7/30/2024
Can-Am Speedway
Vintage Victory and High-Speed Showdowns: A Thrilling Night at Can-Am Speedway
The Golden Jubilee Season continued Friday night at the Can Am Speedway in Lafargeville New York. A great card of racing was highlighted by the one and only appearance for the Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club.
The Vintage Cars took to the track first and defending race winner Jason Riddell was the early pace setter for the 70s and 80s class over Ian Gordon and Randy Gaudet. Behind them Greg Hale was driving away with the 50s and 60s feature over Jeff Cledgett. On lap 6 Gordon was able to get the lead from Riddell after a spirited battle as he began to draw away from the field. Over the final laps, after Jason Riddell retired to the infield with a problem, Randy Gaudet would make a run at the leader. However the former Can Am Karting champion was too strong on this night, scoring his second series win of the year, over Gaudet, Josh Powers, Gavin Riddell and Steve Billings. Grege Hale would go unchallenged for the win, his third in a row at Can Am, over Jeff Cledgett and Joey Hilts.
Brady Howard took the lead early in the 12 lap Donath Motorworx Limited Sportsman over Genavieve Bartlett and Josh Hughto. Howard was not challenged throughout the event as behind him, Bartlett was running second with Logan Brown on the charge from the number three position. With 5 laps remaining Howard maintained a big lead as Brown got by for second over Bartlett, but had a long way to catch the leader. On this night nobody was catching Brady Howard as he scored his third win of 2024. Logan Brown crossed in second over Genavieve Bartlett, Camdin Cook and Josh Hughto.
Dan Beachard looked strong in the early part of the 30 lap Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTCar 358 Modified feature event. Beachard led early over Tyler Meeks and Nick Webb. On lap 5 Camero Black slowed with an issue and headed pitside for the night. When the green flew Tyler Meeks took over the top spot, but on the move was Billy Dunn. The Watertown driver moved into the top three on lap 10 as he tried at will to run down Tyler Meeks, who was looking for his first Modified win since 2017. As the laps clicked off Billy Dunn closed the gap making it a fantastic battle for the lead with Meeks. On lap 20 Dunn made the winning pass on the outside of turn 4 to take the top spot away and tried to drive away. Meeks would stay close to Dunn hoping for a mistake, but that never happened, as Billy Dunn would hold off Tyler Meeks for his second win of the year. Meeks ran second with Dan Beachard, Shaun Shaw and Ryan Bartlett.
A spirited battled between Dustin Hutton and Dylan Moore highlighted the 20 lap Bob Johnson Auto Group Dirtcar Sportsman feature. The top two drivers ran wheel to wheel for more than 10 laps, putting on a fantastic show, with neither driver having a clear advantage. Hutton was able to pull out to a car length over Moore by lap 13 as he was in search f his first win in a long time at Can Am. A yellow for Tyler Corcoran, who blew a tire in turn four. He would return to the race but was not a factor at the finish. On the restart Mike Fowler made his way forward taking second from Moore on lap 15 and then ran down Dustin Hutton for the lead and getting it on lap 17. From there points leader Mike Fowler would drive away for his second win of the season. Dustin Hutton, Eric Nier, Brennan Moore and Jessica Power completed the top 5 at the finish.
Tony Frezzo has had nothing but bad luck during the 2024 season in the Sundance Leisure Thundercar ranks, but got it turned around on this night as he led early over Jared Gilson and points leader Damien Bechler. With Frezzo in front Damien Bechler got by for second, but had a long way to go to catch the leader. Over the final laps, 2021 track champion Tony Frezzo looked strong and finally shook off the demons to score his first win of the season. Lyle Robinson charged to second at the finish over Damien Bechler, Jared Gilson and Anthony St. Mary Jr.
