Tommy Goudge, OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 2, 2010) – Dustin Daggett and his crew brought a brand new car to Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night in search of the $3,000 Northern Summer Nationals winner’s cheque.

When the dust settled, Daggett was indeed standing in Engine Pro Racing victory lane after winning both his heat race and qualifying race, and leading every lap of the twenty-five lap feature.

Dustin Daggett and Glenn Styres started the twenty-five lap feature on the front row, and Daggett was on a mission right from the beginning. Tom Huppunen moved up from fifth to second on the first lap, and held the runner-up spot behind Daggett for the first ten laps until the caution flew for Kyle Moffit’s spin in turn two.

The green flag came back out with five lapped machines between leader Daggett and the rest of the field. Glenn Styres moved back to second after falling to fourth behind Ryan Grubaugh earlier in the race, while Huppunen was starting to have problems under the hood of his #12c.

Daggett was out front by a substantial margin as the race wound down to its conclusion, while the rest of the top ten spots were up for grabs. Only five laps were left to complete when twenty-third starter Bryan Howland made it into the top ten. Howland was up to seventh when the caution and then red flew for Moffit in turn four after contact with Daggett. Moffit emerged from his damaged machine uninjured, but was done for the night. Tom Huppunen also took the #12c to the pit area, ending his bid for a repeat Summer Nationals triumph.

All eyes were on Daggett, whose right rear tire had made contact with Moffit. Daggett was not to be denied his seventh career feature win at Ohsweken though, and got the win by almost four and a half seconds over Styres, Grubaugh, Dave Dykstra, and Bobby Breen. Hard charger Howland got sixth, followed by Mike Ling, Jared Zimbardi, Dain Naida, and Jim Huppunen.

“I was kind of wondering if that right rear was going to stay up,” said Daggett in victory lane. “It did get a little low on that red (flag), and the car was really tight those last couple laps, but it held up long enough.”

“I just gotta say thanks to my whole crew,” continued Daggett. “This is a brand new car. We put it together last week, and first night out on it, it seems to be a really good one.”

The track was much more slick and dry than it has been for other Daggett wins, and he commented on it after the race:

“Last year’s Canadian Nationals really made me mad, because we just went backwards in that and the car was junk,” said Daggett. “We got a different shock package for here this year, and it seems to be working out really well – the car was fast tonight.”

Heat races for the fifty-one car field were claimed by Kyle Moffit, Dain Naida, Glenn Styres, Dustin Daggett, Mike Ling, and Gregg Dalman. Qualifying race wins went to Daggett, Bobby Breen, Kevin Job, and Ryan Grubaugh, while Bryan Howland and Bubba Broderick got “B” MAIN race victories.

“NORTHERN SUMMER NATIONALS”
CORR/PAK MERCHANDISING SPRINT CARS,
SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS,
ASCS SPRINTS ON DIRT,
AND ASCS PATRIOTS
HEAT RACES (8 laps each)

BS&B RADIATOR HEAT RACE #1
1. 7 Kyle Moffit (South Dayton, NY), 2. 12c Tom Huppunen (Fenwick), 3. 84 Tyler Rand (Consecon), 4. 5b Bubba Broderick (Brookfield, CT), 5. 30 Adam West (Ridgetown), 6. 3 Wayne Ashton (Kitchener), 7. 66 Frank Baranowski (Mount Hope), 8. 57 Doug Bowman (London), 9. 9j Jim Munsie (Pickering). Time – 1:52.971.

BEST WESTERN CAIRN CROFT HOTEL HEAT RACE #2
1. 6n Dain Naida (Tecumseh, MI), 2. 51 Bryan Howland (Auburn, NY), 3. 12 Tim Kelly (Rockstream, NY), 4. 5m Brad Malloy (Niagara Falls), 5. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton), 6. 49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, NY), 7. 1a John Riegling (Chatham), 8. 96 Shane Butler (London), 9. 67 Chris Durand (Port Stanley). No Time.

GRISDALE RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #3
1. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken), 2. 71 Travis Cunningham (Grimsby), 3. 9 Bobby Breen (Savannah, NY), 4. 21 Don Adamczyk (Williamsville, NY), 5. 10 Mitchell Brown (Brantford), 6. 187 Gavin Hunyady (Fenton, MI), 7. 94 Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie), 8. 30g Stevin Goldner (Aylmer), 9. 2 Brad Lodge (Stouffville). No Time.

AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT RACE #4
1. 2m Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI), 2. 7m Justin Martin (Shedden), 3. 90 James Evans (Beamsville), 4. 3g Darren Long (Elida, OH), 5. 81 Derek Jonathan (Lewiston, NY), 6. 11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre), 7. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams), 8. 10c Bob Crawford (Sutton) DNS. Time – 1:57.737.

