Smith Coldstream
7. 22 Jeff Denboer London
8. 15 Craig Marche
9. 18 Adam Swales St. Thomas
10. 48 Dylan West
11. 33 Sid McDonald London
12. 95 Andrew Pocs Tillsonburg

COCA-COLA SUPER STOCKS
Feature Race
1. 33 Paul Fothergill London
2. 44 Jeff Showler Mt. Elgin
3. 17 Kenny McNicol Jr. Exeter
4. 51 Matt Robblee Dorchester
5. 28 Kris Lawrence London
6. 9 DJ De Jesus London
7. 48 Tim McGregor St. Thomas
8. 47 Ken McNicol Sr. Exeter
9. 16 Kathleen Hosang Zurich
10. 99 Scott Nagy Strathroy
11. 78 Jordan Lawrence London
12. 32 Shae Gemmell Dorchester
13. 04 Matt Humphrys St. Marys
14. 19 Geoff Chant Thorndale
15. 23 Greg Dadson Union
16. 20x Mike Hearly Sault St. Marie
17. 55 Raymond Yeo St. Thomas
18. 84 Steve Smith Arkona

Demar Aggregates Trucks Points Standings:
Pos # Name Points
1. 55 Gary Adriaensen 259
2. 77 Tom Zagorodny 245
3. 25 Tyler Finlay 237
4. 33 Sid McDonald 234
5. 39 Brady Smith 233
6. 51 Trevor Collver 227
7. 15 Craig Marche 222
8. 6 James & Courtney Marche 216
9. 48 Dylan West 215
10. 22 Jeff Denboer 214
11. 18 Adam Swales 209
12. 95 Andrew Pocs 208
13. 7 Piet Blaauboer 149
14. 01 Devon Bloemendal 75

COCA-COLA SUPER STOCK POINTS
Pos # Name Points Back
1. 51 Matt Robblee 239 0
2. 17 Kenny McNicol Jr. 236 -3
3. 28 Kris Lawrence 235 -4
4. 44 Jeff Showler 235 -4
5. 33 Paul Fothergill 230 -9
6. 84 Steve Smith 229 -10
7. 48 Tim McGregor 214 -25
8. 99 Scott Nagy 210 -29
9. 47 Ken McNicol Sr. 210 -29
10. 04 Matt Humphrys 208 -31
11. 16 Kathleen Hosang 208 -31
12. 78 Jordan Lawrence 207 -32
13. 19 Geoff Chant 203 -36
14. 23 Greg Dadson 196 -43
15. 9 DJ De Jesus 147 -92
16. 55 Raymond Yeo 117 -122
17. 77 Darrell Lake 86 -153
18. 9x Dave Silverthorne Jr. 72 -167
19. 32 Shae Gemmell 64 -175
20. 8 Manuel Ferreira 61 -178
21. 20x Mike Hearly 60 -179

(Varney, ON) – During the 2011 offseason, driver Jay Doerr (#43) of London and his car owner and father Doug Doerr sold the team’s two-time championship winning car to Phil McCarthy.  McCarthy is keeping Doerr in the car for the 2012 season, and the defending series champ picked up where he left off, scoring a ‘perfect’ afternoon during the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series’ inaugural race on the ¼-mile high banks of Varney Speedway Motorplex.
 
A tremendous crowd was on hand as the afternoon card started off with qualifying for the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup cars, and Doerr was fastest during time trials, turning the track in 13.782 seconds.  Rookie Joe Trafford (#70) of New Hamburg shocked the crowd by qualifying second in his first start in the series, followed by ‘The Intimidator’ Tim Tolten (#3) of Guelph, another freshman, Jamie ‘ The Juicebox’ Ott (#88) of Ayr, and Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener.
 
This year’s fast five format to set the starting lineup includes the Blast Floor Coatings challenge, saw Doerr decline the challenge, as he chose to draw for starting position, as opposed to trying to win the bonus from starting at the back.  He drew number five to start on the inside of the third row, while the bonus will grow for race number two.  Tolten drew the pole, with Ott alongside him on the front row, and Trafford and McGlynn taking up positions in row two.
 
 Tolton set a blistering pace during the early going, opening a lead of an entire straightaway at one point before the races first yellow flew, but it was rookie Amanda Connelly (#16) of Hampton who was on the move, climbing from sixth starting position into fourth, with McGlynn second, and Doerr in third.
 
