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He won the Chase for the Colors to earn the pole for the Autumn Colours Classic. He won the Rick Wooler Memorial at Sunset Speedway on Velocity 250 weekend. He won his second straight OSCAAR Modified Championship. Gary McLean kept it rolling as he would lead all 50 laps on his way to winning the OSCAAR Modified Autumn Colours Classic feature.

As previously mentioned, he started pole with Shane Stickel beside him. The rookie survived the Chase for the Colors event to finish second back in August. Matt Barton would qualify third followed by Mike Westwood, Justin Jones, Darren Kearnan, Brent McLean, Rod Sauder, Dave Osbourne, Nick Kozak, Tim Burke, Brian McLean, Davey Terry, John Harper, Dean Scott, Justin Demelo, Tommy Robb, the 4, Bobby Tolton, Dustin Jackson, Ryan Dick and Andy Jankowiak.

The cautions started early as on lap three, Jankowiak would spin on the front stretch. Jankowiak was smoking a couple laps prior. It was sight nobody wanted to see after the Boston native drove six hours to be there for the Monday feature. With 47 laps to go, Gary McLean led Barton, Stickel, Kearnan, Brent McLean, Jones, Osbourne, Kozak, Burke, Demelo, Terry and Harper.

The restart wouldn’t go that way as Osbourne would end up in the grass. The second restart went well and Gary McLean escaped the field till the third caution at lap nine for Burke going into the grass. The fourth caution came six laps later for Scott spinning in turn four. With 35 laps to go, Gary McLean led Barton, Brent McLean, Stickel, Demelo, Kearnan, Jones, Harper, Kozak, Robb, Terry, Brian McLean, Sauder, Osboure, Burke, Jones, Dick, Tolton, the 4 and Scott.

The restart went wrong as Kozak spun, collecting Dick, Jones and Osbourne. The three of them would get stuck together and after a red flag delay, Dick and Osbourne continued while Jones was done. It marked the second start for 13-year-old Jones after winning the Factory Stock Championship at Laird International Raceway.

The second restart was no better as Kozak once again found trouble, hitting the outside wall. Jankowiak, Scott, the 4 and Harper used the caution as an opportunity to head down pit road. Still with 35 laps to go, Gary McLean led Barton, Brent McLean, Stickel, Demelo, Kearnan, Jones, Robb, Terry, Brian McLean, Westwood, Burke, Tolton, Osbourne, Dick, the 4, Scott and Jankowiak.

The third attempt at a restart produced the scariest incident of the night as going into turn one, Burke got into Terry. Terry would slide up, knocking the driver’s side of his modified off of the tractor tire, before flying off the edge of the hill at the turn one track opening and landing down below. Terry was okay and looking over the No. 14 Wasteco Modified, there wasn’t much damage sustained. Due to the race going over its scheduled time limit, caution laps were now being counted.

The restart would come with 28 laps to go and they’d make a pair of green flag laps before the seventh caution for Demelo spinning.

With 22 laps to go, the field saw green again and Gary McLean escaped the field and began opening up his lead ahead of Brent McLean, Matt Barton, Shane Stickel, Darren Kearnan, Tommy Robb, Justin Jones, Brian McLean, Bobby Tolton, Tim Burke, Mike Westwood, Dave Osbourne and Andy Dick. The top four remained the same over the next 11 laps with Robb making his way by Kearnan for fifth ahead of Jones and Brian McLean.

They wouldn’t make it to the end without another caution as on lap 43, the eighth caution flew for Jones spinning Kearnan.

The restart would come with five laps to go, though quickly found the ninth caution as Westwood spins, collecting Osbourne. With five laps to go, Gary McLean led Brent McLean, Barton, Stickel, Robb, Jones, Brian McLean, Tolton and Burke.

The second attempt at a restart brought forth another caution as Tolton spun Brian McLean.

The third attempt was success as Gary McLean led the five laps on the way to picking up the victory. Brent McLean finished second followed by Matt Barton, Shane Stickel and Tommy Robb. Justin Jones finished sixth followed by Tim Burke, Darren Kearnan, Brian McLean, Bobby Tolton and Ryan Dick.

For the fourth time this year, Andrew Gresel was victorious, driving his No. 81 Sauble Falls Tent and Trailer Park, Canadian Union of Skilled Workers, Overland Heating and Cooling, McRobert Fuels, Spira Fire Protection, Shoreline Property Management, London Recreational and HY-Grade Roofing Super Late Model to victory lane on Monday.

