The Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP will complete its 35th year with the Champions Banquet set for Saturday November 8, 2014. The location for this year’s festivities will be the Holiday Inn Kalamazoo West in Kalamazoo, MI.
The cost is $35 per ticket which includes a tremendous catered. The address of the banquet facility/hotel is 2747 South 11th Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Tickets are available until November 1. The hotel is also holding a block of rooms at a discounted price, the hotel website is www.holidayinn.com/kalamazoo.
To order tickets for this year’s Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP banquet please contact Mike Strevel at mlstrevel@gmail.com or 616-204-0622. Tickets will be available at both the Berlin and Plymouth races also.
Awards ceremony will start with doors opening at 5:30, Happy Hour at 6:00, Dinner served at 7:00 and banquet ceremonies at 8:00PM.
Jessica Zemken Wins the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
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Jessica Zemken in victory lane with track owner Glen Styers after winning the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. – T.J. Buffenbarger Photo
By T.J. Buffenbarger
Ohsweken, ON – (September 13, 2014) – Jessica Zemken’s perseverance paid off on Saturday night in route to winning the 10th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals Saturday night at Ohsweken Speedway. Zemken overcame a power steering failure in her heat race, charging from 14th starting spot to take the lead from defending Canadian Nationals winner Shane Stewart on lap 13 and held off Wayne Johnson after a late race restart for the victory. The win was Zemken’s first Canadian Nationals feature victory of her career and second of the season.
“This feels really awesome,” said Zemken in the pit area following the biggest victory of her career. “I have to thank John and Wendy Brush from Corr-Pak Merchandising. They believed me when a lot of other people did not. They have behind me now for six years, and I couldn’t do this without them. Also my crew guys. They are guys with regular jobs and take time off to go racing with me.”
Jared Horstman and Dustin Daggett started on the front row for the 35-Lap Canadian Sprint Car Nationals feature event. Daggett led at the start while Stewart passed Horstman for second. Stewart then ran down Daggett while Horstman battled for third on lap two until Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP point leader Ryan Ruhl came to a stop in turn four. Ruhl was unable to continue.
Daggett and Stewart then began a series of exchanging slide jobs over the next five laps racing for the lead. Then on lap seven Stewart and Daggett made contact in turn three that allowed Stewart to take the lead, but Daggett remained close enough to chase Stewart. This allowed Horstman and Zemken, who quickly worked her way up from mid-pack using the bottom of the race track, to join the race for the lea just as the caution flag flew for Randy Hannagan spinning in turn three. Hannagan rejoined the tail of the field.
During the restart Horstman could not hold onto the top side of the track in turn three and took a wild slide off the race track into the embankment off the racing surface to bring out the caution flag. Horstman was unable to continue.
The following restart saw Stewart, Daggett, and Zemken racing three wide for the lead off turn four. Zemken used low line of the race track to take second away from Daggett on lap 12 and then the lead from Stewart on lap 13. Two laps later the caution flag appeared again when Paige Polyak spun in turn three. After repairs in the work area Polyak rejoined the event.
Zemken continued to pull away while Stewart and Daggett raced for the second spot. Behind the race for second Bryan Howland and former Nationals winner Wayne Johnson raced for the fourth spot. On lap 18 the race for second shifted for Daggett when Johnson drove by him for third. Five laps later Johnson moved past Stewart for second and set out after Zemken for the lead.
As Johnson moved into second Zemken was mired in heavy traffic. Then with 11 laps to go the caution appeared for Dave Axton’s spin. Zemken had three lapped cars between herself and Johnson for the restart and pulled away. Johnson quickly disposed of the slower cars while it took Stewart longer to clear the traffic.
Then with eight laps to go a scary moment occurred when Jordan Thomas flipped down the front straightaway. After a few moments to get his composure Thomas exited the car under his own power but was transported for observation to a local hospital.
