The rain out date has been set for the canceled May 9 opening round at Medicine Hat Speedway.

The new date will be Saturday, May 16th.

Persistent rains and intermittent hail storms caused officials of the Medicine Hat Auto Racing Association to cancel the Ronco Oilfield Hauling Season Opener of the 25th Anniversary season of the Medicine Hat Speedway.

Some of the eleven Baby Grand Stock Car Association of Canada (BGSCA) teams on hand for the event were able to get limited test and tune laps completed before the rains set in.

First car on the track was the #80 Vandenbilt Auto Body Chevrolet Monte Carlo driver by Golden, BC driver Troy Vandenbilche followed by Lethbridge, AB driver Sarah-Jo Paquette in the #63 Relay Trucking Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Following up on his two feature wins in Las Vegas, NV in the opening round of the BGSCA season, second year driver Cameron Hayley put his #24 Cabinets By Hayley Chevrolet Monte Carlo on the track for a short test session.

Vernon, BC driver Kyle Vriesinga made his first appearance in a Baby Grand Stock Car. Also able to get on track in the brief session were Calgary drivers Matt Potter, #15 P&M Painting Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Dale Edwards in the #10 Evolution Racing Products Chevrolet.

Edmonton area drivers Rob Fulton, Kevin Abel, and 2008 BGSCA and MMRA Western Pro Division Champion Michael Kipp and Calgary drivers Todd Yanda and Robert Stone were also at the Speedway but were unable to get their cars on the track.

The race day schedule for the May 16th rain date is tentatively set to be the same as the previous Saturday with hot laps scheduled for 12:30pm, qualifying at 4pm and racing at 7pm.