Ryan Godown Opens 2025 Racing Season At New Egypt Speedway In Victory Lane

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY – NEW EGYPT, NJ – Title Defense.  The 2025 New Egypt Speedway championship chase finally kicked off on Saturday, May 3, with Ringoes, N.J.’s Ryan Godown beginning his title defense with a dominant win on John Blewett Inc. Night.

The ‘Ringoes Rocket’ started on the pole of the 30-lap affair and never faced a serious challenge for the top spot, cruising to his first win of the season.

The win was the 61st of Godown’s New Egypt Speedway Modified career.

“We don’t get to start on the pole very often,” Godown laughed. “We’ve struggled a little bit at some racetracks so it’s nice to have it all come together tonight.”

While Godown was racing out front, the action for spots behind him in the top 10 was hot and heavy.

Pipersville, Pa.’s Danny Bouc, who started third, controlled the runner-up spot for large portions of the race while trying to reel in Godown.

Bouc did, however, face challenges in the second half of the race from New Gretna, N.J.’s Paul Mancini.

The duo went side-by-side on several restarts, but Bouc never relinquished the spot and kept pace with Godown on the final green flag run.

“When you start next to Danny Bouc that many times you have to be on your game,” Godown explained. “He’s always fast and I knew he’d be ready to pounce if I made a mistake.”

The battle for third and fourth, just shy of the halfway point, was a good one as well.

Frenchtown, N.J.’s Billy Pauch Jr. had charged from sixth to third in opening 11 laps after slipping by Trenton, N.J.’s Davey Sammons for the final podium spot.

Sammons, however, wasn’t ready to give up the spot without a fight. Sammons drove it into turn three and slid up into Pauch Jr. causing the No. 1 to spin. Sammons was sent to the rear for the contact.

In the end, Godown cruised to the victory with Bouc and Mancini completing the podium finishers.

After an up and down feature, Schnecksville, Pa.’s Tanner Van Doren came home fourth and Middletown, N.Y.’s Corey Cormier completed the top five.

Finishing sixth through tenth, respectively, were Phillipsburg, N.J.’s Jack Butler; Neshanic Station, N.J.’s Matt Stangle; Hopewell, N.J.’s D.J. Hunt; Neshanic Station, N.J.’s Ryan Krachun; and Upper Black Eddy, Pa.’s Jim Housworth completed the top ten.

Twenty-four Modifieds signed in for competition at the D-shaped oval.

Heat winners were Van Doren, Dominick Buffalino, and Anthony Tramontana.

A massive thirty-eight Swagger Factory Apparel Crate Sportsman contended for the season opening win.

In the end, a pair of Cream Ridge, N.J. natives put on the race of the night for the win. Pat Wall and defending champion Ryan Simmons battled side-by-side for over 15 laps contending for the top spot.

Wall was rim-riding around the top side while Simmons kept rolling the bottom groove looking to slip by Wall.

In the final five laps, Bedminster, N.J.’s Mike Butler joined the fray after starting 12th. Butler and Simmons traded the runner-up spot a couple of times, which gave Wall just enough space between himself and the pair to hang on for the victory.

Butler got around Simmons on the final lap to claim second, with Simmons rounding out the podium.

Cream Ridge, N.J.’s Steve Davis came home fourth and Jacksonville, N.J.’s Nick Van Wickle completed the top five.

Wall, N.J.’s Rob Ormsbee raced from the sixth starting position to claim the opening night with the Xtreme Diesel Performance, LLC. Street Stocks.

Ormsbee wasted no time from the drop of the green flag, racing into fourth on the opening lap, to second by the end of lap two, and then got by Milford, N.J.’s Kory Fleming for the lead on lap three.

Fleming claimed the runner-up spot with Darren Cox, Spider Ensinger Jr., and Patrick Force completing the top five.

The Northeast Wingless Sprints concluded the night, ripping around the top side for 25 laps with New Egypt, N.J.’s Shea Wills emerging victorious from the third starting spot.

Mick D’Agostino, Stan Ploski, Heidi Hedin, and Ron Pavia concluded the top five.

Hunter Ploski claimed the win for the Fastline Performance Rookies, getting Aiden Spencer around the halfway mark and pulling away for the win.

Racing continues this coming Saturday, May 10, with Ladies Night at New Egypt Speedway in honor of Mother’s Day.

All ladies grandstand admission will be $10 with gifts for all the moms in attendance.

The Modifieds headline the event with the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Car Series making their 2025 debut at the D-shaped oval. The Four Cylinders and the Vintage cars join the program as well to round out the night.

