Brent Begolo Scores 2024 Northern Crate Nationals A-Main Win Friday At Ohsweken Speedway

Story By: BRENT OTCHERE / OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY – OHSWEKEN, ONT – Nitro 54 Variety, Arrow Express, and Sit’n Bull Tire presented the third running of the Northern Crate Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday; Brent Begolo took the $7,000 A-Main win for the Crate Sprint Cars, while Nick Sheridan, Joe Trenca, Dave Bailey, and Jason Tolton also took wins in their respective divisions.

Northern Crate Nationals Crate Sprint Cars
Brett Stratford earned the pole position with Keegan Baker next to him on the front row for the 35 lap Northern Crate Nationals A-Main. Stratford quickly put a two second lead over the field until a succession of early caution flags fell. Stratford led once again after the restart but Matt Billings had charged forward from 14th and began to track the 2024 Ohsweken champion down, eventually overtaking for the lead on lap 11.

Brent Begolo methodically picked his way through the field after starting in row four, and the rookie Sprint Car driver was not content to stay in the runner-up spot. Traffic became a factor in the closing laps and Begolo capitalized on the situation, catching Billings to pass for the lead in heavy traffic. Begolo never looked back and went on to become the Northern Crate Nationals champion. Next to cross the line were Billings in second, Stratford in third, Lee Ladouceur fourth, and Jesse Costa fifth.

360 Sprint Car NSCN Twin 15’s
Nick Sheridan and Jason Barney brought the field to the green flag for the first of the Twin 15’s for the 360 Sprint Cars. Sheridan had a clean start and put a gap over the field. A battle for third ensued between Mike Bowman and Dylan Westbrook, providing entertainment while these two local titans race hard and clean. Sheridan had his eyes set on the win as he led every lap of the race and picked up his first 360 Sprint Car victory at the track. New York driver Barney finished in second, with Bowman in third for the final podium spot. The rest of the top five were Washington speedster J.J. Hickle and 2024 Ohsweken champ Dylan Westbrook.

The second of the Twin 15’s had Pennsylania’s Jordan Thomas and Ohsweken track record holder Shone Evans on the front row. Josh Hansen slowed on the track with a mechanical failure and brought out the caution flag on lap five. The restart led to another caution as Tyler Rand crashed on the front stretch. Joe Trenca took advantage of the restart and took the lead; the driver from New York was able to hold off the challengers and take his first Ohsweken win. Next to finish were Ohioan Max Stambaugh in second, Thomas third, Evans fourth, and Quebec’s Jordan Poirier fifth.

Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
Mike Klazinga started on pole alongside Jim Lampman to take the green flag for the 20 lap Thunder Stock A-Main. Dave Bailey got into the lead on the first lap after starting third on the grid. Bailey had to defend his lead after a caution came out on lap 10 which brought Ryan Beagle closer to him.

By lap 17 Beagle could be found right on Bailey’s bumper for the lead, but he couldn’t find a way around for the lead. Bailey took a well-deserved win after leading every lap and holding off the 2024 track champion and Thunder Stock Nationals winner. Beagle had to settle for second place, with Brock Gregory in third, Trevor DeBoer fourth, and Lampman fifth.

HRW Automotive Mini Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Alex Riley and Gillian Hils to begin the 15 lap Mini Stock A-Main. Hils rocketed ahead of the field, albeit short lived as a red flag came out due to a three car pileup on the backstretch and resulted in Mason Anderson’s car barrel rolling violently. All drivers were unharmed, but Anderson’s car was heavily damaged. Hils held the lead when racing resumed until a caution flag came out on lap six.

Hils commanded the restart with a hard-charging Jason Tolton gaining quickly. Lap 13 saw Tolton take the lead away from Hils with a daring pass. The last few laps were nail biters as Tolton and Hils were on top of each other swapping for the lead. Tolton ultimately came out victorious taking the lead in the final corner and going on to win the final feature of the season. Hils came in a close second, while rounding out the top 5 were Riley in third, Dusty DeBoer fourth, and Jeremy Cooper fifth.

Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Nationals Weekend at Ohsweken Speedway will conclude on Saturday, September 14 with the 20th Running of the Northern Sprint Car Nationals.

