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Dotson Uses Last-Corner Pass to Secure Shelby County Win in Photo Finish

Emily Schwanke

HARLAN, IA (August 29, 2026) – Shelby County Speedway simply had it all.

Four different leaders in the Feature. Racing from the infield to the wall. Leaders colliding on the final lap. and a drag race to the checkered flag to cap off an instant Race of the Year candidate.

From ninth in the starting order, Ethan Dotson wasn’t on the radar of potential contenders for the win for most of Saturday’s World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision debut at Shelby County. But the Bakersfield, CA native mythodically worked his way into the top five by the halfway point of the 50-lapper, then up to third with eight laps to go. That meant Dotson was in prime position when chaos broke out.

The chaos in question came between Daulton Wilson and Bobby Pierce, who pulled away from earlier leaders Nick Hoffman and Dennis Erb Jr. to race for the win down the stretch. Pierce tried everything he could to get past the No. 58V, but Wilson matched every move to keep Pierce behind him. That was until the white flag flew.

On the bottom of Turn 1, Wilson spun on his own right in front of Pierce, who had nowhere to go but the side of Wilson’s car. The contact pointed Wilson back in the right direction and allowed him to drive away while Pierce was spun backwards. By Series rules, Wilson maintained the lead because his wheels never stopped turning, but Pierce was sent to the tail when his car came to a stop.

The green-white-checkered restart opened the door for Dotson to enter the picture. Wilson remained committed to the bottom for the last two laps, so Dotson elected to rip the cushion for all it was worth in search of his first World of Outlaws win of the year. Dotson got to Wilson’s outside off of Turn 2, then cleared him exiting Turn 4 to win by a car length.

“The line I was running, nobody was really running down there [in Turns 1 and 2],” Dotson said. “Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good there. Hate it for Bobby and Daulton, but the way it’s been going for me lately, I’ll take a little luck. I figured if I could get around the top down there and get a run on him, I saw [Wilson]’s guy telling him to run the bottom. Just all kind of fell together finally.”

Behind Wilson in second, Justin Duty scored a new World of Outlaws career best in third, while Tristan Chamberlain finished fourth for his best result of the season. Hoffman rounded out the top five.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision kicks off the fall portion of the season at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

RACE NOTES:

Ryan Gustin set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Nick Hoffman won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Daulton Wilson won Heat 1.

Dennis Erb Jr. won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Nick Hoffman won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Justin Duty won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Dustin Sorensen won the Last Chance Showdown.

Daulton Wilson won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Ethan Dotson won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Daulton Wilson was the Air National Guard Second-Place Finisher.

Justin Duty was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Tristan Chamberlain was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Tyler Erb was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Dallon Murty was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Derrick Stewart was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Dustin Sorensen was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Blair Nothdurft was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Tad Pospisil was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[9]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[1]; 3. 15D-Justin Duty[3]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 6. 1-Tyler Erb[11]; 7. 9M-Tim McCreadie[14]; 8. 13-Dallon Murty[6]; 9. B1-Brent Larson[7]; 10. 43-Derrick Stewart[13]; 11. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen[17]; 13. 32-Bobby Pierce[15]; 14. 76-Blair Nothdurft[10]; 15. 14-Trey Mills[16]; 16. 6-Jake Neal[20]; 17. 1Z-Logan Zarin[12]; 18. 04-Tad Pospisil[21]; 19. 53-Andrew Kosiski[19]; 20. 80-Allan Hopp[25]; 21. 4-JC Wyman[24]; 22. 62-Justin Zeitner[22]; 23. 55E-Eli Johnson[18]; 24. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 25. 1X-Aaron Marrant[23]

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/dotson-uses-last-corner-pass-to-secure-shelby-county-win-in-photo-finish/

TRACK INFO: https://www.racescs.com/

FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/

 

Pierce Collects Record-Extending 20th World of Outlaws Win of 2026 at Adams County

Emily Schwanke

CORNING, IA (August 28, 2026) – Bobby Pierce has developed quite an affinity for Adams County Speedway this season.

Prior to 2026, the Corning, IA facility had not hosted a national Late Model event since a Hav-A-Tampa race in 2000 won by Scott Bloomquist. That changed with last month’s Half Mile Hustle, a race Pierce attended and won on an off week from World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision competition. The $15,000 prize that came with the win was nice, but so were the laps he got to turn in advance of Adams County’s first World of Outlaws race on Friday night.

The “Smooth Operator” put those notes to good use in his return trip, leading the final 18 laps on the way to his second Adams County win in as many starts and his 20th World of Outlaws win of the year, extending the single-season win record that he set last weekend at Maquoketa Speedway.

A month ago, Pierce rode behind Nick Hoffman for most of the race before the No. 9 broke a piston and Pierce’s eight cylinders powered him past Hoffman on seven. The early stages of Friday’s race looked like a rerun, with Hoffman leading the way and Pierce in tow close behind. But Pierce didn’t need any misfortune for Hoffman to pass him this time. On a Lap 6 restart, Pierce threw a slider from second on Hoffman in Turn 1 and grabbed the lead off Turn 2, but a caution for Jesse Sobbing over the banking in Turn 3 negated the pass and handed the lead back to Hoffman.

Pierce tried the same move two laps later, but struggled for grip on the exit of Turn 2 and let Hoffman get back around down the backstretch. After a brief duel with Daulton Wilson for second, Pierce came knocking once again. On Lap 28, Pierce ripped the Turn 3 cushion while Hoffman rolled the bottom, but a bobble for Hoffman down low sent him bouncing up the track and gave Pierce the opportunity to cross low off of Turn 4, drive around Hoffman and cruise away to the win.

Adams County is the third different Iowa track Pierce has won at with the World of Outlaws this season, joining Independence Motor Speedway and Maquoketa Speedway, and the seventh of his career. Pierce’s 62nd World of Outlaws win further strengthened his hold on fourth on the all-time wins list, and brought him within a dozen wins of Darrell Lanigan in third with 74.

“I was devastated when I-80 [Speedway] went away, I think this is I-80,” Pierce said of his initial impressions of Adams County. “It’s pretty cool, it’s a lot of fun. I loved I-80, and we’re kind of in this area, too. It’s cool how that happens. It’s just got them long straightaways with them tight corners. A nice amount of flat on the bottom and then progressive banking on up. It always gives us, at least the two times I’ve been here now, it gave us a heck of a Feature. Heat Races are a little single-file, but sometimes that’s what it takes to have one of the best Features. This track definitely performs.”

A pair of No. 9 machines finished behind Pierce on the podium, as Tim McCreadie worked his way from his 13th starting spot up to second ahead of Hoffman in third. Wednesday’s winner at Southern Iowa Speedway, Tyler Erb, finished fourth ahead of Iowa native Ryan Gustin in fifth.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision wraps up the Iowa swing at Shelby County Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 29. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

RACE NOTES:

Tyler Erb set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Nick Hoffman won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Nick Hoffman won STAKT Products Heat 1.

Bobby Pierce won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2.

Dustin Sorensen won Jarrett Rifles Heat 3.

Nick Hoffman won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Trey Mills won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Trey Mills won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Tim McCreadie was the Air National Guard Second-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Tyler Erb was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Daulton Wilson was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Brent Larson was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

JC Wyman was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Dustin Sorensen was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Dallon Murty was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Logan Zarin was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Chris Spieker was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (45 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie[13]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[16]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[11]; 6. 14-Trey Mills[23]; 7. 58V-Daulton Wilson[3]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[9]; 9. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[15]; 10. B1-Brent Larson[5]; 11. 4-JC Wyman[17]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 13. 13-Dallon Murty[7]; 14. 1Z-Logan Zarin[20]; 15. 74X-Ethan Dotson[8]; 16. 53-Andrew Kosiski[21]; 17. 35D-Dylan Sillman[18]; 18. 56-Chris Spieker[19]; 19. 55E-Eli Johnson[14]; 20. 15D-Justin Duty[2]; 21. 15C-Curt Schroeder[25]; 22. 04-Tad Pospisil[12]; 23. 99-Jesse Sobbing[10]; 24. 62-Justin Zeitner[24]; 25. 1X-Aaron Marrant[22]

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/pierce-collects-record-extending-20th-world-of-outlaws-win-of-2026-at-adams-county/

TRACK INFO: https://www.acspeedway.com/

FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/

 

Tyler Erb Wins Inaugural World of Outlaws Corn Belt Showdown at Southern Iowa

OSKALOOSA, IA (August 26, 2026) – Tyler Erb made sure the biggest Late Model race in Southern Iowa Speedway history got a little “Rowdy.”

Following last weekend’s rollover crash at Maquoketa Speedway, Erb and his Best Performance Motorsports crew opted to switch chassis to the frame they last ran in the Dirt Late Model Dream. That car was still sporting the Kyle Busch tribute wrap that Erb debuted at Eldora Speedway in June, and it made its first visit to Victory Lane on Wednesday night.

The speed secrets behind a fast Eldora car can also lead to success at other sweeping 1/2-miles like Southern Iowa, and Erb proved it off the trailer by topping the Qualifying chart and collecting his third Simpson Quick Time Award of the season. The New Waverly, TX native dropped back to third in his Heat Race, but he made up for it by moving up from seventh to fourth in the first dozen laps of the Feature.

The duel out front was between two drivers chasing their first win with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision in Dallon Murty and Dustin Sorensen. After leading the first 11 laps, Murty started to fade and lost the lead to Sorensen, then let Ethan Dotson by for second soon after. Sorensen’s hopes of victory were nearly dashed on Lap 14 when Trey Mills flipped entering Turn 3 and collected Sorensen. Series officials determined that Sorensen spun to avoid Mills, which allowed him to retain the lead.

