THREE IN A ROW FOR BROWN AT OHSWEKEN - Heeds Experienced Advice From his Mentors

Brantford’s Mitchell Brown recorded his third straight feature win in Mini Stock competition at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night.

It was no easy win for the 16 year-old St. John’s High School student who had some early race difficulty fighting his way through the tightly bunched field from his eighth-place starting position.

Pole sitter Steve Hess of Ohsweken had opened a huge lead in the early going of the 15-lap main event and by the time Brown worked himself free from the pack at lap six he found himself a quarter lap behind the leader.

But heeding the wisdom he was given by his grandfather and dad before the season began, he kept out of trouble, raced the field cleanly and drove at a steady but determined pace soon running on the heels of Hess when the race was slowed by a caution flag with six laps remaining.

Then with just two laps to go Brown drove his Strodes BBQ & Express Mustang past Hess and into the lead.

Hess and Abe Castelein of Caledonia followed Brown across the finish line.

“He’s got a good mind for racing,” stated his grand dad Harold Brown who has been forced to stay away from the racing action so far this season while convalescing from surgery. “Mitch listens well to our advice and has a bright future in the sport”.

Heading into next week’s action at the popular speedway Brown sits atop the Mini Stock standings with last year’s champion Castelein unofficially in second place followed by Cambridge driver Kevin Hilborn.

Next weekend Mitchell Brown will be doing double duty running his Mini Stock on the dirt oval at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night then heading off to Mosport Speedway for Saturday night’s Ontario Sportsman Division on the half-mile paved track.

Prepared by:

Ken Spencer
Marketing and Media Relations
HB Motorsports