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Thunder Bay becomes the site of a border battle; first-night winners include Copp, Myers, Simpson, Brauer and Owen

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (June 13) - Thunder City Speedway hosted its Spring Warm Up June 13-14, featuring WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Mods and Hornets.

Drivers from the U.S. took three of the five features, with Canadian wheelmen taking home the other two big checks. Winners in sanctioned action during the first night of racing included Brandon Copp, Curt Myers, David Simpson, Kolton Brauer and Jesse Owen.

Copp captured the WISSOTA Modified feature honors Friday, after a hard-fought race for the lead with Cole Chernosky — and then Dave Cain and Nick Oreskovich — Copp took the lead for good with a handful of laps to go and pulled away to about a 2.5 second advantage at the checkered flag. He was followed to the stripe by Cain, Oreskovich, 13th-starter Curtis Stieh, and Tyler Vernon in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Super Stocks, Wisconsinsite Myers started from the front row and gained the lead just before the halfway point of the race. From there he drove to a 1.5-second advantage at the finish of the race ahead of Rick Simpson, Danny Young, Cole Chernosky and John Garrity in the top five.

Simpson started inside the second row in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, taking the top spot from the get-go and leading from flag to flag to garner the win. Vernon, Jamie Davis, Garrett Paull and Stieh were top-five finishers.

Minnesotan Kolton Brauer made best use of his front-row starting spot, taking the lead in the WISSOTA Street Stocks and keeping out front to the checkered flag. Kyle Bolt, who started 17th in the field, came up just under a half second short at the finish line, settling for second. Nathan Henry, 10th-starter A.J. Kellar and Chase Kivi completed the top five.

Jesse Owen won his fourth WISSOTA Hornet feature at Thunder City Friday from the front row. He crossed under the checkered flag ahead of Selena Owen, Jimmy Owen, Connor Danylko, and Rick Breukelman in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[3]; 3. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[6]; 4. 32C-Curtis Stieh[13]; 5. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[4]; 6. 51-Joel Cryderman[5]; 7. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[23]; 8. 9M-Riley Matthews[7]; 9. 70-David Simpson[8]; 10. 27-Scott McKinnon[9]; 11. 40-Tanner Henderson[16]; 12. 85-Jeff Davis[14]; 13. 12-Tony Caissie[11]; 14. 15-Adam Dennhardt[15]; 15. T23-John Toppozini[20]; 16. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[10]; 17. 07-Jeremy Britten[18]; 18. 99-Brody Strachan[12]; 19. 73-Jeff Helget[17]; 20. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[19]; 21. 24-Jarrett Dowell[25]; 22. 4A-Dawson Allen[22]; 23. (DNF) 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 24. (DNF) 1-Greg Foglia[21]; 25. (DNS) 88-Tanner Williamson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Dave Cain[2]; 2. 9M-Riley Matthews[1]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]; 4. 70-David Simpson[7]; 5. 85-Jeff Davis[4]; 6. 40-Tanner Henderson[5]; 7. T23-John Toppozini[6]; 8. 1-Greg Foglia[9]; 9. 4A-Dawson Allen[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[2]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[8]; 3. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[1]; 4. 32C-Curtis Stieh[3]; 5. 15-Adam Dennhardt[4]; 6. 07-Jeremy Britten[6]; 7. (DNF) 11-Jody Bellefeuille[7]; 8. (DQ) 88-Tanner Williamson[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[1]; 2. 51-Joel Cryderman[4]; 3. 12-Tony Caissie[3]; 4. 27-Scott McKinnon[6]; 5. 99-Brody Strachan[7]; 6. 73-Jeff Helget[5]; 7. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[2]; 8. 24-Jarrett Dowell[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[2]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[4]; 3. 37A-Danny Young[6]; 4. 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 5. 37-John Garrity[5]; 6. 36-Tyler Kostecki[14]; 7. 316-Shawn Polonoski[10]; 8. 22R-Nathan Roy[3]; 9. 19-Larry Both[13]; 10. 61-Tom Smart[7]; 11. 15G-Andrew Groom[16]; 12. 21M-Alex Myers[9]; 13. 0-Jeremy Britten[11]; 14. 24-Joshua Oleksuk[8]; 15. 2-Carson Bamford[15]; 16. 124-Simon Hachez[19]; 17. 37J-Tyler Wade[12]; 18. 51-Aaron Sacek[20]; 19. 498-Tanner House[17]; 20. (DNF) 207-Tj Lynch[21]; 21. (DNF) 219-Stewart Hayward[18]; 22. (DNF) 518-Mike Plas[22]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[4]; 3. 24-Joshua Oleksuk[2]; 4. 61-Tom Smart[7]; 5. 2-Carson Bamford[1]; 6. 219-Stewart Hayward[6]; 7. 124-Simon Hachez[3]; 8. 207-Tj Lynch[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[5]; 2. 37A-Danny Young[1]; 3. 316-Shawn Polonoski[3]; 4. 19-Larry Both[4]; 5. 0-Jeremy Britten[7]; 6. 498-Tanner House[2]; 7. (DNS) 518-Mike Plas