Crate Sprints

A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 71-Brent Begolo[8]; 2. 52RHR-Matt Billings[14]; 3. BS39-Brett Stratford[1]; 4. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[4]; 5. 52-Jesse Costa[3]; 6. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 7. 00-Mack DeMan[16]; 8. 16X-Keegan Baker[2]; 9. 2S-Al Sleight[9]; 10. 87-Andrew Hennessy[15]; 11. 53-Logan Shwedyk[13]; 12. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[10]; 13. 72-Tanner Podwinski[7]; 14. 88-Lance Erskine[18]; 15. 74-Rob Neely[6]; 16. 94-Ryan Fraser[21]; 17. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[29]; 18. 9-Adam Turner[12]; 19. 99-Joshua Hill[23]; 20. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[11]; 21. 8-Trevor Young[28]; 22. 98-Jonah Mutton[22]; 23. 28T-Cameron Thomson[24]; 24. 24K-Kiana Teal[25]; 25. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[19]; 26. 44-Connor Ross[27]; 27. 777-Cameron Olm[26]; 28. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[30]; 29. (DNF) 24A-AJ Lewis[20]; 30. (DNS) 777A-Tyler Willard

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[1]; 2. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]; 3. 94-Ryan Fraser[4]; 4. 98-Jonah Mutton[5]; 5. 99-Joshua Hill[11]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[14]; 7. 44-Connor Ross[7]; 8. 14W-Greg Wilson[19]; 9. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[9]; 10. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[12]; 11. 29W-Tyler Ward[18]; 12. 777-Cameron Olm[6]; 13. 8-Trevor Young[8]; 14. M52-Marc Surprenant[21]; 15. 2-Travis Hofstetter[15]; 16. 5-Tom Pellezari[22]; 17. 24K-Kiana Teal[3]; 18. MK8-Matt Hill[10]; 19. 27-Niko Hansen[17]; 20. (DNF) 26-John Verney[13]; 21. (DNF) 11W-Jeremy Hughes[16]; 22. (DNS) 93-Guy Gosselin

C Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14W-Greg Wilson[2]; 2. 93-Guy Gosselin[4]; 3. M52-Marc Surprenant[6]; 4. 5-Tom Pellezari[5]; 5. 69K-Ken Hamilton[1]; 6. 38-Melissa Miller[8]; 7. 3-Devon Bacher[3]; 8. (DNF) 14B-Broden Weiler[7]

Dash 1 (5 Laps): 1. BS39-Brett Stratford[1]; 2. 16X-Keegan Baker[2]; 3. 52-Jesse Costa[8]; 4. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[4]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[3]; 6. 74-Rob Neely[6]; 7. 72-Tanner Podwinski[5]; 8. 71-Brent Begolo[7]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[2]; 2. 71-Brent Begolo[4]; 3. 52RHR-Matt Billings[3]; 4. 777-Cameron Olm[1]; 5. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[5]; 6. 26-John Verney[6]; 7. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]; 8. 38-Melissa Miller[7]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 72-Tanner Podwinski[2]; 2. 2S-Al Sleight[4]; 3. 00-Mack DeMan[3]; 4. 24A-AJ Lewis[5]; 5. 24K-Kiana Teal[7]; 6. 27-Niko Hansen[1]; 7. M52-Marc Surprenant[6]; 8. 14B-Broden Weiler[8]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Adam Turner[1]; 2. 52-Jesse Costa[4]; 3. 87-Andrew Hennessy[3]; 4. 98-Jonah Mutton[2]; 5. 94-Ryan Fraser[6]; 6. 2-Travis Hofstetter[5]; 7. 14W-Greg Wilson[7]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 74-Rob Neely[2]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[4]; 3. 777A-Tyler Willard[3]; 4. 4B-Darrell Pelletier[6]; 5. MK8-Matt Hill[5]; 6. 29W-Tyler Ward[1]; 7. 3-Devon Bacher[7]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 2. 53-Logan Shwedyk[3]; 3. 88-Lance Erskine[2]; 4. 44-Connor Ross[1]; 5. 99-Joshua Hill[5]; 6. 28T-Cameron Thomson[6]; 7. 5-Tom Pellezari[7]

Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 16X-Keegan Baker[4]; 2. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 3. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[6]; 4. 8-Trevor Young[1]; 5. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[3]; 6. 11W-Jeremy Hughes[2]; 7. 93-Guy Gosselin[7]

FLIGHT 1 GROUP A (3 Laps): 1. 26-John Verney, 00:15.473[1]; 2. 38-Melissa Miller, 00:15.553[4]; 3. 24K-Kiana Teal, 00:15.711[3]; 4. 69K-Ken Hamilton, 00:15.888[2]

FLIGHT 1 GROUP B (3 Laps): 1. 52RHR-Matt Billings, 00:14.775[3]; 2. 00-Mack DeMan, 00:14.892[2]; 3. 777-Cameron Olm, 00:15.095[1]; 4. 27-Niko Hansen, 00:15.109[4]

