After the 2023 Laird Raceway season opener was postponed due to weather conditions on Thursday, June 29th, the 2023 season hit the 1/3 mile race track one week later on Thursday, July 6th with 2,650 race fans in attendance and were entertained by over 40+ drivers racing for the checkered flag in five different classes.
In the Super Late Model division, the crowd was entertained by a father – son battle for first and second with the young gun #77 Chase Wilson finishing a quarter lap ahead of his father #88 George Wilson to capture his first win of the 2023 race season at Laird Raceway. #61 Dustin Jackson rounded out the top three in the Super Late Model division on Thursday evening.
Factory Stock driver of the #08 Brad Bibeau told Saultsports that “it was a good way to start the year at Laird this evening. We can’t thank our crew , family’s & sponsors enough! Both our cars were fast and went on the trailer in one piece, nice to see lots of new faces and people investing in the sport.”
2023 Laird Raceway Results (all results provided by Laird Raceway)
Four Cylinder
1 #5 Tyler Praysner
2 #95 Gianni Viotto
3 #16 Dyllen Sheppard
4 #12 Fern Mannarino
5 #42 Jack Lannigan
6 #22 Shanna Harten
7 #17 Shawn Desjardins
8 #20 Matt Lewis
9 #8 Gord Badgero
Factory Four
1 #80 Brad Bibeau
2 #12Y Anthony Mannarino
3 #57 Rick Ellis
4 #12O Owen Brown
5 #77x Ed Lapish
6 #88 Rob Wagner
7 #23 Jason Kerns
Modified
1 #20 Mike Hearty
2 #84 Mark Laakso
3 #78 Jason Herrington
4 #01 Jerry Ross
5 #17 Keith Horner
6 #7 Terrance Devon
7 #28 Mark Porpealia
8 #97 Devin Service
9 #73 Randy Larrett
Super Late Model
1 #77 Chase Wilson
2 #88 George Wilson
3 #61 Dustin Jackson
4 #5 John Ross
5 #50 Rob Hiemma
6 #21K Kevin Errington
7 #21 Jake Irwin
8 #46 Dan Byrnes
Check out Freeze Frame Photos by Bob Davies of the 2023 Laird Raceway season opener photo gallery.
Saultsports TV coverage will be on available Friday, July 7th on our Saultsports TV channel.
Next up at Laird Raceway will be on Thursday, July 13th for a full show that will include Service Rental Super Late Models, REYCO Modifieds, Factory Stocks, and the AIM Recycling Laird Enduros who will battle it out on the 1/3 mile track with grandstands opening at 5:00 p.m and green dropping at 7:00 p.m. and it’s only at Laird Raceway. For more info visit www.lairdraceway.com. Laird Raceway Ticket Pricing will be anyone over 75 and under 18 are FREE for the grandstands while grandstand prices will be $ 20.00, and the pits at $30.00.
