(Bainer’s OilGARD Anti Rust Canadian Modified feature winner #40 Ron Wadforth in the Excess Storage Lethal Chassis.

Photo by Rod Henderson, CanadianRacer.com)

The green flag dropped on the stock car season at Brighton Speedway Saturday night with a field of 78 on the dirt oval.
Opening night winners were Nathan Rinaldi in the Late Model Alliance.

Canadian Modified champion Ron Wadforth jumped into first on the lead lap and took the checkered flag in the 25 lap race.

Tyler French led a packed field of 22 from the green flag to the winner’s circle in the Thunder Stocks Division.

Hayden Brown jumped from fourth spot to lead and straight to the finish line in the Comp 4 division.

And Jarrod Galway takes the 15 lap mini stock race.

A Feature 1 40 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[6]; 2. 57-Charlie Sandercock[7]; 3. 5-Steve Baldwin[5]; 4. 05-James Seymour[8]; 5. 11-Kyle Sopaz[1]; 6. 33-David Vandertoorn[10]; 7. 92-Adam Turner[3]; 8. 46-Brandon Mowat[4]; 9. 89-Austin King[9]; 10. 41-Ryan Lambert[11]; 11. 77-Caley Weese[2]; 12. 21-Rich Sanders[13]; 13. 151-Brian McDonald[12]; 14. 97-Dave Barrett[17]; 15. 4-Anthony Barrett[15]; 16. 0-Tyler French[16]; 17. 7-Anthony Rinaldi[14]

Heat 1 8 Laps | Deerhaven Powersports

1. 5-Steve Baldwin[1]; 2. 11-Kyle Sopaz[4]; 3. 92-Adam Turner[6]; 4. 57-Charlie Sandercock[7]; 5. 89-Austin King[5]; 6. 41-Ryan Lambert[3]; 7. 21-Rich Sanders[2]; 8. 4-Anthony Barrett[8]; 9. 97-Dave Barrett[9]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Deerhaven Powersports

1. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[4]; 2. 77-Caley Weese[3]; 3. 46-Brandon Mowat[5]; 4. 05-James Seymour[2]; 5. 33-David Vandertoorn[6]; 6. 151-Brian McDonald[7]; 7. 0-Tyler French[8]; 8. 7-Anthony Rinaldi[1]

Canadian Modified 13 Entries

A Feature 1 25 Laps | Bainer’s OilGARD AntiRust

1. 40-Ronald Wadforth[2]; 2. 1-Shawn Gregory[6]; 3. 2-Leslie Mowat[4]; 4. 32-Doug O’Blenis[7]; 5. 41-Corey Halbert[12]; 6. 09-Dan Price[8]; 7. 26-Bob Green[3]; 8. 08-Angie Kirby[10]; 9. 10-Elmer Stevenson[1]; 10. 14-Matthew Moore[13]; 11. 85-Brittany Golden[5]; 12. 7-Josh Toon[11]; 13. 5-Wally Alderdice[9]

Heat 1 8 Laps | Deerhaven Farm & Garden

1. 40-Ronald Wadforth[2]; 2. 2-Leslie Mowat[4]; 3. 26-Bob Green[7]; 4. 85-Brittany Golden[6]; 5. 09-Dan Price[1]; 6. 08-Angie Kirby[5]; 7. 41-Corey Halbert[3]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Deerhaven Farm & Garden

1. 32-Doug O’Blenis[3]; 2. 1-Shawn Gregory[1]; 3. 10-Elmer Stevenson[2]; 4. 14-Matthew Moore[5]; 5. (DNS) 5-Wally Alderdice; 6. (DNS) 7-Josh Toon

Thunder Stocks 22 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | Brighton Automotive

1. 0-Tyler French[1]; 2. 03-Justin Ramsay[6]; 3. 26-Brock Gregory[4]; 4. 72-Doug Anderson[8]; 5. 01-Kyle Gregory[16]; 6. 18-Kyle Anderson[5]; 7. 17-Ethan Humphry[12]; 8. 16-Kaitlyn Oblenis[3]; 9. 97-Dave Barrett[2]; 10. 79-Chris Hale[7]; 11. 10-Carter Rhodes[11]; 12. 45-Dylan Riley[13]; 13. 7-Rick Phillips[9]; 14. 11-Cole McKeown[10]; 15. 23-Doug May[14]; 16. 09-Garren Taylor[17]; 17. 06-Chris Hackett[19]; 18. 82-Brad Brooking[21]; 19. 6-Bill O’Hara[15]; 20. (DNS) 5-Jake Hadley; 21. (DNS) 54-Tim Moore

