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Forbes Shines Bright: Triumphs in Thrilling Modified Feature at Can Am

Mother Nature was not a factor at the Can-Am Speedway this past Friday night. Drivers in all five classes were happy to be back, along with a grandstand full of excited race fans.

After a win the last time we raced on June 21st, Genavieve Bartlett was out front of the Donath Motorworx Limited Sportsman 12 lap feature, with Camdin Cook and Logan Brown right there to challenge. Bartlett was strong on this night using the bottom lane, but Brown had other ideas. On lap 9 Bartlett slipped up off turn 3 and 4 allowing Brown to get by for the lead. From there Logan Brown would march on to his sixth win of the season over Camdin Cook, Genavieve Bartlett, Gage Howard and Brianna Murtaugh.

Tucker Donath was the early pace setter at the start of the Panther Frameworx Crate Sprint Cars leading the way over Andrew Hennessy and Josh Verne Jr. Donath pulled away and appeared to be headed for his third win of the season, but Hennessy was able to adjust his driving style and run down the leader. On lap 9 Hennessy closed in as Josh Verne Jr. also tried to keep pace. On lap 11 Hennessy made the pass for the lead and started to drive away. Andrew Hennessy would survive a late race restart on lap 17 and hold off Josh Verne Jr. to score his 4th win of the season. Verne crossed in second ahead of Tucker Donath Cam McKinnon and George Sanford.

Cameron Black was looking for something good to happen in the Whitesboro Plowshop DIRTCar 358 Modified division. Black led the 25 lap race early with Scott Webb and Preston Forbes right there with him. As the race approached the halfway point Forbes began to move in to challenge Black for the lead while Tim Fuller came from 12th to challenge the top two drivers. On lap 14 Preston Forbes took the top spot away on the high lane off turn two, while Fuller used the same line in turn four to take second. Over the final laps Tim Fuller gave Preston Forbes all he could handle, but on this night, it was Preston Forbes holding on for his first win of the season with Fuller crossing in 2nd. Cameron Black crossed in third, his best finish of the year, while Derek Webb and Billy Dunn completed the top 5.

Taylor Doxtator was the early leader in the 20 lap Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTCar Sportsman feature with Trevor Gibbons and Dave Rogers right there with him. Rogers was quick all night long as he took second from Gibbons, however a caution for Steve Roberts on lap 4 bunched up the field for a restart. When the green flew it was Rogers taking over the lead over Doxtator and Gavin Eisele, who was on the move in the early stages of the event. Rogers pulled out to a straightaway lead but Gavin Eisele made his way to second and started to chip away at the lead deficit. As the laps clicked off Gavin Eisele closed the gap but on this night Dave Rogers was able to get to the finish line first and proved to be good timing as his driveshaft broke at the checkered flag. Gavin Eisele, Taylor Doxtator, Eric Nier and Keegan Nier rounded out the top 5.

The final event of the night was the Sundance Leisure Thundercars and this race did not disappoint. Corey Valade took the lead from early pace setter Tony Frezzo, who experienced mechanical issues and dropped out of the race on the back stretch on lap 3. On a restart Valade remained in front but Anthony St. Mary Jr., Justin Pope, Michael Greenfield and Damien Bechler were all in the mix were all fast enough to grab a win. As the laps wound down Valade St. Mary and Pope broke away making it a three car battle for the win. The race slowed on lap 9 for a quick yellow, but gave Justin Pope and Anthony St. Mary Jr. another chance at the lead. On the final restart Corey Valade took the lead and after Anthony St. Mary Jr. dropped off the pace in the closing laps, Valade held off a determined Justin Pope to score his first win of 2024. Pope finished second ahead of Michael Greenfield, Damien Bechler and OJ White.

Next week it’s Vintage Christmas in July as the Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club makes their only appearance at Can-Am. The Whitesboro Plowshop DIRTCar 358 Modified, Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTCar Sportsman, Sundance Leisure Thundercars and Donath Motorworx Limited Sportsman will be on hand. Racing begins at 7pm.