Erb had turned into the fastest car on the track by that point, which meant the ensuing restart spelled trouble for the leaders. The No. 51 disposed of Murty in the first corner, then needed five more laps to catch and pass Dotson for second. Two laps later, a solid run off the bottom of Turn 2 gave Erb enough momentum down the backstretch to get to Sorensen’s inside and clear him in Turn 3. It was all “Terbo” all the time the rest of the way, as Erb took the checkers 2.1 seconds ahead of the field for his fourth World of Outlaws win of the year and the eighth of his career.

“It’s so hard to be fast, and tonight, from the moment we unloaded, I was like, ‘Alright, I’m fast again,” Erb said. “That’s a good feeling. You lose it for four days, you forget how to do it.  Just made some small changes. It’s a lot like Knoxville [Raceway], especially when it gets them slick spots in it, you can about spin out off the corner. Ricky [Kay, track prep specialist] and them redeemed themselves. I dogged on them last week about Maquoketa [Speedway], but this was fun as hell.”

Dotson’s second-place run tied his Hendry County Motorsports Park runner-up on Feb. 20 as his best finish of the season, while Sorensen held on for third to earn a spot on a World of Outlaws podium for the first time in 2026. Daulton Wilson and Bobby Pierce made up the rest of the top five.

RACE NOTES:

Tim McCreadie set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Tyler Erb won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Ryan Gustin won STAKT Products Heat 1.

Ethan Dotson won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2.

Dustin Sorensen won Jarrett Rifles Heat 3.

Dallon Murty won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Nick Hoffman won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Ethan Dotson was the Air National Guard Second-Place Finisher.

Dustin Sorensen was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Daulton Wilson was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Bobby Pierce was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Chris Simpson was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Tim McCreadie was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Dallon Murty was the VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Justin Duty was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Tristan Chamberlain was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Clay Stuckey was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Brent Larson was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Eli Johnson was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[7]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[4]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[2]; 4. 58V-Daulton Wilson[3]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 6. 32S-Chris Simpson[8]; 7. 9M-Tim McCreadie[13]; 8. 13-Dallon Murty[1]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 10. 9-Nick Hoffman[20]; 11. 15D-Justin Duty[10]; 12. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[16]; 13. 15-Clay Stuckey[11]; 14. B1-Brent Larson[18]; 15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[19]; 16. 25-Chad Simpson[9]; 17. 1Z-Logan Zarin[15]; 18. 55E-Eli Johnson[21]; 19. 43-Derrick Stewart[14]; 20. 38T-Dylan Thornton[12]; 21. 15C-Curt Schroeder[17]; 22. 53-Andrew Kosiski[22]; 23. (DQ) 14-Trey Mills[23] 

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/tyler-erb-wins-inaugural-world-of-outlaws-corn-belt-showdown-at-southern-iowa/

TRACK INFO: https://southerniowafair.com/racing

FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/

 

Chamberlain's Late Model Progress Reaches New Heights With First Eldora Triumph

Emily Schwanke

 

NEW WESTON, OH (September 8, 2026) – After last weekend, Tristan Chamberlain will forever hold one of dirt racing’s most prestigious titles: Eldora Speedway winner.

A win on Late Model racing’s most hallowed grounds is special for any driver, but particularly Chamberlain. He grew up an hour south of the track in Richmond, IN, and made countless childhood memories watching his father, “Insane” Duane Chamberlain, race and win at Eldora.

A decade removed from Duane’s latest Eldora triumph with the American Late Model Series in 2016, Tristan was back on the Victory Lane stage on Sunday night – this time with his own name on the car. The third-year World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision competitor led wire-to-wire in the Baltes Classic to kick off World 100 week in the best way possible.

“My grandma actually showed me a picture of my dad in Victory Lane, and I was standing up there with him. I think it was like 2011, 2013, something around there, so I was just a little guy then,” Chamberlain said. “Definitely a special night. We can both say we’ve been on the stage at Eldora.”

Sunday’s program was a meaningful one long before the checkered flag flew, as it was the first time that Duane and Tristan were in competition together at the “Big E.” The elder Chamberlain was back in the driver’s seat last weekend for the first time since the fall of 2023, with Duane spending the three years since focusing on his role as Tristan’s crew chief on tour with the World of Outlaws.

The 47-year-old ran Saturday’s Northern Allstars Late Model Dirt Series event at Brownstown Speedway followed by the Baltes Classic on Sunday to get back up to speed ahead of his first World 100 appearance since 2022. Making his second Feature start in the event would be ideal, but the primary reasoning behind Duane’s return to racing is to improve Tristan’s program in the long run.

“Him being my crew chief, I’m always telling him what I’m feeling in the car,” the younger Chamberlain said. “He wanted to hop back in the seat and just feel how the cars have changed over these last couple years. That way, he can relate more to me when I’m telling him what I feel when I’m driving. It was more about him just getting laps and trying to understand different shock sets from when he was racing. It’s more about the more communication, the better.”

While Duane was strapping in ahead of the second split-field Feature on Sunday, his son was busy keeping some of Eldora’s best behind him in the first 25-lapper. They included runner-up Brandon Overton, the only man in history to win the Dream twice in one week in 2021 as part of his four total Eldora crown jewels. Max Blair trailed in third, who finished second in the Dream three months ago as part of a breakout 2026 campaign, and is someone many are eyeing as a dark horse pick to win his first World 100 on Saturday night.

Both drivers made a bid for the lead at different points in the race, but Chamberlain denied both of them. That run went a long way toward proving to the world that he’s capable of holding his own against the best, and maybe more importantly, proving it to himself.

“Definitely a confidence booster for me,” Chamberlain said. “Brandon’s won the World and the Dream, and holding off guys like that isn’t easy. We’ve definitely got speed, we just need everything to go our way and hopefully we can make the Feature on Saturday.”

If Chamberlain can race his way into the World 100 for the second time in his career this weekend, it would be the latest example of a recent uptick in performance out of the No. 20TC team. In the latest weekend of World of Outlaws racing in Iowa, Chamberlain recorded back-to-back top 10s with a ninth-place run at Adams County Speedway and a season-best fourth at Shelby County Speedway.

As a whole, Chamberlain’s seven World of Outlaws top 10s in 2026 have him ahead of his first two seasons on tour with nine races still remaining. If he can hold onto his 94-point lead over Brent Larson for 11th in the standings, it would be a new career-best points finish as well. The progress remains slow and steady, but Chamberlain firmly believes he’s on his way to his ultimate goal of being a nightly contender.

“I guess we’re just all clicking finally,” Chamberlain said. “Like I said in my interview Sunday, it just takes time and experience. Eventually, everything will click, and right now I’m feeling really confident. Racing’s really mental, so as long as you stay positive about everything, things will usually work out in your favor.”

Chamberlain and the rest of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision will return to action at I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park for the King of the Arch on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.

ARTICLE: https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/chamberlains-late-model-progress-reaches-new-heights-with-first-eldora-triumph/

EVENT INFO: https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/event/56th-world-100/
TRACK INFO: https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/

FAN 101: https://about.worldofoutlaws.com/

 

Super DIRTCAR series

       

www.superdirtcarseries.com

Photos courtesy The World of Outlaws

The Super DIRTcar Series remains the premier traveling tour for Big Block Modifieds in the nation.

Each Super DIRTcar Series event follows a traditional short-track program including pre-race Hot Lap sessions, qualifying through Time Trials, Heat Races, and a Last Chance Showdown, all leading up to the 30-car Feature. The number of cars entered that night determines the number of preliminary races. The top 12 qualifiers in the heat races redraw for starting positions.

CAN-AM THRILL: Jackson Gill Scores First Career Super DIRTcar Series Win in Can-Am's R.D. Hutchinson Memorial
Alex Yankowski finishes second, extends Series lead to 98 points

joe Grabianowski

LaFargeville, NY(September 12, 2026) – After being shut out of Victory Lane all year, Jackson Gill ended Can-Am Speedway’s season with a moment he’ll never forget.

He stormed from 14th to the lead, passing Alex Yankowski with five laps to go to earn his first Super DIRTcar Series win in Saturday’s R.D. Hutchinson Memorial.

His win came just minutes from his Plessis, NY, home, as he celebrated with his family in front of the Can-Am crowd.

“I didn’t think I’d ever get one this year,” Gill said. “To be this night is truly something special. 

“To win a Super DIRTcar Series race, it doesn’t get any better than that.”

While his night ended in celebration, he faced adversity early on. During Hot Laps, the left rear hub broke off his No. 60, forcing his team to go home and get another one so he could start his Heat Race. That didn’t stop him, though, as he gained enough positions to earn the 14th starting position in the Feature.

The 67-lap race began with Erick Rudolph, the SRI Performance and Stock Car Steel Pole award winner, and Jack Lehner trading the lead in the first two laps before Rudolph nosed ahead on Lap 3.

Rudolph led the next 10 laps before Yankowski closed on the No. 25’s bumper. After following him on the outside for a few laps, Yankowski slid Rudolph in Turns 1 and 2 on Lap 15 to take the lead.

Yankowski, from Covington Township, PA, drove out to a three-second lead. But once he reached lap traffic, it allowed the rest of the top five to close in on the Series points leader.

One of those drivers was Gill, who moved up 10 spots to fourth in the first 39 laps. He bided his time there for 12 more laps before making his final charge with 14 laps remaining.

Gill stuck his No. 60 car to the bottom of Can-Am’s wide racetrack, finding momentum, especially off Turn 4. He got by track champion Billy Dunn on Lap 53, and quickly set his sights on Lehner, who was running second. With the same move he used to get by Dunn, Gill powered off Turn 4 on Lap 57 to take second from the “Ginga Ninja.” 

