The annual 'rules
meeting' for the Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
was held this past Sunday. Results of the voting can be
seen by clicking the link below. Note, though these
results are official, the 2012 Rule Book will be the official
guide.
The
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets held their Annual
Awards banquet to celebrate the 46th season on Saturday night at
the Best Western Cairn Croft in Niagara Falls, Ont.
2011 Track Champion
Darren McLennan took home
the very large 1st Place Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget trophy,
Champion's jackets from Lucas Oil and Hoosier Tires and even won
the nights' raffle of a new stereo. McLennan's father, Larry,
and brother Darcy took home the 'Harry Macy' Mechanic of the
Year awards. They also were awarded by vote of the owners and
drivers, the 'Best Appearing Car and Crew' award. It was a
successful season for the McLennan team, winning their 1st
Championship.
McLennan, in his acceptance
speech, thanked series sponsor Lucas Oil for their continued
support of the Can-Am Midget Racing Club as well as Hoosier
Tires/Bicknell Racing, Colormark, Home Hardware of Owen Sound,
and Lincoln Welders. He also thanked his parents for all their
years of help and encouragement starting in go-karts, then mini
trucks and then moving into the Can-Am TQ Midgets in 2005. He
especially thanked brother Darcy for all the hours spent working
on the car and setting it up at the track and girlfriend Kelly
for always being by his side.
"My sponsors, Brians Service
Center, Yamaha, Ace Radiator, Spencer Steel and Awesome Racewear
have supported me over the years and I would really like to
thank them" said McLennan.
Special Awards handed out included
the "George McIntyre Memorial ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" presented to
Dave Hickson, and the "Albert Banyard SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR"
voted on by the owners and drivers and given to Kelly Kyle.
The "Rick Sykes Memorial MOST
IMPROVED DRIVER OF THE YEAR" went to Mack DeMan, and the
OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR went to Jeff Dunham. Ken Lorenz presented
the PRESIDENT'S AWARD to Ralph Webb.
Eighteen teams received
recognition during the evening's festivities and everyone danced
and celebrated into the wee hours of the morning. Thanks went to
Erin Kindred for compiling a exciting video of the Lucas Oil
Can-Am Midgets 46th season, Terry Watts for a great job as MC
and Kim Banyard for again organizing the banquet.
For more informationon the Lucas
Oil Can-Am Midgets, contact Cindy Lorenz at
clorenz74@yahoo.com
Champion Darren McLennan (center) with President Ken
Lorenz (right) and VP David Balych (left)
Rookie of the Year Dave Hickson with President Ken
Lorenz
Most Improved Driver Mack Deman with VP David Balych
Sportsman of the Year Kelly Kyle with Albert Banyard
(left)
Best Appearing Car and Crew, the 48 McLennan Team
Mechanic(s) of the Year, Larry McLennan (left) and
Darcy McLennan (Right)
Official of the Year Jeff Dunham (right)
2011 Presidents Award Ralph
Webbe (right)
Owner Points - 3rd Cliff Walsh, driver Mack Deman
with 5th Andy Mackereth, driver Rob Neely with 2nd Cindy Lorenz, Ken Lorenz and
Yvonne Neely
Owner Points - 11th Earl Caine, 12th Cliff Hodgkinson
with driver Mike Westwood, 10th Chris Bauman,
9th Dave Hickson, 8th Tom Kyle, 6th David Balych and
7th Barry Dunn
Owner Points -13th Craig Mackereth, 14th Yvonne Neely
with driver Justin Fraser, 18th Jeff Blackburn,
17th Jim Hickson and 16th Rob Divenanzo
McLennan Takes Feature Win and 2011 Championship
Darren McLennan held off a hard charging Rob Neely
and Todd Cresswell for the feature win Saturday night at Flamboro Speedway.
The win enabled Darren to claim his first Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget championship.
