Fan Appreciation Night Welcomes A Strong Crowd To Peterborough Speedway

Story By: JIM CLARKE / PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY – PETERBOROUGH, ONT – The first show of a new month brought out a solid crowd to catch the Double Toonie / Fan Appreciation Night action – Saturday, June 7th – at Peterborough Speedway.

First to take the green flag on the night was a 20 lapper for the Trent Lakes Complete Plumbing Renegade Trucks, with Scott Jacobs and Howie Crowe on the front row. Jacobs took the early race lead, with teammates Mark Gordon and Crowe looking to run down the leader. Gordon took the lead and Stacy Switzer had moved the No. 37 pick-up into 4th spot around the same time as the front runners were starting to work through slower traffic. The runner-up in last year’s championship fight had a half track’s advantage over the closing stages and took the win in the caution-free feature. Crowe, Jacobs, Switzer and Shawn Murray completed the top 5.

Hudson Sellers and Jacob Vandebelt led the way as the Junior Late Model division rolled to the line for a 15-lap feature event. Sellers was joined at the front of the pack by Brody Coates as the field started to march through some of backmarkers. A yellow flag with 4 laps completed slowed the pace and at the halfway point, Hudson and Landon Sellers were fighting for the top spot. Another yellow flag brought the pack back together, with the duo of Hudson and Landon Sellers first to the checkered flag. Oliver Gibbons, Coates and Lucas Finnegan rounded out the top 5 spots.

Will Gibbons and Kent Missons were the original front starters in the 20 lap SwitchTire Mini Stock feature, but a jumped start moved the duo back a row for the restart. John Lavalle and Ember Junkin were now in control of the field with Gibbons, Mike Nelson, Mark Downer and Rob Crick heading toward the front of the pack. Gibbons took 2nd from Junkin with 8 laps complete and the leaders started to work through slower traffic with around 13 laps complete. Downer saw his night come to an end when the No. 26 machine erupted into a fireball with less than 4 laps remaining. Safety staff helped the driver from the car. He was checked and released at the track. Lavalle continued to lead after the red flag and held off a late race charge from Nelson to take his first career feature win. Gibbons, Crick and Junkin were next across the line.

Johnnie McIntyre and reigning track champion Angelo Novis brought the Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock pack from the staging area for a 20-lap feature tilt. With only 3 laps on the scoreboard, the No. 04 ride of Samuel Arnott – who had been using the track’s outside line – brought out the red flag when his car burst into flames.

Safety crews help remove Arnott from the car, but despite being unhurt, his night was over. The leaders had started working through slower traffic past the halfway mark and survived a late race caution flag with about a handful of laps remaining. Tegan Stanley – who had been running second, took the lead and head on for the race win – with just a lap remaining. Alex Dallaire, Victoria McLenon, Christen Lavalle and Novis chased Stanley across the stripe.

Following an early race restart, Chad Strawn and Paul Boundy were on the front row as the Jiffy Lube Super Stocks took the Great Canadian RV green flag. Strawn was the race leader, with Dylan Wills and Boundy completing the top 3 spots. Clayton Reed grabbed the runner-up spot with 8 laps on the scoreboard, while Strawn was putting his No. 35 machine through its paces. Reed held onto 2nd place, chasing Strawn across the line for the feature win. Mark Gordon, Boundy and Kyle Gordon finished out the top 5, as another Supernova Fireworks display signified the end of another night of home track racing at Canada’s Toughest 3rd Mile.

Heat race action earlier in the night included victories by Mark Gordon with a pair of Renegade Truck checkered flags, with the others going to reigning track champion Howie Crowe and Stacy Switzer. Junior Late Model preliminary rounds went to Oliver Gibbons with a pair, along with Jacob Vandebelt, Kaiden Beatty, Hudson and Landon Sellers. Last week’s feature event winner Mike Nelson scored a pair of Mini Stock qualifying round wins, with a pair of No. 10 rides – Kent Missons and Will Gibbons – taking the others. Alex Dallaire had a couple of Bone Stock heat race wins, with the others going to Tegan Stanley, Victoria McLenon, John Bates and Angelo Novis. Clayton Reed and Chad Strawn split the Super Stock opening round wins.

All finishing positions are unofficial until verified by scoring review and post race inspection.

Bullring bullet points: Trent Lakes Complete Plumbing Renegade Trucks were on the docket for the first time in 2025, with Kyle Fetterly and Alex McGibbon making their debut in the division…The Junior Late Models were also in attendance for their season debut and brought 20 teams to the track…A trio of Mini Coopers came to play in the Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock divisions, with reigning track champion Angelo Novis, Shannon Cappuccitti and Junior Late Model graduate Chase Stevenson repping the brand…It was a great night of close racing all around. On several occasions, transponders and online race monitoring systems were used to determine finishing positions.

Peterborough Speedway staff and officials appreciate the patience and understanding of fans during an extended red flag stoppage while personnel dealt with an emergency medical situation in the grandstand near the end of the Junior Late Model feature.

Peterborough Speedway’s season continues Saturday, June 14th as KOD Disposal presents the APC Late Model 100 and Dayco Super Stock 50-lap main events, along with the 50-lap Bone Stock Shootout, paying $250 to win and $100 to take the green. Grandstand gates open at 3:00, with racing at 5:00.