First-Time DIRTcar 358-Modified Win For Kevin Stevens Comes Sunday Night At Glen Ridge

Story By: TOBY LAGRANGE / GLEN RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK – FULTONVILLE, NY – Prior to Sunday afternoon Callanan Industries DIRTcar 358 Modified rookie Kevin Stevens had never seen the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park.

Once the final checkered flag waved later that evening, not only had he now seen The Ridge, but added his name to the record books as a feature winner.

Stevens would bring home his first career win over early race leader Lance Willix, Brett Graham, Tucker O’Connor and Zach Welch. Heat races were won by Stevens and Willix.

The Ted’s Body Shop/Next Generation Graphix DIRTcar Sportsman division took center stage as they hosted the second leg of the DIRTcar Sportsman East Region Series. Track regular Cody Ochs brought home the win over Dylan Nichols, D.J. Robinson, Jason Gray and Brendan Gibbons. Rookie Tyler Bobar crossed the finish line in the second position however was disqualified due th.o not making weight.

Ivan Joslin picked up the win in the Yurkewecz Auto Crushers DIRTcar Pro Stock division feature event. Joslin was followed by Slater Baker, Chuck McSpirit, Luke Horning and Steve Cosselman.

Josh Coonradt picked up his first career Limited Sportsman feature event win at The Ridge in the divisions 20 lap feature event. Adam Fusco finished second with Tanner Coon third, Kirsten Swartz fourth and Tim Deffer fifth.

In other action Jason Samrov won the 15-lap Street Stock feature event while Slappy White (Dual Cam and Overall) and Stephen Walters (Single Cam) were the Leatherstocking Credit Union DIRTcar Mini Stock feature event winners. The Northeast Paving & Sealcoat All-Star and Junior Slingshots feature event wins went to Justin House (All-Star) and Lucas Cole (Junior).

The Ridge is back in action this Sunday night with the Memorial Day program and a meet and greet. All weekly divisions will be in action with racing set to start at 6pm.

DIRTcar 358 Modifieds

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 38-Kevin Stevens[1]; 2. 31-Lance Willix[2]; 3. 76-Brett Graham[3]; 4. 42-Tucker O’Connor[5]; 5. 67W-Zack Welch[4]; 6. 24-Brian Pessolano[7]; 7. 7Z-Zach Payne[6]; 8. 427-Carter Gibbons[9]; 9. 20B-Joey Bonetti[12]; 10. 117JR-CJ Castelletti[8]; 11. 50-William August[13]; 12. 92-Andrew Buff[10]; 13. 61-Dale Gray[14]; 14. (DNS) 22L-John Lutes

Heat 1 (9 Laps): 1. 38-Kevin Stevens[2]; 2. 76-Brett Graham[1]; 3. 42-Tucker O’Connor[5]; 4. 24-Brian Pessolano[7]; 5. 427-Carter Gibbons[3]; 6. 22L-John Lutes[4]; 7. 50-William August[6]

Heat 2 (9 Laps): 1. 31-Lance Willix[4]; 2. 67W-Zack Welch[1]; 3. 7Z-Zach Payne[7]; 4. 117JR-CJ Castelletti[2]; 5. 92-Andrew Buff[6]; 6. 20B-Joey Bonetti[3]; 7. 61-Dale Gray[5]

Hot Laps 1 (3 Laps): 1. 427-Carter Gibbons, 00:13.920[1]; 2. 42-Tucker O’Connor, 00:13.965[3]; 3. 92-Andrew Buff, 00:14.031[8]; 4. 76-Brett Graham, 00:14.052[2]; 5. 67W-Zack Welch, 00:14.121[4]; 6. 24-Brian Pessolano, 00:14.173[6]; 7. 117JR-CJ Castelletti, 00:14.176[13]; 8. 38-Kevin Stevens, 00:14.291[9]; 9. 22L-John Lutes, 00:14.306[5]; 10. 50-William August, 00:14.316[10]; 11. 61-Dale Gray, 00:14.359[7]; 12. 20B-Joey Bonetti, 00:14.400[12]; 13. (DNS) 31-Lance Willix

