Team Records Second Place Finish at Ohsweken Special

By Dave Sully - OHSWEKEN, ON- After the good finish at Lernerville on Friday and a welcome rainout on Saturday at Merrittville, the team traveled to Ohsweken Speedway on Monday, July 29th for the Northern Summer Nationals, with Mat recording a second place finish to Chad Brachmann in the 30 lap Modified Feature. After finishing third in his heat, Mat drew the fourth stating spot. He made it to second, but was no match for Brachmann, who was the class of the field this night.

Talking about the evening, Mat explained, “I started outside pole in the heat. Brandon Easey started on the pole and got a better start than I did. Mike Bowman was right behind him and took advantage of Brandon’s start. I ended up finishing third in the heat and that put us starting fourth in the feature. We got up to second when Chad was leading. Chad had a better car than we did. That’s for sure. He walked away from us; he beat us by about five seconds. He certainly had a dominant cat there, but it was great to be back at Ohsweken.”

Mark D’Ilario finished third, but Mat was comfortably ahead of him at the line. He added, “The top five had a good race, except for Brachmann. (Top five finish was Brachmann, Mat, D’Ilario, Chris Steele, and Erick Rudolph.). “It was a nice pay day and a good night. I’m glad we were back there.”

Glenn Styres has done a great job with Ohsweken Speedway and has been bringing in the top series, especially the sprint cars. The team was definitely happy to go there and satisfied with the result.

It’s nice to race for fun occasionally, with no pressure. Ohsweken was a good time and rewarding to boot. Now back to the task at hand. It gets busy, with races at Lernerville on Friday, Merrittville on Saturday, and the prestigious “All Canadian” on Sunday at Humberstone. The team will be ready.