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Connor James continued his dominance since returning to the Ontario Sportsman Series, taking the Mighty 100 win over Derek McCullough and Chad McGlynn. It is James’s third consecutive win since making his return for Cory McAllister at Peterborough. With his win, James officially has confirmed the points championship for the #71 Two Speed Motorsports team, securing the title with Cory McAllister. James won the Ecotek Pole and set his sights on winning once again, pulling away from the field within a short amount of time. Derek McCullough, Kevin Trevellin, and Chad McGlynn would battle in the top five throughout the race. Mike Hryniuk Sr. made his return to the OSS, running the #43 for Len Zimmer, and had a strong start, but was turned early by Ollie Ferguson. Hryniuk would struggle with the car before pulling off the track early with braking issues. Podcaster turned racer Graydon Bunn would make his debut in Sherrah Racing’s #17 Intrepid, but would also pull off track early due to mechanical gremlins. Ferguson, the winner earlier in the season had a strong rebound going until a flat tire resulted in a green flag stop, and while waiting for a caution to head back onto the live track, the car stalled again, possibly a result of a still suffering ignition issue. The season finale will be September 20 at Sunset Speedway, as we officially crown the #71 team of Cory McAllister & Connor James the co-champions for 2024. The battle for third is hotly contested between Chad McGlynn and Kevin Trevellin, while the Special Events Cup will also be decided. Join us on September 20 to the OSS Presented by Gulf Race Fuels Canada one last time in 2024!
The Ontario Sportsman Series Presented by Gulf Race Fuels Canada was back in action at Full Throttle Motor Speedway where two young stars of the series put on a master class in racing, showing their amazing talents. Connor James, of Hamilton, and Ollie Ferguson, of Lindsay, put on a back and forth showing that some have called the “best OSS race they’ve seen”. James was coming off his return to victory lane, after a dominant performance at Peterborough, which saw Ferguson come just behind in second. Ferguson, in only his second season in OSS, continues to showcase his talent for a 14-year-old racer, while keeping the poise of a much older veteran. The racer of the #55 Fusion Corp Developments Camaro now has a win, pole, and each podium spot earned in 2024, coming from 18th in points to just outside fourth, with three races to go. On this night, the duo of James and Ferguson waged battle, back and forth, all night long, before eventually James pulled off the victory in a hard-fought exchange. Veteran Kevin Trevellin continued his strong return to form in 2024, finally breaking his podium drought to finish third, after a heartbreaking motor issue set out third place runner Brendan Patrick. Patrick for his part, has held 2nd in the point standings for the last couple races of the season, and is still aiming for his first win of the season. Tim Tolton returned to the series at Peterborough, but showed off a brand new look for the #3 Monte Carlo, returning to the famed Dale Earnhardt esq black, while sporting the white & blue of the famous OREO car. Tolton and Chad McGlynn would start from the back after their time trials were disallowed! McGlynn would take fourth, while Tolton would settle for fifth. Nathaniel Greenaway posted his best career finish in sixth, and improved mightily on his performance from June, finishing four laps down, while in June he finished 12 laps down. Lora Authier also had her best finish, and improved from 17 laps down to 11! In the Ecotek Triple Track Challenge, James leads Ferguson by 16 as they head to the finale at Flamboro Speedway on August 24. In the Championship Points, the #71 team extends their lead to a whopping 87 points over Brendan Patrick! Kevin Trevellin sits third, only two points ahead of Chad McGlynn, and 11 ahead of fifth place Ollie Ferguson!
The OSS makes its return to Flamboro Speedway on August 24. The last time the series visited Flamboro in 2022, the winners were Michael Hryniuk Jr., Todd Sheppard, and Connor James!
Connor James did not think he would be back in the Ontario Sportsman Series in 2024. In fact, it probably never crossed his mind. The 2019 OSS Champion had a rough exit from the series in 2023, following a tight championship battle with Cory McAllister, where contact and actions on track led to a miserable finish to a rather solid season leading up to that point. James, of Hamilton, made the significant change to running Street Stocks in the USA for 2024, but, received a call on Sunday night from an injured Cory McAllister. He wanted Connor to drive his championship leading #71 Mustang.