Virtue of winning the Chase for the Colors event, 2013 OSCAAR Super Late Model Champion Brandon Watson would start pole. Watson also won both of his heats during Saturday’s qualifying action. Gresel would start second virtue of finishing second to Watson at the Chase for the Colors. Virtue of his heat win, J.R. Fitzpatrick started third followed by Derrike Tiemersma, Brad Corcoran, Brent McLean, George Wilson, Jesse Kennedy, Jeff Dunford, Shane Gowan, Dwayne Baker, Glenn Watson, Shane McGlynn, Tyler Hawn, Todd Campbell, Ed Bowlby, Jim Bowman, Cory Jones, John Owen, Quinn Misener, Craig Stevenson and Gary Passer.

Brandon Watson grabbed the early lead and led till the first caution at lap seven for Bowlby spinning on the front stretch, thanks to contact from Owen. Bowman and Stevenson used the caution as an opportunity to come down pit road.

Watson once again grabbed the lead on the restart and led till the second caution at lap 14 for Dunford being spun by Owen. Misener, Bowman, Jones, Wilson, Hawn and McGlynn used the caution as an opportunity to head down pit road. With 36 laps to go, Watson led Gresel, Corcoran, Tiemersma, Fitzpatrick, Glenn Watson, McLean, Gowan, Passer, Kennedy, Baker, Campbell, Dunford, Owen, Bowlby, Wilson, Jones, McGlynn, Hawn, Bowman, Misener and Stevenson.

The first attempt at a restart brought forth the third caution when Tiemersma and Corcoran got together, collecting McGlynn, Bowlby and McLean with them.

The second attempt would be a go as Brandon Watson grabbed the lead ahead of Gresel while Glenn Watson slipped in front of Fitzpatrick for third before the lap 17 caution for Campbell being spun by Owen. Under the caution, McLean and McGlynn headed down pit road.

Once again, there’d be trouble again on a restart as the fifth caution was displayed for Tiemesma being spun by Dunford. Wilson used the caution to come down pit road for adjustments.

The green would go back in the air and at halfway, it was Brandon Watson leading Gresel, Baker, Glenn Watson, Passer, Fitzpatrick, Owen, Gowan, Campbell, Kennedy, Corcoran and Tiemersma. Six laps later, the sixth caution was displayed when Dunford and Gowan got together. Under the yellow, Bowlby pitted while Bowman got the lucky dog due to just going a lap down to Watson. With 19 laps to go, Brandon Watson led Gresel, Baker, Glenn Watson, Passer, Fitzpatrick, Owen, Campbell, Kennedy, Corcoran, Tiemersma, Wilson, Hawn, Misener, Jones, McGlynn, Dunford, Bowman, Gowan and Bowlby.

Bowlby was the only car a lap down but he’d get the lucky dog at lap 32 when Misener spun while Passer spun after the seventh caution was displayed. McGlynn, Dunford and Gowan used the yellow as their opportunity to pit.

Also under the same yellow flag, Brandon Watson came down pit road to fix bumper damage as his bumper was hanging half off due to contact on the previous restart. While on pit road, Watson’s team elected to change tires. In return, this handed the lead to Gresel. So now with 18 laps to go, Gresel led Baker, Glenn Watson, Passer, Fitzpatrick, Owen, Kennedy, Campbell, Tiemersma, Corcoran, Wilson, Hawn, Jones, Bowlby, Gowan, Dunford, Bowman, Brandon Watson, Misener and McGlynn.

The restart brought forth the eighth caution when Bowlby would spin off of turn two. Wilson and McGlynn pitted under the yellow. The field would get two more laps in before the ninth caution for Fitzpatrick spinning, collecting Campbell and Corcoran. The 10^th caution flew at lap 39 for Wilson spinning off turn two. Under the yellow, McGlynn, Wilson and Bowman pitted.

At this point with 11 laps to go, Gresel continued to lead, while Brandon Watson had worked his way back up to the second position. Baker ran third followed by Glenn Watson, Passer, Owen, Tiemersma, Campbell, Corcoran, Hawn, Gowan, Fitzpatrick, Kennedy, Jones, Bowlby, Misener, Dunford, Bowman and Wilson.  As the field was getting ready to go back green, Misener would hit Dunford, resulting in Dunford being done for the day due to heavy front end damage.