The entire event can be streamed LIVE on the New Egypt Speedway YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/@NewEgyptSpeedway).

For the May 10 event, pit gates open at 3 p.m. with the grandstands unlocking at 4 p.m. Hot laps begin at 5 p.m. with racing to follow at 6 p.m.

Grandstand admission is $23 for adults, $20 for Seniors (65 and up), and $15 for Military w/ID and Teens (12-15), and $10 for Ladies. Kids 11 and under are admitted FREE.

Pit admission is $40 (w/o a license) and $30 (w/ a license).

Modified

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 26-Ryan Godown[1]; 2. 6B-Danny Bouc[3]; 3. 7M-Paul Mancini[4]; 4. 22-Tanner Van Doren[5]; 5. 26C-Corey Cormier[9]; 6. 5-Jack Butler[15]; 7. 6-Matt Stangle[21]; 8. 24-DJ Hunt[16]; 9. 51-Ryan Krachun[14]; 10. 72-Jim Houseworth[20]; 11. 79-Davey Sammons[2]; 12. 1-Billy Pauch Jr[8]; 13. 323-Johnny Bangs[19]; 14. 13T-Anthony Tramontana[10]; 15. 2D-Will Dupree[13]; 16. (DNF) 37-Bryan Kuhl[6]; 17. (DNF) 27-Frank Venezia[24]; 18. (DNF) 449-Dakota Kessler[23]; 19. (DNF) 7-Chris Grbac[22]; 20. (DNF) 44-Frank Cozze Sr[18]; 21. (DNF) 928-Kevin Borden[7]; 22. (DNF) 3V-Dominick Buffalino[11]; 23. (DNF) 51M-Wade Hendrickson[12]; 24. (DNF) 5J-Joseph Brown[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Tanner Van Doren[1]; 2. 79-Davey Sammons[2]; 3. 6B-Danny Bouc[5]; 4. 928-Kevin Borden[4]; 5. 2D-Will Dupree[3]; 6. 24-DJ Hunt[6]; 7. 323-Johnny Bangs[7]; 8. 7-Chris Grbac[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3V-Dominick Buffalino[1]; 2. 26C-Corey Cormier[4]; 3. 51M-Wade Hendrickson[2]; 4. 37-Bryan Kuhl[3]; 5. 51-Ryan Krachun[5]; 6. 5J-Joseph Brown[6]; 7. 72-Jim Houseworth[8]; 8. 449-Dakota Kessler[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13T-Anthony Tramontana[1]; 2. 26-Ryan Godown[6]; 3. 1-Billy Pauch Jr[3]; 4. 7M-Paul Mancini[5]; 5. 5-Jack Butler[8]; 6. 44-Frank Cozze Sr[7]; 7. 6-Matt Stangle[4]; 8. 27-Frank Venezia[2]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 13T-Anthony Tramontana, 00:17.670[22]; 2. 7-Chris Grbac, 00:17.681[11]; 3. 323-Johnny Bangs, 00:17.718[1]; 4. 26C-Corey Cormier, 00:17.755[7]; 5. 5-Jack Butler, 00:17.900[6]; 6. 2D-Will Dupree, 00:17.943[9]; 7. 5J-Joseph Brown, 00:17.988[4]; 8. 928-Kevin Borden, 00:18.021[2]; 9. (DNS) 6B-Danny Bouc; 10. (DNS) 3V-Dominick Buffalino; 11. (DNS) 44-Frank Cozze Sr; 12. (DNS) 26-Ryan Godown; 13. (DNS) 51M-Wade Hendrickson; 14. (DNS) 72-Jim Houseworth; 15. (DNS) 24-DJ Hunt; 16. (DNS) 449-Dakota Kessler; 17. (DNS) 51-Ryan Krachun; 18. (DNS) 37-Bryan Kuhl; 19. (DNS) 7M-Paul Mancini; 20. (DNS) 1-Billy Pauch Jr; 21. (DNS) 79-Davey Sammons; 22. (DNS) 6-Matt Stangle; 23. (DNS) 22-Tanner Van Doren; 24. (DNS) 27-Frank Venezia