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WHITESBORO PLOW SHOP DIRTCAR 358 MODIFIED
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 45R-Preston Forbes[8]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller[10]; 3. 23-Cameron Black[1]; 4. 66W-Derek Webb[9]; 5. 49-Billy Dunn[12]; 6. 18W-Scott Webb[3]; 7. 3M-Franklin Mackin[4]; 8. 7S-Shaun Shaw[13]; 9. 31-Lance Willix[16]; 10. 21-Andrew Howard[17]; 11. 39-Ryan Bartlett[6]; 12. 9-Tyler Meeks[7]; 13. 27W-Nick Webb[5]; 14. 74-Lucas Fuller[11]; 15. 21R-RJ Tresidder[14]; 16. 63-Adam Roberts[19]; 17. (DNF) 21JR-Larry Welling[18]; 18. (DNF) 6-Brian Hudson[15]; 19. (DNF) 36B-Dan Beachard[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36B-Dan Beachard[2]; 2. 39-Ryan Bartlett[5]; 3. 45R-Preston Forbes[7]; 4. 66W-Derek Webb[9]; 5. 19-Tim Fuller[10]; 6. 74-Lucas Fuller[4]; 7. 7S-Shaun Shaw[6]; 8. 6-Brian Hudson[8]; 9. 21-Andrew Howard[3]; 10. 63-Adam Roberts[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18W-Scott Webb[2]; 2. 23-Cameron Black[1]; 3. 9-Tyler Meeks[6]; 4. 3M-Franklin Mackin[3]; 5. 27W-Nick Webb[4]; 6. 49-Billy Dunn[7]; 7. 21R-RJ Tresidder[5]; 8. 31-Lance Willix[9]; 9. 21JR-Larry Welling[8]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 45R-Preston Forbes, 00:19.031[5]; 2. 66W-Derek Webb, 00:19.079[15]; 3. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 00:19.158[13]; 4. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:19.188[4]; 5. 74-Lucas Fuller, 00:19.228[6]; 6. 36B-Dan Beachard, 00:19.253[2]; 7. 3M-Franklin Mackin, 00:19.255[10]; 8. 21R-RJ Tresidder, 00:19.271[14]; 9. 18W-Scott Webb, 00:19.283[17]; 10. 27W-Nick Webb, 00:19.387[16]; 11. 21-Andrew Howard, 00:19.390[8]; 12. 21JR-Larry Welling, 00:19.407[18]; 13. 6-Brian Hudson, 00:19.494[9]; 14. 23-Cameron Black, 00:19.575[3]; 15. 9-Tyler Meeks, 00:19.692[11]; 16. (DNS) 39-Ryan Bartlett; 17. (DNS) 19-Tim Fuller; 18. (DNS) 63-Adam Roberts; 19. (DNS) 31-Lance Willix

BOB JOHNSON DIRTCAR SPORTSMAN
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 44-David Rogers[3]; 2. 18-Gavin Eisele[9]; 3. 2-Taylor Doxtater[2]; 4. 34-Eric Nier[7]; 5. 34K-Keegan Nier[5]; 6. ZERO-Xavier Andrews[8]; 7. 410-Mike Fowler[15]; 8. 52-Jessica Power[14]; 9. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[17]; 10. 64-Tyler Corcoran[18]; 11. 91-Josh Reome[13]; 12. 35B-Brennan Moore[11]; 13. 17-Owen Nier[20]; 14. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[12]; 15. 7D-Dustin Hutton[10]; 16. 92-Frank Sibley[23]; 17. 7O7-Greg Brinklow[6]; 18. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[21]; 19. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[4]; 20. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[1]; 21. 4-Mike Gadbaw[22]; 22. 35D-Dylan Moore[16]; 23. 5R-Steve Roberts[19]; 24. (DNS) 33-Alan McDonald; 25. (DNS) 62-Jonathan Murphy

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele[5]; 2. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[1]; 3. 7O7-Greg Brinklow[4]; 4. 35B-Brennan Moore[7]; 5. 91-Josh Reome[8]; 6. 35D-Dylan Moore[3]; 7. 5R-Steve Roberts[2]; 8. 4-Mike Gadbaw[9]; 9. (DNS) 62-Jonathan Murphy

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Eric Nier[4]; 2. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[2]; 3. 2-Taylor Doxtater[1]; 4. 7D-Dustin Hutton[6]; 5. 52-Jessica Power[5]; 6. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[8]; 7. 17-Owen Nier[3]; 8. 92-Frank Sibley[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 44-David Rogers[1]; 2. 34K-Keegan Nier[2]; 3. ZERO-Xavier Andrews[4]; 4. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[7]; 5. 410-Mike Fowler[5]; 6. 64-Tyler Corcoran[8]; 7. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[3]; 8. 33-Alan McDonald[6]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 64-Tyler Corcoran, 00:20.008[3]; 2. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan, 00:20.095[22]; 3. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson, 00:20.167[24]; 4. 1D-Paul DeRuyter, 00:20.313[4]; 5. 52-Jessica Power, 00:20.444[19]; 6. 18-Gavin Eisele, 00:20.480[6]; 7. 92-Frank Sibley, 00:20.527[23]; 8. 7O7-Greg Brinklow, 00:20.603[2]; 9. 18G-Justin Gadbaw, 00:20.801[8]; 10. 35D-Dylan Moore, 00:20.882[14]; 11. 2-Taylor Doxtater, 00:21.386[5]; 12. (DNS) ZERO-Xavier Andrews; 13. (DNS) 410-Mike Fowler; 14. (DNS) 4-Mike Gadbaw; 15. (DNS) 621G-Trevor Gibbons; 16. (DNS) 7D-Dustin Hutton; 17. (DNS) 33-Alan McDonald; 18. (DNS) 35B-Brennan Moore; 19. (DNS) 62-Jonathan Murphy; 20. (DNS) 34-Eric Nier; 21. (DNS) 34K-Keegan Nier; 22. (DNS) 17-Owen Nier; 23. (DNS) 5R-Steve Roberts; 24. (DNS) 44-David Rogers

