Cole Butcher Wins Parts for Trucks 150 at Oyster Bed Speedway
(Oyster Bed Bridge, PE, June 30, 2018) – Cole Butcher (Porter’s Lake, NS) picked up his second victory of the season and his first Series win at Oyster Bed Speedway tonight in front of a capacity crowd. Jonathan Hicken (Brudenell, PE) battled hard with Butcher but ended up second in the caution filled race. 2017 Oyster Bed Speedway victor Greg Proude (Springvale, PE) completed the podium followed by Nicholas Naugle (Dartmouth, NS) and Dylan Gosbee (Cornwall, PE).
Steve Lively (Shubenacadie, NS), Dylan Blenkhorn (Truro, NS) and Naugle won Atlantic Tiltload Heat Races which set the field for the Parts for Trucks 150. Naugle’s fourth place finish earned him the King Freight Future Winner Award. Waylon Farrell (Conception Bay South, NL) goes home with the Exide Batteries Rookie of the Race with a 10th place finish.
Coady Palmer won the Outlaw 50 while Craig MacDonald took the victory for the Maritime League of Legends Tour prior to the Parts for Trucks 150 feature.
The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour will take next weekend off but returns to Riverside International on Saturday, July 21st for the much anticipated IWK 250 presented by Steve Lewis. Weekend passes and single day event tickets are now on sale, visit www.riversidespeedway.ca for detailed prices and event information.