For the fifth time this season, the OSCAAR Super Late Models make the trip to Sunset Speedway as they get closer and closer to crowning their champion.
Sunset has already hosted the super lates four times this season and in those four events, we’ve had two different winners.
Brandon Watson kicked off the season winning the Lucie Alywin Memorial 50 after starting on pole and clearing Derrike Tiemersma on an early race restart. The win kicked off Watson’s championship season, which has seen him pick up some more wins and currently hold a 40 point lead over rookie Andrew Gresel.
When the series returned to Sunset Speedway at the end of June for the Don Biederman Memorial, Dwayne Baker timed in the quickest with a lap of 13.503 seconds. He then started pole in the first of the two 50 lap features, leading all 50 laps on the way to his first feature win of the season. Baker was running the schedule part-time this season as he focused on the full Limited Late Model schedule at Sunset Speedway.
In the second 50 lapper of the Don Biederman Memorial, Brandon Watson returned to victory lane after passing Kevin Cornelius with 10 laps to go for the lead.
As a result of winning the first feature of the two-day weekend and finishing third in the second feature, Baker was crowned Don Biederman Memorial Champion for 2013.
Baker backed up that success, picking up the win on July 27th after a late race side-by-side battle with Shane Maginnis.
Baker will look for his third feature victory of the season this weekend as he will be doing double duty, running the 50 lap Super Late Model feature, as well as the 75 lap Limited Late Model feature.
B. Watson will also be in attendance as he will look to extend his points lead as he inches closer to locking up his second championship in a row.
However, should Watson run into problems, Andrew Gresel will be fast and could capitalize. The Sauble Beach, Ontario native has won three features in his rookie season to date – Sauble, Kawartha and Flamboro. He will look for his fourth win of the season. He has finished in the top 10 in each of his Sunset starts this year, including a fourth.
Derrike Tiemersma has been strong all year, but has yet to make his way into the win column. The 2007 Series Champion will be looking for his win of the season this weekend at Sunset. He has been successful at Sunset this year, finishing inside of the top six each time.
Glenn Watson has had a year full of mixed luck and despite being a four-time series champion, he has yet to win a race this season. With this being the second last race of the 2013 OSCAAR season, look for Watson to be knocking on the door for a win.
After struggling with motor problems in his last OSCAAR appearance at Sunset Speedway, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series driver J.R. Fitzpatrick will be in attendance this weekend as he looks to find victory. He will be joined by Passer Racing teammate Gary Passer.
Tyler Hawn has been getting stronger each time out as he looks to crack the top five for the first time this year at Sunset.
Shane Gowan and Jim Bowman are also a pair to watch considering their improvement as each week has gone by.
Sunset Speedway always draws high counts for the OSCAAR Super Late Models, with over 25 cars in attendance for one of their events earlier this summer. Look for that trend to continue this weekend as every driver looks to get that one last start in before winter comes.
