Styres  ‘Back in Form’ at Brighton Speedway

Bill Oldroyd

Brighton Speedway – August 14^th, 2004

Glenn Styres of Ohsweken has been feeling the pressure lately as the young Cody Geldart from Mossley has been steadily closing the gap for the points lead.  Going into the eleventh round at Brighton Speedway, Styres had a slim, five-point lead and had not had a top five finish in three races.  He put an end to this by winning both his heat race and the feature Saturday night at Brighton Speedway, in front of the enthusiastic, standing-room only crowd.

Styres’ crew chief Kevin Loveys said, “We’re back on track.  We found we had cracked pistons and have now corrected the problem.  We would run fine in the heat races but part way through the features we would begin to lose power and couldn’t figure out why. Now we know!”

The feature began with Daryl Turford of Stratford on the pole and Dick Mahoney from Newmarket on the outside of the front row.  Turford jumped into the early lead and stayed there for the first three circuits.  Styres took over the point position on lap four coming from his third starting spot and would remain there for the balance of the race.

Geldart started the feature along side Styres in the second row and on lap six, he made his move around Turford to take over second.  Styres however, had opened up a gap that he maintained until lap fourteen.  A red flag came out on lap fourteen as Jack Pillon from Belle River spun in turn one and laid his sprinter over on it’s side.

The race was slowed a second time on lap fifteen when a tire, marking the inside of the track was struck and moved into the racing line.  This gave Geldart one last chance to make a run at the top position.  On the restart, Geldart took the outside line and moved along-side Styres.  The two ran side-by-side for the entire lap, bring everyone to their feet.  Styres would prevail to take home his second feature win of the season with Geldart taking second and Adam West from Ridgetown finishing in the third position.  Rounding out the top five were Kyle Patrick from Tilbury and Dick Mahoney of Newmarket.  The top-finishing rookie on the night was Willy Northcott from London with an eight-place finish.

Heat race winners on the night were Styres and West with Geldart winning the Dash for Cash.

Cody Geldart picked up the win in the Dash for Cash at Brighton Speedway Park.

Next up, Saturday, August 21^st the SOS/SOD Can-Am Challenge will begin with a trip to Owendale Speedway in Michigan and then back to Ohsweken Speedway August 27^th to complete the two race challenge.  The SOS will also run a double feature during August 27^th event to make-up for the rainout from the August 13^th race.

Signet Tool Heat

1. #0 – Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ON; 2. #6 – Cody Geldart, Mossley, ON; 3. #93 – Daryl Turford, Stratford, ON; 4. #18j – Jack Pillon, Belle River, ON; 5. #25 – Warren Mahoney, Lefroy, ON; 6. #17 – Gary Evans, Thorndale, ON

Wiseco Heat

1. #30 – Adam West, Ridgetown, ON; 2. #33k – Kyle Patrick – Tilbury, ON; 3. #79 – Dick Mahoney, Newmarket, ON; 4. #10 – Bob Crawford, Sutton, ON; 5. #12 – Willy Northcott, London, ON; 6. #71 – Craig Downie, Burlington, ON

Leaf Racewear Dash

1. #6 – Cody Geldart; 2. #0 – Glenn Styres; 3. #30 – Adam West; 4. #33k – Kyle Patrick

Pennzoil Feature

1. #0 – Glenn Styres; 2. #6 – Cody Geldart; 3. #30 – Adam West; 4. #33k – Kyle Patrick; 5. #79 – Dick Mahoney; 6. #93 – Daryl Turford; 7. #25 – Warren Mahoney; 8. #12 – Willy Northcott; 9. #10 – Bob Crawford; 10. #17 – Gary Evans; 11. #71 – Craig Downie; 12. #18j – Jack Pillon  

LEAF RACEWEAR AWARD - Daryl Turford