Darren McLennan
captured his very first
Lucas Oil Can-Am MidgetChampionship
at Flamboro Speedway (ON) on Saturday night. "It"s been a nerve wracking 3 weeks
since our last race and I knew I had to grab every point I could". Winning both
his heat and the 25 lap Feature race, McLennan 'closed the deal' over 2010
Champion Rob Neely by 33 points. Thanking his "team", Mom and Dad, brother
Darcy, and girlfriend Kelly, for all their support throughout the season,
McLennan said he wouldn't be here without all their help. He also thanked Club
sponsor Lucas Oil for all their years as title sponsor of the series, as well as
his sponsors Brian's Service Center, Spencer Steel, and Ace Radiator. He also
mentioned his appreciation to all the Can-Am Midget Officials for the work they
do every week and a special thanks to Rob Neely for a great year of clean side
by side racing.
Chris Bauman led
the field to take the green flag with Dave Hickson on his outside. Daniel Bois
was third followed by David Balych and McLennan at the end of lap one. Bois
motored around Hickson and Bauman one lap later and took the lead. McLennan also
charged to the front and was on Bois's tail on lap 3. These two evenly matched
cars opened up a 20 car lead over the field with Bauman now having hard charger
Barry Dunn to contend with. Balych fell back in the field and Hickson held on to
fifth spot. Dunn motored around Bauman and took third place as Todd Cresswell
rounded the top five. As Bois and McLennan stormed around the track, Neely moved
into the top five on lap 6. Cresswell got past Dunn 2 laps later. At the halfway
point Bois and McLennan began to lap the field followed by Cresswell, Dunn and
Neely. With 6 laps to go Neely passed Dunn and set sights for the front, knowing
he needed 17 points to win the championship. Both Neely and McLennan won their
heats earning 10 points each.
On lap 22 the
first and only caution was thrown and then went to a red flag as leader Bois
attempted to pass the lapped car of Justin Fraser on the outside after McLennan
had passed him on the inside. Bois and Fraser made contact taking both cars into
the wall hard in turn three with Fraser's car catching fire. Very quick work by
Flamboro track personnel and the Can-Am Midgets infield workers put out the fire
and neither driver was injured but both cars were taken to the pits with
extensive damage.
At the restart
McLennan now had the lead with Cresswell and Neely in hot pursuit. McLennan was
not about to lose that Champion's Trophy he envisioned at the start/finish line.
After taking the win McLennan did a "Polish Victory Lap" around the track as
a large group of family and friends in the stands stood and cheered. Cresswell
was third followed by Neely, Dunn and Corey Moesker.
Heats were won by
McLennan and Neely.
Fraser got his
first checkered flag winning the 'B' Feature.
Final Finish for
the
Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midgets at Flamboro Speedway on
September 24th was...1.
DARRENMCLENNAN,
2. Todd Cresswell, 3. Rob Neely, 4. Barry Dunn, 5. Corey
Moesker, 6. Andy Mackereth, 7. David Balych, 8. Chris Bauman,
9. Mike Westwood, 10. Paul Smith, 11. Dave Hickson, 12. Earl Caine, 13. Daniel Bois, 14. Mack DeMan, 15. Justin Fraser,
16. Rob DiVenzano, 17. Jeff Blackwood, 18. Tom Kyle, 19. Carey
Hickson. DNS..Colin Turnbull, Chris Holman, and Stefan Haas.
Top Ten in Final
Points for the
Lucas Oil
Can-Am Midget46th Series
is...1. Darren
McLennan...2088, 2. Rob
Neely...2055, 3. Todd Cresswell...1985, 4. Mack DeMan...1912,
5. Daniel Bois...1876, 6. Barry Dunn...1836, 7. David Balych...1797,
8. Tom Kyle...1672, 9. Dave Hickson (Rookie of the Year)...1501, 10.
Chris Bauman...1471.
NEELY AND DUNN WIN LUCAS OIL CAN-AM
RACES, CRESSWELL TOPS IN HOME HARDWARE SERIES
2nd David Balych, winner Rob Neely, 3rd Todd Cresswell
Rob Neely won the final race at Sauble Speedway (ON) on Sunday night for
the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
doubleheader weekend. Barry Dunn took the checkered flag for Saturday
night's race while Todd Cresswell took home the surfboard trophy in
winning the 6 race Home
Hardware of Owen Sound "Boss of the Beach"
series.
Cresswell is the 2011 Home Hardware Boss of the Beach!
