Auto Racing News

By Tom Coughlin

Tomorrow at the Fonda Fairgrounds is the Aim Autism chicken barbecue and fundraiser. The chicken dinner barbecue will operate from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. Beside the dinner, there will be numerous raffles, a bounce house, a dunking tank with many of your favorite drivers and

comedian Ginger Billy, music, and more for you to enjoy. All proceeds from the fundraiser go directly to support the Crossroads Center for Children in Schenectady. The Fonda Speedway Museum is scheduled to be open during the same hours, thus allowing racing fans the opportunity to view and reminisce about local history. Chicken dinners are $15 each and if you do not have a pre-ordered ticket, tickets will be available at the door. Entry to the museum is free. Fonda will have a full program of weekly divisions, plus the C.R.S.A. 305 winged sprint

cars.

Tonight at Dodge City Speedway there are regular races for all divisions, plus a Money race for the Clone heavy division.

Utica-Rome Speedway will have all weekly divisions, plus the slingshots. Next week the C.R.S.A. 305 winged sprint cars will be at U-R.

Tonight Albany-Saratoga Speedway will host the Stan Da' Man Night offering $3,200 to win for the modifieds with added money for all divisions. Next week is the John Grady Memorial paying $4,300 to the modifieds.

Glen Ridge will host their Hall of Fame inductions on Sunday Results from last Thursday night the Utica-Rome Speedway hosted the Short Track Super Series as they presented the Richie Evans Remembered 61. The 61-lap feature for the STSS modifieds (with sail panels) paid tribute to the late Richie Evans who began his racing career at U-R in the early 1960's. From his home in Rome, N.Y., Evans went on to win races from Florida to Canada on his way to becoming a nine time national champion in the NASCAR modified series. Matt Sheppard would

claim the feature win over Stewart Friesen and Jimmy Phelps. In the STSS crate 602 sportsman division 25-lap feature Brian Calabese took the win with Matt Janczuk second and Payton Talbot third. In the Fastline Performance limited sportsman 15-lap feature Andrew MacFadden scored the win over Eric Jensen and Carson Rothwell.

Friday night at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway the Empire Super Sprint 360 winged sprint cars held a 25-lap feature and Danny Varin earned the win ahead of Matt Tanner and Jordan Poirier. In the NAPA DIRTcar modified division 35-lap feature Jack Lehner claimed his third victory

of 2024 over Peter Britten and Marc Johnson. In the Doug Wholey Ideal Excavating DIRTcar crate 602 sportsman division feature Dan Grignon earned the win over Chris Crane Jr. and Cody Ochs. In the Saratoga Masonry Supply DIRTcar pro stock division 25-lap feature Jason Casey crossed the finish line ahead of Beau Ballard and Brandon Emigh. In the Haun Welding limited sportsman division 20-lap feature Chase Zimmer earned the win over Mike Baker and Nick Auspelmyer.

In the Cornell’s Auto Parts street stock division 20-lap feature Josh Hemming scored the win over Chris Stalker and P.J. Cram Jr.

Also on Friday night the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was in Indiana at Lucas Oil-Indianapolis Raceway Park for the TSPORT 200.

Unfortunately for Stewart Friesen of Sprakers, It was a very frustrating night as numerous issues caused him to finish 33th.

Saturday at Fonda In the caution free Amsterdam Truck Center 30-lap modified division feature Stewart Friesen was able to drive to the front to claim the win over Rocky Warner and Alex Yankowski. Danny Varin swept the weekend for the ESS as he claimed the 25-lap feature victory followed by Billy VanInwegen and Jordan Thomas. In the Swagger Factory Apparel crate 602 sportsman 25-lap feature Tyler Peet scored his first win at the Track of Champions as he beat Payton Talbot and Tanner Warner to the finish line. The Leatherstocking Credit Union pro

stock division was also highlighted on this night as they paid tribute to two people that were closely associated with the full bodied race cars. The Bobco Dash was a tribute to the late Bob James of BOBCO Video. A.J. Walters would claim the dash followed by Beau Ballard and David Emigh. The annual Hondo Classic is a 29-lap feature in tribute to the late pro stock driver Hondo Carpenter. Cousin Luke Horning would earn his second career Hondo Classic over Kenny Gates and Ivan Joslin. In the Montgomery County Office for Aging limited sportsman division 15-lap feature Bobby Rhinehardt claimed his first Fonda Speedway victory over Walter Cook and Shawn Gibbons. In the Fonda Fair 4 cylinder division 12-lap feature Kenny Hollenbeck took the single cam division victory and Jay Ingersoll won in the dual cam division.

Last Sunday's results from Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. In the Callanan Industries DIRTcar 358 modified division 35-lap feature Lance Willix earned the win over Joe Bonetti and Tucker O'Connor. In the Ted's Body Shop/ Next Generation GraphiX DIRTcar crate 602 sportsman division 30-lap feature Stephen Gray took the win ahead of Tavien Blowers and Cody Ochs. In the Yurkewecz Auto Crushers DIRTcar pro stock division 20-lap feature Steve Cosselman claimed the victory over Cousin Luke Horning and Slater Baker. In the limited sportsman

division 20-lap feature Nick Brundige scored the win over Chayton Young and Zachary Graham. In the Street Stock division 15-lap feature Jason Samrov was victorious over Matt Wells and Josh Samrov. For the Leatherstocking Credit Union DIRTcar mini stock division it was the 3rd. annual Hillman Memorial with twin 30-lap features. Kyle Lanfear won the 30- lap single cam division feature and Justin Pope won the 30-lap dual cam division feature.

In the Northeast Paving & Sealcoat slingshot division All-star division 15-lap feature Bodie Marks took the win and in the Junior division 12-lap feature Carson Hamlin scored the win. And in the Stage one modified division 20-lap feature A.J. Gearhart claimed the win over Brett Smith and Bodie Marks.

The Super DIRTcar Series was in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada at the Autodrome Drummond for the King of the North Series. on Monday for night number one. Michael Parent scored the win in the 75-lap feature over Mat Williamson and Tim Sears Jr. Local racer Jack Lehner finished 13th. Tuesday night was night number two at Autodrome Drummond and Matt Sheppard would claim the 75-lap feature victory over Tim Sears Jr. and Alex Payne. Lehner would finish 11th.

Racing lost another former driver this week with the passing of

modified chauffeur Bob Ensminger Sr.