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After Steve Mathews led the final 64 laps, it’d be all Jason Hathaway and Mark Dilley as the pair traded the lead for the rest of the 300 lap event. Dueling side-by-side on the quarter-mile oval, both drivers fought hard all race long, though it was Hathaway that’d come out on top, putting his No. 3 Rockstar Energy Drink/HGC Chevrolet in Budweiser 300 victory lane. 

“It was a great track,” Hathaway commented. “I’ve been pretty pumped since the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series announced that we were coming to Chaudière here. Heard great things about the place and it didn’t disappoint as it was a great show. Glad we had a little green-white-checkered as I didn’t want to stink up the show too bad. Mark Dilley and I put on a good show at the end.”

Hathaway’s victory at the inaugural NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race at Autodrome Chaudière marks his third victory in his last five series starts and his fourth career victory overall.

“Mark and I – we always race each other clean,” Hathaway continued. “We’ve known each other a long time and have a lot of respect for each other. We ran a couple late model shows together so guess it paid out in the end.”

Mark Dilley would finish second in his first start of the 2014 season for the 27th top-five finish of his career. Pole sitter Steve Mathews finished third, followed by Scott Steckly and L.P. Dumolin.

2013 Rookie of the Year Alex Guenette finished sixth, followed by D.J. Kennington and J.R. Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, who won the season opener at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, had to fight back after being spun while running second with 10 laps to go. Noel Doweler and Jason White rounded out the top 10.

There would be multiple incidents throughout the day as the caution flag flew five times over the course of the 300 laps. One of the bigger incidents involved Anthony Simone as he had a good run going before being spun by Guenette, and then being hit by Ray Courtemanche Jr. Alex Tagliani also got caught up in an incident or two as he finished 14th in his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series oval debut.

Heading to Circuit ICAR for the Jiffy Lube 100 presented by La Petite Bretonne on July 6th, Fitzpatrick leads Dumoulin by five points.

 

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series pres. by Mobil 1-Budweiser 300 Unofficial Results:

1. (3) Jason Hathaway, Dutton, Ont., Chevrolet, 301 laps, 56.876 mph.

2. (6) Mark Dilley, Barrie, Ont., Ford, 301.

3. (1) Steve Mathews, New Liskeard, Ont., Ford, 301.

4. (14) Scott Steckly, Milverton, Ont., Dodge, 301.

5. (5) L.P. Dumoulin, Trois-Rivières, Que., Dodge, 301.

6. (7) Alex Guenette, Terrebonne, Que., Dodge, 301.

7. (10) D.J. Kennington, St. Thomas, Ont., Dodge, 301.

8. (11) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Ayr, Ont., Chevrolet, 301.

9. (13) Noel Dowler, Sherwood Park, Alta., Chevrolet, 301.

10. (15) Jason White, Sun Peaks, B.C., Dodge, 300.

11. (12) Hugo Vannini, Repentigny, Que., Ford, 298.

12. (8) Andrew Ranger, Roxton Pond, Que., Dodge, 295.

13. (17) Erica Thiering, Sherwood Park, Alta., Dodge, 293.

14. (4) Alex Tagliani, Lachenaie, Que., Dodge, 283.

15. (2) Anthony Simone, Holland Landing, Ont., Dodge, 281.

16. (9) Joey McColm, Ajax, Ont., Dodge, 269.

17. (16) Ray Courtemanche Jr., Montreal, Que., Dodge, 166, accident.

The final 10 laps of the OSCAAR Super Late Model feature can be described as only one word – amazing. Kevin Cornelius and Andrew Gresel would trade the lead back and forth, battling side-by-side till the end with Cornelius grabbing the victory. For Cornelius, it marks his first career OSCAAR Super Late Model feature victory.

“Man, I wanted this so bad for the guys,” Cornelius said in victory lane. “These guys put in such a effort. I’d put them up against anybody. I’m pumped for them.”

Cornelius kicked off the night in victory lane by winning the first heat ahead of Gresel, Dave Doucette, Jesse Kennedy, Tyler Hawn and Brent McLean.

After suffering mechanical fortunes the first two weeks, Corey Jones won the second heat ahead of Glenn Watson, Rob Poole, Rudy Oppersma, Mike Beyore and Kelly Balson.

Cornelius went for the daily double ahead of Gresel, Kennedy, Doucette and Hawn.

