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CHRISTIE CLAIMS BUXTON SOS/GLSS WIN

2025-08-26 14:04

MERLIN, Ont. (August 23, 2025) - DJ Christie claimed the win on Saturday night at Buxton Speedway in a co-sanctioned event with the Southern Ontario Sprints and Great Lakes Super Sprints series.

Ryan Turner and DJ Christie made up the front row, and Christie led all 25 laps on the fast high-banked Chatham-Kent oval. A melee on lap two saw Dylan Westbrook, Skyler Evans, and Jared Horstman taken out of contention, although Horstman was able to stay in the race.

Christie drove a flawless race in and out of heavy traffic. While he led all the laps, his advantage was never more than half a second, and was down to 0.066 seconds with two laps to go. Christie was able to lock down the win worth $2,500 USD over Ryan Turner, Liam Martin, Dustin Daggett, and Darren Dryden.

Skyler Evans set a new track record in time trials with a lap of 13.114 seconds, giving the 14-year-old the Ackland Insurance Quick Time award. Jacob Dykstra won The Drivers Project Hard Charger award.

Darren Dryden leads the SOS standings by just eight points over Ryan Turner with the end of the season in sight. Many other spots within the top ten are also up for grabs.

The next SOS events are the Northern Sprint Car Nationals weekend at Ohsweken Speedway on September 12 and September 13, while the season will conclude with the finale of the Gold Crown Series at Merrittville on October 4. Please visit www.southernontariosprints.ca for race results, points standings, and more information about the Southern Ontario Sprints.

2025 Southern Ontario Sprints Season
Statistical Report - Saturday, August 23, 2025
Buxton Speedway - Merlin, Ontario, Canada

A-Main [Started] 25 laps
1. 5-DJ Christie[2]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 3. 9-Liam Martin[4]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett[8]; 5. 12DD-Darren Dryden[6]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[10]; 7. X-Mike Keegan[9]; 8. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[14]; 9. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 10. 12-Alex Bergeron[12]; 11. 6-Ryan Coniam[16]; 12. 70-Baily Heard[18]; 13. 17-Jared Horstman[11]; 14. 84-Mike Lichty[19]; 15. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[13]; 16. 29W-Tyler Ward[15]; 17. 0C-Cole MacDonald[17]; 18. 94X-Scott Hall[20]; 19. 22JR-Allan Gilleta[21]; 20. 87XS-Skyler Evans[3]; 21. 5X-Jake Doppelhofer[22]; 22. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 23. (DNS) 28K-Tate O'Leary

Awards
The Drivers Project Hard Charger ($50) - Jacob Dykstra (+6)
Ackland Insurance Quick Time ($100) - Skyler Evans (13.114 seconds)

Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps
1. 87XS-Skyler Evans[1]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden[3]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[2]; 4. 7C-Phil Gressman[4]; 5. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[6]; 6. 6-Ryan Coniam[5]; 7. 84-Mike Lichty[8]; 8. 22JR-Allan Gilleta[7]

Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps
1. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[3]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 4. 17-Jared Horstman[2]; 5. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[5]; 6. 0C-Cole MacDonald[6]; 7. 28K-Tate O'Leary[7]; 8. 5X-Jake Doppelhofer[8]

Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps
1. 5-DJ Christie[1]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[3]; 4. 12-Alex Bergeron[4]; 5. 29W-Tyler Ward[6]; 6. 70-Baily Heard[5]; 7. 94X-Scott Hall[7]

Qualifications
1. 87XS-Skyler Evans, 00:13.114NTR[5]; 2. 15-Ryan Turner, 00:13.218[4]; 3. 5-DJ Christie, 00:13.360[6]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:13.528[10]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:13.529[22]; 6. 9-Liam Martin, 00:13.541[17]; 7. 12DD-Darren Dryden, 00:13.555[15]; 8. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 00:13.580[13]; 9. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.665[8]; 10. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:13.681[20]; 11. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:13.786[12]; 12. 12-Alex Bergeron, 00:13.850[23]; 13. 6-Ryan Coniam, 00:13.996[7]; 14. 5D-Jacob Dykstra, 00:14.072[16]; 15. 70-Baily Heard, 00:14.082[18]; 16. 77E-Ashton VanEvery, 00:14.195[9]; 17. 0C-Cole MacDonald, 00:14.279[14]; 18. 29W-Tyler Ward, 00:14.298[3]; 19. 22JR-Allan Gilleta, 00:14.675[21]; 20. 28K-Tate O'Leary, 00:15.355[11]; 21. 94X-Scott Hall, 00:15.823[2]; 22. (DQ) 84-Mike Lichty, 00:14.092[1]; 23. (DNS) 5X-Jake Doppelhofer

About: The Southern Ontario Sprints series sanctioned its first race in 1996, making it one of Canada's longest-running motorsports sanctioning bodies. The Southern Ontario Sprints 2025 schedule will see the organization competing at five racing facilities in Canada. Visit www.southernontariosprints.ca for more information and news for the traveling winged 360 Sprint Car tour based in Ontario, Canada

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