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Copp claims a cool grand for Mod win while Americans and Canadians split the rest of the Thunder City mains

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (August 20) - A large field of racers were on hand Wednesday night in Thunder Bay, as Thunder City Speedway hosted a WISSOTA Modified special paying $1,000 to the winner, and national point chasing brought several States-based racers across the border.

Brandon Copp, Joey Jensen and Kolton Brauer scored victories from the U.S. contingent, while Cole Chernosky and Spencer Smith protected their home turf and took trips to victory lane.

Smith started in the third row of WISSOTA Hornets, made his way past race leader Rick Breukelman just before the midpoint of the race, and then drove on to net his fifth win at the track in 2025. Breukelman, who led the first four laps, had to settle for runner-up honors behind Smith. Sam Bolt, Selena Owen and Kristina Moro completed the top five.

Jamie Davis was the early leader in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, holding command over the field for the first two-thirds of the race. Jensen, who continues seeking important national point shows, moved in for the lead and the duo had a spirited battle for several laps before Jensen gained control around lap 12. He led the remainder of the race for his 23rd Mid Mod victory of the season overall. Davis, eighth-starter David Simpson, Trenton Woodbeck and Rob Groom completed the top five.

Chernosky led from start to finish in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, crossing under the checkered flag with just shy of a 2 second lead ahead of Rick Simpson. Tyler Kostecki, Shawn Polonoski and Jeremy Britten were top-five finishers.

In the WISSOTA Modifieds, Copp started from the pole and was the early leader following a first-lap caution. Copp had heavy pressure from Cole Chernosky and Dave Cain through several cautions, but he prevailed to take the victory. Cain powered past Chernosky in the final turn to gain second at the stripe, while Chernosky was third ahead of Curtis Stieh and David Simpson in the top five.

Trey Hess was the early leader in the WISSOTA Street Stock feature, controlling the first half of the race before eighth-starter Brauer picked his way forward from the fourth row and into the lead at the mid point. He continued to hold the top spot through the remaining laps and had a half-second advantage ahead of Kyle Bolt to take the victory. Bolt, 10th-starter Darren Wolframe, A.J. Kellar and Hess were top-five finishers.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[5]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[6]; 4. 32C-Curtis Stieh[7]; 5. 70-David Simpson[4]; 6. 40-Tanner Henderson[10]; 7. 51-Joel Cryderman[2]; 8. T23-John Toppozini[9]; 9. 07-Jeremy Britten[11]; 10. 15-Adam Dennhardt[17]; 11. 7M-Wagner Macleod[12]; 12. 66X-Denny Trimble[13]; 13. 007-Allan Hyand[16]; 14. 24-Jarrett Dowell[15]; 15. (DNF) 97-Mark Earl[14]; 16. (DNF) 27-Scott McKinnon[3]; 17. (DNF) 9M-Riley Matthews[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[2]; 2. 51-Joel Cryderman[3]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]; 4. 9M-Riley Matthews[8]; 5. T23-John Toppozini[9]; 6. 07-Jeremy Britten[4]; 7. 66X-Denny Trimble[5]; 8. 24-Jarrett Dowell[7]; 9. 15-Adam Dennhardt[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Scott McKinnon[2]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[5]; 4. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]; 5. 40-Tanner Henderson[4]; 6. 7M-Wagner Macleod[3]; 7. 97-Mark Earl[6]; 8. 007-Allan Hyand[7]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

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

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Larry Both[5]; 2. 0-Jeremy Britten[2]; 3. 15G-Andrew Groom[8]; 4. 498-Tanner House[6]; 5. 2-Carson Bamford[7]; 6. 24-Joshua Oleksuk[4]; 7. 518-Mike Plas[1]; 8. 207-Tj Lynch[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Rick Simpson[1]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 3. 316-Shawn Polonoski[4]; 4. 36-Tyler Kostecki[3]; 5. 22R-Nathan Roy[8]; 6. 37A-Danny Young[7]; 7. 51-Aaron Sacek[6]; 8. (DNF) 37-John Garrity[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis[1]; 3. 70-David Simpson[8]; 4. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[2]; 5. 17-Rob Groom[7]; 6. M17-Matthew Mitchell[16]; 7. 87-William Moelter[6]; 8. 14C-Colby Petrunak[4]; 9. 8X-Michael Shalley[11]; 10. 18-Hunter Brink[12]; 11. 32C-Curtis Stieh[10]; 12. 2-Dan Tocheri[9]; 13. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[17]; 14. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[13]; 15. 89-Kolby Reed[19]; 16. 3D-Kevin Monteith[15]; 17. 27B-Dave DeVente[18]; 18. 99J-John Coppock[5]; 19. (DNF) 88-Andrew Opas[14]; 20. (DNS) 44-Bryce Melanson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[6]; 2. 99J-John Coppock[1]; 3. 2-Dan Tocheri[2]; 4. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[9]; 5. 6-Joel Macleod[7]; 6. 47-Don Craig[3]; 7. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[10]; 8. 99D-Ben DeFoy[4]; 9. 89-Kolby Reed[8]; 10. 11-Kevin Armstrong[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Trenton Woodbeck[5]; 2. 14C-Colby Petrunak[2]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]; 4. 88-Andrew Opas[1]; 5. 27B-Dave DeVente[3]; 6. 44-Bryce Melanson[9]; 7. 17K-David Kivi[7]; 8. 66-Bill Speak[10]; 9. M20-Travis MacArthur[8]; 10. (DNF) 57JR-Robert Squitti[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Jamie Davis[1]; 2. 87-William Moelter[2]; 3. 8X-Michael Shalley[8]; 4. 3D-Kevin Monteith[6]; 5. 67-Glen Brown[3]; 6. 95-Connor Moro[5]; 7. 56-Keith LaPlante[9]; 8. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[4]; 9. 5JR-William Milne Jr[7]; 10. (DNF) 317-Austin Polonoski[10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Rob Groom[7]; 2. 70-David Simpson[8]; 3. 18-Hunter Brink[1]; 4. M17-Matthew Mitchell[6]; 5. E87-Emerson Maxwell[3]; 6. 22R-Nathan Roy[9]; 7. 267-Bill Jeffers[4]; 8. 13-Ted Horst[2]; 9. 03-Jami Oshust; 10. (DNF) 15K-Jeff Kelly[5]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[5]; 2. 89-Kolby Reed[9]; 3. 47-Don Craig[3]; 4. 95-Connor Moro[4]; 5. 11-Kevin Armstrong[11]; 6. 317-Austin Polonoski[12]; 7. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[8]; 8. 56-Keith LaPlante[6]; 9. 5JR-William Milne Jr[10]; 10. (DNF) 99D-Ben DeFoy[7]; 11. (DNF) 67-Glen Brown[2]; 12. (DNF) 6-Joel Macleod[1]