James would pull the best super sub role, by sweeping session after session, leading from the start and never looking back. Connor James would take win number seven in his OSS career, putting him in a tie for fifth all time with Brandt Graham and Jay Doerr. James was uncharacteristically nervous before getting in the car, but all that nervous energy led to one of Connor’s best performances in the series. He won this one for his dad Rob, who has had a tough year, battling some health issues. The race at Peterborough continued to showcase the young talent, as Ollie Ferguson and Brendan Patrick rounded out the podium. Tim Tolton made his return to the OSS, and put on a show. Despite only getting 10 laps in qualifying, Tim would start from the back and make his way quickly through field as high as fourth place, before falling back. Contact with Chad McGlynn led to the #3 Monte Carlo spinning in turn one, after a ferocious battle between the two veterans. The bigger news for Tolton was that this car wasn’t together until a couple nights before the big race at Peterborough. Tolton will be back behind the wheel at Full Throttle, to try and get his series leading fourth win at the Varney track. Cory McAllister & Connor James continue to build their lead in the championship, as they now have a staggering 64 point lead on Brendan Patrick who sits second, and a 94 point lead over third place Chad McGlynn. Kevin Trevellin sits fourth, 96 points back, while Ollie Ferguson is 114 back in fifth. Rookies Lora Authier and Nathaniel Greenaway sit sixth and seventh respectively. The OSS will return to action August 10th at Full Throttle Motor Speedway as they compete in the second round of the Ecotek Triple Track Challenge!
Derek McCullough of Glencoe, ON finally finished off his fantastic start to running in the Ontario Sportsman Series by securing the victory in the Iron Man 100, Presented by Akal Steel & London Drive Systems at Delaware Speedway. McCullough, who made his first OSS start at Sunset in 2022, and showed impressive speed right away in his #38 CPE Services Ltd. Dodge Challenger. McCullough and his Payne Bros. Racing team has shown that in 13 starts, he had a staggering five podiums, including a second place finish at Delaware in May 2024. On this night at Delaware, Derek’s #38 car showed fantastic speed, starting off in practice, and qualifying, only to be bested by Michael Hryniuk Jr. in the battle for the EcoTek Pole Award. The two fought side by side on lap one, with Hryniuk Jr. taking the lead, but as the two racers drove into one, McCullough turned in catching the rear of Hryniuk Jr, and Hryniuk spun, with the entire field coming towards them! Unfortunately, Sauble’s winner Ollie Ferguson was unable to miss the #15 car and damaged the left front of the car, ending his day after one lap. On the restart it was McCullough and Brendan Patrick who took off the from the field! Cory McAllister would wage battle with ARCA Menard competitor Amber Balcaen, with Doug Cathcart, Kevin Trevellin and a storming Hryniuk Jr. following. The battle would become intense, with charges by McAllister met with resistance from a persistent Balcaen, aiming for her first podium finish. The race would hit a solid green flag period, with McCullough and Patrick having a ten second lead over third place Balcaen, until 35 laps to go, when Kaden Patrick spun, after a mechanical issue. On the restart, Doug Cathcart took the field three wide into one, turning Balcaen, who slammed the inside wall, before careening into Cory McAllister and the turn one wall. Cathcart would slide up the track too, taking Kevin Trevellin with him. Chad McGlynn would also pick up damage. After a lengthy cleanup, McCullough and Patrick stormed away and while Patrick gave it a solid effort, McCullough was able to hold him off to secure he and Payne Bros. Racing’s first ever OSS win!
This win marked the third straight first time winner in OSS this season, with Brad Robinson and Ollie Ferguson also picking up wins. The Ontario Sportsman Series will head back to Peterborough Speedway next, for the EcoTek Triple Track Challenge! In 2023, Brendan Patrick picked up his first career OSS win! In the points, Cory McAllister loses a little bit of his lead to Patrick, while Chad McGlynn moves past Trevellin into third. Michael Hryniuk Jr. moves back into fifth place, while Ollie Ferguson drops to sixth by one point. Lora Authier makes solid ground up to seventh, and Nathaniel Greenaway stays put in eighth. Derek McCullough made a solid jump into 9th in the standings, despite only making four starts.
We would like to thank Akal Steel and London Drive Systems for their support this past race at Delaware.
When Ollie Ferguson joined the Ontario Sportsman Series in 2023, it wasn’t a given that he would have success. The 13 year old had raced only in Junior Late Models, which was a drastic change from OSS racing. However, the Lindsay, Ontario racer proved everyone wrong, and had solid finishes week to week, before finishing 11th in the final standings. Ollie’s start to the 2024 was miserable, as the young racer fell out at Delaware early, due to mechanical issues, but he backed it up with a third place finish at Full Throttle. The teen struggled at Sunset, as they could not get the car right, and finished in 8th place. At Sauble, it was Cory McAllister leading the field to the green, securing another EcoTek Pole Award! Early into the race, Mark Patrick went around off the bumper of Lora Authier bringing out the first caution. Shortly after, it was contact between Patrick and fourth place runner Kevin Trevellin which resulted in the #12 Impala in to the turn two wall, done for the day on lap 33. Ollie started his charge on the ensuing restart, moving from fifth, to third, chasing down Chad McGlynn for second. Ollie battled hard with the 2021 Champion on the high side, eventually getting by. The battle was on for the lead, as Cory started to encounter lap traffic, Ferguson was chasing him down, visibly getting closer each lap, before taking the lead at halfway, and he would never look back. Ferguson would make history, becoming the youngest Ontario Sportsman Series winner at 14 years old. McAllister would hold on to second and extend his points lead, while Derek McCullough, Chad McGlynn and Kevin Trevellin rounded out the top five. Heartbreak would come for the #15 team of Hryniuk-Hall Motorsports, as after their best qualifying in quite some time, the car experienced mechanical issues with under 20 to go, resulting in a DNF. The next race for the Ontario Sportsman Series is July 12 at Delaware Speedway, for the Akal Steel 100.
