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The 2025 Sunset Speedway season opened on May 3rd with the Steve Slaughter Classic.
The event included the St. Onge Recreation Super Stock division.
Fourteen additional Super Stock weekends are on the Sunset calendar to determine the class champion.
The Super Stock category includes a variety of makes and models from the '60s to the current year. The rules used in the class allow some suspension modifications and changes to the bodies. Some Super Stock cars retain the original steel bodies with plastic noses and fiberglass hoods; however, most use fiberglass body panels. They are powered by a modified small-block engines or crate motors from General Motors and Ford. The division serves as a 'stepping stone' for those drivers who aspire to compete in the Pro Late Model category. On August 30, Sunset Speedway hosted ‘The Scorcher’, which included Mini Stocks, the APC United Late Model Series, and the Stewart’s Stampede 70 for Super Stocks. Super Stock competitors raced in a seventy-lap contest around Sunset’s 1/3-mile banked asphalt oval. |
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The pace lap at Sunset Speedway for the seventy-lap Stewart’s Stampede 70. On the pole is the No. 89C London Recreation Racing / Stewart’s Chevrolet Camaro driven by Shawn Chenoweth. On the outside of Chenoweth is Justin Collison in the No. 13C London Recreational Racing Chevrolet Camaro. The second row includes the No. 29 HumberviewParts.ca Chevrolet Camaro of Paul Pepper and Connor Maltese in the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro. |
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Paul Pepper is a popular Sunset Speedway regular. Pepper is currently sixth in the track’s St. Onge Super Stock points standings. He drives the No. 26 Chevrolet Camaro with backing from HumberviewParts.ca. At the Stewart’s Stampede 70, he qualified third fastest. By lap 66, Pepper was in second, and eight circuits later, he passed the leader, Shawn Chenoweth, for first place. Pepper held the top spot to the checkered flag. |
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Finishing 3.355 seconds behind the winner, Paul Pepper, was Jacob Booth. Booth is another regular in Sunset’s St. Onge Super Stocks series and is third in the points chase. Booth had issues at the track’s last major Super Stock event, ‘The Flyin’ Frank 49,’ and finished last. With the No. 26 Big Bryan & Sons Towing Chevrolet Camaro repaired, Booth qualified fifth. During the race, he charged through the field for a runner-up result. |
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Finishing third at the Stewart’s Stampede 70 was Johnny Morrison. Morrison vacated the driver’s seat at ‘The Flyin’ Frank 49’ in favour of Connor James. James guided the No. 83 Georgian Chevrolet Buick GMC Chevrolet Camaro to a third-place result. Morrison got back behind the steering wheel of the Camaro and qualified seventh fastest. He didn’t appear on the scoreboard until late in the race but challenged Jacob Booth for second. |
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Sean Chenoweth was a busy man at Sunset Speedway, competing in the 150-lap APC United Late Model contest and the Stewart’s Stampede 70. Chenoweth also competes in the Dayco Super Stock and Ontario Outlaw Super Late Model series. He put the No. 89C London Recreational / Stewart’s Chevrolet Camaro on the pole. However, Chenoweth was no match for the locals, Paul Pepper, Jacob Booth, and Johnny Morrison, and finished fourth. |
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Paul Pepper receives the $2,000 cheque from Sunset Speedway’s co-owner, Sandra Todish, for winning the Stewart’s Stampede 70. The popular Super Stock competitor was gridded in the third position for the seventy-lap contest. He used his track knowledge to move to the front early and control the event to capture the victory. |
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| FINISH | START | DRIVER | SPONSOR / CAR | LAPS |
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| 1 | 3 | Paul Pepper | HumberviewParts.ca / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 2 | 5 | Jacob Booth | Big Bryan & Sons Towing / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 3 | 7 | Johnny Morrison | Georgian Chevrolet Buick GMC / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 4 | 1 | Shawn Chenoweth | LRR/Stewart's / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 5 | 6 | Colton Everingham | Ryan's Landscaping / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 6 | 4 | Connor Maltese | Ontario Steel Sales / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 7 | 2 | Justin Collison | London Recreational Racing / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 8 | 9 | Daniel Hawn | Tire Depot / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 9 | 10 | Cole Burrows | Chase Contracting / Chevrolet Camaro | 70 |
| 10 | 8 | Dan Robb | Epstein & Associates / Ford Fusion | 30 |
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