(Photo by Rod Henderson, CanadianRacer.com)
Did you ever wonder what school buses are used for in the summer months?
Thankfully it’s not this.
20 (former) school buses banged it out on the dirt oval at Brighton Speedway Saturday night for the 15-lap main event.
Shawn Sosa took the lead after Bryan McColl crashed his bus headfirst into turn two. McColl was not injured, however, following a restart, Sosa sailed to the winner’s circle.
On the more conventional part of the race card, Greg Belyea also took the lead after a restart to claim the Canadian Modified feature.
Justin Ramsay chased his second feature flag of the season in the 20-lap Thunder Stock event.
Aiden Fletcher scored his second checkered in the 15-lap four-cylinder feature.
And Cole McKeown picked up his first career victory in the Stingers 12-lap main.
Full results below.
Bainer’s OilGARD Anti Rust Canadian Modified 15 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps
- 25-Greg Belyea[6]; 2. 40-Ron Wadforth[8]; 3. 32-Doug O’Blenis[2]; 4. 2-Leslie Mowat[9]; 5. 51-Mike Freeman[1]; 6. 12-Caleb Severin[7]; 7. 41-Corey Halbert[10]; 8. 09-Dan Price[14]; 9. 91-Jaiden Miller[15]; 10. 08-Angie Kirby[12]; 11. 26-Bob Green[11]; 12. 85-Brittany Golden[3]; 13. 1-Shawn Gregory[4]; 14. 50-Dylan Boyle[5]; 15. 7-Rick Phillips[13]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:18.662
- 32-Doug O’Blenis[1]; 2. 1-Shawn Gregory[5]; 3. 51-Mike Freeman[2]; 4. 12-Caleb Severin[4]; 5. 2-Leslie Mowat[7]; 6. 26-Bob Green[8]; 7. 7-Rick Phillips[6]; 8. 91-Jaiden Miller[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:17.664
- 25-Greg Belyea[4]; 2. 40-Ron Wadforth[1]; 3. 85-Brittany Golden[2]; 4. 50-Dylan Boyle[6]; 5. 41-Corey Halbert[7]; 6. 08-Angie Kirby[5]; 7. 09-Dan Price[3]
Brighton Automotive Thunder Stocks 21 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:08:27.368
- 03-Justin Ramsay[2]; 2. 72-Doug Anderson[6]; 3. 10-Carter Rhodes[11]; 4. 16-Kaitlyn O’Blenis[1]; 5. 97-Dave Barrett[14]; 6. 21-Ryan Kimball[3]; 7. 09T-Garren Taylor[12]; 8. 5-Jake Hadley[8]; 9. 26-Brock Gregory[5]; 10. 73-Jason Preece[4]; 11. 46-Dion Riley[7]; 12. 19-Zeke McKeown[10]; 13. 89-Kolby Ellis[17]; 14. 0-Tyler French[9]; 15. 82-Brad Brooking[16]; 16. 76-Cody Driscoll[13]; 17. 54-Tim Moore[15]; 18. 06-Chris Hackett[20]; 19. 7-Josh Toon[18]; 20. 45-Dylan Riley[19]; 21. (DNS) 74-Mike Lucas
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:43.030
- 16-Kaitlyn O’Blenis[2]; 2. 73-Jason Preece[6]; 3. 5-Jake Hadley[4]; 4. 19-Zeke McKeown[3]; 5. 76-Cody Driscoll[7]; 6. 82-Brad Brooking[5]; 7. 45-Dylan Riley[1]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:25.400
