Chris Raabe Goes To 358-Modified Victory Lane Friday Night At Mohawk International Raceway

Story By: ROBERT HILL JR. / MOHAWK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY – HOGANSBURG, NY – Kicking off night #2 of the 2025 Mohawk International Raceway season was race #2 of the Frenchie’s Memorial Cup, carried over from opening night.

Casey Swap was the first to cross the finish line but was disqualified after scaling underweight, resulting in career victory #1 for Dale Gonyo Jr. in the 358 Modified division.

Next on track was the mini-stock division. Although there were fewer cars than usual for the evening, the action was still exciting. Felix Lavictoire was able to work his way to victory lane for the first time since the 2023 season at Mohawk International Raceway, dominating the night by winning both the heat and the feature, leading flag-to-flag. Glenn Engstrom finished second, with Todd Fleury rounding out the podium.

The Limited Sportsman division was also on hand with 10 entries. Heat race victories went to Garin Thompson and Graysen Reddick. Thompson led the early part of the feature before a caution for an incident in turn 2 slowed the field, giving Keith Pelkey the opportunity to pounce on the restart. Pelkey then took over the lead and cruised to victory lane for the first time this season.

Following intermission, the Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club took to the track for their 2025 season opener. Chris Prior led the majority of the race in the 70s and 80s division before a red flag for an incident in turn 3 allowed Ian Gordon to get a second chance. After the restart, Gordon quickly took the lead and went on to win the season opener in the 70s and 80s class. Greg Hale led the 50s and 60s division from flag to flag, parking his #28 machine in victory lane.

The DIRTcar 358 Modifieds then returned to the track for the night’s festivities. Heat race wins went to Chris Raabe, Lucas Fuller, and Larry Welling. Due to the inversion for the night, Louis Jackson Jr. started on the pole and led the first 24 laps, with Chris Raabe close behind. Lapped traffic with six laps to go allowed Raabe to make a high move past Jackson, ultimately securing the victory. This marked Raabe’s first feature win of the season and added to his record-leading victory count in the DIRTcar 358 division at Mohawk.

Next up was the DIRTcar Pro-stock division. Heat wins went to Denis Gauvreau, last week’s feature winner Eric Jean-Louis, and 2024 track champion Dakota Sharp. The feature race was full of excitement; Gauvreau took an early lead and held it largely uncontested until the closing laps, when Sharp worked his way to Gauvreau’s rear bumper. Sharp finished a close second, but Gauvreau claimed his first Mohawk International Raceway victory of 2025.

Wrapping up the evening, the DIRTcar Sportsman division took to the track, with Dylan Moore, Fire Swamp, and 2024 track champion Tristan Ladoucer each earning heat victories. In the feature, Jamy Begore and Shane Pecore started side-by-side on the front row. Pecore jumped out to the lead at the green flag and led the entire 25-lap race, winning back-to-back to start the season.

Next up at Mohawk International Raceway is Friday, June 13th, when Ellis Automotive presents the PM Promotions Pro-stock Series opener alongside the 358 Modifieds, Sportsman, Limited Sportsman, and Mini-stocks.

DIRTcar 358 Modifieds

A Feature 1: 1. 01-Chris Raabe[4]; 2. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[1]; 3. 74-Lucas Fuller[3]; 4. 28-Jordan McCreadie[5]; 5. K38-Jarrett Herbison[6]; 6. 45R-Preston Forbes[7]; 7. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[10]; 8. 21-Larry Welling[2]; 9. 124C-Mario Clair[8]; 10. 151K-Brian McDonald[11]; 11. 21X-Robert Delormier[13]; 12. 23-Joey Ladouceur[15]; 13. 3M-Franklin Mackin[14]; 14. 36B-Dan Beachard[17]; 15. 44-Casey Swamp[16]; 16. 31J-Tommy Jock Jr[19]; 17. 114-Jake Granacker[18]; 18. 35-Thomas Cook[12]; 19. (DNS) 83D-Dustin Bradley; 20. (DNS) 77E-Ryan Stabler; 21. (DNS) 38-Justin Stone; 22. (DNS) 04G-Dale Gonyo Jr

Heat 1: 1. 01-Chris Raabe[1]; 2. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[3]; 3. 45R-Preston Forbes[4]; 4. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[7]; 5. 21X-Robert Delormier[2]; 6. 44-Casey Swamp[6]; 7. 114-Jake Granacker[5]; 8. (DNS) 83D-Dustin Bradley

Heat 2: 1. 74-Lucas Fuller[1]; 2. 28-Jordan McCreadie[2]; 3. 124C-Mario Clair[3]; 4. 151K-Brian McDonald[6]; 5. 3M-Franklin Mackin[5]; 6. (DNS) 77E-Ryan Stabler; 7. (DNS) 38-Justin Stone