As Gill continued his charge, Yankowski’s lead was shrinking quickly. With a swift move on the bottom on Lap 63, Gill’s goal of getting to the lead was accomplished, Gill thundered past Yankowski for the lead as they exited Turn 4, nosing ahead of Yankowski at the start/finish line.

From there, Gill went untouched to score the $6,067 victory, becoming the 198th winner in Super DIRTcar Series history.

“I had a little pep in my step when I saw the 84Y in reach,” Gill said. It’s a little bit of a mental barrier behind Billy (Dunn). I just slowed down a little bit, but I ended up getting by him there and just staying consistent, trying not to get off that bottom. It took a little bit of rubber, and I was kind of surprised to see Yankowski pick the top. And as soon as I saw him do that, I knew it was go time.”

Yankowski settled for second, after leading 45 laps. Despite the good finish, “Kid Rocket” said his right rear tire was chunked at the end of the race.

“We just unloaded really bad,” Yankowski said. “We worked on it and got it better and better. I saw the color changes (on the track) going on, and I got behind (Matt) Sheppard and (Tyler) Dippel to try and lap them. I saw it was getting gray on the bottom like it was trying to rubber, but when I went down there, I felt like I was sliding like a 410 Sprint Car. And I was like, oh boy, that right rear is killed.”

“(Gill) did a really good job, and I’m really happy for them.

With his second straight runner-up finish, Yankowski extended his points lead to 98 points over Mat Williamson, who finished fifth.

Lehner rounded out the podium, earning his third-place finish of the season, and Dunn finished fourth.

UP NEXT: The Super DIRTcar Series heads to Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY, on Saturday, Sept. 26, for Malta Massive Weekend. Joining the Beasts of the Northeast will be the DIRTcar Pro Stock Series.

Where can you buy tickets to Malta Massive Weekend? You can buy tickets at the gate on race day.

Where can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.

RACE NOTES:

JAM Performance Fastest Hot Lap Award: Jimmy Phelps
Billy Whittaker Cars and Trux Quick Time Award: Alex Payne
Bicknell Racing Products Heat Race 1 Winner: Alex Payne
DIG Race Products Heat Race 2 Winner: Mat Williamson
Wix Filters Heat Race 3 Winner: Tim Fuller
SRI Performance/Stock Car Steel Pole Award Winner: Erick Rudolph
Behrent’s Performance Warehouse One Lap to Go: Jackson Gill

R.D. Hutchinson Memorial (67 Laps): 1. 60-Jackson Gill[14]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[5]; 3. 2-Jack Lehner[3]; 4. 49-Billy Dunn[11]; 5. 88-Mat Williamson[9]; 6. 25-Erick Rudolph[1]; 7. 19-Tim Fuller[6]; 8. 35-Mike Mahaney[8]; 9. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[10]; 10. 99L-Larry Wight[7]; 11. 12-Darren Smith[13]; 12. 91-Felix Roy[19]; 13. 11-Matt Caprara[15]; 14. 28M-Jordan McCreadie[22]; 15. 27-Tanner Van Doren[23]; 16. 29-Ryan Krachun[17]; 17. 7M-Paul Mancini[25]; 18. 70A-Alex Payne[2]; 19. 9S-Matt Sheppard[12]; 20. 1-Tyler Dippel[20]; 21. 444-Russell Morseman IV[27]; 22. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[21]; 23. (DNF) 6-Matt Stangle[18]; 24. (DNF) 15X-Justin Stone[16]; 25. (DNF) 83X-Tim Sears Jr[4]; 26. (DNF) 63-Adam Roberts[24]; 27. (DNF) 17-Marcus Dinkins[26]

 

ARTICLE: https://superdirtcarseries.com/recap/can-am-thrill-jackson-gill-scores-first-career-super-dirtcar-series-win-in-can-ams-r-d-hutchinson-memorial/

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STEW STRIKES AGAIN: Stewart Friesen Earns Seventh Series Win of 2026 with Cavalcade 100 Victory
Alex Yankowski extends Series points lead to 94 points with runner-up finish

Joe Grabianowski

WEEDSPORT, NY (September 6, 2026) – Over the past two seasons, no one has been able to beat Stewart Friesen in a Super DIRTcar Series event at Weedsport Speedway.

That didn’t change on Sunday night, either, as the Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON driver led the final 46 laps to win the Cavalcade Cup 100.

The $10,000 victory is Friesen’s seventh Series win of 2026, and 59th of his career.

“What a great racecar,” Friesen said. “Tommy (Conroy, his crew chief) has been busting his butt the last couple of weeks. He just puts together such a great racecar, and we work really well together. We’ve got a really good notebook for here.

“The track was really bottom-lane dominant. And then the more I rolled the middle, kept my momentum up and took care of the tires, the better and better it went.”

Tanner Van Doren, the SRI Performance and Stock Car Steel Pole Award winner, led the field to the green in the 100-lap Feature, gaining the early advantage over Tim Sears Jr. on the race’s opening lap.

The 18-year-old driver led until the first caution flew on Lap 11 when Peter Britten slowed in Turn 3. Restarts played a vital role in Sunday’s race, as the first double-file restart led to the first lead change. When the green came back out, Sears rolled the outside lane in Turns 1 and 2 to move ahead of the No. 27, taking the lead on Lap 15.

Sears quickly pulled away from the field, as Matt Sheppard, Alex Yankowski, and Zach Payne all snuck by Van Doren. That lead lasted until the next caution on Lap 45, when Brett Tonkin and Britten made contact on the front stretch.

That yellow also set up another double-file restart, where two of the best in Big Block Modified racing were ready to strike. When the race resumed, Sheppard, like Sears 30 laps earlier, rolled the outside line to try and move past the No. 83X. Once he built up his momentum, it didn’t take Sheppard long to wrestle the lead away, nosing ahead at the start/finish line on Lap 49.

However, as Sheppard took the lead, Friesen charged forward, driving past Sears for second on the outside lane two laps later. That pass set up another battle between him and Sheppard, after the NASCAR Trucks Series star outdueled the No. 9s for the win at Weedsport last month. 

With Sheppard still running the outside, Friesen went to the bottom and tried to keep pace with the 10-time Series champion. And as the next few laps clicked off, Friesen inched closer to “Super Matt” as they exited Turn 2.

On Lap 54, Friesen’s momentum was finally enough, as he stormed past Friesen for the lead on the backstretch and drove away.

From there, not even a Lap 95 caution for Matt Stangle could stop Friesen, as he held off Yankowski on the restart to earn his fourth straight Series win at Weedsport.

“When Sheppard got the lead, he was pretty strong,” Friesen said. “And he was just kind of floating that middle, and I was able to stick a little bit better in the bottom and the middle and just kept my momentum up.

“Then we got into lap traffic there, and it showed me that middle, rub-rail to rub-rail, and keeping the guys pinned down so I could keep my momentum up. Once the track widened up, I could race all over it.”

Yankowski crossed the line second, increasing his Series points lead to 94 points over Mat Williamson, who finished sixth. It’s the Covington Township, PA driver’s best Weedsport finish.

“I think this is by far the best we’ve ever been here,” Yankowski said. “We’ve been really focusing on this track because we race it so many times with the Series. It’s the trickiest place that we go to. I feel like we learned a lot tonight. We got a lot more aggressive, and we’re getting a lot better.”

Sears held on for third, while Sheppard and Alex Payne rounded out the top five.

UP NEXT: The Super DIRTcar Series heads to Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, NY, on Saturday, Sept. 12, for the third annual R.D. Hutchinson Memorial. Joining the Beasts of the Northeast will be the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series.

Where can you buy tickets to the R.D. Hutchinson Memorial? You can buy tickets online at www.racecanam.com/schedules.

Where can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.

RACE NOTES:

JAM Performance Fastest Hot Lap Award: Erick Rudolph
Billy Whittaker Cars and Trux Quick Time Award: Matt Sheppard
Bicknell Racing Products Heat Race 1 Winner: Matt Sheppard
DIG Race Products Heat Race 2 Winner: Tim Fuller
Wix Filters Heat Race 3 Winner: Jack Lehner
The Greatest Store on Dirt Heat Race 4 Winner: Peter Britten
SRI Performance/Stock Car Steel Pole Award Winner: Tanner Van Doren
Behrent’s Performance Warehouse One Lap to Go: Stewart Friesen

Cavalcade Cup 100 (100 Laps): 1. 44-Stewart Friesen[9]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[4]; 3. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[2]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard[3]; 5. 70A-Alex Payne[15]; 6. 88-Mat Williamson[17]; 7. 7Z-Zachary Payne[5]; 8. 2-Jack Lehner[10]; 9. 25-Erick Rudolph[7]; 10. 19-Tim Fuller[6]; 11. 27-Tanner Van Doren[1]; 12. 91-Felix Roy[11]; 13. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[14]; 14. 12-Darren Smith[23]; 15. 29-Ryan Krachun[8]; 16. 35-Mike Mahaney[21]; 17. 21A-Peter Britten[12]; 18. 27P-Jeremy Pitts[24]; 19. 5H-Amy Buff[18]; 20. 7M-Paul Mancini[26]; 21. (DNF) 3M-Chris Mackey[20]; 22. (DNF) 6-Matt Stangle[25]; 23. (DNF) 32R-Ronnie Davis III[16]; 24. (DNF) 22-Brandon Walters[19]; 25. (DNF) 27K-Brett Tonkin[22]; 26. (DNF) M1-Dave Marcuccilli[13] 

ARTICLE: https://superdirtcarseries.com/recap/stew-strikes-again-stewart-friesen-earns-seventh-series-win-of-2026-with-cavalcade-cup-100-victory/

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No Fines, Just Five-Dollar Bills: NASCAR Turns Driver Swears Into a Fan Prize with the NASCAR Swear Jar

Every Swear Word Adds $5 to the NASCAR Swear Jar as Fans Listen Live and Compete for the Growing Pot 

joe Grabianowski  

LaFargeville, NY (September 9, 2026) –

A showdown in New York’s North Country is up next for the Beasts of the Northeast, as the road to Super DIRT Week 54 continues.

