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Davis, Simpson, Chernosky, Brauer and Owen score against big fields Wednesday night at Thunder City

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (May 28) - Jeff Davis, David Simpson, Cole Chernosky, Kolton Brauer and Jesse Owen took home victories in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Wednesday night in Thunder Bay, as Thunder City Speedway hosted NAPA Auto Parts night.

Brauer headed back north across the border once again this week to gain valuable WISSOTA Street Stock points and it paid off for the Eyota, MN racer. Brauer started inside row three and following an early-race restart, he took the lead a few laps in from Trey Hess. He drove on to grab the checkered flag for his seventh win of his 2025 season, and fourth straight in four appearances over the long weekend and midweek action. Hess was second, Brendan Makkinga was third, Nathan Henny improved four spots to fourth, and front-row starter A.J. Kellar slipped back to fifth at the finish.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, Jesse Owen remained unstoppable. He led the final lap following a late-race caution and drove to the win, ahead of Curtis Oleksuk, Rick Breukelman, Spencer Smith and Selena Owen in the top five.

Reigning WISSOTA Midwest Mod National Champion David Simpson has had a relatively quiet early season in 2025, but that changed Wednesday night. He drove from outside the fourth row at the start of the caution-filled feature, grabbed the lead about lap six following a restart, and drove away to a nearly 8-second advantage at the finish. He took the checkered flag ahead of Joel Macleod, Curtis Stieh, Michael Shalley and Jamie Davis in the top five.

Chernosky led narrowly from the start of the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, in a back and forth battle for the first several laps with fellow front-row starter Rick Simpson. He was able to slowly pull away and eventually cruised off to a more than 5-second lead at the finish. Simpson, Shawn Polonoski, Danny Young, and John Garrity were top-five finishers.

In the WISSOTA Modifieds, Davis started from the front row, taking the lead from polesitter Riley Matthews early in another caution-marred start to a feature, before Matthews used a restart to fight back and led laps four through eight. Davis squeezed to the front about the halfway point and hung on through a final-lap caution and ensuing restart to nip Matthews at the line by .019 seconds for his first victory of the year. Behind Matthews, Joel Cryderman was a close third, 12th-starter Tanner Williamson was fourth and Chernosky completed the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 85-Jeff Davis[2]; 2. 9M-Riley Matthews[1]; 3. 51-Joel Cryderman[4]; 4. 88-Tanner Williamson[12]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky[6]; 6. T23-John Toppozini[8]; 7. 32C-Curtis Stieh[16]; 8. 70-David Simpson[7]; 9. 316-Shawn Polonoski[13]; 10. 27-Scott McKinnon[5]; 11. 15-Adam Dennhardt[10]; 12. 40-Tanner Henderson[14]; 13. 07-Jeremy Britten[17]; 14. (DNF) 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 15. (DNF) 7M-Wagner Macleod[15]; 16. (DNF) 73-Jeff Helget[11]; 17. (DNF) 1-Greg Foglia[19]; 18. (DNF) 12-Tony Caissie[9]; 19. (DNS) 007-Shawn Liddicoat

