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The stands were filled with plenty of fans during Encompass Recreation and Channel 7 night at the Can-Am Speedway Friday night as fans got to meet their favorite drives on the race track for driver autographs, before everyone strapped in to put on a great show.

The Donath Motor Worx Limited Sportsman 12 lap feature event took to the speedway first and Haily Brownell was the driver to beat in the early laps over Gage Howard and Camdin Cook. A quick yellow bunched up the field allowing Howard and Cook to get a chance at the top spot. When the green flew Cook went right to work, taking second from Howard and then grabbed the lead from Brownell on lap 8. With just a few laps to go the race changed as the yellow flew again for debris from Brownell’s car after contact with Gage and Brady Howard. Under the caution Camdin Cook went to the pits, leaving Brady Howard in front. On the final restart Brady Howard took off and scored his third win in a row and 5th of the season. Gage Howard, Matt Bukovan, Brianna Murtaugh and Genavieve Bartlett rounded out the top 5.

The Sundance Leisure Thundercar division saw a green to checkered 15 lap feature go, with Anthony St. Mary Jr. jumping to the point over Tony Frezzo. The top two drivers battled hard throughout the event with St. Mary running the inside lane while Frezzo used the outside portion of the speedway. While the top two made it their own race in front, defending track champion Francis White was on the move in a borrowed ride. White took over the St. Mary back up car and charged to the front, eventually taking 4th with a few laps to go. Up front Tony Frezzo made one final run at the leader on the last lap, but Anthony St. Mary Jr. had everyone covered on this night, scoring his division leading third win of the season. Tony Frezzo, Jared Gilson, Francis White and points leader Damien Bechler completed the top 5.

Brian Hudson led early on and was strong in the Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTCar 358 Modified feature event with RJ Tresidder and Nick Webb right there with him. Hudson started to open up a comfortable lead and it appeared as if he was on his way to his first career win. Behind the leader, Scott Webb, in a brand new car, made his way to the runner up spot and began to close in on the leader. A caution on lap 14 bunched up the field giving Scott Webb, Derek Webb, Lance Willix and Billy Dunn a chance to take the lead. On the restart Scott Webb made his way by as Lance Willix made a big move to take over the runner up spot. Behind the top two Hudson, Derek Webb and Dunn were all locked into a tight battle with Dunn making his way to third and Tim Fuller making a mid race charge as well. Up front, Scott Webb had Lance Willix to deal with as the Theresa driver gave Webb everything and pulled even on several occasions, but could not get by as Dunn, Fuller and Hudson tried to keep pace. The final yellow flew on lap 23 setting up a green white checkered finish. On the final restart Scott Webb did everything right, as he held off a determined Lance Willix and Tim Fuller to score his first win in nearly a year at Can-Am. Willix, Fuller, Billy Dunn and Brian Hudson finished out the top 5.

Ryan Shanahan had dominated his qualifying heat in the Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTCar Sportsman earlier in the night and the Carthage New York driver carried that momentum over to the 20 lap feature as he pulled away over Paul DeRuyter and Owen Nier. With the top three drivers up front and driving away drivers like Brennan Moore, Josh Reome and Gavin Eisele were also on the move with Moore making his way by Reome in a great battle for 4th. Eisele, who had come into the night having won three races in the last six nights, was making his way forward as well as he got by Reome to move into fifth. Shanahan by lap 12 had over a straight away lead and showed no signs of letting up. Midway through the field, title rivals Mike Fowler and Eric Nier were caught in traffic for the entire night. Nier would gain valuable points on Fowler as the two drivers fought their way to 8th and 11th respectively at the finish. The night belonged to Ryan Shanahan as he drove away and dominated a caution free event for his second win of the season. Paul DeRuyter scored a career best second as Gavin Eisele finished a close third. Owen Nier and Brennan Moore rounded out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was the 20 lap Panther Frameworx Crat Sprint Car division and former Pure Stock and Sportsman driver George Sanford would lead the opening laps over Tucker Donath and Josh Verne Jr. Donath and Sanford exchanged the lead several times in the early laps before Donath took the lead on lap 9 leaving Sanford and Verne to battle for second. With the race going caution free Josh Verne Jr. worked his way to second and tried at will to run down the leader. Verne would get to within 5 car lengths but the night belonged to Tucker Donath as he scored his third win of the year. Josh Verne Jr., Andrew Hennessy, George Sanford and former Sportsman track champion Josh VanBrocklin rounded out the top 5.

The Can-Am Speedway will take next Friday off as staff and management prepare for championship night in the 50th Golden Jubilee Season on August 30th. Racing will begin at 7pm with all five classes in action and four track titles on the line.

