Hearn Wins 358 Opener at Merrittville

Brett Hearn set fast time in time trials, won his heat, drew the pole, and led every lap of the feature to dominate the 100 lap Merrittville Speedway opener, pocketing Hearn $4,000. Jimmy Phelps gave it everything he had though, and almost made a pass on Hearn on the last lap. Phelps, who lost by 1/2 a car length, finished second, and rounding out the top 5 was Danny Johnson, Pete Bicknell, and Stewart Friesen.

A couple of guys were in different cars then normal at Merrittville. Jimmy Phelps was driving the Scott Kerwin owned #7, Gary Tomkins returned to a Chad Brachmann owned car as he was piloting Brachmann's back up, and Stewart Friesen was driving the Kendrick Racing #6* as a teammate to Danny O'Brien.