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The 50-lap OSCAAR feature at Kawartha Speedway brought forth a familiar sight as Andrew Gresel would dominate to score his fifth career OSCAAR Super Late Model victory and his second straight at Kawartha. Gresel didn’t have it easy as he had to come from the rear after having to go pit side early in the event for a tire-rub.

The afternoon started off with Jesse Kennedy winning the first heat ahead of Rudy Oppersma, John Owen, Dave Doucette, Jeff Dunford, Scott Field and Shane Gowan.

The second heat wouldn’t go smoothly as Ethan Cournyea would get into Derrike Tiemerms as the pair raced for the lead, with Tiemersma making heavy contact with the outside wall. Tiemersma’s car would catch fire following the contact, however the driver of the No. 7 Wayfright Super Late Model would be okay. Glenn Watson picked up the win ahead of Rob Poole, Mike Beyore and Mark Dilley.

Andrew Gresel won the final heat ahead of Kevin Cornelius, Dwayne Baker, Jeff Hanley, Corey Jones, Rob Bickle and Gary Passer.

When it came feature time, it’d be Kevin Cornelius starting 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 on pole ahead of Rudy Oppersma, Mike Beyore, Andrew Gresel, Jesse Kennedy, Rob Poole, Glenn Watson, Dwayne Baker, John Owen, Dave Doucette, Jeff Hanley, Mark Dilley, Shane Gowan, Jeff Dunford, Kelly Balson, Rob Bickle, Scott Field, Bruce Wheeler, Gary Passer and Ethan Cournyea. Cory Jones was supposed to start mid-pack, though would stall under the pace laps and be done for the afternoon.

Cornelius would get the jump on the restart, though the caution flew quickly as Rudy Oppersma got sideways off turn two, resulting in the field bottling up. As a result, Doucette would get sideways and get into Gowan, causing Gowan to make significant contact with the outside wall. Gowan and Doucette would both be done for the afternoon. Under caution, Gresel headed pit side to fix a tire rub as Poole made contact with the back of Gresel, putting the fender in on the tire. Gresel would pull it out and return to the field, restarting at the tail end.

The second restart went smoother with Cornelius leading ahead of Beyore, Kennedy, Poole and Watson as Oppersma and Baker battled for sixth. Baker would clear Oppersma the next lap, as Oppersma began falling through the field. Hanley moved into seventh, followed by Owen, Balson and Gresel. Gresel continued his climb, passing Balson to move into ninth. Unfortunately, Cournyea’s day ended early as he would pull off due to overheating.

The second caution would fly at lap 15 just after Kennedy got by Beyore for second when Watson would make significant contact with the outside turn one wall. Going into the corner, Watson and Hanley were battling for fifth when they’d come up the lap car of Wheeler. Hanley moved up to not get into Wheeler, instead making contact with Watson’s rear quarter panel and sending Watson for a ride into the wall. With 35 laps to go, Cornelius led Kennedy, Beyore, Gresel, Poole, Baker, Owen, Balson, Oppersma, Hanley, Dunford, Passer, the 16, Field and Dilley.

On the restart, Kennedy would grab the lead in 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. However, Kennedy didn’t get away as Gresel quickly moved alongside of him. Gresel would clear Kennedy 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 slipped back solidly into second ahead of Cornelius as Poole and Beyore battled for fourth. Poole would clear Beyore two laps later, bringing Owen and Hanley with him. Owen would then get by Poole a couple laps later to grab fourth. As the laps continued to tick away, Gary Passer would run into issues, pulling off the track as the field continued to race hard.

Gresel would continue to hold serve at the front of the field ahead of Kennedy, Cornelius, Owen, Poole, Hanley, Baker, Beyore, Balson, Oppersma, Dilley and Dunford. Poole would start to the lose handling, slipping back a couple spots as both Hanley and Baker slipped by.