Doerr was able to pass McGlynn on a subsequent restart, as Tolten started to have motor troubles, allowing Doerr to pull to the outside of the local hero.  Doerr poked his nose out front briefly, but Tolton fought back on the inside to sneak ahead.  Doerr wasn’t finished, and just a lap later he was able to capture the point on the high side on lap 26.
 
Ott was also on the move, climbing to second at the halfway point with McGlynn, Connelly, and Josh Wood (#66) of London, in tow.  Contact between McGlynn and Connelly cut down a tire on Amanda’s car, sending her to pit road and ending her shot at a podium, while McGlynn spun on a lap 68 restart, sending him to the rear of the pack.
 
Ott hounded Doerr during the closing stages, and had one great shot at getting the win as with only a few laps on the scoreboard the leader ran into some trouble with a lapped car.  Ott was able to pull alongside Doerr, but it was short lived as Jay pulled back in front, and won his first feature of the year.
 
Wood was able to slice his way from seventh on the grid to a solid third-place finish, while McGlynn rallied back to finish fourth.  Connelly recovered from her flat left front to round out the top-five in her series debut, and make history for the highest finish by a female competitor in a Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup event.
 
Doerr spoke about the tremendous start to his season, “It was great to get back up here to Varney.  The last time we were here was in a Dwarf Car in 1998, and it was career win number 43 for me, during Varney’s 43rd season and our car number for years and at Delaware in our Late Model is car number 43 – I guess the numbers just added up.  I took my time early, because I knew I had to save the right rear tire.  We got maximum points today, and this is a great way to defend our championship.  We came up on Wednesday and tested, and track owner Kent Nuhn helped us out a bit.  We were able to get everything sorted out and we were prepared today.  It was also nice to get Phil a win in his first start as a car owner.”
 
Ott was thrilled with his runner-up result, saying, “We ran a few 100 lap CRA Late Model races in the US last year, and I didn’t finish either of them, so my whole goal today was to finish.  We tested up here and I figured that we would have a fifth or sixth-place car, but it was a little better today.  I was worried, because 20 laps in the car started to make some odd noises, and I was worried we wouldn’t finish.  I took a shot at Jay when he got in lapped traffic, but I wanted to finish.  I sailed it in to turn three on the last lap, but Jay had a good smooth run at the end of the race and I couldn’t get to him.  Being the new guy in the series, I really wanted to make sure that I didn’t make any mistakes that cost anyone else, and I hope that we gained a little respect for running everyone clean.” 
 
Trafford finished sixth, with fellow rookie Steve Moore (#45) of Toronto, Mark Patrick (#12) of Delaware, Bob Merrifield (#43) of Belle River, and Kris Root (#69) of Delaware rounded out the top-ten.
 
The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series will be back in action at the newly renovated Delaware Speedway for round two of the seven race season on Friday June 15th.  The points battle should heat up at Delaware, a track very familiar to the top-four in the standings.  Doerr will return to his home track for his Late Model as the point leader by five markers over Ott, who has competed in the Delaware Super Stock division for three years before making the move to the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series.  Wood enters third in points, to a track where he cut his stock car teeth, in addition to picking up a win in 2011, while McGlynn competed in Sportsman cars on and off weekly for years at Delaware.
 
For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series, Varney Speedway Motorplex, or Delaware Speedway, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, www.varneymotorspeedway.com, www.delawarespeedway.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.
 
Release and Photos by Jamie Maudsley and www.maudsleymotorsports.com.

For Immediate Release - February 2nd, 2012 – “We are pleased to welcome Fast Eddie Racewear to our series” stated Director Dave Alexander. “Fast Eddie is a supporter of motorsports and their involvement is a strong testament to the quality and professionalism of this series.”
    
Jamie Hakonson, Vice President of Fast Eddie is excited about joining the Lucas Oil Family.  “We are excited about the opportunity to be a part of the Lucas Oil Family for 2012. The Series puts on some great racing and we are excited to be able to support them in their efforts to bring their series to the next level.”

Fast Eddie Racewear’s core business includes concept, design, manufacturing and distribution of motorsports and corporate wear. They have an excellent reputation for design, durability and comfort.

