A solid crowd was on hand for the season’s 3^rd and final Double Toonie/Fan Appreciation Night, presented by Pepsi – Saturday, August 16^th – at Peterborough Speedway.

Some unfinished business was first on the line-up as the Trent Lakes Complete Plumbing Renegade Trucks ran a 20-lap feature that was held over from August 2^nd. Alex McGibbon and Mark Gordon were on the front row for the pick-up pack’s headliner.  Gordon – who has been having a strong season in the truck ranks – took the early lead, with his friend and teammate Howie Crowe using the outside in a quest for the front of the pack. Before the race was even halfway complete, the No, 62 in the mirror of the No. 52 rig, albeit half a lap in arrears. Gordon worked through lapped traffic and scored the caution-free main event win. Crowe, McGibbon, Stacy Switzer and Stephen Bierworth completed the top 5 in a race that took less than 5 and a half minutes to complete.

With 30 laps on the agenda, the GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods hit the track for the opening half of the Bill Pickford Memorial with Chad Strawn and John Baker Jr. on the front row. Strawn opened strong and had close to a 10-car length advantage before the scoreboard showed 10 laps complete. Even with lapped traffic in the mix, the race’s outcome was never in doubt as the No. 35 of Strawn took the win, with Brad Stevenson, JBJ, Glenn Morris and Ethan Thompson completing the top 5 in the caution free event.

Kyle Gordon and Mike Sinopoli brought the Jiffy Lube Super Stock field to the Great Canadian RV green flag for a 20-lap feature tilt. Gordon and Paul Boundy led the way early, with Sinopoli, Donovon Price and Dylan Wills joining the fight at the halfway mark. The top 4 runners broke away from the pack with 12 laps complete, as Mark Gordon took over 5^th a lap later. Kyle Gordon led from start the finish as the driver of the No. 25 claimed the win. Boundy, Sinopoli, Price and Mark Gordon were next across the line.

With a window of 15 laps or 20 minutes to settle the score, the Nadeau’s Collision Junior Late Models rolled out 19 cars strong for the main event with Lyla Sikma and Brayden Cappuccitti on the front row. Shortly after the initial green flag, the race was stopped because of a multi-car wreck coming off the track’s second turn. The crash collected the front row starters, with the No. 20 of Sikma doing a slow rollover. She and Cappuccitti were both checked and released by track medical personnel. As result of the crash, the No. 01 of Cappuccitti was disqualified for rough driving. The No. 77 of Dylan Ephgrave was parked and not allowed to return to the race after driving his car into the pit area under red flag conditions. Brody Coates took the lead on the restart, with Lucas Finnegan and Kaiden Beatty in the top 3. Finnegan took the race lead with 4 laps on the scoreboard as the field worked through slower traffic a lap later. The No. 26 car held on to take the win, with Coates, Beatty, Oliver Gibbons and Landon Sellers – racing for his injured brother Hudson – completing the top 5.

Shawn Murray and Kyle Donaldson – who was subbing for Howie Crowe – showed the way for the 20 lap Trent Lakes Complete Plumbing Renegade Truck feature. Donaldson took the early lead, with Murray and former track champion Jack Dallin running side-by-side before Dallin secured the runner up spot with 7 laps on the scoreboard. Lapped traffic became an issue of the leader as Mark Gordon took the 2^nd position with just over a handful of laps remaining. The yellow flag flew at lap 14 that saw the No. 19 of Alex McGibbon sent to the pits for a rough driving penalty. Donaldson held the advantage through the late race stages and took the win. Mark Gordon, Dallin, Murray and Stacy Switzer were next to cross the line.

Tyler McMurter and Ember Junkin were the front row starters for the 20-lap SwitchTire Mini Stock main event. Mike Nelson – who came into the night with the division’s point lead – made a 3-wide pass for 3^rd spot just a lap before taking the lead from McMurter. Lapped traffic became an issue for the leaders with 7 laps on the scoreboard but couldn’t keep Nelson from maintaining the race lead. At the controls of a ride he’d borrowed by Tyler Junkin, Nelson scored the main event win. John Lavalle, McMurter – in a loaner from the Wills Racing shop – was 3^rd. Dave Bragg and Christen Lavalle completed the top 5 in another caution free feature.

Glenn Morris and John Baker Jr. led the way to the green flag for the 2^nd half of the GEN-3 Electrical OMRS SportsMods Bill Pickford Memorial. At the drop of the green flag, JBJ took the race lead with Chad Strawn moving into the runner-up spot. The lead duo entertained fans with a side-by-side fight for the lead before Strawn claimed the position with just over a handful of laps remaining. While the opening half of the event was caution free, the pace was slowed by a yellow flag for debris in the 3^rd turn. Strawn held his advantage on the restart and took the win over Baker Jr. Brad Stevenson, Morris, Ethan Thompson, Garrett Yake and Rick Warnes complete the running order. With his back-to-back wins, Strawn was named the 2025 Bill Pickford Memorial champion.

Earlier in the evening, Junior Late Model qualifying event wins went to Landon Sellers, Oliver Gibbons, Owen Ephgrave, Brody Coates, Lucas Finnegan and Lyla Sikma. Dylan Wills and Mark Gordon split the Super Stock opening rounds. Gordon and Kyle Donaldson shared the Renegade Truck division checkered flags. John Lavalle and Mike Nelson each had a Mini Stock heat race win.

All finishing positions are unofficial and subject scoring review and post race inspection.

Bullring bullet points: The Renegade Truck ranks saw the return of a familiar ride as Billy O’Hara Jr. took a turn in the No. 6 that was a regular for his father Bill O’Hara who passed away during the 2024 season…With the Bone Stock division taking a night off, Alexis Melhuish wheeled the No. 15 Truck in place of Scott Richards…Former group champion Alex Cuzzilla drove a No. 61 tribute car at the front of the Bill Pickford Memorial starting field…Peterborough’s Kurtis Connell – who is a Friday night regular at Ohsweken Speedway – brought his No. 8 Crate Sprint Car to the track to be part of the Fan Appreciation event and ran a few hot laps before taking the ride back to the pit area…Track officials will be meeting with the Junior Late Model drivers to address concerns with the multi-car incidents that have been part of recent feature events. Staff has expressed issues about drivers being injured in the incidents.

The penultimate date of the 2025 regular season takes the green flag Saturday, July 23^rd with a line-up that includes the home track Bone Stock and Late Model divisions, along with the Trailers Plus Ontario Legend Car Series and GSR Outlaw Midgets. Reverse and Flagpole Races will be a special attraction, with Kid’s Bike Races as the intermission feature. Spectator grandstand gates open at 5:00, with racing at 6:00.

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