RPW Exclusive: Talbot Tops Short Track Super Series Sportsman Field At Fonda; Stalker Wins Street Stocks

Column By: MIKE TRAVERSE / RPW – FONDA, NY – Payton Talbot spent the first half of the Short Track Super Series’ Sportsman feature Wednesday evening at Fonda Speedway chasing Brian Calabrese.

However, the defending track champion and current point leader reeled in Calabrese, taking the lead on lap 11.  From there, it was all Talbot’s race as he went on to take the $2,000 victory.

“This was a crazy race. I knew it was going to be tough. This car is just amazing,” Talbot said in Victory Lane. “I can’t thank Andy Belmont enough, this thing is a rocket ship.”

The win was worth $2,000 to Talbot and it was his 7th STSS Sportsman win, one behind Tim Hartman Jr. who has 8.

Calabrese finished 2nd, Chad Edwards 3rd, Ricky Quick 4th and Brendan Gibbons 5th. Rounding out the top 10 were Dylan Madsen 6th, Brett Mortensen 7th, Butchie Irwin 8th, Tanner Warner 9th and Tyler Peet 10th.

Chris Stalker led early and then extremely late in the 20-lap Street Stock feature.

However, it was unfortunate circumstances for another competitor that ultimately saw him take the victory.

After Stalker and Adam Tranka raced side-by-side early on, Tranka was out in front and looked to be a sure winner until the final corner of the last lap.

Tranka’s car slowed high in the 4th turn and came to a stop which saw Stalker get a win he might not have expected.

“At that point, I was ready for 2nd. He was definitely out powering me,” Stalker said. “I don’t wish bad on anybody, but that was the best feeling in the world.”

Jason Samrov finished 2nd, Andrew Fitzgerald 3rd, Josh Samrov 4th and Slater Baker 5th.

Sportsman

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 14T-Payton Talbot[4]; 2. 21C-Brian Calabrese[1]; 3. 10%-Chad Edwards[2]; 4. 84-Ricky Quick[3]; 5. B24-Brendan Gibbons[8]; 6. 89-Dylan Madsen[11]; 7. 1B-Brett Mortensen[5]; 8. 117N-Butchie Irwin[14]; 9. 78-Tanner Warner[16]; 10. 12T-Tyler Peet[18]; 11. 96-Michael McCallion[9]; 12. 82H-David Hackett[19]; 13. 31J-John Dumond[17]; 14. 12P-Connor Prokop[20]; 15. 9K-Blaine Klinger[24]; 16. 03-Joshua Jock[25]; 17. 00X-Josh Coonradt[23]; 18. 123-Dale Welty[26]; 19. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell[13]; 20. 63-Chip Constantino[6]; 21. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt[10]; 22. 38SP-Jared LaBagh[7]; 23. 25-Stephen Gray[22]; 24. 7J-Dan Santabarbara[21]; 25. 1M-Mark Mortensen[27]; 26. 314-Clayton Dumond[12]; 27. 27-Michael Ballestero[15]

Consolation #1 (8 Laps): 1. 7J-Dan Santabarbara[1]; 2. 00X-Josh Coonradt[2]; 3. 797-Corky Warner[5]; 4. 44-Gordon Smith[7]; 5. 03-Joshua Jock[9]; 6. 8-Josh Kane[11]; 7. 14M-Seth Martin[8]; 8. 99-Clyde Peek[6]; 9. 6M-Pat Mann[12]; 10. 11-Josh Persse[10]; 11. 43-Tavien Blowers[4]; 12. (DNS) 12B-Tyler Bobar

Consolation #2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Stephen Gray[1]; 2. 9K-Blaine Klinger[3]; 3. 74-Matt Perry[2]; 4. 123-Dale Welty[11]; 5. 12-George Schweigart[12]; 6. 2K-Michael Kalkbrenner[7]; 7. 88W-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald[4]; 8. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt[6]; 9. 52-Ron Proctor[8]; 10. 1M-Mark Mortensen[5]; 11. (DNS) 1H-Harry Shaffer; 12. (DNS) 24S-Kirsten Swartz

