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Bounty, American Racers, Tires, No Problem for Dylan Westbrook with GLSS Friday in an Instant Ohsweken Classic

2026-06-28 14:16

Ohsweken, ON, CAN - When the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP rolled into Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night, many factors played into the makeup of the show. A new tire in play for the Ohsweken regulars with the American Racer Tire, a massive track rework during the week leading up to the event, and a surprise $10,000 bounty to beat Dylan Westbrook.

Familiar faces to Ohsweken Speedway led the field to the green flag for the 25-lap main event on Friday night. Darren Dryden and Ryan Turner lit the fuse on an electric race where the action started immediately. At the exit of turn two, Dryden threaded the needle between Turner and the outside wall to take the top spot down the backstretch and lead lap number one.

Meanwhile, Dylan Westbrook, from the fourth starting spot, was on a charge to get to the front and keep the $10,000 out of the pockets of his fellow competitors. Nine laps into the race, Westbrook made a three-wide move in turn three to get around Turner and slide into the second spot, while Dryden was slicing his way through lapped traffic trying to run away and hide. When Westbrook got to second, his gap up to Dryden was over 1.5 seconds.

By lap 12, Westbrook had the gap down to just half a second and was on Dryden's tail tank going into the third turn, looking at the halfway signal. While Dryden and Westbrook locked in a stalemate at the front, DJ Christie and Cory Turner closed in on the lead duo, creating a four-car war at the front of the field.

With seven laps to go, Westbrook put his No.47X at the front of the field, leaving many Ohsweken fans saying 'this is over', but it was far from it. Entering turn three the next time by, Westbrook missed the top of turn three and blew it over the cushion, allowing Dryden to get back by and bring Cory Turner with him. Westbrook came back onto the race track in front of Christie and began his charge back toward the front, but with five laps to go, it was another new leader in the form of Cory Turner.

The No.39 used the bottom of the race track to slip by Dryden at the exit of turn two and officially take the lead with four laps to go. Dryden's car began to fade, giving Westbrook the second spot with ease out of corner number four. In turns one and two, Westbrook had pulled back alongside Turner as the pair began fighting it out for the final three laps. Westbrook took the lead back with three laps to go, and then Turner re-took the lead with two laps to go. With the white flag in the air, it was again Turner who held the top spot at the line.

Heavy lapped traffic held up Turner on the bottom of turns one and two, allowing Westbrook to take the lead around the outside. Turner was able to get back to his inside in turns three and four, but at the line, with Turner on his tail tank, Westbrook took the win, keeping $10,000 out of Cory Turner's pocket.

The win for Westbrook was his 102nd at Ohsweken Speedway and fifth with the Great Lakes Super Sprints.

"We were pretty fired up to come out here and get the win," Westbrook said in Victory Lane, speaking about the bounty. "That was an amazing race. That was everything I had to keep it on the top and never tried the bottom and [Cory] was rolling the bottom really good and he'd get me and I'd have to get a big run. I was going through those bumps wide open and hoping it sticks."

Cory Turner held on for the second spot ahead of DJ Christie, Darren Dryden, and Ryan Turner rounded out the top five.

DJ Christe was the Operating Engineers 324 Hard Charger.

Skyler Evans won Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race number one.

Cory Turner won Miami Paint Heat Race number two.

Darren Dryden won Northwood University Heat Race number three.

Skyler Evans was the Ti22 Performance Fast Qualifier.

The next event for the Great Lakes Super Sprints is Saturday, June 27th at Buxton Speedway to wrap up the Ontario, Canada swing. Racing is set to begin at 7:00 PM. Fans who can't make the trip can catch the action live on GreatLakesSprints.TV.

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[4]; 2. 39-Cory Turner[6]; 3. 5-DJ Christie[10]; 4. 12DD-Darren Dryden[2]; 5. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 6. 87XS-Skyler Evans[5]; 7. 21K-Kyle Phillips[13]; 8. 88H-Josh Hansen[7]; 9. 66-Chase Dunham[3]; 10. 0X-Dan McCarron[8]; 11. 0-Glenn Styres[12]; 12. 77-Tyeller Powless[9]; 13. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[14]; 14. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[15]; 15. 77X-Alex Hill[18]; 16. 71H-Max Stambaugh[11]; 17. 6-Ryan Coniam[16]; 18. 7C-Phil Gressman[19]; 19. 49T-Gregg Dalman[17]; 20. 28K-Tate O'Leary[20]; 21. 11-Jamie Turner[21]; 22. 7-Eric Gledhill[22]