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Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTcar 358 Modified
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49-Billy Dunn[8]; 2. 9-Tyler Meeks[3]; 3. 36B-Dan Beachard[1]; 4. 7S-Shaun Shaw[10]; 5. 39-Ryan Bartlett[4]; 6. 45R-Preston Forbes[13]; 7. 31-Lance Willix[14]; 8. 19-Tim Fuller[12]; 9. 27W-Nick Webb[2]; 10. 18W-Scott Webb[6]; 11. 74-Lucas Fuller[5]; 12. 6-Brian Hudson[15]; 13. 21R-RJ Tresidder[9]; 14. 63-Adam Roberts[17]; 15. (DNF) 23-Cameron Black[7]; 16. (DNF) 21M-Franklin Mackin[16]; 17. (DNF) 66W-Derek Webb[11]; 18. (DNF) 38J-Jarrett Herbison[18]; 19. (DNS) 21-Andrew Howard
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36B-Dan Beachard[1]; 2. 9-Tyler Meeks[2]; 3. 18W-Scott Webb[4]; 4. 21R-RJ Tresidder[6]; 5. 23-Cameron Black[5]; 6. 66W-Derek Webb[8]; 7. 45R-Preston Forbes[9]; 8. 6-Brian Hudson[7]; 9. 63-Adam Roberts[10]; 10. (DNS) 21-Andrew Howard
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27W-Nick Webb[1]; 2. 74-Lucas Fuller[3]; 3. 49-Billy Dunn[5]; 4. 39-Ryan Bartlett[2]; 5. 7S-Shaun Shaw[6]; 6. 19-Tim Fuller[8]; 7. 31-Lance Willix[7]; 8. 21M-Franklin Mackin[4]; 9. 38J-Jarrett Herbison[9]
Bob Johnson DIRTcar Sportsman
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 410-Mike Fowler[8]; 2. 7D-Dustin Hutton[1]; 3. 34-Eric Nier[9]; 4. 35B-Brennan Moore[10]; 5. 52-Jessica Power[17]; 6. 35D-Dylan Moore[4]; 7. ZERO-Xavier Andrews[13]; 8. 91-Josh Reome[7]; 9. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[3]; 10. 44-David Rogers[11]; 11. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[14]; 12. 18-Gavin Eisele[15]; 13. 17-Owen Nier[6]; 14. 7O7-Greg Brinklow[21]; 15. 64-Tyler Corcoran[12]; 16. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[24]; 17. 34K-Keegan Nier[19]; 18. 92-Frank Sibley[5]; 19. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[18]; 20. 2-Taylor Doxtater[20]; 21. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[16]; 22. 62-Jonathan Murphy[23]; 23. 33-Alan McDonald[22]; 24. 5R-Steve Roberts[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[2]; 2. 92-Frank Sibley[3]; 3. 34-Eric Nier[6]; 4. 44-David Rogers[8]; 5. ZERO-Xavier Andrews[7]; 6. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[4]; 7. 34K-Keegan Nier[5]; 8. 33-Alan McDonald[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7D-Dustin Hutton[1]; 2. 91-Josh Reome[4]; 3. 17-Owen Nier[3]; 4. 35D-Dylan Moore[2]; 5. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[8]; 6. 52-Jessica Power[6]; 7. 2-Taylor Doxtater[5]; 8. 62-Jonathan Murphy[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 410-Mike Fowler[5]; 2. 64-Tyler Corcoran[8]; 3. 5R-Steve Roberts[1]; 4. 35B-Brennan Moore[6]; 5. 18-Gavin Eisele[7]; 6. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[2]; 7. 7O7-Greg Brinklow[4]; 8. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[3]
Sundance Leisure ThunderCar
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 22-Tony Frezzo[1]; 2. 61-Lyle Robinson[4]; 3. 26R-Damien Bechler[3]; 4. 22J-Jared Gilson[2]; 5. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[6]; 6. 94-OJ White[5]; 7. 41-Terry Gardner[7]; 8. (DNF) 60-Francis White[8]; 9. (DNF) 60X-Taylor Doxtater[9]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26R-Damien Bechler[5]; 2. 61-Lyle Robinson[8]; 3. 22-Tony Frezzo[2]; 4. 22J-Jared Gilson[4]; 5. 94-OJ White[3]; 6. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[6]; 7. 41-Terry Gardner[1]; 8. 60-Francis White[7]
Donath Motor Worx Limited Sportsman
Feature (12 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard[3]; 2. 9-Logan Brown[5]; 3. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[4]; 4. 14-Camdin Cook[10]; 5. 93H-Josh Hughto[6]; 6. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh[7]; 7. 747-Haily Brownell[1]; 8. 401K-Joseph Fargo[9]; 9. 2-Scott Countryman[8]; 10. 21-Gage Howard[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard[2]; 2. 9-Logan Brown[5]; 3. 747-Haily Brownell[1]; 4. 33B-Brianna Murtaugh[4]; 5. 401K-Joseph Fargo[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Gage Howard[1]; 2. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[4]; 3. 93H-Josh Hughto[5]; 4. 2-Scott Countryman[2]; 5. 14-Camdin Cook[3]
Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7IG-Ian Gordon[2]; 2. 96-Randy Gaudet[7]; 3. 73-Josh Powers[8]; 4. 9G-Gavin Riddell[9]; 5. 84-Steve Belling[4]; 6. 79-Chris Hale[10]; 7. 54-Kyle Grundy[5]; 8. 10-Paul Billings[3]; 9. 9W-Wayne Riddell[6]; 10. 40-Ryan Hegarty[11]; 11. 9-Jason Riddell[1]; 12. 28G-Greg Hale[12]; 13. 6-Jeff Cledgett[13]; 14. 83B-Joe Hilts[14]; 15. 72-Dwayne Emon[15]; 16. B22-Randy Simkins[16]; 17. 12-Tim Charland[18]; 18. 38JR-Benzil Billings[17]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Jason Riddell[4]; 2. 7IG-Ian Gordon[5]; 3. 10-Paul Billings[2]; 4. 84-Steve Belling[6]; 5. 54-Kyle Grundy[1]; 6. 9W-Wayne Riddell[3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 96-Randy Gaudet[1]; 2. 73-Josh Powers[5]; 3. 9G-Gavin Riddell[2]; 4. 79-Chris Hale[3]; 5. 40-Ryan Hegarty[4]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 28G-Greg Hale[4]; 2. 6-Jeff Cledgett[1]; 3. 83B-Joe Hilts[2]; 4. 72-Dwayne Emon[3]; 5. B22-Randy Simkins[6]; 6. 38JR-Benzil Billings[7]; 7. 12-Tim Charland[5]
Article Credit: Tim Baltz
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