{"id":1553,"date":"2015-06-26T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T20:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.211.190.68\/superdirtcarseries\/2015\/06\/26\/big-blocks-make-1st-appearance-at-ohsweken\/"},"modified":"2020-05-27T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:41:01","slug":"big-blocks-make-1st-appearance-at-ohsweken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superdirtcarseries.com\/news\/big-blocks-make-1st-appearance-at-ohsweken\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohsweken Up Next June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
Big-Blocks take 1st ever green at Ohsweken June 30<\/span><\/p>\n Weedsport, NY – The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds will make their first-ever appearance at Ohsweken Speedway in Ohsweken, ON for the Triple Crown Showdown Tuesday, June 30.<\/p>\n Ohsweken Speedway, in its 20th<\/sup> season, is a 3\/8-mile banked oval with plenty of racing room through the turns. It is situated on the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian Reserve.<\/p>\n Owner\/promoter Glenn Styres is living out his childhood dream of owning a gas station and a race track. Styres’ Esso station is right out in front of the race track and his home sits just off the second turn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Three-time Super DIRTcar Series champion and current point leader Matt Sheppard and 2014 Series champion Billy Decker will lead the Big-Blocks to Ohsweken to compete in a 75-lap event for a $30,000 purse paying $6,000-to-win.<\/p>\n Decker is coming off a June 24 win at Utica-Rome Speedway, which trimmed Sheppard’s lead to six points (429-423). Other competitors headed to the Ontario 3\/8 mile include Jimmy Phelps, Brett Hearn, Larry Wight, Pat Ward, Stewart Friesen and Billy Dunn of Watertown, N.Y.<\/p>\n No driver in the series has passed more cars so far than Dunn. He won the KSE Hard-Charger award at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in May and finished 6th<\/sup> in a 31-car field after pitting for a tire at Utica-Rome.<\/p>\n The Ohsweken Triple Crown card includes a 25-lap Late Model feature and a 20-lap Sprint Car feature. Post time is 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n For more information on the Super DIRTcar Series, visit www.SuperDIRTcarSeries.com<\/a>, http:\/\/ohswekenspeedway.ca<\/a>, follow on Twitter @SuperDIRTcar, and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/DIRTcar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Big-Blocks take 1st ever green at Ohsweken June 30 Weedsport, NY – The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds will make their first-ever appearance at Ohsweken Speedway in Ohsweken, ON for the Triple Crown Showdown Tuesday, June 30. Ohsweken Speedway, in its 20th season, is a 3\/8-mile banked oval with plenty of racing room through the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n