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9M-Riley Matthews[4]; 2. 70-David Simpson[6]; 3. 12-Tony Caissie[2]; 4. 15-Adam Dennhardt[3]; 5. 316-Shawn Polonoski[1]; 6. 32C-Curtis Stieh[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Scott McKinnon[1]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[5]; 3. 85-Jeff Davis[6]; 4. 73-Jeff Helget[2]; 5. 40-Tanner Henderson[3]; 6. 07-Jeremy Britten[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 2. 51-Joel Cryderman[2]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 4. 88-Tanner Williamson[4]; 5. 7M-Wagner Macleod[6]; 6. (DNF) 007-Shawn Liddicoat[7]; 7. (DNF) 1-Greg Foglia[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[1]; 3. 316-Shawn Polonoski[6]; 4. 37A-Danny Young[8]; 5. 37-John Garrity[3]; 6. 15G-Andrew Groom[4]; 7. 22R-Nathan Roy[7]; 8. 36-Tyler Kostecki[5]; 9. 19-Larry Both[9]; 10. 07-Jeremy Britten[15]; 11. 498-Tanner House[10]; 12. 2-Carson Bamford[12]; 13. 24-Joshua Oleksuk[13]; 14. 37J-Tyler Wade[16]; 15. 219-Ryan House[11]; 16. 124-Simon Hachez[17]; 17. 51-Aaron Sacek[14]; 18. 518-Mike Plas[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 316-Shawn Polonoski[6]; 2. 22R-Nathan Roy[5]; 3. 15G-Andrew Groom[2]; 4. 498-Tanner House[1]; 5. 24-Joshua Oleksuk[3]; 6. 37J-Tyler Wade[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37A-Danny Young[3]; 2. 36-Tyler Kostecki[6]; 3. 19-Larry Both[4]; 4. 219-Ryan House[2]; 5. 51-Aaron Sacek[1]; 6. 124-Simon Hachez[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Rick Simpson[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[6]; 3. 37-John Garrity[4]; 4. 2-Carson Bamford[1]; 5. 07-Jeremy Britten[5]; 6. 518-Mike Plas[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[8]; 2. 6-Joel Macleod[3]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 4. 8X-Michael Shalley[1]; 5. 85-Jamie Davis[6]; 6. 17-Rob Groom[4]; 7. 2-Dan Tocheri[9]; 8. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[12]; 9. 89-Kolby Reed[5]; 10. 22R-Nathan Roy[21]; 11. 67-Glen Brown[17]; 12. 3D-Kevin Monteith[19]; 13. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[16]; 14. 66-Bill Speak[14]; 15. 80-Doug Wakefield[22]; 16. 14C-Colby Petrunak[7]; 17. 31J-Mike Jacques[11]; 18. (DNF) M17-Matthew Mitchell[13]; 19. (DNF) 10D-Patrick Davis[18]; 20. (DNF) 44-Bryce Melanson[10]; 21. (DNF) 00-Trenton Woodbeck[15]; 22. (DNF) 17K-David Kivi[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[3]; 2. 32C-Curtis Stieh[8]; 3. 2-Dan Tocheri[10]; 4. M17-Matthew Mitchell[2]; 5. 3D-Kevin Monteith[5]; 6. 22R-Nathan Roy[6]; 7. 56-Keith LaPlante[1]; 8. (DNF) 18-Hunter Brink[9]; 9. (DNF) 18W-Brad Walker[4]; 10. (DNF) 95-Connor Moro[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Joel Macleod[2]; 2. 14C-Colby Petrunak[9]; 3. 44-Bryce Melanson[3]; 4. 66-Bill Speak[4]; 5. 26-Paul Hari[7]; 6. 99D-Ben DeFoy[5]; 7. M20-Travis MacArthur[8]; 8. 13-Ted Horst[6]; 9. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Jamie Davis[2]; 2. 17-Rob Groom[1]; 3. 31J-Mike Jacques[3]; 4. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[7]; 5. 67-Glen Brown[5]; 6. 97-Mark Earl[6]; 7. 723-Wayne deBruin[8]; 8. 267-Bill Jeffers[4]; 9. 222-Brian Hari[9]; 10. 32S-Connor Stieh[10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Kolby Reed[2]; 2. 8X-Michael Shalley[1]; 3. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[7]; 4. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[3]; 5. 10D-Patrick Davis[6]; 6. 27B-Dave DeVente[5]; 7. 17K-David Kivi[9]; 8. 80-Doug Wakefield[8]; 9. 47-Don Craig[4]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 67-Glen Brown[2]; 2. 3D-Kevin Monteith[1]; 3. 22R-Nathan Roy[3]; 4. 97-Mark Earl[4]; 5. 56-Keith LaPlante[5]; 6. 723-Wayne deBruin[6]; 7. 267-Bill Jeffers[8]; 8. 95-Connor Moro[11]; 9. 222-Brian Hari[10]; 10. 18W-Brad Walker[9]; 11. (DNF) 18-Hunter Brink[7]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 10D-Patrick Davis[2]; 2. 17K-David Kivi[6]; 3. 80-Doug Wakefield[8]; 4. M20-Travis MacArthur[5]; 5. 27B-Dave DeVente[4]; 6. 99D-Ben DeFoy[3]; 7. 47-Don Craig[10]; 8. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[9]; 9. 13-Ted Horst[7]; 10. 32S-Connor Stieh[11]; 11. (DNF) 26-Paul Hari[1]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[5]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 3. 426-Brendan Makkinga[7]; 4. 35-Nathan Henny[8]; 5. 54X-AJ Kellar[2]; 6. 77-Kyle Bolt[4]; 7. 24-Andrew Piilo[1]; 8. 07-Colt Germain[11]; 9. 88-Steven Hitchman[3]; 10. 25-Kathryn Stieh[18]; 11. 22-Tyson Waller[13]; 12. 32-Cory Ward[15]; 13. 17A-David Mitchell[21]; 14. 23-Steven Piilo[17]; 15. 96W-Darren Wolframe[9]; 16. 9-Sam Williamson[12]; 17. 49-Derek Ross[14]; 18. 17-Don Mitchell[22]; 19. 19-Paul Krawec[20]; 20. (DNF) 1JT-Justin Tougas[10]; 21. (DNF) 12K-Chase Kivi[19]; 22. (DQ) 55-Carter Wieringa[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[7]; 2. 24-Andrew Piilo[2]; 3. 96W-Darren Wolframe[5]; 4. 22-Tyson Waller[3]; 5. 17A-David Mitchell[1]; 6. 555-Johnny Staal[8]; 7. 12K-Chase Kivi[6]; 8. (DNF) 21-Nate Owen[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[7]; 2. 426-Brendan Makkinga[4]; 3. 1JT-Justin Tougas[2]; 4. 49-Derek Ross[1]; 5. 17-Don Mitchell[3]; 6. 19-Paul Krawec[5]; 7. 29-Ricky Reid[8]; 8. (DNF) 3B-BJ Kapush[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[7]; 2. 35-Nathan Henny[4]; 3. 07-Colt Germain[5]; 4. 32-Cory Ward[6]; 5. 23-Steven Piilo[8]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[1]; 7. S13-Mike Stover[2]; 8. (DNF) T53-Sacha Torkkeli[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[3]; 2. 88-Steven Hitchman[1]; 3. 9-Sam Williamson[2]; 4. 55-Carter Wieringa[4]; 5. 73-Freddy Henny[7]; 6. 25-Kathryn Stieh[8]; 7. 16-Teagan Britten[5]; 8. (DNF) 27-Chris Daze[6]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 23-Steven Piilo[2]; 2. 12K-Chase Kivi[5]; 3. 17A-David Mitchell[1]; 4. 555-Johnny Staal[3]; 5. 2-Charlie Merkley[4]; 6. S13-Mike Stover[6]; 7. (DNF) T53-Sacha Torkkeli[8]; 8. (DNS) 21-Nate Owen

