SHERIDAN WINS IN 21ST EDITION OF NORTHERN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS AT OHSWEKEN; VERNE TAKES CRATE SPRINT VICTORY

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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (September 13, 2025) – Nitro 54, Sit ‘N’ Bull Tires, and Arrow Express presented the 21st Running of the Northern Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Saturday; Nick Sheridan took the $30,000 A-Main win for the 360 Sprint Cars, while Josh Verne Jr won in the Crate Sprint division.

Northern Sprint Car Nationals 360 Sprint Cars
2025 Ohsweken Speedway 360 Champion Dylan Westbrook and Texas visitor Sam Hafertepe Jr. earned front row starting positions for the 35 lap Northern Sprint Car Nationals 360 Sprint Car A-Main. Westbrook took the early lead in the opening laps. Eric Gledhill and Glenn Styres suffered spins on lap three and brought out the only caution flag of the race. Westbrook managed the restart with ease as he set a torrid pace, catching slower traffic by lap nine with a 1.9 second lead over Matt Farnham.

Nick Sheridan eventually tracked down and passed Farnham for second, and used the outside line to close in on Westbrook as the laps ticked down. With time running out, Sheridan made his pass for the lead and eventual win with just five laps left to go. Westbrook then fell into the clutches of eighth row starter Ryan Turner, who was on the hunt for a fourth Nationals win. It was Sheridan’s night though, as he claimed the highly coveted $30,000 crown jewel victory by a margin of 1.9 seconds.

Turner and Westbrook claimed the final two podium positions respectively. Finishing next were DJ Christie in fourth, Farnham fifth, Hafertepe sixth, Josh Hansen seventh, Jordan Thomas eighth, Todd Hoddick ninth, and Darren Dryden tenth. Sheridan set a new event record in time trials earlier in the evening, with a lap of 13.283 seconds.

Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars
It was a champion front row lock out as current champion Jacob Dykstra and 2024 champion Brett Stratford brought the field to the green flag for the 20 lap Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Dykstra set the pace, leading over Stratford for the opening laps. Adam Turner brought out the first caution flag of the race on lap six as he came to a stop on the front stretch. The restart gave Stratford a shot of getting ahead of the hard-defending Dykstra, but to no avail.

With the end of the race approaching, Dykstra and Stratford banged wheels several times. With one lap left to go, Stratford made a daring attempt to pass Dykstra on the exit of turn two. The attempt proved to be futile though, as Stratford drove up and over Dykstra, launching himself into the air and rolling over. Dykstra spun as a result of the contact, but kept going until the red flag appeared. Stratford’s car was too heavily damaged to continue, while officials moved Dykstra to the rear of the field as an involved car. Both drivers were unharmed, but furious with each other.

A green-white-checkered finish would determine the winner when the race restarted, and Steve Murdock led the field to the green. Josh Verne Jr., comfortably running in the top five throughout the race, got a better launch over Murdock for the lead on the restart. Verne drove through the last four turns to pick up his first victory at Ohsweken after a five hour trip from upstate New York. Murdock finished in second, with Quebec racer Bruno Richard finding the final podium position. Holly Porter finished in fourth, while visitor Andrew Hennessy rounded out the top five.

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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Northern Sprint Car Nationals
Total Entries: 87
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Northern Sprint Car Nationals 360 Sprint Cars (45 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 35 laps – NT
1. 45-Nick Sheridan[3]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[15]; 3. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[1]; 4. 5-DJ Christie[9]; 5. 7NY-Matt Farnham[4]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[2]; 7. 28-Jordan Poirier[6]; 8. 9-Liam Martin[11]; 9. 87XS-Skyler Evans[14]; 10. 88H-Josh Hansen[5]; 11. 79-Jordan Thomas[10]; 12. 21T-Alex Therrien[8]; 13. 94-Todd Hoddick[22]; 14. 12DD-Darren Dryden[7]; 15. 87-Jason Barney[17]; 16. 6-Ryan Coniam[12]; 17. 77X-Alex Hill[16]; 18. 0-Glenn Styres[30]; 19. 85-Dustin Daggett[13]; 20. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[23]; 21. 71H-Max Stambaugh[25]; 22. 7-Eric Gledhill[18]; 23. 0JB-Justin Barger[28]; 24. 52-Scott Kreutter[27]; 25. 84-Mike Lichty[24]; 26. 31C-Dale Curran[26]; 27. (DNF) 28F-Davie Franek[19]; 28. (DNF) 17X-Cory Turner[20]; 29. (DNF) 19D-Allan Downey[21]; 30. (DNF) 11-Jamie Turner[29]
Hard Charger – Ryan Turner +15

Awards:
-A-Main Winner – Nick Sheridan (Free Fire Suit – EPIC Racewear)
-Rookie of the Nationals – Skyler Evans ($250 – Glenn Styres Racing)
-Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car – Jason Barney ($350 – Corr/Pak Merchandising)
-Travis Rutz Long Tow – Sam Hafertepe Jr. ($250 – Case IH)
-Fastest Qualifier – Nick Sheridan ($500 – Smokey’s Auto Service)
-Fastest Canadian Qualifier – Nick Sheridan ($300 –Plazek’s Auto Recyclers)
-Hard Charger – Ryan Turner ($300 – Niagara Dental Arts)

