After putting on a stellar two-day show at Sunset Speedway for the Don Biederman Memorial two weeks ago, the OSCAAR Super Late Models return to the track this weekend. With the heat wave of summer hitting full force, it’s fitting that they’re headed to the beach this weekend – Sauble Beach.

Sauble Speedway always puts on an action packed race, with room to pass on the ¼ mile oval. The Super Late Models will be joined at Sauble by the OSCAAR Modifieds and Sauble’s own Jr. Late Models.

Last year, George Wilson took home the victory, though has already announced that he doesn’t intend in running the full schedule this season. Wilson was at the Don Biederman Memorial , where he finished a seventh and a 14^th across the two nights.

One of the previous Sauble race winners that will definitely be in the field come this weekend is Glenn Watson, who picked up the victory in 2011. Watson will look to bounce back after failing to finish the second of the two Biederman Memorial features after being taken out of the running through contact with Gary Passer.

Jeff Hanley won at Sauble in both 2008 and 2010 (2009 was rained out), though has not confirmed whether he will be at Sauble this weekend. He was at the Biederman Memorial, finishing top 10 both nights. However, he wasn’t up to his true prime of being a front contender.

Points leader Brandon Watson will look to extend his points lead this weekend. He currently leads Derrike Tiemersma by 24 points after a third place finish overall in the Biederman Memorial, including a victory in Sunday’s feature. Watson has one start at Sauble, last year, in which he finished third.

Tiemersma, meanwhile, has three starts at Sauble, though has only finished in the top five in one of those starts. Could his luck change this year? So far, he has finished in the top five each week.

Rookie Kevin Cornelius grew up racing at Sauble Speedway, though hasn’t race there in a while in any type of car. How well Cornelius does will depend on how quickly he can get re-accustomed with the track. So far, Cornelius has finished in the top seven in each of the four races this year, including a pair of seconds at the Don Biederman Memorial.

Fellow rookie Andrew Gresel will also be in attendance. Gresel is used to Sauble Speedway, having ran many laps the past few years in both Limited Late Model and Pro Late Model around the ¼ mile. Gresel has had a solid season so far also, finishing in the top six in three of the four starts. The race that he didn’t finish in the top six was the first race of the season and that was due to his super late not being ready and running a template body car instead.

Keeping the rookie battle interesting will be Sean Cronan as he hasn’t made many laps around Sauble much either. Cronan picked up his first top 10 of the year at Sunset Speedway two weeks ago on the Sunday and will look to continue that string of positive finishes this weekend.

Tyler Hawn picked up a ninth place feature finish in the second of the two features at Sunset Speedway at the end of June. Hawn will be at Sauble this weekend, looking to best his ninth place finish from last year at Sauble.

Gary Passer has been at each event this year and will most likely be at Sauble this weekend. Passer had a solid run in the second of the two Biederman Memorial features, finishing 10^th. Passer has finished top 10 in his previous two Sauble starts.

Shane Maginnis will most likely be in attendance after a top 10 finish on day one of the Biederman Memorial. Maginnis has looked fast so far this year, but is still looking for that elusive top five finish. Maginnis’ only Sauble start was in 2008, which he finished 12^th.

Shane Gowan had his run cut short at Sunset Speedway due to a rear-end failure. However, he has confirmed that he will be in attendance at Sauble Speedway this weekend.

Lloyd Ritchie suffered a fire during practice for the Biederman Memorial as a result of a loose oil line. Look for Ritchie to be at Sauble after finishing fourth two years ago.

Don Biederman Memorial winner Dwayne Baker will not be at Sauble Speedway as he will be racing in the Limited Late Model division at Sunset Speedway, vying for the track championship. With the OSCAAR’s back at Sunset later this month, look for Baker to be part of the field that weekend.

J.R. Fitzpatrick made his first start of the season at the Don Biederman Memorial, however will miss this weekend’s event at Sauble Speedway due to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race.

Currently, Rob Poole sits fourth in points, 42 points behind points leader Brandon Watson. However, he blew a motor on the last lap of Sunday’s feature at Sunset Speedway and may miss this weekend’s event as a result.

Charlie Gallant sustained heavy damage in the first of two features at Sunset Speedway after contact with Hanley. Like many others, it’s unclear whether Gallant will be at Sauble.

