David Pangrazio Hits Paydirt In Northeast Late Model Alliance Main At Can-Am Speedway Friday

Story By: TIM BALTZ / CAN-AM SPEEDWAY – LAFARGEVILLE, NY – Night number one of the Showdown in September was one for the ages Friday night at the Can Am Speedway.

The Super DIRTCar Series honored the Richard Hutchinson with a 67 lap series event plus a wild finish in the DIRTCar Sportsman Series and the return of the Northeast Late Model Alliance.

The night was complete with a 25 lap Northeast Late Model Alliance feature event and Kyle Sopaz charged to the front over David Pangrazio and Brian McDonald.

Sopaz was fast in the early laps as he pulled away with David Pangrazio close behind in the runner up spot. The top two drove away and put on a great show, but the battles were on behind them. On lap 11 Austin King and Brighton Speedway track champion Steve Baldwin would make contact in turn 3 sending King into the wall. King was not hurt but the car was done for the night.

David Pangrazio would once again drive away to a big lead as veteran Dale Caswell began his march to the front, taking second from Kyle Sopaz as he tried his best to run down the leader. Only one more yellow slowed the race on lap 18 for a tangle in turns one and two between Anthony Rinaldi and Ryan Lambert. Both drivers were able to continue on.

On the final restart David Pangrazio would pull away and buildup a straight away lead in the final laps, to score his second win in two days after winning at Brockville Thursday night. Dale Caswell, Kyle Sopaz, Steve Baldwin and Sean Beardsley completed the top five finishers.

Mat Williamson led a strong field of Super DIRTCar Series drivers to the green flag and would lead lap 1 over Felix Roy, Anthony Perrego, Billy Dunn and Tim Sears Jr. The track was fast and Williamson pulled away to a big lead early on but Billy Dunn and Felix Roy would close in making it a three car battle. Track champion Tim Fuller was also on the move as he took second on lap 18 and then ran down Williamson for the lead. On lap 29 Fuller would move in front with Williamson back to second, as he began a dominant run. Over the next 20 laps Tim Fuller drove away leaving Mat Williamson, Billy Dunn, Tim Sears Jr. and Matt Sheppard to battle in the top 5. Fuller looked to have the race well in hand, but that all changed on lap 45. Entering turn 4 Fuller tangled with a lapped car, sending him spinning out in turn four, handing the lead back to Williamson. Fuller would go to the pits to change a left front flat tire, but would rebound for a sixth place finish. On the restart Williamson took over as the dominant driver, pulling away to big lead over Billy Dunn, who was all alone in second, while Sears and Sheppard continued their battle for third and 4th. As the laps clicked off and with no cautions through to the end, Billy Dunn and the others had no chance of catching Mat Williamson, who marched on to score his season leading 7th win of the season and first ever series win at Can Am. Billy Dunn crossed in second with Tim Sears Jr, Matt Sheppard and Anthony Perrego completing the top 5.

The DIRTCar Sportsman Championship Tour was dominated on this night by Richard Murtaugh as he took the lead from the drop of the green flag over Shane Pecore and Taylor Doxtator. Murtaugh started to drive away leaving everyone far behind and was determined to score his 2nd career tour win. Behind the leader Shane Pecore Eric Nier Gavin Eisele and Tyler Corcoran were in a battle for top 5 positions with Corcoran moving to the high lane and eventually took second from Pecore by lap 15, but had a long way to go to catch Murtaugh, who was in front by nearly five seconds. As the laps clicked off Richard Murtaugh put it on auto pilot as Pecore moved to second once again with Eric Nier now into third. Richard Murtaugh’s dominant run would end as the yellow flew on lap 28 for Ryan Barrett who slowed in turn 4 setting up a finish that not many would soon forget. When the green flew Murtaugh and Pecore made slight contact in turns one and two with both sliding up the track, this allowed third place Eric Nier to get by both drivers for the lead as Pecore found his way to second again at the white flag. The top two raced side by side for the win with Pecore jumping in front in turn 3. But Eric Nier rallied back on the bottom and at the line would edge out Shane Pecore for his second win in a row at Can Am and first career tour win. Pecore crossed in second with Tyler Corcoran, Mike Fowler and Richard Murtaugh finishing fifth.

Saturday night the Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTCar Sportsman division will have the 7th running of the John Burr Memorial, along with a special Ron White Memorial for the Sundance Leisure Thundercars and the return of the Empire Super Sprints. Racing begins at 7pm.