Heat 3: 1. 21-Larry Welling[1]; 2. K38-Jarrett Herbison[3]; 3. 04G-Dale Gonyo Jr[2]; 4. 35-Thomas Cook[7]; 5. 23-Joey Ladouceur[6]; 6. 36B-Dan Beachard[5]; 7. 31J-Tommy Jock Jr[4]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 36B-Dan Beachard[1]; 2. 83D-Dustin Bradley[2]; 3. 124C-Mario Clair[3]; 4. 35-Thomas Cook[4]; 5. 21X-Robert Delormier[5]; 6. 45R-Preston Forbes[6]; 7. 74-Lucas Fuller[7]; 8. 04G-Dale Gonyo Jr[8]; 9. 114-Jake Granacker[9]; 10. K38-Jarrett Herbison[10]; 11. 18J-Louis Jackson Jr[11]; 12. 31J-Tommy Jock Jr[12]; 13. 15B-Brianna Ladouceur[13]; 14. 23-Joey Ladouceur[14]; 15. 3M-Franklin Mackin[15]; 16. 28-Jordan McCreadie[16]; 17. 151K-Brian McDonald[17]; 18. 01-Chris Raabe[18]; 19. 77E-Ryan Stabler[19]; 20. 38-Justin Stone; 21. 44-Casey Swamp[20]; 22. 21-Larry Welling[21]

DIRTcar Sportsman

DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. 0-Shane Pecore[2]; 2. 19-Jamy Begor[1]; 3. 88-Fire Swamp[4]; 4. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[3]; 5. 29-Nick Heywood[11]; 6. 03-Joshua Jock[7]; 7. 10X-Cory Castell[12]; 8. 35B-Brennan Moore[10]; 9. 2*-Eric Gauvreau[8]; 10. 55-Dan Reif[15]; 11. 35D-Dylan Moore[5]; 12. 8-Steve Bushey[9]; 13. 14K-Karl Potvin[16]; 14. 3-Adam Rozon[14]; 15. 95J-Dan Jalbert[6]; 16. M70-Billy Cook[21]; 17. 12T-Trey Ladouceur[24]; 18. 14-Ty David[25]; 19. 314-Nick Mallette[17]; 20. 54G-Greg Snyder[20]; 21. 21L-Skylar Ladouceur[19]; 22. 27D-Mario Dupuis[22]; 23. 9-Kristian Smoke[13]; 24. 1R-Ricky Thompson[18]; 25. (DNS) 4-Rico Heranadez

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35D-Dylan Moore[2]; 2. 0-Shane Pecore[5]; 3. 03-Joshua Jock[3]; 4. 35B-Brennan Moore[8]; 5. 9-Kristian Smoke[6]; 6. 14K-Karl Potvin[7]; 7. 21L-Skylar Ladouceur[9]; 8. 27D-Mario Dupuis[1]; 9. 14-Ty David[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Fire Swamp[1]; 2. 19-Jamy Begor[2]; 3. 2*-Eric Gauvreau[4]; 4. 29-Nick Heywood[7]; 5. 3-Adam Rozon[8]; 6. 314-Nick Mallette[5]; 7. 54G-Greg Snyder[3]; 8. 4-Rico Heranadez[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[5]; 2. 95J-Dan Jalbert[1]; 3. 8-Steve Bushey[3]; 4. 10X-Cory Castell[2]; 5. 55-Dan Reif[4]; 6. 1R-Ricky Thompson[8]; 7. M70-Billy Cook[7]; 8. 12T-Trey Ladouceur[6]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 19-Jamy Begor[1]; 2. 8-Steve Bushey[2]; 3. 10X-Cory Castell[3]; 4. M70-Billy Cook[4]; 5. 14-Ty David[5]; 6. 27D-Mario Dupuis[6]; 7. 2*-Eric Gauvreau[7]; 8. 4-Rico Heranadez[8]; 9. 29-Nick Heywood[9]; 10. 95J-Dan Jalbert[10]; 11. 03-Joshua Jock[11]; 12. 21L-Skylar Ladouceur[12]; 13. 12T-Trey Ladouceur[13]; 14. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[14]; 15. 314-Nick Mallette[15]; 16. 35B-Brennan Moore[16]; 17. 35D-Dylan Moore[17]; 18. 0-Shane Pecore[18]; 19. 14K-Karl Potvin[19]; 20. 55-Dan Reif[20]; 21. 3-Adam Rozon[21]; 22. 9-Kristian Smoke[22]; 23. 54G-Greg Snyder[23]; 24. 88-Fire Swamp[24]; 25. 1R-Ricky Thompson[25]

