With inclement weather plaguing the beginning of the Ontario grass roots stock car racing season the completed race events across Ontario to this point have been few, but already there is immense excitement over the chase for the Lucas Cup.
At Delaware Speedway in London, Pete Vanderywst and Cole Pearn in the new-style chassis and crate engine package have dominated the racing, leaving defending track champion Scott Lindsay in the wonder.
Lindsay, along with a large portion of the racing field, is giving a long hard look at the new equipment combination that is reported to be a less expensive total package than that run in the past – the biggest savings coming from the new crate engine, a 400+ horsepower motor that retails for approximately $7000. Delaware Speedway continues to move forward in its first transition year, developing a rules package for the Late Models that will bring their equipment in line with the rest of the WWS tracks.
At Lucas Oil Flamboro Speedway in Hamilton, the hometown heroes have been the dominant force. Terry King and Scott Lyons, both hailing from Westover just minutes from the race track, have split the first two feature wins of the season. Lyons, a multi-time Late Model champion at Flamboro, won the first on May 7th, and King, whose racing persona goes by the name ‘Mr. Excitement’ won the second on May 21st. David Elliott, of past Canadian Vintage Modified fame, has burst onto the scene at the start of this season with solid top five finishes and a great start in the WWS standings.
At Barrie Speedway defending track champion John Gaunt has found great competition in Tyler Hawn, and Darin Malcolm. Malcolm, who picked up his first feature of the season at the first of Barrie’s double header on May 21-22, is the son of multi-time Barrie Speedway champion Brian Malcolm.
The younger would love to claim a spot in track history by winning a championship like his father. Even with just a couple weeks in the books, the new Barrie Speedway ‘tri-oval’ is picking up excellent reviews. A different configuration than any other Ontario speedway, the new layout provides fast, close races – it is not uncommon to see the top two cars battle for the lead side by side for many laps.
At Sunset Speedway in Stroud ‘Quick’ Vic Parsons and defending champion Ken Bemrose have split the feature wins, revisiting their battles of the past season. Parsons has been a fan favourite to win the first WWS title, based on his many years of experience and passion for the sport.
At Peterborough Speedway Ton Tiemersma owns the only feature race of the season. Peterborough suffered through rain again this past week, leaving defending champion Craig Graham to continue plotting his return to victory lane after a third place finish on opening night.
Mosport Speedway of Bowmanville, and Kawartha Speedway of Fraserville, have yet to run in 2005. Mosport has been forced to cancel two shows due to inclement weather, while Kawartha will attempt to open its gates for the first time this weekend.
For the best in grassroots stock car racing be sure to check out the Lucas Oil Weekend Warrior Series track nearest you!
Friday, May 27
7:00pm Delaware Speedway, London
7:00pm Kawartha Speedway, Fraserville
Saturday, May 28
6:30pm Lucas Oil Flamboro Speedway, Hamilton
6:30pm Mosport Speedway, Bowmanville
7:00pm Barrie Speedway, Barrie
7:00pm Peterborough Speedway, Peterborough
7:00pm Sunset Speedway, Stroud
POINT STANDINGS
Points as per results received May 26, 2005 4:00pm.‘Top 9’ positions are ‘reserved’.