Dirt Late Models

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 136-David Pangrazio[4]; 2. 132-Dale Caswell[10]; 3. 11-Kyle Sopaz[2]; 4. 5-Steve Baldwin[8]; 5. 93J-Sean Beardsley[14]; 6. 151KB-Brian McDonald[1]; 7. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[3]; 8. 03-TJ Downs[12]; 9. 41-Ryan Lambert[6]; 10. 21-Rich Sanders[7]; 11. (DNF) 7-Anthony Rinaldi[9]; 12. (DNF) 89-Austin King[5]; 13. (DNF) 46-Brandon Mowat[13]; 14. (DNF) 0-Tyler French[15]; 15. (DNS) 16-Aaron Jacobs

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Austin King[2]; 2. 3-Nathan Rinaldi[3]; 3. 11-Kyle Sopaz[5]; 4. 21-Rich Sanders[1]; 5. 7-Anthony Rinaldi[4]; 6. 16-Aaron Jacobs[7]; 7. 46-Brandon Mowat[6]; 8. (DNS) 0-Tyler French

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Ryan Lambert[1]; 2. 151KB-Brian McDonald[3]; 3. 136-David Pangrazio[7]; 4. 5-Steve Baldwin[5]; 5. 132-Dale Caswell[4]; 6. 03-TJ Downs[6]; 7. 93J-Sean Beardsley[2]; 8. 0-Tyler French[8]

Super DIRTcar Series

R.D. Hutchinson Memorial (67 Laps): 1. 88-Mat Williamson[1]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn[2]; 3. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[5]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard[8]; 5. 4-Anthony Perrego[4]; 6. 19-Tim Fuller[6]; 7. 2-Jack Lehner[10]; 8. 91-Felix Roy[3]; 9. 70A-Alex Payne[13]; 10. 12-Darren Smith[7]; 11. 35-Mike Mahaney[11]; 12. 91D-Billy Decker[9]; 13. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[21]; 14. 21A-Peter Britten[12]; 15. 7Z-Zachary Payne[15]; 16. 28-Michael Trautschold[19]; 17. 7S-Shaun Shaw[24]; 18. 15X-Justin Stone[18]; 19. 27J-Danny Johnson[17]; 20. 66W-Derek Webb[22]; 21. 39-Ryan Bartlett[27]; 22. (DNF) 11T-Jeff Taylor[20]; 23. (DNF) 9-Tyler Meeks[23]; 24. (DNF) 99L-Larry Wight[25]; 25. (DNF) 27JR-Daniel Johnson[26]; 26. (DNF) 60-Jackson Gill[16]; 27. (DNF) 17-Marcus Dinkins[14]

Last Chance Show Down (10 Laps): 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[1]; 2. 66W-Derek Webb[2]; 3. 9-Tyler Meeks[4]; 4. 7S-Shaun Shaw[5]; 5. 27JR-Daniel Johnson[6]; 6. 21-RJ Tresidder[3]; 7. 39-Ryan Bartlett[13]; 8. 11-Matt Caprara[9]; 9. X1-Ken Eckert[7]; 10. 14-CG Morey[8]; 11. 14B-Brendan Darrah[10]; 12. (DNF) 63-Adam Roberts[12]; 13. (DNF) 99L-Larry Wight[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller[1]; 2. 91-Felix Roy[3]; 3. 91D-Billy Decker[2]; 4. 70A-Alex Payne[4]; 5. 27J-Danny Johnson[5]; 6. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[6]; 7. 7S-Shaun Shaw[7]; 8. 11-Matt Caprara[8]; 9. 39-Ryan Bartlett[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Billy Dunn[2]; 2. 12-Darren Smith[1]; 3. 2-Jack Lehner[5]; 4. 17-Marcus Dinkins[3]; 5. 15X-Justin Stone[6]; 6. 66W-Derek Webb[4]; 7. 27JR-Daniel Johnson[7]; 8. 14B-Brendan Darrah[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[1]; 2. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[2]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney[3]; 4. 7Z-Zachary Payne[4]; 5. 28-Michael Trautschold[5]; 6. 21-RJ Tresidder[6]; 7. X1-Ken Eckert[7]; 8. (DNF) 99L-Larry Wight[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Mat Williamson[1]; 2. 4-Anthony Perrego[3]; 3. 21A-Peter Britten[6]; 4. 60-Jackson Gill[2]; 5. 11T-Jeff Taylor[4]; 6. 9-Tyler Meeks[5]; 7. 14-CG Morey[7]; 8. (DNF) 63-Adam Roberts[8]

