Feature Race Finish: 1. #70 Jeff Hanley; 2. #22 Glenn Watson; 3. #00 Wayne Isaacs; 4. #48 Dwayne Baker; 5. #62 Lloyd Ritchie; 6. #7T Jeff Dunford; 7. #54 Mike Beyore; 8. #08 Jason Parker; 9. #40P Charlie Gallant; 10. #68 Charlie Roberts; 11. #39 Shane Gowan; 12. #82 Frank Tulipano; 13. #42 Tyler Hawn dns

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Results: Sauble Speedway, July 24, 2010

Rookie Points

Jeff Hanley put a lot of thought, planning and hard work into building a new Outlaw car hooked up with a crate motor. At Mosport Speedway, where power and speed are essential to winning, it has generally been assumed that it could only be done with the high horsepower of a super motor. But on Saturday night, Hanley in the Raylene Racing #70 made his mark with a crate motor by taking home the 50 lap feature race win.

“I was driving the wheels off that thing from lap 1″ said Jeff, “We’ve got a crate motor, we’re down probably 150-175 horsepower, but the car was working really good through the ends”. During the first half of the race, anyone watching Hanley could clearly see him gain quickly through the corners on race leader Lloyd Ritchie, but then Ritchie would pull away on the straights. Hanley would eventually get by Ritchie as the 62 let up a bit with some mechanical issues. The Standings Arrows Smoke Shop Outlaw of Ritchie held on until the end for a 4th place finish, his most laps led (26) in an OSCAAR feature and his 2nd straight top five.

The only other drivers with a chance of catching Hanley in the second half were Glenn Watson and George Wilson who would finish 2nd and 3rd respectively. Both drivers and their crews put in many hours at their shops getting ready to race at Mosport. Watson was fresh off an amazing win at Sunset but the work never stopped during the past week. Wilson had the biggest challenge after getting caught in the big wreck last week. He and his crew prepped another car to be able to race at Mosport.

Watson started 3rd in the Rival Office Solutions/Race2Way.ca car but had to settle into 5th, then 4th over the first few laps. By lap 10 he had made the pass on Wilson for 3rd and hung in there with Ritchie and Hanley during the first half. When Ritchie had issues, Watson made the pass shortly after Hanley took the lead. After the race, Watson reflected, “I think I probably burned  the right-rear off trying trying to get up to Jeff there. He did a great job – that’s a damn good crate motor”.

Wilson was a bit slow out of the gate and dropped back from the pole position to 3rd. “I started off with low air pressures hoping they would come in” explained George, “But you know it’s been a long week – that was a bad deal that happened to us at Sunset.” Wilson certainly seemed relieved to pull away from Mosport with the Marollo Racing Engines #77 car in one piece and with his second podium finish of the season.

Ian Bourque raced his Luk Clutches #83 car to a 5th place finish. It was another night of getting it done from the back. While he started in 9th, there was a bottle-neck on the front-stretch that caused the 89 to plow into the 83 and as a result Bourque fell back several spots. Then he had to pit to remove the extra body part dangling from his rear panel. With plenty of patience and perseverance, Bourque gradually raced his way back up for a well-earned top five finish.

While we avoided a repeat of the Sunset multi-car wreck, there was still a scary incident that left everyone breathless. On the first lap of the 2nd heat race, contact between the 00 and 04 on the front stretch led to Rudy Oppersma’s #04 turning into the outside wall. Mark Gordon in the #52 was accelerating to full speed when this happened in front of him.

Without any time to react, Gordon’s right front hit Oppersma’s left rear. The contact made the 52 go airborne and careen along the wall in a sideways position, eventually landing on its roof and sliding from the flag stand to the end of pit lane. Both drivers escaped without injury but were dejected at the state of their cars. While Gordon’s car was done for the night, Oppersma and his crew did an amazing job getting the #04 back on the track for the start of the feature. He was able to put in a couple of laps and gain 17th place points.

The Mosport heat race winners were #83 Ian Bourque, #7 Derrick Tiemersma, #77 George Wilson, #7 Derrick Tiemersma.

