There was a complete race card and 19 mini vans. The fans were thrilled with high-speed action.
French Snags the Win
Features kicked off with the Brighton Automotive Thunder Stock 20 lap event. Starting on the poll was No 16 Kaitlin O’Blenis, leading the field until she was overtaken by No 44 Tommy Bailey. On lap 14 No 26 Brock Gregory passed the starter stand in the lead and held the position right until a last lap pass put No 0 Tyler French taking the checkers. The No 74 Mike Lucas in third, No 16 in forth and No 72 Doug Anderson in fifth.
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Ronny Takes it Again
The Bainer’s OilGARD Anti Rust Canadian Modifieds began with No 51 Mike Freeman leading the pack of 13 cars, but Brittany Golden No 85 quickly snatched the lead and held off No 1 Shawn Gregory and No 40 Ron Wadforth for 21 of the 25 laps. With an unfortunate late race caution restacking the field No 40 Ron Wadforth took the lead to finish the race ahead of No 85, No1, No 2 Leslie Mowat and No 32 Doug O’Blenis.
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Double Daves and One Feature Win
The Gord’s Water Vantastics saw 18 mini vans start the 12-lap feature travelling in the opposite direction, with No 67 Carter Rhodes leading the field to green. A first lap caution restacked the field and the No 199 of David Patterson and Dave Maybee took a long leap out front climbing 8 positions. The duo managed to dodge lap traffic on the slick service with No 09 Calvin & Whitney Reid coming in second, No 17 Brad Bedal in third, No 4 Tom Grant and Aaron Peeters in fourth and No 22 Tyson Gregory and Colby Wiersma finishing out the top 5.
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151 for the WIN
Fans waited out the heat of the night for the 30 lap Vanderlaan Building Products Late Model feature event. No 151 Brian McDonald started on the poll holding off No 11 Kyle Sopaz, No 41 Ryan Lambert and No 5 Steve Baldwin throughout the race. In the middle of the pack, we saw the No 05 of James Seymour spin out causing him to move to the back of the pack. Coincidentally, just a few laps after we saw the same thing happen to the No 77 of Caley Weese, bringing her to the back of the pack as well. Both Weese and Seymour found their way back up to the middle of the pack taking 8th and 9th. With all the issues coming from the middle and back of the pack No 151 Brian McDonald was able to keep his starting position and take the feature with No 11 Kyle Sopaz in second, No 41 Ryan Lambert in third, No 5 Steve Baldwin in forth, and No 3 Nathan Rinaldi rounding out the top 5.
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Another Gregory WIN
Finishing out the night, the Bill’s John 4 Cylinder division had Lawrence Evenden No 25 bringing us to green for the 15 lap feature. Shortly after, we saw him fall behind the No 22 of Tyson Gregory. The real entertainment of this feature came after watching No 42 Aidan Fletcher climb his way through the field from his 8th starting position to second making it a close battle for first between Fletcher and Gregory once again. Gregory fought off Fletcher for multiple laps taking the checkers in lap 15 of our final feature for the night. They were followed over the line by No 20 Cody Sager, No 1 Coleson Gregory and No 24 Travis Fox-Connor.
No 151 Brian McDonald took his first feature win at Brighton Speedway for the 2025 season on Saturday night.
