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CANADIAN
SPRINT CAR NATIONALS
September
15, 2007
OHSWEKEN
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3rd
ANNUAL
“CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS” SET FOR SEPTEMBER 15/07
CSCN event coordinator Ken Pelkie is pleased to announce that “the 3rd
annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals is scheduled to take place once again
at Styres family owned Ohsweken Speedway on Saturday, September 15,2007”.
“And I am also delighted to be able to confirm that Arrow
Express has renewed their commitment to the Saturday showdown and
will carry the title sponsorship for the event at the fast three-eights mile
clay oval located on the Six Nations Reserve just outside of Brantford,
Ontario” Pelkie stated in making the announcement.
In
conjunction with the “Arrow Express – Canadian Sprint
Car Nationals” running on September 15, “Village
Pizza; Village Café; and Sit-N-Bull
Construction” will host “The Night Before the Nationals” on Friday,
September 14, 2007. The Friday portion of the weekend will feature the third
running of the “Village Pizza – Ohsweken Shootout” along with a pair of 15
lap “A” Main’s that will guarantee the winners a position in the Saturday
feature starting grid.
With eighty-seven of the finest 360 sprints in the entire north-east in
attendance over the two day weekend for the second running of the young event,
the CSCN is quickly becoming one of the premier races on the north-east sprint
car calendar. Empire Super Sprint rookie Steve Poirier etched his name in the
record book beside veteran sprint standout Kenny Jacobs to claim bragging rights
as winners of the prestigious event.
“The Nationals has turned out to be much more than we expected”
stated track promoter Glenn Styres. “The support that the original four
regional sprint series from our area who signed on as affiliate sanctioning
bodies along with the NRA Invaders from Ohio who came on board this year have
given Ken and his Nationals staff a tremendous amount of cooperation and
support. The crowd in attendance was treated to a great show for the second year
in a row and I still find it unbelievable that this program can be showcased in
our backyard. The reception by both racers and fans alike has given us the
incentive to continue to grow the Nationals into the annual premier event at
Ohsweken” Styres concluded.
The third annual “Arrow Express - Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” will
retain a one day format but will take on a slightly new look. As in the past,
time trials will once again set the starting line-ups for the heat races with
six cars being inverted in each heat. There will however, be a couple subtle
differences from there on. First of all there will be six heat races, up from
four the previous two years. The winners of the heats will transfer directly to
the “A” Main and be lined up according to their time trial results. The dash
races will therefore be eliminated in an effort to shorten the length of the
program with hope of an earlier finish. In keeping with the initial goal of
adding to the purse each year and building the event into the premier sprint car
race in the north-east, the “A” Main winner will collect $7,000 for their
efforts, up from $6,000 in 2006; and $5,000 in 2005 while positions 11 through
26 will see an increase with the final spot collecting $600. Again in 2007, all
prize money will be paid out in
The Friday night program will feature sprint cars headlined by the third
running of the “Village Pizza - Ohsweken Shootout”. Also on the card will be
a full Mini Stock program with a series of sprint heats lined up by a random
draw. The evening will be capped off with a pair of 15 lap sprint “Mini-Mains
featuring two completely different starters guaranteeing the winners starting
positions in the Nationals “A” Main the following night.
Make your plans now to join us at Ohsweken Speedway on September 14 &
15, 2007 for the “Arrow Express - Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” weekend.
More information will be released in the coming months as event details are
finalized.
