Jim Normoyle Bookends Amazing Weekend At Utica-Rome With Second Pro Stock Win In Three Days

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY – VERNON, NY – In support division action to the Short Track Super Series Sunday night at Utica-Rome Speedway, Jim Normoyle won his second consecutive Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks feature, leading all 20-laps for the $1,250 victory thanks to a purse boost courtesy of Travis and Ashley Welch.

After snapping a seven-plus year winless drought, Normoyle capped off the Utica-Rome Speedway season with two straight wins.

2023 Pro Stock champion Bret Belden came home second and West Winfield, N.Y.’s Kenny Gates rounded out the podium.

Johnny Feagles won the extra distance Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman race, taking home the $750 payday, which was also increased courtesy of Travis and Ashley Welch.

Feagles took the lead on an early race restart and sailed away with the top spot. Zack Welch and Connor Prokop, who started last, rounded out the top three.

Dan Slosek topped the Senior Services Inc. All-Star Slingshot feature and Chase Spoor got his second Junior Slingshot win of the season.

Utica-Rome Speedway concludes its season this Friday, Sept. 8 with the continuation of the August 4 program. Features will be run for the 3 Bastards Brewing Modifieds, Worthington Industries Crate 602 Sportsman, Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman, and the Empire 360 Super Sprints.

The Senior Services Inc. All-Star Slingshots, Junior Slingshots, and the Winged Champ Racing Series will all join the program on the inner oval.

Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 74N-Jim Normoyle[2]; 2. 81-Bret Belden[3]; 3. 35-Ken Gates[6]; 4. 715-Jason Morrison[4]; 5. 49-Ivan Joslin[8]; 6. 14KK-Hunter Keith[1]; 7. 13-George Cushman[12]; 8. 5C-Randy Cosselman[9]; 9. 28G-Gus Gould[10]; 10. 28H-Johnny Holmes[5]; 11. 15K-Mike Kazluaskas[15]; 12. 63-Matt Rose[13]; 13. 9-Mike Keith[14]; 14. 101-Ed Kotary[11]; 15. 22W-AJ Walters[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Bret Belden[2]; 2. 49-Ivan Joslin[1]; 3. 35-Ken Gates[3]; 4. 715-Jason Morrison[6]; 5. 5C-Randy Cosselman[7]; 6. 101-Ed Kotary[4]; 7. 63-Matt Rose[5]; 8. 15K-Mike Kazluaskas[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22W-AJ Walters[4]; 2. 74N-Jim Normoyle[6]; 3. 28H-Johnny Holmes[1]; 4. 14KK-Hunter Keith[2]; 5. 28G-Gus Gould[3]; 6. 13-George Cushman[5]; 7. 9-Mike Keith[7]

Hot Laps: 1. 22W-AJ Walters, 00:24.850[14]; 2. 5C-Randy Cosselman, 00:25.226[2]; 3. 49-Ivan Joslin, 00:26.506[7]; 4. 28H-Johnny Holmes, 00:27.502[6]; 5. 63-Matt Rose, 00:28.353[13]; 6. (DNS) 81-Bret Belden; 7. (DNS) 13-George Cushman; 8. (DNS) 35-Ken Gates; 9. (DNS) 28G-Gus Gould; 10. (DNS) 14KK-Hunter Keith; 11. (DNS) 9-Mike Keith; 12. (DNS) 101-Ed Kotary; 13. (DNS) 715-Jason Morrison; 14. (DNS) 74N-Jim Normoyle

Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 55-Jonny Feagles[1]; 2. 67W-Zack Welch[8]; 3. 12P-Connor Prokop[18]; 4. 711-Nick Ventura[6]; 5. 00X-Josh Coonradt[11]; 6. 11-Nick Zielinski[12]; 7. 24N-Bobby Newman[2]; 8. 12B-Tyler Bobar[17]; 9. 5-Eymarah Bowman[7]; 10. 00-Dennis Wischman[16]; 11. 10-Andrew MacFadden[9]; 12. 11B-Jeff Bobilin[14]; 13. 44T-Hunter Tarbania[3]; 14. 26B-Maddy Broedel[13]; 15. 55K-Kolton Weiler[4]; 16. 08-Dalton Doyle[5]; 17. 22L-Lance Hill[10]; 18. (DQ) 31K-Kennedy Payne[15]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 55K-Kolton Weiler[1]; 2. 08-Dalton Doyle[4]; 3. 44T-Hunter Tarbania[7]; 4. 5-Eymarah Bowman[6]; 5. 10-Andrew MacFadden[8]; 6. 00X-Josh Coonradt[9]; 7. 26B-Maddy Broedel[3]; 8. 31K-Kennedy Payne[2]; 9. 12B-Tyler Bobar[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 55-Jonny Feagles[1]; 2. 67W-Zack Welch[6]; 3. 711-Nick Ventura[2]; 4. 24N-Bobby Newman[4]; 5. 22L-Lance Hill[5]; 6. 11-Nick Zielinski[8]; 7. 11B-Jeff Bobilin[3]; 8. 00-Dennis Wischman[9]; 9. 12P-Connor Prokop[7]

Hot Laps: 1. 11-Nick Zielinski, 00:20.788[17]; 2. 22L-Lance Hill, 00:20.878[8]; 3. 711-Nick Ventura, 00:21.165[14]; 4. 31K-Kennedy Payne, 00:21.202[11]; 5. 08-Dalton Doyle, 00:21.352[6]; 6. 10-Andrew MacFadden, 00:21.578[9]; 7. 12P-Connor Prokop, 00:21.640[12]; 8. 26B-Maddy Broedel, 00:22.034[4]; 9. 5-Eymarah Bowman, 00:22.211[3]; 10. 55K-Kolton Weiler, 00:22.495[15]; 11. 44T-Hunter Tarbania, 00:22.613[13]; 12. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:22.662[5]; 13. 55-Jonny Feagles, 00:22.794[7]; 14. 11B-Jeff Bobilin, 00:22.805[2]; 15. 24N-Bobby Newman, 00:46.704[10]; 16. (DNS) 12B-Tyler Bobar; 17. (DNS) 67W-Zack Welch

Senior Services Inc. All Star Slingshots

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 28S-Dan Slosek[1]; 2. 115-Paul Holic[2]; 3. 56-Ayden Goodier[4]; 4. 7J-Nicholas Jenkins[5]; 5. 42-Kevin Loveless[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28S-Dan Slosek[1]; 2. 115-Paul Holic[5]; 3. 42-Kevin Loveless[2]; 4. 56-Ayden Goodier[4]; 5. 7J-Nicholas Jenkins[3]

Junior Slingshots

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 41S-Chase Spoor[3]; 2. 10-Trevor Houghton[2]; 3. 43J-Jayden Wust[1]; 4. 20-Preston Trautschold[7]; 5. 11J-Jakoby Thompson[5]; 6. 27-Blake Banek[6]; 7. 33X-Brody Janczuk[4]; 8. 9-Addisyn Roger[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 43J-Jayden Wust[4]; 2. 10-Trevor Houghton[7]; 3. 41S-Chase Spoor[3]; 4. 33X-Brody Janczuk[1]; 5. 11J-Jakoby Thompson[5]; 6. 27-Blake Banek[6]; 7. 20-Preston Trautschold[2]; 8. 9-Addisyn Roger[8]

Hot Laps: 1. 43J-Jayden Wust, 00:13.640[8]; 2. 10-Trevor Houghton, 00:13.854[2]; 3. 41S-Chase Spoor, 00:13.948[5]; 4. 33X-Brody Janczuk, 00:14.448[3]; 5. 11J-Jakoby Thompson, 00:14.358[6]; 6. 27-Blake Banek, 00:14.134[1]; 7. 20-Preston Trautschold, 00:14.258[7]; 8. 9-Addisyn Roger[4]