Pole Dash [Started] 5 laps – 1:15.061
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[6]; 4. 7NY-Matt Farnham[4]; 5. 88H-Josh Hansen[3]; 6. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 7. 12DD-Darren Dryden[7]; 8. 21T-Alex Therrien[8]

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 17X-Cory Turner[1]; 2. 19D-Allan Downey[2]; 3. 94-Todd Hoddick[5]; 4. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[3]; 5. 84-Mike Lichty[6]; 6. 52-Scott Kreutter[4]; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 8. 70MM-Matt Billings[11]; 9. 0-Glenn Styres[10]; 10. 70-Baily Heard[12]; 11. 77T-Tyeller Powless[20]; 12. 68-Aaron Turkey[17]; 13. 0JB-Justin Barger[8]; 14. 31C-Dale Curran[14]; 15. 13-Evan Reynolds[18]; 16. 81-Tyler Reynolds[16]; 17. 46-Kevin Pauls[13]; 18. 11-Jamie Turner[9]; 19. 0C-Cole MacDonald[21]; 20. 94X-Scott Hall[15]; 21. (DNF) 36-Mikey Kruchka[19]

C-Main [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 13-Evan Reynolds[1]; 2. 36-Mikey Kruchka[4]; 3. 77T-Tyeller Powless[6]; 4. 0C-Cole MacDonald[5]; 5. 28K-Tate O’Leary[2]; 6. (DNF) 21K-Kyle Phillips[3]; 7. (DNS) 12-Alex Bergeron; 8. (DNS) 7C-Dylan Swiernik; 9. (DNS) 84R-Tyler Rand

Heat Race 1 [Started] 10 laps – 2:21.000
1. 21T-Alex Therrien[1]; 2. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]; 3. 7-Eric Gledhill[2]; 4. 5-DJ Christie[3]; 5. 11-Jamie Turner[5]; 6. 46-Kevin Pauls[7]; 7. 13-Evan Reynolds[8]; 8. 0C-Cole MacDonald[6]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 10 laps – 2:22.098
1. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[4]; 3. 87-Jason Barney[3]; 4. 0JB-Justin Barger[1]; 5. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 6. 94X-Scott Hall[7]; 7. (DNF) 12-Alex Bergeron[5]; 8. (DNS) 84R-Tyler Rand

Heat Race 3 [Started] 10 laps – 2:20.667
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 3. 87XS-Skyler Evans[3]; 4. 94-Todd Hoddick[1]; 5. 17X-Cory Turner[6]; 6. 70-Baily Heard[7]; 7. 36-Mikey Kruchka[5]; 8. 77T-Tyeller Powless[8]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 10 laps – NT
1. 88H-Josh Hansen[4]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett[2]; 3. 77X-Alex Hill[3]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[1]; 5. 0-Glenn Styres[5]; 6. 31C-Dale Curran[7]; 7. 21K-Kyle Phillips[6]

Heat Race 5 [Started] 10 laps – 2:25.313
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 2. 6-Ryan Coniam[2]; 3. 15-Ryan Turner[3]; 4. 84-Mike Lichty[1]; 5. 19D-Allan Downey[6]; 6. 68-Aaron Turkey[5]; 7. 28K-Tate O’Leary[7]

Heat Race 6 [Started] 10 laps – 2:27.163
1. 7NY-Matt Farnham[4]; 2. 79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 3. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 4. 52-Scott Kreutter[2]; 5. 70MM-Matt Billings[5]; 6. 81-Tyler Reynolds[6]; 7. (DNS) 7C-Dylan Swiernik

Qualifications Flight 1
1. 45-Nick Sheridan, 00:13.283; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden, 00:13.554; 3. 5-DJ Christie, 00:13.635; 4. 87-Jason Barney, 00:13.702; 5. 7-Eric Gledhill, 00:13.923; 6. 28-Jordan Poirier, 00:13.940; 7. 21T-Alex Therrien, 00:13.956; 8. 0JB-Justin Barger, 00:13.959; 9. 11-Jamie Turner, 00:13.967; 10. 12-Alex Bergeron, 00:14.046; 11. 0C-Cole MacDonald, 00:14.112; 12. 77E-Ashton VanEvery, 00:14.129; 13. 46-Kevin Pauls, 00:14.409; 14. 84R-Tyler Rand, 00:14.466; 15. 13-Evan Reynolds, 00:14.473; 16. 94X-Scott Hall, 00:14.726

