July 25, 2014 

 

 

It was a great evening of old-school competition at Delaware Speedway's Vintage Night on Friday, sponsored by Groundmasters Landscapers, with races featuring unique Vintage race cars and 101 classic cruise cars packing the famous half-mile before the races. Adrian Donkers (#6) of Elora won the 25-lap Lucas Oil Canadian Vintage Modifieds feature and Cliff Hodgkinson (#12) won the 25-lap Four Cylinder Outlaw Modifieds feature. The night also featured twin 25-lap GAW Recycling Super Stock features with visitors from Flamboro Speedway, the first win was taken by Branden Verhoeven (#7) of Kerwood and the second by Darrell Lake (#77) of London.

Branden Verhoeven (#7) of Kerwood won the first 25-lap GAW Recycling Super Stock feature. Verhoeven started in the lead in a large field of twenty-six cars after having the fastest speed in time trials finishing with a time 20.703, a new track record for the GAW Recycling Super Stocks. He was the second last entry in time trials and beat the record set only a few minutes earlier by Gary Adriaensen (#55) of London who had run a time of 20.787. Verhoeven held the previous Super Stock
track record time of 20.829 set on June 20, 2014.

Shae Gemmell (#3) of Dorchester ran most of the feature in second position right behind Verhoeven. He finished in second position despite pushing hard for first especially in the last few laps of the feature. Shawn Chenoweth (#89) of Flamboro Speedway finished in third position after passing Gary Adriaensen (#55) Belmont who had held third position for the majority of the feature, even after fending off David McCullough (#39) of Glencoe who pushed hard for third in lap fifteen and sixteen. Adriaensen placed fourth and McCullough placed fifth.

Darrell Lake (#77) of London won the second 25-lap GAW Recycling Super Stock feature. Kevin Gallant (#31) of Flamboro Speedway led the first five laps of the race but was passed by Lake who had quickly worked his way through over half of the field into lap six. Kevin Albers (#27) of Flamboro Speedway was holding second position at that point until Jordan Lawrence (#78) of London made a successful move to pass him in lap thirteen. Lawrence tried hard to get ahead of Lake, especially on
the restart after a caution in lap thirteen but was not able to mount a charge. Lake finished first, Lawrence finished second, and Shae Gemmell (#3) of Dorchester finished third after an major battle for position with Albers and Kenny McNicol Jr. (#17) of Exeter.

"It feels like we finally have a car under us that is championship worthy," Lake commented in Victory Lane. He was also grateful to Branden Verhoeven (#7) and his team who helped him with parts for a transmission leak he had been dealing with before the race.

Adrian Donkers (#6) of Elora won the Lucas Oil Canadian Vintage Modified 25-lap feature. T.J. Marshall (#15) of Rockton passed into the lead in lap two and led nine laps until him and Michael Williams (#7) of Tottenham made contact with each other and spun while racing hard for the lead. The accident ended up putting both Marshall and Williams out of the lead, allowing Donkers to become the new leader. Jason Keen (#18) of Oakville put a lot of pressure on Donkers for first position. Several
restarts after cautions provided opportunities for Keen to pass but Donkers was consistently able to keep Keen behind him even as Keen ran bumper-to-bumper or side-by-side while Donkers held the lead. Keen placed second. Williams placed third after making his way through traffic and finally passing into third position in lap twenty-three.

Cliff Hodgkinson (#12) won the Four Cylinder Outlaw Modifieds 25-lap feature. Tom Houghton (#33) led the first four laps of the feature but was passed by Hodgkinson early in the race. Hodgkinson put significant distance between himself and the rest of the field to secure first position. Meanwhile, Shawn McGlynn (#36q) was working his way through the field. By the time they had reached lap nineteen McGlynn was riding Hodgkinson's bumper. McGlynn pulled up beside Hodgkinson and they crossed the finish in a pitched side-by-side battle for the win. Hodgkinson took the victory narrow margin. McGlynn placed second. Houghton placed third.

Before the races began, spectators were treated to a Classic Car Cruise and Show in support of Jesse's Journey. Delaware Speedway was honoured to welcome special guest "Grandpa Bob" as the Grand Marshall, representing Jesse's Journey on his 4000 km walk for Louie. One-hundred one cruise cars participated in the special event.

Racing resumes on Friday, August 1st with an event featuring the GAW Recycling Super Stocks, V8 Stocks, and the ever popular King of the Hill Spectators' Race. The Open Ontario Four Cylinders series will also be visiting the track for a feature that evening. Tickets and information for this event, sponsored by GAW Recycling and Whitworth Towing, are available online. Also available online are tickets and details for the hotly-anticipated ISMA Super Modifieds and OSCAAR Modifieds event on
August 15th.

GAW Recycling Super Stock Feature 1 - 25 laps
Pos. # Name
1 7 Branden Verhoeven
2 3 Shae Gemmell
3 89 Shawn Chenoweth
4 55 Gary Adriaensen
5 39 David McCullough
6 17 Kenny McNicol Jr.
7 1 Trevor Collver
8 78 Jordan Lawrence
9 77 Darrell Lake
10 51 Matt Robblee
11 27 Kevin Albers
12 16 Kathleen Hosang
13 87 Willi Reyns
14 8 Steve Perry
15 5 Jeremiah Rabideau
16 76A Shawn Arnott
17 13 Brad Collison
18 33F Mike Gilmour
19 62 Darren Wright
20 31 Kevin Gallant
21 52 Dave Webster
22 14 Brittany Beatty
23 93 Jerry Broom
24 5F Linda Stenhouse
dnf 19 Geoff Chant
dnf 18 Adam Swales

GAW Recycling Super Stock Feature 2 - 25 laps
Pos. # Name
1 77 Darrell Lake
2 78 Jordan Lawrence
3 3 Shae Gemmell
4 89 Shawn Chenoweth
5 17 Kenny McNicol Jr.
6 39 David McCullough
7 27 Kevin Albers
8 51 Matt Robblee
9 55 Gary Adriaensen
10 7 Branden Verhoeven
11 13 Brad Collison
12 16 Kathleen Hosang
13 8 Steve Perry
14 1 Trevor Collver
15 33F Mike Gilmour
16 52 Dave Webster
17 5 Jeremiah Rabideau
18 62 Darren Wright
19 5F Linda Stenhouse
dnf 31 Kevin Gallant
dnf 14 Brittany Beatty
dnf 87 Willi Reyns
dnf 76A Shawn Arnott
dnf 93 Jerry Broom
dns 19 Geoff Chant
dns 18 Adam Swales

Lucas Oil Canadian Vintage Modifieds
Pos. # Name
1 6 Adrian Donkers
2 18 Jason Keen
3 15 T.J. Marshall
4 00 Jeremy Riopelle
5 5 Mike Podd
6 7 Michael Williams
7 57 Steven Trendell
8 44 Rick Schurr
9 99 Rick Jones
10 19 John Karley
11 92 Brian Atkinson
12 38 Dustin Hood
13 33 Ian Burney
dnf 14 Jerrid Morphy
dnf 29 Daryl Henwood

Four Cylinder Outlaw Modifieds
Pos # Name
1 12 Cliff Hodgkinson
2 36q Shawn McGlynn
3 33 Tom Houghton
4 36 Dave Hodgkinson
5 10 AJ Emms
6 40 Jim Houghton
7 3 Billy Zardo
dns 0 Cliff Hodgkinson
dns 46 Lisa Hodgkinson