Crate Sportsman

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 5W-Pat Wall[3]; 2. 04-Mike Butler[12]; 3. 14X-Ryan Simmons[5]; 4. 72-Steve Davis[9]; 5. 41-Nick Van Wickle[18]; 6. 29-Matt Ellery[15]; 7. 14-Ethan Bill[6]; 8. 9-Joe Toth[10]; 9. 32C-David Miloszar[7]; 10. 117-Jesse Hirthler[2]; 11. 18-Ryan Heim[16]; 12. 92JR-George Gareis Jr[8]; 13. 55-Joe Nappi[1]; 14. 18R-Ryan Krushinski[20]; 15. 38-Dylan Swinehart[22]; 16. 51-Matt Peck[24]; 17. 51B-James Blewett[17]; 18. 35-Ebby Ridge[25]; 19. 27-Hunter Ploski[21]; 20. 51M-Ryan Maher[14]; 21. (DNF) 59K-Dakota Kohler[23]; 22. (DNF) 3WP-Will Protinick[11]; 23. (DNF) 17-Dan Fleming[4]; 24. (DNF) 11A-Jimmy Wyers[13]; 25. (DNF) S2JR-John Scarpati[19]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Dylan Swinehart[1]; 2. 51-Matt Peck[2]; 3. 88-Glenn McIntyer[5]; 4. 89-Mike Toth[3]; 5. 1R-Anthony Raisier[4]; 6. 921-Aiden Spencer[7]; 7. 20M-Mark Mohr[6]; 8. 50-Aidan Elsner[8]; 9. (DNS) 74R-Jim Robey

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 59K-Dakota Kohler[1]; 2. 35-Ebby Ridge[2]; 3. 34-Dylan Morris[4]; 4. 1W-Lexi Wilson[3]; 5. 74R-Jim Robey; 6. 715-Mark Behm[8]; 7. (DNS) 43-Stephen Puglisi Jr; 8. (DNS) 3-Chris Bergstrom; 9. (DNS) 18B-Robert Borden

Swagger Factory Apparel Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5W-Pat Wall[1]; 2. 9-Joe Toth[2]; 3. 14-Ethan Bill[4]; 4. 11A-Jimmy Wyers[3]; 5. 51B-James Blewett[5]; 6. 38-Dylan Swinehart[6]; 7. 89-Mike Toth[7]; 8. 88-Glenn McIntyer[8]; 9. 921-Aiden Spencer[9]; 10. 74R-Jim Robey[10]

Swagger Factory Apparel Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Ryan Simmons[1]; 2. 72-Steve Davis[4]; 3. 3WP-Will Protinick[2]; 4. 51M-Ryan Maher[3]; 5. 41-Nick Van Wickle[8]; 6. 51-Matt Peck[5]; 7. 1R-Anthony Raisier[6]; 8. 20M-Mark Mohr[7]; 9. 50-Aidan Elsner[10]; 10. (DNS) 27-Hunter Ploski

Swagger Factory Apparel Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 117-Jesse Hirthler[1]; 2. 32C-David Miloszar[4]; 3. 55-Joe Nappi[2]; 4. 29-Matt Ellery[5]; 5. S2JR-John Scarpati[6]; 6. 59K-Dakota Kohler[8]; 7. 1W-Lexi Wilson[7]; 8. (DNF) 43-Stephen Puglisi Jr[3]; 9. (DNS) 18B-Robert Borden

Swagger Factory Apparel Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Dan Fleming[1]; 2. 04-Mike Butler[6]; 3. 92JR-George Gareis Jr[2]; 4. 18-Ryan Heim[4]; 5. 18R-Ryan Krushinski[3]; 6. 35-Ebby Ridge[5]; 7. 34-Dylan Morris[7]; 8. 3-Chris Bergstrom[9]; 9. 715-Mark Behm[8]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 14-Ethan Bill, 00:18.639[2]; 2. 14X-Ryan Simmons, 00:18.720[26]; 3. 9-Joe Toth, 00:18.763[28]; 4. 29-Matt Ellery, 00:18.885[6]; 5. 51M-Ryan Maher, 00:18.943[14]; 6. 1R-Anthony Raisier, 00:18.988[23]; 7. 43-Stephen Puglisi Jr, 00:18.989[22]; 8. 11A-Jimmy Wyers, 00:19.006[33]; 9. 32C-David Miloszar, 00:19.036[16]; 10. 04-Mike Butler, 00:19.063[4]; 11. 38-Dylan Swinehart, 00:19.068[27]; 12. 51-Matt Peck, 00:19.153[20]; 13. 18-Ryan Heim, 00:19.197[10]; 14. 59K-Dakota Kohler, 00:19.276[12]; 15. 41-Nick Van Wickle, 00:19.295[30]; 16. 92JR-George Gareis Jr, 00:19.335[9]; 17. 89-Mike Toth, 00:19.396[29]; 18. 3WP-Will Protinick, 00:19.433[21]; 19. 117-Jesse Hirthler, 00:19.503[11]; 20. 17-Dan Fleming, 00:19.552[8]; 21. 35-Ebby Ridge, 00:19.566[24]; 22. 72-Steve Davis, 00:19.688[5]; 23. 20M-Mark Mohr, 00:19.802[17]; 24. S2JR-John Scarpati, 00:19.887[25]; 25. 34-Dylan Morris, 00:20.268[18]; 26. 715-Mark Behm, 00:23.848[1]; 27. (DNS) 51B-James Blewett; 28. (DNS) 50-Aidan Elsner; 29. (DNS) 18R-Ryan Krushinski; 30. (DNS) 88-Glenn McIntyer; 31. (DNS) 55-Joe Nappi; 32. (DNS) 5W-Pat Wall; 33. (DNS) 1W-Lexi Wilson; 34. (DNS) 3-Chris Bergstrom; 35. (DNS) 18B-Robert Borden; 36. (DNS) 27-Hunter Ploski; 37. (DNS) 921-Aiden Spencer