After an open red for refueling during the lengthy red flag Zemken found the entire top five right on her back bumper with no lapped cars between them. Zemken got a great restart to pull away from the rest of the field while Johnson gave chase. Behind them Daggett and Howland overtook Stewart for third and fourth and continued to race for a top three position.
Johnson started to close in on Zemken during the final laps, but could not make up the distance as Zemken took the checkered flag over Johnson, Daggett, Howland, and top Canadian finisher Steve Poirier.
10th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
Ohsweken Speedway – Ohsweken, ON
Saturday September 13, 2014
Qualifying Group #1: 1. 67 – Steve Collins, 14.235; 2. 35 – Jared Zimbardi, 14.244; 3. 55 – Mark Smith, 14.335; 4. 3G – Shane Stewart, 14.452; 5. 17H – Hud Horton, 14.546; 6. 5d – Dave Dykstra, 14.668; 7. 48J – Darryl Ruggles, 14.972; 8. 21 – Don Adamczyk, 15.057; 9. 10JR – CJ Jones, 15.133; 10. 15 – Mike Ferrel, 15.391; 11. 5m – Brad Malloy, 15.705; 12. 19k – Paul Kinney, NT
Qualifying Group #2: 1. 16 – Ryan Ruhl, 14.191; 2. 1Z – Jessica Zemken, 14.258; 3. 33K – Kyle Patrick, 14.295; 4. 14H – Jim Huppunen, 14.506; 5. 79 – Jordan Thomas, 14.524; 6. 10J – Jeremy Hughes, 14.585; 7. 10K – Rob Dietrick, 14.799; 8. 5 – Keith Dempster, 14.856; 9. 3R – Shane Ross, 14.887; 10. 51 – Lee Ladoucer, 14.931; 11. 81 – Derek Jonathan, 15.352; 12. 27 – Brad Lamberson, NT;
Qualifying Group #3: 1. 22H – Randy Hannagan, 14.229; 2. 19p – Paige Polyak, 14.303; 3. 49 – Todd Hoddick, 14.350; 4. 51H – Bryan Howland, 14.391; 5. 87 – Jason Barney, 14.425; 6. 6m – Max Stambaugh, 14.442; 7. 25P – Michael Parent, 14.575; 8. 13 – Dylan Swiernik, 14.851; 9. 87R – Ryan Linder, 14.930; 10. 75 – Tommy Wickham, 14.995; 11. 1 – Kyle Fraser, 15.343.
Qualifying Group #4: 1. 123 – Yan Bilodeau, 14.417; 2. 422 – Etienne Girard, 14.541; 3. 11R – Chase Ridenour, 14.583; 4. 2 – Dave Axton, 14.733; 5. 36 – Mike Stelter, 14.837; 6. 45T – Joe Trenca, 14.936; 7. 5c – Conor Mahoney, 15.1728. 6 – Curtis Gartly, 15.199; 9. 22 – Jim Porter, 15.489; 10. 15a – April Wilson, 15.659; 11. 43 – Scott Sherk, 16.268
Qualifying Group #5: 1. 10 – Mitch Brown, 14.201; 2. 17 – Jared Horstman, 14.239; 3. 0 – Glenn Styres, 14.254; 4. 27H – Tommy Huppunen, 14.388; 5. 0 – Dane Lorenc, 14.544; 6. 10c – Jeff Cook, 14.620; 7. 42w – Rick Wilson, 14.982; 8. 21J – John Burbridge Jr., 15.345; 9. 94z – Stan Zanchin, 15.366; 10. 10b – Scott Kruetter, 15.370; 11. 70 – Jim Lingar, 16.388;
