By: Nicole Kleinsteuber

Mother Nature dropped the red flag on Brighton Speedway Saturday night.

The constant rain throughout the night created conditions that were not conducive to racing for the 78 cars that dialled in for the CSN Hackett’s Kids Race for the Canadian National Autism Foundation.

The heat races ran without a hitch and the Quinte Septic Stinger division was successful in opening their season before the skies opened to unleash a heavy downpour.

Lammle takes Stinger season opener

Polesitter No. 67 Josh Whitney led a field of 16 Quinte Septic Stingers to green in the 12-lap division opener.  Determined to reach the winner’s circle Whitney maneuvered through the slick turns as No. 95C Chris Lammle worked his way up from his eighth starting position.  Wet racing conditions provided a slow and steady chase for checkers with Lammle coming out on top and Whitney in runner-up.  No. 47 Josh Sparks earned a hard-fought third, No. 12 Shane Vale finished fourth and No. 93 Jordan Pickell placed fifth.

Heat wins went to: Late Model – No. 33 David Vandertoorn and No. 151 Brian McDonald; Canadian Modified – No. 40 Ron Wadforth and No. 41 Corey Halbert; Thunder Stock – No. 0 Tyler French, No. 18 Kyle Anderson and No. 03 Justin Ramsay; Mini Stock – No. 71 Alesha Gerrard and No. 10 Travis Mclean.

The Late Model, Canadian Modified, Thunder Stock and Mini Stock divisions will have a opportunity to run these feature races for points at a later date.

Up next is the Patterson & Son’s Ground Works and Campbellford Chrysler presentation of the Lawns We Do 360 Sprint Cars, Vanderlaan Building Products Late Models, Brighton Automotive Thunder Stocks, Bill’s Johns Mini Stocks and Bill’s Johns Comp 4 Division on Saturday,  May 18^th.

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Photos by Rod Henderson, CanadianRacer.com

1.     No 95c Chris Lammle, takes the first checkered flag on the season for the Quinte Septic Stingers just before rain ended the program on Saturday, May 11^th.

RESULTS:

Vanderlaan Building Products Late Models 15 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps | Deerhaven Powersports

1. 33-David Vandertoorn[1]; 2. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[4]; 3. 57-Charlie Sandercock[3]; 4. 5-Steve Baldwin[2]; 5. 11-Kyle Sopaz[5]; 6. 21-Rich Sanders[6]; 7. 7-Anthony Rinaldi[7]; 8. 4-Anthony Barrett[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Deerhaven Powersports

1. 151-Brian McDonald[2]; 2. 46-Brandon Mowat[3]; 3. 41-Ryan Lambert[4]; 4. 05-James Seymour[1]; 5. 77-Caley Weese[5]; 6. 89-Austin King[6]; 7. 9-Joshua Black[7]

Bainer’s OilGARD Anti Rust Canadian Modified 12 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps | Deerhaven Farm & Garden

1. 40-Ron Wadforth[1]; 2. 5-Wally Alderdice[3]; 3. 32-Doug O’Blenis[4]; 4. 85-Brittany Golden[5]; 5. 14M-Matthew Moore[6]; 6. (DNS) 26-Bob Green

Heat 2 8 Laps | Deerhaven Farm & Garden

1. 41-Corey Halbert[4]; 2. 09-Dan Price[2]; 3. 2-Leslie Mowat[1]; 4. 1-Shawn Gregory[3]; 5. 08-Angie Kirby[5]

Brighton Automotive Thunder Stocks 23 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 0-Tyler French[1]; 2. 97-Dave Barrett[4]; 3. 46-Dion Riley[2]; 4. 10-Carter Rhodes[7]; 5. 17-Ethan Humphry[8]; 6. 45-Dylan Riley[5]; 7. 06-Chris Hackett[3]; 8. 27-Torri Pope[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 18-Kyle Anderson[2]; 2. 79-Chris Hale[6]; 3. 11-Cole McKeown[3]; 4. 09-Garren Taylor[1]; 5. 16-Kaitlyn Oblenis[5]; 6. 54-Tim Moore[7]; 7. 5-Jake Hadley[8]; 8. 72-Doug Anderson[4]

Heat 3 8 Laps | Vanderlaan Building Products

1. 03-Justin Ramsay[1]; 2. 26-Brock Gregory[4]; 3. 01-Kyle Gregory[2]; 4. 6-Bill O’Hara[6]; 5. 23-Doug May[3]; 6. 7-Rick Phillips[5]; 7. 82-Brad Brooking[7]

Bill’s Johns Mini Stock 13 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps | Gord’s Water

1. 71-Alesha Gerrard[6]; 2. 4-Chris Tufford[1]; 3. 8-Devon O’Brien[3]; 4. 17E-Evan Minnie[4]; 5. 72-John South[5]; 6. 41-Landon Mutch[2]; 7. 75-Owen Chilvers[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | Gord’s Water

1. 10-Travis Mclean[1]; 2. 22-Tyson Gregory[5]; 3. 12-Caleb Severin[6]; 4. 25-Lawrence Evenden[3]; 5. 2-Trevyn McCrillis[4]; 6. 5-Eric Conlin[2]

Quinte Septic Stingers 16 Entries

A Feature 1 12 Laps | Quinte Septic Stingers

1. 95C-Chris Lammle[8]; 2. 67-Joshua Whitney[1]; 3. 47-Josh Sparks[5]; 4. 12-Shane Vale[4]; 5. 93-Jorden Pickell[7]; 6. 88-Sam Whaley[2]; 7. 03-Dillon Barker[3]; 8. 31-Bill O’Hara[9]; 9. 95-Nicole Deveau[6]; 10. 07-Megan Golden[11]; 11. 6-Tom Cole[14]; 12. 71-Christine Thompson[13]; 13. 9-Cooper McKeown[10]; 14. 29D-Cody Easton[16]; 15. 66-Ray Davies[15]; 16. 14-Kevin Mutch[12]

Heat 1 6 Laps

1. 47-Josh Sparks[2]; 2. 95-Nicole Deveau[6]; 3. 88-Sam Whaley[1]; 4. 67-Joshua Whitney[8]; 5. 31-Bill O’Hara[7]; 6. 07-Megan Golden[4]; 7. 71-Christine Thompson[5]; 8. 66-Ray Davies[3]

Heat 2 6 Laps

1. 95C-Chris Lammle[2]; 2. 93-Jorden Pickell[3]; 3. 12-Shane Vale[1]; 4. 03-Dillon Barker[8]; 5. 9-Cooper McKeown[4]; 6. 14-Kevin Mutch[7]; 7. 6-Tom Cole[5]; 8. 29D-Cody Easton[6]