Rob Poole would win the final heat ahead of Watson, Jones, Beyore, Balson and Oppersma.

Come feature time, it’d be Jesse Kennedy starting on the pole ahead of Dave Doucette, Rob Poole, Glenn Watson, Corey Jones, Andrew Gresel, Kevin Cornelius, Mike Beyore, Tyler Hawn, Rudy Oppersma, Kelly Balson and Brent McLean.

Kennedy would grab the lead on the drop of the green behind the wheel of his No. 10 Cameron Crane and Riggers Ltd – London, Bev’s Auto & Smoke Shop – Oneida, Quality Collision and Auto Body – London, and GRE Super Late Model while Doucette and Poole battled for second. Poole would clear Doucette to take the spot, bringing Watson and Gresel with him as Doucette dropped back to fifth. Jones ran solidly in sixth at lap four ahead of Beyore, Cornelius, Oppersma and Hawn. Cornelius began his charge, passing Beyore for seventh at lap six.

Unfortunately, Glenn Watson ran into some bad luck for the second straight week in a row as he would pull his car behind the wall with mechanical issues.

At the front, Gresel would catch Poole, getting alongside him at lap 10 for second, clearing him at lap 11. Gresel then jumped to the inside of Kennedy on lap 11, clearing him on lap 12 to put the No. 81 Sauble Falls Tent & Trailer Park, London Recreational, Canadian Union of Skilled Workers, HY-Grade Roofing, Have1.com and Raden Givari of eHomes Super Late Model out front of the field. Kennedy would hold down the second spot as Poole battled with Cornelius for third. Cornelius would clear Poole on lap 18 to move into the top three. Behind them, Doucette ran a solid fifth followed by Jones, Beyore, Balson, Oppersma and Hawn. Cornelius would then pass Kennedy to move into second on lap 22 to begin to try and chase down Gresel for the lead.

The leaders would get into heavy lap traffic in the process, and while battling for third, Kennedy and Poole would get caught behind the lap car of Hawn. The battle took an ugly turn as slight contact from Poole would send Kennedy for a spin to bring out the caution at lap 31. Hawn would pull his machine behind the wall as issues with the shifter caused the bulk of problems in his 2014 season debut. With 19 laps to go, Gresel led Cornelius, Doucette, Jones, Balson, Beyore, Kennedy, Poole and Oppersma.

On the restart, Gresel and Cornelius would battle side-by-side back and forth for the lead till the caution flew once again as Poole had a flat tire in turn four due to a tire rub from the previous contact.

On the second attempt at a restart, Gresel and Cornelius kicked off another round of battling with Cornelius getting the edge on Gresel on lap 38 before the caution flew once again as Poole spun off of turn four.

The final restart with 12 laps to go brought forth another impressive side-by-side battle by Cornelius and Gresel with Cornelius clearing Gresel with two to go. Kevin Cornelius would then hold on the rest of the way, putting his No. 17 Halton Crushed Stone, Lee Sand & Gravel, Sandbox Tech Child Care, TripleCrete Ltd., Hanson Pipe & Precast, Alliston Transmission, Ed’s Automotive and MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Super Late Model in victory lane.

Speaking of his charge through the field, Cornelius said, “We usually run one set a night so I was just in conservation mode the first 20, 30 laps trying to save my stuff so we would have something there at the end.”

For Cornelius and the entire KDR Motorsports team, it marks a fresh change of pace following a tough start to the 2014 season. The year started off with blowing the motor in pre-season testing, resulting in having to run a Pro Late for the season opener at Sunset Speedway (finished eighth). Then two weeks ago at Kawartha, Cornelius was running third with four laps to go when the power steering line came loose, resulting a DNF.

After practice, concerns were stemming as the team couldn’t get the car to handle to Cornelius’ liking. However, that thought was erased immediately on the first lap of the first heat.

“We wouldn’t be here without Mike McColl,” he commented. “We were absolutely junk at the end of practice and without having Mike a phone call away to help us out, we wouldn’t be here tonight.”

Andrew Gresel finished second for his second straight top-two finish following his win at Kawartha two weeks ago.

“That’s it – Andrew Gresel, the kid right there can wheel a car,” Cornelius commented. “That makes it easier when you’re racing a guy that you can respect like that and will give you the room to race cleanly. We did touch the odd time, but it was nothing serious and we both carried on. All the credit goes to him for that.”

