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Copp claims a second-straight in Mods while Chernosky, Vernon, Hanson and Smith help with Thunder City’s warm-up

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (June 14) - Saturday night capped off the Spring Warm Up doubleheader at Thunder City Speedway. Canadian drivers Cole Chernosky and Spencer Smith each picked up a victory, while Americans Brandon Copp, Tyler Vernon and Andrew Hanson crossed the border as winners after WISSOTA Dirt Track Series competition.

Copp swept WISSOTA Modified feature action over the weekend, capturing Saturday’s main event from the second row. He snatched the lead from Dave Cain with about 10 laps remaining to score the feature win. Cain was second ahead of Jody Bellefeuille, David Simpson and Nick Oreskovich.

Chernosky outran Friday’s winner Curt Myers to win the evening’s WISSOTA Super Stock main event. He started fifth, and grabbed the lead from Myers in the second half of the 25-lap feature. The victory was Chernosky’s fifth in the division at the oval already this season. Myers finished second with Rick Simpson third, Danny Young fourth and Shawn Polonoski fifth.

Vernon captured his fourth WISSOTA Midwest Modified win of the season in Thunder Bay. He started on the pole and scored the win by more than 2 seconds ahead of William Moelter in second. Jamie Davis, Tanner Ulakovic and Keelan Hall rounded out the top five.

Hanson scored his first win of the season at the speedway in the WISSOTA Street Stocks. He took the lead early in the second half, and held off a late push from Kolton Brauer for the victory. Brauer, who won Friday’s action, settled for second after starting 12th. Nathan Henny finished third, Kyle Bolt — who led nearly half of the contest — was fourth and Cory Ward was fifth.