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Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTcar 358 Modified

• Feature (25 Laps): 1. 18W-Scott Webb[5]; 2. 31-Lance Willix[8]; 3. 19-Tim Fuller[10]; 4. 49-Billy Dunn[9]; 5. 6-Brian Hudson[1]; 6. 27W-Nick Webb[2]; 7. 39-Ryan Bartlett[15]; 8. 7S-Shaun Shaw[16]; 9. 36B-Dan Beachard[6]; 10. 21-Andrew Howard[17]; 11. 21R-RJ Tresidder[3]; 12. 21JR-Larry Welling[13]; 13. 66W-Derek Webb[7]; 14. 45R-Preston Forbes[14]; 15. (DNF) 3M-Franklin Mackin[4]; 16. (DNF) 9-Tyler Meeks[11]; 17. (DNF) 74-Lucas Fuller[12]
• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66W-Derek Webb[5]; 2. 27W-Nick Webb[2]; 3. 49-Billy Dunn[8]; 4. 18W-Scott Webb[4]; 5. 6-Brian Hudson[1]; 6. 9-Tyler Meeks[7]; 7. 21JR-Larry Welling[9]; 8. (DNF) 39-Ryan Bartlett[3]; 9. (DNS) 21-Andrew Howard
• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21R-RJ Tresidder[2]; 2. 36B-Dan Beachard[4]; 3. 3M-Franklin Mackin[3]; 4. 31-Lance Willix[5]; 5. 19-Tim Fuller[8]; 6. 74-Lucas Fuller[1]; 7. 45R-Preston Forbes[7]; 8. 7S-Shaun Shaw[6]
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 00:18.386[11]; 2. 21R-RJ Tresidder, 00:18.606[12]; 3. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:18.618[3]; 4. 9-Tyler Meeks, 00:18.685[10]; 5. 45R-Preston Forbes, 00:18.691[4]; 6. 3M-Franklin Mackin, 00:18.748[9]; 7. 6-Brian Hudson, 00:18.810[8]; 8. 21-Andrew Howard, 00:18.908[7]; 9. 21JR-Larry Welling, 00:18.947[16]; 10. 18W-Scott Webb, 00:18.958[15]; 11. 36B-Dan Beachard, 00:19.097[2]; 12. 74-Lucas Fuller, 00:19.438[5]; 13. 31-Lance Willix, 00:28.387[17]; 14. (DNS) 39-Ryan Bartlett; 15. (DNS) 19-Tim Fuller; 16. (DNS) 66W-Derek Webb; 17. (DNS) 27W-Nick Webb

Bob Johnson DIRTcar Sportsman

• Feature (20 Laps): 1. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[1]; 2. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[2]; 3. 18-Gavin Eisele[10]; 4. 17-Owen Nier[3]; 5. 35B-Brennan Moore[8]; 6. 91-Josh Reome[4]; 7. 52-Jessica Power[7]; 8. 34-Eric Nier[11]; 9. ZERO-Xavier Andrews[9]; 10. 33M-Richard Murtaugh[17]; 11. 410-Mike Fowler[13]; 12. 35D-Dylan Moore[5]; 13. 34K-Keegan Nier[14]; 14. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[12]; 15. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[15]; 16. 62-Jonathan Murphy[19]; 17. FOX28-Jeff Stevenson[21]; 18. 5R-Steve Roberts[6]; 19. 33-Alan McDonald[16]; 20. (DNF) 2-Taylor Doxtater[20]; 21. (DNF) 92-Frank Sibley[18]
• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[2]; 2. 52-Jessica Power[5]; 3. 35D-Dylan Moore[3]; 4. 18-Gavin Eisele[6]; 5. 410-Mike Fowler[7]; 6. 33-Alan McDonald[1]; 7. 62-Jonathan Murphy[4]
• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[1]; 2. 17-Owen Nier[2]; 3. 35B-Brennan Moore[5]; 4. 34-Eric Nier[6]; 5. 34K-Keegan Nier[3]; 6. 33M-Richard Murtaugh[7]; 7. (DNF) 2-Taylor Doxtater[4]
• Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. ZERO-Xavier Andrews[5]; 2. 91-Josh Reome[2]; 3. 5R-Steve Roberts[3]; 4. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[6]; 5. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[1]; 6. 92-Frank Sibley[4]; 7. FOX28-Jeff Stevenson[7]
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 52-Jessica Power, 00:19.614[16]; 2. 410-Mike Fowler, 00:19.621[5]; 3. ZERO-Xavier Andrews, 00:19.627[1]; 4. 35B-Brennan Moore, 00:19.712[9]; 5. 33M-Richard Murtaugh, 00:19.735[12]; 6. 18-Gavin Eisele, 00:19.775[4]; 7. 35D-Dylan Moore, 00:19.856[10]; 8. 1D-Paul DeRuyter, 00:19.976[2]; 9. 17-Owen Nier, 00:20.035[15]; 10. 91-Josh Reome, 00:20.039[17]; 11. FOX28-Jeff Stevenson, 00:20.063[21]; 12. 2-Taylor Doxtater, 00:20.067[3]; 13. 5R-Steve Roberts, 00:20.336[18]; 14. 62-Jonathan Murphy, 00:20.566[11]; 15. 621G-Trevor Gibbons, 00:20.602[7]; 16. 33-Alan McDonald, 00:20.604[8]; 17. (DNS) 18G-Justin Gadbaw; 18. (DNS) 34-Eric Nier; 19. (DNS) 34K-Keegan Nier; 20. (DNS) 32RS-Ryan Shanahan; 21. (DNS) 92-Frank Sibley

