Brian Calabrese Takes DIRTcar 358-Modified Win Sunday Night At Glen Ridge Motorsports Park

Story By: TOBY LAGRANGE / GLEN RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK – FULTONVILLE, NY – Brian Calabrese came into Sunday nights racing action at the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park looking for that first career DIRTcar 358 Modified feature event win and when all was said and done, the Johnstown driver did exactly what he was looking to do.

Calabrese won the Callanan Industries DIRTcar 358 Modified 35 lap feature event Sunday night. Calabrese was followed across the finish line by Tucker O’Connor, Brian Pessolano, Joey Bonetti and Garrett Poland.

Cody Ochs brought home the win in the Ted’s Body Shop/Next Generation Graphics DIRTcar Sportsman division 30 lap feature event. Ochs dominated the event and would cross the finish line ahead of Taylor Wason, Kaden Hohensheldt, Tyler Bobar and Tavien Blowers.

Chuck McSpirit won the 20 lap Yurkewecz Auto Crushers DIRTcar Pro Stock feature event. McSpirit took the checkered flag ahead of Luke Horning, Slater Baker, Dean Charbonneau and Dan Krajewski.

Zach Graham was victorious in the 20-lap Limited Sportsman feature event. Graham took the lead early on and led to the finish over Tim Deffer, Owen Lewis, Chayton Young and Jason Palombo.

In other action, Jason Samrov won the 15-lap Street Stock feature event while the Northeast Paving & Sealcoat Slingshot feature events were won by A.J. Albreada (All-Star) and Lucas Cole (Junior). The Leatherstocking Credit Union DIRTcar Mini Stock feature event was won by Jordan Ryder.

The Glen Ridge Motorsports Park will be back in action this Sunday night with the first of two visits by the DIRTcar Pro Stock Series. The Tobias Slingshot Super Nationals Series will be in town as well on FASNY night. The GRMP Kids Club will also be holding their annual bicycle giveaway. Racing will begin at 6pm.

DIRTcar 358 Modifieds

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese[2]; 2. 42-Tucker O’Connor[1]; 3. 24-Brian Pessolano[6]; 4. 20B-Joey Bonetti[4]; 5. 17G-Garrett Poland[5]; 6. 427-Carter Gibbons[8]; 7. 50-William August[3]; 8. 215-Adam Pierson[7]; 9. 9J-Jim Becker[10]; 10. 76-Brett Graham[11]; 11. 18-Tony Farone[9]; 12. 61-Dale Gray[12]; 13. 22L-John Lutes[14]; 14. (DNF) 228-Kerry Graham[13]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 42-Tucker O’Connor[2]; 2. 50-William August[4]; 3. 17G-Garrett Poland[3]; 4. 215-Adam Pierson[1]; 5. 18-Tony Farone[5]; 6. 76-Brett Graham[7]; 7. 228-Kerry Graham[6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese[1]; 2. 20B-Joey Bonetti[2]; 3. 24-Brian Pessolano[4]; 4. 427-Carter Gibbons[5]; 5. 9J-Jim Becker[3]; 6. 61-Dale Gray[6]; 7. 22L-John Lutes[7]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:14.453[2]; 2. 427-Carter Gibbons, 00:14.456[10]; 3. 22L-John Lutes, 00:14.599[14]; 4. 17G-Garrett Poland, 00:14.665[5]; 5. 24-Brian Pessolano, 00:14.667[8]; 6. 42-Tucker O’Connor, 00:14.735[3]; 7. 9J-Jim Becker, 00:14.740[6]; 8. 50-William August, 00:14.790[7]; 9. 61-Dale Gray, 00:14.944[12]; 10. 20B-Joey Bonetti, 00:14.956[4]; 11. 18-Tony Farone, 00:14.966[9]; 12. 76-Brett Graham, 00:15.137[13]; 13. (DNS) 215-Adam Pierson; 14. (DNS) 228-Kerry Graham