Their in-house team leads the performance industry with custom designed racing gear and revolutionary sublimated crew shirts and jackets. Fast Eddie Racewear is also the Canadian distributor for Impact Racing and Simpson race products specializing in helmets, driving shoes, gloves, suits and accessories.

For more information visit http://www.fasteddieracewear.com  and http://www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com

Dec. 8th, 2011 – Lucas Oil Products have renewed their sponsorship with the National Stock Car Association as title sponsor for the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series for 2012. This marks the 4th season that they have stamped their brand on the Ontario wide touring series.

“We are excited to extend our relationship with Lucas Oil for another season” stated Series Director Dave Alexander. “Lucas Oil is a huge supporter of motorsports at all levels and their continued support is a strong testament to the quality and professionalism of our series”.

Lucas Oil remains committed to producing only the highest quality premium automotive, heavy duty, industrial and specialty oil products.

For more information visit www.lucasoil.ca

Nov 30, 2011 – The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup is proud to announce a new sponsor for the 2012 season; Ultimate Custom Fiberglass.       
      
“We are very pleased to partner with Ultimate for the 2012 season” stated Series Director Dave Alexander. “I know they can help us take our series to the next level.”

Look for Ultimate Cameros, Mustangs and Challenger bodies to grace the series in 2012.

Ultimate Custom Fiberglass can also produce custom fiberglass products for the agricultural, construction, heavy machinery, marine, sports, auto racing, and industrial sectors.

They guarantee a reputation of excellent quality, customer service and competitive pricing.

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By Jamie Maudsley – October 3, 2011 - (Hamilton, ON) – The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup presented by Tirecraft, rolled into Flamboro last Saturday night, October first for the final event of the 2011 championship season.  The title would be decided between point leaders Jay Doerr (#40) of London, who entered the night with a nine-point edge on ‘The Wild Child’ Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener.  While others were still mathematically alive, it would essentially come down to the two former champions to decide the crown.  The other point battle was for third as Josh Wood (#66) of London, and Matt Robblee (#51) of Dorchester, entered the night deadlocked.
 
Qualifying was the first order of the night and Dan Prudhomme (#96) of Thamesford, was able to turn a lap of 16.81 seconds for the quickest time of the session.  Prudhomme, who had failed to qualify in the top-five throughout the season was shocked with the result, joking, “That run was the ‘Blind Squirrel Effect’.  I was surprised.  I didn’t think it was that good of a lap, but I think we’ll have a good car for the race.”
 
McGlynn qualified second, with ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ Kelly Balson (#10) of Hampton third, and Robblee and Doerr rounding out the top-five.  This allowed McGlynn to cut into Doerr’s lead, chopping the margin to six heading into the 100-lap feature.
 
Robblee drew the pole, with Prudhomme rolling on the outside of him.  When the green dropped, problems struck Balson’s car as he refused to get up to speed, while Doerr dove to the bottom to avoid Kelly.  Balson, trying to get out of the way sent Doerr into the grass.  Balson was able to exit, while Jay, the defending champion found himself at the back of the pack with only one lap on the board. 
 
The Octoberfest crowd watched Robblee lead lap one before Prudhomme grabbed the lead with McGlynn quickly finding his bumper.  Meanwhile, half a track behind, Doerr was picking his way through the back of the field.  McGlynn made his move on lap 10, stepped to the head of the pack, and started to creep away from the field.
 
With McGlynn out front and showing no signs of letting up, Doerr would be forced to finish at least third to win the championship, and it was a position that he was able to obtain again by lap 25 before going to work on second-place Prudhomme.  By the halfway point, Doerr had dispatched Prudhomme, but during the season half of the feature was no match for McGlynn’s Ford.
 
McGlynn went on to win his second feature of the season, surviving a couple of late restarts, but fell a mere four points short of Doerr for the championship.  The 2006 and 2008 title winner spoke about the day, “It was an exciting night, and we did everything that we had to do to give ourselves a chance.  We could pass on the outside and that’s where I was able to take Dan.  When we had a big lead, my spotter was telling me to back off and save the car, but it was just so good.  We were fast in lapped traffic, and that really helped as well.  As for finishing second in the points, we have to congratulate Jay on winning the title.  We had a brake problem early in the year or it might have been a different story.”
 