FLIGHT 1 GROUP C (3 Laps): 1. 71-Brent Begolo, 00:14.610[3]; 2. 51L-Lee Ladouceur, 00:14.921[1]; 3. 50LS-Adrian Stahle, 00:15.125[4]; 4. 14B-Broden Weiler[2]

FLIGHT 1 GROUP D (3 Laps): 1. 2S-Al Sleight, 00:14.673[1]; 2. 72-Tanner Podwinski, 00:14.987[4]; 3. 24A-AJ Lewis, 00:15.186[3]; 4. M52-Marc Surprenant, 00:15.481[2]

FLIGHT 2 GROUP A (3 Laps): 1. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 00:14.913[3]; 2. 98-Jonah Mutton, 00:15.041[1]; 3. 9-Adam Turner, 00:15.262[2]; 4. 94-Ryan Fraser, 00:15.681[4]

FLIGHT 2 GROUP B (3 Laps): 1. 777A-Tyler Willard, 00:14.920[1]; 2. 29W-Tyler Ward, 00:15.272[3]; 3. 4B-Darrell Pelletier, 00:15.728[2]

FLIGHT 2 GROUP C (3 Laps): 1. 74-Rob Neely, 00:15.088[3]; 2. 2-Travis Hofstetter, 00:15.496[1]; 3. MK8-Matt Hill, 00:15.615[4]; 4. 14W-Greg Wilson, 00:15.733[2]

FLIGHT 2 GROUP D (3 Laps): 1. 52-Jesse Costa, 00:14.776[3]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 00:14.855[2]; 3. 3-Devon Bacher, 00:16.018[1]

FLIGHT 3 GROUP A (3 Laps): 1. 53-Logan Shwedyk, 00:15.066[1]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke, 00:15.103[2]; 3. 99-Joshua Hill, 00:15.477[4]; 4. 28T-Cameron Thomson, 00:15.650[3]

FLIGHT 3 GROUP B (3 Laps): 1. BS39-Brett Stratford, 00:14.714[1]; 2. 88-Lance Erskine, 00:15.149[3]; 3. 44-Connor Ross, 00:15.353[2]

FLIGHT 3 GROUP C (3 Laps): 1. 16X-Keegan Baker, 00:14.854[1]; 2. 85C-Cam MacKinnon, 00:15.669[4]; 3. 5-Tom Pellezari, 00:15.759[3]; 4. (DQ) 93-Guy Gosselin, 00:16.507[2]

FLIGHT 3 GROUP D (3 Laps): 1. 11W-Jeremy Hughes, 00:15.350[2]; 2. 8-Trevor Young, 00:15.361[1]; 3. 20-Johnny Miller, 00:15.573[3]

360 Sprints

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 45-Nick Sheridan[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[4]; 4. 67X-JJ Hickle[5]; 5. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 6. 17X-Cory Turner[9]; 7. 53-Shawn Donath[7]; 8. 94-Todd Hoddick[6]; 9. 9-Liam Martin[13]; 10. 5-DJ Christie[8]; 11. 85-Dustin Daggett[12]; 12. 21-Alex Therrien[10]; 13. 28F-Davie Franek[11]; 14. 46C-Ryan Coniam[15]; 15. 70MM-Dale Curran[14]

A Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[3]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[5]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas[1]; 4. 87X-Shone Evans[2]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 6. 19-Mathieu Bardier[8]; 7. 77T-Tyeller Powless[14]; 8. 14H-Jim Huppunen[10]; 9. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[15]; 10. 15-Ryan Turner[9]; 11. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 12. 12DD-Darren Dryden[13]; 13. 7-Eric Gledhill[11]; 14. (DNF) 84-Tyler Rand[12]; 15. (DNF) 88H-Josh Hansen[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 2. 87X-Shone Evans[5]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[7]; 4. 84-Tyler Rand[2]; 5. 77T-Tyeller Powless[4]; 6. 21K-Kyle Phillips[3]; 7. 3G-Dale Gosselin[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Nick Sheridan[7]; 2. 67X-JJ Hickle[4]; 3. 21-Alex Therrien[3]; 4. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 5. 7-Eric Gledhill[6]; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1]; 7. 94X-Scott Hall[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Todd Hoddick[1]; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen[3]; 3. 98-Joe Trenca[7]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 5. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[2]; 6. (DNF) 15GG-Garrett Green[5]; 7. (DNF) 10H-Kelly Hebing[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 2. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 3. 14H-Jim Huppunen[1]; 4. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 5. 70MM-Dale Curran[5]; 6. 46-Kevin Pauls[2]; 7. (DNF) 84L-Mike Lichty[4]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman[7]; 4. 15-Ryan Turner[6]; 5. 46C-Ryan Coniam[3]; 6. 13-Evan Reynolds[5]; 7. (DNF) 17-Jared Horstman[4]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 2. 19-Mathieu Bardier[1]; 3. 17X-Cory Turner[4]; 4. 12DD-Darren Dryden[2]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett[6]; 6. 68-Aaron Turkey[5]

