By (CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – July 9th, 2025) – Race fans were treated to a relatively fast-paced show at Oyster Bed Speedway on Saturday, July 5th, that saw five stock car racing divisions in championship point racing action.
Two drivers captured a triple victory, two drivers claimed their first career feature win, and all five feature winners recorded their first of the 2025 season.
All photos courtesy of Karly Leclair.
Reliable Motors Beginner Bandoleros
Ryder Smith (#43, Wellington, NS) became the next Beginner Bandolero first-career feature and triple winner at Oyster Bed Speedway on Saturday, and extended the streak of Nova Scotia feature winners to four races and triple winners to three.
Points leader Regan MacBeth (#34, Pisquid West, PE) maintained the championship lead with consistent finishes, including a runner-up in the feature. William Silliker (#2, Miramichi, NB) rounded out the podium in his second visit to PEI this year.
10-Lap Feature Results
1. #43 Ryder Smith
2. #34 Regan MacBeth
3. #2 William Silliker
4. #24 Charlee Rayner
5. #81 Kace Scott
6. #32 Landon MacBeth
Heat – 43 81 2 34 24 32
Semi – 43 2 24 34 32 81
Reliable Motors Outlaw Bandoleros
Points leader Simon Doyle (#91, Stratford, PE) ended a feature winless drought since the 2024 season opener, clinching the big win after the race was called due to numerous cautions. Doyle also won his heat race.
Wyatt Peters (#33, Oyster Bed Bridge, PE) came home second ahead of a rookie to the Outlaw class in Hudson Linzel-Waddell (#57, Charlottetown, PE), who recorded a career-best feature finish within the division. Fellow rookie Payton Gallant (#42, Cornwall, PE) did the same in fourth, with opening day triple winner Mason Gillis (#9, Morell, PEI) rounding out the top five.
While reigning championship runner-up Andrew O’Connor (#63, Charlottetown, PE) had his night end prematurely in a feature incident, a big positive was his first win of the season in his semi race.
15-Lap Feature Results
1. #91 Simon Doyle
2. #33 Wyatt Peters
3. #57 Hudson Linzel-Waddell
4. #42 Payton Gallant
5. #9 Mason Gillis
6. #47 Irelyn Rose
7. #07 Hunter MacKinnon
8. #63 Andrew O’Connor
9. #10 Juliana O’Connor
10. #23 Oliver Rayner
Heat 1 – 33 07 57 10 23
Heat 2 – 91 9 47 42 63
Semi 1 – 63 57 2 10 23
Semi 2 – 33 91 07 47 9
Alvin’s Auto Sales and Repair Bombers
In one of, if not the most thrilling night of the summer for the Bombers yet, first-year competitor Jason Arseneau (#68, Bear River, PE) logged his best career performance, winning the heat and feature races, with an additional semi race podium helping him charge up the championship standings.
Joining him on the feature podium were Caycie DesRoches (#16, Mount Albion, PE) and Randy Perry (#33, West Devon, PE), with DesRoches cracking the top three for the first time in 2025, and Perry doing so the second time. Kate Bridges (#96, East Bideford, PE) bounced back from two last-place qualifier runs with a resilient best career feature finish of fourth.
The top two championship drivers – Spencer Paton (#35, Souris, PEI) and Jamie Ronaghan (#59, Mount Albion, PE) – had strong qualifier results but wound up at the tail of the feature pack.
20-Lap Feature Results
1. #68 Jason Arseneau
2. #16 Caycie DesRoches
3. #33 Randy Perry
4. #96 Kate Bridges
5. #35 Spencer Paton
6. #59 Jamie Ronaghan
Heat – 68 35 59 33 16 96
Semi – 59 35 68 16 33 96
Moore Well Drilling Outlaws
After a catastrophic motor blow during the fourth annual RE/MAX Rumble on June 28th and having faced many more mechanical woes beforehand, a spare motor and several more new parts finally did the trick for veteran Jonathan Fitzpatrick (#78, Winsloe, PE), who surged to a dominant triple win on Saturday.
Fitzpatrick’s first feature win since last year’s Labour Day (September 2nd, 2024) races was followed by a season-best run for Corey Bridges (#04, Ellerslie, PE), who marked win #3 on the year in his heat race and never finished worse than second in his three races.
Defending champion Brandon Forsyth (#3, Alberton, PE) rounded out the feature podium, ahead of Kendell Palmer (#45, Charlottetown, PE) and Cody Byrne (#67, Belfast, PE). Byrne was the other winner on the night in his semi race.
20-Lap Feature Results
1. #78 Jonathan Fitzpatrick
2. #04 Corey Bridges
3. #3 Brandon Forsyth
4. #45 Kendell Palmer
5. #67 Cody Byrne
6. #47 Jordan LeClair
7. #49 Jeff Richard
8. #69 Cash Bridges
9. #12 Dexter Arseneault
10. #95 Randy MacTavish
11. #33 Dre Folland
Heat 1 – 78 45 67 3 49 95
Heat 2 – 04 47 69 33 (12 DQ)
Semi 1 – 78 04 95 49 33
Semi 2 – 67 45 3 69 47 12
Fitzpatrick Consulting Street Stocks
After an up-and-down start to his return to racing, multi-time champion Colton Ford (#35, Oyster Bed Bridge, PE) finally drove back into Palmer Automotive and Truck Center victory lane for the first time in two years, winning the heat and feature races.
It was all Fords in victory lane on Saturday, as Matthew Ford (#86, Ellerslie, PE) made his first start since a violent crash on June 21st and won the heat race, and later added back-to-back podium results. Points leader Mike Duskey (#42, Hampshire, PE) was behind the wheel of a different but familiar car for a one-off, competing in Michael Cormier’s “Famous Blue Dodge” and securing second in the feature.
Brodie MacQuarrie (#28, Brackley Beach, PE) made his 2025 debut, placing a best finish of third in the heat race and later taking fourth in the feature.
25-Lap Feature Results
1. #35 Colton Ford
2. #42 Mike Duskey
3. #86 Matthew Ford
4. #28 Brodie MacQuarrie
5. #77 Randy Millar
6. #26 Randy Snow
7. #36 Devin Gallant
8. #4 Andrew Thompson
9. #27 Nick Chaisson
Heat – 86 35 28 42 77 27 26 36 4
Semi – 35 36 86 42 77 28 26 27 4
Oyster Bed Speedway’s 2025 racing season is now on a two-week break ahead of another stretch that spans four consecutive Saturdays. It begins with the first visit to PEI by the Fort Garry Industries Maritime Pro Stock Tour for the BJ’s Truck Centre 150 on Saturday, July 26th. The top touring series within Atlantic Canada will trek across the Confederation Bridge for their first of two visits to the quarter-mile bullring, one week after the iconic IWK 250. Supporting them will be the Bombers, Mini Stocks, Outlaws, and Street Stocks. Races are scheduled to begin at 6pm.
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About Oyster Bed Speedway
Oyster Bed Speedway is Prince Edward Island’s premier auto racing facility and features fun and excitement with multiple stock car racing events throughout the season. The 1/4 mile paved oval is located in Oyster Bed Bridge at the intersection of routes 6 and 7, halfway between Cavendish and Charlottetown on beautiful Prince Edward Island.
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