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Simpson scores first-ever “big” Mod win at Thunder City and Chernosky doubles up, with fenders and without

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (July 16) - Cole Chernosky doubled up on victories Wednesday, July 16 at Thunder City Speedway and David Simpson did the same - including winning his first-ever WISSOTA Modified feature.

Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners at the Thunder Bay oval included Kyle Bolt and Selena Owen.

In the WISSOTA Modified makeup feature from June 25, Simpson started on the pole and ran second for much of the race. With two laps to go, he made the pass on race-long leader Scott McKinnon to take the lead and drove on to the victory. McKinnon had to settle for second, sixth-starter Brandon Copp was third, Riley Matthews was fourth and Joel Cryderman rounded out the top five.

In the regularly scheduled Modified A-main, Chernosky started fourth and worked his way to the front early, taking the lead around lap three and commanding the field from there to the checkered flag. He was chased across the stripe by Curtis Stieh, ninth-starter McKinnon, eighth-starter Simpson and Cryderman in the top five.

Simpson started outside the second row in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, working into the lead with a handful of laps complete after a side-by-side battle with national point leader Tyler Vernon. He kept Vernon at bay from there on out, taking the checkered flag. Vernon, Stieh, Michael Shalley and Tanner Ulakovic were top-five finishers.

Chernosky started from the pole in the WISSOTA Super Stocks and held sway from flag to flag to garner the win. Seventh-starter Rick Simpson improved five spots to second, Nathan Roy was third, Andrew Groom was fourth, and Shawn Polonoski completed the top five.

Kyle Bolt topped the WISSOTA Street Stock feature from his fourth starting spot. He took the lead during lap two and never looked back en route to the win, holding a little more than .6 of a second-lead ahead of national title contender Kolton Brauer in second. Trey Hess, A.J. Kellar and Darren Wolframe completed the top five.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, Owen won her third feature in a row at Thunder City, taking the lead for good with a couple laps left and hanging on by a scant .027 of a second ahead of Jesse Owen to net the checkered flag. Martin Bolt, Spencer Smith and ninth-starter Jaxson Gregory completed the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

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

Makeup Feature (6-25): A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[1]; 2. 27-Scott McKinnon[2]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp[6]; 4. 9M-Riley Matthews[4]; 5. 51-Joel Cryderman[7]; 6. T23-John Toppozini[12]; 7. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 8. 15-Adam Dennhardt[3]; 9. 07-Jeremy Britten[10]; 10. 32C-Curtis Stieh[8]; 11. 40-Tanner Henderson[9]; 12. 24-Jarrett Dowell[13]; 13. (DNF) 73-Jeff Helget[14]; 14. (DNS) 007-Shawn Liddicoat

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Adam Dennhardt[2]; 2. 07-Jeremy Britten[1]; 3. 51-Joel Cryderman[3]; 4. 9M-Riley Matthews[5]; 5. 27-Scott McKinnon[7]; 6. 73-Jeff Helget[4]; 7. 22-Brandon Copp[6]; 8. 24-Jarrett Dowell[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[2]; 3. 70-David Simpson[5]; 4. 32C-Curtis Stieh[7]; 5. 40-Tanner Henderson[6]; 6. 7M-Wagner Macleod[3]; 7. 1-Greg Foglia[4]; 8. 007-Allan Hyand[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

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

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Rick Simpson[2]; 2. 316-Shawn Polonoski[4]; 3. 498-Tanner House[1]; 4. 22R-Nathan Roy[5]; 5. 36-Tyler Kostecki[6]; 6. 51-Aaron Sacek[7]; 7. 207-Tj Lynch[9]; 8. 19-Larry Both[3]; 9. (DNF) 124-Simon Hachez[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 2. 15G-Andrew Groom[1]; 3. 37A-Danny Young[3]; 4. 37-John Garrity[2]; 5. 219-Ryan House[7]; 6. 0-Jeremy Britten[6]; 7. 518-Mike Plas[8]; 8. (DNF) 24-Joshua Oleksuk[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[4]; 2. 41-Tyler Vernon[1]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[9]; 4. 8X-Michael Shalley[8]; 5. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[2]; 6. 3D-Kevin Monteith[6]; 7. 18-Hunter Brink[11]; 8. M17-Matthew Mitchell[5]; 9. 2-Dan Tocheri[12]; 10. 89-Kolby Reed[18]; 11. 22R-Nathan Roy[10]; 12. 17-Rob Groom[14]; 13. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[3]; 14. 723-Wayne deBruin[7]; 15. 26-Paul Hari[13]; 16. 27B-Dave DeVente[19]; 17. 67-Glen Brown[15]; 18. 14C-Colby Petrunak[16]; 19. 44-Bryce Melanson[20]; 20. (DQ) 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. M17-Matthew Mitchell[3]; 2. 723-Wayne deBruin[1]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[10]; 4. 26-Paul Hari[5]; 5. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[9]; 6. 66-Bill Speak[4]; 7. 18W-Brad Walker[2]; 8. (DNF) 97-Mark Earl[7]; 9. (DNF) 56-Keith LaPlante[8]; 10. (DNF) 27B-Dave DeVente[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[2]; 2. 41-Tyler Vernon[9]; 3. 22R-Nathan Roy[4]; 4. 17-Rob Groom[8]; 5. 89-Kolby Reed[7]; 6. 99J-John Coppock[5]; 7. 57JR-Robert Squitti[6]; 8. 32S-Connor Stieh[1]; 9. (DQ) 6-Joel Macleod[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[3]; 2. 8X-Michael Shalley[7]; 3. 18-Hunter Brink[6]; 4. 67-Glen Brown[1]; 5. 267-Bill Jeffers[5]; 6. M20-Travis MacArthur[9]; 7. 95-Connor Moro[2]; 8. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[8]; 9. (DNF) 17K-David Kivi[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[8]; 2. 3D-Kevin Monteith[4]; 3. 2-Dan Tocheri[1]; 4. 14C-Colby Petrunak[7]; 5. 44-Bryce Melanson[6]; 6. 5JR-William Milne Jr[9]; 7. 13-Ted Horst[5]; 8. (DNF) 99D-Ben DeFoy[3]; 9. (DNF) 47-Don Craig[2]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[1]; 2. 27B-Dave DeVente[11]; 3. 66-Bill Speak[3]; 4. 95-Connor Moro[6]; 5. 56-Keith LaPlante[9]; 6. 267-Bill Jeffers[2]; 7. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[8]; 8. (DNF) M20-Travis MacArthur[4]; 9. (DNF) 18W-Brad Walker[5]; 10. (DNF) 17K-David Kivi[10]; 11. (DNS) 97-Mark Earl