Kelly Balson rounded out the podium for his best career OSCAAR finish in his third start, followed by Dave Doucette and Mike Beyore. Jesse Kennedy finished sixth, followed by Cory Jones, Rob Poole and Rudy Oppersma.

The OSCAAR Super Late Models are back on track in two weeks at Sunset Speedway for the Don Biederman Memorial.

Steve Mathews announced pre-season that his team was going to focus on a limited schedule due to lack of funds. For the races that they’ve chose to focus on, Mathews is sending a message early that he’ll be one to watch.

In qualifying at Autodrome Chaudière on Sunday, Mathews would lap the quarter-mile in 13.109 seconds to win the pole for the inaugural Budweiser 300. It marks Mathews’ third career pole and his first since September 2012 at Barrie Speedway.

Anthony Simone would qualify second (13.299) as he makes his return to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series after taking a couple years off and running the full Sunset Speedway Limited Late Model schedule last year.

Jason Hathaway qualified third, followed by Alex Tagliani and L.P Dumoulin.

Mark Dilley qualified sixth, followed by Alex Guenette, Andrew Ranger, Joey McColm and D.J. Kennington. Points leader and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park winner J.R. Fitzpatrick qualified 11th.

The Budweiser 300 is set for a 1:30 p.m. EST green flag as a result of being postponed till Sunday due to rain.

After a thrilling battle with Gary Elliott in the closing laps of the feature, it’d be Gary McLean picking up his second straight OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modified Feature victory.

Terry Baker won the first heat after his impressive debut at Kawartha two weeks ago, followed by Matt Barton, Elliott, Drew Stieler and Brian Strawn. Strawn would be making his 2014 season debut, filling in for his son Chad. The night didn’t go well as Strawn had a spin on lap two of the first heat, and did not return to the track the rest of the night.

The second heat didn’t start off smoothly as Dustin Jackson would get into Davey Terry while the pair battled for the lead, resulting in Terry going around. Max Beyore would pick up the win in his first Barrie start followed by Brian McLean, Terry, Jackson and Bobby Tolton.

Gary McLean won the third heat ahead of Brent McLean, Tommy Robb, Andre Pepin and John Harper.

Gary Elliott scored his first career heat victory in the fourth heat ahead of Baker, Barton and Stieler.

The fifth heat wasn’t smoothy peachy as Tolton would go for a single-car spin on lap five. Beyore made the daily double ahead of Brian McLean, Terry, Tolton and Jackson.

After having to put his car back together following a wreck at Full Throttle Motor Speedway last weekend, Tommy Robb won the final heat ahead of Gary McLean, Pepin, Brent McLean and Harper.

Come feature time, it’d be Matt Barton starting pole ahead of Gary Elliott, Tommy Robb, Brian McLean, Gary McLean, Terry Baker, Max Beyore, Brent McLean, Davey Terry, Andre Pepin, Drew Stieler, Bobby Tolton, John Harper and Dustin Jackson.

Barton and Elliott would battle side-by-side for the lead on the drop of the green, with Elliott being able to put his No. 36 Lincoln Electric/Quaker State Modified out front. Barton would then fall back to fifth by lap seven as Brian McLean, Robb and Gary McLean were able to get by. It seemed the handling was off for Barton and as a result, he’d go for a spin to bring out the first caution. Under yellow, Stieler, Tolton, Barton and Brent McLean used it as an opportunity to get some adjustments. With 22 laps to go, Elliott led Brian McLean, Robb, Gary McLean, Baker, Beyore, Pepin, Terry, Jackson, Harper, Brent McLean, Stieler, Barton and Tolton.

Elliott would clear Brian McLean on the restart ahead of Robb as Baker and Gary McLean battled for fourth, when the caution flew once again at lap 12 for Tolton spinning in turn two as the handling was off for him as well. With 18 laps to go, Elliott led Brian McLean, Robb, Gary McLean, Baker, Beyore, Pepin, Terry, Jackson, Stieler and Harper.

On the restart, Elliott cleared Brian McLean once again ahead of Gary McLean, Baer and Robb as Beyore and Pepin battled for sixth at lap 14. Beyore held off Pepin, allowing Terry to try and get seventh from Pepin. However, the rookie was able to hold on and keep the spot as Jackson and Stieler rounded out the top 10 behind them. Terry would get a second spot at lap 21, completing the pass a lap later to move into seventh. Meanwhile at the back end of the top 10, Stieler would fall out as Brent McLean passed him at lap 26 just before the caution flew for a second spin by Tolton.