Cresswell and Dunn ended up tied in points for
this exciting series within the series at Sauble Speedway, but Cresswell
became 'The Boss' because of his 2 wins. Neely won the race and finished one
point behind as the three fought for that very special trophy.
"I want to thank Lucas Oil, Home Hardware of Owen Sound, Sauble Speedway and
it's fans in the stands for all the support they give to the Can-Am
Midgets", said Neely. Only 16 points separate point leader Darren
McLennan and Neely for the Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget Championship for
2011. The final race promises to be exciting and will be held at Flamboro
Speedway on Saturday, September 24th.
At the drop of the green on Sunday David Balych took the lead with Mack
DeMan on his tail. Tom Kyle held off the hard charging Barry Dunn, winner of
Saturday night's race for the third spot. Rounding the top five was
McLennan. By the third lap Dunn was in third as Kyle began to fade
back in the field and McLennan went to fourth. Neely, starting 9th, was now
in the top five. Caution came out on Lap 6 for a spin by Earl Caine and Dave
Hickson in turn four. Neely passed McLennan one lap later and with one quick
move passed Dunn on lap 7. Balych was very strong on the straightaways
opening up a good lead over DeMan. Neely caught and passed DeMan 2 laps
later and set sights on Balych.
On lap 11 Neely motored around Balych and took off. DeMan, McLennan, Dunn
and Todd Cresswell now hounded Balych. For the next 5 laps these hard racers
seemed to chained together with only McLennan gaining a spot over DeMan. A
caution came out on lap 15 for a spin by Rob DiVenanzo. At the restart,
Neely shot out to the front as Balych refused to give up his 2nd spot to
McLennan, DeMan, and now Cresswell, who took over 5th place. Cresswell made
a move around DeMan for 4th with 5 to go. One lap later he quickly passed
McLennan for third. Neely maintained his big lead followed by Balych,
Cresswell and McLennan. On the final lap DeMan broke coming for the
checkered and he went from a top five finish to 9th place. Chris Holman
rounded the top five at the flag. Rookie Adrian Stahle, in only his second
time in a Can-Am Midget, finished very strong in 8th place.
After the checkered flag waved, the top three drivers for the Home Hardware
"Boss of the Beach" series were interviewed at the start/finish line and
Todd Cresswell was presented the 'Surf Board' award. Cresswell thanked Home
Hardware of Owen Sound for providing this sponsorship for another year and
said he will treasure this award for years to come.
Heats were won by Dunn and DeMan.
The 'B' Feature was won by Michael McCann.
In Heat 2 a red flag came out as Daniel Bois attempted to go to outside
coming out of turn 2 and jumped a wheel and hit the wall hard also
collecting Dave Hickson and Mike Westwood. Bois was taken to the hospital to
be checked out and returned to the track and finished 16th in the feature.
Lucas
Oil Can-Am Midgets at Sauble Speedway on
Sunday, September 4th was.... 1.
ROB NEELY, 2. David Balych, 3. Todd
Cresswell, 4. Darren McLennan, 5. Chris Holman, 6. Barry Dunn, 7. Jeff
Blackburn (R), 8. Adrian Stahle (R), 9. Mack DeMan, 10. Colin Turnbull, 11.
Tom Kyle, 12. Michael McCann, 13. Dave Hickson, 14. Rob DiVenanzo, 15. Chris
Bauman, 16. Daniel Bois, 17. Earl Caine, 18. Paul Smith, 19. Justin Fraser
(R). DNS...Mike Westwood
Top ten in points for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget Championship....1.DARREN MCLENNAN....1908,
2. Rob Neely....1892, 3. Todd Cresswell....1818, 4. Mack DeMan....1808,
5. Daniel Bois....1766, 6. Barry Dunn....1684, 7. David Balych....1666,
8. Tom Kyle....1587, 9. Dave Hickson (R)....1364, 10. Chris
Bauman....1345.
HOME HARDWARE OF OWEN SOUND "BOSS OF THE BEACH'" SERIES TOP TEN
DRIVERS.....1
. TODD
CRESSWELL...553 PTS (2 wins), 2. Barry
Dunn...553 (1 win), 3. Rob Neely...552 (2 wins), 4. Darren
McLennan...532, 5. David Balych...525, 6. Mack DeMan...516,
7. Daniel Bois...513, 8. Tom Kyle...484, 9. Chris Bauman...477, tie with
Dave Hickson...477.