PANTHER FRAMEWORX 602 CRATE SPRINT CARS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 87-Andrew Hennessy[4]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[3]; 3. Z28-Tucker Donath[2]; 4. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[1]; 5. 25-George Sanford[9]; 6. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[6]; 7. 00-Ryan Poole[7]; 8. 19-Taylor Doxtater[8]; 9. 1X-Josh Verne Sr[10]; 10. M52-Marc Surprenant[11]; 11. 08-James Kiah[12]; 12. (DNF) 271-Tiger Chapman[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[1]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[5]; 3. 271-Tiger Chapman[2]; 4. 00-Ryan Poole[6]; 5. 25-George Sanford[3]; 6. M52-Marc Surprenant[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. Z28-Tucker Donath[1]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 3. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[2]; 4. 19-Taylor Doxtater[6]; 5. 1X-Josh Verne Sr[3]; 6. 08-James Kiah[4]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. Z28-Tucker Donath, 00:17.803[2]; 2. 271-Tiger Chapman, 00:17.833[1]; 3. 30-Ken Klinkowsky, 00:18.098[6]; 4. 85C-Cam MacKinnon, 00:18.282[7]; 5. 00-Ryan Poole, 00:18.386[8]; 6. (DNS) 19-Taylor Doxtater; 7. (DNS) 87-Andrew Hennessy; 8. (DNS) 08-James Kiah; 9. (DNS) 25-George Sanford; 10. (DNS) M52-Marc Surprenant; 11. (DNS) 1X-Josh Verne Sr; 12. (DNS) 1V-Josh Verne Jr

SUNDANCE LEISURE THUNDERCAR
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21V-Corey Valade[6]; 2. 27-Justin Pope[5]; 3. 16-Michael Greenfield[7]; 4. 26R-Damien Bechler[4]; 5. 22T-Josh Verne Sr[12]; 6. 94-OJ White[2]; 7. 22J-Jared Gilson[3]; 8. 9D-Jim Sprague[14]; 9. 72K-Kayden Paquette[11]; 10. 9-Dylan Burdick[13]; 11. (DNF) 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[9]; 12. (DNF) 113-Chris Bonoffski[10]; 13. (DNF) 61-Lyle Robinson[8]; 14. (DNF) 22-Tony Frezzo[1]; 15. (DNF) 60-Francis White[15]; 16. (DNS) 41-Terry Gardner

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21V-Corey Valade[5]; 2. 61-Lyle Robinson[7]; 3. 26R-Damien Bechler[4]; 4. 94-OJ White[3]; 5. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[2]; 6. 72K-Kayden Paquette[1]; 7. 9-Dylan Burdick[8]; 8. (DNS) 60-Francis White

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 27-Justin Pope[4]; 2. 22-Tony Frezzo[2]; 3. 22J-Jared Gilson[3]; 4. 16-Michael Greenfield[5]; 5. 113-Chris Bonoffski[6]; 6. 22T-Josh Verne Sr[8]; 7. 9D-Jim Sprague[7]; 8. 41-Terry Gardner[1]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 21V-Corey Valade, 00:23.747[11]; 2. 22J-Jared Gilson, 00:23.931[5]; 3. 22-Tony Frezzo, 00:24.004[4]; 4. 61-Lyle Robinson, 00:24.077[8]; 5. 41-Terry Gardner, 00:26.321[14]; 6. 72K-Kayden Paquette, 00:26.831[7]; 7. 9-Dylan Burdick, 00:28.406[3]; 8. (DNS) 26R-Damien Bechler; 9. (DNS) 113-Chris Bonoffski; 10. (DNS) 16-Michael Greenfield; 11. (DNS) 9D-Jim Sprague; 12. (DNS) 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr; 13. (DNS) 60-Francis White; 14. (DNS) 94-OJ White

DONATH MOTOR WORX LIMITED SPORTSMAN
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9-Logan Brown[4]; 2. 14-Camdin Cook[1]; 3. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[2]; 4. 21-Gage Howard[6]; 5. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh[5]; 6. 747-Haily Brownell[8]; 7. 401K-Joseph Fargo[7]; 8. 2-Scott Countryman[9]; 9. (DNS) 54-Brady Howard; 10. (DNS) 63M-Anthony Brownell

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14-Camdin Cook[2]; 2. 54-Brady Howard[5]; 3. 9-Logan Brown[6]; 4. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[3]; 5. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh[9]; 6. 21-Gage Howard[10]; 7. 401K-Joseph Fargo[8]; 8. 747-Haily Brownell[1]; 9. 2-Scott Countryman[7]; 10. (DNF) 63M-Anthony Brownell[4]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard, 00:20.495[8]; 2. 11-Genavieve Bartlett, 00:20.719[1]; 3. 63M-Anthony Brownell, 00:20.814[3]; 4. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh, 00:21.075[9]; 5. 14-Camdin Cook, 00:21.307[5]; 6. 747-Haily Brownell, 00:22.121[4]; 7. 401K-Joseph Fargo, 00:22.391[7]; 8. 2-Scott Countryman, 00:24.449[6]; 9. (DNS) 9-Logan Brown; 10. (DNS) 21-Gage Howard

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