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Copp claims third straight while Vernon and Chernosky continue winning ways, and Kellar and Owen outrun Thunder City rivals

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (June 18) - Brandon Copp won his third-straight WISSOTA Modified feature at Thunder City Speedway Wednesday night, highlighting WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action at the Thunder Bay, Ontario oval.

Other winners included Tyler Vernon, Cole Chernosky, A.J. Kellar and Selena Owen.

Copp started seventh on the grid and quickly moved his way forward into third in the early going. With about eight laps left in the feature, Copp drove by polesitter David Simpson and race-long leader Joel Cryderman for the top spot. He then escaped to a more than 3-second advantage in the waning laps to nail down his third win in a row at the track and fourth-straight victory overall. He was followed to the checkered flag by Simpson, Cole Chernosky, Cryderman and Tanner Henderson in the top five.

Chernosky led the WISSOTA Super Stock feature from start to finish to garner the win. Rick Simpson crossed the stripe about 6 seconds back in second, while Nathan Roy completed the podium. Danny Young and ninth-starter John Garrity rounded out the top five.

Vernon held command out front of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature for all 18 laps, driving to victory lane for his fifth win at the track this season and second-straight in Thunder Bay. He was chased to the checkered by Simpson, Kolby Reed, 13th-starter Joel Macleod and 17th-starter Curtis Stieh in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, Selena Owen started in the second row and gained the lead during the second lap. She drove home for the victory, while Jaxson George, Sam Bolt, Rick Breukelman and Jimmy Owen were top-five finishers.

A.J. Kellar started on the pole of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature and led the only lap that matters — the last — to net the thrilling win. Trey Hess was second, Kolton Brauer was third, Darren Wolframe improved four spots to fourth, and Braden Brauer finished in fifth.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[7]; 2. 70-David Simpson[1]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 4. 51-Joel Cryderman[2]; 5. 40-Tanner Henderson[6]; 6. 9M-Riley Matthews[10]; 7. T23-John Toppozini[16]; 8. 32C-Curtis Stieh[8]; 9. 27-Scott McKinnon[12]; 10. 73-Jeff Helget[15]; 11. 15-Adam Dennhardt[3]; 12. 07-Jeremy Britten[4]; 13. 007-Shawn Liddicoat[13]; 14. 66X-Denny Trimble[14]; 15. (DNF) 24-Jarrett Dowell[11]; 16. (DNF) 1-Greg Foglia[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 3. 40-Tanner Henderson[8]; 4. 07-Jeremy Britten[1]; 5. 1-Greg Foglia[7]; 6. 24-Jarrett Dowell[3]; 7. 007-Shawn Liddicoat[5]; 8. (DQ) T23-John Toppozini[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 2. 51-Joel Cryderman[6]; 3. 15-Adam Dennhardt[3]; 4. 70-David Simpson[7]; 5. 9M-Riley Matthews[8]; 6. 27-Scott McKinnon[4]; 7. 66X-Denny Trimble[2]; 8. (DNF) 73-Jeff Helget[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[3]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[6]; 3. 22R-Nathan Roy[7]; 4. 37A-Danny Young[5]; 5. 37-John Garrity[9]; 6. 2-Carson Bamford[2]; 7. 316-Shawn Polonoski[8]; 8. 37J-Tyler Wade[13]; 9. 0-Jeremy Britten[4]; 10. 15G-Andrew Groom[11]; 11. 498-Tanner House[15]; 12. 124-Simon Hachez[1]; 13. 219-Ryan House[10]; 14. 51-Aaron Sacek[12]; 15. (DNF) 207-Tj Lynch[14]; 16. (DNF) 24-Joshua Oleksuk[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 2. 22R-Nathan Roy[8]; 3. 124-Simon Hachez[2]; 4. 2-Carson Bamford[3]; 5. 37-John Garrity[6]; 6. 15G-Andrew Groom[7]; 7. 37J-Tyler Wade[5]; 8. 498-Tanner House[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37A-Danny Young[1]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[4]; 3. 316-Shawn Polonoski[6]; 4. 0-Jeremy Britten[7]; 5. 219-Ryan House[2]; 6. 51-Aaron Sacek[5]; 7. 207-Tj Lynch[8]; 8. (DNF) 24-Joshua Oleksuk[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[2]; 2. 70-David Simpson[5]; 3. 89-Kolby Reed[4]; 4. 6-Joel Macleod[13]; 5. 32C-Curtis Stieh[17]; 6. 8X-Michael Shalley[11]; 7. 3D-Kevin Monteith[8]; 8. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[9]; 9. 2-Dan Tocheri[16]; 10. 66-Bill Speak[19]; 11. 27B-Dave DeVente[1]; 12. 723-Wayne deBruin[6]; 13. 97-Mark Earl[15]; 14. 67-Glen Brown[3]; 15. 44-Bryce Melanson[12]; 16. 26-Paul Hari[18]; 17. 95-Connor Moro[20]; 18. 47-Don Craig[14]; 19. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[7]; 20. (DNF) M17-Matthew Mitchell[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 2. 3D-Kevin Monteith[2]; 3. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[6]; 4. 6-Joel Macleod[3]; 5. 267-Bill Jeffers[1]; 6. 14C-Colby Petrunak[5]; 7. 66-Bill Speak[10]; 8. 18-Hunter Brink[9]; 9. 57JR-Robert Squitti[8]; 10. 222B-Brian Hari[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27B-Dave DeVente[3]; 2. 723-Wayne deBruin[5]; 3. M17-Matthew Mitchell[6]; 4. 47-Don Craig[9]; 5. 222-Bob Hammond[7]; 6. 17-Rob Groom[8]; 7. 99D-Ben DeFoy[2]; 8. 18W-Brad Walker[4]; 9. 16-Kevin Caratti[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Kolby Reed[4]; 2. 70-David Simpson[8]; 3. 8X-Michael Shalley[5]; 4. 97-Mark Earl[2]; 5. 32C-Curtis Stieh[3]; 6. 80-Doug Wakefield[6]; 7. 22R-Nathan Roy[7]; 8. 56-Keith LaPlante[9]; 9. 13-Ted Horst[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Glen Brown[2]; 2. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[3]; 3. 44-Bryce Melanson[4]; 4. 2-Dan Tocheri[9]; 5. 26-Paul Hari[7]; 6. 17K-David Kivi[1]; 7. 95-Connor Moro[8]; 8. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[6]; 9. (DNF) 32S-Connor Stieh[5]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 2. 66-Bill Speak[5]; 3. 80-Doug Wakefield[4]; 4. 18-Hunter Brink[7]; 5. 22R-Nathan Roy[6]; 6. 57JR-Robert Squitti[9]; 7. 56-Keith LaPlante[8]; 8. 267-Bill Jeffers[1]; 9. 13-Ted Horst[10]; 10. 222B-Brian Hari[11]; 11. (DNF) 14C-Colby Petrunak[3]