The Super DIRTcar Series visits Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, NY on Saturday, Sept. 12, for the R.D. Hutchinson Memorial. Drivers will battle in a 67-lap Feature paying $6,067-to-win.

Joining the Super DIRTcar Series are the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series and the Northeast Late Model Alliance. 

Where can you buy tickets to the R.D. Hutchinson Memorial? You can buy tickets online at www.racecanam.com/schedules.

Where can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.

Here’s a look at what to watch for at Can-Am:

Inching Closer: After a runner-up finish on Sunday at Weedsport Speedway, Alex Yankowski is inching closer to his first Super DIRTcar Series title. 

The Covington Township, PA driver enters this weekend 94 points ahead of three-time Series champion Mat Williamson and returns to a track where he’s found success. Yankowski is the defending winner of the R.D. Hutchinson Memorial, holding off challenges from Larry Wight and Alex Payne throughout the event.

“Kid Rocket” is the only driver who’s finished in the top 10 in all 15 points-paying Features this season and has 11 top fives. He’s searching for his ninth career Super DIRTcar Series victory.

The Battle for Second: While Yankowski pulls away from Williamson, the St. Catharines, ON driver is being challenged by Payne for second. The two drivers are 20 points apart entering this weekend, with both drivers aiming for their second points-paying win of the season.

Williamson has two Feature wins at the “Nasty Track of the North” in his career, including an R.D. Hutchinson Memorial win in 2024.  In six Super DIRTcar Series starts at the track, “Money Mat” has finished in the top five in four of them, including each of the last three. 

 A win on Saturday would be his 40th career Series triumph.

Payne, meanwhile, has made three starts at the 4/10-mile track, but has been successful despite not reaching Victory Lane. The Hopewell, NY driver has finished in the top 10 in both of his Series starts, which includes a runner-up finish to Yankowski last year. 

If Payne wins on Saturday, it’ll be his sixth Super DIRTcar Series win.

Caprara’s House: For the first time in 2026, MD3 Rookie of the Year contender Matt Caprara gets the chance to race at his home track. 

The Clayton, NY driver is a three-time winner in the track’s 358 Modified division in 2026 and added four top fives and 11 top 10s in 16 starts.

Caprara is currently 57 points behind Tyler Dippel in the battle for MD3 Rookie of the Year and has the advantage over the Walkill, NY driver at Can-Am. While Caprara has made 17 starts at Can-Am, this will be the first time Dippel has raced there.

Both drivers are searching for their first Super DIRTcar Series victory.

Super Matt Moves to Fourth: With a fourth-place finish last weekend at Weedsport, Matt Sheppard moved back up to fourth in the Series standings, 10 points ahead of Jimmy Phelps.

That momentum carries into a track where Sheppard has been the most successful of the current Super DIRTcar Series stars, winning on three occasions in 2009, 2019, and 2022. A win by the Savannah, NY driver would tie Steve Paine for the most Series wins at the track and be his 104th career Series triumph.

Phelps, meanwhile, has two podium finishes at the track in 2007 and 2008, and was running second last year before a mechanical failure ended his night. The Baldwinsville, NY driver has two wins on similar tracks already this season at Mohawk International Raceway and Airborne Park Speedway and is searching for his 25th career Series victory.

Fuller is Due: Since the inaugural R.D. Hutchinson Memorial in 2024, no one has had worse luck in the event than Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame driver Tim Fuller.

In each of the last two seasons, Fuller lost potential podium finishes after tangling with a lap car while leading in 2024, and had a flat tire last year while running third.

The Edwards, NY driver, and six-time track champion, already has a Super DIRTcar Series victory in 2026, winning the Stars and Stripes Spectacular at Land of Legends Raceway in July. A win by Fuller on Saturday would be his 38th career Series victory, and 53rd at Can-Am.

WHEN AND WHERE
Can-Am Speedway (4/10-mile) in LaFargeville, NY on Saturday, Sept. 12

TRACK RECORD
Can-Am Speedway: 18.883 set by Chuck Bower on July 20, 2000

ONLINE
Can-Am Speedway: www.RaceCanam.com

FEATURE WINNERS: (7 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

  1. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-7
  2. Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-4
  3. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-3
  4. Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-2
  5. Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-1
    Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1

     

HEAT RACE WINNERS (24 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

  1. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-14
  2. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-7
  3. Alex Yankowski- Covington Township, PA-5
  4. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-On-the-Lake, ON-5
    Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-5
  5. Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-4
    Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-4
    Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-4
  6. Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-3
    Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-3
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-3
  7. Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-2
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-2
    Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-2
    Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-2
    Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-2
  8. Matt Caprara, Clayton, NY-1
    Louden Reimert, Oley, PA-1
    Matt Delorenzo, Cropseyville, NY-1
    Demetrios Drellos, Queensbury, NY-1
    Brett Haas, Pittsfield, MA-1
    Marc Johnson, Guilderland, NY-1
    Mario Clair, St. Edmond, QC-1
    William Racine, St. Paul D’Abbotsford, QC-1

LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINNERS (27 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

  1. Rex King Jr., Bristolville, OH-3
  2. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-2
    Mike Trautschold, Roscoe, NY-2
    Ryan Krachun, Neshanic Station, NJ-2
    Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-2
    Tanner Van Doren, Schnecksville, PA-2
  3. Eddie Strada, Lake Ariel, PA-1
    Matt Caprara, Clayton, NY-1
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-1
    Matt Stangle, Neshanic Station, NJ-1
    H.J. Bunting, Milford, DE-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
    Jackson Gill, Plessis, NY-1
    Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
    Chris Curtis, East Canaan, CT-1
    Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-1
    Justin Cyr, Cornwall, ON-1
    Chris Raabe, Alexandira, ON-1
    Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-1
    Tyler Dippel, Walkill, NY-1
    Logan Watt, Boyertown, PA-1
    Todd Root, Syracuse, NY-1
    Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-1
    Nick Root, Geneva, NY-1
    Justin Haers, Phelps, NY-1
    Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
    Brett Tonkin, Carbondale, PA-1

     

PODIUM FINISHES (17 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Podiums

  1. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-11
  2. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-10
  3. Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-8
  4. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-7
  5. Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-4
  6. Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-2
    Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-2
    Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY- 2
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-2
  7. Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
    Matt Delorenzo, Cropseyville, NY-1
    Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
    Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
    Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-1
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1

Ronnie Davis III, Memphis, NY-1
Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-1
Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-1

HARD CHARGER (16 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – H.C.

  1. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-3
  2. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-2
  3. Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-1
    Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
    Justin Haers, Phelps, NY-1
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-1
    Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ-1
    Tyler Dippel, Walkill, NY-1
    Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-1
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
    Ryan Krachun, Neshanic Station, NJ-1
    Adam Pierson, East Corinth, VT-1
    Mike Trautschold, Roscoe, NY-1

Ronnie Davis III, Memphis, NY-1
Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-1

Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-1

BILLY WHITAKER CARS AND TRUX QUICK TIMES (12 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QTs

  1. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-4

Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-2
Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-2
Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-2

  1. Duane Howard, Oley, PA-1
    Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-1
    Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-1
    Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1

Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-1
Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1

JAM Performance Fastest Hot Lap Award (12 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QT

  1. Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-3
  2. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-3
  3. Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-2
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-2
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-2
  4. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-On-the-Lake, ON-1
    Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
    Tanner Van Doren, Schnecksville, PA-1
    Andy Bachetti, Sheffield, MA-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1
    Erick Rudolph. Ransomville, NY-1

     

Super DIRTcar Series Lap Leaders (21 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Laps Led

  1. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-243
  2. Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-217
  3. Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY- 135
  4. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-101
  5. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-95
  6. Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-60

Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-60

  1. Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-38
  2. William Racine, St. Paul D’Abbotsford, QC-37
  3. Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-35
  4. Matt Delorenzo, Cropseyville, NY-29
  5. Mike Trautschold, Roscoe, NY-26
  6. Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-25
  7. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-20
  8. Marc Johnson, Guilderland, NY-19
  9. Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-17
  10. Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-11
  11. Kevin Hamel, Yamaska, QC-8

Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-8

  1. Bobby Varin, Johnstown, NY-4
  2. Tanner Van Doren, Schneckville, PA-13

2026 Super DIRTcar Series Schedule and Winners

  1. Wednesday, Feb. 11/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Stewart Friesen*
  2. Thursday, Feb. 12/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Mat Williamson*
  3. Friday, Feb. 13/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Mat Williamson (2)*
  4. Saturday, Feb. 14/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Larry Wight*
  5. Friday, April 17/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY/Mat Williamson (3)
  6. Wednesday, May 13/Georgetown Speedway/Georgetown, DE/Alex Yankowski
  7. Sunday, May 17/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Long Sault, ON/Alex Yankowski (2)
  8. Tuesday, June 16/Lebanon Valley Speedway/West Lebanon, NY/Stewart Friesen (2)
  9. Tuesday, June 23/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY/Stewart Friesen (3)
  10. Thursday, July 2/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY/Tim Fuller
  11. Tuesday, July 7/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Long Sault, ON/Stewart Friesen (4)
  12. Wednesday, July 8/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY/Jimmy Phelps
  13. Monday, July 20, Autodrome Drummond/Drummondville, QC/Alex Yankowski (3)
  14. Wednesday, July 22/Airborne Park Speedway/Plattsburgh, NY/Jimmy Phelps (2)
  15. Sunday, August 16/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY/Stewart Friesen (5)
  16. Monday, August 17/Brewerton Speedway/Central Square, NY/Alex Yankowski (4)
  17. Tuesday, August 18/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY/Alex Payne
  18. Wednesday, August 19/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY/Stewart Friesen (6)
  19. Sunday, September 6/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY/Stewart Friesen (7)

*: Denotes Non-Points Paying Victory

 

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September Opens With Final Weedsport Stop of 2026 at Weedsport
Alex Yankowski leads Mat Williamson by 84 points in Series standings

joe Grabianowski

WEEDSPORT, NY (September 2, 2026) – A return to one of Central New York’s iconic venues kicks off the September swing for the Beasts of the Northeast.

