Dan McHattie Wins in GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMod Debut
It may have been a while coming but the GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods made their first appearance of the 2026 season – Saturday, June 6th – at Peterborough Speedway.
Former rookie of the year winner Ethan Thompson and multi-time group champion John Baker Jr. brought the field to the green flag for the rain delayed 20 lap season opener. JBJ used the outside line to take the lead in the early going, with the race slowed by a yellow flag for an incident in the 2nd turn.
John Baker Jr. maintained the lead on the restart, with Dan McHattie – in a freshly minted No. 4 machine – taking the runner-up spot with 3 laps complete, as the No. 77 of Brad Stevenson took the 3rd position.
The lead group started to work through the tail end-of the field with 8 laps on the scoreboard, as the pack showed the Peterborough Speedway Fan Appreciation crowd some solid side-by-side racing. The event’s final yellow flag – for an issue on the backstretch – with 4 laps remaining opened the door for Dan McHattie.
Wheeling the new piece – built over the winter at the team’s nearby shop in Cavan, Ontario – McHattie grabbed the lead from Baker Jr. and held on for the win in his first start with the GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods. JBJ was 2nd, with Stevenson, Kyle Gordon and Chad Strawn completing the top 5. Garrett Yake, Thompson, Kali Dearmer, Bobby Toms and Darrell Toms rounded out the finishing order.
GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods qualifying:
Heat #1:
John Baker Jr., Dan McHattie, Chad Strawn, Brad Stevenson
Heat #2:
Ethan Thompson, Kyle Gordon, Garrett Yake, Bobby Toms, Kali Dearmer, Darrell Toms
Heat #3:
Dan McHattie, John Baker Jr., Brad Stevenson, Chad Strawn, Bobby Toms
Heat #4:
Kyle Gordon, Ethan Thompson, Garrett Yake, Kali Dearmer, Darrell Toms (DNS)
2026 GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods notebook:
The Peterborough Speedway starting line-up was bolstered by the arrival of several new teams including Kyle Gordon (No. 52), Bobbie Toms (No. 15), Darrell Toms (No. 00) and Kali Dearmer (No. 55)…The group’s next event Saturday, June 27th at Flamboro Speedway. The next date at Peterborough is Saturday July 18th.
The 2026 GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods schedule is presented by GEN-3 Electrical, Bourque Transmission, All or Nothing Brewhouse, TNT Performance, ThinkPath Design and Clarke Motorsports Communications.
