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Job Takes Second Career SOS Feature With Win at South Buxton
By Bill OLDROYD;
Saturday, July 14th would see rain wash out most speedways in Ontario,
Michigan and New York but South Buxton Raceway was fortunate enough to miss
the majority of the bad weather. Brief showers prior to warm-ups as well as
excellent track preparation made for an incredible racing surface all
evening long. With 21 cars in the pit, Campbellsville's Kevin Job came home
the winner scoring his second career sprint car victory.
Rookie Justin Martin started the A Main on the pole along side veteran
Dick Mahoney. Mahoney grabbed the early lead with the 21x of Kevin Job in
hot pursuit while Martin was holding on to third. Warren Mahoney and Keith
Dempster were running fourth and fifth when the first caution of the night
flew for a Mark Swain spin.
A few laps later, Mike Ferrell collected Daryl Turford as the pair entered
turn three. Turford suffered a flat tire and other minor damage but was not
able to answer the call for the restart. Ferrell escaped with only minor
damage to his wing and restarted at the end of the pack. Dick Mahoney paced
the field followed by Job and Warren Mahoney
On the restart, Job took over the lead, which he would hold for the balance
of the race. The next caution came out when second place Warren Mahoney
spun putting he to the tail of the field. On lap 13, the red flag waved
when Frank Baranowski flipped over Ferrell who had spun in turn four right
in front of Baranowski. As a result, both drivers were forced to retire for
the night but fortunately, neither driver was injured.
The running order was still Job out front with Dempster in second and a hard
charging Kyle Patrick up to third from his tenth place starting position.
Local favourite John Riegling followed by Glenn Styres rounded out the top
five. The last several laps would see no changes in the running order of
this group as the checked flag fell.
With his 5th place finish, Styres would take over the SOS points lead as
current leader Rick Wilson elected to compete close to home at Brockville
Speedway.
Heat races were won by Joe MIDDLEMISS, Dick MAHONEY and Warren MAHONEY.
The DASH was won by Kyle PATRICK.
Next up the series returns to South Buxton Speedway for their 3rd and final
appearance of 2007 on Aug. 4th.
Come out to a speedway near you to be a part of the action as the series
continues on its 2007 tour and for all of the latest news and information
on the Southern Ontario Sprints be sure to log on to the official website at
HYPERLINK "http://www.southernontariosprints.com"
www.southernontariosprints.com.
Results: 21 cars in Pit
Heat #1
1/ 11 Joe MIDDLEMISS, St. Catherines, ON 2/ 7 Justin MARTIN,
St. Thomas, ON
3/ 24 Bob McDONALD, Woodstock, ON 4/ 1a John RIEGLING,
Chatham, ON
5/ 05 Mark SWAIN, Port Perry, ON 6/ 66 Frank
BARANOWSKI, Hamilton, ON
7/ 15 Mike FERRELL, London, ON
Heat #2
1/ 79 Dick MAHONEY, Newmarket, ON 2/ 42 Kyle PATRICK,
Tilbury, ON
3/ 5 Keith DEMPSTER, Alton, ON 4/ 10 Bob CRAWFORD, Sutton,
ON
5/ 29 Daryl TURFORD, Mitchell, ON 6/ 10m Rob
MIDDLEMISS, St.Catherines, ON
7/ 6n Dain NAIDA, Belleville, MI (DNS)
Heat #3
1/ 25 Warren MAHONEY, Lefroy, ON 2/ 21X Kevin JOB,
Campbellville, ON
3/ 0 Glenn STYRES, Ohsweken, ON 4/ 21J John BURBRIDGE,
Simcoe, ON
5/ 81 Derek JONATHON, Lockport, NY 6/ 20 Jeff DANIELS,
Chatham, ON
7/ 83 James WHITTAKER, Lynden, ON
DASH
1/ 42 Kyle PATRICK 2/ 21x Kevin JOB
3/ 25 Warren MAHONEY 4/ 79 Dick MAHONEY
5/ 11 Joe MIDDLEMISS 6/ 7 Justin MARTIN
A MAIN
1/ 21x Kevin JOB (4) 2/ 5 Keith DEMPSTER (5)
3/ 42 Kyle PATRICK (10) 4/ 1a John RIEGLING (12)
5/ 0 Glenn STYRES (11) 6/ 10 Bob CRAWFORD (7)
7/ 79 Dick MAHONEY (2) 8/ 24 Bob McDONALD (3)
9/ 25 Warren MAHONEY (8) 10/ 11 Joe MIDDLEMISS (9)
11/ 20 Jeff DANIELS (18) 12/ 05 Mark SWAIN (13)
13/ 83 James WHITTAKER (20) 14/ 81 Derek JONATHON (15)
15/ 7 Justin MARTIN (1) 16/ 66 Frank BARANOWSKI (16)
17/ 15 Mike FERRELL (19) 18/ 29 Daryl TURFORD (14)
19/ 21J John BURBRIDGE (6) 20/ 10m Rob MIDDLEMISS (17)
(DNS)
Unofficial Points after July 14th:
1
0 Glenn STYRES
885
2
42w Rick WILSON
848
3
21x Kevin JOB
844
4
5 Keith DEMPSTER
822
5
10 Bob CRAWFORD
811
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