Heat #1 (8 Laps): 1. 10%-Chad Edwards[1]; 2. 21C-Brian Calabrese[3]; 3. 1B-Brett Mortensen[2]; 4. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell[7]; 5. 31J-John Dumond[6]; 6. 7J-Dan Santabarbara[5]; 7. 12B-Tyler Bobar[8]; 8. 797-Corky Warner[10]; 9. 44-Gordon Smith[9]; 10. 03-Joshua Jock[11]; 11. (DNS) 8-Josh Kane

Heat #2 (8 Laps): 1. B24-Brendan Gibbons[1]; 2. 38SP-Jared LaBagh[2]; 3. 89-Dylan Madsen[3]; 4. 117N-Butchie Irwin[6]; 5. 12T-Tyler Peet[11]; 6. 25-Stephen Gray[5]; 7. 9K-Blaine Klinger[7]; 8. 1M-Mark Mortensen[4]; 9. 2K-Michael Kalkbrenner[9]; 10. 1H-Harry Shaffer[10]; 11. 123-Dale Welty[8]

Heat #3 (8 Laps): 1. 314-Clayton Dumond[2]; 2. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt[1]; 3. 14T-Payton Talbot[3]; 4. 27-Michael Ballestero[4]; 5. 82H-David Hackett[7]; 6. 00X-Josh Coonradt[5]; 7. 43-Tavien Blowers[6]; 8. 99-Clyde Peek[9]; 9. 14M-Seth Martin[8]; 10. 11-Josh Persse[11]; 11. 6M-Pat Mann[10]

Heat #4 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Ricky Quick[1]; 2. 63-Chip Constantino[3]; 3. 96-Michael McCallion[2]; 4. 78-Tanner Warner[4]; 5. 12P-Connor Prokop[5]; 6. 74-Matt Perry[7]; 7. 88W-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald[8]; 8. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt[6]; 9. 52-Ron Proctor[11]; 10. 24S-Kirsten Swartz[10]; 11. 12-George Schweigart[9]

Penske Racing Shocks Hot Lap Group 1: 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:19.502[9]; 2. 1B-Brett Mortensen, 00:19.756[1]; 3. 10%-Chad Edwards, 00:19.954[8]; 4. 8-Josh Kane, 00:20.080[10]; 5. 7J-Dan Santabarbara, 00:20.099[2]; 6. 31J-John Dumond, 00:20.185[3]; 7. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell, 00:20.200[4]; 8. 12B-Tyler Bobar, 00:20.228[5]; 9. 44-Gordon Smith, 00:20.341[6]; 10. 797-Corky Warner, 00:20.597[11]; 11. 03-Joshua Jock, 00:20.641[7]

Penske Racing Shocks Hot Lap Group 2: 1. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:19.719[6]; 2. 38SP-Jared LaBagh, 00:19.905[2]; 3. B24-Brendan Gibbons, 00:19.986[9]; 4. 1M-Mark Mortensen, 00:20.000[8]; 5. 25-Stephen Gray, 00:20.035[1]; 6. 117N-Butchie Irwin, 00:20.094[4]; 7. 9K-Blaine Klinger, 00:20.193[3]; 8. 123-Dale Welty, 00:20.261[7]; 9. 2K-Michael Kalkbrenner, 00:20.759[10]; 10. 1H-Harry Shaffer, 00:20.930[5]; 11. (DNS) 12T-Tyler Peet, 00:01.111

