Penney Steals the Show @ Barrie!

Barrie, ON -- The CASCOR Winter Late Model series returned to action last week at the Barrie Speedway in Barrie, ON Canada for the first of two stops north of the the American border.


The night would get underway with Heat #1 as Will Wolf and Brent Sweet led the field down to the green flag.

Sweet would take the early lead on the high side, but was short lived as three laps later spun out by himself in turn 2, but didn't bring out the caution. Not too much later that lap a wreck in turns 3 and 4 brought out the caution for the first time of the night.

Matt Riley and Will Goshen led the field back to green with 7 laps to go. But the caution flew again for a spinning Will Goshen in turn 2.

Riley and Brent Sweet would lead the field back to green once again with 7 laps to go. The field would complete one lap before the caution came out again for a spinning Brent Sweet in turn 4.

This time Riley and Goshen led the field back to green with 6 laps to go. Riley would get a good restart as the race went green the rest of the way and held on to win his 2nd heat race of the season. Justin Collison finishes 2nd, Will Goshen 3rd, Austin Penney 4th and Brent Sweet rounded out the top 5. Johnny Williams came home 6th, Will Wolf 7th and Robert Hill rounded out the finishing order in 8th.


Heat #2 got underway with Thomas Mohl Jr. starting on the pole in his first appearance of the season and started alongside Bertus De Jong to bring the field down to the green flag.

Mohl Jr. would lead the first two laps before slipping up the track in turn 2, allowing Wesley Hoag to take over the lead. But a wreck in turn two would slow the action on lap 2, involving Mike Husby, Bertus De Jong and Brandon Hauck.

Wesley Hoag and Charli Brown led the field back to the green flag with 8 laps to go. But the caution flew 3 more times in the race, as the final restart came with 3 laps to go.

Brandon Hauck and Wesley Hoag led the field back to green with Hauck getting a good restart. Mike Husby would do everything to catch Hauck in the closing laps, but Hauck would hold on to win Heat #2. Husby finishes 2nd, Wesley Hoag 3rd, Thomas Mohl Jr. 4th and Shawn Breitzman rounded out the top 5. Charli Brown finished 6th and Bertus De Jong rounded out the finishing order in 7th.


After two pretty exciting heat races, it was time for the A Feature. By virtue of the random qualifying draw, Will Goshen and Shawn Breitzman started on the front row and led the field down to the green flag.

The caution flew right away for a spin by Johnny Williams in turn 3. Several cautions slowed the first half of the race and CASCOR officials decided it was best to go to single file restarts for the rest of the race.

Caution flew for the second to last time of the night with 11 laps to go, for a wreck in turn four involving Brandon Hauck and Charli Brown.

This would set up a 6 lap dash for the win on the restart. Wesley Hoag led Mike Husby, Austin Penney, Will Goshen and Brent Sweet the top 5 down to the restart.

Hoag and Husby pulled away from the field on the restart as the rest of the drivers duked it out behind them. But with three laps to go, Husby turned race leader, Hoag around in turn 1. As a result, Husby would have to go to the tail of the lead lap cars and Austin Penney in his first start, took home the feature win.

Penney wins, Will Goshen finishes 2nd, Justin Collison 3rd, Matt Riley 4th and Brent Sweet rounded out the top 5. Charli Brown brought his car home 6th, Bertus De Jong 7th, Wesley Hoag 8th, Thomas Mohl Jr. 9th and Brandon Hauck rounded out the top 10.

The Winter Late Model series took Thanksgiving week off, and will return to action at the famed Wall Township Speedway on November 29th for the Turkey Derby 75!

Riley takes the checkers at Stafford

Stafford Springs, CT -- The CASCOR Winter Late Model series headed East, as their second race of the season took place at the Stafford Motor Speedway. 13 cars would take the Green at the Stafford 50 lapper.


The Green flag would drop in heat number 1 with Brent Sweet on the pole and Ben Althen on the outside. Justin Collison took the 4^th position from Matt Riley on lap 3. On lap 4 Collison would pass Tim Johnston for 3^rd and attempted to make a pass on 2^nd place Ben Althen. Collison made contact with Althen, sending him spinning and brought out the first caution. The green would fly again as Sweet led them down with Tim Johnston 2^nd.

