Photo Credit: Ashley McCubbin
Location: Barrie Speedway June 14, 2014
What won the race: #10 Jesse Kennedy lead the field to green and held onto the point until lap eleven of the fifty lap event. Current point leader Andrew Gresel would pace the field till a lap thirty three caution allowed the second running #17 Kevin Cornelius to close the gap. From that point on the #81 and #17 put on a great race, racing side by side for the final seventeen laps. The #17 of Cornelius was able to complete the pass on lap forty five and went on to record his first OSCAAR feature win and a hat trick on the night.
Bad Luck of the event: Rookie contender #24 Scott Field suffered motor issues during practice ending his night early. #22 Glenn Watson had the repairs done after the Kawartha event but was sidelined early in the feature with mechanical issues. Making his 2014 season debut, home track hero #42 Tyler Hawn fought handling issues all night. Brent McLean also debuted his #47m but fought motor issues most of the night
Rookie Battle: Four Rookie of the Year candidates were in attendance. At the end of the feature event it was the #b10 of Kelly Balson finishing third for top rookie of the race honours and career best OSCAAR finish. #44 Dave Doucette came home fourth also a career best and second best Rookie of the night. Corey Jones placed third in the rookie battle. Scott Field was in attendance but did not race.
Car Count: 13
Top qualifier: #17 Kevin Cornelius
Pole Sitter: #10 Jesse Kennedy
Heat Race winners: # 17 Kevin Cornelius x2, #82 Corey Jones, #45 Rob Poole
Top Five in Points: 1st #81 Andrew Gressel 208 pts, 2nd #10 Jesse Kennedy 193pts, 3rd #45 Rob Poole 191 pts, 4th #17 Kevin Cornelius 187 pts, 5th #b10 Kelly Balson
Next Series Event: Sunset Speedway, Biederman Memorial June 28 -29,2014 Two complete shows each day
Feature Finish: 1) # 17 Kevin Cornelius, 2) #81 Andrew Gresel, 3) B10 Kelly Balson (r), 4) #44 Dave Doucette (r), 5) #54 Mike Beyore, 6) #10 Jesse Kennedy, 7) #45 Rob Poole, 8) #82 Corey Jones (r) 9) #04 Rudy Oppersma, 10) #42 Tyler Hawn, 11) #47m Brent McLean, 12) #22 Glenn Watson, 13) Scott Field (r) DNS
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