[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]Known for making one of the longest hauls to be at OSCAAR Super Late Model events, George Wilson came into the OSCAAR Super Late Model season opener looking for his first OSCAAR feature win.

Virtue of his two qualifying heat race wins, Wilson started on pole and never looked back as he held off Brandon Watson.

“I am guessing he used his stuff up trying to get up to us,” Wilson says. “We got the lucky starting position and kudos to everybody on the team. Nobody even touched me.”

However, Wilson was found illegal in post-race technical inspection and therefore the win was given to Watson.

This marks Watson’s second OSCAAR victory after winning Autumn Colors in 2010. Watson announced in April that he would be running the full 2012 OSCAAR schedule after running the JEGS/CRA Tour last year.

Last year’s Sunset Speedway winner Rob Clarke would finish third with Derrike Tiemersma finishing fourth after making his return to the OSCAARs after taking a year off.

Jesse Kennedy rounded out the top five as he enters his rookie OSCAAR season after running four events last year. Kennedy is a former Delaware Speedway Late Model Champion.

There’d be one big incident in the feature when Frank Tulipano would launch off the back of Todd Campball into the air and hit the outside turn four wall trying to miss an incident in front of him. Tulipano and Campball would both be okay. The incident started when Charlie Gallant spun rookie Rob Poole.

Poole, who enters his rookie season of OSCAAR racing after competiting in the Late Model division at Sunset Speedway, had a rough night all together. Beyond the incident with Gallant, he was also spun later in the race by Ian Bourque.

2011 OSCAAR Super Late Model Champion Glenn Watson didn’t have a good night as he was spun into the inside wall. Watson is going for his fifth consecutive OSCAAR championship.

The next race for the OSCAAR Super Late Models is at Kawartha Speedway on June 1.

For more information on OSCAAR, check out http://www.oscaar.ca/.

[media-credit id=4 align=”alignright” width=”266″][/media-credit]Sunday night at Sunset International Speedway in Innisfil, Ontario meant the inangural event for the OSCAAR Modifieds. The division was formed late last year as a way to sanction a touring series for modified racers in Ontario.

The first event was a success as it was welcomed a side-by-side battle between Gary McLean and Berry Newman for the lead throughout the entire night. In the end, it was veteran McLean coming home with the victory.

“That guy is a class act,” McLean says of Newman. “He cut me a lot of slack, a lot of times. Realistically, he was faster than me most of the time. Just a class guy. Raced with him a lot of times, he’s the guy to beat.”

In the first heat, McLean didn’t look to be one of the mods to watch, however with a win in the second round of qualifying, he started the race from the pole.

“We’re going to have to be careful,” he says. “The guys out here – we don’t know them. Everybody wants to be a little timid – just don’t wreck the equipment. Doesn’t pay till the feature.”

The modifieds have been known for putting on some of the best shows in the province of Ontario and McLean is glad that OSCAAR brought the series together.

“The OSCAAR thing is just going to bring it up to the forefront so everybody gets to see it to watch the good racing,” he says. “Look at these top five cars; these guys are getting it on.”

The next race for the OSCAAR Modifieds is at Kawartha Speedway on June 1.

For more information on the OSCAAR Modifieds, check out  http://modifieds.oscaar.ca/.