Historic Weekend at 660 Sportsman Nationals

Eighteen drivers crowned as winners at the inaugural 660 Sportsman Nationals at Grand Bend Motorplex.

GRAND BEND, ON CANADA- August 20-22, 2021 will go down in history as the weekend the Sportsman Racers in Ontario and Quebec had their moment! Three days of hard core Sportsman racing, big money payouts, big checks and some great weather helped to fill the staging lanes of one of the best weekends in Ontario Sportsman racing. Drew Buchner and Ian Hill put together a great schedule that allowed as many teams to double class (or more ) as possible.

The inaugural 660 Sportsman Nationals featured: two high rollers $10,000 to win 32 Car dial in shootouts; Friday Gamblers Box and No Box classes, Box and No Box guaranteed $7500 to win racing both Saturday and Sunday, a Stock/ Super Stock combo race, Bikes and Sleds and Jr Dragsters both days as well.  Top Sportsman, Top Dragster and 6.50 index had 3 rounds of Qualifying and E1 Saturday followed by the rest of eliminations run off Sunday. Also, with the help of Jr. Dragster racer Arnold Fox, they had kids RC Bracket racing both Friday and Saturday evening.

The 660 Sportsman Nationals paid out over $93,000 and pushed through 770 entries (including buy backs and Jr Consi entries) over the three day event.

Photos by Blake Farnan BGF Photography

Southerntruckboxes.com $10,000 to win Friday 32 Car Shootout

Don Vincelli was the Friday 32 car shootout $10,000 winner.

Southerntruckboxes.com $10,000 to win Saturday 32 Car Shootout

Dean Schwemler picked up the Saturday 32 car shootout $10,000 win.

DSE Automotive Friday Gamblers Box

Will Steckley grabbed the Friday Gamblers Box win.

DSE Automotive Friday Gamblers No Box

Brad Gibbs was the Friday Gamblers No Box winner.

Arnold Fox’ Friday Night Kids RC Dial In race

In the Kids RC Dial In race, Austin Vermuelen picked up the win.

J&S Collision Saturday Box

In Saturday’s Box class, Andrew Stirk was victorious.

J&S Colission Sunday Box Split

Roch Beaudoin and Jeremey VanBastelaar split and quit in the final round of Sunday’s Box class.

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Twin Oaks Towing Saturday No Box

Will Steckley picked up another win in Saturday’s No Box class.

Twin Oaks Towing Sunday No Box

In Sunday’s No Box class, James Little got the win.

Finishline Niagara Saturday Stock/ Super Stock Combo

Chris Lozon claimed the big cheque in Saturday’s Stock/ Super Stock Combo class.

Finishline Niagara Sunday Stock/ Super Stock Combo

Wally Clarke was the winner in Sunday’s Stock/ Super Stock Combo class.

Advanced Motorsports Saturday Bikes and Sleds

David Duval claimed his first Bike/Sleds win of the weekend on Saturday.

Advanced Motorsport Sunday Bikes and Sleds

David Duval doubled up in the Bike and Sleds class by getting the win on Sunday as well.

Western Overhead Door Saturday Jr Dragster

Shelby Alams drove her Junior Dragster to victory in Saturday’s Jr. Dragster class.

Western Overhead Door Sunday Jr Dragster

Mya James picked up the Junior Dragster win on Sunday.

Bracket Life Top Dragster

In BracketLife Top Dragster, Benny Smith picked up the final round win.

Cheapside Auto Care Top Sportsman

Kevin Wicke was victorious in the Top Sportsman class.

Corriveau Concrete T/S vs T/D run off

Kevin Wicke won the T/S vs T/D run off.

BLASTALLequipment.com 6.50 Index

Finally, Double-oh-Joe Muro claimed the 6.50 Index win on Sunday.

Associate Race Sponsors:

• Hutch’s Transmission
• EWS
• Performance Unlimited
• Boomer and Deb
• For Wheels Racing
• CMS
• Henderson Racing
• Bellmont Automotive
• Quest Manufacturing

Congratulations to all winners and finalists from the 660 Sportsman Nationals at Grand Bend Motorplex. For more event photos, click here.

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