Gresel would look to have the race in the bag with a huge lead, till the caution flew with four laps to go for Cornelius stopping in turn four. Prior to stopping in the corner, Cornelius led a trail of fluid down the backstretch. It was at first believed to be a possible blown motor, however the team discovered post-race that the power steering line had come loose.

Andrew Gresel would get a good restart and lead the final four laps in route to victory. Jesse Kennedy finished second, followed by Jeff Hanley, John Owen, Rob Poole, Dwayne Baker, Mike Beyore, Kelly Balson, Rudy Oppersma, Jeff Dunford, Scott Field, the 16 and Mark Dilley.

The event has been one of the most talked about since it was announced. Mini Stock drivers across the province immediately stated that they’d be in attendance. It seemed like the conversation kept coming back to this event. With the first of two events in the books, it certainly lived up to the hype.

On Sunday, 31 mini stocks took to Kawartha Speedway for the first round of the Mini Stock Nationals, hosted by OSCAAR. In the end, it was Andy Kamrath picking up the victory to solidify his name in Mini Stock record books. It marks Kamrath’s second big invitational win this season after winning the Spring Derby in May at Sunset Speedway.

Two-time Sunset Speedway Champion and current Barrie Speedway competitor Doug Butler won the first heat ahead of Capital City Speedway racer Kyle Baker, Peterborough Speedway’s Kevin Strutt, Barrie Speedway’s Mike Gettliffe and the 57x. Willy Howells finished sixth, followed by Brad Lavelle, Dan Demers, Terry Woodley, the 13 and Ryan Hardy.

The second heat didn’t go smoothly as Neil Hannah ran into problems while running in the top three, falling back a couple spots down the backstretch; though he got it back going and back up to speed. There’d also be a quick caution when Ryan Oosterholt got sideways, with Dave Crumbie spinning behind him. Brandon McFerran grabbed the heat win, which followed his Saturday night feature win. Sauble Speedway competitor Cory Young finished second, followed by Sunset’s Warren Paxton, Hannah and Oosterholt. Donovan Price finished sixth, followed by Rob Gosse, Ken Townsend, Jerry Noble and Crumbie.

Kamrath won the third heat ahead of a three-some of Peterborough drivers – Rob Flindall, Tyler Junkin and Ryan Babin. The Master of Touring Billy Schwartzenburg finished fifth, followed by Chad Corcoran, Chris Mulders, Casey Cavannah, Lance Foster, Brandt Graham and Jake Watson.

The fourth heat started out with a bang as Butler, the 57x, Gettliffe and Woodley got four-wide on the fronstretch with contact being made, resulting into Gettliffe almost getting into the wall and the 57x sustaining some front-end damage. Kyle Baker grabbed the heat win ahead of Butler, Gettliffe, the 13, Strutt, the 57x, Howells, Woodley, Lavelle and Dan Demers.

The fifth heat started the same way as Townsend slid up the track off of turn two, making contact with Gosse, resulting in Gosse making heavy contact with the outside wall. When Townsend pulled into the pits, he did have a flat right front tire so that may have been the cause. Hannah picked up the win ahead of McFerran, Young, Paxton, Brandon Crumbie, Oosterholt, Price and Dave Crumbie.

It seemed that the beginning of second round qualifying heats was troublesome as the sixth heat started off with Graham getting into Mulders, resulting in Mulders making heavy contact with the outside turn two wall. Kamrath picked up the heat win for the sweep ahead of Schwartzenburg, Cavannah, Babin, Flindall, Foster, Corcoran and Watson.

Virtue of qualifying, 2013 Barrie Speedway Champion Mike Gettliffe had pole in his No. 77 TMX Mechanical and Bromley Automotive Dodge Neon ahead of Cory Young, Neil Hannah, Doug Butler, Kyle Baker, Andy Kamrath, Brandon McFerran, Warren Paxton and Billy Schwartzenburg.

