Mike Bowman Takes Home 74th Season Opener At Merrittville Speedway Saturday Night

Information By: MERRITTVILLE SPEEDWAY – THOROLD, ONT – Mike Bowman hit paydirt at Merrittville Speedway, taking home victory in the 74th annual season opener Saturday night.

Gary Lindberg was second with Brad Rouse, Justin Sharp and Fred Carlton completing the top five.

358 Modifieds

A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 71-Mike Bowman[3]; 2. 37S-Gary Lindberg[11]; 3. 18R-Brad Rouse[2]; 4. 8S-Justin Sharp[14]; 5. 96-Fred Carleton[6]; 6. 53-Darrell Farraway[13]; 7. 42-Pete Bicknell[10]; 8. 88-Shayne Pierce[8]; 9. 74-Dave Flannigan Jr[18]; 10. 72X-Tommy Flannigan[20]; 11. 35-Nelson Mason[17]; 12. 28-Todd Gordon[7]; 13. 43-Brian Page[12]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres[9]; 15. (DNF) 212-Martin Polhill[19]; 16. (DNF) 5D-Jacob Dykstra[4]; 17. (DNF) 38-Scott Wood[1]; 18. (DNF) 72-James Friesen[16]; 19. (DNF) 20-Jay Mallory[5]; 20. (DNF) 2COOL-Derek VanMil[15]; 21. (DNF) 73-Dylan Davidson[23]; 22. (DNF) 49-Bill Gill[22]; 23. (DNS) 26C-Luke Carleton

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Scott Wood[2]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 3. 28-Todd Gordon[4]; 4. 42-Pete Bicknell[5]; 5. 53-Darrell Farraway[3]; 6. 72-James Friesen[7]; 7. 212-Martin Polhill[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18R-Brad Rouse[2]; 2. 20-Jay Mallory[4]; 3. 88-Shayne Pierce[1]; 4. 37S-Gary Lindberg[3]; 5. 8S-Justin Sharp[5]; 6. 35-Nelson Mason[6]; 7. 72X-Tommy Flannigan[8]; 8. 49-Bill Gill[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Mike Bowman[1]; 2. 96-Fred Carleton[5]; 3. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 4. 43-Brian Page[2]; 5. 2COOL-Derek VanMil[6]; 6. 74-Dave Flannigan Jr[3]; 7. (DNF) 26C-Luke Carleton[4]; 8. (DNS) 73-Dylan Davidson

DIRTcar Sportsman

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 7-Cody McPherson[8]; 2. 111-Brett Senek[7]; 3. 13M-Daniel McKay[1]; 4. 66P-Jeff Panunte[5]; 5. 19-Boyd MacTavish[2]; 6. 5S-Matt Sharpe[4]; 7. 3N-Noah Mamo[3]; 8. 18RJR-Adam Leslie[9]; 9. 12-Jacob Chevalier[17]; 10. 108-Billy Bleich Jr[11]; 11. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[6]; 12. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[14]; 13. 74-Taylor Vanderzanden[21]; 14. 68-Curtis Friesen[12]; 15. 24-Doug Walsh Jr[13]; 16. 185-Tyler Puchalski[10]; 17. 28M-Jordan Moden[20]; 18. 29-Matthew Jessome[18]; 19. 4B-Brad Overbeeke[19]; 20. 96-Tyler Lafantaise[16]; 21. 88-Elijah Knutt[22]; 22. (DNF) 391-Trevor Pitt[15]; 23. (DNS) 28-Mitch Dumont

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13M-Daniel McKay[4]; 2. 5S-Matt Sharpe[3]; 3. 111-Brett Senek[5]; 4. 185-Tyler Puchalski[6]; 5. 24-Doug Walsh Jr[8]; 6. 96-Tyler Lafantaise[7]; 7. 4B-Brad Overbeeke[2]; 8. 88-Elijah Knutt[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Boyd MacTavish[2]; 2. 66P-Jeff Panunte[1]; 3. 7-Cody McPherson[3]; 4. 108-Billy Bleich Jr[4]; 5. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[5]; 6. 12-Jacob Chevalier[7]; 7. 28M-Jordan Moden[6]; 8. (DNS) 391-Trevor Pitt

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3N-Noah Mamo[2]; 2. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[5]; 3. 18RJR-Adam Leslie[7]; 4. 68-Curtis Friesen[4]; 5. 391-Trevor Pitt[8]; 6. (DNF) 29-Matthew Jessome[1]; 7. (DNF) 74-Taylor Vanderzanden[6]; 8. (DNS) 28-Mitch Dumont

Hoosier Stocks

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1J-Jason Fontaine[4]; 2. 99-Rob Murray[1]; 3. 32-Mark Fawcett[2]; 4. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[6]; 5. 21-Spencer Smolders[10]; 6. 108-Zack Bleich[8]; 7. 222-Nick Masi[7]; 8. 11-Gofast Teeple[11]; 9. 14DD-Dustin Duga[13]; 10. 37J-Jeff Bean[9]; 11. 99K-Chase Kish[12]; 12. 17-Spencer Maytum[14]; 13. (DNF) 2EZ-Evan Curtis[3]; 14. (DNS) 49-Dave Bailey

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Rob Murray[1]; 2. 2EZ-Evan Curtis[4]; 3. 49-Dave Bailey[2]; 4. 222-Nick Masi[6]; 5. 37J-Jeff Bean[5]; 6. 11-Gofast Teeple[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Mark Fawcett[1]; 2. 1J-Jason Fontaine[3]; 3. 47X-Kyle Pelrine[6]; 4. 108-Zack Bleich[5]; 5. 21-Spencer Smolders[4]; 6. 99K-Chase Kish[8]; 7. 14DD-Dustin Duga[2]; 8. 17-Spencer Maytum[7]