The caution laps would be counted now due to the race being over its scheduled time limit and the field would go back to green on lap 43, though saw another caution at lap 46 for Misener around in turn four while Owen was around in turn three. In the three laps that were ran in the process, Brandon Watson was able to slip by Gresel and grab the lead while Baker continued to run third ahead of Glenn Watson and Passer.

With the race being inside of the final five laps, cautions laps were no longer counted and the restart came with four to go, bringing the 12^th caution for Tiemersma and Corcoran getting together, collecting Misener, Bowlby and McGlynn.

Once the field went back to green, Brandon Watson held Andrew Gresel off in the final four laps. However, upon further review by OSCAAR, Watson will be stripped of the win and credited with a last place finish due to breaking the tire rule. The tires that he put on under the lap 32 caution were sticker tires that were not registered with OSCAAR, and therefore illegal.

As a result, Andrew Gresel picks up his first Autumn Colors Classic victory. Glenn Watson gets credited with second followed by Dwayne Baker, Gary Passer and Todd Campbell. Shane Gowan finished sixth followed by Tyler Hawn, Jesse Kennedy, J.R. Fitzpatrick and George Wilson. Derrike Tiemersma finished 11^th followed by Cory Jones, Jim Bowman, Brad Corcoran and John Owen.

While most teams come to Autumn Colors to play, it’s a different story for OSCAAR as this event marks their final points event of the season.

Brandon Watson has been strong this year and by simply starting the event, he clinches his second straight OSCAAR Super Late Model Championship. Watson is also guaranteed pole for the 50 lap feature due to winning the Chase for the Colors event in August.

While Watson and 2013 Rookie of the Year Andrew Gresel locked themselves into the front row virtue of the Chase for the Colors, everybody else would have to focus on their heats to determine their starting spot.

J.R. Fitzpatrick won the first heat ahead of George Wilson, Shane Gowan, Gary Passer, Cory Jones, Ed Bowlby and Craig Stevenson.

Derrike Tiemersma won the second heat ahead of Glenn Watson, Gresel, Dwayne Baker, John Owen, Jesse Kennedy and Todd Campbell.

Brandon Watson won the third heat ahead of Brent McLean, Brad Corcoran, Shawn McGlynn, Jeff Dunford, Jim Bowman and Quinn Misener. Misener suffered a wreck at the end of the practice session so he was off throughout the weekend.

Passer won the fourth heat ahead of Gowan, Fitzpatrick, Bowlby, Wilson, Jones, Hawn and Tom Walters (driving for Stevenson).

Kennedy won the fifth heat ahead of Gresel, Campbell, Baker, Tiemersma, Glenn Watson and Owen.

Brandon Watson went for the daily double ahead of Dunford, Corcoran, McLean, McGlynn, Bowman and Misener.

With qualifying in the books, the line-up for the 50 lap feature would be set. Originally scheduled for Sunday, it would run Monday due to rain.

Qualifying for the final OSCAAR Modified points event of the season continued on Saturday at Peterborough Speedway with a new face in victory lane, followed by a familiar face.

The first heat didn’t start off that well as Brian McLean and Mike Westwood got together. Nick Kozak picked up his first career OSCAAR Modified heat win ahead of Justin Jones, Matt Barton, Dean Scott, John Harper, Westwood, McLean, Dustin Jackson, Dave Osbourne and the 4.

2013 OSCAAR Modified Series Champion Gary McLean won the second heat followed by Darren Kearnan, Tim Burke, Rod Sauder, Davey Terry, Brent McLean, Shane Stickel, Ryan Dick, Tommy Robb, Bobby Tolton and Brad Stevenson.

With qualifying in the books, the 50 lap feature would take place on Monday night following Sunday’s rain out.

Following scary incident on the final lap of the Grand Prix of Houston, Dario Franchitti would suffer injuries.

“IZOD IndyCar Series driver Dario Franchitti was admitted awake and alert to Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston for a concussion, spinal fracture that will require no surgery and a fracture to the right ankle,” INDYCAR released. “He will be kept overnight.”

Following contact with Takuma Sato on the final lap, Franchitti’s car lifted off the ground, making contact with the catchfence. The contact ripped most of the front end off of the No. 10 IndyCar, but the driver’s compartment stayed in tact.

