By Bill OLDROYD;

Saturday, July 14th would see rain wash out most speedways in Ontario, Michigan and New York but South Buxton Raceway was fortunate enough to miss the majority of the bad weather. Brief showers prior to warm-ups as well as excellent track preparation made for an incredible racing surface all evening long. With 21 cars in the pit, Campbellsville's Kevin Job came home the winner scoring his second career sprint car victory. 

Rookie Justin Martin started the “A” Main on the pole along side veteran Dick Mahoney. Mahoney grabbed the early lead with the 21x of Kevin Job in hot pursuit while Martin was holding on to third. Warren Mahoney and Keith Dempster were running fourth and fifth when the first caution of the night flew for a Mark Swain spin.

A few laps later, Mike Ferrell collected Daryl Turford as the pair entered turn three. Turford suffered a flat tire and other minor damage but was not able to answer the call for the restart. Ferrell escaped with only minor damage to his wing and restarted at the end of the pack. Dick Mahoney paced the field followed by Job and Warren Mahoney 

On the restart, Job took over the lead, which he would hold for the balance of the race. The next caution came out when second place Warren Mahoney spun putting he to the tail of the field. On lap 13, the red flag waved when Frank Baranowski flipped over Ferrell who had spun in turn four right in front of Baranowski. As a result, both drivers were forced to retire for the night but fortunately, neither driver was injured.

The running order was still Job out front with Dempster in second and a hard charging Kyle Patrick up to third from his tenth place starting position. Local favourite John Riegling followed by Glenn Styres rounded out the top five. The last several laps would see no changes in the running order of this group as the checked flag fell.

With his 5th place finish, Styres would take over the SOS points lead as current leader Rick Wilson elected to compete close to home at Brockville Speedway. 

Heat races were won by Joe MIDDLEMISS, Dick MAHONEY and Warren MAHONEY. The DASH was won by Kyle PATRICK.

Next up the series returns to South Buxton Speedway for their 3rd and final appearance of 2007 on Aug. 4th. 

Come out to a speedway near you to be a part of the action as the series continues on it’s 2007 tour and for all of the latest news and information on the Southern Ontario Sprints be sure to log on to the official website at HYPERLINK "http://www.southernontariosprints.com" www.southernontariosprints.com.


Results: 21 cars in Pit

Heat #1
1/ 11 - Joe MIDDLEMISS, St. Catherines, ON 
2/ 7 - Justin MARTIN, St. Thomas, ON 
3/ 24 - Bob McDONALD, Woodstock, ON 
4/ 1a - John RIEGLING, Chatham, ON 
5/ 05 - Mark SWAIN, “Port Perry, ON 
6/ 66 - Frank BARANOWSKI, Hamilton, ON 
7/ 15 - Mike FERRELL, London, ON 

Heat #2
1/ 79 - Dick MAHONEY, Newmarket, ON 
2/ 42 - Kyle PATRICK, Tilbury, ON 
3/ 5 - Keith DEMPSTER, Alton, ON 
4/ 10 - Bob CRAWFORD, Sutton, ON 
5/ 29 - Daryl TURFORD, Mitchell, ON 
6/ 10m - Rob MIDDLEMISS, St.Catherines, ON 
7/ 6n - Dain NAIDA, Belleville, MI (DNS) 


Heat #3
1/ 25 - Warren MAHONEY, Lefroy, ON
2/ 21X - Kevin JOB, Campbellville, ON 
3/ 0 - Glenn STYRES, Ohsweken, ON 
4/ 21J - John BURBRIDGE, Simcoe, ON 
5/ 81 - Derek JONATHON, Lockport, NY 
6/ 20 - Jeff DANIELS, Chatham, ON 
7/ 83 - James WHITTAKER, Lynden, ON 

DASH
1/ 42 - Kyle PATRICK
2/ 21x - Kevin JOB 
3/ 25 - Warren MAHONEY 
4/ 79 - Dick MAHONEY 
5/ 11 - Joe MIDDLEMISS 
6/ 7 - Justin MARTIN 


“A” MAIN
1/ 21x - Kevin JOB (4) 
2/ 5 - Keith DEMPSTER (5) 
3/ 42 - Kyle PATRICK (10) 
4/ 1a - John RIEGLING (12) 
5/ 0 - Glenn STYRES (11) 
6/ 10 - Bob CRAWFORD (7) 
7/ 79 - Dick MAHONEY (2) 
8/ 24 - Bob McDONALD (3) 
9/ 25 - Warren MAHONEY (8) 
10/ 11 - Joe MIDDLEMISS (9) 
11/ 20 - Jeff DANIELS (18) 
12/ 05 - Mark SWAIN (13) 
13/ 83 - James WHITTAKER (20) 
14/ 81 - Derek JONATHON (15) 
15/ 7 - Justin MARTIN (1) 
16/ 66 - Frank BARANOWSKI (16) 
17/ 15 - Mike FERRELL (19) 
18/ 29 - Daryl TURFORD (14) 
19/ 21J - John BURBRIDGE (6) 
20/ 10m - Rob MIDDLEMISS (17) (DNS) 

Unofficial Points after July 14th:

1 0 - Glenn STYRES 885 
2 42w - Rick WILSON 848 
3 21x - Kevin JOB 844 
4 5 - Keith DEMPSTER 822 
5 10 - Bob CRAWFORD 811 


Grisdale Racing Products winner - Keith Dempster