B-Main #1 (12 Laps): 1. 67 – Steve Collins, 2. 79 – Jordan Thomas, 3. 14H – Jim Huppunen, 4. 48J – Darryl Ruggles, 5. 17H – Hud Horton, 6. 5d – Dave Dykstra, 7. 3R – Shane Ross, 8. 10J – Jeremy Hughes, 9. 5 – Keith Dempster, 10. 81 – Derek Jonathan, 11. 5m – Brad Malloy, 12. 51 – Lee Ladoucer, 13. 10K – Rob Dietrick, 14. 10JR – CJ Jones, dns . 19k – Paul Kinney. DNS: 15 – Mike Ferrel, 27 – Brad Lamberson, 21 – Don Adamczyk. (Top two finishers transferred to the A-Main)
B-Main #2 (12 Laps): 1. 36 – Mike Stelter, 2. 13 – Dylan Swiernik, 3. 25P – Michael Parent, 4. 87 – Jason Barney, 5. 6m – Max Stambaugh, 6. 87R – Ryan Linder, 7. 422 – Etienne Girard, 8. 5c – Conor Mahoney, 9. 6 – Curtis Gartly, 10. 11R – Chase Ridenour, 11. 1 – Kyle Fraser, 12. 15a – April Wilson, 13. 43 – Scott Sherk, 14. 22 – Jim Porter, 15. 75 – Tommy Wickham. (Top two finishers transferred to the A-Main)
B-Main #3 (12 Laps): 1. 28F – Steve Poirier, 2. 89 – Robbie Stillwaggon, 3. 10c – Jeff Cook, 4. 8b – Alain Bergeron, 5. 19 – Cory Turner, 6. 49D – Shawn Dancer, 7. 77 – Dain Naida, 8. 11 – Jamie Turner, 9. 0 – Dane Lorenc, 10. 94z – Stan Zanchin, 11. 42w – Rick Wilson, 12. 10b – Scott Kruetter, 13. 27H – Tommy Huppunen, 14. 25G – Tyler Graves, 15. 70 – Jim Lingar, 16. 21J – John Burbridge Jr.
Dash (4 Laps): 1. 17 – Jared Horstman, 2. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 3. 33K – Kyle Patrick, 4. 3G – Shane Stewart, 5. 123 – Yan Bilodeau, 6. 22H – Randy Hannagan. (Finish determined the first six starting spots of the A-Main)
Little Feature (15 Laps): 1. 87 – Jason Barney, 2. 10c – Jeff Cook, 3. 17H – Hud Horton, 4. 14H – Jim Huppunen, 5. 77 – Dain Naida, 6. 49D – Shawn Dancer, 7. 6m – Max Stambaugh, 8. 10J – Jeremy Hughes, 9. 3R – Shane Ross, 10. 19 – Cory Turner, 11. 8b – Alain Bergeron, 12. 5d – Dave Dykstra, 13. 25P – Michael Parent, 14. 87R – Ryan Linder, 15. 422 – Etienne Girard. (Top six finishers transferred to the A-Main)
A-Main (35 Laps): 1. 1Z – Jessica Zemken, 2. 77x – Wayne Johnson, 3. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 4. 51H – Bryan Howland, 5. 28F – Steve Poirier, 6. 3G – Shane Stewart, 7. 45 – Chuck Hebing, 8. 45T – Joe Trenca, 9. 19p – Paige Polyak, 10. 35 – Jared Zimbardi, 11. 87 – Jason Barney, 12. 89 – Robbie Stillwaggon, 13. 10 – Mitch Brown, 14. 13 – Dylan Swiernik, 15. 36 – Mike Stelter, 16. 49D – Shawn Dancer, 17. 67 – Steve Collins, 18. 77 – Dain Naida, 19. 0 – Glenn Styres, 20. 14H – Jim Huppunen, 21. 33K – Kyle Patrick, 22. 2 – Dave Axton, 23. 55 – Mark Smith, 24. 10c – Jeff Cook, 25. 79 – Jordan Thomas, 26. 123 – Yan Bilodeau, 27. 17H – Hud Horton, 28. 22H – Randy Hannagan, 29. 17 – Jared Horstman, 30. 16 – Ryan Ruhl.