The final race for the 2011 Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets will be at Flamboro
Speedway on Saturday, September 24th.
BARRY DUNN 'GETS IT DONE' AT SAUBLE BEACH
2nd Todd Cresswell, winner Barry Dunn, 3rd Mack Deman
Barry Dunn was
the class of the field at Sauble Speedway on Saturday night for the doubleheader
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget
final weekend at 'The Beach'. Starting in 5th place at the drop of the green,
Dunn wasted no time catching leader Mack Deman. Daniel Bois was third
followed by Todd Cresswell and Craig Mackereth. Mackereth began to fade
and Darren McLennan jumped into the top five.
Dunn took the lead
on lap 6 but DeMan kept in stricking distance. Cresswell moved into 3rd one lap
later and began to reel in DeMan. Dunn began to stretch his lead over the field
as DeMan had a tough job holding off Cresswell. Bois and McLennan battled for
the fourth spot.
On lap 18 the
caution was thrown for a spin by Earl Caine. At the restart Dunn continued his
lead with DeMan, Cresswell, Bois and McLennan in tow. Rob Neely, started in the
12th spot, was now knocking on the top five. Another yellow came out on lap 20
for a spin by Michael McCann. At the restart Neely passed McLennan for 5th. One
lap later he passed Bois for fourth. Dunn had a 10 car lead over the field at
the finish with Cresswell in second, DeMan third, followed by Neely and a final
charge by McLennan to take over the fifth spot.
Dunn thanked Lucas
Oil for their support of the Can-Am Midgets and his crew chief, Duncan Greer,
for all his hard work. He also thanked Home Hardware and Jason Thom of Sauble
Speedway and the fans for the great time he always has coming to "The Beach".
Heats were won by
Mack DeMan, Chris Holman and Darren McLennan.
The 'B'
Feature was won by Colin Turnbull.
The final finish
for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midgets on Saturday night September
3rd at Sauble Speedway was....1.BARRY
DUNN, 2. Todd Cresswell, 3.
Mack DeMan, 4. Rob Neely, 5. Darren McLennan, 6. Greg Smulders,
7. Chris Holman, 8. Daniel Bois, 9. Jeff Blackburn (R), 10. David Balych,
11. Colin Turnbull, 12. Craig Mackereth, 13. Tom Kyle, 14. Paul
Smith, 15. Rob DiVenanzo, 16. Chris Bauman, 17. Michael McCann, 18. Dave
Hickson (R), 19. Justin Fraser (R), 20. Mike Westwood, 21. Earl Caine.
DNS...Carey Hickson.
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget
doubleheader weekend was entirely washed out with heavy rains from
early Saturday until late on Sunday evening.
Two
scheduled races, one at Barrie Speedway (ON) on Saturday night and a
Sunday afternoon Special Event at Sunset Speedway(ON) were cancelled.
Sauble
Speedway (ON) on September 3rd and 4th will be next on the schedule
as the Home Hardware of Owen Sound "Boss of the Beach" series will
crown the winner. One race remains after that at Flamboro Speedway on
Saturday, September 24th.
The top
five in points for the Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets with the three races
remaining are...
1.
Darren McLennan...1603, 2. Rob
Neely...1565, 3. Daniel Bois...1543, 4. Mack DeMan...1515,
and 5th...Todd Cresswelll...1499.
Bois Untouchable at Flamboro
2nd place:
Rob Neely, Winner: Daniel Bois, 3rd place: Greg Smulders
Daniel Bois
earned a score of 100% with the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets at Flamboro
Speedway (ON) on Saturday night. Taking all 10 laps in his heat and leading
the 25 lap 'A' Feature, start to finish, Bois's excitement at the end of the
race led him to climb the starter's stand and wave to the large crowd.
Driving the Cliff Walsh owned TQ #49, Bois was the "Class of The Field"
right out of the box. Walsh, along with crewman Don Noakes, had the car set
up perfect.