Doerr talked about capturing his second consecutive championship with the silver medal finish, “It was a real up and down day.  The #10 didn’t go and when I tried to go around him I ended up at the back of the pack and thought ‘this is going to be fun’.  I went past a few cars, but then got into faster traffic.  I was in third and passed Dan, but as far as McGlynn, I didn’t have anything for him.  I was on the outside of him a few of the restarts, but I couldn’t get him.  I knew finishing second was enough to win the championship anyways, so I was happy to run there.  It’s pretty awesome to win another championship, and it really says a lot for my dad, Doug because he gave me some great cars all season, and the guys on the crew worked so hard for this as well.”
 
For Prudhomme, it was a solid finish to the season as he finished third and wound up sixth in points..  Prudhomme spoke about his race, “The #81 [McGlynn] was lightning fast, and I didn’t have anything for him.  When Doerr caught up to me, I raced him, but didn’t want to race him too hard – those two guys were racing for the title and I didn’t want to mess them up.  We were still pleased with the finish.  It’s a good way to end the season.  Our schedule is so short that when you have a bad run, it puts you out of it, and that’s what happened to us early in the year.”
 
 Prudhomme had his hands full with Robblee and Wood right behind him for the second half of the race, as Robblee and Wood finished in that order in fourth and fifth.  Robblee would be scored third in the championship points, and Wood fourth.  Following his troubles on the start, Balson would score a 13th-place finish, but held on to fifth in the title chase.
 
100-lap Octoberfest Results from Flamboro – 1. McGlynn, 2. Doerr, 3. Prudhomme, 4. Robblee, 5. Wood.
 
Final championship standings (unofficial) – 1. Doerr (602 points), 2. McGlynn (598), 3. Robblee (578), 4. Wood (574), 5. Balson (559).
 
For more information on the Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series presented by Tirecraft, please visit www.lucasoilsportsmancup.com, or contact Series Director Dave Alexander at dalexand@sympatico.ca.
 
Release and Photos by Jamie Maudsley and www.maudsleymotorsports.com.

By Jamie Maudsley – The Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup Series presented by Tirecraft stars and cars were on hand at Delaware Speedway to headline the Saturday night show at the traditional Labour Day Spectacular weekend.  The 100-lap main event would be ended early as rain started to fall just after the halfway point, with 2010 series champion, and point leader Jay Doerr (#43) of London at the front of the pack.
 
Qualifying was first, and Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener, turned the fastest time of the night with a lap of 20.109 seconds, with Doerr was second quickest turning the half-mile in 20.163 seconds.  Matt Robblee (#51) of Dorchester, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ Kelly Balson (#10) of Hampton, and Jason Meyer (#93) of Tillsonburg rounded out the MRA ‘Fast Five’.
 
The ‘Fast Five’ draw was held, putting Balson on the pole and Robblee alongside him for the green, with McGlynn and Doerr taking up spots in row number two.
 
Balson took the early lead pacing a pair of laps before Robblee made the charge up the outside and took control of the contest.  McGlynn was the next driver to move to second and challenge for the lead, but Doerr was able to get past Shawn to move into the runner-up position.
 
Following a lap 17 restart, Doerr made his rally in the high lane, taking the lead from Robblee, and opening up a few car lengths lead.  Robblee had a scare a few laps later as he had his car sideways coming off turn four.  Drivers behind him stood on the binders, but McGlynn hit Robblee, before Shawn was rear ended by Dan Prudhomme (#96) of London.
 
The driver who benefited the most was Josh Wood (#66) of London, who was able to pick his way through several spins that happened right in front of him, moving to third on lap 26.  Wood, the winner of the season opener at Delaware during the Victoria Day weekend, started tenth, and was on a run to the front.
 
The green flew on lap 30 and Robblee would quickly get in line behind Doerr on that restart, with Wood in tow, as the trio all separated by a few car lengths and tried to put in laps before the sprint to the checkers.  By lap 50 the first drops of rain started appearing on the drivers’ windshields, and by lap 54 it was wet enough to cause a single car spin.
 
The field circled under caution for a number of laps but based on the rain and the amount of inclement weather that was following behind it on the radar speedway officials called the race a complete event, with Doerr gaining the win, Robblee finishing second, and Wood third.
 
