As the NASCAR community mourned the death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr., which led to Tony Stewart’s decision not to participate at Watkins Glen, the racing did go on at one of the sport’s more challenging road courses.
For the third straight event at Kawartha Speedway, Andrew Gresel would score the victory as he would pass Glenn Watson after a mid-race restart and lead the rest of the way. It also marks Gresel’s third straight victory on the OSCAAR Super Late Model tour, following wins at Sauble Speedway and Peterborough Speedway.
After winning the first round back in June, the question was whether Andrew Kamrath could do it once again. The answer? He did it as Kamrath held off Billy Schwartzenburg and Danny Benedict en route to victory lane.
In the second attempt at putting the dirt Pro Late Models from Brighton Speedway on the asphalt at Kawartha Speedway, it’d be Brandon Mowat picking up the victory.
He wasn’t the first driver to cross the finish line, but following a disqualification in post-race technical inspection, Chad Strawn has his second career OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modified victory in hand.
In what could be one of the closest feature finishes in all racing divisions this year, Richard Woodland would edge out Rob McCall out at the line to score the Hurricane Midget feature victory.
With drivers racing with heavy hearts following the tragic incident involving Tony Stewart and Sprint Car driver Kevin Ward, Jr. The world's best stock car drivers knew they had to put on a great show to allow the fans to forget about the events that occurred, even if it was for just a few hours.
Gordon was ecstatic after winning the pole and dedicated it to his son saying, “Luckily I got three shots at it today with this format and that last one was just a really, really solid lap. Today’s my son’s birthday so this is just an awesome way to give him a birthday present.”
Riding high and leading the point standings, things are going great for Jeff Gordon - especially since he announced recently that AARP and Drive to End Hunger renewed their sponsorship.
Haiden Deegan came into St. Louis with a shot at securing a second straight Western Divisional 250SMX Class Championship and did so by dominating against a full field of the class’ top talent during the East/West Showdown.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, led 80 of 250 laps and became the 183rd competitor to win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series division by winning for the first time ever at The Rock.