This was
Bois's 2nd win this season at Flamboro (3rd win overall in 2011) as he won
the Dan May Memorial Race there on July 9th. There has been 6 different
winners in nine races of the Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets 2011 series.
Taking the
lead from his pole position, Bois shot out like a cannon in turn one at the
drop of the green flag. David Balych took over second place with Tom Kyle in
third. Greg Smulders battled Rob Neely for the 4th spot. On the third lap
Neely made a great move by passing Smulders and Kyle. He then passed Balych
coming out of turn three to take over the second spot and set sights on
Bois.
On lap later
Mack DeMan granaded his motor in TQ #40 coming out of turn two, bringing out
the first caution. Quick work by the infield team put out the fire and DeMan
was not hurt. Justin Fraser pulled off with a misfiring motor and rookie
Adrian Stahle also went into the pits. At the restart Bois again shot out to
the front but this time Neely was close behind. Neely became his shadow lap
after lap but Bois was still in command. Balych had Barry Dunn on his tail
followed closely by Kyle. Dunn drove too hard into turn four while going
after Balych and spun himself and also collected Colin Turnbull taking them
both out of the race.
Bois again
took the lead with Neely almost making the pass in turn three on his inside
but Bois just powered ahead. Todd Cresswell was now on the bumper of Balych
and Kyle rounded the top five. At the half way point Cresswell passed Balych
for third as Smulders went around Kyle for the 5th spot. Bois began to lap
the field and on lap 19 as Balych attempted to go around a lapped car in
turn four, he got loose and hit the outside wall hard flipping him on his
side bringing out the red flag. He was uninjured, another tribute to
safety being number one in these hand built race cars.
As the cars
line up to go back to green Cresswell went off with a broken shifter. With 5
to go Bois kept the lead followed by Neely. Smulders took over the third
spot with point's leader Darren McLennan close behind. Chris Holman, in his
first race of the season as he returned from a work assignment in Australia,
now rounded the top five.
Bois took the
checkered with Neely on his tail followed by Smulders, McLennan and Holman.
Smulders celebrated his top 3 finish with daughter Ainsley Elizabeth at her
first Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget race.
Heats were won
by Bois and Neely.
The 'B'
Feature was won by Holman.
Final finish
for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midgets at Flamboro Speedway, August 13th
was...1. DANIEL BOIS, 2.
Rob Neely, 3. Greg Smulders, 4. Darren McLennan, 5. Chris Holman, 6. Tom
Kyle, 7. Chris Bauman, 8. Todd Cresswell, 9. David Balych, 10. Earl Caine,
11. Mike Westwood, 12. Dave Hickson, 13. Barry Dunn, 14. Colin Turnbull, 15.
Mack DeMan, 16. Justin Fraser, 17. Adrian Stahle. DNS..Rob DiVenanzo
The
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
Top Ten In Points as of August 13, 2011...1.DARREN MCLENNAN...1553,
2. Rob Neely...1515, 3. Daniel Bois...1493, 4. Mack DeMan...1465, 5. Todd
Cresswell...1449, 6. David Balych...1329, 7. Tom Kyle...1315, 8. Barry
Dunn...1314, 9. Dave Hickson (R), tie with Mike Westwood...1124.
The Lucas Oil
Can-Am Midgets head north for a double header weekend. They will be at
Barrie Speedway on Saturday night followed by a Sunday night Special race at
Sunset Speedway.
Second place Barry Dunn, winner Rob Neely, 3rd Darren
McLennan
James Gray and Rob Neely picked up a
win in the Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midget doubleheader at Sauble Speedway (ON)
in the Home Hardware of Owen Sound "Boss of The Beach"
series over the weekend. Gray capped the field on Saturday
night and Neely won on Sunday. Both drivers are
former series Champions, Neely in 2010 and Gray in 2009 and
they have both won the Home Hardware of Owen Sound "Boss of
the Beach" Championships. Six cars were wrecked on Saturday
night on lap one, but with a late night and some hard work
all of them returned to the field for the Sunday night race.
