Andy Kamrath sweeps Mini Stock Nationals at Kawartha Speedway

After winning the first round back in June, the question was whether Andrew Kamrath could do it once again. The answer? He did it as Kamrath held off Billy Schwartzenburg and Danny Benedict en route to victory lane.

2013 Sunset Speedway Champion Warren Paxton won the first heat ahead of Brandon McFerran, Kamrath, Cory Young, the 17, the 61x, and Chris Ryckman.

Current Sauble Speedway Points Leader Schwartzenburg won the second heat ahead of Craig Martin, Benedict, Terry Woodley, Dan Demers and the 38.

Tyler Junkin won the final heat ahead of Neil Hannah, Chris Mulders, Brandt Graham, Donovan Price, the 47, Tiffany Vanderbelt and the 61.

Kamrath won the fourth heat ahead of Paxton, McFerran, Young, the 17, Rob Flindall, Chris Ryckman and Brady Greer.

Schwartzenburg went for the daily double ahead of Benedict, Martin, Woodley, Demers, the 29 and Brandon Feeney.

The final heat didn’t go well as Hannah would get into Mulders, causing Mulders to make contact with the 47. That’d send the 47 across the track, into the outside turn one wall. The driver would be okay, walking away from the accident. Junkin went for the daily double ahead of Graham, Mulders, Price, the 61 and Vanderbelt.

Danny Benedict would start on pole in his No. 54 Mustang ahead of Craig Martin, Andy Kamrath, Warren Paxton, Brandon McFerran, Billy Schwartzenburg, Tyler Junkin, Cory Young, Chris Mulders, Brandt Graham, Neil Hannah, Terry Woodley, Donovan Price and some others as the full field of 21 cars was set to take to the track.

Benedict and Martin would battle for the lead on the drop of the green flag, with Benedict getting the advantage ahead of Martin. Kamrath would then get alongside Martin for second, completing the pass while Schwartzenburg and Paxton battled for fourth. Schwartzenburg was able to get the advantage ahead of Paxton and Junkin as McFerran battled with Mulders for seventh. Kamrath would continue to move up, passing Martin for second. Schwartzenburg would then get alongside Martin and they’d battle for third till the first caution flew for Donovan Price going for the spin in turn two. With 29 laps to go, Benedict led ahead of Kamrath, Schwartzenburg, Martin, Junkin, Paxton, McFerran, Mulders, Hannah, Young, Graham and Woodley.

Benedict and Kamrath would battle for the lead on the restart with Kamrath putting the No. 35 Jason Witty of Remax AllStars, Blue Mountain Honda of Collingwood, Imagewraps.Ca, JF Kitching & Son Ltd., CB Services, AM Roofing Solutions and London Recreational Honda Civic out front. Benedict fell back to second ahead of Schwartzenburg, Martin, Paxton, Junkin, Mulder and Hannah as McFerran and Young battled for ninth. Though the caution would then fly for Rob Flindall spinning in turn two. Young would be scored ahead of McFerran for the restart while Graham ran 11^th, followed by Woodley and Demers.

Kamrath would get the jump ahead of Benedict and Schwartzenburg while Martin battled with Paxton for fourth. Martin would get the spot, leaving Paxton to battle with Junkin for fifth. Meanwhile, Schwartzenburg would get alongside Benedict for second, grabbing the spot just before the caution flew for the 61x stalling in turn two. Kamrath would lead the restart ahead of Schwartzenburg, Benedict, Paxton, Martin, Junkin, Hannah, Mulders, Young, McFerran, Graham, Woodley, Flindall and Price.

Kamrath would get another good restart while Schwartzenburg and Benedict battled for second as the caution flew for the fourth time for Feeney spinning in turns three and four. Vanderbelt would pull off the track, done for the afternoon.

The restart brought forth a good battle for the lead with Kamrath and Schwartzenburg, with Kamrath getting the advantage as Benedict got alongside Schwartzenburg for second. Benedict would get the spot ahead of Schwartzenburg and Martin as Junkin and Paxton battled for fifth. Junkin would get by Paxton, while Young, McFerran, Hannah and Mulders rounded out the top 10.

At the front of the field as the laps ran out, Benedict and Schwartzenburg would try everything that they could to get by Kamrath, high and low, but weren’t able to as Andy Kamrath was able to cross the finish line first. Billy Schwartzenburg finished second ahead of Danny Benedict, Craig Martin, Tyler Junkin, Cory Young, Brandon McFerran, Neil Hannah, Chris Mulders, Brandt Graham, Rob Flindall and Terry Woodley.

Brandon Feeney would be scored as the highest running four-fun car with an 18^th place finish, therefore scoring the victory for the four-fun half of the event.

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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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