Sheridan Picks up ESS Win at Ohsweken

Ohsweken regulars DJ Christie and Nick Sheridan would bring the field to green, with Sheridan grabbing the lead early on the high side. Christie settled into second with Jordan Thomas hot on his heels.

Thomas would slip by Christie on lap two on the bottom, and then immediately returned to the high side. Using the same slider line, Skyler Evans made multiple attempts to get by Christie for third, but Christie was able to tuck back under him each time to hold on to the position.

After a quick yellow for Dillon Paddock with a flat tire, Sheridan and Thomas again jumped out to the lead with Christie in third.  This time, however, Christie was under fire from Jordan Poirier who had worked his way into fourth from his 10th starting position.

Another restart on lap 9 yielded much of the same results, with Sheridan and Thomas out front and Poirier battling Christie for third.  Two laps later, Poirier was able to get by Christie and set his sights on Thomas and Sheridan.

As he caught lap traffic with only a few laps remaining, Sheridan was able to keep some distance between himself and Thomas to pick up the win.  With a late race rally, Cory Turner came out of nowhere to get by Jordan Thomas to finish second, completing a march to the front from his 17th starting position.

“It was a tough race, I really didn’t think I had the car to win going into the feature to be honest,” said Sheridan in victory lane. “I saw how slick it got and I wish I changed some more things going into the feature than I did, we kind of ran out of time.”

“A few laps in I just trunked the wing and changed some cockpit dials with the shocks and got the car a lot better.”

Cory Turner picked up the A-Verdi Storage Containers hard charger award on the night, passing 15 cars en-route to a second-place finish.

“We were not good when we unloaded, went ninth quick and just buried ourselves in that heat race but we didn’t get down on ourselves, we kept working,” said Turner. “The track went just the way we like it, no cushion, slick, run through the middle.”

After running second most of the race, Jordan Thomas came home third rounding out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium.

“The Ohsweken locals are definitely putting it to us here the past couple of years,” said Thomas. “We’re just really turning our program around with motor issues at the beginning of the year, now we’ve got that all straightened out.”

35 cars lined the pits on Friday at Ohsweken, which would split the field into four timed hot lap sessions.  Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Matt Farnham, Darren Dryden, Eric Gledhill, and Dylan Westbrook.  Elab Smokers Boutique heat races were won by DJ Christie, Darren Dryden, Skyler Evans and Kyle Phillips.  The Donath Motor Worx Dash presented by Goliath Holdings was won by Kyle Phillips, while Jacob Dykstra won the B-Main.

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A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 45-Nick Sheridan[2]; 2. 39-Cory Turner[17]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas[4]; 4. 28-Jordan Poirier[10]; 5. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 6. 87XS-Skyler Evans[8]; 7. 12DD-Darren Dryden[9]; 8. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[11]; 9. 68-Aaron Turkey[14]; 10. 7-Eric Gledhill[3]; 11. 90-Matt Tanner[13]; 12. 38-Zach Sobotka[24]; 13. 21T-Alex Therrien[12]; 14. 88H-Josh Hansen[18]; 15. 98-Joe Trenca[20]; 16. 77T-Tyeller Powless[16]; 17. 24-Jeremy Lafleur[23]; 18. 94-Todd Hoddick[15]; 19. 21K-Kyle Phillips[7]; 20. 15-Ryan Turner[22]; 21. 28F-Davie Franek[6]; 22. 87-Jason Barney[26]; 23. 8-Dillon Paddock[19]; 24. (DNF) 66-Jordan Hutton[25]; 25. (DNF) 7NY-Matt Farnham[5]; 26. (DNF) 5D-Jacob Dykstra[21]