The Super DIRTcar Series visits Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, NY, for the final time in 2026 on Sunday, Sept. 6, for the Cavalcade Cup 100. A $10,000 prize is on the line in a 100-lap Feature.

Along with the Super DIRTcar Series, the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series joins the card in the annual Sportsman Classic. The Hoosier 600 Microsprint Tour finishes out the three-division show.

Where can you buy tickets to the Cavalcade Cup 100? Get tickets at SuperDIRTcarSeries.com/Schedule.

Where can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision, the premier dirt racing streaming service.

Here’s a look at what to watch for at Weedsport:

Nine Races to Go: After winning his second SummerFAST championship, Alex Yankowski has an 84-point lead over three-time defending Series champion Mat Williamson heading into Sunday’s Cavalcade Cup 100.

The Covington Township, PA driver is the only competitor to finish in the top 10 in every points-paying Super DIRTcar Series Feature in 2026. He’s also earned 10 top fives, including a fourth-place finish at Weedsport in the Hall of Fame 100. In six starts at Weedsport, Yankowski has four top fives and five top 10s.

A win by “Kid Rocket” on Sunday would be his ninth career Series win at nine different racetracks.

Williamson, meanwhile, has found success at Weedsport already in 2026, winning both DIRTcar Big Block Modified events during the Empire State Challenge with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. The St. Catharines, ON driver also crossed the line third in the Hall of Fame 100 last month, but was light at the scales, relegating him to a last-place finish.

Overall, Williamson has 11 wins, 21 top fives and 24 top 10s in 43 starts at Weedsport. Four of those wins are Super DIRTcar Series triumphs.

If he wins on Sunday, it’ll be “Money Mat’s” 40th career Series win, breaking a tie with Bob McCreadie for seventh on the all-time wins list.

Stew’s Playground: Over the past two seasons, no one has been better than Stewart Friesen in Super DIRTcar Series events at Weedsport.

The NASCAR Trucks Series star has won his last four Series starts at the track, and four of the last five overall.  Friesen, from Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, has nine Super DIRTcar Series wins at Weedsport, and 12 overall victories along with 25 top fives and 36 top 10s.

Friesen is the leading Super DIRTcar Series winner in 2026, after winning his seventh Feature at Utica-Rome Speedway during SummerFAST. A win on Sunday would be his 59th career Series triumph.

Payne’s Redemption: One driver looking for redemption after last month’s stop at Weedsport is Alex Payne.

The Hopewell, NY driver, who earned his fifth career Series win at Land of Legends Raceway last month, led the first 54 laps of the Hall of Fame 100 in August, before an incident relegated him to a 20th-place finish. 

That finish was Payne’s only finish outside the top five in the last nine Series races and only finish outside the top 10 in his last 11 starts. He also won the track’s Icebreaker 50 at Weedsport in May.

If Payne wins on Sunday, it’ll be his sixth career Super DIRTcar Series victory.

Battle For Fourth: Every position matters on the road to the World of Outlaws World Finals, and 30 points separate positions four through seven.

Super DIRTcar Series veteran Jimmy Phelps leads that battle, 11 points ahead of 10-time Series champion Matt Sheppard. Phelps, from Baldwinsville, NY, finished seventh in the Hall of Fame 100, which is part of a streak of seven top 10s in his last eight races.

At Weedsport, Phelps has two Super DIRTcar Series victories and 22 overall victories at the 3/8-mile track. He’s searching for his third Series win of the season, and 25th career Series triumph.

Sheppard, meanwhile, has struggled after finishing second in the Hall of Fame 100 at Weedsport last month, rounding out SummerFAST with 14th-, 12th-, and 23rd-place finishes. Those results dropped him to fifth in the standings, 14 points ahead of Jack Lehner in sixth.

“Super Matt” will aim to rebound at one of his most successful tracks, where he’s won eight times with the Super DIRTcar Series and 28 times overall. Sheppard is aiming for his 104th Series win and first of 2026.

Behind Phelps and Sheppard, Lehner and Felix Roy are separated by five points entering this weekend’s Cavalcade Cup 100. 

Lehner, from Saratoga Springs, NY, ended the night on the podium last month at Weedsport after Williamson was light on the scales. The “Ginga Ninja” has finished in the top 10 in each of the last four races. 

Roy, meanwhile, finished sixth in the Hall of Fame 100 last month, as part of a string of seven straight top 10s, and nine top 10s in his last 10 races.

Both Roy and Lehner are searching for their first career Super DIRTcar Series victory.

WHEN AND WHERE
Weedsport Speedway (3/8-mile) in Weedsport, NY on Sunday, Sept. 6

TRACK RECORD
Weedsport Speedway: 14.884 set by Peter Britten on Aug. 17, 2025

ONLINE
Weedsport Speedway: www.weedsportspeedway.com
 

2026 Super DIRTcar Series Statistics

FEATURE WINNERS: (7 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

  1. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-6
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-4
  2. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-3
  3. Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-2
  4. Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-1
    Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1

HEAT RACE WINNERS (24 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

  1. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-14
  2. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-7
  3. Alex Yankowski- Covington Township, PA-5
  4. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-On-the-Lake, ON-5
    Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-5
  5. Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-4
  6. Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-3
    Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-3
    Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-3
    Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-3
  7. Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-2
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-2
    Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-2
    Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-2
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-2
  8. Matt Caprara, Clayton, NY-1
    Louden Reimert, Oley, PA-1
    Matt Delorenzo, Cropseyville, NY-1
    Demetrios Drellos, Queensbury, NY-1
    Brett Haas, Pittsfield, MA-1
    Marc Johnson, Guilderland, NY-1
    Mario Clair, St. Edmond, QC-1
    Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-1
    William Racine, St. Paul D’Abbotsford, QC-1

LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINNERS (25 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins

  1. Rex King Jr., Bristolville, OH-3
  2. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-2
    Mike Trautschold, Roscoe, NY-2
    Ryan Krachun, Neshanic Station, NJ-2
    Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-2
    Tanner Van Doren, Schnecksville, PA-2
  3. Eddie Strada, Lake Ariel, PA-1
    Matt Caprara, Clayton, NY-1
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-1
    Matt Stangle, Neshanic Station, NJ-1
    J. Bunting, Milford, DE-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
    Jackson Gill, Plessis, NY-1
    Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
    Chris Curtis, East Canaan, CT-1
    Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, NY-1
    Justin Cyr, Cornwall, ON-1
    Chris Raabe, Alexandira, ON-1
    Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-1
    Tyler Dippel, Walkill, NY-1
    Logan Watt, Boyertown, PA-1
    Todd Root, Syracuse, NY-1
    Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-1
    Nick Root, Geneva, NY-1
    Justin Haers, Phelps, NY-1

PODIUM FINISHES (16 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Podiums

  1. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-10
    Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-10
  2. Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-7
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-7
  3. Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-4
  4. Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-2
    Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-2
    Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY- 2
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-2
    Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
    Matt Delorenzo, Cropseyville, NY-1
    Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
    Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
    Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-1
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1
    Ronnie Davis III, Memphis, NY-1
    Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-1

HARD CHARGER (15 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – H.C.

  1. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-3
  2. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-2
  3. Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-1
    Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, NY-1
    Justin Haers, Phelps, NY-1
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-1
    Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ-1
    Tyler Dippel, Walkill, NY-1
    Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-1
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
    Ryan Krachun, Neshanic Station, NJ-1
    Adam Pierson, East Corinth, VT-1
    Mike Trautschold, Roscoe, NY-1
    Ronnie Davis III, Memphis, NY-1
    Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-1

BILLY WHITAKER CARS AND TRUX QUICK TIMES (12 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QTs

  1. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-4
  2. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-2
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-2
  3. Duane Howard, Oley, PA-1
    Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-1
    Tim Sears Jr., Hastings, NY-1
    Mike Mahaney, Elizabethtown, NY-1
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1
    Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
    Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
    Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-1

JAM Performance Fastest Hot Lap Award (11 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QT

  1. Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-3
  2. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-3
  3. Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY-2
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-2
    Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-2
  4. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-On-the-Lake, ON-1
    Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-1
    Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-1
    Tanner Van Doren, Schnecksville, PA-1
    Andy Bachetti, Sheffield, MA-1
    Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-1
    Michael Parent, Granby, QC-1

Super DIRTcar Series Lap Leaders (19 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Laps Led

  1. Alex Yankowski, Covington Township, PA-217
  2. Stewart Friesen, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON-196
  3. Jimmy Phelps, Baldwinsville, NY- 135
  4. Mat Williamson, St. Catharines, ON-101
  5. Alex Payne, Hopewell, NY-95
  6. Tim Fuller, Edwards, NY-60
  7. Matt Sheppard, Savannah, NY-55
  8. Larry Wight, Phoenix, NY-38
  9. William Racine, St. Paul D’Abbotsford, QC-37
  10. Matt Delorenzo, Cropseyville, NY-29
  11. Mike Trautschold, Roscoe, NY-26
  12. Peter Britten, Brisbane, QLD-25
  13. Felix Roy, Napierville, QC-20
  14. Marc Johnson, Guilderland, NY-19
  15. Justin Stone, Middlebury, VT-17
  16. Jack Lehner, Saratoga Springs, NY-11
  17. Kevin Hamel, Yamaska, QC-8
    Darren Smith, Binghamton, NY-8
  18. Bobby Varin, Johnstown, NY-4

