Brian Calabrese Captures Short Track SuperNationals STSS Sportsman Win Friday At Utica-Rome

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – VERNON, NY – A night of firsts.  Night one of the 15th annual ‘Short Track SuperNationals’ at Utica-Rome Speedway is in the books.

Johnstown, N.Y.’s Brian Calabrese dominated the 25-lap Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Crate 602 Sportsman event, leading every lap on his way to the $2,000 payday.

“We had a lot of luck with the redraw,” Calabrese said in Bicknell Racing Products Victory Lane. “I don’t know if it would’ve ended this way if I had to start in the back.

“I figured after the sprint cars there had to be a good way around the track,” he continued. “So, I left it the way we always run it and it worked out good.”

The win for Calabrese was his second of the season, claiming the ‘Richie Evans Remembered’ Crate 602 Sportsman event back in July at the Route 5 oval as well.

Calabrese staved off challenges from Blaine Klinger and Jeremy Slosek on multiple restarts and eventually drove away with the victory.

The event served as the finale to the Madsen Overhead Doors North Region for the STSS Crate 602 Sportsman.

With a 21st to sixth drive, South New Berlin, N.Y.’s Payton Talbot claimed his first career STSS title.

“We’ve been chasing this one forever,” Talbot smiled. “This definitely awesome… we never could finish it off at Afton (Motorsports Park) so I’m glad we could get it done here at Utica-Rome.”

Klinger, Michael Ballestero, Richard Murtaugh, and Slosek completed the top five.

STSS Madsen Overhead Door Sportsman Championship A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese[1]; 2. 9K-Blaine Klinger[5]; 3. 27-Michael Ballestero[10]; 4. 33-Richard Murtaugh[16]; 5. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[3]; 6. 14T-Payton Talbot[21]; 7. 60-Jim Ryan[4]; 8. 262-Matthew Richardson[7]; 9. 63-Chip Constantino[9]; 10. 12T-Tyler Peet[22]; 11. 12-George Schweigart[17]; 12. 4-Carson Rothwell[18]; 13. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell[24]; 14. 69-Blake Sarpriacone[26]; 15. 03-Joshua Jock[25]; 16. 89-Dylan Madsen[8]; 17. 42-Darryl Nutting[15]; 18. 77L-Ed Lukas[2]; 19. 00X-Josh Coonradt[20]; 20. 2RJ-Bodie Marks[19]; 21. 90-Nick Nye[23]; 22. 82H-David Hackett[11]; 23. 99-Jordan Millard[13]; 24. 78-Tanner Warner[14]; 25. 621-Seth Martin[12]; 26. 3-Colby Herzog[6]; 27. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[27]

STSS Madsen Overhead Door Sportsman Consolation 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Payton Talbot[2]; 2. 12T-Tyler Peet[6]; 3. 90-Nick Nye[1]; 4. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell[4]; 5. 49-Chris Jakubiak[10]; 6. 69-Blake Sarpriacone[5]; 7. 10A-AJ Digsby[14]; 8. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[3]; 9. 03-Joshua Jock[7]; 10. 9G-Michael Schane[12]; 11. 11-Nick Zielinski[8]; 12. 10-Andrew MacFadden[11]; 13. 71-Jason Shedd[13]; 14. (DNS) 123-Dale Welty; 15. (DNS) 26B-Maddy Broedel

STSS Madsen Overhead Door Sportsman Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Blaine Klinger[2]; 2. 60-Jim Ryan[5]; 3. 77L-Ed Lukas[3]; 4. 99-Jordan Millard[1]; 5. 12-George Schweigart[4]; 6. 90-Nick Nye[6]; 7. 69-Blake Sarpriacone[7]; 8. 123-Dale Welty[8]; 9. (DNS) 71-Jason Shedd

STSS Madsen Overhead Door Sportsman Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 262-Matthew Richardson[2]; 2. 3-Colby Herzog[1]; 3. 63-Chip Constantino[3]; 4. 78-Tanner Warner[4]; 5. 4-Carson Rothwell[6]; 6. 14T-Payton Talbot[5]; 7. 12T-Tyler Peet[7]; 8. 49-Chris Jakubiak[8]; 9. 10A-AJ Digsby[9]

STSS Madsen Overhead Door Sportsman Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 82H-David Hackett[2]; 2. 89-Dylan Madsen[1]; 3. 16S-Jeremy Slosek[3]; 4. 42-Darryl Nutting[4]; 5. 2RJ-Bodie Marks[6]; 6. 5EJ-EJ Gallup[5]; 7. 03-Joshua Jock[7]; 8. 10-Andrew MacFadden[8]; 9. 26B-Maddy Broedel[9]

STSS Madsen Overhead Door Sportsman Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Michael Ballestero[2]; 2. 621-Seth Martin[1]; 3. 21C-Brian Calabrese[3]; 4. 33-Richard Murtaugh[6]; 5. 00X-Josh Coonradt[5]; 6. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell[4]; 7. 11-Nick Zielinski[8]; 8. 9G-Michael Schane[7]; 9. 71-Jason Shedd[9]

Penske Racing Shocks Qualifying Group 1: 1. 77L-Ed Lukas, 00:19.760[5]; 2. 9K-Blaine Klinger, 00:19.814[3]; 3. 99-Jordan Millard, 00:19.900[6]; 4. 12-George Schweigart, 00:19.969[8]; 5. 60-Jim Ryan, 00:20.042[4]; 6. 90-Nick Nye, 00:20.104[9]; 7. 69-Blake Sarpriacone, 00:20.198[2]; 8. 123-Dale Welty, 00:20.210[7]; 9. 71-Jason Shedd, 00:20.348[1]

Penske Racing Shocks Qualifying Group 2: 1. 63-Chip Constantino, 00:19.977[5]; 2. 262-Matthew Richardson, 00:20.030[3]; 3. 3-Colby Herzog, 00:20.042[4]; 4. 78-Tanner Warner, 00:20.080[2]; 5. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:20.108[8]; 6. 4-Carson Rothwell, 00:20.159[9]; 7. 12T-Tyler Peet, 00:20.180[7]; 8. 49-Chris Jakubiak, 00:20.312[6]; 9. 10A-AJ Digsby, 00:20.448[1]

Penske Racing Shocks Qualifying Group 3: 1. 16S-Jeremy Slosek, 00:19.911[8]; 2. 82H-David Hackett, 00:20.009[1]; 3. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:20.185[6]; 4. 42-Darryl Nutting, 00:20.234[3]; 5. 5EJ-EJ Gallup, 00:20.246[7]; 6. 2RJ-Bodie Marks, 00:20.258[4]; 7. 03-Joshua Jock, 00:20.482[9]; 8. 10-Andrew MacFadden, 00:20.679[2]; 9. 26B-Maddy Broedel, 00:24.892[5]

Penske Racing Shocks Qualifying Group 4: 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:19.762[1]; 2. 27-Michael Ballestero, 00:19.778[2]; 3. 621-Seth Martin, 00:19.919[5]; 4. 14J-Jeremy Tyrrell, 00:20.089[3]; 5. 00X-Josh Coonradt, 00:20.107[7]; 6. 33-Richard Murtaugh, 00:20.243[8]; 7. 9G-Michael Schane, 00:20.368[6]; 8. 11-Nick Zielinski, 00:20.697[4]