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Smith, Hess, Vernon, Chernosky and Stieh steal the thunder from rivals Thursday at Thunder City Speedway

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (August 28) - Curtis Stieh, Cole Chernosky, Tyler Vernon, Spencer Smith and Trey Hess won in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Thursday night at Thunder City Speedway. The Thunder Bay, Ontario race track held a regular night of action on their rain date, following poor weather on Wednesday.

Stieh picked his way forward from eighth on the grid to the lead with just over a handful of laps to go in the WISSOTA Modified feature. Scott McKinnon finished in second ahead of Brandon Copp, Tyler Vernon and Cole Chernosky in the top five.

Patience was Vernon’s virtue in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, as he worked his way forward from seventh and took over out front for good around lap eight. His advantage at the checkered flag was just under 3 seconds ahead of William Moelter. Kolby Reed, Kevin Monteith and 11th-starter Matthew Mitchell completed the top five.

Chernosky scored the WISSOTA Super Stock victory Thursday, holding off the charge of 15th-starter Rick Simpson for the win. Nathan Roy, 16th-starter Andrew Groom and Danny Young rounded out the top five.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Hess capitalized on his front-row starting spot and after a mid-race battle with sixth-starter Kyle Bolt for the lead, secured the top spot for good with around a handful of laps left to get the victory. Bolt was second, AJ Kellar was third, 16th-starter Brendan Makkinga was fourth and Darren Wolframe, who started 15th, finished fifth.

Spencer Smith continued his recent domination of the WISSOTA Hornet class at Thunder City, garnering the victory ahead of Rick Breukelman, Jimmy Owen, Martin Bolt and 16th-starter Curtis Oleksuk in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32C-Curtis Stieh[8]; 2. 27-Scott McKinnon[2]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 4. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[7]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky[6]; 6. 9M-Riley Matthews[10]; 7. T23-John Toppozini[11]; 8. 40-Tanner Henderson[1]; 9. 51-Joel Cryderman[3]; 10. 73-Jeff Helget[14]; 11. 15-Adam Dennhardt[5]; 12. 3D-Kevin Monteith[9]; 13. 24-Jarrett Dowell[12]; 14. 07-Jeremy Britten[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Tanner Henderson[1]; 2. 32C-Curtis Stieh[5]; 3. 27-Scott McKinnon[4]; 4. 15-Adam Dennhardt[3]; 5. 3D-Kevin Monteith[7]; 6. T23-John Toppozini[2]; 7. 07-Jeremy Britten[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 3. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[2]; 4. 51-Joel Cryderman[6]; 5. 9M-Riley Matthews[7]; 6. 24-Jarrett Dowell[4]; 7. 73-Jeff Helget[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[3]; 2. 77-Rick Simpson[15]; 3. 22R-Nathan Roy[1]; 4. 15G-Andrew Groom[16]; 5. 37A-Danny Young[2]; 6. 0-Jeremy Britten[4]; 7. 316-Shawn Polonoski[8]; 8. 498-Tanner House[9]; 9. 2-Carson Bamford[6]; 10. 61-Tom Smart[12]; 11. 51-Aaron Sacek[11]; 12. (DNF) 207-Tj Lynch[13]; 13. (DNF) 36-Tyler Kostecki[7]; 14. (DNF) 24-Joshua Oleksuk[10]; 15. (DNF) 518-Mike Plas[14]; 16. (DNF) 19-Larry Both[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 316-Shawn Polonoski[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 3. 37A-Danny Young[3]; 4. 36-Tyler Kostecki[8]; 5. 498-Tanner House[4]; 6. 51-Aaron Sacek[1]; 7. (DNF) 77-Rick Simpson[6]; 8. (DNF) 15G-Andrew Groom[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22R-Nathan Roy[2]; 2. 2-Carson Bamford[3]; 3. 19-Larry Both[8]; 4. 0-Jeremy Britten[4]; 5. 24-Joshua Oleksuk[1]; 6. 61-Tom Smart[7]; 7. 207-Tj Lynch[6]; 8. 518-Mike Plas[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 2. 87-William Moelter[4]; 3. 89-Kolby Reed[1]; 4. 3D-Kevin Monteith[2]; 5. M17-Matthew Mitchell[11]; 6. 32C-Curtis Stieh[5]; 7. 10D-Patrick Davis[12]; 8. 8X-Michael Shalley[3]; 9. 17-Rob Groom[9]; 10. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[8]; 11. 6-Joel Macleod[19]; 12. 47-Don Craig[13]; 13. 723-Wayne deBruin[15]; 14. 2-Dan Tocheri[14]; 15. 14C-Colby Petrunak[10]; 16. 22R-Nathan Roy[18]; 17. 67-Glen Brown[20]; 18. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[17]; 19. (DNF) 17K-David Kivi[16]; 20. (DNF) 18-Hunter Brink[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8X-Michael Shalley[1]; 2. 3D-Kevin Monteith[2]; 3. 17-Rob Groom[6]; 4. 47-Don Craig[9]; 5. 99D-Ben DeFoy[4]; 6. 26-Paul Hari[5]; 7. 99J-John Coppock[7]; 8. 57JR-Robert Squitti[8]; 9. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-William Moelter[6]; 2. 18-Hunter Brink[2]; 3. 14C-Colby Petrunak[5]; 4. 2-Dan Tocheri[3]; 5. 67-Glen Brown[7]; 6. 66-Bill Speak[4]; 7. 56-Keith LaPlante[9]; 8. (DNF) 95-Connor Moro[8]; 9. (DNF) 6-Joel Macleod[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32C-Curtis Stieh[1]; 2. 41-Tyler Vernon[6]; 3. M17-Matthew Mitchell[9]; 4. 723-Wayne deBruin[7]; 5. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[8]; 6. 32S-Connor Stieh[5]; 7. 03-Jami Oshust[4]; 8. E87-Emerson Maxwell[2]; 9. (DQ) 980-Andrew Opas[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Kolby Reed[2]; 2. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[3]; 3. 10D-Patrick Davis[5]; 4. 17K-David Kivi[7]; 5. 22R-Nathan Roy[4]; 6. 267-Bill Jeffers[1]; 7. 44-Bryce Melanson[8]; 8. 16-Brad Bohonis[6]; 9. 11-Kevin Armstrong[9]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[2]; 2. 6-Joel Macleod[10]; 3. 26-Paul Hari[3]; 4. 99D-Ben DeFoy[1]; 5. 99J-John Coppock[5]; 6. 32S-Connor Stieh[4]; 7. 57JR-Robert Squitti[7]; 8. 03-Jami Oshust[6]; 9. 16-Brad Bohonis[8]; 10. (DNS) 11-Kevin Armstrong