DIRTcar Sportsman

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 33-Cody Ochs[1]; 2. 07-Taylor Wason[4]; 3. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt[3]; 4. 12B-Tyler Bobar[5]; 5. 43-Tavien Blowers[2]; 6. 11-Dan Ferguson[9]; 7. 01-Zach Buff[6]; 8. 21J-Justin Liechti[12]; 9. (DNF) 19B-Floyd Billington[7]; 10. (DNF) 2-Taylor Doxtater[8]; 11. (DNF) ’01-Dylan Nichols[10]; 12. (DNF) 25G-Stephen Gray[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Taylor Doxtater[2]; 2. 07-Taylor Wason[4]; 3. 19B-Floyd Billington[1]; 4. 33-Cody Ochs[3]; 5. 11-Dan Ferguson[5]; 6. (DNF) 25G-Stephen Gray[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Zach Buff[1]; 2. 43-Tavien Blowers[3]; 3. 12B-Tyler Bobar[2]; 4. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt[4]; 5. ’01-Dylan Nichols[5]; 6. 21J-Justin Liechti[6]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 33-Cody Ochs, 00:13.706[5]; 2. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:14.001[4]; 3. 07-Taylor Wason, 00:14.110[7]; 4. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt, 00:14.160[8]; 5. 43-Tavien Blowers, 00:14.196[6]; 6. 01-Zach Buff, 00:14.270[2]; 7. 11-Dan Ferguson, 00:14.271[9]; 8. 19B-Floyd Billington, 00:14.460[1]; 9. 21J-Justin Liechti, 00:14.673; 10. (DNF) 2-Taylor Doxtater[3]; 11. (DNF) ’01-Dylan Nichols, 00:14.806[10]; 12. (DNF) 25G-Stephen Gray, 00:14.924[11]

DIRTcar Pro Stock

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 57-Charles Mcspirit[2]; 2. 2H-Luke Horning[6]; 3. 9B-Slater Baker[3]; 4. 4-Dean Charbonneau[8]; 5. 80-Dan Krajewski[5]; 6. 25-Steve Cosselman[1]; 7. (DNF) 99-Michael Gasner[7]; 8. (DNS) 4C-Toby Cooper

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9B-Slater Baker[2]; 2. 25-Steve Cosselman[1]; 3. 99-Michael Gasner[4]; 4. 80-Dan Krajewski[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Charles Mcspirit[1]; 2. 2H-Luke Horning[3]; 3. 4-Dean Charbonneau[4]; 4. 4C-Toby Cooper[2]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 9B-Slater Baker, 00:16.122[5]; 2. 80-Dan Krajewski, 00:16.171[8]; 3. 4-Dean Charbonneau, 00:16.284[3]; 4. 99-Michael Gasner, 00:16.392[4]; 5. 25-Steve Cosselman, 00:16.692[7]; 6. 4C-Toby Cooper, 00:17.058[6]; 7. (DNS) 57-Charles Mcspirit; 8. (DNS) 2H-Luke Horning

Limited Sportsman

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 311-Zachary Graham[2]; 2. 19-Tim Deffer[8]; 3. 19L-Owen Lewis[7]; 4. 48-Chayton Young[3]; 5. 43-Jason Palombo[10]; 6. 26-Mason Gray[4]; 7. 2-Mike Block[5]; 8. 4-Zach (SUB) McSpirit[1]; 9. (DNF) 916-Nick Brundige[6]; 10. (DNF) 27M-Brock Mattice[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 48-Chayton Young[2]; 2. 4-Zach (SUB) McSpirit[1]; 3. 19L-Owen Lewis[4]; 4. 2-Mike Block[3]; 5. 27M-Brock Mattice[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Mason Gray[2]; 2. 916-Nick Brundige[3]; 3. 311-Zachary Graham[1]; 4. 19-Tim Deffer[4]; 5. 43-Jason Palombo[5]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 916-Nick Brundige, 00:14.615[6]; 2. 311-Zachary Graham, 00:14.851[3]; 3. 26-Mason Gray, 00:15.007[10]; 4. 19-Tim Deffer, 00:15.070[5]; 5. 43-Jason Palombo, 00:15.083[7]; 6. 2-Mike Block, 00:15.111[2]; 7. 48-Chayton Young, 00:15.152[1]; 8. 27M-Brock Mattice, 00:15.501[8]; 9. 19L-Owen Lewis, 00:16.558[9]; 10. (DNS) 4-Zach (SUB) McSpirit