Modified Lites

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 4-Tyler Winger[2]; 2. 26-RJ Pietz[3]; 3. 27-Sean Iftody[6]; 4. 16-Brent Begolo[7]; 5. 12JR-Anthony Kelly[16]; 6. 71-Leroy Buscumb[4]; 7. 19-Roger Pardis[9]; 8. 6S-Ryleigh Sliter[11]; 9. 7C-Cole Hardy[13]; 10. 32-Cohen Corbett[5]; 11. 291-Dave Cornish[10]; 12. 2-Dillan Sliter[14]; 13. 57QC-Jeffrey Bernier Lacombe[17]; 14. 11-Nick Sarantakos[15]; 15. 44-Bella General[20]; 16. 6-Rob Misener[8]; 17. (DNF) 14-Chance Kotar[12]; 18. (DNF) 17-Josh Sliter[1]; 19. (DNS) 6Z-Greg Zack; 20. (DNS) 07-Chris Watson

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 17-Josh Sliter[3]; 2. 71-Leroy Buscumb[2]; 3. 16-Brent Begolo[4]; 4. 291-Dave Cornish[1]; 5. 7C-Cole Hardy[7]; 6. (DNF) 12JR-Anthony Kelly[5]; 7. (DNF) 6Z-Greg Zack[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 4-Tyler Winger[2]; 2. 32-Cohen Corbett[4]; 3. 6-Rob Misener[5]; 4. 6S-Ryleigh Sliter[6]; 5. 2-Dillan Sliter[1]; 6. 57QC-Jeffrey Bernier Lacombe[3]; 7. 44-Bella General[7]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 26-RJ Pietz[4]; 2. 27-Sean Iftody[2]; 3. 19-Roger Pardis[6]; 4. 14-Chance Kotar[1]; 5. 11-Nick Sarantakos[3]; 6. (DNS) 07-Chris Watson

4 Cylinders

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71-Rob Goulding[17]; 2. 43-Dave Wininger[5]; 3. 4-Mason Anderson[2]; 4. 5K-Ken Hair[19]; 5. 17-Alex Riley[11]; 6. 19-Hana Rothwell[7]; 7. 16-Fabio Olivieri[8]; 8. 801-Joshua Dmytrow[16]; 9. 51-Jesse McDonald[3]; 10. 46-Cam Thompson[6]; 11. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[24]; 12. 91-Olivier Larocque[10]; 13. 215-Nick Bowman[12]; 14. 43J-John Trivieri[25]; 15. 91F-Savannah Fontaine[23]; 16. 5J-Jacob Mcintyre[18]; 17. 9-Connor Chambers[26]; 18. X-Shawn Wilton[21]; 19. 25-Joe Stevenson[27]; 20. 60-Richard Hadler[22]; 21. 7B-Braden Keus[28]; 22. 777-Cameron Olm[9]; 23. (DNF) 1A-Rodney Rutherford[13]; 24. (DNF) 34-Randy Alway[14]; 25. (DNF) 1RJR-Sierra Robison[1]; 26. (DNF) 71C-Ray Cerenzia[4]; 27. (DNF) 09-Clinton Barrick[15]; 28. (DNF) 71W-Austyn Werstroh[20]

B Feature 1 (6 Laps): 1. 5K-Ken Hair[14]; 2. 71W-Austyn Werstroh[16]; 3. X-Shawn Wilton[3]; 4. 60-Richard Hadler[2]; 5. 91F-Savannah Fontaine[6]; 6. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[5]; 7. 43J-John Trivieri[1]; 8. 9-Connor Chambers[11]; 9. 25-Joe Stevenson[7]; 10. 7B-Braden Keus[10]; 11. 611-Jonathan Macwhirter[13]; 12. 20-Jack Reid[15]; 13. (DNF) 10-Jay Moulton[12]; 14. (DNF) 00-Steven Boverhof[9]; 15. (DNF) 7C-Cierra Keus[4]; 16. (DNF) 22-James Marshall[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1RJR-Sierra Robison[1]; 2. 71C-Ray Cerenzia[6]; 3. 19-Hana Rothwell[11]; 4. 91-Olivier Larocque[8]; 5. 1A-Rodney Rutherford[5]; 6. 801-Joshua Dmytrow[10]; 7. 43J-John Trivieri[9]; 8. 7C-Cierra Keus[2]; 9. 25-Joe Stevenson[4]; 10. 7B-Braden Keus[7]; 11. 611-Jonathan Macwhirter[12]; 12. (DNS) 71W-Austyn Werstroh

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 4-Mason Anderson[4]; 2. 43-Dave Wininger[1]; 3. 16-Fabio Olivieri[2]; 4. 17-Alex Riley[11]; 5. 34-Randy Alway[6]; 6. 71-Rob Goulding[10]; 7. 60-Richard Hadler[3]; 8. 24-Brendan Lefrancois[5]; 9. 22-James Marshall[7]; 10. 9-Connor Chambers[8]; 11. 5K-Ken Hair[9]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 51-Jesse McDonald[4]; 2. 46-Cam Thompson[5]; 3. 777-Cameron Olm[8]; 4. 215-Nick Bowman[9]; 5. 09-Clinton Barrick[11]; 6. 5J-Jacob Mcintyre[7]; 7. X-Shawn Wilton[10]; 8. 91F-Savannah Fontaine[1]; 9. 00-Steven Boverhof[3]; 10. 10-Jay Moulton[6]; 11. 20-Jack Reid[2]