ENGINE PRO HEAT RACE #5
1. 7x Mike Ling (Mount Brydges), 2. 77x Jamie Collard (Burford), 3. 21x Kevin Job (Campbellville), 4. 01 Mikey Kruchka (Hamilton), 5. 14h Jim Huppunen (Fenwick), 6. 80 Chris Steele (Vineland), 7. 23 Steve Garry (Dundas), 8. 45x Doug Banks (Inverary). No Time.

TRIPLE “X” HEAT RACE #6
1. 49t Gregg Dalman (Bellvue, MI), 2. 5d Dave Dykstra (Port Colborne), 3. 8 Blake Breen (Savannah, NY), 4. 00 Ryan Grubaugh (St. Johns, MI), 5. 35 Jared Zimbardi (Salamanca, NY), 6. 23r Ben Rutan (Jerome, MI), 7. 33k Kyle Patrick (Tilbury), 8. 79 Dick Mahoney (Newmarket) DNF. Time – 1:58.974.

QUALIFYING RACES

(10 laps – Top 22 in combined heat/qualifier passing points
transfer to A-Main, Top 8 redraw for feature starting spots)

HOOSIER QUALIFIER #1
1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 7x Mike Ling, 3. 3g Darren Long, 4. 49t Gregg Dalman, 5. 7m Justin Martin, 6. 21 Don Adamczyk, 7. 81 Derek Jonathan, 8. 49 Todd Hoddick, 9. 94 Stan Zanchin, 10. 77x Jamie Collard, 11. 79 Dick Mahoney, 12. 80 Chris Steele DNF, 13. 10c Bob Crawford DNS. Time – 2:29.704.

CORR/PAK QUALIFIER #2
1. 9 Bobby Breen, 2. 5b Bubba Broderick, 3. 8 Blake Breen, 4. 14h Jim Huppunen, 5. 23r Ben Rutan, 6. 90 James Evans, 7. 23 Steve Garry, 8. 5b Bubba Broderick, 9. 9j Jim Munsie, 10. 30 Adam West, 11. 31 John Burbridge, Jr., 12. 66 Frank Baranowski DNF, 13. 51 Bryan Howland DNF. No Time.

OUTHOUSE IMAGE AND DESIGN QUALIFIER #3
1. 21x Kevin Job, 2. 12c Tom Huppunen, 3. 35 Jared Zimbardi, 4. 7 Kyle Moffit, 5. 84 Tyler Rand, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick, 7. 5 Keith Dempster, 8. 01 Mikey Kruchka, 9. 11 Jamie Turner, 10. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 11. 57 Doug Bowman, 12. 67 Chris Durand, 13. 45x Doug Banks. No Time.

ARROW EXPRESS QUALIFIER #4
1. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 0 Glenn Styres, 3. 71 Travis Cunningham, 4. 6n Dain Naida, 5. 12 Tim Kelly, 6. 10 Mitchell Brown, 7. 5m Brad Malloy, 8. 1a John Riegling, 9. 96 Shane Butler, 10. 3 Wayne Ashton, 11. 2 Brad Lodge, 12. 30g Stevin Goldner DNF. No Time.

“B” MAIN RACES
(10 laps – Top 2 in each transfer to A-Feature)

VILLAGE PIZZA “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps – Top 2 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 51 Bryan Howland, 2. 5m Brad Malloy, 3. 10 Mitchell Brown, 4. 30 Adam West, 5. 49 Todd Hoddick, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick, 7. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 8. 57 Doug Bowman, 9. 3 Wayne Ashton, 10. 96 Shane Butler, 11. 45x Doug Banks, 12. 30g Stevin Goldner, 13. 01 Mikey Kruchka DNS, 14. 66 Frank Baranowski DNS, 15. 10c Bob Crawford DNS, . No Time.

VILLAGE CAFÉ’ “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps – Top 2 transfer to A-Feature)
1. 5b Bubba Broderick, 2. 11 Jamie Turner, 3. 5 Keith Dempster, 4. 23 Steve Garry, 5. 9j Jim Munsie, 6. 81 Derek Jonathan, 7. 79 Dick Mahoney, 8. 94 Stan Zanchin, 9. 2 Brad Lodge, 10. 67 Chris Durand, 11. 1a John Riegling DNF, 12. 77x Jamie Collard DNF, 13. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. DNF, 14. 80 Chris Steele DNS. No Time.