Dirtcar Mini Stocks

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 11D-Jordan Ryder[15]; 2. 77S-Jamie Warner[8]; 3. 66S-Daniel Joubert[14]; 4. 129D-Josh Reome[4]; 5. 509S-Stephen Walters[12]; 6. 37D-Billy Hillman[7]; 7. 126D-Nichole Decker[3]; 8. 29D-Howard Marlitt[11]; 9. 47XD-Caden Blondin[13]; 10. 47D-Tyler White[5]; 11. 777S-Chris Hemstreet[1]; 12. 98S-Stephanie Maille[10]; 13. 39D-Nicholas Bunn[2]; 14. 93S-Pat McSpirit[6]; 15. (DQ) 48D-Anthony Tarantino[9]

Street Stocks

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 24V-Jason Samrov[3]; 2. 91-Matt Mosher[4]; 3. 14L-Mark Lester[5]; 4. 24N-Josh Samrov[2]; 5. 39-Matt Wells[1]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 24N-Josh Samrov, 00:16.508[1]; 2. 14L-Mark Lester, 00:16.582[4]; 3. 24V-Jason Samrov, 00:16.762[5]; 4. 91-Matt Mosher, 00:16.903[3]; 5. 39-Matt Wells, 00:17.612[2]

All Star Slingshots

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 22A-AJ Albreada[8]; 2. 68-Braxton Dembek[5]; 3. 21C-Logan Carter[1]; 4. 33M-Bodie Marks[6]; 5. 15-Brayden Ketchum[9]; 6. 21-James Hatch[4]; 7. (DNF) 17V-Dave Viall[3]; 8. (DNF) 22H-TJ Hughes[7]; 9. (DNF) 6H-Shawn Hemstreet[10]; 10. (DNF) 10-Scott Sprague[2]

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 17V-Dave Viall[2]; 2. 22A-AJ Albreada[5]; 3. 21C-Logan Carter[1]; 4. 33M-Bodie Marks[4]; 5. 15-Brayden Ketchum[3]

Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. 21-James Hatch[2]; 2. 22H-TJ Hughes[4]; 3. 68-Braxton Dembek[3]; 4. 10-Scott Sprague[1]; 5. 6H-Shawn Hemstreet[5]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 22H-TJ Hughes, 00:15.572[6]; 2. 33M-Bodie Marks, 00:15.743[2]; 3. 68-Braxton Dembek, 00:15.940[1]; 4. 21C-Logan Carter, 00:16.016[3]; 5. 21-James Hatch, 00:16.298[8]; 6. 17V-Dave Viall, 00:16.326[10]; 7. 15-Brayden Ketchum, 00:16.482[7]; 8. (DNS) 6H-Shawn Hemstreet; 9. (DNS) 10-Scott Sprague; 10. (DNS) 22A-AJ Albreada

Junior Slingshots

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 4-Lucas Cole[4]; 2. 100-Carson Hamlin[6]; 3. 99-Ayna Sarpriacone[2]; 4. 00-Harlan Heroth[7]; 5. 50-EJ Hatch[8]; 6. 25-Alex Cosselman[3]; 7. 55-Molly Hatch[9]; 8. 12C-Colton White[1]; 9. (DNS) 20-Preston Trautschold

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

Heat 2 (4 Laps): 1. 4-Lucas Cole[2]; 2. 20-Preston Trautschold[3]; 3. 99-Ayna Sarpriacone[1]; 4. 00-Harlan Heroth[4]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 50-EJ Hatch, 00:16.448[4]; 2. 100-Carson Hamlin, 00:16.493[1]; 3. 20-Preston Trautschold, 00:16.539[8]; 4. 25-Alex Cosselman, 00:16.543[9]; 5. 00-Harlan Heroth, 00:16.555[5]; 6. 4-Lucas Cole, 00:16.565[3]; 7. 55-Molly Hatch, 00:16.975[6]; 8. 99-Ayna Sarpriacone, 00:16.996[2]; 9. 12C-Colton White, 00:17.062[7]