Pete Stefanski Wins DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Stop At Glen Ridge Motorsports Park Sunday Night

Story By: MIKE WARREN / DIRTCAR – FULTONVILLE, NY – Pete Stefanski added another milestone to his Pro Stock career Sunday at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park.

The North Tonawanda, NY driver passed Brandon Emigh with three laps to go to win his first DIRTcar Pro Stock Series event at the 1/4-mile bullring.

Veteran Pro Stock driver Kim Duell grabbed the early lead in the 30-lap Feature, thundering past Shawn Perez Jr. as the field exited Turn 2. Stefanski followed him on the inside lane, taking over second by the time Lap 1 was complete.

Duell continued his lead while defending DIRTcar Pro Stock Series champion Luke Horning drove to second before a caution came out on Lap 8 for Ken Griffin, who spun between Turn 3 and 4.

When the race resumed, contact between Horning and Duell in Turn 2 sent Duell’s No. 14 into the Turn 2 wall, bringing out the yellow again.

As a result of the contact, Horning was sent to the rear of the field.

That gave Stefanski the lead as he drove ahead of Brandon Emigh on the Lap 9 restart. The two drivers battled side-by-side for the next 12 laps before Emigh used Toby Cooper, a lap car, as a pick in Turn 2.

Stefanski lost momentum as they exited the corner, allowing Emigh to thunder underneath Stefanski and Cooper to take the lead on Lap 21.

However, a caution for Dean Charbonneau in Turn 1 on Lap 26 gave Stefanski another chance to take the lead.

It was a chance he didn’t waste. Stefanski and Emigh made contact in Turn 2, allowing Stefanski to get ahead as they battled down the backstretch on Lap 27.

From there, Stefanski held on to earn the $1,000 victory—his 28th career DIRTcar Pro Stock triumph.

“It’s just a fast racetrack and it was really smooth tonight,” Stefanski said. “You had to concentrate every lap so you didn’t run into the wall, but what a great race.”

Emigh crossed the line second. With his second podium finish of the year, the Ballston Spa, NY driver extended his points lead.

Shawn Perez Jr. finished third, earning a career-best DIRTcar Pro Stock Series finish. Devon Camenga finished fourth, and Beau Ballard rounded out the top five.

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-Pete Stefanski[3]; 2. 2E-Brandon Emigh[4]; 3. 09J-Shawn Perez Jr[1]; 4. 110-Devon Camenga[9]; 5. 15-Beau Ballard[12]; 6. 711-Rich Crane[7]; 7. 48-Jocelyn Roy[11]; 8. 25J-Chad Jeseo[5]; 9. 7-Chucky Dumblewski[20]; 10. 324-Jason Casey[14]; 11. 57-Charles Mcspirit[15]; 12. 2H-Luke Horning[8]; 13. 25-Steve Cosselman[27]; 14. 54S-Zachary Sorrentino[16]; 15. 80-Dan Krajewski[19]; 16. 9B-Slater Baker[23]; 17. 2F-Jay Fitzgerald[13]; 18. 15M-Michael Hill[21]; 19. 6P-Shane Playford[17]; 20. 58-Roxanne Roy[22]; 21. 4-Dean Charbonneau[6]; 22. 4C-Toby Cooper[24]; 23. 25Y-Ken Griffin[26]; 24. 7C-Caden Dumblewski[10]; 25. 28-Philip DeFiglio[18]; 26. 14-Kim Duell[2]; 27. 08-Doug Sheely[25]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Pete Stefanski[3]; 2. 09J-Shawn Perez Jr[1]; 3. 110-Devon Camenga[2]; 4. 7C-Caden Dumblewski[4]; 5. 2F-Jay Fitzgerald[6]; 6. 54S-Zachary Sorrentino[5]; 7. 80-Dan Krajewski[7]; 8. 58-Roxanne Roy[9]; 9. 08-Doug Sheely[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 711-Rich Crane[2]; 2. 2E-Brandon Emigh[1]; 3. 4-Dean Charbonneau[4]; 4. 48-Jocelyn Roy[3]; 5. 324-Jason Casey[5]; 6. 6P-Shane Playford[6]; 7. 7-Chucky Dumblewski[7]; 8. 9B-Slater Baker[8]; 9. 25Y-Ken Griffin[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Kim Duell[2]; 2. 2H-Luke Horning[4]; 3. 25J-Chad Jeseo[6]; 4. 15-Beau Ballard[1]; 5. 57-Charles Mcspirit[8]; 6. 28-Philip DeFiglio[5]; 7. 15M-Michael Hill[3]; 8. 4C-Toby Cooper[7]; 9. 25-Steve Cosselman[9]