Lap Leaders: Daggett 1-5, Stewart 6-12, Zemken 13-35
Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP Banquet sponsorships are available.
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Trophy sponsor’s for final point positions 2 through 10 plus rookie of the year are available for $ 50.00 each.
Sponsor will receive mention at the banquet, have their name or company name placed on the trophy and be mentioned in championship banquet press release.
The 2014 Champions banquet will be at the Kalamazoo Holiday Inn Conference Center on Saturday November 8. The hotel is at the Stadium Dr exit off of US 131 in Kalamazoo.
Banquet tickets will be available September 26 at the Berlin race or by contacting Mike. They are $35 each.
Ryan Ruhl Races to Crystal SOD Checkers
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By Bob Buffenbarger
Crystal, Mi.-(August 30, 2014)- Ryan Ruhl thrilled the large crowd at Crystal Motor Speedway by re-taking the lead from Dustin Daggett with two laps remaining to capture the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP 25 lap feature Saturday night.
Gregg Dalman and Ruhl started on the front row with Ruhl taking command on the the first lap with Dalman, Craig Karazim, Daggett and Kyle Pitts falling in line. Laps were clicking off quickly as Ruhl was putting distance between himself and Dalman and by the 10th circuit, 6th starting Daggett had climbed into third place and one lap later the red 2m of Daggett took 2nd and was gaining on Ruhl.
At the 15 lap mark, Daggett was knocking on the door and was all over Ruhl nearly making the pass as they approached lapped traffic. The red flag flew for Gregg Dalman as he made contact with the turn four wall while running 3rd, and turned over on lap 18. Dalman was not injured but was finished for the night.
As the green appeared once more Daggett and Ruhl were racing side by side with the 11r of Chase Ridenour now moving into the mix. With laps winding down, racing for the lead was intense and Daggett made the pass at the stripe on lap 21. Ruhl was determined and with two to go, Ruhl went low in turn two and drove under Daggett to take the lead once again. One lap later the yellow light flashed for a John Gall spin in turn four.
This would set up a green, white checker finish and Ruhl was up to the task with a good re-start and went on to take the checkers with Daggett, Ridenour, Brett Mann and Kyle Pitts rounding out the top five.
Crystal Motor Speedway did a fine job running a fast paced program tonight with some threatening weather not far away. The Sprints on Dirt dash was cancelled because of these conditions.
Heats were won by Gregg Dalman, Dustin Daggett and Craig Karazim
Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP
Crystal Motor Speedway – Crystal, Mi.
Saturday August 30, 2014
Hartford,MI— (August 29, 2014) – Dustin Daggett found his way to the Hartford Speedway victory lane Friday evening in front of a crowd announced as over 3,000. The four time Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP champion took the lead with 8 laps to go and held off a late charge from current point leader Ryan Ruhl to capture another victory, his 97th SOD sanctioned win.
Rookie racer Craig Karazim drew the pole position in the Engine Pro redraw and looked like a strong candidate for his first SOD feature win. Dustin Daggett steadily was moving up from his 7th starting position and made an incredible pass diving into turn one with eight laps to go to pick up his third feature victory of the 2014 season.
Brett Mann had a very strong run going moving into contention mid-race actually getting to second before a last lap engine failure ended his nice run. Ruhl tried several times in the last few laps to capture the third Hartford feature of his year, but Daggett was just too strong. Following Daggett across the line was Ruhl, Chase Ridenour had a career best third place finish with a very impressive run Karazim ended up fourth and Mark Aldrich took fifth.
The racing was delayed over two hours due to a late afternoon thundershower. However the hard working Hartford Speedway crew lead by promoter Tim Dibble was determined to get the final race of the season in at the wicked fast half mile oval and a very supportive crowd waited to witness another great Sprints on Dirt program. The entire staff of the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP would like to congratulate Hartford on an incredible comeback year and appreciate them sticking it out to complete the race Friday evening.
Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP
Hartford Speedway – Hartford, MI
Friday August 29, 2014