Panther Frameworx 602 Crate Sprint Cars

• Feature (15 Laps): 1. Z28-Tucker Donath[2]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[3]; 3. 87-Andrew Hennessy[4]; 4. 25-George Sanford[1]; 5. 89X-Josh Vanbrocklin[5]; 6. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[6]; 7. 9-Chad Kramer[7]; 8. 08-James Kiah[8]
• Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 25-George Sanford[1]; 2. Z28-Tucker Donath[3]; 3. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[4]; 4. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 5. 89X-Josh Vanbrocklin[7]; 6. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[2]; 7. 9-Chad Kramer[8]; 8. 08-James Kiah[6]
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. Z28-Tucker Donath, 00:17.694[1]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 00:17.722[8]; 3. 25-George Sanford, 00:17.925[6]; 4. 89X-Josh Vanbrocklin, 00:18.101[7]; 5. 08-James Kiah, 00:18.586[3]; 6. 9-Chad Kramer, 00:19.572[5]; 7. (DNS) 87-Andrew Hennessy; 8. (DNS) 30-Ken Klinkowsky

Sundance Leisure ThunderCar

• Feature (15 Laps): 1. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[1]; 2. 22-Tony Frezzo[5]; 3. 22J-Jared Gilson[8]; 4. 60-Francis White[11]; 5. 5M-Damien Bechler[4]; 6. 94-OJ White[3]; 7. 41-Terry Gardner[7]; 8. 72K-Kayden Paquette[12]; 9. (DNF) 61-Lyle Robinson[2]; 10. (DNF) 00-Kyle Kudrinko[9]; 11. (DNF) 19-Collin Bauter[10]; 12. (DNS) 111-Anthony St Mary Sr
• Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 94-OJ White[3]; 2. 5M-Damien Bechler[4]; 3. 111-Anthony St Mary Sr[5]; 4. 41-Terry Gardner[1]; 5. 00-Kyle Kudrinko[6]; 6. (DNF) 60-Francis White[2]
• Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[1]; 2. 22-Tony Frezzo[6]; 3. 61-Lyle Robinson[2]; 4. 22J-Jared Gilson[4]; 5. 19-Collin Bauter[5]; 6. 72K-Kayden Paquette[3]
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 19-Collin Bauter, 00:26.834[1]; 2. 41-Terry Gardner, 00:28.661[3]; 3. 00-Kyle Kudrinko, 00:30.073[5]; 4. 72K-Kayden Paquette, 00:33.060[6]; 5. (DNS) 5M-Damien Bechler; 6. (DNS) 22J-Jared Gilson; 7. (DNS) 61-Lyle Robinson; 8. (DNS) 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr; 9. (DNS) 111-Anthony St Mary Sr; 10. (DNS) 60-Francis White; 11. (DNS) 94-OJ White

Donath Motor Worx Limited Sportsman

• Feature (12 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard[5]; 2. 21-Gage Howard[2]; 3. 36-Matt Bukovan[8]; 4. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh[3]; 5. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[4]; 6. 9-Logan Brown[7]; 7. 44-Mason Rogers[10]; 8. 14-Camdin Cook[6]; 9. 627-Colbey Fregoe[12]; 10. 42-Kent Miller[9]; 11. 401K-Joseph Fargo[11]; 12. 76-Grayson Soper[13]; 13. (DNF) 747-Haily Brownell[1]; 14. (DNS) 2-Scott Countryman
• Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Gage Howard[2]; 2. 14-Camdin Cook[4]; 3. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[3]; 4. 9-Logan Brown[5]; 5. 42-Kent Miller[7]; 6. 401K-Joseph Fargo[1]; 7. 76-Grayson Soper[6]
• Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard[3]; 2. 747-Haily Brownell[1]; 3. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh[2]; 4. 36-Matt Bukovan[6]; 5. 44-Mason Rogers[5]; 6. 627-Colbey Fregoe[7]; 7. 2-Scott Countryman[4]
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 14-Camdin Cook, 00:20.076[5]; 2. 21-Gage Howard, 00:20.211[9]; 3. 54-Brady Howard, 00:20.286[8]; 4. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh, 00:20.416[11]; 5. 9-Logan Brown, 00:20.446[2]; 6. 747-Haily Brownell, 00:20.467[3]; 7. 36-Matt Bukovan, 00:20.552[4]; 8. 11-Genavieve Bartlett, 00:20.758[1]; 9. 42-Kent Miller, 00:21.594[10]; 10. 401K-Joseph Fargo, 00:22.305[7]; 11. 76-Grayson Soper, 00:24.416[13]; 12. 2-Scott Countryman, 00:24.996[6]; 13. (DNS) 44-Mason Rogers; 14. (DNS) 627-Colbey Fregoe

• Tyler & Michelle Bartlett on Aug 23, 2024
• Article Date: 8/17/2024 by Tim Baltz