(SOS Release – July 16 2012) - A full house filled the stands at Brighton Speedway on Saturday as Watson Building Supplies and Aaron Auto presented the first ever Southern Ontario Sprints Summer Showdown brought to you by Ultramar. Up for grabs was a top prize of $2,500.00 to the winner of the 25 lap main event, which was the biggest payout ever for an SOS event.

The action on the track was as hot as the weather; the track was in great shape to start the night for the heats that saw Warren Mahoney and local rookie Charlie Sandercock take home the heat wins assuring themselves of spots in the redraw. However it was the #0 Glen Styres who finished third place in his heat, putting him in the redraw for starting position, and was able to pull out the poll position pill to start up front in the main event. Styres who has ten feature wins to his credit at Brighton would start alongside current point leader and 2011 SOS Champion Lee Ladouceur.

For the initial green flag of the first ever Watson Building Supplies, Aaron Auto and Ultramar SOS Summer Showdown, Glen “the Ohsweken Flyer” 
Styres would start on the bottom with Ladouceur on the high side however it didn’t take long for the two drivers to switch positions and Styres would go right to the top while Ladouceur would drop to the inside and run right down on the inside marker tires. The summers pounding heat had taken its told on the race track and left a super slick surface over most of the racing groove leaving the drivers scrambling to find a line with some bite. The two would stay that way for some time while #42 Rick Wilson would be close in tow trying both the high side and low side trying to find a line that would allow him to gain on the two leaders. 
#57 of Charlie Sandercock in only his third sprint car race was working to improve on his sixth place starting spot and would make his way around the #25 Warren Mahoney and #30 Adam West. Sandercock would then start to apply pressure to Wilson and would try and work underneath him. 
Sandercock was actually able to pass Wilson coming out of turn two and going into turn three however Wilson would rocket off the high side of turn four and take back the advantage. The duo waged this exciting battle for a number of laps and Wilson would actually have to change his line and move to the bottom of turns 1 and 2 in order to take Sandercock’s line away and keep him behind him. Meanwhile out front Styres was cruising along with a 4 car lead over Ladouceur when the two would start to encounter lapped traffic. The slower cars would trip Styres up just a bit as he moved around the #15 of Mike Ferrell and the
#66 Frank Baranowski. “General” Lee Ladouceur was closing in and charging hard with two laps to go as Styres would close in on #2 Brad Lodge and #9 Jim Munsie. Styres would pass Lodge on the high side as they came to the white flag and would come up behind Munsie. Styres would have to lift going into turns one and two and Ladouceur was right on his back bumper. The three cars raced up the back straight going into turn three and Munsie would push up a little high into four opening up the bottom for Ladouceur where he had been so good all night. Coming out of turn four it was a drag race to the line with the cars crossing three wide in a photo finish! The crowd sat silent waiting in anticipation for announcer Huck Flindall to let them know the official scorers decision and moments later there was a roar from the crowd as he announced Styres was the official winner.

The win marked Styres 11th all time win at Brighton Speedway but his first since Labour Day Weekend of 2009. Ladouceur’s strong run strengthens his points lead in the SOS Championship chase with five events left on the SOS schedule. The two drivers also qualify for the 10 lap “Ohsweken Shootout” on September 14th during Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend. The shootout pits two drivers from each of the 5 co-sanctioning Canadian Nationals organizations plus two “Wild Card” 
entries in the first race of the weekend.


NOTES

- The fastest tour in Ontario returns to Brighton Speedway August 4th for more exciting action.


2012 SOS EVENT #6
Brighton Speedway - Brighton, Ontario

ENTRIES (15 cars)
(Number Name - Hometown)

0 Glenn Styres – Ohsweken, ON
01k Mike Kruchka - Grimsby, ON
2 Brad Lodge – Stouffville, ON
5 Keith Dempster - Alton, ON
9 Jim Munsie - Pickering, ON
10c Bob Crawford – Sutton, ON
15 Mike Ferrell - London, ON
15aw April Wilson – Joyceville, ON
25 Warren Mahoney - Lefroy, ON
30 Adam West - Ridgetown, ON
42w Rick Wilson - Joyceville, ON
51 Lee Ladouceur - Alexandria, ON
57 Charlie Sandercock ® - Carrying Place, ON
66 Frank Baranowski - Mount Hope, ON
79 Dick Mahoney – Newmarket, ON


HEAT RACES
(top 3 finishers redraw for feature starting positions)

HEAT RACE #1
(8 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 25 Warren Mahoney (1)
2. 51 Lee Ladouceur (3)
3. 0 Glenn Styres (4)
4. 5 Keith Dempster (5)
5. 01k Mike Kruchka (6)
6. 15 Mike Ferrell (2)
7. 10c Bob Crawford (dns)


HEAT RACE #2
(8 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 57 Charlie Sandercock (1)
2. 42w Rick Wilson (5)
3. 30 Adam West (3)
4. 66 Frank Baranowski (2)
5. 15aw April Wilson (7)
6. 79 Dick Mahoney (6)
7. 2 Brad Lodge (8)
8. 9 Jim Munsie (4)


SOS 'A' FEATURE
(25 laps)
Finish. Number Name (Starting Position)
1. 0 Glenn Styres (1)
2. 51 Lee Ladouceur (2)
3. 42w Rick Wilson (3)
4. 57 Charlie Sandercock ® (6)
5. 5 Keith Dempster (7)
6. 15aw April Wilson (10)
7. 25 Warren Mahoney (5)
8. 30 Adam West (4)
9. 79 Dick Mahoney (12)
10. 10 Bob Crawford (15)
11. 9 Jim Munsie (14)
12. 2 Brad Lodge (13)
13. 66 Frank Baranowski (8)
14. 15 Mike Ferrell (11)
15. 01k Mike Kruchka (9)


UNOFFICIAL TOP 5 IN POINTS AFTER ROUND #3 (Rank. Number Name Points) 1. 
51 Lee Ladouceur 2. 5 Keith Dempster 3. 30 Adam West 4. 25 Warren 
Mahoney 5. 15 Mike Ferrell

The Southern Ontario Sprints would like to thank their 2012 partners: 
Wiseco Pistons, XXX Race Co., Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, The Racer’s 
Edge, The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, ImageFactor.ca, 
Kreitz Oval Track Parts, Sanderson’s Automotive and Ontario Oval.com

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