DIRTcar Sportsman East Series (40 Laps): 1. 33-Cody Ochs[1]; 2. ’01-Dylan Nichols[2]; 3. 4-Dale Robinson[11]; 4. 00-Jason Gray[7]; 5. 02-Brendan Gibbons[4]; 6. 26H-Jeremy Huntoon[8]; 7. 07-Taylor Wason[12]; 8. 15-Adam Leslie[15]; 9. 01-Zack Buff[6]; 10. 28-Dylan Eldred[14]; 11. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[13]; 12. 18-Tony Farone[10]; 13. 3-Jeff Huntington[16]; 14. 6E-CV Elms[20]; 15. (DNF) 99-Clyde Peek[21]; 16. (DNF) 25G-Stephen Gray[9]; 17. (DNF) 43-Tavien Blowers[3]; 18. (DNF) 66-Tim Churchill[18]; 19. (DNS) 12P-Connor Prokop; 20. (DNS) 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt; 21. (DQ) 12B-Tyler Bobar[5]

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Zack Buff[1]; 2. 12B-Tyler Bobar[2]; 3. 00-Jason Gray[3]; 4. 18-Tony Farone[5]; 5. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[4]; 6. 3-Jeff Huntington[6]; 7. (DNS) 12P-Connor Prokop

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Brendan Gibbons[2]; 2. ’01-Dylan Nichols[1]; 3. 26H-Jeremy Huntoon[6]; 4. 4-Dale Robinson[5]; 5. 28-Dylan Eldred[4]; 6. (DNS) 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt; 7. (DNS) 6E-CV Elms

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Tavien Blowers[1]; 2. 33-Cody Ochs[3]; 3. 25G-Stephen Gray[2]; 4. 07-Taylor Wason[5]; 5. 15-Adam Leslie[4]; 6. 66-Tim Churchill[6]; 7. 99-Clyde Peek[7]

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Time Trials Group 1 (2 Laps): 1. 01-Zack Buff, 00:14.143[7]; 2. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:14.363[1]; 3. 00-Jason Gray, 00:14.389[4]; 4. 5EJ-EJ Gallup, 00:14.678[6]; 5. 18-Tony Farone, 00:14.833[3]; 6. 3-Jeff Huntington, 00:14.995[5]; 7. (DQ) 12P-Connor Prokop, 00:14.995[2]

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Time Trials Group 2 (2 Laps): 1. ’01-Dylan Nichols, 00:14.478[7]; 2. 02-Brendan Gibbons, 00:14.500[1]; 3. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt, 00:14.555[2]; 4. 28-Dylan Eldred, 00:14.828[3]; 5. 4-Dale Robinson, 00:14.834[4]; 6. 26H-Jeremy Huntoon, 00:15.049[5]; 7. 6E-CV Elms, 00:15.358[6]

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Time Trials Group 3 (2 Laps): 1. 43-Tavien Blowers, 00:14.323[4]; 2. 25G-Stephen Gray, 00:14.406[5]; 3. 33-Cody Ochs, 00:14.483[6]; 4. 15-Adam Leslie, 00:14.573[3]; 5. 07-Taylor Wason, 00:14.639[1]; 6. 66-Tim Churchill, 00:15.016[2]; 7. 99-Clyde Peek, 00:15.250[7]

Teds Body Shop Next Generation Graphix Hot Laps (2 Laps): 1. 00-Jason Gray, 00:13.760[4]; 2. 01-Zack Buff, 00:13.881[7]; 3. 33-Cody Ochs, 00:13.926[20]; 4. 18-Tony Farone, 00:13.934[3]; 5. 02-Brendan Gibbons, 00:13.937[8]; 6. 43-Tavien Blowers, 00:13.948[18]; 7. 07-Taylor Wason, 00:14.054[15]; 8. 25G-Stephen Gray, 00:14.056[19]; 9. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt, 00:14.121[9]; 10. ’01-Dylan Nichols, 00:14.166[14]; 11. 6E-CV Elms, 00:14.229[13]; 12. 26H-Jeremy Huntoon, 00:14.278[12]; 13. 4-Dale Robinson, 00:14.280[11]; 14. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:14.283[1]; 15. 15-Adam Leslie, 00:14.294[17]; 16. 3-Jeff Huntington, 00:14.313[5]; 17. 28-Dylan Eldred, 00:14.457[10]; 18. 66-Tim Churchill, 00:14.512[16]; 19. 5EJ-EJ Gallup, 00:14.543[6]; 20. (DNS) 12P-Connor Prokop; 21. (DNS) 99-Clyde Peek

DIRTcar Pro Stock

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 49-Ivan Joslin[3]; 2. 9B-Slater Baker[5]; 3. 57-Charles Mcspirit[2]; 4. 2H-Luke Horning[1]; 5. 25-Steve Cosselman[7]; 6. 08-Doug Sheely[6]; 7. (DNF) 80-Dan Krajewski[4]; 8. (DNF) 4C-Toby Cooper[9]; 9. (DNF) 09J-Shawn Perez Jr[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning[1]; 2. 49-Ivan Joslin[4]; 3. 9B-Slater Baker[3]; 4. 25-Steve Cosselman[5]; 5. 4C-Toby Cooper[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Charles Mcspirit[1]; 2. 80-Dan Krajewski[2]; 3. 08-Doug Sheely[3]; 4. (DNS) 09J-Shawn Perez Jr