DIRTcar Pro Stock

DIRTcar Prostock Feature (20 Laps): 1. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[1]; 2. 12S-Dakota Sharp[3]; 3. 690-Sid Harmer Jr[6]; 4. 8-Marc Lalonde[12]; 5. X15-Tyler Bushey[9]; 6. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[5]; 7. 30-Zack Daniels[15]; 8. 28-Burton Ward[13]; 9. 9-Eric Jean Louis[2]; 10. 4R-Roch Aubin[22]; 11. 06-Alex Lebrun[7]; 12. 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[16]; 13. 6-Stephane Lebrun[8]; 14. M2-Anthony Mossow[19]; 15. 73-Bastien Caron[10]; 16. 57J-Jason Fetterly[11]; 17. 17-Marc Peladeau[14]; 18. 22B-Blayne Nichols[17]; 19. 75-Kenneth Hartshorn Jr[18]; 20. 7S-Chad Vallance[20]; 21. 5B-Ian Bressett[24]; 22. 0N-Owen White[23]; 23. 101X-Kurt Russell[25]; 24. 25-Austin Ward[26]; 25. (DNF) 6J-Natacha Lebrun[21]; 26. (DNF) 17D-Louie Jackson SR[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[5]; 2. 17D-Louie Jackson SR[1]; 3. 06-Alex Lebrun[3]; 4. 73-Bastien Caron[8]; 5. 28-Burton Ward[4]; 6. 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[7]; 7. M2-Anthony Mossow[6]; 8. 4R-Roch Aubin[2]; 9. 5B-Ian Bressett[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Eric Jean Louis[1]; 2. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[2]; 3. 6-Stephane Lebrun[7]; 4. 57J-Jason Fetterly[3]; 5. 17-Marc Peladeau[6]; 6. 22B-Blayne Nichols[4]; 7. 7S-Chad Vallance[5]; 8. (DNS) 0N-Owen White

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Dakota Sharp[1]; 2. 690-Sid Harmer Jr[3]; 3. X15-Tyler Bushey[5]; 4. 8-Marc Lalonde[4]; 5. 30-Zack Daniels[8]; 6. 75-Kenneth Hartshorn Jr[9]; 7. 6J-Natacha Lebrun[2]; 8. 0N-Owen White[10]; 9. 101X-Kurt Russell[7]; 10. 25-Austin Ward[6]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 4R-Roch Aubin[1]; 2. 5B-Ian Bressett[2]; 3. X15-Tyler Bushey[3]; 4. 73-Bastien Caron[4]; 5. 30-Zack Daniels[5]; 6. 57J-Jason Fetterly[6]; 7. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[7]; 8. 72G-Denis Gauvreau[8]; 9. 690-Sid Harmer Jr[9]; 10. 17D-Louie Jackson SR[10]; 11. 9-Eric Jean Louis[11]; 12. 71-Delbert LaGrow Jr[12]; 13. 8-Marc Lalonde[13]; 14. 06-Alex Lebrun[14]; 15. 6J-Natacha Lebrun[15]; 16. 6-Stephane Lebrun[16]; 17. M2-Anthony Mossow[17]; 18. 22B-Blayne Nichols[18]; 19. 17-Marc Peladeau[19]; 20. 101X-Kurt Russell[20]; 21. 12S-Dakota Sharp[21]; 22. 7S-Chad Vallance[22]; 23. 25-Austin Ward[23]; 24. 28-Burton Ward[24]; 25. 0N-Owen White[25]; 26. 75G-Eli Gilbert

Limited Sportsman

Limited Sportsman Feature (15 Laps): 1. 42-Keith Pelkey[9]; 2. 1RJR-Garin Thompson[4]; 3. 7D-Bryan Tarbell[7]; 4. 10-Parker Dermody[5]; 5. 8-Graysen Reddick[3]; 6. 74-Justin Lazore[2]; 7. 20M-Joe Chartier[1]; 8. 22D-Daylon Ezard[6]; 9. 1A-Alex Reif[8]; 10. (DNS) 4-Kobe Hernandez

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1RJR-Garin Thompson[1]; 2. 74-Justin Lazore[2]; 3. 10-Parker Dermody[5]; 4. 7D-Bryan Tarbell[3]; 5. 42-Keith Pelkey[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 8-Graysen Reddick[1]; 2. 20M-Joe Chartier[2]; 3. 22D-Daylon Ezard[3]; 4. 1A-Alex Reif[5]; 5. 4-Kobe Hernandez[4]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 20M-Joe Chartier[1]; 2. 10-Parker Dermody[2]; 3. 22D-Daylon Ezard[3]; 4. 4-Kobe Hernandez[4]; 5. 74-Justin Lazore[5]; 6. 42-Keith Pelkey[6]; 7. 8-Graysen Reddick[7]; 8. 1A-Alex Reif[8]; 9. 7D-Bryan Tarbell[9]; 10. 1RJR-Garin Thompson[10]

Mini Stock

Mini Stock Feture (12 Laps): 1. 114-Felix Lavictoire[1]; 2. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[4]; 3. 77-Todd Fleury[3]; 4. 19-Connor Lavair[7]; 5. 710-Kyle Whalen[5]; 6. (DNF) 3-Stephen Bushey[8]; 7. (DNF) C4-CJ LaVair[6]; 8. (DNF) 75-Emily Massy[2]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 114-Felix Lavictoire[1]; 2. 75-Emily Massy[3]; 3. 77-Todd Fleury[2]; 4. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[5]; 5. 710-Kyle Whalen[8]; 6. C4-CJ LaVair[6]; 7. 19-Connor Lavair[7]; 8. 3-Stephen Bushey[4]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 3-Stephen Bushey[1]; 2. 17E-Glenn Engstrom[2]; 3. 77-Todd Fleury[3]; 4. C4-CJ LaVair[4]; 5. 19-Connor Lavair[5]; 6. 114-Felix Lavictoire[6]; 7. 75-Emily Massy[7]; 8. 710-Kyle Whalen[8]