Photos courtesy of Joline Driedger
When Brad Robinson and Robinson Racing drove through the back gate at Sunset Speedway, they had no idea that June 15th would be their breakout race. It was back in 2019 that the Huntsville, Ontario team joined the OSS and made their first start. In just this short amount of time, the #44 Muskoka Jet Ski Rentals team has grown in performance and partnerships. Brad had a solid start, earning his very first EcoTek Pole Award over Cory McAllister, defending race winner at Sunset and undefeated in his last four starts. 2022 Champion Kevin Trevellin continued his hot start to the 2024 season starting third, Todd Sheppard making his return would start fourth, and surprise entry Derek McCullough started fifth. Robinson took the green flag with McAllister and Trevellin hot on his heels, and would eventually relinquish the lead to McAllister early. The name of the race was cautions. Cautions, cautions, cautions, as the field struggled to stay clean throughout the 100 laps, resulting in only Trevellin and Robinson not being involved in one. The name of the game was lap traffic. Robinson had found his way back up to McAllister before the #71 Struyk Energy Systems Mustang bumped the lap car of Mark Patrick, in the Delaware Pump & Parts Chevrolet, causing a flat tire, which led to a spin with 23 to go. A big crash on a restart took out teammates Nathaniel Greenaway & Lora Authier, after Todd Sheppard spun off the front of McAllister. In the end, Robinson had to hold on to a hard -charging McAllister, who was furious in his fight to the front. Brad Robinson scored his very first OSS win, and in victory claimed it was all for his dad, Rob Robinson. Despite an up and down race, Cory McAllister finished second, extending his points lead over new second place in points Brendan Patrick, and Kevin Trevellin, who settled for fourth in the finish, just losing third to Patrick in the closing laps. It was a tough race for the #8 of Chad McGlynn, who struggled all day long, eventually settling in ninth. Next up for the Ontario Sportsman Series is the Burnouts at the Beach 100, at Sauble Speedway!
Round Two of the 2024 Ontario Sportsman Series Presented by Gulf Race Fuels took place this past Saturday at Full Throttle Motor Speedway. The Grey County 100 was presented by West Grey Auto Parts & Farlow’s Home Hardware, marking the third straight season these amazing partners presented the 100 lap event. Qualifying showed us who would be the ones to watch as Cory McAllister edged out Kevin Trevellin for the EcoTek Pole Award, while sophomore driver Ollie Ferguson earned his best career start in third. After a quick green flag run, the caution fell after contact between Lora Authier & Shawn McGlynn led to a multi-car pileup, which resulted in damage to the cars of Michael Hryniuk Jr., Kevin Gallant, & Mark Patrick. On the restart, Hryniuk Jr. and McGlynn tangled ending the night for the Blast Floor Coating #9 Intrepid. Ollie Ferguson would give McAllister a run for the lead on the restart before losing ground and being passed by Delaware’s Brendan Patrick who drove to the inside and past the #55 FusionCorp Camaro. The race would stay green following this, with McAllister dominating to take the win. Brendan Patrick would try to close in, but ultimately, he would settle for second, and Ollie Ferguson achieved his first career podium in third. Chad McGlynn would settle for a quiet fourth place, and outside polesitter Kevin Trevellin would round out the top five. Michael Hryniuk Jr. would win an amazing fight with Kevin Gallant in the battle for sixth, while Gallant, Nathaniel Greenaway, Lora Authier and Chris Sherrah would round out the top ten. The result of tenth was huge for the #17 Intrepid team, marking the first complete race for the Chatham, Ontario driver. Cory McAllister now extends his points lead to 29 over second place Chad McGlynn. Brendan Patrick jumps to third in points, with Kevin Trevellin fourth, and Kevin Gallant sits fifth. The Ontario Sportsman Series returns June 15, at Sunset Speedway for the Summer Scorcher 100, presented by Vaughan Chrysler, RBC Mapleview, and N2Y Tire & Performance
The 2024 Ontario Sportsman Series Presented by Gulf Race Fuels season officially got underway on Friday, May 17, 2024, at the legendary Delaware Speedway, for the Derek’s Mowers N’ Blowers 100! It was an amazing start to the season for OSS’s most decorated champion, Shawn McGlynn, who won the EcoTek Pole Award, setting a new track record in the process! It was a battle of the champions with Cory McAllister starting second, and Chad McGlynn starting third. A very impressive qualifying was put in by Michael Hryniuk Jr. starting fourth, while Delaware’s very own Brendan Patrick would start in fifth.
