CLARK TOPS ELITE FIELD, WINS FIRST IWK 250 at riverside speedway

As a follow-up to below the final results for the IWK 250 remain unofficial pending the results of post-race tech. A further advisory will be made when the results are official. CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES...

(Antigonish, NS- July 15, 2018) – Cassius Clark (Farmington, ME) made a dream reality by winning the John W. Chisholm Memorial Cup at the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway this afternoon. The race was halted due to rain on lap 74 Saturday night.  The stacked field included drivers from six provinces and two states. Dave O’Blenis (Boundary Creek, NB) came home second while NASCAR legend Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) raced his way  through the field during the final 50 laps to round out the podium.

Competition got underway with five Atlantic Tiltload Heat Races for the 36 competitors vying to make the 30 car field. Heat races were won by Greg Proude (Springvale, PE), Braden Langille (Shubenacadie, NS), Jason Hathaway (Stouffville, ON), Dylan Gosbee (Cornwall, PE) and Cole Butcher (Porter’s Lake, NS). Kent Vincent (Crapaud, PE) won the Atlantic Tiltload B Feature.

Twenty cars qualified for the prestigious event via heat races. Cars who did not qualify through their heat then competed in a 25 lap last chance race with the top two securing their positions on the starting grid. The remaining eight positions were determined by provisionals as set in the event procedures.
Braden Langille picked up the Exide Batteries Rookie of the Race and the King Freight Lines Future Winner award with a solid seventh place finish.

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Clark’s win at the IWK 250 presented by Steve Lewis gives Clark the distinction of becoming the first driver to ever win all three Maritime 250 lap events, which also include the Toromont Cat 250 and the Speedway 660 Pro Stock 250.

The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour is in action next weekend for the Irving Oil Blending & Packaging 150 at Petty International Raceway, located just outside of Moncton NB. Visit www.maritimeprostocktour.com for complete event details and coverage.


Photo Credit: McCarthy Photographic


Unofficially Race Results

IWK 250 presented by Steve Lewis
Riverside International Speedway

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Pos No. Name Laps Heat Finish Sponsor Hometown

1

13

Cassius Clark

250

H1:4

King Racing Competition Parts & Fabrication

Farmington, ME

2

48C

Dave O'Blenis

250

H2:3

Irving Blending & Packaging

Boundary Creek, NB

3

18W

Kenny Wallace

250

H3:2

IWK CAT Car for Kids

St. Louis, MO

4

53

Cole Butcher

250

H5:1

Atlantic Tiltload

Porter's Lake, NS

5

84

JR Fitzpatrick

250

H5:2

Meineke / Cambridge Rigging

Cambridge, ON

6

99

Craig Slaunwhite

250

H4:2

Cobequid Mountain Sports

Terence Bay, NS

7

51

Braden Langille

250

H2:1

Nova Construction

Shubenacadie, NS

8

08

Nicholas Naugle

250

H2:7

Brycon Construction

Dartmouth, NS

9

8

Kent Vincent

250

H2:5

TireTire.ca

Crapaud,PE

10

91

Dylan Gosbee

250

H4:1

Greenfield Enterprises

Cornwall, PE

11

18

Darren MacKinnon

250

H2:4

Shaw's Towing Service

Charlottetown, PE

12

67

Dylan Blenkhorn

249

H2:2

Blenkhorn's Auto Recyclers

Truro, NS

13

32

Sarah McKay

249

H4:5

AE McKay Builders

Quispamsis, NB

14

44

Russell Smith Jr

248

H1:3

Kynock Resources Ltd

Lakeside, NS

15

82

Chris Hughes

248

H1:2

Subaru of Moncton

Brackley Beach, PE

16

0

Shawn Turple

248

H1:6

Dexter Construction

Enfield, NS

17

5

Jonathan Hicken

247

H1:5

Castle Building Centres

Brudenell, PE

18

21

Shawn Pierce

244

H1:7

Ntyce Motorsports

Blockhouse, NS

19

48

Waylon Farrell

214

H5:4

Farrell's Excavating Ltd

Conception Bay South, NF

20

42

Kyle Reid

201

H5:3

Robby's Towing

Fort MacMurray, AB

21

3

Jason Hathaway

169

H3:1

CHOKO Authentics

Uxbridge, On

22

97

John Flemming

158

H3:5

Happy Harry's Affordable Building Centres

Halifax, NS

23

29

Greg Proude

126

H1:1

Atlantic Dodge Dealers

Springvale, PE

24

94

DJ Casey

125

H3:4

 

Prospect, NS

25

40

Robbie MacEwen

118

H4:4

Maritime Steel Roofing and Siding

Charlottetown, PE

26

89

Donald Chisholm

104

H2:6

Keltic Ford

Antigonish, NS

27

03

Steve Halpin

102

H3:3

AJ Mallette & Sons

Saint John, NB

28

54

Jarrett Butcher

74

H4:3

Superior Foundations

Porter's Lake, NS

29

29F

Greg Fahey

72

H5:5

McLaughlin Roof Trusses Ltd

St. Stephen, NB

30

42C

Chris Reid

68

H3:6

Robby's Towing

Fort MacMurray, AB

31

2

Ashton Tucker

DNQ

H4:6

White Lightning Auto Centre

Saint John, NB

32

30

Stephen Lively

DNQ

H3:7

Eastern Drainage

Shubenacadie, NS

33

81

Nevin Scott

DNQ

H1:8

 

Clyde River, PE

34

14

Terry Dougay

DNQ

H4:7

Right on Board Locksmith

Albany, PE

35

07

Allison McKinnon

DNQ

H5:6

Outriders Cookhouse

Oyster Bed Bridge, PE

36

56

Josh Collins

DNQ

H5:7

Edward Collins Contracting

Placentia, NL

 

Failed to Qualify: 6
Margin of Victory: 0.834 seconds
Number of Cautions: 8
Atlantic Tiltload Heat Win: #29 Greg Proude, #51 Braden Langille, #3 Jason Hathaway, #91 Dylan Gosbee, #53 Cole Butcher
Atlantic Tiltload B Feature: #8 Kent Vincent
Exide Batteries Rookie Of The Race: #51 Braden Langille
Most Laps Led: #13 Cassius Clark
King Freight Future Winner: #51 Braden Langille

 

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