After the contact, Sato was t-boned by E.J. Viso, but both drivers walked away.

A track worker was taken to hospital due to minor injuries from the debris. 13 fans were hit by debris, but did not require hospital trips.

Will Power won the race followed by Scott Dixon and James Hinchcliffe. Dixon heads into the final event of the year at Auto Club Speedway, leading Helio Castroneves by 25 points.

After topping the series in time trial action, first 30 lap action and heat action, Gary McLean led all 40 laps on Sunday to win the Rick Woolner Memorial at Sunset Speedway.

Originally, the Rick Woolner Memorial was to be run at Varney Motor Speedway. They ran time trial action there (with McLean first followed by Davey Terry) and the first 30 lapper (Gary McLean won ahead of Brian McLean, Brent McLean and Terry) on Saturday September 14^th. However, when it came time to run the heats and the 50 lapper on the Sunday, the skies opened up and cut the night short.

As a result, the event was moved to Sunset Speedway to be part of the Velocity 250 weekend, with the main feature shortened to 40 laps.

The first heat saw Gary McLean pick up the win ahead of Brent McLean, the 92, Brad Pearsall and Billy Zardo.

The second heat saw Davey Terry pick up the win ahead of Shane Stickel, Branden Bullen, Justin Demelo and Mike Westwood.

So come feature time, Gary McLean started on pole followed by Davey Terry, Brent McLean, Shane Stickel, 92, Branden Bullen, Brad Pearsall, Justin Demelo, Billy Zardo, Mike Westwood, Chad Strawn, Brian McLean, Darryn Wright, Rod Sauder, Matt Barton, John Harper, Dave Osbourne, Ryan Dick, Ted Patterson, Dustin Jackson, Max Beyore, Bobby Tolton, Monty Kelly, Andy J. and Dean Scott.

Gary McLean grabbed the early lead ahead of Davey Terry while the 92 moved his way up to third ahead of Brent McLean and Branden Bullen before the first caution came out for Westwood spinning in turn two. Pearsall ran sixth now followed by Barton, Demelo, Stickel, Brian McLean, Sauder, Wright, Dick, Beyore and Zardo.

Gary McLean once again sped ahead on the restart as Terry continued to run second ahead of 92 and Brent McLean. Barton was able to move by Bullen for fifth before the next caution flew for Pearsall hitting the wall. Bullen now ran sixth followed by Stickel, Sauder, Beyore, Brian McLean, Dick, Wright, Zardo, Andy J. and Kelly.

The next caution wouldn’t be pretty as it started with the third place car and was basically one of those chain reaction deals. The 92 got loose in turns one and two, stacking up the field which caused Barton to get into the 92 slightly. Then in the process of the stack up, both Barton and Bullen would each go for a spin, collecting Brent McLean in the process. With all three drivers moved to the back, you had Gary McLean leading Terry, 92, Stickel, Sauder, Beyore, Brian McLean, Wright, Dick, Andy J., Zardo, Kelly, Strawn, Jackson, Westwood, Tolton, Demelo, Barton, Brent McLean, Bullen, Osbourne and Scott.

On the restart, Gray McLean once again jumped ahead of Terry and 92 while Beyore and Dick moved into fourth and fifth before the next caution at lap 29 for Brian McLean spinning. Kelly now was up to sixth followed by Wright, Zardo, Strawn and Barton.

They’d get two laps in, before the next caution at lap 32 for Osbourne spinning.

The sixth caution would then fly at lap 36 for Brian McLean having a flat tire. Gary McLean still led ahead of Terry while Beyore had slipped into third ahead of 92. Andy J was up to fifth ahead of Kelly, Dick, Brent McLean, Barton and Wright.

The final caution came with two laps to go on lap 38 for Kelly getting into the backstretch wall. it was unfortunate to see especially after Kelly suffered heavy front end damage during Saturday’s qualifying and had to spend hours fixing his ride to get be able to come back on the Sunday.

Gary McLean got a good restart at the end, as he had all day, and crossed the finish line first to take the win. Meanwhile, Max Beyore used the final restart to his advantage as he was able to get by Davey Terry for second. The 92 and Andy J. rounded out the top five.

Matt Barton finished sixth followed by Brent McLean and Darryn Wright.