Ohio racer rides to three Speedway titles
Welland teen wins two championships at motorcycle track
Sam Manyon had a lot to declare at the border on his way home to Akron, Ohio, after the final program of the motorcycle racing season at Welland County Speedway.
In addition to winning points championships in the Vintage Mod, Vintage and Veterans divisions, the airline pilot raced to nine feature wins at the dirt oval in Welland this year.
Only Taia Little of Welland and Chuck Graham of Embrun, Ont., southeast of Ottawa, collected more checkered flags at the track this season with 11 and 10, respectively. Little, 14, set the pace in Youth 250 and Open Novice and trailed only fellow Wellander Jacob Rainville in the points race in 450 Novice.
Graham went 5-0 on his way to capturing track championships in both the ATV and Production ATV racing classes.
Topping the point standings in the ultra-competitive expert classes were Dustin Brown of Muskoka, 450 Expert; and Chris Evans of Jordan Station, Open Expert.
Following are the top five in the point standings and feature winners for the 2018 motorcycle racing season at Welland County Speedway in Welland:
ATV Open: 1. Chuck Graham, 115; 2. Mickie Vance, 108; 3. Andrew Smith, 83; 4. Jeff Chandler, 68; 5. Johnathan Kopeshni, 34. Victories: Graham 5.
Production ATV: 1. Chuck Graham, 115; 2. Mickie Vance,
104; 3. Andrew Smith, 83; 4. Jeff Chandler, 56; 5. May Johannse, 36. Victories: Graham 5.
Lightweight Vintage: 1. Steve Kovacs, 40; 2. Jim Williamson, 23;
3. Bill Bak, 23; 4. Bob Howard, 18;
5. Joe Roeder, 18. Victories: Williamson, Bak.
Vintage Dino: 1. Bill Harrett, 46; 2. Mark Fairfull, 40; 3. Sean Mathison, 18; 4. Bill Bak, 18, 5. Steve Kovacs, 18. Victories:
Harrett 2.
Vintage Mod: 1. Sam Manyon, 43; 2. Mark Fairfull. 30; 3. Glen Brown, 27; 4. Jim Williamson, 27;
5. Al Perry, 27. Victories: Clayton Isherwood, Manyon.
Vintage: 1. Sam Manyon, 115;
2. Glen Brown, 90; 3. Steve Kovacs, 75; 4. Sean Mathison, 53; 5. Jim Williamson, 50. Victories:
Manyon 5.
50 cc, chain-drive: 1. Seth Parsons, 130; 2. Jayda Brauweiler, 106; 3. Emily Beikx, 38; 4. Brandon Carrel, 38; 5. Cooper Smith,
36. Victories: Parsons 4, Brauweiler 2.
65 cc: 1. Liam Caskie, 161; 2. Seth Little, 138; 3. Seth Parsons, 116; 4. Jayda Brauweiler, 64; 5. Matthew Bertola, 36. Victories:
Caskie 7.
85 cc: 1. Adrian St. Amand, 138;
2. Justin Ball, 131; 3. Blake Silenzi, 114; 4. Shayne Parsons, 110; 5. Chris Pittaway, 109. Victories:
St. Amand 6, Ball.
Youth 250: 1. Taia Little, 158; 2. Adrian St. Amand, 114; 3. Justin Ball, 107; 4. Blake Silenzi, 101; 5. Shayne Parsons, 96. Victories: Little 6, Branden Keys.
450 Novice: 1. Jacob Rainville, 145; 2. Taia Little, 129; 3. Ryan Scavuzzo, 126; 4. Alissa Lambert, 90; 5. Kyle Scavuzzo, 88. Victories: Rainville 3, Boyd Deadman, Ryan Scavuzzo, Little.
Open Novice: 1. Taia Little, 148; 2. Jacob Rainville, 131; 3. Ryan Scavuzzo, 121; 4. Tysen McLellan, 94; 5. Alissa Lambert,
94. Victories: Little 4, Rainville 2, McLellan.
450 Intermediate: 1. Hunter Bauer, 147; 2. Dustin Lambert, 132; 3. Justin Crumb, 120; 4. Logan Wilson, 85; 5. Rodrick Scott,
80. Victories: Bauer 3, Lambert 2, Jimmy McCullough.
Open Intermediate: 1. Dustin Lambert, 145; 2. Hunter Bauer, 145; 3. Justin Crumb, 103; 4. Logan Wilson, 94; 5. Alex Olsen, 87.
Victories: Brown 3, Bauer 3, Jimmy McCullough.
450 Expert: 1. Dustin Brown, 125; 2. Chris Evans, 122; 3. Tyler Seguin, 117; 4. Don Taylor, 109; 5. Doug Lawrence, 97. Victories:
Seguin 3, Brown, Lawrence, Taylor.
Open Expert: 1. Chris Evans, 129; 2. Dustin Brown, 122; 3. Tyler Seguin, 122; 4. Don Taylor, 106; 5. Doug Lawrence, 89. Victories:
Evans 2, Brown, Lawrence, Seguin, Taylor.
Veterans: 1. Sam Manyon, 147;
2. Rick Gunby, 118; 3. Glen
Brown, 98; 4. Kim Orosz, 94; 5. Chris Murray, 92. Victories:
Manyon 3, Gunby 2, John Kehoe.
There was no racing in 750 Expert and Speedway at the track this season.