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22R-Nathan Roy[3]; 2. 37-John Garrity[4]; 3. 21M-Alex Myers[2]; 4. 37J-Tyler Wade[1]; 5. 36-Tyler Kostecki[6]; 6. 15G-Andrew Groom[7]; 7. 51-Aaron Sacek[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[3]; 2. 41-Tyler Vernon[5]; 3. 85-Jamie Davis[7]; 4. 16-Garrett Paull[8]; 5. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 6. 87-William Moelter[1]; 7. 17-Rob Groom[13]; 8. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[21]; 9. 21-Wyatt Boyum[10]; 10. 89-Kolby Reed[14]; 11. 8X-Michael Shalley[15]; 12. 97-Danny Young[4]; 13. 3D-Kevin Monteith[24]; 14. 18-Hunter Brink[19]; 15. 6-Joel Macleod[16]; 16. M17-Matthew Mitchell[17]; 17. 26-Paul Hari[12]; 18. 44-Bryce Melanson[18]; 19. 723-Wayne deBruin[20]; 20. 56-Keith LaPlante[23]; 21. 67-Glen Brown[11]; 22. 14C-Colby Petrunak[22]; 23. (DNF) 17B-Ashley Boyum[9]; 24. (DNF) 10D-Patrick Davis[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Ashley Boyum[1]; 2. 21-Wyatt Boyum[3]; 3. 16-Garrett Paull[7]; 4. 80-Doug Wakefield[2]; 5. 56-Keith LaPlante[8]; 6. 66-Bill Speak[6]; 7. 16C-Kevin Caratti[9]; 8. 32S-Connor Stieh[5]; 9. (DNF) 18W-Brad Walker[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-William Moelter[8]; 2. 67-Glen Brown[3]; 3. 17-Rob Groom[5]; 4. 723-Wayne deBruin[1]; 5. 3H-Keelan Hall[7]; 6. 47-Don Craig[4]; 7. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[6]; 8. 13-Ted Horst[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[3]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis[5]; 3. M17-Matthew Mitchell[1]; 4. 2-Dan Tocheri[2]; 5. 14C-Colby Petrunak[4]; 6. 15K-Jeff Kelly[8]; 7. 99D-Ben DeFoy[7]; 8. 12K-Jordan Pearce[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10D-Patrick Davis[3]; 2. 97-Danny Young[8]; 3. 6-Joel Macleod[4]; 4. 8X-Michael Shalley[7]; 5. M20-Travis MacArthur[2]; 6. 95-Connor Moro[5]; 7. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[6]; 8. (DQ) 22R-Nathan Roy[1]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]; 2. 26-Paul Hari[3]; 3. 44-Bryce Melanson[1]; 4. 27B-Dave DeVente[2]; 5. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[7]; 6. 57JR-Robert Squitti[5]; 7. 99J-John Coppock[8]; 8. 3X-Jesse Thompson[4]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[6]; 2. 89-Kolby Reed[1]; 3. 18-Hunter Brink[2]; 4. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[4]; 5. 3D-Kevin Monteith[3]; 6. 267-Bill Jeffers[7]; 7. 222H-Bob Hammond[8]; 8. (DNF) 222-Brian Hari[5]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Hunter Brink[1]; 2. 14C-Colby Petrunak[5]; 3. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[8]; 4. 95-Connor Moro[6]; 5. 16C-Kevin Caratti[11]; 6. (DNF) 222-Brian Hari[10]; 7. (DNF) 15K-Jeff Kelly[4]; 8. (DNF) 3X-Jesse Thompson[9]; 9. (DNF) 2-Dan Tocheri[3]; 10. (DNF) 00-Trenton Woodbeck[2]; 11. (DNS) 99J-John Coppock

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 723-Wayne deBruin[2]; 2. 56-Keith LaPlante[1]; 3. M20-Travis MacArthur[4]; 4. 222H-Bob Hammond[7]; 5. 57JR-Robert Squitti[6]; 6. 99D-Ben DeFoy[8]; 7. 18W-Brad Walker[10]; 8. 267-Bill Jeffers[5]; 9. 32S-Connor Stieh[9]; 10. (DNF) 27B-Dave DeVente[3]