2026 Super DIRTcar Series Schedule and Winners

  1. Wednesday, Feb. 11/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Stewart Friesen*
  2. Thursday, Feb. 12/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Mat Williamson*
  3. Friday, Feb. 13/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Mat Williamson (2)*
  4. Saturday, Feb. 14/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Larry Wight*
  5. Friday, April 17/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY/Mat Williamson (3)
  6. Wednesday, May 13/Georgetown Speedway/Georgetown, DE/Alex Yankowski
  7. Sunday, May 17/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Long Sault, ON/Alex Yankowski (2)
  8. Tuesday, June 16/Lebanon Valley Speedway/West Lebanon, NY/Stewart Friesen (2)
  9. Tuesday, June 23/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY/Stewart Friesen (3)
  10. Thursday, July 2/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY/Tim Fuller
  11. Tuesday, July 7/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Long Sault, ON/Stewart Friesen (4)
  12. Wednesday, July 8/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY/Jimmy Phelps
  13. Monday, July 20, Autodrome Drummond/Drummondville, QC/Alex Yankowski (3)
  14. Wednesday, July 22/Airborne Park Speedway/Plattsburgh, NY/Jimmy Phelps (2)
  15. Sunday, August 16/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY/Stewart Friesen (5)
  16. Monday, August 17/Brewerton Speedway/Central Square, NY/Alex Yankowski (4)
  17. Tuesday, August 18/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY/Alex Payne
  18. Wednesday, August 19/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY/Stewart Friesen (6)

*: Denotes Non-Points Paying Victory 

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Tristan Ladouceur Captures First Career DIRTcar Sportsman Series Win at Can-Am

joe Grabianowski

LaFargeville, NY (September 12, 2026) – At the drop of the green flag, 29 drivers and 30 laps stood between Tristan Ladouceur and a victory. But the Alexandria, ON driver found the speed he needed on the outside to finally take home his first career DIRTcar Sportsman Series checkered flag.

 

“It feels good to finally check one of these off,” Ladouceur said. “It feels like it was a long time coming. We’ve had a lot of podium finishes with the Series. I am just so grateful to finally be on top.”

 

Ladouceur had an incredible season in Hoosier Racing Tire Weekly Championship competition at Mohawk International Raceway, winning 11 out of 11 Features in 2026. Luckily for him, Can-Am demanded a similar Mohawk mindset.

 

“We started fourth, and I was able to get to the top early,” Ladouceur noted. “I knew that there wasn’t much out there, but it was similar to what we have at Mohawk. I had to make my moves really early. After that, I got to the bottom, and we just had a really great car.”

 

Ladouceur got out in front with a sweeping high-side move. However, his lead did not stretch far.

 

“I was looking at the screen going on the front stretch, for sure watching for the #18 [Eisele],” Ladouceur said. “I knew that it would be really hard to make a pass on the outside, so I had to be patient and pick off the lapped cars one by one.”

 

Hometown hero and second-place finisher Gavin Eisele, from LaFargeville, NY, started third and gave chase for the duration of the Feature, but could not make an effective run on the race-winner.

 

“I had a really good car but wasn’t great on the bottom so I moved up to the middle,” Eisele said. “The holes were helping me get a good run down the hill. I felt really good in three and four in the middle.

 

“We were even speed-wise with Ladouceur, so I knew I had to get it done on a restart. I thought I got a really good run, but I didn’t quite clear him to get down in front of him. Great race. The track was pretty fun.”

 

Third-place Tyler Corcoran, from Central Square, NY, started sixth and raced himself onto the podium. Despite the success, he felt the car showed more speed than the result.

 

“After passing Richard [Murtaugh] in the Heat Race, we felt very confident with as good as this car has been,” Corcoran noted. “We finished fifth Thursday, second last night, and third tonight. We’ve been really good. Overall, we can’t complain when you finish third to these guys.

 

“We developed a really good package at Utica-Rome, and it’s transferred over well to Can-Am and now hopefully Oswego for Super DIRT Week. Everywhere we go, we’ve been good, so hopefully we can keep that going next week.”

 

Derrick McGrew Jr. finished fourth with Mike Fowler rounding out the Top 5.

 

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series returns to action on Friday, Sept. 18, at Mohawk International Raceway, joining the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series.

 

DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (30 Laps): 1. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[4]; 2. 18E-Gavin Eisele[3]; 3. 64-Tyler Corcoran[6]; 4. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[2]; 5. 410-Mike Fowler[9]; 6. 52-Jessica Power[11]; 7. 9-Logan Brown[10]; 8. 44-Mason Rogers[12]; 9. 2-Greg Henry[14]; 10. 33M-Richard Murtaugh[5]; 11. 03-Joshua Jock[1]; 12. 82-David Hackett[21]; 13. 16-Matt Barbour[17]; 14. 92-Frank Sibley[18]; 15. 54-Sullivan Dickey[16]; 16. 07W-Taylor Wason[28]; 17. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[8]; 18. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[15]; 19. 33B-Bodie Marks[20]; 20. 3-Stephen Bushey[23]; 21. 711X-Connor Crane[13]; 22. 916-Nick Brundige[30]; 23. 714-Chris Darling[27]; 24. 51-Bryan Preville[29]; 25. 28$-Brian Harber[24]; 26. 12-Owen Bird[19]; 27. 16H-Tucker Halliday[26]; 28. 10-Trevor Houghton[22]; 29. (DNF) 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[25]; 30. (DNF) 14-Camdin Cook[7]

 

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ne/sportsman-modifieds/dirtcar-sportsman-series/tristan-ladouceur-captures-first-career-sportsman-series-win-at-can-am/

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Hoffman Conquers Eldora for First World 100 Victory

Emily Schwanke

NEW WESTON, OH (September 12, 2026) – It’s been an absolutely life-changing week for Nick Hoffman.

It all started on Thursday afternoon in the Eldora Speedway media center, when Hoffman made it official that he was leaving Tye Twarog Racing at the end of the 2026 season to accept a position as the new full-time dirt Late Model driver at Spire Motorsports.

From the moment the news broke, Hoffman emphasized his gratitude towards Twarog for the opportunity he gave him to become a nationally-touring Late Model racer four years ago, and subsequently develop into one of the top drivers in the nation. He also made it clear that his goal for the remainder of 2026 is to win as many more races as he could for Twarog, with the World 100 sitting firmly atop the list.

It was a lofty, but very realistic goal for Hoffman and the No. 9 team. He’s absorbed plenty of expertise over the years from Eldora legends Scott Bloomquist and Jonathan Davenport, and his momentum-based driving style has been known to suit Eldora quite well. In the past two seasons, he’s come up just short of Victory Lane time after time – third in the 2025 Dirt Late Model Dream, third in the 2025 World 100, and third in the 2026 Dirt Late Model Dream. With 13 laps to go in the 2026 World 100, Hoffman found himself in an all-too-familiar position  – third.

It was at that moment when the race got flipped upside down thanks to a caution stemming from a flat tire on Davenport’s car. It erased the lead that Ryan Gustin had carried throughout the race, which was as large as three seconds over the best in the business behind him. A 12-lap shootout separated Gustin from the biggest prize in Late Model racing, but his chance at Eldora glory came to a heartbreaking end when the driveshaft on the No. 19R car broke on the restart.

Gustin’s misfortune was the break that Hoffman needed, as he inherited the lead for the final run to the finish. Hoffman had been playing the tire-saving game to perfection all race long, leaving him with enough traction at the end to cruise away from defending winner Ricky Thornton Jr. and forever cement himself as a World 100 champion.

“This is incredible,” Hoffman said. “I’ve done so many interviews this week, it’s been a life-changing week for me. I told them this would be the cherry on top, it’s just unbelievable. I got emotional at Mansfield [Speedway] when I won $100,000, but you don’t understand how much this means to me.”

Thornton’s bid to become a back-to-back World 100 champion ended in second ahead of Tyler Erb in third, tying his 2018 finish as his best run on Late Model racing’s biggest night.

56th Annual World 100 (100 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[9]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[11]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[17]; 4. 1-Brandon Sheppard[19]; 5. 71-Hudson O’Neal[13]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[18]; 7. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 8. 111-Max Blair[23]; 9. 74X-Ethan Dotson[25]; 10. C7-Adam Stricker[3]; 11. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 12. 10-Joseph Joiner[5]; 13. 40B-Kyle Bronson[10]; 14. 22*-Zack Mitchell[16]; 15. 93-Carson Ferguson[8]; 16. 60-Dan Ebert[27]; 17. 8M-Dillon McCowan[24]; 18. 81F-Jadon Frame[12]; 19. 22F-Chris Ferguson[20]; 20. 1Z-Logan Zarin[22]; 21. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 22. 12-Ashton Winger[15]; 23. 8S-Brian Shirley[26]; 24. 5-Drake Troutman[14]; 25. 25F-Jason Feger[28]; 26. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[7]; 27. 25-Shane Clanton[21]; 28. 13-Tyler Carpenter[4]

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Sheppard, O'Neal Power to Friday Prelim Victories at World 100

 

 

 

 Emily Schwanke

NEW WESTON, OH (September 11, 2026) – The stage is set for the biggest night of the dirt Late Model season.

The second of two split-field preliminary nights finalized the Heat Race lineups for Saturday’s World 100 finale, with Brandon Sheppard and Hudson O’Neal each finding Victory Lane in their respective 25-lap Features on Friday night.

Feature 1

From fourth in the starting lineup, Sheppard raced his fellow Illinoisan, Frank Heckenast Jr., for second in the wake of polesitter Carson Ferguson on the opening lap. Sheppard prevailed in that tussle in Turns 3 and 4, while Ricky Thornton Jr. also got past Heckenast to slide into third.

