Teams with the GEN-3 Electric OMRS SportsMods came to the green flag with a simple goal. To be the next main event winner in the group’s inaugural season. Front row starters Ethan Thompson and Rick Warnes set out to take the checkered flag in the Saturday, July 19^th main event at the venue known for Making Memories for Life.

Thompson – who began his local racing career in Peterborough’s Renegade Truck field – led the event’s early laps until a yellow flag for a frontstretch spin slowed the pace. Thompson was ruled to have left early on the restart, forcing to swap positions with Warnes who was running 3^rd at the time of the caution.

On the restart, Chad Strawn used the outside groove to take the race lead and held the spot – by the margin of a about a straightaway – for the balance of the race distance and scored his first main event win under the new SportsMod banner. Thompson rebounded to take 2^nd, with Warnes, Glenn Morris and Craig Stevenson completing the top 5.

Peterborough Speedway GEN-3 Electric OMRS race notes: Chad Strawn and his father in-law Glenn Morris shared the night’s preliminary round wins…After suffering mechanical issues during the pre-race practice sessions, John Baker Jr. and group newcomer Garrett Yake watched the action from the sidelines…Craig Stevenson – who turned his first career racing laps in 1981 – made his first start since 2018 in a substitute role for his son Brad.

Next on the GEN-3 Electric OMRS SportsMod schedule will be Saturday, August 2^nd at Flamboro Speedway. The 2025 running of the Bill Pickford Memorial is Saturday, August 16^th at Peterborough Speedway.