5/25/2024
Brewerton Speedway
Andrew Ferguson Claims First Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified Win On A-Verdi Storage Containers Night
By Hannah Doll
BREWERTON, NY (May 25, 2023)- Friday evening, Brewerton Speedway drew a capacity crowd and full pit area for side-by-side racing action presented by A-Verdi Storage Containers, kicking off Memorial Day Weekend activities.
Last night's feature winners included Danny Varin (Empire Super Sprints), Andrew Ferguson (Tracey Road DIRTcar Modifieds), Zach Sobotka (DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman), and Kyle Demo (AmeriCU Mod Lites).
Andrew Ferguson and Chris Hulsizer paced the field to the Comfort Windows restart zone, setting the field for an adrenaline-rushing 35-lap feature event. Hulsizer would grab the early race lead with Ferguson right on his bumper. On lap 2, the caution would come out, stacking the field once again for another restart.
Hulsizer quickly gained the advantage on the ensuing restart and would set a torrid pace with Ferguson in tow. The two would race that way for the bulk of the 35-lap grind with Hulsizer using the extreme low side of the speedway while Ferguson searched the middle and top for a way by.
Lapped cars would prove to be Ferguson's friend as he executed a near-perfect pick-and-roll on Hulsizer on lap 32 and drove away to pick up his first career Tracey Roads DIRTcar Modified win.
Hulsizer would settle for a disappointing career best runner-up finish, with Alan Fink rounding out the final podium position. Sixth-place starter Kevin Root would come in fourth, with Brandon Carvey rounding out the top five.
In the Empire Super Sprints event, Danny Varin delivered an incredible performance, leading every lap of the caution-filled race. While Varin dominated, the rest of the top-10 was ever-changing throughout the 25-lap sprint. Larry Wight made a charge through the field, advancing from seventh to eventually secure a second-place finish, with Shawn Donathy coming in third to round out the podium. Jason Barney would make his way through the top ten to claim fourth place. Meanwhile, Chad Phelps had a fantastic run, starting from the 21st position and fighting his way through the stacked field to round out the top five. earning the Hard Charger.
With a drag race down the front stretch to the checkered, Zach Sabotka picked up the win in the companion DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman Feature by just .025 seconds over Cody Manitta. Nick Root would cross the line in third, with eleventh-place starter Tony Finch following in fourth. Veteran Mike Button would round out the top 5.
Kyle Demo picked up his first win in the AmeriCU Mod Lite feature of the season, holding off second-place finisher Joe Isabell. Joseph Garafolo, Matt Kitts, and Zack Babcock round out the top 5.
Next up at Brewerton Speedway:
Friday, May 31, Ehrlich Pest Control Night.
Tracey Road DIRTcar Modifieds
DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman
AmeriCU IMCA STARS Mod Lites
Mirabito DIRTcar 4 Cylinder Superstocks
Plus Mod Lite and 4-Cylinder Features rain delayed from May 17.
A-Verdi Storage Containers Night Results:
Empire Super Sprints A Feature (25 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[1]; 2. #99L-Larry Wight[7]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[4]; 4. 87-Jason Barney[11]; 5. 96X-Chad Phelps[21]; 6. #5H-Chris Hile[2]; 7. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[12]; 8. #79-Jordan Thomas[10]; 9. 28-Jordan Poirier[9]; 10. #41-Dalton Rombough[5]; 11. 36-Logan Crisafulli[6]; 12. 90-Matt Tanner[14]; 13. #4-Billy VanInwegen Jr[3]; 14. 84-Tyler Rand[13]; 15. 28F-Davie Franek[8]; 16. 11J-Chris Jones[15]; 17. 10-Kelly Hebing[18]; 18. 12-Alex Bergeron[24]; 19. 4P-Chase Moran[17]; 20. 13E-Evan Reynolds[19]; 21. 3-Parker Evans[22]; 22. 33-Lacey Hanson[20]; 23. X-Dan Bennett[26]; 24. 2-Dave Axton[25]; 25. 47-Kyle Drum[16]; 26. 66-Jordan Hutton[23]
DNQ: 98-Joe Trenca, 17s-Kyle Smith, 13T-Trevor Years, 18J-JT Ferry, 25g-Tyler Graves, 23- Eric Cartier, 29-Dylan Menditto, 6k-Kyle Dutcher, 17-Sammy Reakes IV
Tracey Road DIRTcar Modifieds Feature (35 Laps): 1. 34-Andrew Ferguson[2]; 2. 8H-Chris Hulsizer[3]; 3. 28-Alan Fink[8]; 4. 34R-Kevin Root[6]; 5. 19C-Brandon Carvey[9]; 6. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[16]; 7. 5-Amy Holland[11]; 8. X-Chad Phelps[10]; 9. 24K-Nick Krause[4]; 10. 60-Jackson Gill[18]; 11. 42-Max Hill[5]; 12. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[20]; 13. 99L-Larry Wight[19]; 14. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[12]; 15. 62S-Tom Sears Jr[24]; 16. 5H-Chris Hile[15]; 17. 12-Darren Smith[13]; 18. 3-Chris Mackey[25]; 19. 11M-Matt Caprara[14]; 20. 7Z-Zachary Payne[17]; 21. 28M-Matt Meade[22]; 22. 15-Todd Root[21]; 23. 11T-Jeff Taylor[26]; 24. 24-James Witko Jr[7]; 25. 2024-Tyler Trump[23]; 26. 38-Tim Harris[1]
DNQ: 18$-Sean Beardsley, 79-Jeffery Prentice, 7s-Torrey Stoughtenger, 32r-Ronnie Davis III, 21-Derrick Podsiadlo, 17-Marcus Dinkins
Dot Foods DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. 38-Zach Sobotka[14]; 2. 6-Cody Manitta[13]; 3. 30R-Nick Root[8]; 4. 0-Tony Finch II[11]; 5. 80X-Mike Button[7]; 6. 3-Colby Herzog[19]; 7. 28X-Stephen Marshall[12]; 8. 16-Kyle Demo[1]; 9. 16X-Savannah Laflair[6]; 10. 32-Joe Trichilo[18]; 11. 12-Owen Bird[21]; 12. R1-Riley Rogala[4]; 13. 21-Ryan Barrett[17]; 14. 30M-Michael Root[15]; 15. 711-Nick Ventura[16]; 16. 30-Dylan Piersall[5]; 17. 42K-Dave Kingsley[22]; 18. 18H-Brian Harber[2]; 19. AONE-Bucky Hayes[3]; 20. 83-Brett Sears[9]; 21. 77L-Buddy Leathley[20]; 22. 5-Kyle Devendorf[10]; 23. (DNS) 11C-Austin Cooper; 24. (DNS) 10G-Austin Germinio
AmeriCU Mod Lites Feature (20 Laps): 1. 22-Kyle Demo[1]; 2. 6J-Joe Isabell[9]; 3. 55-Joseph Garafolo[7]; 4. 3K-Matt Kitts[6]; 5. 88Z-Zack Babcock[10]; 6. 2D-Jacob Dupra[5]; 7. 3-PO Trudeau[12]; 8. 5K-Roger Olschewske Jr[4]; 9. 06-Mike Mullen[8]; 10. 80X-Anthony Scott[13]; 11. 99-Thomas Mackey[2]; 12. 98-Ross Frank[11]; 13. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[14]; 14. 11X-Jack Lyon[16]; 15. 9W-Justin Williams[3]; 16. (DNS) 4J-Jacob Malbouf[15]
Submitted By: Cory Reed