One lap later, Sheppard got a run on Ferguson into Turn 3 and cleared him in Turn 4, moving up in front of the No. 93 off the corner to take command of the race. Thornton followed Sheppard around Ferguson shortly after, setting up an exciting race for the lead between the No. 1 and the No. 20RT.

Thornton made it side-by-side with Sheppard for the first time with 10 laps on the board, and found enough speed through the middle to take the lead. But as traffic became more of a factor later in the race, Sheppard switched from the top side to the bottom, and used it to get back around Thornton with 10 to go. That would be the end of the race for the lead, as Sheppard started to pull away for his seventh Eldora win, but his first on World 100 weekend since 2015.

“Anytime you can get a win here, it’s just amazing,” Sheppard said. “Feels really good. It’s been a long time since we won a prelim night here, so I feel really good about that. Our car’s just been really balanced all weekend, and it was at the Dream also. The only difference between the Dream and here is we’re qualifying better this weekend. That puts us starting back a little bit more in the Heats, but we know our car’s good enough to drive up through there.”

Thornton settled for second ahead of Nick Hoffman, who climbed from seventh to third.

Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[7]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[5]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie[8]; 6. 49-Jonathan Davenport[16]; 7. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 9. 12-Ashton Winger[3]; 10. 19R-Ryan Gustin[18]; 11. 99-Devin Moran[10]; 12. 5-Drake Troutman[11]; 13. 20-Jimmy Owens[12]; 14. 22-Gregg Satterlee[14]; 15. 0-Jake O’Neil[15]; 16. 44D-Dalton Cook[9]; 17. 49M-Luke Morey[17]; 18. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[23]; 19. 09-Michael Leach[19]; 20. 10S-Garrett Smith[24]; 21. T1-Todd Morrow[20]; 22. 1Z-Logan Zarin[26]; 23. 25B-Mike Benedum[25]; 24. 16-Sam Seawright[21]; 25. S21-Seth Daniels[22]; 26. 111R-Steven Roberts[13]

Feature 2

O’Neal watched the seas part in front of him as the field took the green flag. Both front row starters, Brian Shirley and Tristan Chamberlain, struggled to find traction, and Chamberlain slid up the track toward the frontstretch wall, leaving a lane open for O’Neal to stick his nose into.

That’s exactly what O’Neal did, and in the blink of an eye, he went from fourth to racing Shirley for the lead into Turn 1. The “New Deal” rode the high side through the first set of corners and pounded the Turn 2 cushion well enough to pull ahead of Shirley down the backstretch. It was all O’Neal the rest of the way – Chris Ferguson worked his way from seventh to second by halfway and was closing in on O’Neal late, but didn’t have enough time to make a serious bid for the win.

O’Neal’s triumph was the sixth of his career in World 100 prelim action and his 16th win of 2026, but his first in the SSI Motorsports No. 71 since May 14 at Eagle Raceway.

“You always try to dream up those situations before you take the green,” O’Neal said of his move for the lead on the start. “I feel like here, of all places, it’s so hard to get going late whenever the track gets so slick on the outside. Especially on the front row when the inside guy gets to fire first. I feel like coming from fourth here is almost better than starting third. If you can get a good enough run, you can make a lot of moves there. I was just fortunate to be able to get up beside Shirley as well, and then race him off in there and be able to clear him down the back straightaway. Those moves, they don’t happen very often, especially with this group of people.”

Ferguson and Bobby Pierce completed the rest of the podium.

Feature 2 (25 Laps): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[4]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[7]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 4. 44-Chris Madden[6]; 5. 8S-Brian Shirley[1]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[9]; 7. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 8. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 9. 25-Shane Clanton[13]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert[14]; 11. 19-Dustin Sorensen[20]; 12. 157-Mike Marlar[15]; 13. 25F-Jason Feger[25]; 14. 22*-Zack Mitchell[22]; 15. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]; 16. 14JR-Trey Mills[10]; 17. 10-Joseph Joiner[17]; 18. 81F-Jadon Frame[12]; 19. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[23]; 20. C7-Adam Stricker[21]; 21. 15L-Lane Snook[19]; 22. 12J-Jason Jameson[16]; 23. 24-Jason Riggs[24]; 24. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 25. 13M-Dallon Murty[26]; 26. 13-Tyler Carpenter[18]

UP NEXT: The 2026 World 100 champion will be crowned following the 100-lap finale on Saturday, Sept. 12. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

World 100 Saturday Heat Race Lineups

Heat 1
Row 1: Frank Heckenast Jr., Dustin Sorensen
Row 2: Jake O’Neil, Shane Clanton
Row 3: Hudson O’Neal, Brandon Sheppard
Row 4: Clay Stuckey, Brenden Smith
Row 5: Max Blair, Rusty Ballenger
Row 6: Kyle Strickler, Dustin Nobbe
Row 7: Rod Conley, Kale Green
Row 8: Mike Mataragas, Luke Anstett
Row 9: Shannon Babb, Keith Morris

Heat 2
Row 1: Joseph Joiner, Drake Troutman
Row 2: Tristan Chamberlain, Bobby Pierce
Row 3: Carson Ferguson, Chris Ferguson
Row 4: Mike Marlar, Jason Jameson
Row 5: Michael Norris, Gregg Satterlee
Row 6: Ches Chester, Austin Smith
Row 7: Ross Robinson, Jake Little
Row 8: Jeff Erickson Jr., Bryant Dickinson
Row 9: Evan Harrell

Heat 3
Row 1: Tyler Carpenter, Devin Moran
Row 2: Trey Mills, Ashton Winger
Row 3: Dan Ebert, Nick Hoffman
Row 4: Mike Benedum, Ethan Dotson
Row 5: Chad Finley, Jason Riggs
Row 6: Dennis Erb Jr., Brandon Carpenter
Row 7: Austin Howes, Trevor Collins
Row 8: Rob Sanders, Cody Bauer
Row 9: Dillon Kohn

Heat 4
Row 1: Zack Mitchell, Adam Stricker
Row 2: Dalton Cook, Kyle Bronson
Row 3: Josh Rice, Dale McDowell
Row 4: Jimmy Owens, Logan Zarin
Row 5: Justin Haley, Jerry Bowersock
Row 6: Brody Smith, Justin Cooper
Row 7: Mario Gresham, Justin Smith
Row 8: Andy Clark, Mike Bargo
Row 9: Trevor Landrum

Heat 5
Row 1: Ricky Thornton Jr., Jonathan Davenport
Row 2: Chris Madden, Sam Seawright
Row 3: Jason Feger, Tyler Erb
Row 4: Luke Morey, Steven Roberts
Row 5: Garrett Smith, Tim Lance
Row 6: Freddie Carpenter, Tyler Thomason
Row 7: Zach Hawk, Wayne Chinn
Row 8: Mike Provenzano, Brandon Overton
Row 9: Chris Stotts

Heat 6
Row 1: Jadon Frame, Michael Leach
Row 2: Ryan Gustin, Dallon Murty
Row 3: Brian Shirley, Tim McCreadie
Row 4: Todd Morrow, Seth Daniels
Row 5: Dillon McCowan, Kody Evans
Row 6: Dillard Hatchett, Mike Spatola
Row 7: Lane Snook, Kirk Phillips
Row 8: Mathew Porter, Justin Duty
Row 9: Curt Schroeder 

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ump/sheppard-oneal-power-to-friday-prelim-victories-at-world-100/

EVENT INFO: https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/event/56th-world-100/
TRACK INFO: https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/

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DOUBLE THE MONEY: Mat Williamson Wins Showdown in September, Earns Back-to-Back Wins at Can-Am
 Billy Dunn earns second straight podium finish, Matt Caprara rounds out top three

joe Grabianowski  

LaFargeville, NY (September 11, 2026) – For the second straight night at Can-Am Speedway, the battle for a DIRTcar 358 Modified Series win came down to Mat Williamson and Billy Dunn.

And just like Thursday’s Feature, it was Williamson standing in Victory Lane at the end of 50 grueling laps.

The St. Catharines, ON driver thundered past Dunn with two laps to go to win the Showdown in September,earning back-to-back wins at the “Nasty Track of the North.”

Matt Caprara led the field to the green in the Showdown in September, aiming to win in front of his hometown crowd. But behind the Clayton, NY driver, Can-Am track champion Billy Dunn charged through the field, moving from his eighth starting position to second in two laps.

Dunn chased the No. 11 for the next 10 circuits until Brad Rouse brought out the race’s first caution on Lap 12 for a flat right rear tire.

When the race resumed, Caprara slid up the racetrack to try and take Dunn’s lane away. That only lasted two laps, though, as the Watertown, NY driver moved to the middle in Turns 1 and 2, gaining enough momentum to drive by for the lead on Lap 14.

Dunn quickly pulled away from the field, getting out to a three-second lead before another caution came out for Rouse on Lap 38. 

Behind Dunn and Caprara, Williamson inched forward through the field, sneaking by Carrey Terrance for third just before the caution. “Money Mat” continued his battle with Terrance when the green flag came back out, getting by the No. 66X and setting his sights on Caprara.

That was when Williamson found a line that propelled his No. 6 car to the back bumper of Caprara with five laps to go. As he entered Turns 1 and 2, he started on the outside and dove to the bottom, allowing him to get the momentum he needed to pass Caprara by the exit of Turn 2. And after getting by Caprara, he only needed another lap to get to Dunn.

With a swift move through Turns 1 and 2, Williamson drove past the No. 49 in the middle of the track, taking the lead on the backstretch for the first time with two laps to go. That was all Williamson needed to earn his 24th career DIRTcar 358 Modified Series victory—one worth $4,000.
“I didn’t know whether that line was going to be fast or not,” Williamson said. “I just needed the top to go away a little bit, and it did. I could kind of momentum through the holes and turn down the hill and get some drive off.