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Paul Hari[2]; 2. 95-Connor Moro[6]; 3. 222-Bob Hammond[1]; 4. 17K-David Kivi[4]; 5. 99D-Ben DeFoy[5]; 6. 18W-Brad Walker[7]; 7. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[8]; 8. 17-Rob Groom[3]; 9. (DNF) 16-Kevin Caratti[9]; 10. (DNS) 32S-Connor Stieh

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[1]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[4]; 3. 34J-Kolton Brauer[5]; 4. 96W-Darren Wolframe[8]; 5. 07-Braden Brauer[3]; 6. 35-Nathan Henny[18]; 7. 426-Brendan Makkinga[2]; 8. 32-Cory Ward[12]; 9. 77-Kyle Bolt[6]; 10. 22-Tyson Waller[10]; 11. 555-Johnny Staal[16]; 12. 01-Steven Piilo[19]; 13. 25-Kathryn Stieh[13]; 14. 88-Steven Hitchman[15]; 15. 17A-David Mitchell[14]; 16. 9-Jack Williamson[17]; 17. 49-Derek Ross[9]; 18. (DNF) 1JT-Justin Tougas[20]; 19. (DNF) 12K-Chase Kivi[11]; 20. (DNF) 24-Andrew Piilo[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[1]; 2. 426-Brendan Makkinga[8]; 3. 49-Derek Ross[4]; 4. 25-Kathryn Stieh[6]; 5. 9-Jack Williamson[7]; 6. 01-Steven Piilo[9]; 7. 17-Don Mitchell[3]; 8. 27-Chris Daze[5]; 9. 50S-Amanda Smith[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Braden Brauer[8]; 2. 54X-AJ Kellar[6]; 3. 22-Tyson Waller[5]; 4. 17A-David Mitchell[2]; 5. 19-Paul Krawec[3]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[4]; 7. 12SB-Scott Gregory[7]; 8. (DNF) 55-Carter Wieringa[1]; 9. (DNF) 9E-Cameron Ellis[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96W-Darren Wolframe[9]; 2. 24-Andrew Piilo[7]; 3. 12K-Chase Kivi[2]; 4. 88-Steven Hitchman[5]; 5. 203-Greg DuPont[1]; 6. S13-Mike Stover[4]; 7. 73-Freddy Henny[8]; 8. 16-Teagan Britten[6]; 9. 29-Ricky Reid[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[2]; 2. 77-Kyle Bolt[1]; 3. 32-Cory Ward[3]; 4. 555-Johnny Staal[5]; 5. 1JT-Justin Tougas[6]; 6. 35-Nathan Henny[7]; 7. 21-Nate Owen[8]; 8. (DNF) T53-Sacha Torkkeli[4]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Jack Williamson[1]; 2. 01-Steven Piilo[3]; 3. 203-Greg DuPont[2]; 4. 17-Don Mitchell[5]; 5. 73-Freddy Henny[6]; 6. 27-Chris Daze[7]; 7. S13-Mike Stover[4]; 8. 16-Teagan Britten[8]; 9. 50S-Amanda Smith[9]; 10. (DNS) 29-Ricky Reid

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Nathan Henny[4]; 2. 1JT-Justin Tougas[2]; 3. 19-Paul Krawec[1]; 4. 2-Charlie Merkley[3]; 5. 12SB-Scott Gregory[5]; 6. 55-Carter Wieringa[7]; 7. 21-Nate Owen[6]; 8. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[8]; 9. (DNS) 9E-Cameron Ellis

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Selena Owen[3]; 2. 12SB-Jaxon Gregory[4]; 3. 26-Sam Bolt[6]; 4. 26B-Rick Breukelman[1]; 5. 23-Jimmy Owen[5]; 6. 57-Spencer Smith[7]; 7. 37-Connor Danylko[12]; 8. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[2]; 9. 95-Kristina Moro[8]; 10. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[11]; 11. 09-Joshua Kruzel[9]; 12. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[13]; 13. 5-Hunter Marshall[10]; 14. (DNF) M11-Merissa Currie[14]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26B-Rick Breukelman[2]; 2. 57-Spencer Smith[5]; 3. 95-Kristina Moro[1]; 4. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[4]; 5. 09-Joshua Kruzel[3]; 6. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[7]; 7. (DNF) M11-Merissa Currie[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 12SB-Jaxon Gregory[1]; 2. 34-Selena Owen[3]; 3. 23-Jimmy Owen[4]; 4. 26-Sam Bolt[5]; 5. 5-Hunter Marshall[6]; 6. 37-Connor Danylko[7]; 7. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[2]