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Scott Greer (Val Catellier Photo)

Austin and Greer get the winning nods as Victory Lane Speedway opens for 2025 season

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (June 13) - Scott Greer, Austin Hunter and Derek Pollock were the first winners to be crowned at Victory Lane Speedway, as the Manitoba racing institution welcomed back fans and drivers and kicked off its 2025 season.

Greer’s effort started from the front row in the WISSOTA Modifieds, where he overtook polesitter Rick Delaine for the lead and drove on to the eventual victory. Delaine was runner-up ahead of Danny Staff, Brandon Rehill and Shawn Teunis in the top five.

Austin Hunter drove into the lead with a few laps scored in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, racing his No. 44 to the checkered flag ahead of ninth-starter Grant Hall, in his first race back in some time. Hall settled for second ahead of 12th-starter Victoria Stutsky, Malachi Klassen, and Nick Audette in the top five.

Austin Hunter (Val Catellier Photo)

In the track’s other action, Derek Pollock won in the Stock Car class, while Dan Klim took top honors in the Super Trucks.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5G-Scott Greer[2]; 2. 1R-Rick Delaine[1]; 3. 7-Danny Staff[4]; 4. 4B-Brandon Rehill[6]; 5. 39-Shawn Teunis[5]; 6. (DNF) 16-Brenden Luschinski[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Brenden Luschinski[4]; 2. 7-Danny Staff[1]; 3. 39-Shawn Teunis[3]; 4. 1R-Rick Delaine[5]; 5. 5G-Scott Greer[2]; 6. 4B-Brandon Rehill[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[3]; 2. 4HALL-Grant Hall[9]; 3. 24-Victoria Stutsky[12]; 4. M47-Malachi Klassen[8]; 5. 20-Nick Audette[5]; 6. 54-Lance Relf[17]; 7. 4BJR-Hunter Besson[10]; 8. 88-Paul Veert[22]; 9. 24JR-Rebecca Stutsky[15]; 10. 431-Jason Somack[18]; 11. 8-Tyler Doell[2]; 12. 72-Rudy Peters[20]; 13. 83X-Garett Veldman[16]; 14. 07HD1-Stan Dueck[4]; 15. 14-Lindsay Durocher[23]; 16. (DNF) 77X-Dylan McCaughan[7]; 17. (DNF) 12-Jeff Rempel[6]; 18. (DNF) 15-Glen Manning[1]; 19. (DNF) 13T-Arnie Todosey[21]; 20. (DNF) 62-Carter Veenendaal[19]; 21. (DNF) 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[13]; 22. (DNF) 95-Ted Doell[14]; 23. (DNS) 16-Brenden Luschinski

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4HALL-Grant Hall[2]; 2. M47-Malachi Klassen[1]; 3. 8-Tyler Doell[8]; 4. 4BJR-Hunter Besson[6]; 5. 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[5]; 6. 83X-Garett Veldman[4]; 7. 62-Carter Veenendaal[7]; 8. (DNF) 88-Paul Veert[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 2. 07HD1-Stan Dueck[2]; 3. 15-Glen Manning[7]; 4. 16-Brenden Luschinski[6]; 5. 95-Ted Doell[1]; 6. 54-Lance Relf[3]; 7. 72-Rudy Peters[5]; 8. 14-Lindsay Durocher[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77X-Dylan McCaughan[5]; 2. 12-Jeff Rempel[1]; 3. 20-Nick Audette[6]; 4. 24-Victoria Stutsky[3]; 5. 24JR-Rebecca Stutsky[4]; 6. 431-Jason Somack[2]; 7. 13T-Arnie Todosey[7]

Mid-Canada Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2T-Derek Pollock[1]; 2. 46-Michael Copp[15]; 3. 17K-Kaden Labute[6]; 4. 45-Jeff Copp[9]; 5. 5F-Tyler Fehr[5]; 6. 37-Roger Boisjoli[4]; 7. 22-Michael Weremchuk[11]; 8. 16-Toban Keefe[16]; 9. (DNF) 62-Jayson Bronk[2]; 10. (DNF) 07HD-Aiden McKuski[3]; 11. (DNF) 1-Evan Marchand[8]; 12. (DNF) 00-Shawn Perdonic[7]; 13. (DNF) 19X-Corey Werbicki[10]; 14. (DNF) 13T-Tom Wiens[14]; 15. (DNF) 08-Lucas Elias[12]; 16. (DNF) 3-Derek Poirier[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Jayson Bronk[1]; 2. 2T-Derek Pollock[6]; 3. 17K-Kaden Labute[5]; 4. 5F-Tyler Fehr[4]; 5. 1-Evan Marchand[2]; 6. 16-Toban Keefe[8]; 7. (BF) 22-Michael Weremchuk[7]; 8. (DNF) 3-Derek Poirier[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Shawn Perdonic[2]; 2. 46-Michael Copp[8]; 3. 07HD-Aiden McKuski[3]; 4. 37-Roger Boisjoli[4]; 5. 45-Jeff Copp[7]; 6. 19X-Corey Werbicki[6]; 7. 08-Lucas Elias[1]; 8. (DNF) 13T-Tom Wiens[5]

Super Trucks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 38-Dan Klim[4]; 2. 44-Rob Reese[7]; 3. 27-Hayden Audette[8]; 4. 71-Nico Vos[6]; 5. 57-Tyler Tkachyk[1]; 6. 2-Chris Audette[5]; 7. 5-Gerry Poirier[3]; 8. 9-Taylor Audette[9]; 9. 20-Robert Audette[2]; 10. (DNF) 10-Kyle Swaffer[10]; 11. (DNF) 53L-Luc Poirier[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Chris Audette[1]; 2. 71-Nico Vos[5]; 3. 44-Rob Reese[3]; 4. 20-Robert Audette[2]; 5. 9-Taylor Audette[4]; 6. 10-Kyle Swaffer[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Dan Klim[1]; 2. 27-Hayden Audette[2]; 3. 5-Gerry Poirier[3]; 4. 57-Tyler Tkachyk[5]; 5. (DNF) 53L-Luc Poirier[4]

Scott Hughes