- 72-Doug Anderson[1]; 2. 26-Brock Gregory[4]; 3. 0-Tyler French[7]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes[6]; 5. 97-Dave Barrett[5]; 6. 89-Kolby Ellis[3]; 7. 06-Chris Hackett[2]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:06:58.669
- 03-Justin Ramsay[2]; 2. 46-Dion Riley[4]; 3. 21-Ryan Kimball[7]; 4. 09T-Garren Taylor[3]; 5. 54-Tim Moore[6]; 6. 7-Josh Toon[5]; 7. 74-Mike Lucas[1]
Bill’s Johns 4 Cylinder 22 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:11:03.329
- 42-Aidan Fletcher[5]; 2. 10-Travis Mclean[19]; 3. 20-Cody Sager[1]; 4. 3-Shawn Knowlton[3]; 5. 61-Ryan Branscombe[14]; 6. 91-Jack Veenstra[4]; 7. 18K-Matt Knowlton[21]; 8. 37-AJ Peters[7]; 9. 24-Travis Fox Connor[9]; 10. 17E-Evan Minnie[12]; 11. 25-Lawrence Evenden[6]; 12. 1-Coleson Gregory[22]; 13. 8-Devon O’Brien[17]; 14. 75-Owen Chilvers[20]; 15. 47K-Karl Lecuyer[11]; 16. 5-Eric Conlin[15]; 17. 71-Alesha Gerrard[8]; 18. 04-Owen Chamberlain[10]; 19. 22-Tyson Gregory[18]; 20. R72-Michel L’Ecuyer[2]; 21. C41-Valaire Lecuyer[13]; 22. (DNS) 35-Richard Belair
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:08:03.196
- R72-Michel L’Ecuyer[7]; 2. 91-Jack Veenstra[8]; 3. 71-Alesha Gerrard[6]; 4. 04-Owen Chamberlain[5]; 5. C41-Valaire Lecuyer[2]; 6. 35-Richard Belair[1]; 7. 10-Travis Mclean[4]; 8. 1-Coleson Gregory[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:32.508
- 42-Aidan Fletcher[5]; 2. 25-Lawrence Evenden[1]; 3. 24-Travis Fox Connor[4]; 4. 47K-Karl Lecuyer[6]; 5. 61-Ryan Branscombe[7]; 6. 8-Devon O’Brien[3]; 7. 75-Owen Chilvers[2]; 8. 71-Alesha Gerrard
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:43.859
- 20-Cody Sager[6]; 2. 3-Shawn Knowlton[4]; 3. 37-AJ Peters[5]; 4. 17E-Evan Minnie[1]; 5. 5-Eric Conlin[3]; 6. 22-Tyson Gregory[7]; 7. (DQ) 18K-Matt Knowlton[2]
Quinte Septic Stingers 18 Entries
A Feature 1 12 Laps
- 9-Cooper McKeown[9]; 2. 95C-Chris Lammle[18]; 3. 21-Michael Storey[5]; 4. 17-Ryder Punchard[8]; 5. 31-Billy O’Hara[10]; 6. 41-Adam Flieler[13]; 7. 03-Dillon Barker[12]; 8. 66-Ray Davies[7]; 9. 28-Kyle Keller[14]; 10. 07-Megan Golden[15]; 11. 45-Matt Schonauer[17]; 12. 18-Brian Cross[11]; 13. (BF) 35-Ethan Lord[4]; 14. (BF) 74-RJ Punchard[2]; 15. (DNS) 6-Tom Cole; 16. (DNS) 12-Shane Vale; 17. (DNS) 4A-Lucinda Allen; 18. (DQ) 93-Jorden Pickell[3]
Heat 1 6 Laps
- 93-Jorden Pickell[5]; 2. 31-Billy O’Hara[6]; 3. 28-Kyle Keller[1]; 4. 66-Ray Davies[3]; 5. 6-Tom Cole[2]; 6. (DNS) 4A-Lucinda Allen
Heat 2 6 Laps
- 41-Adam Flieler[3]; 2. 9-Cooper McKeown[5]; 3. 12-Shane Vale[4]; 4. 21-Michael Storey[2]; 5. 03-Dillon Barker[6]; 6. 07-Megan Golden[1]
Heat 3 6 Laps
- 18-Brian Cross[1]; 2. 95C-Chris Lammle[4]; 3. 17-Ryder Punchard[3]; 4. 74-RJ Punchard[2]; 5. 35-Ethan Lord[5]; 6. 45-Matt Schonauer[6]