B Feature 3 (8 Laps): 1. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[3]; 2. 3D-Kevin Monteith[4]; 3. 22R-Nathan Roy[10]; 4. 3H-Keelan Hall[1]; 5. 80-Doug Wakefield[2]; 6. 66-Bill Speak[6]; 7. 47-Don Craig[5]; 8. 13-Ted Horst[8]; 9. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[7]; 10. 12K-Jordan Pearce[9]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[2]; 2. 77-Kyle Bolt[17]; 3. 35-Nathan Henny[4]; 4. 54X-AJ Kellar[10]; 5. 12K-Chase Kivi[5]; 6. 25-Kathryn Stieh[7]; 7. 22-Tyson Waller[13]; 8. 96W-Darren Wolframe[6]; 9. 1JT-Justin Tougas[16]; 10. 17A-David Mitchell[22]; 11. 88-Steven Hitchman[12]; 12. 32-Cory Ward[21]; 13. 426-Brendan Makkinga[23]; 14. 49-Derek Ross[14]; 15. 555-Johnny Staal[24]; 16. 27-Chris Daze[18]; 17. 12SB-Scott Gregory[1]; 18. 24-Andrew Piilo[20]; 19. S13-Mike Stover[11]; 20. 203-Greg DuPont[9]; 21. 3B-BJ Kapush[15]; 22. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[19]; 23. (DNF) 19-Paul Krawec[3]; 24. (DNF) 9E-Cameron Ellis[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96W-Darren Wolframe[1]; 2. 12SB-Scott Gregory[7]; 3. 3B-BJ Kapush[2]; 4. 12K-Chase Kivi[9]; 5. 24-Andrew Piilo[4]; 6. 32-Cory Ward[6]; 7. 2-Charlie Merkley[5]; 8. 55-Carter Wieringa[3]; 9. 17-Don Mitchell[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[3]; 2. 54X-AJ Kellar[1]; 3. 1JT-Justin Tougas[2]; 4. 22-Tyson Waller[6]; 5. 07-Colt Germain[4]; 6. 77-Kyle Bolt[9]; 7. 555-Johnny Staal[8]; 8. 426-Brendan Makkinga[5]; 9. 17A-David Mitchell[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Kathryn Stieh[1]; 2. 9E-Cameron Ellis[3]; 3. 203-Greg DuPont[5]; 4. S13-Mike Stover[7]; 5. 27-Chris Daze[6]; 6. 21-Nate Owen[2]; 7. (DNF) 50S-Amanda Smith[8]; 8. (DNF) 16-Teagan Britten[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Nathan Henny[2]; 2. 19-Paul Krawec[5]; 3. 88-Steven Hitchman[4]; 4. 49-Derek Ross[6]; 5. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[3]; 6. 48-Jaden Piilo[7]; 7. 23-Steven Piilo[8]; 8. (DQ) 6R-Spencer Reid[1]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Cory Ward[4]; 2. 17A-David Mitchell[10]; 3. 426-Brendan Makkinga[9]; 4. 555-Johnny Staal[5]; 5. 07-Colt Germain[1]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[7]; 7. 17-Don Mitchell[11]; 8. 48-Jaden Piilo[2]; 9. 50S-Amanda Smith[12]; 10. (DNS) 16-Teagan Britten; 11. (DNS) 21-Nate Owen; 12. (DNS) 23-Steven Piilo; 13. (DQ) 55-Carter Wieringa[8]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[1]; 2. 34-Selena Owen[2]; 3. 23-Jimmy Owen[3]; 4. 37-Connor Danylko[8]; 5. 26B-Rick Breukelman[5]; 6. 09-Joshua Kruzel[9]; 7. 26-Sam Bolt[4]; 8. 12SB-Jaxon Gregory[14]; 9. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[11]; 10. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[10]; 11. 57-Spencer Smith[6]; 12. (DNF) M11-Merissa Currie[12]; 13. (DNS) 5-Hunter Marshall; 14. (DNS) 205-Curtis Oleksuk; 15. (DNS) 69-Rick Reid

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[2]; 2. 57-Spencer Smith[1]; 3. 34-Selena Owen[7]; 4. 37-Connor Danylko[4]; 5. 09-Joshua Kruzel[6]; 6. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[8]; 7. (DNF) 205-Curtis Oleksuk[5]; 8. (DNF) 69-Rick Reid[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 26B-Rick Breukelman[1]; 2. 26-Sam Bolt[4]; 3. 23-Jimmy Owen[7]; 4. 5-Hunter Marshall[2]; 5. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[6]; 6. (DNF) M11-Merissa Currie[3]; 7. (DNF) 12SB-Jaxon Gregory[5]