Five OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modifieds to watch tonight at Barrie

Heading into the third event of the 2014 season for the OSCAAR Hanover Holiday Modifieds, here are five drivers that you should keep an eye on.

Brent McLean

Brent McLean comes into this year’s event as the defending race winner and definitely needs a good run with how his year has started. The younger McLean kicked off the year with a 12th at Sunset Speedway, followed by a sixth two weeks ago at Kawartha Speedway. If he wants to keep himself into the championship picture even this early in the year, he needs to have a podium style run.

Gary McLean

Gary McLean is also a past winner at Barrie, having won the event two years ago. Gary didn’t start off the season like he wanted at Sunset Speedway after being involved in a wreck, though a win two weeks ago at Kawartha has him leading the standings by one point over Chad Strawn and Ryan Dick. With both Strawn and Dick missing this event due to separate reasons, expect McLean to try and put together a good run to pad his points lead.

Terry Baker

Terry Baker made his OSCAAR debut two weeks ago with stellar results in the form of a third place finish. If Baker shows this weekend, keep an eye on the No. 26.

Tommy Robb

In a non-OSCAAR sanctioned event, Tommy Robb’s modified sustained heavy damage after the wheel came off and the car went up into the turn three wall. Robb’s team has been hard at work over the week to be ready for this weekend. Robb is off to a solid start this year with a 10th at Sunset, followed by a fifth at Kawartha.

Davey Terry

Davey Terry has been really fast so far this year…but also had bad luck. A wreck took him out of the equation at Sunset, while a late-race incident relegated his top-three run to an eighth place finish. Heading into Barrie Speedway, Terry definitely is looking for a good top-five finish, or perhaps his first career feature victory, to get his year on track. Terry has been good at Barrie in the past (seventh last year), though also had bad luck there as well (wreck in 2012). Hopefully the good side of the coin plays it’s card tonight.

Beyond these five, though, there are plenty of other drivers chopping at the bit to tackle the tight Barrie Speedway oval tonight. Be sure to be at the Oro Sound based track for the 6:30 p.m. start as even with the cool temperatures, it promises to be a hot show on track.

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Ashley McCubbin

Joining OnPitRoad.com mid-2013 season, Ashley McCubbin is now the Managing Editor and contributes to each racing division as needed. Since studying journalism at the University of Guelph-Humber, Ashley has published articles on a couple of different websites, while serving as a public relations representative for different short track teams. Born in North York, Ontario, Ashley currently lives in Bradford, Ontario and spends her weekend at the local short tracks in the area. She has spent her entire life at the short track level, falling in love with the sport at the age of five. Beyond her love of short track racing, she also has grown an interest for both NASCAR and the IndyCar Racing Series. She also enjoys taking photos and working on websites, while playing a couple rounds of Candy Crush afterwards.

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