Thunder Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 49-Dave Bailey[3]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[6]; 3. 26G-Brock Gregory[4]; 4. 23-Trevor DeBoer[10]; 5. 97-Jim Lampman[2]; 6. 21-Spencer Smolders[11]; 7. 55-Mike Thorne[9]; 8. 0-Tyler French[19]; 9. 93K-Mike Klazinga[1]; 10. 88L-Logan Ferguson[12]; 11. 108-Zack Bleich[8]; 12. 17W-Travis Whittal[15]; 13. 11-Gofast Teeple[21]; 14. 01-Kyle Gregory[14]; 15. 81-Nick Cameron[5]; 16. 93F-Calvin Fox[13]; 17. 17-Ethan Humphry[16]; 18. 19-Kevin Tait[24]; 19. 5G-Gord Grant[22]; 20. 41-Adam Plazek[18]; 21. 77-Carson Thompson[23]; 22. 81B-Brando Greene Styres[25]; 23. (DNF) 13-Kacey Huffman[20]; 24. (DNF) 1J-Jason Fontaine[7]; 25. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[17]; 26. (DNS) 18-Ben Cameron

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 49-Dave Bailey[3]; 2. 1J-Jason Fontaine[4]; 3. 93K-Mike Klazinga[1]; 4. 108-Zack Bleich[13]; 5. 55-Mike Thorne[9]; 6. 21-Spencer Smolders[12]; 7. 93F-Calvin Fox[8]; 8. 17W-Travis Whittal[7]; 9. 17-Ethan Humphry[10]; 10. 41-Adam Plazek[11]; 11. 13-Kacey Huffman[5]; 12. 5G-Gord Grant[6]; 13. 19-Kevin Tait[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 97-Jim Lampman[12]; 2. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[7]; 3. 26G-Brock Gregory[3]; 4. 81-Nick Cameron[9]; 5. 23-Trevor DeBoer[2]; 6. 88L-Logan Ferguson[13]; 7. 01-Kyle Gregory[8]; 8. 18-Ben Cameron[4]; 9. 43-Kyle Andress[1]; 10. 0-Tyler French[5]; 11. 11-Gofast Teeple[11]; 12. 77-Carson Thompson[10]; 13. 81B-Brando Greene Styres[6]

Mini Stocks

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1-Jason Tolton[5]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[2]; 3. 17-Alex Riley[1]; 4. 23-Dusty DeBoer[4]; 5. X-Jeremy Cooper[3]; 6. 5K-Ken Hair[13]; 7. 1A-Ashton Dickie[11]; 8. 54-Christopher French[24]; 9. 64-Nick Erskine[10]; 10. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[8]; 11. 16-Fabio Olivieri[14]; 12. 76-Shawn Taylor[15]; 13. 265-Mike Evers[17]; 14. 11-Mike Giberson[16]; 15. 15-Emma Norris[23]; 16. 79-Steve Miller[22]; 17. 21X-Mark Bazuin[9]; 18. (DNF) 0-James Marshall[21]; 19. (DNF) 46-Tim Norris[19]; 20. (DNF) 9-Tim DeBoer[6]; 21. (DNF) 4A-Mason Anderson[7]; 22. (DNF) 01-Tristan DaSilva[12]; 23. (DNF) 21H-Ryan Hillar[18]; 24. (DNF) 14L-Steven Overhof[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4A-Mason Anderson[7]; 2. X-Jeremy Cooper[1]; 3. 11E-Jeff Elsliger[4]; 4. 23-Dusty DeBoer[8]; 5. 21X-Mark Bazuin[11]; 6. 1A-Ashton Dickie[9]; 7. 5K-Ken Hair[10]; 8. 76-Shawn Taylor[5]; 9. 265-Mike Evers[12]; 10. 46-Tim Norris[6]; 11. 0-James Marshall[3]; 12. 15-Emma Norris[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Gillian Hils[2]; 2. 17-Alex Riley[5]; 3. 1-Jason Tolton[1]; 4. 9-Tim DeBoer[7]; 5. 64-Nick Erskine[6]; 6. 01-Tristan DaSilva[8]; 7. 16-Fabio Olivieri[3]; 8. 11-Mike Giberson[10]; 9. 21H-Ryan Hillar[9]; 10. 14L-Steven Overhof[12]; 11. 79-Steve Miller[11]; 12. (DNF) 54-Christopher French[4]