On a night that started quite windy and cloudy, turned into a still perfect night for racing.

With a field of nine Division 1 riders and four Division 2 riders, the program format allowed for some great racing. Speedway has the terms, thrills, chills and spills and at Welland we had them all! The Divison 2 riders started the program and with Tim Murray keeping up his magnificent starting record going.

Out of the gate like a light he took a good lead into the third turn, where Terry Rideout took over the control of the race and never looked back! In their second race, Tim once again exploded off the line only to have Terry do the same thing and take the race. But the race of this heat was John Bennett's continued push to get pass a very fast Tim Murray, but as is so often in speedway racing, he need 1 more lap to get by!

Heat 1 of the Division 1 riders saw the first spill of the night. Off the line, Joe Heye was along side John Kehoe, into the first bend Joe pushed in front of John, leaving John to hook up leaving Rob Dixon nowhere to go but into John. He went down hard and Chris Hesmer did a good job of avoiding a major accident! Upon the restart, Joe and John were again side by side, but an ignited Kehoe opened up the throttle and took and held a good lead from a battling Heye. The second heat between Aaron Hesmer, Gary Hesmer, Marc Gauthier and Jeff Orosz was also a cracker behind the leader.

Jeff Orosz took a commanding lead and left Aaron to be chased by Gary and Marc, Marc spent the whole race so close to Gary that he could have smelt the rubber off his back wheel. Gary did a great job in holding Marc back - good racing! Round 2 of the Division 1 heats saw Jeff orosz and Drew Kehoe up against the Hesmer boys - They all got a good start and Jeff once again pulled away to leave the Hesmer's to duel with Drew. Gary Hesmer pulled a rabbit out of his hat and kept a bobbing Aaron right behind him to take a great 2nd place. The second heat was also spectacular - Again John Kehoe was still fired up and he got in front of Marc Gauthier, Joe Heye and Rob Dixon.

Marc took a good 2nd place for 2 laps but a hard charging Joe went passed him as he went wide as did Rob. Marc didn't give up the fight though and was all over Rob as he tried to get passed Joe. A well received cheer was granted by the crowd at the checkered flag!

The B-Main Final provided the crowd with some exciting events. The track had become very slippery and the previous races of the flat-trackers had seen a few spills. With an absent Chris Hesmer due to ignition problems, Drew Kehoe decided enough was enough and that he would show what he was made of! Drew had the best gate of the year and pulled into a good 1st place, with Rob Dixon going past him on bend 3-4, he pulled out slightly and Marc Gauthier took them both, Marc going into 1st place. On lap 3 Rob Dixon was flat out coming into corner 1 when uncharacteristically, Rob's back wheel went out from under him leaving Rob to tumble awkwardly across the track.

Following a few minutes to get his breath back - Rob got up and pushed his bike back to the pits, the race was called complete, crowning Marc Gauthier the winner. The Division 2 final was the crowd's highlight of the night! - Once again Tim Murray blew his opponents, John Bennett, Terry Rideout and Allan Chisholm away at the start! On the 3-4 bend of the first lap Terry Rideout slide out trying to pass John Bennett and the race was stopped. With a few minutes delay, Terry got his bike back together and restarted 10 yards back.

Upon the restart, Tim again was ahead and John Bennett was in second, Terry Rideout charged passed John and was a man on a mission, but this mission became a bad one for him, he went under Tim Murray thinking Tim would move out, but Tim holding his line bounced off Terry on bend 2 and Terry ended up face-first into the hay bales. Rising to see and feel his left hand hurting and his bike looking worse for wear - Terry walked back into the pits.

So for the 3rd time the race was started for a 2 lap race. John Bennett for the first time this year beat Tim out of the gate, and looked certain to win, but Tim charged and took John on the last bend to win the night! Great racing!

The Main Division 1 race was poised to be good with John Kehoe, Joe Heye, Aaron Hesmer, Gary Hesmer and Jeff Orosz taking their places at the tapes. Jeff Orosz flew out of the gate and took a firm winning lead over John Kehoe and left Aaron and Gary to chase Joe Heye to the checkered flag. A good night of racing that leaves some great expectations for the Championship race in 2 weeks!