Qualifications Flight 2
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 00:13.538; 2. 88H-Josh Hansen, 00:13.607; 3. 87XS-Skyler Evans, 00:13.660; 4. 77X-Alex Hill, 00:13.697; 5. 9-Liam Martin, 00:13.756; 6. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:13.835; 7. 94-Todd Hoddick, 00:13.885; 8. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:13.949; 9. 36-Mikey Kruchka, 00:13.996; 10. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:14.023; 11. 17X-Cory Turner, 00:14.107; 12. 21K-Kyle Phillips, 00:14.147; 13. 70-Baily Heard, 00:14.289; 14. 31C-Dale Curran, 00:14.364; 14. 77T-Tyeller Powless, 00:14.488

Qualifications Flight 3
1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 00:13.556; 2. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 00:13.647; 3. 15-Ryan Turner, 00:13.673; 4. 79-Jordan Thomas, 00:14.008; 5. 6-Ryan Coniam, 00:14.067; 6. 52-Scott Kreutter, 00:14.072; 7. 84-Mike Lichty, 00:14.168; 8. 28F-Davie Franek, 00:14.201; 9. 68-Aaron Turkey, 00:14.418; 10. 70MM-Matt Billings, 00:14.432; 11. 19D-Allan Downey, 00:14.598; 12. 81-Tyler Reynolds, 00:14.949; 13. 28K-Tate O’Leary, 00:15.402; 14. (DNS) 7C-Dylan Swiernik

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Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars (42 Entries)

A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[8]; 2. 2M-Steve Murdock[6]; 3. 72I-Bruno Richard[7]; 4. 1-Holly Porter[3]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[22]; 6. 88-Lance Erskine[10]; 7. 28T-Cameron Thomson[4]; 8. 3S-Austin Roes[12]; 9. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 10. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[19]; 11. 777A-Tyler Willard[15]; 12. 53-Logan Shwedyk[20]; 13. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[9]; 14. 94-Ryan Fraser[24]; 15. 16X-Keegan Baker[18]; 16. 77-Liam Ladouceur[17]; 17. 26X-Campbell Baker[26]; 18. 24A-AJ Lewis[16]; 19. 2-Travis Hofstetter[27]; 20. 24K-Kiana Teal[23]; 21. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[21]; 22. 14B-Broden Weiler[11]; 23. (DNF) 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 24. (DNF) BS39-Brett Stratford[2]; 25. (DNF) 52-Jesse Costa[25]; 26. (DNF) 5-Tom Pellizzari[14]; 27. (DNF) 92-Adam Turner[28]; 28. (DNF) 44-Connor Ross[13]
Hard Charger – Andrew Hennessy +17

B-Main [Started] 12 laps – NT
1. 52-Jesse Costa[2]; 2. 26X-Campbell Baker[3]; 3. 2-Travis Hofstetter[1]; 4. 92-Adam Turner[6]; 5. 2S-Al Sleight[7]; 6. 74-Rob Neely[5]; 7. 51-Trevor Young[14]; 8. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[16]; 9. 57C-Cooper Fritz[13]; 10. 4K-Jamie Kay[8]; 11. 55-Cory Whittam[12]; 12. 24R-Rodney Rutherford[17]; 13. M52-Marc Surprenant[11]; 14. 69K-Ken Hamilton[10]; 15. (DNF) 11W-Josh Robertson[4]; 16. (DNF) 47B-Mitchel Brosseau[9]; 17. (DNS) 8-Kurtis Connell; 18. (DNS) 26-John Verney

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – 2:03.980
1. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[4]; 3. 5-Tom Pellizzari[2]; 4. 77-Liam Ladouceur[3]; 5. 16X-Keegan Baker[6]; 6. 44-Connor Ross[10]; 7. 26X-Campbell Baker[7]; 8. 2S-Al Sleight[5]; 9. 69K-Ken Hamilton[8]; 10. 55-Cory Whittam[9]; 11. 24R-Rodney Rutherford[11]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[1]; 2. 1-Holly Porter[5]; 3. 777A-Tyler Willard[2]; 4. 50LS-Adrian Stahle[7]; 5. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[4]; 6. 14B-Broden Weiler[11]; 7. 11W-Josh Robertson[6]; 8. 47B-Mitchel Brosseau[3]; 9. (DNF) 26-John Verney[10]; 10. (DNF) 57C-Cooper Fritz[9]; 11. (DNF) 9C-Brian Nanticoke[8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 28T-Cameron Thomson[2]; 2. 20-Johnny Miller[6]; 3. 88-Lance Erskine[4]; 4. 53-Logan Shwedyk[1]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[3]; 6. 51L-Lee Ladouceur[8]; 7. 74-Rob Neely[5]; 8. 52-Jesse Costa[10]; 9. 4K-Jamie Kay[9]; 10. (DNF) 8-Kurtis Connell[7]

Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 2:04.746
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 2. 72I-Bruno Richard[8]; 3. 3S-Austin Roes[3]; 4. 24A-AJ Lewis[4]; 5. 24K-Kiana Teal[2]; 6. 94-Ryan Fraser[6]; 7. 2-Travis Hofstetter[10]; 8. 92-Adam Turner[7]; 9. M52-Marc Surprenant[5]; 10. 51-Trevor Young[9]

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