Mat Williamson won the 35 lap Opening Night at the Merrittville Speedway on Saturday. This was Mat's second win of the season, first at Merrittville Speedway this year, and second Weekly win of the season. For the 28 year old Williamson it was their twenty-fouth win putting him second on the Merrittville Speedway win list since 2006. Finishing 2.7060 seconds behind in second was Ryan Susice. This was Ryan's first Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Todd Gordon, their first top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Chad Brachmann, their first top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Matt Farnham, their first top 5 of the year. Tommy Flannigan, Gary Lindberg, Pete Bicknell, Mike Bowman (CAN), and Scott Wood rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksMerrittville Speedway starts since 2006: Todd Gordon - 200 Consecutive wins all events: Mat Williamson - 2 Consecutive top 5's at Merrittville Speedway: Chad Brachmann - 7 Consecutive top 10's at Merrittville Speedway: Gary Lindberg - 11 Consecutive Weekly wins: Mat Williamson - 2 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Chad Brachmann - 6 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Gary Lindberg - 10