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 49-Ivan Joslin, 00:15.899[6]; 2. 25-Steve Cosselman, 00:16.413[2]; 3. 4C-Toby Cooper, 00:18.176[9]; 4. (DNS) 9B-Slater Baker; 5. (DNS) 57-Charles Mcspirit; 6. (DNS) 08-Doug Sheely; 7. (DNS) 09J-Shawn Perez Jr; 8. (DNS) 80-Dan Krajewski; 9. (DNS) 2H-Luke Horning

Street Stocks

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 24V-Jason Samrov[3]; 2. 91-Matt Mosher[2]; 3. 711-Jason Barrett[1]; 4. 24N-Josh Samrov[7]; 5. 71X-Joe Wilson[5]; 6. 39-Matt Wells[4]; 7. 71-Rob VanAernam[8]; 8. 14L-Mark Lester[6]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 24V-Jason Samrov, 00:16.377[6]; 2. 91-Matt Mosher, 00:16.562[5]; 3. 24N-Josh Samrov, 00:16.647[1]; 4. 711-Jason Barrett, 00:16.868[2]; 5. 14L-Mark Lester, 00:16.916; 6. 71X-Joe Wilson, 00:16.989[3]; 7. 39-Matt Wells, 00:17.001[4]; 8. 71-Rob VanAernam, 00:17.212[7]

Limited Sportsman

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 00X-Josh Coonradt[1]; 2. 771F-Adam Fusco[4]; 3. 92-Tanner Coon[8]; 4. 24-Kirsten Swartz[5]; 5. 19-Tim Deffer[2]; 6. 311-Zachary Graham[3]; 7. 26-Mason Gray[10]; 8. 74D-Dave VanBuren[12]; 9. 4-Zach McSpirit[11]; 10. 57-Ben Balzer[13]; 11. (DNF) 48-Chayton Young[6]; 12. (DNF) 11H-Conner Hearn[7]; 13. (DNF) 9X-Colten Emigh[9]; 14. (DNS) 2-Brandon Tyler

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 00X-Josh Coonradt[5]; 2. 311-Zachary Graham[2]; 3. 11H-Conner Hearn[3]; 4. 9X-Colten Emigh[1]; 5. (DNS) 2-Brandon Tyler; 6. (DNS) 26-Mason Gray; 7. (DNS) 74D-Dave VanBuren

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Deffer[3]; 2. 771F-Adam Fusco[1]; 3. 48-Chayton Young[2]; 4. 92-Tanner Coon[4]; 5. 4-Zach McSpirit[5]; 6. 57-Ben Balzer[7]; 7. (DNS) 24-Kirsten Swartz

Hot Laps 1 (3 Laps): 1. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:14.253[10]; 2. 771F-Adam Fusco, 00:14.528[3]; 3. 311-Zachary Graham, 00:14.549[4]; 4. 19-Tim Deffer, 00:14.654[7]; 5. 24-Kirsten Swartz, 00:14.718[9]; 6. 92-Tanner Coon, 00:14.796[2]; 7. 26-Mason Gray, 00:14.837[13]; 8. 48-Chayton Young, 00:14.973[12]; 9. 11H-Conner Hearn, 00:15.514[5]; 10. 4-Zach McSpirit, 00:15.972; 11. 57-Ben Balzer, 00:17.192[8]; 12. (DNS) 2-Brandon Tyler; 13. (DNS) 74D-Dave VanBuren; 14. (DNS) 9X-Colten Emigh

Dirtcar Mini StocksAll Star Slingshots

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 33Z-Justin House[1]; 2. 5A-Robbie Albreada[6]; 3. 33M-Bodie Marks[8]; 4. 15-Brayden Ketchum[9]; 5. 57-TJ Hughes[10]; 6. 17V-Dave Viall[3]; 7. 21-James Hatch[7]; 8. 6B-Brett Putnam[4]; 9. 68-Braxton Dembek[2]; 10. 22A-AJ Albreada[5]; 11. 10-Scott Sprague[11]; 12. 21C-Logan Carter[12]; 13. (DNS) 88-Chris Darrow

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 33Z-Justin House[2]; 2. 17V-Dave Viall[5]; 3. 22A-AJ Albreada[3]; 4. 21-James Hatch[4]; 5. 15-Brayden Ketchum[6]; 6. 10-Scott Sprague[1]; 7. (DNF) 88-Chris Darrow[7]

Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. 68-Braxton Dembek[2]; 2. 6B-Brett Putnam[6]; 3. 5A-Robbie Albreada[3]; 4. 33M-Bodie Marks[4]; 5. 57-TJ Hughes[5]; 6. 21C-Logan Carter[1]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 33M-Bodie Marks, 00:15.650[4]; 2. 6B-Brett Putnam, 00:15.738[8]; 3. 22A-AJ Albreada, 00:15.761[6]; 4. 5A-Robbie Albreada, 00:15.799[7]; 5. 68-Braxton Dembek, 00:15.812[9]; 6. 33Z-Justin House, 00:15.865[1]; 7. 15-Brayden Ketchum, 00:15.982[5]; 8. 57-TJ Hughes, 00:16.010[11]; 9. 21-James Hatch, 00:16.135[10]; 10. 21C-Logan Carter, 00:16.757[3]; 11. (DNS) 17V-Dave Viall; 12. (DNS) 10-Scott Sprague; 13. (DNS) 88-Chris Darrow

Junior Slingshots

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4-Lucas Cole[1]; 2. 33T-Preston Trautschold[3]; 3. 50-EJ Hatch[4]; 4. 25-Alex Cosselman[2]; 5. 100-Carson Hamlin[12]; 6. 00-Harlan Heroth[7]; 7. 12C-Colton White[6]; 8. 99-Ayna Sarpriacone[11]; 9. 55-Molly Hatch[8]; 10. 630-Tavin Wingard[9]; 11. (DNF) 12-Aiden Wingard[5]; 12. (DNF) 321-Dakota Hart[10]

Heat 1 (4 Laps): 1. 4-Lucas Cole[1]; 2. 33T-Preston Trautschold[6]; 3. 12-Aiden Wingard[3]; 4. 00-Harlan Heroth[4]; 5. 630-Tavin Wingard[2]; 6. 99-Ayna Sarpriacone[5]

Heat 2 (4 Laps): 1. 25-Alex Cosselman[1]; 2. 50-EJ Hatch[5]; 3. 12C-Colton White[2]; 4. 55-Molly Hatch[3]; 5. 321-Dakota Hart[6]; 6. 100-Carson Hamlin[4]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 4-Lucas Cole, 00:16.463[7]; 2. 100-Carson Hamlin, 00:16.496[6]; 3. 25-Alex Cosselman, 00:16.562[10]; 4. 50-EJ Hatch, 00:16.566[3]; 5. 321-Dakota Hart, 00:16.792[8]; 6. 33T-Preston Trautschold, 00:16.793[2]; 7. 12-Aiden Wingard, 00:16.890[4]; 8. 55-Molly Hatch, 00:16.894[9]; 9. 00-Harlan Heroth, 00:17.099[11]; 10. 99-Ayna Sarpriacone, 00:17.108[5]; 11. 12C-Colton White, 00:17.134[1]; 12. 630-Tavin Wingard, 00:17.425[12]

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 43D-Slappy White[8]; 2. 3D-John Napoli[11]; 3. 509S-Stephen Walters[2]; 4. 77S-Jamie Warner[3]; 5. 19D-Brian Blanck[1]; 6. 126D-Nichole Decker[6]; 7. K1-William Liberatore[4]; 8. 98S-Stephanie Maille[15]; 9. (DNF) 83D-Cole Lawton[5]; 10. (DNF) 93S-Pat McSpirit[13]; 11. (DNF) 39D-Nicholas Bunn[9]; 12. (DNF) 29D-Howard Marlitt[10]; 13. (DNS) 44D-Ulysses Taylor JR; 14. (DNS) 11D-Jordan Ryder; 15. (DNS) 212S-TJ Marlitt

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 39D-Nicholas Bunn, 00:16.865[7]; 2. 43D-Slappy White, 00:17.486[13]; 3. 19D-Brian Blanck, 00:17.834[1]; 4. 98S-Stephanie Maille, 00:20.604[14]; 5. (DNS) 509S-Stephen Walters; 6. (DNS) 3D-John Napoli; 7. (DNS) 44D-Ulysses Taylor JR; 8. (DNS) 83D-Cole Lawton; 9. (DNS) 29D-Howard Marlitt; 10. (DNS) 126D-Nichole Decker; 11. (DNS) 77S-Jamie Warner; 12. (DNS) 11D-Jordan Ryder; 13. (DNS) 93S-Pat McSpirit; 14. (DNS) 212S-TJ Marlitt