Jesse Kennedy missed the race at Sunset due to not having his motor ready in time, and there has yet to be confirmation as to whether he will be at Sauble.

Front runner Rob Clarke missed Sunset Speedway so there are questions as to whether he will be at Sauble.

After record car counts and two solid competitive days of racing for the Don Biederman Memorial, expectations for this weekend to be a great weekend for OSCAAR are high. Make sure to join us at Sauble Speedway as racing will start at 7pm, with an autograph session at 6:20pm.

To some of the world, Helio Castroneves is known as that racecar driver that won a Dancing with the Stars trophy, and he doesn’t mind people reminding him of that experience.

“In fact, when people don’t remind me, I try to remind them that I worked really hard to win that competition,” Castroneves comments. “I really appreciate the support of the racing community. I enjoy very much when people talk about it.”

Though instead of talking about what the Brazilian is doing off the track, this year they’re talking about what he is doing on the track. So far, Castroneves is having a stellar season as he leads the points, 23 points over defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay.

“Whenever you’re leading the championship, when it’s by 1 point or 100 points, it’s always good news,” Castroneves says. “Of course, we still have a long way, eight more races to go, a lot of points in the game. We’ve got to keep doing what we’re doing because right now, it’s keeping us up there.”

With being in IndyCar for 13 years now, some wonder how Castroneves keeps himself motivated to keep going after that first championship.

“I’m always motivated, doesn’t matter whether I’m first or last,” he says. “I love what I do. You have to learn how to enjoy the small, good moments, because racing is very, very brutal sometimess. For me I’ve learned how to enjoy that. I cannot only live in that moment. We just have to keep moving forward. I have a great team, a great car. Hopefully this weekend in Toronto we’ll continue doing a great job.”

To win a championship, Castroneves that it would be great as it would showcase what all their work has built up to.

“We’ve been always pushing, been very competitive every year,” he says. “You can only control what’s around you. Hopefully this year so far we’ve been able to do that, put ourselves in a good opportunity.

“It would mean a lot. I would be extremely happy to get this title. But I know there’s still a lot of racing to go, a lot of points, and I’m going to continue pushing for it.”

The next challenge for the Penske Racing driver will be the streets of Toronto this weekend as he looks for his first Toronto podium. The Honda Indy Toronto will also mark the second doubleheader of the season, following the first one of the year in Detroit.

“We certainly understand how it works,” Castroneves comments. “But because we’ve been through one, we know it’s not going to be the same. I believe people going to re-adjust from one race to another.”

Castroneves says that Toronto is a traditional street course – very tight and technical.

“Plus we’re going to be standing start (for Race 1), so it’s also another trick, something else for us to think about,” he continues. “But in the end of the day, we know what we need to do. Hopefully we put ourselves in good qualifying so we can start at the front.”

INDYCAR made the announcement that for race one of both the Toronto and Houston doubleheaders, they will be doing standing starts as a way to mix it up. Meanwhile, race two will have the traditional rolling starts.

“It’s going to be interesting when you have the clutch in your hand,” Castroneves says of the standing start. “We don’t have 900 horsepower like we used to have. You can wheel spin a lot. There’s a lot involved.

“Hopefully it’s for the best. Hopefully we take advantage that we can make good starts and collect double points.”

The doubleheader format is something that was questioned before the start of the season, espically with the turnaround time between races. Castroneves says for the promoters, it makes sense. However, it can be tough on the driver and mechanics.

“To do a race in IndyCar, it’s tough,” Castroneves says from a driver perspective. “We don’t have power steering. Street courses are very bumpy. It is very physically demanding.

“I think there is a lack of patience from the drivers, as well. They run the first race, and they know, Man, you know what, I’m going to kick that guy’s butt. That’s what happened in Detroit, a lot of people had a lot of issues in the second race.”

Castroneves hopes to put down two solid races this weekend and build momentum heading into the rest of the season, through a combination of maturity, experience and having a good group of guys behind him.

“It’s a combination of a lot of things,” Castroneves says. “So hopefully we keep going. Like I said, I have Roger (Penske) since I’ve been here on the team, we have four races together, and three of them was one win and a second and second. Last weekend unfortunately we had to do a saving fuel mode, but we had potential to finish another top five. I enjoy it, working with Roger directly. So it’s a lot of good things happening in a good way for us.”