Doerr spoke about the win, his second of the season after a victory at Sunset Speedway in July, saying, “My Dad did another awesome job on the car tonight, and it was on rails.  I have to give so much of the credit to him.  I made the outside pass on Matt, and it was great racing.  He gave me room, and we had a great race for the lead.  It’s also nice to win at home, especially after all the problems we had here with the Late Model last night.”
 
With the point lead bumped to 13 (unofficial) over McGlynn, Doerr was already looking ahead, “Tonight was a great points night for us and we should have a little bigger lead on McGlynn heading to the last race of the year at Flamboro for Octoberfest.  I still haven’t won a feature there in a full-size car, and I’m going to be looking to change that.”
 
Robblee was also all smiles after his solid runner-up finish, “It was a lot of fun, and it’s always good to be running up front.  I had a few chances on restarts, but Jay is really good on restarts.  It’s funny, after last night, both him and I had problems and we joked that we would come back and finish one-two tonight – then we did – but I wanted to be the one out front.”
 
After being asked about the multitude of close calls he had while threading the needle to avoid wrecks, Wood shrugged his shoulders, and laughed, expressing that he had tremendous fortune to avoid hitting anything, “I don’t know how I missed all that.  And you can really move up quick when three guys in front of you all wreck.  At the end, we had a third-place car and finished third – quick, but not quick enough to win.”
 
Former series champion McGlynn ran in the top-three, but when he hit Robblee, and was hit by Prudhomme in the chain reaction, it knocked his rear bumper loose.  He was black flagged so the crew could repair the bumper, and was impressive slicing through traffic from the back of the field to a fourth-place finish.  He will remain second in points, and still in the championship picture.
 
The McGlynn Racing stable had an addition on Saturday night as Chad McGlynn (#8) of Kitchener, made his first start of the season, and was fast off the trailer turning the seventh quickest lap in qualifying, and then backing it up with an impressive fifth-place run.
 
Demelo Upsets Newman to Win Modified Invitational
 
Delaware also saw the most impressive car count in years for the Powerade Open Wheel Modified Invitational on Saturday night.  It had been many years since there were that many Modifieds in attendance, and the 35-lap feature was highly anticipated.
 
Barry Newman (#1) of Springfield had the best finishes during heat race competition to earn the pole for the feature, and many figures that the three-time champion and current point leader would walk away from the field, but tonight the competition had other ideas.
 
The outside seemed the place to be when the green flew and on the first lap, Tyler Hendricks (#38) of Pain Court, hung tough and passed Newman on the high side.  Hendricks led during the early going, but on a subsequent restart, Newman was able to return the favour before Barry lined up side-by-side with sophomore pilot Justin Demelo (#82) of London.
 
Demelo dethroned the king for the night, snookering him on the next restart, and then creeping away from the field.  After getting shuffled back to second, Newman tried to stay with the leader, while behind him, Hendricks and David McCullough (#39) of Glencoe, were battling for the bronze medal.  On lap 25, with McCullough in third, Hendricks had a run heading into turn one.  McCullough squeezed Hendricks onto the pit lane.  Hendricks lifted and tucked back in line.  On the next lap the same scenario occurred, but Hendricks didn’t get onto the flat of the track, and McCullough went around, with Hendricks received the black flag.  The pair would renew their acquaintance at the back of the pack again on the restart, bringing out another yellow.
 
The event moved Stephen Richmond (#24) of Appin to third, and on the restart with Demelo controlling the race, Richmond started the assault on Newman, pulling off the pass for good with just four laps to go.  He held on to claim the silver medal, while Newman held on for third.
 
In victory lane Demelo spoke about going head-to-head with Newman, winner of five of nine events this season, and claiming his second feature win of 2011, “That’s pretty cool to beat Barry like that, because he’s so good.  But we had a good car tonight and it great to be in victory lane.”
 
Richmond talked about his run from eighth on the grid to the runner-up result, “I had to fight it all night.  The last ½ of the race the car was at its’ worst, and I don’t know what happened.  We got a lot of spots on restarts, and were sixth on lap 28, and I was a little surprised I was able to get Barry.”
 