Conference A
(Delaware – Kawartha – Flamboro)
1. Pete Vanderywst – Delaware 246.75 points
2. Cole Pearn – Delaware 232.4
3. Scott Lindsay – Delaware 203.43
4. Scott Lyons – Flamboro 137.5
5. David Elliott – Flamboro 134
6. Jeff Stewart – Flamboro 133
7. Kawartha (RESERVED)
8. Kawartha (RESERVED)
9. Kawartha (RESERVED)
10. Ron Sheridan – Delaware 189.07
11. Sean Dupuis – Delaware 180.71
12. Andrew Thompson – Delaware 165.9
13. Doug Stewart – Delaware 163.61
14. Jason Hathaway – Delaware 147.42
15. Abe Harder – Delaware 140.22
16. Jay Doerr – Delaware 138.23
17. Jay Christie – Delaware 133.02
18. Terry King – Flamboro 127.5
19. Dale Timmermans – Delaware 126.73
20. Kevin Trevellin – Delaware 118.85
21. Jason Wood – Delaware 116.49
22. Greg Cox – Flamboro 115
23. Kevin Benish – Flamboro 114
24. Rob Fletcher – Delaware 113.23
25. Jim Sweers – Flamboro 104.5
26. Mark Burbridge – Flamboro 97.5
27. Adam Quarrie – Delaware 92.02
28. Steve Laking – Flamboro 89.5
29. Gary Elliott – Flamboro 89
30. Dave Baker – Flamboro 80.5
31. Tony Bawden – Delaware 80.15
32. Simon Wild – Flamboro 76
33. Todd Campbell – Flamboro 71.5
34. Paul Howse – Flamboro 70
35. Jim Bowman – Flamboro 60.5
36. Shane Gowan – Flamboro 51.5
37. Dave Bennett – Flamboro 47
38. Scott Gibson – Flamboro 40
39. Dion Verhoeven – Delaware 33.19
40. Shawn McGlynn – Delaware 29.37
41. Jason Shaw – Flamboro 27.5
42. Josh Fantin – Delaware 25.02
43. Roy Wilkie – Delaware 2.67
Conference B
(Barrie – Mosport – Peterborough – Sunset)
1. John Gaunt – Barrie 255.08 points
2. Tim Watson – Barrie 239.41
3. Tyler Hawn – Barrie 235.4
4. Vic Parsons – Sunset 216.25
5. Paul Milligan – Sunset 189.92
6. Ron Quesnelle – Sunset 146.59
7. Tony Tiemersma – Peterborough 55
8. John Baker – Peterborough 49
9. Craig Graham – Peterborough 46
10. Tom Walters – Barrie 218.73
11. Darrin Malcolm – Barrie 178.75
12. Garry Reynolds – Barrie 157.72
13. Tyler Liscum – Sunset 143.96
14. Robin Jongen – Barrie 141.74
15. Maurizio Ciccarelli – Sunset 139.6
16. Dwayne Baker – Barrie 134.02
17. John Mombourquette – Barrie 131.04
18. Ken Bemrose – Sunset 128.29
19. Steve Quesnelle – Barrie 123.39
20. Brent Travis – Sunset 123.26
21. Kevin Reynolds – Barrie 121.35
22. Mike Bentley – Sunset 120.95
23. Jeff Walt – Sunset 119.28
24. Joe Woods – Barrie 114.06
25. Dwight Brown – Barrie 108
26. David Woolings – Sunset 107.61
27. Dave Lewis – Barrie 105.03
28. Mike Brown – Barrie 103.37
29. Lambert Yake – Sunset 102.27
30. Dave McLean – Sunset 101.94
31. Dario Caprichio – Sunset 97.93
32. Jason Witty – Sunset 94.98
33. Scott Beatty – Barrie 86.68
34. Joey McColm – Barrie 84.71
35. Kevin Cornelius – Sunset 84.3
36. Ian Bourque – Barrie 83.07
37. Amanda Connolly – Barrie 80.69
38. Rob James – Barrie 69.7
39. Mike Gioia – Barrie 65.05
40. Rob Inglis – Sunset 62.97
41. Joe Sherman – Sunset 57.64
42. Rob Deasy – Barrie 56.69
43. Steve Penny – Barrie 53.36
44. Dave Case – Sunset 51.62
45. Dan Lawler – Barrie 51
46. Dan Robinson Unknown 47
47. Andrew Harris – Peterborough 43
48. Bill Jessup – Peterborough 40
49. Chris Morrow – Sunset 36.63
50. Jamie Palmer – Sunset 24
From: Joshua Paxton // Lucas Oil Weekend Warrior Series // Paxton Motorsports Marketing
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