Street Stocks

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 19-Rob Ormsbee[6]; 2. 704-Kory Fleming[2]; 3. 92-Darren Cox[5]; 4. 9JR-Spider Ensinger Jr[1]; 5. 18-Patrick Force[4]; 6. 88-Chris Lane[7]; 7. 94-Brian Ludwig[10]; 8. 9-Spider Ensinger[3]; 9. 17-Shane Grosso[12]; 10. 18W-Whitey Miller[9]; 11. (DNF) 82-John Carpenter[8]; 12. (DNS) 72-Scott Freed

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 92-Darren Cox[3]; 2. 88-Chris Lane[4]; 3. 704-Kory Fleming[5]; 4. 9-Spider Ensinger[2]; 5. 18W-Whitey Miller[6]; 6. (DNS) 72-Scott Freed

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Rob Ormsbee[2]; 2. 82-John Carpenter[6]; 3. 18-Patrick Force[5]; 4. 9JR-Spider Ensinger Jr[3]; 5. 94-Brian Ludwig[4]; 6. 17-Shane Grosso[1]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 704-Kory Fleming, 00:20.176[5]; 2. 88-Chris Lane, 00:20.397[9]; 3. 19-Rob Ormsbee, 00:20.582[12]; 4. 18-Patrick Force, 00:20.893[6]; 5. 9JR-Spider Ensinger Jr, 00:21.082[4]; 6. 92-Darren Cox, 00:21.116[2]; 7. 82-John Carpenter, 00:21.134[1]; 8. 94-Brian Ludwig, 00:21.347[10]; 9. 9-Spider Ensinger, 00:21.930[3]; 10. 18W-Whitey Miller, 00:23.024[11]; 11. 17-Shane Grosso, 00:25.221[8]; 12. (DNS) 72-Scott Freed

Rookies

Fastline Performance Rookie Feature (8 Laps): 1. 27-Hunter Ploski[2]; 2. 921-Aiden Spencer[1]; 3. 3-Chris Bergstrom[4]; 4. 50-Aidan Elsner[6]; 5. 72-Jim Robey[5]; 6. 18-Robert Borden[3]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 27-Hunter Ploski, 00:19.729[4]; 2. 50-Aidan Elsner, 00:20.361[3]; 3. 921-Aiden Spencer, 00:20.519[6]; 4. 18-Robert Borden, 00:21.311[2]; 5. 3-Chris Bergstrom, 00:21.633[1]; 6. 72-Jim Robey, 00:24.035[5]

NEWS

A Feature 1: 1. 07-Shea Wills[3]; 2. 91D-Mick D’Agostino[2]; 3. 27-Stan Ploski III[1]; 4. 3H-Heidi Hedin[5]; 5. 83-Ron Pavia[6]; 6. (DNF) 2-Brenden Hires[4]; 7. (DNF) 22-Joey Crilli[7]

Heat 1: 1. 91D-Mick D’Agostino[1]; 2. 27-Stan Ploski III[2]; 3. 2-Brenden Hires[7]; 4. 07-Shea Wills[6]; 5. 3H-Heidi Hedin[3]; 6. 83-Ron Pavia[5]; 7. (DNS) 22-Joey Crilli

Hot Laps 1: 1. 07-Shea Wills, 00:17.905[7]; 2. 27-Stan Ploski III, 00:18.058[6]; 3. 2-Brenden Hires, 00:18.083[4]; 4. 91D-Mick D’Agostino, 00:18.537[2]; 5. 3H-Heidi Hedin, 00:19.075[3]; 6. 83-Ron Pavia, 00:19.841[5]; 7. (DNS) 22-Joey Crilli