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27B-Dave DeVente[1]; 2. 44-Bryce Melanson[3]; 3. 17K-David Kivi[5]; 4. 22R-Nathan Roy[4]; 5. 66-Bill Speak[7]; 6. E87-Emerson Maxwell[2]; 7. 13-Ted Horst[8]; 8. 03-Jami Oshust[10]; 9. 57JR-Robert Squitti[11]; 10. 267-Bill Jeffers[6]; 11. M20-Travis MacArthur[9]; 12. 15K-Jeff Kelly[12]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 34J-Kolton Brauer[8]; 2. 77-Kyle Bolt[3]; 3. 96W-Darren Wolframe[10]; 4. 54X-AJ Kellar[7]; 5. 4-Trey Hess[4]; 6. 32-Cory Ward[19]; 7. 22-Tyson Waller[6]; 8. 25-Kathryn Stieh[12]; 9. 17A-David Mitchell[16]; 10. 35-Nathan Henny[2]; 11. 55-Carter Wieringa[1]; 12. 555-Johnny Staal[13]; 13. 9E-Cameron Ellis[17]; 14. 3B-BJ Kapush[11]; 15. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[15]; 16. (DNF) 21-Nate Owen[5]; 17. (DNF) 426-Brendan Makkinga[18]; 18. (DNF) 12K-Chase Kivi[9]; 19. (DNF) 1JT-Justin Tougas[14]; 20. (DNS) 6R-Spencer Reid

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Tyson Waller[6]; 2. 54X-AJ Kellar[8]; 3. 12K-Chase Kivi[1]; 4. 555-Johnny Staal[3]; 5. 6R-Spencer Reid[2]; 6. 426-Brendan Makkinga[7]; 7. 203-Greg DuPont[5]; 8. 2-Charlie Merkley[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 2. 34J-Kolton Brauer[4]; 3. 96W-Darren Wolframe[7]; 4. 1JT-Justin Tougas[2]; 5. 9E-Cameron Ellis[3]; 6. 32-Cory Ward[5]; 7. 19-Paul Krawec[1]; 8. 9-Sam Williamson[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Carter Wieringa[2]; 2. 35-Nathan Henny[5]; 3. 3B-BJ Kapush[6]; 4. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[7]; 5. 317-Austin Polonoski[1]; 6. 16-Teagan Britten[3]; 7. 50S-Amanda Smith[8]; 8. (DNF) 24-Andrew Piilo[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[6]; 2. 21-Nate Owen[4]; 3. 25-Kathryn Stieh[2]; 4. 17A-David Mitchell[5]; 5. 17-Don Mitchell[3]; 6. 88-Steven Hitchman[7]; 7. 73-Freddy Henny[1]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9E-Cameron Ellis[2]; 2. 426-Brendan Makkinga[5]; 3. 32-Cory Ward[6]; 4. 6R-Spencer Reid[1]; 5. 17-Don Mitchell[4]; 6. 88-Steven Hitchman[8]; 7. 19-Paul Krawec[10]; 8. 24-Andrew Piilo[15]; 9. 16-Teagan Britten[7]; 10. 9-Sam Williamson[14]; 11. 203-Greg DuPont[9]; 12. 2-Charlie Merkley[13]; 13. 73-Freddy Henny[12]; 14. 50S-Amanda Smith[11]; 15. (DNF) 317-Austin Polonoski[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

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

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 34-Selena Owen[4]; 2. 57-Spencer Smith[1]; 3. 95-Kristina Moro[5]; 4. 11-Carrie Allen[3]; 5. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[7]; 6. 37-Connor Danylko[6]; 7. M11-Merissa Currie[2]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Sam Bolt[3]; 2. 5-Hunter Marshall[1]; 3. 26B-Rick Breukelman[2]; 4. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[5]; 5. 23-Jimmy Owen[7]; 6. 21D-Dayla Haliuk[4]; 7. 09-Joshua Kruzel[6]