Group Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:17.947[17]; 2. 12-Darren Smith, 00:18.228[5]; 3. 91D-Billy Decker, 00:18.308[4]; 4. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:18.336[11]; 5. 91-Felix Roy, 00:18.361[16]; 6. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 00:18.626[3]; 7. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:18.640[1]; 8. 66W-Derek Webb, 00:18.663[12]; 9. 27J-Danny Johnson, 00:18.711[8]; 10. 2-Jack Lehner, 00:18.780[6]; 11. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:18.789[13]; 12. 15X-Justin Stone, 00:18.825[15]; 13. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 00:18.866[2]; 14. 27JR-Daniel Johnson, 00:18.976[14]; 15. 11-Matt Caprara, 00:18.984[10]; 16. 14B-Brendan Darrah, 00:19.070[7]; 17. 39-Ryan Bartlett, 00:19.360[9]

Group Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:18.106[9]; 2. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:18.431[10]; 3. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:18.444[16]; 4. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:18.468[6]; 5. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:18.543[2]; 6. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:18.544[1]; 7. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:18.806[11]; 8. 11T-Jeff Taylor, 00:18.809[3]; 9. 28-Michael Trautschold, 00:18.832[14]; 10. 9-Tyler Meeks, 00:18.994[7]; 11. 21-RJ Tresidder, 00:19.040[5]; 12. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:19.076[8]; 13. X1-Ken Eckert, 00:19.153[15]; 14. 14-CG Morey, 00:19.241[13]; 15. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:19.434[4]; 16. 63-Adam Roberts, 00:19.590[12]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:17.699[26]; 2. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:17.879[27]; 3. 91-Felix Roy, 00:17.888[16]; 4. 11T-Jeff Taylor, 00:18.049[20]; 5. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:18.080[18]; 6. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:18.085[33]; 7. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:18.088[17]; 8. 27J-Danny Johnson, 00:18.120[8]; 9. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:18.162[11]; 10. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:18.169[25]; 11. 66W-Derek Webb, 00:18.255[12]; 12. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:18.284[13]; 13. 15X-Justin Stone, 00:18.301[15]; 14. 28-Michael Trautschold, 00:18.379[31]; 15. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:18.400[19]; 16. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:18.412[23]; 17. 21-RJ Tresidder, 00:18.414[22]; 18. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:18.420[28]; 19. 91D-Billy Decker, 00:18.462[4]; 20. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:18.470[21]; 21. 11-Matt Caprara, 00:18.475[10]; 22. 2-Jack Lehner, 00:18.550[6]; 23. 14-CG Morey, 00:18.740[30]; 24. 9-Tyler Meeks, 00:18.897[24]; 25. 12-Darren Smith, 00:18.932[5]; 26. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 00:18.934[3]; 27. 27JR-Daniel Johnson, 00:18.973[14]; 28. 63-Adam Roberts, 00:19.079[29]; 29. X1-Ken Eckert, 00:19.122[32]; 30. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 00:19.477[2]; 31. 14B-Brendan Darrah, 00:19.913[7]; 32. 39-Ryan Bartlett, 00:19.976[9]; 33. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:19.976[1]

DIRTcar Sportsman Series

DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (30 Laps): 1. 34-Eric Nier[4]; 2. 0-Shane Pecore[3]; 3. 64-Tyler Corcoran[6]; 4. 410-Mike Fowler[7]; 5. 33-Richard Murtaugh[2]; 6. 18-Gavin Eisele[8]; 7. 35B-Brennan Moore[10]; 8. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[17]; 9. 03-Joshua Jock[5]; 10. 17N-Owen Nier[12]; 11. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[13]; 12. 30-Nicholas Root[11]; 13. 2-Taylor Doxtater[1]; 14. 91-Josh Reome[19]; 15. 89-Dylan Madsen[14]; 16. 7-Cody McPherson[18]; 17. 5K-Kyle Devendorf[9]; 18. 52-Jessica Power[21]; 19. 9-Logan Brown[15]; 20. 38-Zach Sobotka[25]; 21. 707-Greg Brinklow[22]; 22. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[24]; 23. 4-Emmett Waldron[20]; 24. 54-Brady Howard[16]; 25. 35D-Dylan Moore[23]; 26. 15-Adam Leslie[27]; 27. 6-Cody Manitta[28]; 28. 16X-Savannah Laflair[29]; 29. 18H-Brian Harber[26]; 30. (DNF) 21-Ryan Barrett[30]

Last Chance Show Down 1 (10 Laps): 1. 52-Jessica Power[2]; 2. 35D-Dylan Moore[1]; 3. 38-Zach Sobotka[4]; 4. 15-Adam Leslie[5]; 5. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[9]; 6. 16X-Savannah Laflair[6]; 7. 5R-Steven Roberts[3]; 8. 92-Frank Sibley[7]; 9. (DNS) 43-Tavien Blowers; 10. (DNS) 7D-Dustin Hutton