Heat 1 8 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 0-Tyler French[2]; 2. 79-Chris Hale[3]; 3. 16-Kaitlyn Oblenis[1]; 4. 11-Cole McKeown[5]; 5. 45-Dylan Riley[4]; 6. 82-Brad Brooking[7]; 7. 54-Tim Moore[8]; 8. (DNS) 27-Torri Pope

Heat 2 8 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 03-Justin Ramsay[3]; 2. 72-Doug Anderson[6]; 3. 7-Rick Phillips[2]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes[7]; 5. 23-Doug May[1]; 6. 01-Kyle Gregory[4]; 7. 06-Chris Hackett[5]

Heat 3 8 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 26-Brock Gregory[3]; 2. 18-Kyle Anderson[2]; 3. 97-Dave Barrett[5]; 4. 17-Ethan Humphry[7]; 5. 6-Bill O’Hara[1]; 6. 09-Garren Taylor[4]; 7. (DNS) 5-Jake Hadley

Mini Stock 13 Entries

A Feature 1 15 Laps | Bill’s John

1. 06J-Jarrod Galway[2]; 2. 22-Tyson Gregory[6]; 3. 12-Caleb Severin[12]; 4. 2-Trevyn McCrillis[8]; 5. 4-Chris Tufford[1]; 6. 5-Eric Conlin[9]; 7. 75-Owen Chilvers[13]; 8. 17E-Evan Minnie[3]; 9. 72-John South[11]; 10. 04-Dave Chamberlain[10]; 11. 8-Devon O’Brien[4]; 12. 41-Landon Mutch[7]; 13. (DNS) 71-Alesha Gerrard

Heat 1 8 Laps | Gord’s Water

1. 22-Tyson Gregory[2]; 2. 41-Landon Mutch[5]; 3. 71-Alesha Gerrard[1]; 4. 8-Devon O’Brien[3]; 5. 5-Eric Conlin[6]; 6. 75-Owen Chilvers[7]; 7. 12-Caleb Severin[4]

 Heat 2 8 Laps | Gord’s Water

1. 06J-Jarrod Galway[2]; 2. 2-Trevyn McCrillis[3]; 3. 4-Chris Tufford[1]; 4. 17E-Evan Minnie[6]; 5. 04-Dave Chamberlain[5]; 6. 72-John South[4]

Comp 4 14 Entries

A Feature 1 15 Laps | Bill’s Johns

1. 46-Hayden Brown[3]; 2. 15-Josh Bogaard[5]; 3. 42JR-Aidan Fletcher[12]; 4. 61-Ryan Branscombe[8]; 5. 91-Jaiden Miller[1]; 6. 3-Shawn Knowlton[9]; 7. 67-Maxx Steele[7]; 8. 55-Zachary Humphry[6]; 9. 57-Braedon Bergeron[2]; 10. 19-Tara Dunkley[14]; 11. 44-Tommy Bailey[4]; 12. 24-Travis Fox Connor[11]; 13. (DNS) 01-Noah Sagriff; 14. (DNS) 77-Travis Chamberlain

Heat 1 8 Laps | Gord’s Water

1. 44-Tommy Bailey[3]; 2. 67-Maxx Steele[1]; 3. 55-Zachary Humphry[2]; 4. 57-Braedon Bergeron[6]; 5. 3-Shawn Knowlton[7]; 6. 24-Travis Fox Connor[5]; 7. 77-Travis Chamberlain[4]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Gord’s Water

1. 15-Josh Bogaard[3]; 2. 46-Hayden Brown[4]; 3. 91-Jaiden Miller[2]; 4. 61-Ryan Branscombe[7]; 5. 01-Noah Sagriff[5]; 6. 42JR-Aidan Fletcher[1]; 7. 19-Tara Dunkley[6]