Smith inherited the victory in the WISSOTA Hornet division, his first of the season. Jimmy Owen was second ahead of Selena Owen, Kathleen Speaker and Martin Bolt.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[2]; 3. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[6]; 4. 70-David Simpson[8]; 5. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[1]; 6. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 7. 32C-Curtis Stieh[7]; 8. 9M-Riley Matthews[17]; 9. 12-Tony Caissie[24]; 10. 85-Jeff Davis[14]; 11. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[13]; 12. 40-Tanner Henderson[15]; 13. 51-Joel Cryderman[10]; 14. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[11]; 15. 73-Jeff Helget[12]; 16. 99-Brody Strachan[19]; 17. 15-Adam Dennhardt[9]; 18. 07-Jeremy Britten[22]; 19. 1-Greg Foglia[20]; 20. 24-Jarrett Dowell[18]; 21. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[16]; 22. 4A-Dawson Allen[23]; 23. (DNF) T23-John Toppozini[21]; 24. (DNF) 27-Scott McKinnon[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[2]; 2. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[3]; 3. 27-Scott McKinnon[6]; 4. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[4]; 5. 40-Tanner Henderson[5]; 6. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[1]; 7. T23-John Toppozini[7]; 8. 12-Tony Caissie[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[3]; 2. 70-David Simpson[1]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 4. 51-Joel Cryderman[6]; 5. 85-Jeff Davis[2]; 6. 9M-Riley Matthews[4]; 7. 99-Brody Strachan[5]; 8. 07-Jeremy Britten[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. 32C-Curtis Stieh[3]; 3. 15-Adam Dennhardt[4]; 4. 73-Jeff Helget[1]; 5. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[8]; 6. 24-Jarrett Dowell[5]; 7. 1-Greg Foglia[6]; 8. 4A-Dawson Allen[7]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 2. 1M-Curt Myers[2]; 3. 77-Rick Simpson[1]; 4. 37A-Danny Young[6]; 5. 316-Shawn Polonoski[7]; 6. 22R-Nathan Roy[15]; 7. 15G-Andrew Groom[9]; 8. 21M-Alex Myers[4]; 9. 124-Simon Hachez[14]; 10. 37-John Garrity[3]; 11. 2-Carson Bamford[16]; 12. 36-Tyler Kostecki[8]; 13. 19-Larry Both[10]; 14. 0-Jeremy Britten[19]; 15. 219-Ryan House[18]; 16. 498-Tanner House[17]; 17. 51-Aaron Sacek[13]; 18. 37J-Tyler Wade[11]; 19. (DNF) 518-Mike Plas[12]; 20. (DNF) 207-Tj Lynch[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21M-Alex Myers[2]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[7]; 3. 37A-Danny Young[6]; 4. 37J-Tyler Wade[3]; 5. 124-Simon Hachez[1]; 6. 498-Tanner House[5]; 7. 0-Jeremy Britten[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. 37-John Garrity[5]; 3. 15G-Andrew Groom[1]; 4. 36-Tyler Kostecki[7]; 5. 22R-Nathan Roy[4]; 6. 2-Carson Bamford[3]; 7. 207-Tj Lynch[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[4]; 2. 316-Shawn Polonoski[2]; 3. 19-Larry Both[1]; 4. 518-Mike Plas[3]; 5. 51-Aaron Sacek[6]; 6. 219-Ryan House[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[1]; 2. 87-William Moelter[4]; 3. 85-Jamie Davis[6]; 4. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[2]; 5. 3H-Keelan Hall[5]; 6. 21-Wyatt Boyum[9]; 7. 70-David Simpson[8]; 8. 16-Garrett Paull[20]; 9. 18-Hunter Brink[3]; 10. 10D-Patrick Davis[13]; 11. 8X-Michael Shalley[18]; 12. 32C-Curtis Stieh[14]; 13. 6-Joel Macleod[15]; 14. 89-Kolby Reed[17]; 15. 47-Don Craig[7]; 16. M17-Matthew Mitchell[11]; 17. 17-Rob Groom[21]; 18. 2-Dan Tocheri[16]; 19. 66-Bill Speak[22]; 20. 67-Glen Brown[24]; 21. 80-Doug Wakefield[12]; 22. 14C-Colby Petrunak[19]; 23. 723-Wayne deBruin[23]; 24. (DNF) 17B-Ashley Boyum[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87-William Moelter[4]; 2. 18-Hunter Brink[7]; 3. 47-Don Craig[8]; 4. 97-Mark Earl[1]; 5. 22R-Nathan Roy[2]; 6. 16C-Kevin Caratti[9]; 7. 99D-Ben DeFoy[3]; 8. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[5]; 9. 32S-Connor Stieh[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[2]; 2. 21-Wyatt Boyum[4]; 3. 44-Bryce Melanson[3]; 4. M17-Matthew Mitchell[8]; 5. 2-Dan Tocheri[9]; 6. 18W-Brad Walker[6]; 7. 13-Ted Horst[1]; 8. 3D-Kevin Monteith[7]; 9. 56-Keith LaPlante[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[6]; 2. 80-Doug Wakefield[1]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[4]; 4. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[2]; 5. 16-Garrett Paull[8]; 6. 67-Glen Brown[7]; 7. 723-Wayne deBruin[3]; 8. 17-Rob Groom[9]; 9. 267-Bill Jeffers[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 2. 17B-Ashley Boyum[3]; 3. 6-Joel Macleod[4]; 4. 89-Kolby Reed[6]; 5. 66-Bill Speak[5]; 6. 14C-Colby Petrunak[1]; 7. 27B-Dave DeVente[2]; 8. 57JR-Robert Squitti[9]; 9. (DNF) 17K-Jordan Pearce[8]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 3H-Keelan Hall[4]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis[6]; 3. 8X-Michael Shalley[2]; 4. 10D-Patrick Davis[7]; 5. M20-Travis MacArthur[5]; 6. 26-Paul Hari[3]; 7. 3X-Jesse Thompson[8]; 8. 222H-Bob Hammond[9]; 9. 222-Brian Hari[1]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14C-Colby Petrunak[4]; 2. 66-Bill Speak[3]; 3. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[2]; 4. 44-Bryce Melanson[1]; 5. 3X-Jesse Thompson[5]; 6. 267-Bill Jeffers[9]; 7. 99D-Ben DeFoy[6]; 8. 57JR-Robert Squitti[7]; 9. (DNS) 3D-Kevin Monteith

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Garrett Paull[1]; 2. 723-Wayne deBruin[6]; 3. 222H-Bob Hammond[7]; 4. M20-Travis MacArthur[3]; 5. 26-Paul Hari[4]; 6. 222-Brian Hari[8]; 7. 16C-Kevin Caratti[2]; 8. 32S-Connor Stieh[9]; 9. 13-Ted Horst[5]