Time Trials 1 (2 Laps): 1. 09J-Shawn Perez Jr, 00:15.224[2]; 2. 110-Devon Camenga, 00:15.289[9]; 3. 2-Pete Stefanski, 00:15.339[7]; 4. 7C-Caden Dumblewski, 00:15.480[8]; 5. 54S-Zachary Sorrentino, 00:15.515[5]; 6. 2F-Jay Fitzgerald, 00:15.738[1]; 7. 80-Dan Krajewski, 00:15.931[6]; 8. 08-Doug Sheely, 00:16.199[3]; 9. 58-Roxanne Roy, 00:17.304[4]

Time Trials 2 (2 Laps): 1. 2E-Brandon Emigh, 00:15.381[8]; 2. 711-Rich Crane, 00:15.439[9]; 3. 48-Jocelyn Roy, 00:15.472[2]; 4. 4-Dean Charbonneau, 00:15.483[3]; 5. 324-Jason Casey, 00:15.493[1]; 6. 6P-Shane Playford, 00:15.496[7]; 7. 7-Chucky Dumblewski, 00:15.546[4]; 8. 9B-Slater Baker, 00:15.731[6]; 9. 25Y-Ken Griffin, 00:16.130[5]

Time Trials 3 (2 Laps): 1. 15-Beau Ballard, 00:15.224[5]; 2. 14-Kim Duell, 00:15.313[2]; 3. 15M-Michael Hill, 00:15.379[1]; 4. 2H-Luke Horning, 00:15.477[4]; 5. 28-Philip DeFiglio, 00:15.515[6]; 6. 25J-Chad Jeseo, 00:15.599[9]; 7. 4C-Toby Cooper, 00:15.690[3]; 8. 57-Charles Mcspirit, 00:15.779[8]; 9. 25-Steve Cosselman, 00:15.803[7]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning, 00:15.146[21]; 2. 15-Beau Ballard, 00:15.237[22]; 3. 110-Devon Camenga, 00:15.250[9]; 4. 48-Jocelyn Roy, 00:15.335[11]; 5. 711-Rich Crane, 00:15.379[17]; 6. 2E-Brandon Emigh, 00:15.397[16]; 7. 6P-Shane Playford, 00:15.428[15]; 8. 25J-Chad Jeseo, 00:15.441; 9. 7-Chucky Dumblewski, 00:15.449[13]; 10. 54S-Zachary Sorrentino, 00:15.460[5]; 11. 15M-Michael Hill, 00:15.475[18]; 12. 9B-Slater Baker, 00:15.515[14]; 13. 80-Dan Krajewski, 00:15.536[6]; 14. 2F-Jay Fitzgerald, 00:15.543[1]; 15. 09J-Shawn Perez Jr, 00:15.565[2]; 16. 14-Kim Duell, 00:15.618[19]; 17. 2-Pete Stefanski, 00:15.705[7]; 18. 7C-Caden Dumblewski, 00:15.745[8]; 19. 4C-Toby Cooper, 00:15.790[20]; 20. 324-Jason Casey, 00:15.894[10]; 21. 25Y-Ken Griffin, 00:16.098[26]; 22. 58-Roxanne Roy, 00:16.923[4]; 23. 08-Doug Sheely, 00:17.622[3]; 24. (DNS) 4-Dean Charbonneau; 25. (DNS) 28-Philip DeFiglio; 26. (DNS) 25-Steve Cosselman; 27. (DNS) 57-Charles Mcspirit