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22R-Nathan Roy[2]; 2. 67-Glen Brown[1]; 3. 66-Bill Speak[3]; 4. 56-Keith LaPlante[5]; 5. 95-Connor Moro[9]; 6. 267-Bill Jeffers[4]; 7. 980-Andrew Opas[10]; 8. 44-Bryce Melanson[6]; 9. 46B-Addy Beerthuizen[8]; 10. (DNS) E87-Emerson Maxwell

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[2]; 2. 77-Kyle Bolt[6]; 3. 54X-AJ Kellar[4]; 4. 426-Brendan Makkinga[16]; 5. 96W-Darren Wolframe[15]; 6. 35-Nathan Henny[18]; 7. 32-Cory Ward[3]; 8. 9E-Cameron Ellis[17]; 9. 25-Kathryn Stieh[14]; 10. 1JT-Justin Tougas[8]; 11. 19-Paul Krawec[12]; 12. 21-Nate Owen[9]; 13. 24-Andrew Piilo[19]; 14. 17A-David Mitchell[10]; 15. 203-Rob Ranttalo[5]; 16. 12SB-Scott Gregory[11]; 17. (DNF) 22-Tyson Waller[1]; 18. (DNF) 555-Johnny Staal[7]; 19. (DNF) 17-Don Mitchell[13]; 20. (DNF) 88-Steven Hitchman[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1JT-Justin Tougas[1]; 2. 32-Cory Ward[5]; 3. 21-Nate Owen[7]; 4. 17-Don Mitchell[3]; 5. 9E-Cameron Ellis[6]; 6. 12K-Chase Kivi[8]; 7. 55-Carter Wieringa[4]; 8. (DNF) 50S-Amanda Smith[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Tyson Waller[4]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 3. 17A-David Mitchell[3]; 4. 25-Kathryn Stieh[6]; 5. 24-Andrew Piilo[2]; 6. 35-Nathan Henny[7]; 7. 3B-BJ Kapush[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[1]; 2. 555-Johnny Staal[3]; 3. 12SB-Scott Gregory[6]; 4. 96W-Darren Wolframe[4]; 5. 49-Derek Ross[2]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[5]; 7. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Kyle Bolt[2]; 2. 203-Rob Ranttalo[3]; 3. 19-Paul Krawec[6]; 4. 426-Brendan Makkinga[7]; 5. 88-Steven Hitchman[5]; 6. 9-Jack Williamson[4]; 7. 16-Teagan Britten[1]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9E-Cameron Ellis[1]; 2. 35-Nathan Henny[6]; 3. 24-Andrew Piilo[2]; 4. 88-Steven Hitchman[4]; 5. 3B-BJ Kapush[10]; 6. 2-Charlie Merkley[7]; 7. 12K-Chase Kivi[5]; 8. T53-Sacha Torkkeli[11]; 9. 16-Teagan Britten[12]; 10. 55-Carter Wieringa[9]; 11. 50S-Amanda Smith[13]; 12. (DNF) 9-Jack Williamson[8]; 13. (DNF) 49-Derek Ross[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 57-Spencer Smith[3]; 2. 26B-Rick Breukelman[1]; 3. 23-Jimmy Owen[5]; 4. 26-Martin Bolt[6]; 5. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[16]; 6. 34-Selena Owen[9]; 7. 37-Connor Danylko[7]; 8. 95-Kristina Moro[8]; 9. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[2]; 10. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[4]; 11. M11-Merissa Currie[12]; 12. 5-Hunter Marshall[13]; 13. 21D-Dayla Rose[15]; 14. 23J-Jesse Owen[14]; 15. (DNF) 09-Joshua Kruzel[11]; 16. (DNS) 11-Carrie Allen

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 23-Jimmy Owen[3]; 2. 37-Connor Danylko[2]; 3. 6JR-Taylor Scaffeo[1]; 4. 26B-Rick Breukelman[5]; 5. 34-Selena Owen[6]; 6. 09-Joshua Kruzel[8]; 7. 5-Hunter Marshall[7]; 8. 21D-Dayla Rose[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 95-Kristina Moro[1]; 2. 57-Spencer Smith[2]; 3. 26-Martin Bolt[5]; 4. 10K-Kathleen Speaker[6]; 5. 11-Carrie Allen[7]; 6. M11-Merissa Currie[8]; 7. 23J-Jesse Owen[3]; 8. 205-Curtis Oleksuk[4]