PORT COLBORNE, Ontario – Adam Leslie headlined the list of winners Sunday night at Humberstone Speedway with a victory in the Cosco Haulage DIRTcar Sportsman division.
The Cosco Haulage DIRTcar Sportsman feature saw Cody McPherson lead the field to green alongside Tyler Puchalski. McPherson lead early until a chain-reaction crash that began with Jeff Panunte almost spinning, in turn, four while running in the top five, brought out the caution.
On the restart Leslie, who started the race fourth after winning his heat race earlier in the night, ran down McPherson. The two battled for the lead for a few laps, before Leslie was able to clear the No. 777 of McPherson and drive away.
Behind the two leaders, James Michael Friesen, who won his heat race as well, Greg Panunte and Chad Chevalier has a great battle of their own to settle the top-five.
Leslie would drive away from McPherson to win, while Chevalier, James Michael Friesen, and Greg Panunte completing the top five.
Josh Hansen and Liam Martin would share the front row for the 20-lap A-Main for the Action Sprint Tour. Things got wild early as multiple cars hoped the cushion and tangled off of Humberstone turns three and four, leading to a lengthy caution period.
Once the race returned to green, Hansen showed his speed, driving away from the pack and lapping multiple cars. Caution waved once again, erasing the lead Hansen had built.
With the field on his tail once more, Hansen proved to be too strong on the restart and raced his way to the checkered flag over Jacob Dykstra who settled for second after winning his heat race.
Liam Martin finished in third with Paul Klager and Steven Beckett rounding out the top five.
The JC Auto Thunderstocks got underway with Chris Hale on the pole alongside Ken Sargent. Hale would lead early, fending off challenges from both Sargent and Donny Lampman. Soon Justin Ramsay, who started fifth, made his way up through the field to challenge Hale for the lead.
Lampman and Hale were strong early in their heats, picking up wins, but come feature time they were no match for Ramsay. Ramsay took the checkers with Hale settling for second, with Donny Lampman, Ken Sargent and Mike Thorne completing the top five.
In the Glo & Go Tanning Mini Stock feature, Dylan Llord had luck on his side after narrowly avoiding an accident to find victory. Llord would lead from the pole early but saw his lead diminishing as Austyn Werstroh was charging hard in second.
Suddenly, Elyse Leduc spun in front of the leaders off turn two to bring out the caution. Llord was clipped by Leduc but able to keep his truck straight. Werstroh was not so lucky as he plowed straight into the spinning lap car, while multiple cars piled in from behind.
Llord held onto the lead on the restart and survived a late push from heat winner Leroy Buscumb to take the win. Buscumb would cross the line in second and be followed by Rodney Rutherford, Fabio Olivieri and Karl Sault.
Each of the victors Sunday earned $1,000 for their efforts.