Josh Pangrazio Claims Empire Street Stock Series Checkers At Ransomville Speedway

Story By: STEVEN PETTY / RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY – RANSOMVILLE, NY – Josh Pangrazio from Oakfield, NY picked up the victory in the Empire Street Stock Series feature event for his third Ransomville victory of the 2025 season.

Bateman Construction Corp presented the highly anticipated event.

Josh Pangrazio and John Zimmerman brought the Butler Excavating and Concrete Empire Street Stock Series powered by Neff Landscape LLC to the green flag for their 30-lap event with Pangrazio in the lead. Justin Neff spun in turn three to bring out the race’s first caution on lap three. Damian Long would take second away from Zimmerman on lap five. Zimmerman would regain the lead on lap nine. The caution flag was flying on lap 10 as Anthony Muscato and Butch Zimmerman made contact, with Muscato getting turned into the turn one wall. Following the restart, John Zimmerman would take the lead away from Pangrazio, with Mike Welch, Brandon Sherwood, and Luke Boom in the top five. The top four would battle for the lead as they pulled away from the field over the midway part of the race. The caution would come out on lap 25 as Dennis Cummings had an engine let go while running in sixth. Pangrazio would regain the lead on the restart and would go on to score his third Ransomville win of the season and found his way to Close Racing Supply Victory Lane for winning the first Empire Street Stock Series event of the season. The Bud’s Apple Pie Hard Charger went to Adam Leubner, while Justin Neff was the recipient of the Big Mike’s Auto Repair Hard Luck Award. With his seventh-place finish, Brian Butler will receive a gift certificate from Wilcox Transmissions. Race two of the 2025 Empire Street Stock Series season will take place on June 19 at The Dirt Track at Genesee.

The Empire Street Stock Series would like to thank their marketing partners Close Racing Supply, Bud’s Apple Pie, Big Mike’s Auto Repair, Wilcox Performance Transmissions, Ed Galley Custom Shocks, N.G. Promotions, and AutoValue Parts Stores for their continued support.

Next Friday night, Ransomville Speedway will be honoring and remembering Flyin’ Brian and Ray Stevens with the Stevens Family Memorial Race for the Krown Undercoating 358 Modifieds, paying $4,444 to win. The racing card will also feature the Stirling Lubricants DIRTcar Sportsman, KiPo Chevrolet Street Stocks, and the Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman will round out the program. Pit gates will open at 5pm, with grandstand gates opening at 6pm, and racing will take place at 7:15pm.

RACE RESULTS – May 16, 2025 – BATEMAN CONSTRUCTION NIGHT

Empire Street Stock Series: JOSH PANGRAZIO, John Zimmerman, Mike Welch, Brandon Sherwood, Adam Leubner, Luke Boom, Brian Butler, Alex Morris, Mike Fellows, Ron Richter, Dennis Cummings, Damian Long, Anthony Muscato, Mike Kelly, Dave Stolzenberg Jr, Justin Neff, Butch Zimmerman (DQ)

Did Not Start: Chase Kish, Byron Dewitt

Qualifying Heats: Brandon Sherwood, John Zimmerman, Damian Long