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Kolby Reed[1]; 2. 44-Bryce Melanson[2]; 3. 99J-John Coppock[3]; 4. 6-Joel Macleod[9]; 5. 57JR-Robert Squitti[5]; 6. 13-Ted Horst[6]; 7. 32S-Connor Stieh[7]; 8. 5JR-William Milne Jr[4]; 9. (DNS) 47-Don Craig; 10. (DNS) 99D-Ben DeFoy

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[4]; 2. 34J-Kolton Brauer[3]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[2]; 4. 54X-AJ Kellar[6]; 5. 96W-Darren Wolframe[7]; 6. 32-Cory Ward[9]; 7. 88-Steven Hitchman[1]; 8. 22-Tyson Waller[10]; 9. 426-Brendan Makkinga[5]; 10. 35-Nathan Henny[11]; 11. 24-Andrew Piilo[17]; 12. 17A-David Mitchell[8]; 13. 21-Nate Owen[20]; 14. 12K-Chase Kivi[13]; 15. 25-Kathryn Stieh[19]; 16. 49-Derek Ross[12]; 17. 3B-BJ Kapush[16]; 18. 19-Paul Krawec[22]; 19. (DNF) 555-Johnny Staal[21]; 20. (DNF) 317-Austin Polonoski[18]; 21. (DNF) 1JT-Justin Tougas[14]; 22. (DNF) 55-Carter Wieringa[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96W-Darren Wolframe[4]; 2. 17A-David Mitchell[1]; 3. 32-Cory Ward[2]; 4. 12K-Chase Kivi[3]; 5. 9-Jack Williamson[6]; 6. 25-Kathryn Stieh[7]; 7. 24-Andrew Piilo[8]; 8. 27-Chris Daze[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[2]; 2. 77-Kyle Bolt[3]; 3. 22-Tyson Waller[4]; 4. 1JT-Justin Tougas[6]; 5. 19-Paul Krawec[5]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[1]; 7. 21-Nate Owen[7]; 8. 50S-Amanda Smith[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[6]; 2. 88-Steven Hitchman[1]; 3. 35-Nathan Henny[4]; 4. 55-Carter Wieringa[2]; 5. 12SB-Scott Gregory[7]; 6. 17-Don Mitchell[3]; 7. (DNF) 555-Johnny Staal[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[4]; 2. 426-Brendan Makkinga[5]; 3. 49-Derek Ross[2]; 4. 3B-BJ Kapush[3]; 5. 317-Austin Polonoski[1]; 6. 29-Ricky Reid[7]; 7. 16-Teagan Britten[6]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Andrew Piilo[5]; 2. 25-Kathryn Stieh[3]; 3. 555-Johnny Staal[6]; 4. 12SB-Scott Gregory[2]; 5. 9-Jack Williamson[1]; 6. 17-Don Mitchell[4]; 7. (DNS) 27-Chris Daze

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 317-Austin Polonoski[2]; 2. 21-Nate Owen[5]; 3. 19-Paul Krawec[1]; 4. 2-Charlie Merkley[3]; 5. 29-Ricky Reid[4]; 6. 16-Teagan Britten[6]; 7. 50S-Amanda Smith[7]

WISSOTA Hornets:

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

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Owen[1]; 2. 34-Selena Owen[8]; 3. 5-Hunter Marshall[2]; 4. 26B-Rick Breukelman[3]; 5. 12SB-Jaxon Gregory[5]; 6. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[6]; 7. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[7]; 8. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Martin Bolt[4]; 2. 57-Spencer Smith[2]; 3. 23-Jimmy Owen[6]; 4. 37-Connor Danylko[7]; 5. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[3]; 6. 09-Joshua Kruzel[5]; 7. (DNF) M11-Merissa Currie[1]