Elliott would get the jump as brothers Brian and Gary McLean battled for second. Brian would get loose off of turn two, falling back a bit through the field. As they headed into turn three, contact was made as Robb would get into Brian, causing him to spin. In the aftermath, Brent McLean, Terry, Jackson and Stieler would get collected – though everyone was able to continue.

The second attempt at a restart gave Gary McLean the opportunity that he needed as he would clear Elliott to grab the spot behind the wheel of his No. 8 McLean Industrial Design and Fabrication Limited and McLean Farms Modified. Beyore would look for second on Elliott, however Elliott held him off.

That’d open the door for Baker to look for third on Beyore, though Beyore would keep the spot as contact was made between the pair, resulting in Baker getting into the turn one infield grass. The resulting action bunched the field up, with Harper making slight contact with Tolton to trigger a multi-car crash on the backstretch. Stieler would get worst in heavy front end damage, while Robb suffered some minor front-end damage. There was a slight red flag delay as Robb spoke with the paramedics, so we do wish the driver of the No. 88r a speedy recovery. The rest of the drivers involved – Terry, Jackson, Barton, Brent McLean, Brian McLean Tolton, Harper – were each able to drive away from the scene.

For Gary McLean at the front of the field, it marks another notch in the belt as he chases his third straight OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modified Championship this season. Gary Elliott scored his best career finish with a second in his second OSCAAR Mod start, citing that maybe he would’ve had something for McLean if the power steering had not gone out with 12 laps to go. Max Beyore would score a solid third place finish to keep his early season momentum going. Terry Baker and Andre Pepin rounded out the top five.

The rest of the field is unknown by me at this time due to the last lap wreck. OSCAAR officials will have the duty of putting together the finishing order based on the events and will have it posted on the official site in the coming days.

Due to expected rain throughout the entire day, NASCAR officials have announced that the Budweiser 300 at Autodrome Chaudière has been postponed due to Sunday. The race is slated for a 1:30 p.m. EST start on the quarter-mile oval.

“The accumulation of rain on the grounds at the speedway for three consecutive days, and a forecast for continued precipitation today, prompted series and track officials to postpone the event to Sunday in the best interest of the fans expected to attend the Canadian Tire Series’ inaugural appearance at the Quebec quarter-mile,” NASCAR released in a statement.

This year’s event is supposed to mark the inaugural event for the series at Chaudière after officials were impressed by the track’s past Late Model events that drew full-size crowds. However, the rain has played havoc on the event all weekend so far. Friday’s extra day of practice was rained out as rain fell throughout the whole day. Teams will get a chance to practice tomorrow at 10 a.m., before qualifying at noon.

Unfortunately, the forecast for tomorrow also shows rain – however there’s a only a 40 percent chance throughout the day.

Following the season opener last month, J.R. Fitzpatrick currently leads the points by six points over Jeff Lapcevich. Lapcevich, who is running a limited schedule once again this season, is not running this weekend’s event. Fitzpatrick is one of the early favourites for this weekend based on how strong he ran last season on the ovals throughout the season.

Heading into the third event of the 2014 season for the OSCAAR Super Late Models tonight at Barrie Speedway, here are five drivers who need a good run tonight.

 

Glenn Watson

Coming off an early wreck in the feature at Kawartha, Glenn Watson is hoping to get his season turned around and start to gain points as he chases his fifth series championship. A sixth place finish at Sunset to kick off the year has him sitting eighth in points, 27 behind points leader Andrew Gresel.

The pilot of the No. 22 Super Late Model has lots of laps in a limited late model around the short track and has been strong at Barrie in the past, posting a pair of fourth places the past two years.

 

Kevin Cornelius

Last weekend at Kawartha, Kevin Cornelius was running third with five laps to go when a power steering line let go, sending him behind the wall. The misfortune followed an eighth place run at Sunset Speedway as Cornelius ran a Pro Late due to the motor in his Super Late letting go during pre-season testing.

In his rookie season, Cornelius posted a solid fifth place finish at Barrie last year. Expect Cornelius to be upfront this season as he searches for his first career super late model victory.