Ben Althen dug deep into turn 1 and took 2^nd place, but lost it going down the backstretch. Robert Hill would spin in turn 1 a lap later but no caution would fly. Collision would move up to 2^nd followed by a hard charging Riley. Robert Hill would spin again right in front of the leaders and brought out the yellow on lap 6.

Collison and Sweet would make contact coming to the restart, with Collison taking the lead after getting a good jump. Andrew Hayes would spin on the backstretch as Brent Sweet overdrove turn 3 and got into Collison, collecting Riley as well. Riley would take the lead due to the time of the yellow coming out.

Riley and Tim Johnston would lead the field back to the green. Collision would make a charge back to the front, but didn’t have enough time to challenge Matt Riley. Riley wins, Johnson 2^nd, with Althen 3^rd.

Will Goshen would lead the field down to the green in Heat 2 with Wesley Hoag on the outside. Hoag and Goshen would battle side by side for the lead as Shawn Breitzman would get loose out of turn 2, collecting Will Wolf in the process. The yellow would not fly for that incident, but it would come out when Mike Husby got loose off of turn 2 in a single car spin.

Will Goshen would be able to retake the lead on the restart, right before contact ensued between Breitzman, Will Wolf and Hoag. Wolf would go head-on into the backstretch wall but would be able to continue. On the restart Goshen would feel some pressure from Husby on the outside. Breitzman would lose it by himself but would not bring out a yellow.

Brandon Hauck would go into turn 2 deep on the white flag lap, forcing Wolf to overdrive and collect Husby in the process. Will Goshen would win, Wesley Hoag finished 2^nd, with Hauck rounding out the podium.

Once feature time rolled around, the field was ready to get down to business. After the field redrew for position, Mike Husby would be on the pole with Brent Sweet starting 2^nd. After taking the green, Sweet would fall back as he was trapped on the outside, with Will Wolf and Matt Riley passing him on the bottom. Shawn Breitzman would spin on the front stretch and bringing out the yellow, narrowly avoiding contact with Andrew Hayes and Tim Johnston. On the lap 10 restart Ben Althen would be slow coming up to speed, stacking up multiple cars behind him in the process.

Meanwhile, Will Wolf would power his way into the lead a lap later, getting by Husby on the inside. Will Goshen and Wesley Hoag would make contact out of turn 2 on lap 16, sending Hoag spinning and bringing out the yellow. Will Wolf would elect to start on the outside on the restart, and would get a good jump on Husby. Husby was slow coming up to speed, and was passed by Riley for the 2^nd spot. Wesley Hoag would start a charge back to the front, but would clip the left rear of Sweet’s car going into turn 1, bringing out the caution again on lap 23. The restart on lap 29 would see Wolf lead while Riley was 2^nd. Andrew Hayes would get the 3^rd spot from Husby, and Husby would be passed by Justin Collison for 4^th on the same lap. Justin Collison would spin by himself on the backstretch shortly after, bringing out the yellow on lap 31.

The green would fly on lap 37, with Matt Riley giving Wolf a challenge for the lead on the outside. Brandon Hauck would take the 4^th position from Hayes right before Collison and Sweet made contact out of turn 2, sending Sweet spinning into the infield and bringing out another yellow at lap 39.

On the restart Riley would get a great jump and was able to take the lead from Wolf, with cars going three wide into turn 1 behind them. Tim Johnston would be the unlucky one from that situation, as he was sent spinning, bringing the yellow out again at lap 44.

The race would end under caution with Matt Riley the winner, Will Wolf 2^nd, Brandon Hauck 3^rd, Mike Husby 4^th, Wesley Hoag would round out the top 5. Will Goshen was 6^th, Shawn Breitzman 7^th, Ben Althen 8^th, Andrew Hayes 9^th and Brent Sweet 10^th. Tim Johnston would finish 11^th, Justin Collison 12^th and Robert Hill would round out the field in 13^th.

Next week the CASCOR Latemodel Series heads to Barrie Speedway for the Pizza Pizza 75. Will we see Matt Riley repeat as a winner? Or will a new face be seen in victory lane?