OSCAAR would like to extend a big thank you to all the drivers and teams who were able to make the trip to Mosport. After the previous race wreck and mechanical difficulties, there was real concern about the car count for Saturday. But several teams put in a huge effort at getting their cars ready and in the end there were 19 cars in the pits at Mosport. A big welcome also went out to Jim Rossiter who loaded his #66 Late Model with OSCAAR tires and placed 14th on the night.

OSCAAR would like to thank all its sponsors: APX Racewear, Dickson Printing, Finish Line Fabricating, Hoosier Tire Canada, Inside Track Motorsports News, JBM Leasing Limited, Jenco Equipment, Knightworks Design, Matco Tools, North Toronto Auction, Race2way.ca, Reinhart Trailers, Seahorse Web, South Shore Services, VP Racing Fuels.

Now there is a welcome break of 2 weeks for all teams to keep working on their cars and get ready for the next run of races. Starting with Sauble Speedway on July 24th, there will be three OSCAAR races in a row wrapping up at Kawartha Speeday on August 6th with the Don Biederman Memorial.

Race Report by Don McLeod

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• Heat Race 1A – Green to caution for 40P/16
• Heat Race 1B – Win for Ian Bourque
• Heat Race 2A – Green to caution for 04/52
• Heat Race 2B – To caution for 7T/54
• Heat Race 2C – Win for Derrick Tiemersma
• Heat Race 3A – Green to caution for 66/39
• Heat Race 3B – To Caution for 89/2
• Heat Race 3C – Win for George Wilson
• Heat Race 4A – Green to caution for 7T
• Heat Race 4B – Win for Derrick Tiemersma

• Feature Race (Lap 2) – Green flag to lap 2 caution for 54
• Feature Race (Lap 6) – to lap 6 caution for 7T
• Feature Race (Lap 10) – to lap 10 caution for 40P
• Feature Race (Lap 20A) – to lap 20 caution for 89,00
• Feature Race (Lap 20B) – to lap 20 caution for 7
• Feature Race (Lap 47) – to lap 47
• Feature Race (Lap 50) – from lap 47 to checkers – Jeff Hanley

Results: Mosport Speedway, July 10, 2010

Rookie Points

Despite plenty of sunshine for OSCAAR at Sunset Speedway this past Saturday early afternoon, there weren’t any happy faces among the Rival office Solutions/Race2Way.ca 22 Team. The reason for their concern was a continuing motor problem which put their chance to race at risk along with a big hit in the standings. So they loaded the car back on the trailer and went back to the Watson Racing shop where the next few hours were spent switching motors. In an amazing turn around, they got back in time for Glenn Watson to pick up 4th and 1st in the heat races and then wrapped up the evening with a 50 lap feature race win – another Championship effort for the 2 time Champions.

“We had a failure during practice, loaded up and went back to the shop. These guys worked hard all day and we got back around 7 – says a lot about these guys, couldn’t do it without them”, Glenn said about his crew. Clearly they were the game changer on Saturday and were determined to get their driver back on the track. Without that team effort the day’s tally in points would have been 25 resulting in a drop to 6th in the standings. With a winning gain of 327 points Watson increased his margin over 2nd by 45 and it is plain to see how big that Team effort was. Continue reading »

Jeff Hanley won the 50 lap feature race at Sauble Speedway on his first night out with OSCAAR in 2010. Not really expecting much when he lined up for practice, Hanley was going to race for the first time in his brand new Raylene Racing Outlaw. Recently finished and built over the past few weeks with everything new and installed by Hanley, this Outlaw also sported a crate engine. So with all the variables it would be understandable to come in with modest expectations.

But in a race filled with 10 cautions it was soon clear that this was a night when any thing could happen. Rudy Oppersma had high hopes with his #04 leading the pack from the pole, but he did not get the start he wanted and quickly fell back to 4th. The battle at the front was now between OSCAAR newcomer George Wilson in the #77 and Sauble favourite #62 Lloyd Ritchie. The two had a spirited battle for a couple of laps with Ritchie looking about to make a pass when he suddenly spun in turn four and had to re-start at the rear. Continue reading »