Neely started on the pole Sunday night
and lead from start to finish. At the drop of the green by
starter Dale Shunamon, Neely took command with David Balych,
running the only Suzuki motor in the field, in second. Tom
Kyle was third holding off Barry Dunn in his hard
charging TQ 24 in fourth place. Daniel Bois rounded the top
five. One lap later Dunn powered around Kyle and Bois
followed. They set sights on Balych as Neely opened up
a sizable lead over the field. By lap 5 Todd Cresswell had
joined the mix. Cresswell had won the first two races of the
Home Hardware Series on July 1st and 2nd at Sauble Speedway.
Dunn passed Balych in lap 7 as Neely
began to lap the field. The first caution came out for Bois
as he spun in turn 2. At the restart Dunn tried to keep pace
with Neely but to no avail. Cresswell was now in third
place, followed by Balych and current points leader Darren
McLennan. Just after the half way point, McLennan passed
Balych and set sights for Cresswell. Dunn was still
charging after Neely, catching up to him a few times but he
did not have enough to get around him.
The second caution came out for a spin
by Earl Caine and Rob DiVenanzo. DiVenanzo had won the 'B'
qualifying race to get into the field, his first checkered
flag, and had hoped for a better finish but he was now out
of the race. Caine continued at the back of the field at the
restart but went out one lap later. The final caution flag
was thrown for a spin by Cresswell, running in third place,
in turn two. At the restart Dunn took his best shot at Neely
but couldn't make it stick. McLennan was now in third with
Balych hanging on to 4th and Mack DeMan, winner of the last
race at Grand Bend, now in the top five.
With five laps to go Neely kept the
lead followed by Dunn, McLennan, Balych and DeMan.
Cresswell, starting at the back from his spin, was charging
through the field and was up to seventh spot with one to go.
Neely took the checkered with Dunn, McLennan, Balych and
DeMan remaining in place for the final flag. Cresswell
passed Bois for a good finish of 6th.
Neely thanked all the fans in the
packed grandstands for coming out, series sponsor Lucas Oil,
and Home Hardware of Owen Sound for supporting the "Boss of
The Beach" series for another year. Neely said he treasures
the unique 'surfboard' trophy from winning the series last
year. He also said "It is always fun running against Barry
Dunn, a very hard but clean racer".
The Heats were won by Neely and
Cresswell. DiVenzano won the "B" feature. Of special note, 7
time Can-Am Midget Champion Keith Dempster drove the TQ #20
for Erin Kindred and finished in 10th place. Dempster was
seen at many of the cars giving advice on setups.
Final finish
for the Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midgets at Sauble Speedway on July 31st
was...1. ROB NEELY,
2. Barry Dunn, 3. Darren McLennan, 4. David Balych, 5. Mack
DeMan, 6. Todd Cresswell, 7. Daniel Bois, 8. Tyler
Mackereth, 9. Tom Kyle, 10. Keith Dempster, 11. Dave
Hickson, 12. Chris Bauman, 13. Mike Westwood, 14. James
Gray, 15. Rob DiVenzano, 16. Earl Caine.
JAMES GRAY WINS AT SAUBLE
SPEEDWAY
3rd place Mack Deman, winner James
Gray, 2nd Barry Dunn
James Gray won the Saturday night race
for the Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midgets at Sauble Speedway, part of the Home
Hardware of Owen Sound "Boss of the Beach" series. Gray took
the lead from Barry Dunn on lap 6 and showed the fans how to
get around the track.
A red flag came out on lap one as the
field entered turn two a number of cars made contact with 6
midgets having enough damage to take them into the pits.
Only one driver, Daniel Bois, complained of a sore hand. The
other drivers were not injured, highlighting how safely
these cars are built. Cars leaving the field along with Bois
were Rob Neely, Todd Cresswell, Mike Westwood, Chris Bauman
and Earl Caine.
As the green was shown for the complete
restart, Tom Kyle took the lead followed by Dunn and Dave
Hickson. Gray was fourth and Mack DeMan was 5th. Dunn went
around Kyle and Gray followed by passing both Kyle and
Hickson. Dunn shot out to the front but you can never count
out the smooth driver of Gray. DeMan was 4th followed by
Darren McLennan and Kyle. Five laps later, with one quick
move, Gray was around Dunn and took over the lead.