JONES-BROWN NORTHERN SUMMER NATIONALS

A-FEATURE (25 laps)

Position. # Name (Starting Position)
1. 2m Dustin Daggett (1)
2. 0 Glenn Styres (2)
3. 00 Ryan Grubaugh (6)
4. 5d Dave Dykstra (8)
5. 9 Bobby Breen (4)
6. 51 Bryan Howland (23)
7. 7x Mike Ling (3)
8. 35 Jared Zimbardi (13)
9. 6n Dain Naida (9)
10. 14h Jim Huppunen (16)
11. 71 Travis Cunningham (15)
12. 8 Blake Breen (12)
13. 49t Gregg Dalman (10)
14. 23r Ben Rutan (21)
15. 21x Kevin Job (7)
16. 12 Tim Kelly (19)
17. 21 Don Adamczyk (22)
18. 5b Bubba Broderick (24)
19. 7m Justin Martin (17)
20. 90 James Evans (20)
21. 5m Brad Malloy (25)
22. 84 Tyler Rand (18)
23. 11 Jamie Turner (26)
24. 12c Tom Huppunen DNF (5)
25. 7 Kyle Moffit DNF (14)
26. 3g Darren Long DNF (11)
No Time

ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 1,131, 2. Bryan Howland 1,088, 3. Bubba Broderick 1,041, 4. Don Adamczyk 1,037, 5. Tim Kelly 1,032, 6. Vern Wasson 708, 7. Bobby Breen 683, 8. Kyle Moffit 566, 9. Scott Bonnell 552, 10. Gary Troutman 546.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 1,159, 2. Dain Naida 1,155, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,103, 4. Ben Rutan 1,070, 5. Gavin Hunyady 975, 6. Dustin Daggett 965, 7. Robert Huisken 870, 8. Aaron Shaffer 790, 9. Brett Mann 645, 10. (tie) Darren Long and Ryan Ruhl 564.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Saturday June 19th, 2010
I-96 Speedway – Lake Odessa, MI

Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 46 – Robert Huisken, 3. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 91 – Joe Bares, 6. 8 – Tim Champlin, 7. 70 – Jim Lingar, 8. 22t – Tank Brakenberry

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 26 – Gary Fast, 2. 6n – Dain Naida, 3. 3g – Tim Norman, 4. 29s – Marques Huffer, 5. 31 – Billy Jacoby, 6. 85 – Mike Daggett, 7. 2t – Ralph Brakenberry, 8. 10x – Curt Shumaker.

Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 2. 19 – Brett Mann, 3. 11 – Trey Smith, 4. 23 – Ben Rutan, 5. 50 – Mark Grabil, 6. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 7. 21 – Matt Lumbert, 8. 14 – Jason Blonde.

B-Main (Top four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

Engine Pro B-Main (10 Laps): 1. 14 – Jason Blonde, 2. 8 – Tim Champlin, 3. 85 – Mike Daggett, 4. 10x – Curt Shumaker, 5. 21 – Matt Lumbert, 6. 70 – Jim Lingar , 7. 22t – Tank Brakenberry , 8. 2t – Ralph Brakenberry

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 3g – Darren Long, 2. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 3. 26 – Gary Fast, 4. 46 – Robert Huisken.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3g – Darren Long, 2. 23 – Ben Rutan, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 6n – Dain Naida, 5. 19 – Brett Mann, 6. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 7. 91 – Joe Bares, 8. 14 – Jason Blonde, 9. 50 – Mark Grabill, 10. 85 – Mike Daggett, 11. 8 – Tim Champlin, 12. 31 – Billy Jacoby, 13. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 14. 26 – Gary Fast, 15. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 16. 11 – Trey Smith, 17. 29s – Marques Huffer, 18. 10x – Curt Shumaker, 19. 46 – Robert Huisken, 20. 2m – Dustin Daggett

Hard Charger: Jason Blonde and Mike Daggett (+7)

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz Point Standings (Top Ten):

T.J. Buffenbarger, FIFE LAKE, Mich. (June 18, 2010) – Darren Long won Friday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature Friday night at Cherry Raceway. Long took advantage of the weekend off from the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series to head north and take advantage of starting from the pole and drove away from the rest of the field on the recently revamped ¼-mile layout at Cherry utilizing Gaerte built chassis and engine for JG Motosports.

“We’ve kind of struggled at times on the road, so this win is good for me and the team,” said Long in victory lane. “We’ve had a lot of bad luck this year, so hopefully that is starting to turn around.”

Long and defending ASCS Sprints on Dirt champion Brett Mann started on the front row for the feature event. Long pulled away while Mann lost second position to Joe Bares. While Bares chased after Long for the lead, Mann found himself under pressure from the charge of Dain Naida. Naida arrived late to the track after blowing up a transmission in his tow vehicle. After starting 10th Naida disposed of Mann for third and then ran down Bares for the second spot in slower traffic.

Even with Naida’s charge Long set sail with a perfect line on the bottom of the speedway and cruised to the victory over Naida, Bares, Mann, and Gregg Dalman.

