SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS KICK OFF FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SATURDAY

By Tommy Goudge (May 20, 2010) – A sure sign of spring in Ontario is the opening of Sprint Car racing season. This Saturday night, the Southern Ontario Sprints tour will return to familiar territory when Brighton Speedway hosts the SOS season opener for the eleventh year in a row.

Always a fan favourite at Brighton, Joyceville’s Rick Wilson will try to add to his stellar record at the Northumberland County oval this weekend. In thirty-seven career Sprint Car events at Brighton, “The Joyceville Jet” has claimed thirteen feature victories, along with a dozen runner-up finishes.

Other active drivers with feature wins at Brighton include Glenn Styres (10), Keith Dempster (7), Warren Mahoney (3), Kyle Wilson (3), Adam West (2), Kevin Job (1), and Dick Mahoney (1).

Feature winners at Brighton last season included Glenn Styres (May 17, June 6, September 5), Adam West (July 11), Rick Wilson (August 8), and Ryan Hunsinger (September 6).

Others expected in competition on Saturday night and looking to add their names to Brighton’s sprint car win list include; Chris Jones, April Wilson, Jamie Collard, Bob Crawford, 2009 SOS Rookie of the Year Tyler Rand, Kyle Fraser, Tim Zack, Paul Pekkonen, 2010 Rookie of the Year candidates Brad Lodge, Erin Joyce, and Jim Munsie.

Don’t miss the first event of the SOS racing season on Saturday, May 22nd! Rock 107 and Van Zuylen Tire present the evening’s activities, featuring the Southern Ontario Sprints season opener, along with Brighton’s new DIRTCar Pro Late Models, Canadian Modifieds, Pro Stocks, and Comp 4’s.

WHAT:
Southern Ontario Sprints 2010 Season, Round #1
www.SouthernOntarioSprints.com

WHERE:
Brighton Speedway
775 County Road 64
Brighton, Ontario
K0K 1H0
Phone: (613)-475-1102 or toll free 1-(866)-681-1102
e-mail: info@brightonspeedway.com
On the Web: www.brightonspeedway.com

WHEN:
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Pit Gates open @ 3:00p.m., Spectator Gates Open @ 5:30p.m., Racing @ 7:00p.m.
Tickets: $18 Adults, $14 Youth and Seniors, $4 Children Ages 7-12, FREE Children Ages 6 and Under, $42 Family Pass
** Advance ticket sales are available for all SOS events at Brighton Speedway in 2010. Visit www.BrightonSpeedway.com for details. **

Please visit www.SouthernOntarioSprints.com for more news and information about the Southern Ontario Sprints! 2010 marks the fifteenth year of operation for the Southern Ontario Sprints, brought to you this season by Wiseco Piston, Kenetic Photos, Stealth Racewear, Triple X Race Co., ASI Racewear, The Racers Edge, BS&B Radiator, www.ImageFactor.ca, Hepfner Racing Products, Saldana Racing Products, Kreitz Oval Track Parts Inc., Keizer Aluminum Wheels, and Have Bus Racing Tours.

SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS HISTORY
BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY
SEASON OPENER WINNERS
May 6, 2000 - 5k Keith Dempster
May 5, 2001 - 6 Ryan Coniam
May 4, 2002 - 42 Rick Wilson
May 3, 2003 - 16w Kyle Wilson
May 1, 2004 - 6 Cody Geldart
May 7, 2005 - 30 Adam West
May 6, 2006 - 0 Glenn Styres
May 12, 2007 - 42w Rick Wilson
May 10, 2008 - 42w Rick Wilson
May 17, 2009 - 0 Glenn Styres

SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS ANNOUNCE 2010 SCHEDULE

By Tommy Goudge (March 24, 2010) – The fifteenth season of Southern Ontario Sprints competition is set to kick off in less than two months time. The touring Sprint Car club will award championship points in events at Autodrome Edelweiss, Brighton Speedway, Merrittville Speedway, and Ohsweken Speedway, and has signed on as an affiliate once again for the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ohsweken.

Brighton Speedway is once again the anchor track for the tour, and hosts the season opener for the eleventh year in a row on Saturday, May 22. The tour will also travel to Brighton on Saturday, June 19, Saturday, July 10, Saturday, August 7, and the annual Labour Day Classic weekend Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5. Winners at Brighton last season included Glenn Styres (May 9, June 6, September 5), Adam West (July 11), Rick Wilson (August 8), and Ryan Hunsinger (September 6). More information about Brighton Speedway can be found on the official website at www.BrightonSpeedway.com.

The club returns as an affiliate sanction for the third annual Northern Summer Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday, July 2. For this year’s edition of the Summer Nationals, points towards the SOS season championship will be awarded to SOS members. The tour will also be back at Ohsweken in a non-points capacity to support the sixth annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals September 16 to 18. More information about Ohsweken Speedway can be found on the official website at www.OhswekenSpeedway.com.

The SOS tour will visit Autodrome Edelweiss in Cantley, Quebec just outside Ottawa for the first time ever on Friday, July 9, creating a doubleheader weekend with Brighton the next evening. The event will be the first ever championship points race for the club in the province of Quebec, and figures to be a contest for provincial pride with many Quebec drivers set to take on the travelers from the SOS. Autodrome Edelweiss is a fast 1/4 mile oval which regularly features Sprint Cars lapping in the eleven second range. The track has hosted twenty-eight Sprint Car events since 1990, including feature wins by Steve Poirier and Tommy Wickham in Empire Super Sprints competition last season. More information about Autodrome Edelweiss can be found in both English and French on the official website at www.AutodromeEdelweiss.com.

Merrittville Speedway will also host a round in the SOS championship for the first time since 2003. The 2010 championship chase will come to a conclusion for the SOS at Merrittville on Friday, September 10 as part of Merrittville's Championship Triple Header Weekend. Four SOS races were held at the historic 1/3 mile clay oval located just outside St. Catharines between 2001 and 2003. All-time SOS feature wins leader Rick Wilson won two of those, while Billy Krull took a victory, along with Warren Mahoney who was the most recent SOS winner at Merrittville on August 16, 2003. More information about Merrittville Speedway can be found on the official website at www.MerrittvilleSpeedway.com.

Make your plans to attend events on the 2010 calendar and celebrate fifteen years of homegrown Canadian Sprint Car racing!

2010 SOUTHERN ONTARIO SPRINTS SCHEDULE

1. May 22 – Brighton Speedway
(Rain Date – May 23)

2. June 19 – Brighton Speedway

3. July 2 – Ohsweken Speedway
(Northern Summer Nationals – Points for SOS members)

4. July 9 – Autodrome Edelweiss

5. July 10 – Brighton Speedway

6. August 7 – Brighton Speedway

7. September 4 – Brighton Speedway
(Labour Day Classic)

8. September 5 – Brighton Speedway
(Labour Day Classic)

9. September 10 – Merrittville Speedway
(SOS Championship)

NP. September 17 – Ohsweken Speedway
(Night Before the Nationals)

NP. September 18 – Ohsweken Speedway
(Canadian Sprint Car Nationals)

Please visit www.SouthernOntarioSprints.com for more news and information about the Southern Ontario Sprints! 2010 marks the fifteenth year of operation for the Southern Ontario Sprints, brought to you this season by Wiseco Piston, Kenetic Photos, Stealth Racewear, Triple X Race Co., ASI Racewear, The Racers Edge, BS&B Radiator, www.ImageFactor.ca, Hepfner Racing Products, Saldana Racing Products, Kreitz Oval Track Parts Inc., Keizer Aluminum Wheels, and Have Bus Racing Tours.