Lap 10 had the first and only caution
as Tyler Mackereth, from Estero, Florida, driving his Dad's
TQ93, slowed and went into the pits. Mike Westwood,
involved in the first lap crash, returned to the field but
only ran another 4 laps before heading to the pits. The
remaining laps ticked off with Gray in command followed by
Dunn, DeMan, McLennan and Balych.
Gray thanked series sponsor Lucas Oil,
Home Hardware, and his Dad for all his hard work on the
car. Heats were won by DeMan and Todd Cresswell. The "B'
Feature was won by Daniel Bois.
Final finish for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
on Saturday, July 30th, at Sauble Speedway was...
1.JAMES GRAY, 2.
Barry Dunn, 3. Mack DeMan, 4. Darren McLennan, 5. David
Balych, 6. Tom Kyle, 7. Rob DiVenzano, 8. Dave Hickson,
9. Tyler Mackereth, 10. Mike Westwood, 11. Rob Neely 12.
Todd Cresswell, 13. Daniel Bois, 14. Chris Bauman, 15.
Earl Caine. DNS..Carey Hickson.
Top Ten In Points for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
as of July 31st...1.DARREN MCLENNAN....1401,
2. Mack DeMan....1363, 3 Rob Neely....1345, 4. Todd
Cresswell....1321, 5. Daniel Bois....1313, 6. David Balych....1207,
7. Barry Dunn....1204, 8. Tom Kyle....1177, 9. Dave
Hickson (R),....1017, 10. Mike Westwood....1013.
The Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets' next race
will be on Saturday, August 13th, at Flamboro Speedway.
Mack DeMan
Wins At Grand Bend "Bull Ring"
Mack DeMan won his second race of the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midget
season in fine style at the tight 'Bull Ring' at Grand Bend Speedway on
Sunday afternoon. Qualifying took place on Saturday night but the feature
was moved into Sunday as the clouds opened up early in the evening and when
the rained stopped the track couldn't be dried because of the very humid
conditions.
High interest
in the Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets at Grand Bend brought out four different
sponsors for the event. Big thanks goes to Easy Building Products and
Brian's Service Center, both from Hensall and Auto Fusion Towing and
Crossland Insurance from London. DeMan thanked those sponsors along
with Lucas Oil and Crown Steering and Brake in Toronto for their continued
support. With his win, DeMan now moved into 4th place in this highly
competitive point series.
At the drop of
the green Rookie Dave Hickson in his first start on the pole held on for one
lap before Rob Neely took over the point. DeMan was third followed by one of
the hometown favorites, Darren McLennan. Barry Dunn rounded the top five.
David Balych pulled off with a broken driveshaft and Tom Kyle also left the
field early with handling problems. With five laps in Hickson faded into the
field as Todd Cresswell and Corey Moesker charged up to the front.
One lap later,
leader Neely also left with a broken driveshaft turning over the point to
DeMan. DeMan was on rails as he stretched his lead over the field. McLennan
battled with Cresswell as Moesker held off the strong Dunn for fourth. By
the half way point, DeMan was lapping the field. Cresswell began to slow
with his motor heating up with five to go. Moesker, came from his 15th
starting spot up to second place and set sights on DeMan, but the laps tick
off in the 11 second range in this egg shaped oval and DeMan was not to be
denied. McLennan finished 3rd, moving him to the lead in the point's
series, followed by a strong finish by Cresswell and Dunn. After the race
Cresswell was DQ'd for not going to the scales.
Top 3: 2nd Corey Moesker, 1st Mack Deman, 3rd Darren
Mclennan
Heats were won
by David Balych and Todd Cresswell.
Final finish
for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am
Midgets at Grand Bend Speedway was...1.
MACK DEMAN, 2. Corey Moesker, 3.
Darren McLennan, 4. Barry Dunn, 5. Colin Turnbull, 6. Dave
Hickson (R), 7. Chris Bauman, 8. Daniel Bois, 9. Earl Caine,
10. Mike Westwood, 11. Rob Neely, 12. Tom Kyle, 13. David
Balych, 14. Todd Cresswell. DNS..Greg Smulders and Carey Hickson.
Top Ten In
Points (Unofficial) for the
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets as of July 24th....1.