Trouble would be found early in the 100-lap event, as unfortunately after a rapid start, which saw Ollie Ferguson blast by Kevin Gallant on the high side to grab two spots in one lap, the sophomore driver would have a mechanical gremlin, ending his night after ten laps. Brad Robinson joined Ferguson in the pits two laps later, also out with mechanical trouble. A great qualifying run for Hryniuk Jr. was undone after a ten-cent parts failure spoiled his good run, and he came down for repairs.
A battle waged on up front between Shawn McGlynn and Cory McAllister, with Chad McGlynn, Derek McCullough, Brendan Patrick, and Kevin Trevellin all contending in the top five. There were some audible gasps when the #2 of Tim Borne flew around the slow car of Nathaniel Greenaway only to lose control in turn one, nearly running right into McGlynn & McAllister! On Lap 43, Borne made another reoccurrence in turn one, speeding by to avoid Mark Patrick who had a suspension failure! Borne got into the dirty line into one, and contacted the inside wall, ending his night and damaging the #2 Camaro.
Shawn McGlynn’s strong run soured and he fell back, unable to keep pace with McAllister late in the race, while Derek McCullough soared to the front! The #38 CPE Services Ltd. Challenger made his way up to second, trading paint with Kevin Trevellin & Chad McGlynn, but was unable to get past McAllister for the first race of the season! Cory McAllister backed up his 2023 Championship by winning the Derek’s Mowers N’ Blowers 100, his second straight win at Delaware Speedway! Kaden Patrick had a great race, as the Delaware native had a ninth-place finish, while rookies Nathaniel Greenaway and Lora Authier held on for a 10th & 11th place finish respectively.
The Ontario Sportsman Series Presented by Gulf Race Fuels is back racing at Full Throttle Motor Speedway on June 1st! West Grey Auto Parts & Farlow’s Home Hardware will present the 100-lap event, named the Grey County 100!
Join Us as We Celebrate the 2023 Season and Champion!
Cory McAllister and Two Speed Motorsports are the 2023 Ontario Sportsman Series Champions. The last three races for the Two Speed Team has resulted in three wins, and maximum points in two of the three. McAllister was able to do what he needed to cement his title as the #4 of Connor James struggled in the final race to keep up with the #71. The Arrivederci 100 started with a rough look, as on the initial green, the field checked up and the #3 of Tim Tolton had his fuel cell dragging on the ground, ending the race before it began. On the ensuing start of the race, Rob Fennama, making his series debut, drove straight into the turn four wall trying to catch up. The biggest story of the race day was the #47 driven by Amber Balcaen, of ARCA Menards fame. Amber was able to move her way from 7th to second in the early going of the race. McAllister’s run looked in jeopardy as he suddenly slowed and the top five closed. This was later attributed to a loss of brakes. Cory MCAllister was able to keep going while the battle behind him ensued. 2022 Champion Kevin Trevellin had a rough night made worse when his rear tire flew off due to a parts failure. On the ensuing restart, Amber Balcaens race came to an end, due to a mechanical issue. Several drivers had to take avasive action to avoid contact including Ollie Ferguson and Brad Robinson. Speaking of Ferguson, the 13 year old came into the race as the co-leader of the Brimstone Games Hard Charger, with Chad McGlynn. The young racer of Lindsay, Ontario needed to move up more positions than McGlynn to take the hard charger title. The driver of the #55 Camaro did just that, making positions up on the final restart to take the Hard Charger award. Cory McAllister would remain up front and not be challenged to the line to take the 2023 Ontario Sportsman Series finale, and the title. Chad McGlynn by virtue of finishing second, was able to secure second in the title over Connor James, by one single point. The Special Events Cup ended at Delaware as well, with co-champions, as Chad McGlynn and Cory McAllister finished tied for the title.
The Ontario Sportsman Series officials would like to thank all of our drivers, teams, crew members, tracks, track personnel, partners, and especially our fans for an amazing 2023 season.
This season has happened thanks to our series partners Gulf Race Fuels, Rea Foods Inc., AutomotiveFluids.ca, & One Stop Auto Centre!