 

Corey Jones

Mechanical issues have caused a lot of heartache for Corey Jones to start the year as he blew a motor at Sunset, and finished 21st at Kawartha Speedway. The results don’t reflect the effort as Jones could’ve finished in the top 10 at both events. Hopefully the pilot of the No. 82 SLM has all the bugs worked out for the 50-lapper on Saturday.

 

Dave Doucette

Dave Doucette hasn’t started off his rookie year as he would’ve hoped as he was involved in the wreck with Shane Gowan at Kawartha following a 10th place finish in the season opener at Sunset. Though Barrie is the perfect spot for him to turn it around given the multiple laps – including feature victories – that he has around the track in a thunder car.

 

Tyler Hawn

After missing the first two races of the season due to personal reasons, Tyler Hawn looks to make his 2014 debut at Barrie Speedway this weekend. The hometown driver will be looking to have a good run to kick off his year and has a good chance to do so following a sixth-place finish last year.

 

While each of these drivers will be looking for success this weekend, it won’t be easy for them as they’ll be a hoist of others including current points leader Andrew Gresel, Jeff Hanley and Rob Poole that will be looking to stop them in their tracks in route to the checkered flag. Be sure to get out to Barrie Speedway tonight for the 6:30 p.m. EST start as it promises to be a good show.

Due to a constant rain fall throughout the day, practice for the Budweiser 300 at Autodrome Chaudière for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was rained out on Friday. With this year’s event being the inaugural event, teams were supposed to be allowed an additional day of practice before the weekend activities.

Initial impressions from drivers of the track have high-hopes for a competitive race with side-by-side racing throughout the race for all 300 laps. Jason White shared that the track reminds him of a “fishbowl” with some of the characteristics that drivers are used to with Saskatoon and Antogonish.

Coming into the weekend, D.J. Kennington and Scott Steckly are widely considered the favourites due to their amount of experience and multiple championships in the series that should lead to having an upper-hand in figuring out the oval. However, they will have to watch for J.R. Fitzpatrick, Jason Hathaway, Steve Mathews and others as it could be anyone’s race with the lack of practice.

“I’m excited to be going to Chaudiere”, Hathaway commented per team press release. “There are few things better in this sport than the feeling of walking into a speedway you’ve never seen before.

“Every team in that pit area is going to have to be on their A-Game because our practice sessions are almost going to be a race within a race, with everyone trying to figure out the quick way around before the team in the next pit stall does.”

For others, it marks their first time running an oval in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.

Alex Tagliani has multiple laps behind the wheel of stock cars in the Nationwide Series and NCAT – but all on road courses. This weekend’s race marks his oval stock car debut.

On the flip side, five-time NASCAR Whelen All-Ameican Series Edmonton International Raceway Track Champion Erica Thiering will be making her Canadian Tire Series debut this weekend.

For all 17 drivers entered into this weekend’s event, they will get to make their first laps on the quarter-mile tomorrow after before qualifying at 4:15 p.m. EST for the 8 p.m. EST.

Last year, Ed Carpenter and his organization Ed Carpenter Racing came close to winning – but yet failed to reach victory lane. However, a change was made in the off-season for Carpenter to focus on the ovals and ownership side, while hiring Mike Conway to run the road course events.

So far, the decision has paid off for all parties as Conway picked up a win earlier this year, while Carpenter won the race at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend.

“We’ve got a good group of people, and I think we’re able to show that on track right now,” Carpenter said. “Like I keep saying, I’m really proud of the whole team, the whole effort, the whole group. We have a lot of fun, and it’s even more fun when you’re winning.

“They’ve been giving us great cars all year for myself and Mike, so it’s nice to be able to deliver.”

While some people may not give the smaller single-car organization credit against the three to four-car teams in the series like Team Penske, Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Autosport, Carpenter is keeping his goals right up there at hte same level as the others.

“I want to try to win every session, every race that we go to, whether I’m driving or Mike is driving,” Carpenter said. “We’re just going to try to keep the intensity up and try to keep fighting for wins. The team is certainly capable and they give us cars. We just got to put it all together week in and week out.”

Even when given a couple weeks to breath and relax, the action didn’t stop as Carpenter was testing at Iowa Speedway and Milwaukee this past week in anticipation for the future oval events this year.