Last Chance Show Down 2 (10 Laps): 1. 707-Greg Brinklow[1]; 2. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[2]; 3. 18H-Brian Harber[4]; 4. 6-Cody Manitta[3]; 5. 21-Ryan Barrett[5]; 6. 18B-Blake Smith[6]; 7. 40X-Tim Halsey[7]; 8. 22-Tony Frezzo[10]; 9. (DNF) 14-Camdin Cook[8]; 10. (DNS) 34K-Keegan Nier

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele[1]; 2. 0-Shane Pecore[2]; 3. 5K-Kyle Devendorf[4]; 4. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[6]; 5. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[5]; 6. 35D-Dylan Moore[3]; 7. 5R-Steven Roberts[7]; 8. 15-Adam Leslie[9]; 9. 92-Frank Sibley[8]; 10. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Eric Nier[1]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh[2]; 3. 35B-Brennan Moore[3]; 4. 89-Dylan Madsen[4]; 5. 7-Cody McPherson[5]; 6. 52-Jessica Power[7]; 7. 38-Zach Sobotka[6]; 8. 16X-Savannah Laflair[9]; 9. 7D-Dustin Hutton[8]; 10. 43-Tavien Blowers[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Tyler Corcoran[1]; 2. 410-Mike Fowler[3]; 3. 30-Nicholas Root[7]; 4. 9-Logan Brown[2]; 5. 91-Josh Reome[5]; 6. 707-Greg Brinklow[4]; 7. 6-Cody Manitta[6]; 8. 21-Ryan Barrett[9]; 9. 40X-Tim Halsey[10]; 10. (DNF) 34K-Keegan Nier[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Taylor Doxtater[1]; 2. 03-Joshua Jock[3]; 3. 17N-Owen Nier[7]; 4. 54-Brady Howard[2]; 5. 4-Emmett Waldron[6]; 6. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[5]; 7. 18H-Brian Harber[9]; 8. 18B-Blake Smith[8]; 9. 14-Camdin Cook[4]; 10. 22-Tony Frezzo[10]

Timed Hot Laps G1 (3 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele, 00:19.353[7]; 2. 0-Shane Pecore, 00:19.428[6]; 3. 35D-Dylan Moore, 00:19.608[1]; 4. 5K-Kyle Devendorf, 00:19.614[3]; 5. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan, 00:19.656[10]; 6. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson, 00:19.895[4]; 7. 5R-Steven Roberts, 00:20.008[8]; 8. 92-Frank Sibley, 00:20.010[9]; 9. 15-Adam Leslie, 00:20.054[5]; 10. 621G-Trevor Gibbons, 00:20.524[2]

Timed Hot Laps G2 (3 Laps): 1. 34-Eric Nier, 00:19.563[9]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh, 00:19.610[3]; 3. 35B-Brennan Moore, 00:19.647[8]; 4. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:19.670[1]; 5. 7-Cody McPherson, 00:19.685[5]; 6. 38-Zach Sobotka, 00:19.785[6]; 7. 52-Jessica Power, 00:19.792[4]; 8. 7D-Dustin Hutton, 00:19.815[7]; 9. 16X-Savannah Laflair, 00:20.106[2]; 10. 43-Tavien Blowers, 00:20.218[10]

Timed Hot Laps G3 (3 Laps): 1. 64-Tyler Corcoran, 00:19.708[8]; 2. 9-Logan Brown, 00:19.739[6]; 3. 410-Mike Fowler, 00:19.780[1]; 4. 707-Greg Brinklow, 00:19.799[7]; 5. 91-Josh Reome, 00:19.888[3]; 6. 6-Cody Manitta, 00:19.999[4]; 7. 30-Nicholas Root, 00:20.074[9]; 8. 34K-Keegan Nier, 00:20.099[5]; 9. 21-Ryan Barrett, 00:20.311[2]; 10. 40X-Tim Halsey, 00:20.612[10]

Timed Hot Laps G4 (3 Laps): 1. 2-Taylor Doxtater, 00:19.801[2]; 2. 54-Brady Howard, 00:19.845[1]; 3. 03-Joshua Jock, 00:19.889[9]; 4. 14-Camdin Cook, 00:19.892[6]; 5. 1D-Paul DeRuyter, 00:19.967[8]; 6. 4-Emmett Waldron, 00:19.976[4]; 7. 17N-Owen Nier, 00:20.074[5]; 8. 18B-Blake Smith, 00:20.492[3]; 9. 18H-Brian Harber, 00:20.609[7]; 10. 22-Tony Frezzo, 00:20.609[10]