When the green flag waved, 2013 Varney Motor Speedway Champion Cory Young would put his No. 36 Killannan Brewing, Pizza Hut and Intelligent Wellness ride out front ahead of Hannah. Hannah would then look to Young’s inside on lap two for the lead, though was unable to complete the pass. Instead, Kamrath slipped into second, leaving Hannah to battle with Butler for third.

2013 Spring Derby winner Andy Kamrath completed his charge to the front on lap four as he put his No. 35 ImageWraps.ca, Jason Witty Re/Max Realty, AM Roofing, Blue Mountain Honda and CB Services of Bolton Civic in the lead with a pass on Young while Hannah kept Butler at bay. Hannah then moved into second on lap five, with Butler and Baker also making their way by Young to move up in the running order. The first caution would fly at lap 12 for Brad Lavelle going around in turn four. With 18 laps to go, Kamrath led Hannah, Butler, Baker, McFerran, Babin, Young, Schwartzenburg, the 57x, Paxton, Gettliffe, Junkin, Cavannah, Brandon Crumbie, Oosterholt, Rob Flindall, Corcoran, Strutt, Foster, Graham, Price, Howells, Watson, Dave Crumbie, Woodley, the 13, Lavelle, Hardy and Noble. Gosse would pull behind the wall under caution and be done for the afternoon as the speed wasn’t there following his heat crash.

The first attempt at a restart didn’t go smoothly as the 57x would fall off the pace, with Strutt catching a piece of him. At the same time, Flindall would catch the grass in turn three as the caution flew. The 57x would be done for the day with a flat tire.

The second attempt went smoothly with Kamrath leading Hannah, Butler, McFerran and Baker as Young and Babin battled side-by-side for sixth. They’d battle till the caution for Corcoran going around in turn four.

The restart would go smoothly with Young falling back to eighth as Junkin moved into seventh before the caution flew for Noble making contact with the backstretch wall.

Andy Kamrath would get a good restart with 10 laps to go and cruised to victory for his second victory of the season. Neil Hannah finished second, followed by Doug Butler, Ryan Babin, Kyle Baker, Brandon McFerran, Tyler Junkin, Casey Cavannah, Billy Schwartzenburg, Cory Young, Warren Paxton, Ryan Oosterholt, Mike Gettliffe, Lance Foster, Brandon Crumbie, Brandt Graham, Chad Corcoran, Donovan Price, Jake Watson, the 13, Dave Crumbie, Terry Woodley, Brad Lavelle and Dan Demers.

Jamie Bound is quickly showing that he is one of the drivers to beat as he would take the lead just before the halfway mark at Kawartha Speedway on his way to scoring the victory in the Hurricane Midget feature. Jessica James finished second with Richard Woodland.

The first heat didn’t start off smoothly as Blake Wadham would go for the spin in turn two. Eric Davis won ahead of Shawn Stones, Owen Elliott, Mike McLaughlin, James Stanley, Austin Wadham, Josh Read and Katherine Summers.

The second heat would see Ryan Brown run into problems while Brian Woodland stalled in turn two; Corey Whittnam would pull off with mechanical problems under the caution for Woodland. Dave Read would spin on the last lap while Jessica James grabbed the win ahead of Adam Carothers, Lorne Van Dusen, Larry Lawson, Dave Burrows, Bill Hetherton, Read and Connor Carothers.

Jamie Bound won the final heat ahead of Richard Woodland, Rob McCall, Dave Bradley, the 7x,James Rodgers, Robin Mclean, Brad Holmes, James Stanley, Robert Summers and Randy Hiusser.

Due to the amount of cars, a b-main would be run to set the back half of the field. Unfortunately, both Brown and Elliott had to pull into the infield with mechanical problems, while the 67 stopped in turn two with mechanical problems. Corey Whittam took the win ahead of Holmes, Robert Summers, Connor Crothers, Hiusser, Josh Reed, Blake Wadham, Doug Galt, Gallinger, McLaughlin and Katherine Summers.