B Feature 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Rob Groom[6]; 2. 67-Glen Brown[3]; 3. 22R-Nathan Roy[2]; 4. 27B-Dave DeVente[5]; 5. 18W-Brad Walker[4]; 6. 56-Keith LaPlante[8]; 7. 97-Mark Earl[1]; 8. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[7]; 9. (DNF) 17K-Jordan Pearce[9]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20-Andrew Hanson[3]; 2. 34J-Kolton Brauer[12]; 3. 35-Nathan Henny[6]; 4. 77-Kyle Bolt[2]; 5. 32-Cory Ward[8]; 6. 07-Braden Brauer[5]; 7. 22-Tyson Waller[17]; 8. 96W-Darren Wolframe[16]; 9. 24-Andrew Piilo[13]; 10. 54X-AJ Kellar[1]; 11. 25-Kathryn Stieh[9]; 12. 88-Steven Hitchman[22]; 13. 19-Paul Krawec[20]; 14. 17A-David Mitchell[10]; 15. 23-Steven Piilo[11]; 16. 9-Sam Williamson[15]; 17. 203-Rob Ranttalo[19]; 18. 49-Derek Ross[24]; 19. 12SB-Scott Gregory[14]; 20. (DNF) 9E-Cameron Ellis[18]; 21. (DNF) 12K-Chase Kivi[21]; 22. (DNF) 426-Brendan Makkinga[7]; 23. (DNF) 555-Johnny Staal[4]; 24. (DNF) 55-Carter Wieringa[23]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 555-Johnny Staal[3]; 2. 17A-David Mitchell[2]; 3. 32-Cory Ward[5]; 4. 12SB-Scott Gregory[6]; 5. 24-Andrew Piilo[9]; 6. S13-Mike Stover[4]; 7. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[7]; 8. 55-Carter Wieringa[1]; 9. (DNF) 49-Derek Ross[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[7]; 2. 23-Steven Piilo[2]; 3. 07-Braden Brauer[8]; 4. 9-Sam Williamson[6]; 5. 19-Paul Krawec[1]; 6. 27-Chris Daze[4]; 7. 16-Teagan Britten[5]; 8. 21-Nate Owen[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Nathan Henny[2]; 2. 77-Kyle Bolt[8]; 3. 34J-Kolton Brauer[4]; 4. 96W-Darren Wolframe[5]; 5. 9E-Cameron Ellis[6]; 6. 88-Steven Hitchman[3]; 7. 17-Don Mitchell[1]; 8. (DNF) 50S-Amanda Smith[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Andrew Hanson[5]; 2. 25-Kathryn Stieh[1]; 3. 426-Brendan Makkinga[7]; 4. 22-Tyson Waller[4]; 5. 12K-Chase Kivi[2]; 6. 203-Rob Ranttalo[8]; 7. 48-Jaden Piilo[6]; 8. 2-Charlie Merkley[3]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12K-Chase Kivi[1]; 2. 88-Steven Hitchman[2]; 3. 55-Carter Wieringa[9]; 4. 49-Derek Ross[13]; 5. 17-Don Mitchell[5]; 6. 27-Chris Daze[4]; 7. 21-Nate Owen[10]; 8. S13-Mike Stover[3]; 9. 48-Jaden Piilo[7]; 10. 16-Teagan Britten[6]; 11. 50S-Amanda Smith[12]; 12. (DNF) 2-Charlie Merkley[11]; 13. (DNF) T53-Sacha Torkkeli[8]

WISSOTA Hornets:

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

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[4]; 2. 57-Spencer Smith[5]; 3. 09-Joshua Kruzel[1]; 4. 34-Selena Owen[6]; 5. 26-Martin Bolt[3]; 6. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[7]; 7. (DNF) 12SB-Jaxon Gregory[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Connor Danylko[2]; 2. 23-Jimmy Owen[6]; 3. 26B-Rick Breukelman[5]; 4. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[4]; 5. 5-Hunter Marshall[7]; 6. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[1]; 7. (DNF) M11-Merissa Currie[3]