Williamson Grabs Third Ransomville Checkered Flag Of ’22; Senek Wins Sean Letts Memorial

Story By: STEVEN PETTY / RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY – RANSOMVILLE, NY – Ransomville, NY’s Brett Senek won the Sean Letts Memorial for the Investors Service Sportsman on Performance Manufacturing, Nuttall Gear, and Atwal Eye Care Night at the Ransomville Speedway Friday night.

Mat Williamson from St. Catharines, Ontario won the Krown Undercoating Modified feature.

John Zimmerman from Varysburg, NY won his first KiPo Motors Street Stock feature of the season. Ryan Plante from Cheektowaga, NY won the Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stock feature. Aden Harris from Newfane, NY won his first Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman feature.

During intermission, the SANY New York/Burris Racing go-kart program had an exhibition that saw Aideen Rusnock and Mason Hanel take home the checkered flags. 20 karts drivers participated in the exhibition events.

The Krown Undercoating Modifieds were led to the green flag by Greg Martin and Dave Flannigan Jr, with Martin showing the way. Mat Williamson would close in on Flannigan for second place early on. Following an early race restart, Gary Lindberg would hop the cushion and would take the Sittler Racing car to the pits. Ryan Susice would move into third place and would go after the lead duo. Williamson would look underneath Martin and the two would battle for the lead. Williamson would take over the lead on lap 11 from Martin as Martin hopped the cushion in turn one. Dave Flannigan would spin in turn two to bring out the caution with 10 laps remaining. On the restart, Ryan Susice would take second away from Martin. Williamson would pull away from the field to score his third win of the season.

Tim Nies and AJ Custodi brought the Investor’s Service Sportsman to the green flag for the Sean Letts Memorial, with Brandon Close hitting the turn one wall to bring out the caution. Under the green flag, it was Custodi showing the way over Dave DiPietro and Brett Senek. Senek would close in on DiPietro for the second position and would go after Custodi for the lead. Senek would take over the lead on lap six, as both Derek Wagner and Cody McPherson worked their way into the top five. Tim Nies and Taylor Vanderzanden got together in turn four to bring out the caution on lap eight. Derek Wagner would take over second following the restart and would go after Senek for the lead. Cody McPherson would move into third place on lap 18. Wagner would close in on Senek in the latter half of the race, but Senek would hold on to score the feature win.

John Zimmerman and Pete Stefanski set the pace in the KiPo Motors Street Stock feature with Zimmerman showing the way. Josh Pangrazio would take over second, with Brandon Sherwood moving into third place early on. Following a lap four caution, Zimmerman and Pangrazio would continue to pull away from the rest of the field. Pangrazio spun, in turn, one to bring out the caution on lap nine while running in the second position. Pangrazio would be able to regain the third position following the restart and would take second away from Sherwood on lap 13. John Zimmerman would hold off Pangrazio to score the feature win.

Dave Dussault and Ian Paul were on the front row for the Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stock feature with Dussault showing the way. Ryan Plante would take second place away and would go after Dussault. Plante would take the lead away on lap four. Mike Becker’s strong run would end on the last lap as his number 7 came to a stop in turn three. Plante would go on to score the win.

Colby Adamczak and Jim Forster shared the front row for the Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman feature, with Admaczak showing the way following the single-file start. Cameron Rowlands spun, in turn, one to bring out the caution, with Luke Blose also getting collected. Jim Forster was able to take the lead away from Adamczak, with Casey Jonathan racing in third place. Colby Adamczak took the lead away after Forster suffered mechanical issues with two laps remaining. On the final lap, the duo of Adamczak and Mamo would get collected and AdenHarris was able to capitalize and was able to pick up the win.

Next Friday will be the Mackenzie Kulesza Street Stock Memorial plus a full card of racing and Autograph Night. SANY New York, Brawdy Construction, Shelby Crushed Stone, and Livingston International will be presenting the racing action. Pit gates will open at 5:00 pm with grandstands opening at 6:00 pm and racing will begin at 7:15 pm.

RACE RESULTS: SEAN LETTS MEMORIAL NIGHT/LITTLE R EXHIBITION

Krown Undercoating Modifieds: MAT WILLIAMSON, Ryan Susice, Greg Martin, Pete Bicknell, Chad Brachmann, Jonathan Reid, Rick Richner, Steve Lewis Jr, Dave Flannigan Jr, Luke Carleton, Andrew Smith, Jesse Cotriss, Gary Lindberg

Qualifying Heats: Mat Williamson, Jesse Cotriss

Investor’s Service Sportsman: BRETT SENEK, Derek Wagner, Cody McPherson, Nelson Mason, AJ Custodi, Noah Walker, Scott Kerwin, Dave DiPietro, Cameron Tuttle, Brett Martin, Jordan Moden, Brian Harris, Justin McKay, Cliff Gregg, Tim Nies, Taylor Vanderzanden, Dylan Duhow, Dave Mamo, Brandon Close

Did Not Start: Ed Cain

Qualifying Heats: Brett Senek, Tim Nies, Dave DiPietro

KiPo Motors Street Stocks: JOHN ZIMMERMAN, Josh Pangrazio, Brandon Sherwood, Ken Camidge, Pete Stefanski, Randy Zimmerman, Joey Zimmerman, Tommy Bowen

Did Not Start: Gary Camidge, Chuck Cala, Simon Bissell, Jeff Sonnenberg

Qualifying Heats: John Zimmerman, Josh Pangrazio

Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stocks: RYAN PLANTE, Cole Susice, Ian Paul, Mike Becker, Dave Dussault, Don Hermanson, Jeffrey Wynes, Pete Nigro, Brian Melcher

Did Not Start: Cody Griffin

Qualifying Heats: Ryan Plante, Dave Dussault

Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman: ADEN HARRIS, Colby Adamczak, Dillon Adamczak, Greenley George, Casey Jonathan, Abby Castile, Luke Blose, Noah Mamo, Jim Forster, Doug Walsh, Cameron Rowlands, Tyler Moore

Did Not Start: Austin Hauser

Qualifying Heats: Casey Jonathan, Noah Mamo