DARREN MCLENNAN...1087, 2. Daniel
Bois...1077, 3. Todd Cresswell...1059, 4. Mack DeMan...1052,
5. Rob Neely...1047, 6. Tom Kyle...917, 7. David Balych...911,
8. Barry Dunn...877, 9. Mike Westwood...795, 10. Earl Caine...789.
The Lucas Oil
Can-Am Midgets head to Sauble Speedway for a doubleheader in the Home
Hardware Series this weekend.
Daniel Bois Wins Dan May Memorial
From left to right, 2nd Darren McLennan, Race Winner Daniel Bois, 3rd Todd Cresswell with Ross May
Daniel Bois won the
Lucas Oil
Can-Am Midget "Dan May Memorial Race' at
Flamboro Speedway (ON) on Saturday night. Taking the lead with three laps to
go, Bois took the inside lane as leader Darren McLennan went to the outside
to pass two lapped cars in turn four. After taking the checkered, Bois said
this was the most important race he has ever won. The family of Dan May was
at the start finish line as the trophies were presented. A replica trophy of
the #7 car from the Can-Am Midget Racing Club was presented to Ross May,
father of Dan, by Bois. Before the Feature race was run, the #7 car,
now owned by Jeff Blackburn, made a parade lap to lead the field in
4-abreast fashion in a 'salute' to the late Dan May. The large crowd stood
and showed their appreciation.
Pole setter Tom Kyle lead the field at the drop of the green. McLennan was
second followed by Mack DeMan, Chris Bauman and Rob DiVenanzo. Bauman
began to fade and Barry Dunn joined the top five runners. Lap 4 saw
McLennan pass Kyle and take the point. Holding a sizable lead over the
field, McLennan knew the hard chargers were coming. Todd Cresswell moved
into the top five on lap 6 with Bois now on his tail. Both Cresswell and
Bois moved around DiVenanzo on the next lap. By lap 10 McLennan began to lap
the field.
Bois passed Cresswell on the next lap as McLennan continued his lead. Kyle
began to fade and Bois was now on the back of DeMan. On lap 14 the first
caution came out for a spin by Mike Westwood in turn one. At the restart
Dunn left the field with a battery going sour. The field tightened up but
McLennan got a great start out of turn two. Two laps later Bois and
Cresswell passed DeMan and fought for second place. Bois tracked down
McLennan as they entered turn four with lapped cars were ahead of them.
Bois, going to the inside, made the move that got him the lead. Final
caution came out as Bauman spun and went to the rear at the restart with two
to go. McLennan's attempt to catch Bois ran short in the remaining laps.
Bois took the win, followed by McLennan, Cresswell, DeMan and a strong
finish by Kyle.
Previous points leader Rob Neely tangled with Bois in their heat race
breaking the front spindle, then loosing the tire and wheel, taking him out
of the race. Neely drove his car as the #1 in the feature and went our early
with a fuel pump problem. Cresswell, with his 3rd place finish now has the
point's lead.
Heats were won by McLennan and DeMan. The 'B' Feature race was won by David
Balych.
The Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
have the
weekend off and return to the track on Saturday, July 23rd at Grand Bend
Speedway (ON). Bois hopes to make it two in a row as he won there on June
25th.
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
final finish at
Flamboro Speedway on July 9th...1.DANIEL BIOS,
2. Darren McLennan, 3. Todd Cresswell, 4. Mack DeMan, 5.
Tom Kyle, 6. Jeff Blackburn (R), 7. David Balych, 8. Rob
DiVenanzo, 9. Kent Turnbull, 10. Mike Westwood, 11. Dave
Hickson (R), 12. Chris Bauman, 13. Colin Turnbull, 14.
Jonathan Treadwell (R), 15. Earl Caine, 16. Barry Dunn,
17. Rob Neely. Tow Justin Fraser (R), DNS, Carey Hickson and James
Gray.
Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets
Top Ten in Points
(unofficial) as of July 9th...1.
1. TODDCRESSWELL...999,
2. Daniel Bois...949, 3. Rob Neely...929, 4. Darren
McLennan...927, 5. Mack DeMan...880, 6. Tom Kyle...810, 7.
David Balych...798, 8. Barry Dunn...725, 9. Mike Westwood...680,
10. Earl Caine...669