“We need to use this break to get ready for the next oval races,” he commented. “It’s tough on the whole team after more than a month of work. But that is why we love to go racing,”

If Carpenter found anything in addition to help make his team stronger at either test, he’ll definitely be one to watch as he has been strong at both oval races so far this year. While he won Texas, Carpenter looked like he had one of the quickest car at Indianapolis last month and could’ve contended for the win till he was involved in an wreck with James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell.

After two solid shows to start the 2014 season, the OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modifieds are set to tackle the tight 1/3 mile known as Barrie Speedway. Last year’s race produced some exciting action along the way with a couple of incidents, but for the most part, clean racing action all the way around.

Last year it was Brent McLean that found victory lane and a trip to Barrie this weekend maybe exactly what hte doctor ordered. The younger McLean hasn’t started off the season as he hoped with a 12th at Sunset Speedway and a sixth two weeks ago at Kawartha Speedway.

Though if he wants to win again, he’ll have to watch his mirror for his uncle Gary McLean. McLean is also a past winner at Barrie, having won the event two years ago. Gary didn’t start off the season like he wanted at Sunset Speedway after being involved in a wreck, though a win two weeks ago at Kawartha has him leading the standings by one point over Chad Strawn and Ryan Dick.

Dick has had a consistent start to the year with a pair of fourth place finishes, though it will be interesting to see whether the trend continues this weekend due to his lack of experience at Barrie.

The other half of the equation – Strawn – may not compete due to personal health reasons this weekend. Strawn discussed a couple weeks ago that his buddy Brad Stevenson will be behind the wheel. Stevenson has driven Strawn’s modified before, so it will be interesting whether he can live up to the success that Strawn has started the year with. It won’t be easy, considering Strawn won Sunset and finished seventh at Kawartha.

Max Beyore will be making his first career Barrie start this weekend and it’ll be interesting to see how the driver of the No. 91N modified does. On the bigger wider tracks to start the year, Beyore has been strong with a sixth at Sunset Speedway and a second at Kawartha Speedway.

Terry Baker made his OSCAAR debut two weeks ago with stellar results in the form of a third place finish. If Baker shows this weekend, keep an eye on the No. 26.

In a non-OSCAAR sanctioned event, Tommy Robb’s modified sustained heavy damage after the wheel came off and the car went up into the turn three wall. Robb’s team has been hard at work over the week and is with certainty going to make sure to be ready for Barrie this weekend. Robb is off to a solid start this year with a 10th at Sunset, followed by a fifth at Kawartha.

Shane Stickel started off his OSCAAR sophomore campaign with a stellar second at Sunset, only to have his run cut short at Kawartha due to a wreck mid-race. Stickel hopes to get his year back on track, though will have a tough order ahead of him as he missed Barrie last year due to his car not being ready yet.

Matt Barton was at the opening event of the 2014 season with a third place finish – though was not at Kawartha. Whether Barton will be at Barrie is yet to be seen. However, if so, he should be strong based on a fourth and sixth in his previous two attempts.

Rookie Dustin Jackson started off his year well with his first heat win and a fifth place finish at Sunset Speedway. The race at Kawartha didn’t go as well as hoped in the form of a 10th place so this weekend the 15-year-old will certainly be looking for some more impressive results.

The first two races this season, Mike Westwood would probably like to forget considering neither has gone well with wrecks in them both. Heading to Barrie perhaps doesn’t help matters considering last year his night ended early with mechanical problems.

Brian McLean, Bobby Tolton and Branden Bullen will be looking to post some solid finishes this week as the statistics on paper so far this year haven’t been that strong. However, they all have laps at Barrie and have shown speed this year so far so things could change this weekend.

Davey Terry has been really fast so far this year…but also had bad luck. A wreck took him out of the equation at Sunset, while a late-race incident relegated his top-three run to an eighth place finish. Heading into Barrie Speedway, Terry definitely is looking for a good top-five finish, or perhaps his first career feature victory, to get his year on track. Terry has been good at Barrie in the past (seventh last year), though also had bad luck there as well (wreck in 2012).

Gary Elliott has shown a great deal of speed early in his OSCAAR Modified career, though also found bad luck the first two weeks. Expect Elliott to be solidly in the top-10 this week if he can stay out of trouble to give his rookie season some solid footing.

With their open-wheel style bodies, the modifieds always put on a show with close-racing throughout the whole field. Expect another solid show this weekend as they head into their third season of competition.