Newman opened his point lead up to 45 over Hendricks with a single event remaining on the schedule, and talked about the third-place finish, “We tried to get too much on old tires tonight, and the rears were so wore out that I couldn’t get off the corners.  I also think it was pretty awesome to have all these cars here tonight.”
 
Visiting Gary McLean (#8) of Conn, posted a solid fourth-place finish, while McCullough rallied back for a fifth-place finish.
 
Heat races were won by John Saunders (#70) of Watford, McCullough, Newman and Hendricks.
 
Rudolph Wins Pole for Sunday’s Inaugural NASCAR Whelen Modified Race at Delaware
 
Erick Rudolph earned his second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 21 Means 21 Pole Award Presented by Coors Light Saturday at Delaware Speedway in qualifying for the inaugural Delaware 150.
 
Rudolph, from Ransomville, N.Y., posted a fast lap of 17.585 seconds (102.360 mph) around the half mile oval in advance of Sunday’s feature event. The 19-year old driver of the No. 98 Mohawk Northeast/Original Pizza Logs Chevrolet earned his first Whelen Modified Tour pole in 2010 at Monadnock Speedway.
 
Season points leader Ron Silk was the first to take time and his fast lap of 17.626 (102.112) remained good enough for Sunday’s outside pole. Bobby Santos (17.641/102.035), Eric Beers (17.686/101.775) and Doug Coby (17.707/101.655) rounded out the top five fastest qualifiers.
 
Canadian drivers D.J. Kennington and Cole Powell qualified sixth and 15th, respectively, and were both in the top-five throughout practice.
 
Earlier in the day Coby paced the first practice session with a fast lap of 17.840 (100.897) while Silk was fastest in Happy Hour at 17.450 (103.152).
 
The Delaware 150, the Whelen Modified Tour’s first event outside of the United States, is set to take the green flag Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
Story and Photos by Jamie Maudsley, www.maudsleymotorsports.com, and Tyler Wright, with NASCAR Modified Files from NASCAR PR

Modified 09/03/2011
Weekly Feature:1. Justin Demelo (London, ON), 2. Stephen Richmond (Appin, ON), 3. Barry Newman (Springfield, ON), 4. Gary McLean (Conn, ON), 5. David McCullough (Glencoe, ON), 6. Tyler Hendricks (Pain Court, ON), 7. John Saunders (London, ON), 8. Gary Kallies (Sarnia, ON), 9. Wayne Pilkey (Mt. Brydges, ON), 10. Wayne Carson, 11. Darrell Limon (Watford, ON), 12. Brent McLean, 13. Ted Patterson (Mount Forest, ON), 14. Bill Pickford, 15. Robert Warnes (Oshawa, ON), 16. Dean Scott (London, ON), 17. Darryn Wright (Watford, ON),

Consolation 1:1. Barry Newman (Springfield, ON), 2. John Saunders (London, ON), 3. Darrell Limon (Watford, ON), 4. Bill Pickford, 5. Robert Warnes (Oshawa, ON), 6. Ted Patterson (Mount Forest, ON), 7. Dean Scott (London, ON), 8. Brent McLean, 9. Darryn Wright (Watford, ON),

Consolation 2:1. Tyler Hendricks (Pain Court, ON), 2. Justin Demelo (London, ON), 3. Gary McLean (Conn, ON), 4. David McCullough (Glencoe, ON), 5. Stephen Richmond (Appin, ON), 6. Wayne Pilkey (Mt. Brydges, ON), 7. Gary Kallies (Sarnia, ON), 8. Wayne Carson,

Weekly Heat 1:1. John Saunders (London, ON), 2. Barry Newman (Springfield, ON), 3. Darrell Limon (Watford, ON), 4. Bill Pickford, 5. Ted Patterson (Mount Forest, ON), 6. Robert Warnes (Oshawa, ON), 7. Brent McLean, 8. Darryn Wright (Watford, ON), 9. Dean Scott (London, ON),

Weekly Heat 2:1. David McCullough (Glencoe, ON), 2. Justin Demelo (London, ON), 3. Tyler Hendricks (Pain Court, ON), 4. Gary McLean (Conn, ON), 5. Stephen Richmond (Appin, ON), 6. Gary Kallies (Sarnia, ON), 7. Wayne Pilkey (Mt. Brydges, ON), 8. Wayne Carson,