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 25-Kathryn Stieh[4]; 2. 19-Paul Krawec[3]; 3. 17-Don Mitchell[1]; 4. 73-Freddy Henny[2]; 5. 16-Teagan Britten[6]; 6. (DNF) 3B-BJ Kapush[7]; 7. (DNS) 27-Chris Daze; 8. (DNS) 29-Ricky Reid

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[3]; 2. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[2]; 3. 26B-Rick Breukelman[6]; 4. 57-Spencer Smith[9]; 5. 34-Selena Owen[4]; 6. 09-Joshua Kruzel[8]; 7. 37-Connor Danylko[11]; 8. 23-Jimmy Owen[10]; 9. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[5]; 10. 95-Kristina Moro[1]; 11. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[7]; 12. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[13]; 13. (DNF) 26-Sam Bolt[12]; 14. (DNS) 69-Rick Reid

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[7]; 2. 26B-Rick Breukelman[1]; 3. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[4]; 4. 09-Joshua Kruzel[3]; 5. 57-Spencer Smith[5]; 6. 37-Connor Danylko[2]; 7. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 34-Selena Owen[1]; 2. 95-Kristina Moro[3]; 3. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[4]; 4. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[6]; 5. 23-Jimmy Owen[7]; 6. 26-Sam Bolt[5]; 7. (DNF) 69-Rick Reid[2]