OHSWEKEN, Ontario — It was a third edition of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals, but the end result was strikingly similar to prior year’s edition.
Steve Poirier successfully defended the title, scoring the $7,000 top prize on Saturday night in the third running of Canada’s most prestigious sprint-car event.  
Last year, it might have been a little surprising to see the Industries FM No. 28fm in victory lane at the end of the 30-lap feature, this time around, very few of those packed into the Ohsweken Speedway were startled.
“I don’t know what it is, but we are just really good at this track,” said Poirier. “I never had dreams about winning this for a second time, we have set new goals for this year and now to win this and realize again how important this race is; it is very good.”
The Empire Super Sprint point leader led all 30 laps from the pole.  
Jason Barney finished second, with Kevin Job, Dustin Daggett and Dain Naida filling the top five.
Bryan Howland was the fast qualifier for the 76-car field.
The finish:
Steve Poirier, Jason Barney, Kevin Job, Dustin Daggett, Dain Naida, Bryan Howland, Rick Wilson, Jeff Cook, Mike Stelter, Brett Mann, Jeff VanDusen, Jared Zimbardi, Justin Barger, Bobby Breen, Jessica Zemken, Scott Kreutter, Michael Parent, Joe Middlemiss, Tom Wickham, Ben Rutan, Fred Cade, Chuck Hebing, Ryan Grubaugh, Gary Fast, J.R. Stewart, Blake Breen.