Penske Racing Shocks Hot Lap Group 3: 1. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:19.720[5]; 2. 314-Clayton Dumond, 00:19.847[2]; 3. 42H-Kadon Hohensheldt, 00:19.887[7]; 4. 27-Michael Ballestero, 00:19.975[4]; 5. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:20.030[6]; 6. 43-Tavien Blowers, 00:20.143[3]; 7. 82H-David Hackett, 00:20.196[1]; 8. 14M-Seth Martin, 00:20.859[8]; 9. 99-Clyde Peek, 00:21.133[11]; 10. 6M-Pat Mann, 00:22.193[10]; 11. 11-Josh Persse, 00:22.228[9]

Penske Racing Shocks Hot Lap Group 4: 1. 63-Chip Constantino, 00:19.987[3]; 2. 96-Michael McCallion, 00:20.068[10]; 3. 84-Ricky Quick, 00:20.075[4]; 4. 78-Tanner Warner, 00:20.134[7]; 5. 12P-Connor Prokop, 00:20.157[9]; 6. 618-Bobby Rhinehardt, 00:20.314[1]; 7. 74-Matt Perry, 00:20.376[8]; 8. 88W-Michael Wagner Fitzgerald, 00:20.393[11]; 9. 12-George Schweigart, 00:20.658[5]; 10. 24S-Kirsten Swartz, 00:20.712[6]; 11. 52-Ron Proctor, 00:20.951[2]

Street Stocks

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 177-Chris Stalker[1]; 2. 24V-Jason Samrov[7]; 3. 5VT-Andrew Fitzgerald[9]; 4. 24N-Josh Samrov[11]; 5. 17-Slater Baker[10]; 6. 71-Rob VanAernam[12]; 7. 24M-Dan Madigan[3]; 8. 54T-Adam Tranka[2]; 9. 711-Jason Barrett[14]; 10. 77-James Dellea[5]; 11. 08-Lou Gancarz[13]; 12. 72-Ray Pierre Jr[15]; 13. 7-Chris Murray[4]; 14. 54-Wayne Russell Jr[16]; 15. 91-Matt Mosher[6]; 16. 39-Matt Wells[8]; 17. (DNS) 44-Malcolm Warner; 18. (DNS) 89-Mike Duggan

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 177-Chris Stalker[6]; 2. 24M-Dan Madigan[4]; 3. 77-James Dellea[2]; 4. 24V-Jason Samrov[9]; 5. 5VT-Andrew Fitzgerald[7]; 6. 24N-Josh Samrov[5]; 7. 08-Lou Gancarz[8]; 8. 72-Ray Pierre Jr[3]; 9. 44-Malcolm Warner[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 54T-Adam Tranka[9]; 2. 7-Chris Murray[6]; 3. 91-Matt Mosher[7]; 4. 39-Matt Wells[3]; 5. 17-Slater Baker[4]; 6. 71-Rob VanAernam[5]; 7. 711-Jason Barrett[1]; 8. 54-Wayne Russell Jr[8]; 9. 89-Mike Duggan[2]

Hot Laps: 1. 5VT-Andrew Fitzgerald, 00:24.110[13]; 2. 54T-Adam Tranka, 00:24.289[18]; 3. 177-Chris Stalker, 00:24.302[11]; 4. 91-Matt Mosher, 00:24.638[14]; 5. 24V-Jason Samrov, 00:24.917[17]; 6. 17-Slater Baker, 00:25.090[8]; 7. 24N-Josh Samrov, 00:25.131[9]; 8. 7-Chris Murray, 00:25.213[12]; 9. 44-Malcolm Warner, 00:25.487[1]; 10. 39-Matt Wells, 00:25.582[6]; 11. 54-Wayne Russell Jr, 00:25.673[16]; 12. 08-Lou Gancarz, 00:25.721[15]; 13. 24M-Dan Madigan, 00:25.783[7]; 14. 72-Ray Pierre Jr, 00:26.220[5]; 15. 711-Jason Barrett, 00:26.344[2]; 16. 89-Mike Duggan, 00:26.464[4]; 17. 71-Rob VanAernam, 00:30.256[10]; 18. 77-James Dellea, 00:35.642[3]