Both heat race events were won on last lap passes courtesy of Bares and Ryan Grubaugh. Dalman won the Fast Car Dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Friday June 18th, 2010
Cherry Raceway – Fife Lake, MI

Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 91 – Joe Bares, 2. 26 – Gary Fast, 3. 3g – Darren Long, 4. Robert Huisken, 5. 23 – Ben Rutan, 6. 14 – Ryan Davis, 7. 21 – Matt Lumbert, 8. 55 – Kirk Cheney

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 19 – Brett Mann, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 5. 6n – Dain Naida, 6. 07 – Jake Stebner, 7. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 8. 70 – Jim Lingar.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 2. 91 – Joe Bares, 3. 3g – Darren Long, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3g – Darren Long, 2. 6n – Dain Naida, 3. 91 – Joe Bares, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 6. 23 – Ben Rutan, 7. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 8. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 9. 46 –Robert Huisken, 10. 07 – Jake Stebner, 11. 14 – Ryan Davis, 12. 26 – Gary Fast, 13. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 14. 70 – Jim Lingar, 15. 21 – Matt Lumbert. DNS: 55 – Kirk Cheney

Hard Charger: Naida (+8)

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Point Standings (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 895, 2. Dain Naida 890, 3. Gregg Dalman 838, 4. Ben Rutan 803, 5. Robert Huisken 778, 6. Gavin Hunyady 759, 7. Dustin Daggett 725, 8. Aaron Shaffer 686, 9. Ryan Ruhl 564, 10. Brett Mann 520.

By T.J. Buffenbarger

TULSA, Okla. (June 14, 2010) – The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP teams are busy this week preparing for another two race weekend in Michigan. Friday night the teams will take on the newly reshaped Cherry Raceway before heading south to I-96 Speedway on Saturday.

Friday’s event at Cherry is the first since the race track went under a major overhaul during the off season. The racing surface is now wider with higher banked turns for the 2010 season. Due to a rainout last year this will be the first appearance for the ASCS SOD series at Cherry since 2008. After two strong performances last weekend Ryan Grubaugh leads the point standings going into the Cherry by 28 points over third generation driver Dain Naida.

Saturday’s event is the first of three appearances at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan during the 2010 season. Dustin Daggett has gone undefeated the past two seasons during ASCS SOD competition at I-96 and looks to continue his streak against a formidable field of ASCS SOD regulars and visiting teams including ASCS Lucas Oil Series driver Darren Long. Long finished second to Daggett at the season opening event at Crystal Motor Speedway, looking to improve upon that finish on Saturday.

The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is in its 31st season of competition. Twenty-seven races are on the calendar scheduled throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Ontario.

In its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the American Sprint Car Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to approximately 100 different tracks throughout 30 states and Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results

Saturday June 12th, 2010

Butler Motor Speedway Quincy, MI

Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the A Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1 7K Kyle Sauder, 2. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 3. 35 Ron Blair, 4. 27k Mark Aldrich, 5. 27 Perry McMillan, 6. 46 Robert Huisken, 7. 2T Ralph Brakenberry, 8. 22t Tank Brakenberry, 9. 70 Jim Lingar

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 19 Brett Mann, 2. 6N Dain Naida, 3. 17 Jared Horstman, 4. 23 Ben Rutan, 5. 49T Gregg Dalman, 6. 38 Aaron Smith, 7. 22 Aaron Shaffer, 8. 55 Kirk Cheney, 9. 29s Marques Huffer

Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 1 Sean Robinson, 3. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 52 Mark Broughman, 5. 31 Billy Jacoby, 6. 10 Pete Ishi, 7. 11 Trey Smith, 8. 14 Ryan Davis

B-Main (Top four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

Engine Pro B-Main (10 Laps): 1. 38 Aaron Smith, 2. 46 Robert Huisken, 3. 22 Aaron Shaffer, 4. 55 Kirk Cheney, 5. 11 Trey Smith, 6. 14 Ryan Davis, 7. 29s Marques Huffer, 8. 70 Jim Lingar, 9. 22t Tank Brakenberry, 10. 2t Ralph Brakenberry.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 19 Brett Mann, 3. 7K Kyle Sauder, 4. 35 Ron Blair

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz A Main Event

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 17 Jared Horstman, 2. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 19 Brett Mann, 4. 35 Ron Blair, 5. 2m Dustin Daggett, 6. 6n Dain Naida, 7. 49t Gregg Dalman, 8. 23 Ben Rutan, 9. 52 Mark Broughman, 10. 27k Mark Aldrich, 11. 46 Robert Huisken, 12. 38 Aaron Smith, 13. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 14. 22 Aaron Shaffer, 15. 31 Billy Jacoby, 16. 55 Kirk Cheney, 17. 1 Sean Robinson, 18. 10 Pete Ishi, 19. Kyle Sauder, 20. 27 Perry McMillan

Hard Charger: Huisken (+8)