“We were battling for fifth and not going anywhere, and then the track got slippery enough where we could build some momentum and be good.”

With his victory, Williamson extended his Series points lead for the second straight night to 96 points over Mike Mahaney, who finished seventh.

Dunn crossed the line second, earning a podium finish for the second consecutive night. As good as his car was on the outside line, he said he didn’t realize how good the bottom was late in the race.

“I kept watching the board waiting to see if the No. 6 was going to get the No. 11, and I guess I missed when he did,” Dunn said. “I was committed to the top, and didn’t know the bottom really came in. It’s just one of those things that when you’re out front, sometimes that happens.”

Caprara crossed the line third, earning his best career DIRTcar 358 Modified Series finish. After leading the race’s first 13 laps, he said he was happy with how his night turned out.

“Clean air is huge here,” Caprara said. “I knew when we got the lead there, I thought I was ok, and I was just hoping for no cautions. But we got a few, and unfortunately. It kind of bit us a little bit. But, you know, home track advantage seemed to help a little bit.”

Lance Willix crossed the line fourth for his second straight top five, and Carey Terrance finished fifth.

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar 358 Modified Series heads to Mohawk International Raceway on Friday, Sept. 18. They’ll be joined by the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series at the Akwesasne, NY oval.

For more on the DIRTcar Northeast, follow the DIRTcar Northeast  Facebook page.

DIRTcar 358 Series Feature (50 Laps): 1. 6-Mat Williamson[6]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn[8]; 3. 11-Matt Caprara[2]; 4. 31-Lance Willix[9]; 5. 66X-Carey Terrance[1]; 6. 19-Tim Fuller[10]; 7. 35-Mike Mahaney[3]; 8. 01-Chris Raabe[7]; 9. 25R-Erick Rudolph[11]; 10. 60-Jackson Gill[5]; 11. 12-Darren Smith[13]; 12. 18W-Scott Webb[12]; 13. 23-Cameron Black[20]; 14. 7S-Shaun Shaw[4]; 15. 21R-RJ Tresidder[14]; 16. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[17]; 17. 4K-Elliot Gamache[23]; 18. 15X-Justin Stone[16]; 19. 21A-Peter Britten[22]; 20. 17-Tyler Meeks[26]; 21. 28-Jordan McCreadie[19]; 22. 11S-Steve Lewis Jr[21]; 23. 5-Jack Butler[28]; 24. B24-Brendan Gibbons[27]; 25. 117-CJ Castelletti[25]; 26. (DNF) 18R-Brad Rouse[15]; 27. (DNF) 6D-Mike Durham[24]; 28. (DNF) 83B-Dustin Bradley[18]; 29. (DNF) 7B-Mitchell Bard[29]; 30. (DNS) 11B-Genavieve Bartlett

Hoosier Racing Tire Award (Free Tire): R.J. Tressider

 

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ne/358-modifieds/dirtcar-358-modified-series/double-the-money-mat-williamson-wins-showdown-in-september-earns-back-to-back-can-am-wins/

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Winger Scores First Eldora Win, Overton Back Out Front in World 100 Thursday Features

 

 Emily Schwanke

 

 

NEW WESTON, OH (September 10, 2026) – It was a clean sweep for the “Peach State” on Thursday night at Eldora Speedway.

Following a three-hour rain delay, the 102 cars in attendance at the World 100 got on track for a split-field program to open the weekend, with Ashton Winger and Brandon Overton splitting the 25-lap Feature victories.

Feature 1

Polesitter Brian Shirley powered away to the early lead while second-starting Carson Ferguson raced Winger and Devin Moran for second. Winger won that battle, but not before Shirley broke out to a 1.4-second lead that Winger needed to erase.

As the race progressed, Winger went to work on trimming down the gap. With 16 laps left and traffic impeding Shirley’s progress, Winger was right on his back bumper and in position to make a bid for the lead. That’s what he did with a Turn 1 slide job, but Shirley pulled off the crossover to hold on. When Shirley got stuck behind the slower car of Justin Haley, it gave Winger another chance to try the same move, and that time, he made it stick.

A pair of cautions in the second half of the race kept Shirley in the mix, but Winger defended every move he made to earn his first trip to Victory Lane at Eldora. The win was a continuation of Winger’s recent hot streak, as the Jeff Mathews Motorsports pilot has now won 10 times since May 16, which has him leading the Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series points and sitting third with the Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series.

“I tried to leave the door open for Devin there a couple times,” Winger said. “I kept bottoming out really bad getting down into [Turn] 1 whenever I tried to enter off the curb. It was just our night, a lot of things went our way. I mean, hell, we qualified 16th and got inverted, I know that’s a big part of it. The racetrack was pretty fast, but it still raced good.”

Shirley and Brandon Sheppard rounded out the podium.

Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[3]; 2. 8S-Brian Shirley[1]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[13]; 4. 22F-Chris Ferguson[8]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell[9]; 7. 25-Shane Clanton[7]; 8. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 9. 14JR-Trey Mills[6]; 10. 9M-Tim McCreadie[10]; 11. 49-Jonathan Davenport[25]; 12. 74X-Ethan Dotson[12]; 13. 20-Jimmy Owens[21]; 14. 44-Chris Madden[19]; 15. 5-Drake Troutman[17]; 16. 60-Dan Ebert[16]; 17. 157-Mike Marlar[22]; 18. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 19. 0-Jake O’Neil[20]; 20. 16-Sam Seawright[26]; 21. T1-Todd Morrow[24]; 22. 77-Justin Haley[23]; 23. 9C-Ches Chester[18]; 24. 10S-Garrett Smith[11]; 25. 17SS-Brenden Smith[14]; 26. 22*-Zack Mitchell[15]

Feature 2

Dustin Sorensen started on the pole to put himself in position to potentially collect the biggest win of his Late Model career, and he did his job early on by keeping Overton and Hudson O’Neal behind him on the start.

The third-year World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision traveler led the first six laps until he found himself on the receiving end of an Overton slider going into Turn 1. Sorensen crossed him over exiting Turn 2 and returned the favor into Turn 3, but Overton won the drag race the next time down the frontstretch and cleared the Minnesotan for good in Turns 1 and 2.

What could have still been a strong podium finish went up in smoke moments later when engine trouble put Sorensen out of the race. That moved Tyler Erb up to second for the restart, but his time in that spot lasted less than one corner before Josh Rice blasted past on the bottom.

As Rice closed in on Overton with the laps winding down, it started to look like the race could become a replay of the North-South 100 with Rice trading sliders for the win on one of the sport’s biggest stages. The first one came with three laps to go, but Overton held on and used Dalton Cook as a pick to keep Rice behind him momentarily. Overton blocked every move Rice could think of the rest of the way and beat the No. 11 to the flag stand by a car length for his 12th win at Eldora, but his first in four years.

“I knew [Rice] was coming,” Overton said. “I kept glancing at the screen, I’m like, ‘Man, I know that’s Josh.’ He’s my buddy, we run up and down the road together, all of our crews hang out. Hell of a race, if I was going to race it out with anybody, I’m glad it was him. I just got to where I couldn’t steer. What do you do? You just hold it wide open and land wherever you land and just try to keep as much speed.”

Behind Overton and Rice, Erb held onto third to complete the podium.

Feature 2 (25 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[11]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 4. 9-Nick Hoffman[7]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce[26]; 6. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 7. 111-Max Blair[12]; 8. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[10]; 9. 72-Michael Norris[15]; 10. C7-Adam Stricker[5]; 11. 40B-Kyle Bronson[14]; 12. 09-Michael Leach[4]; 13. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[21]; 14. 10-Joseph Joiner[8]; 15. 24-Jason Riggs[16]; 16. 49M-Luke Morey[18]; 17. 8M-Dillon McCowan[17]; 18. 25F-Jason Feger[25]; 19. 59-Dillard Hatchett[19]; 20. 15S-Clay Stuckey[20]; 21. 13M-Dallon Murty[23]; 22. 44D-Dalton Cook[13]; 23. 1G-Rusty Ballenger[22]; 24. 42F-Chad Finley[9]; 25. 21G-Mario Gresham[24]; 26. 19-Dustin Sorensen[1]

UP NEXT: The World 100 continues with two more 25-lap, $12,000-to-win, preliminary Features on Friday, Sept. 11, before the 100-lap finale on Saturday, Sept. 12. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

 

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ump/winger-scores-first-eldora-win-overton-back-out-front-in-world-100-thursday-features/

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Nigel Pendykoski Claims First Career DIRTcar Sportsman Series Victory at Weedsport's Sportsman Classic

 Joe Grabianowski

By Joe Grabianowski

WEEDSPORT, NY (September 6, 2026) – Nigel Pendykoski brought his Ivan Little-inspired DIRTcar Sportsman up on Victory Hill Sunday night at Weedsport Speedway for his first Series win. Pendykoski, from Niagara Falls, ON, made a memorable move with five laps to go in the Sportsman Classic 75 to secure the $2,500 DIRTcar Sportsman Series payday. 

 

“I’m just so proud,” Pendykoski said. “I never thought I’d be standing here. We put in so much effort this year, and it’s been really up and down. I think I flipped in Turn 1 in my very first race at this track. It’s nice to be standing here instead of upside down.”

 

Starting sixth, Pendykoski patiently kept the top runners in his sights until he began cutting through lapped traffic with ease while following race leader Tyler Corcoran. It was clear that the No. 78JR was faster than the leader, Corcoran, but he’d need a few more chips to fall in his favor to win. 

 

“I felt so good before that caution,” Pendykoski said. “But then the caution came out, and I didn’t have heat in the tires. The No. 72 got underneath me there [for second]. They started pulling away, and I got a little nervous. I was just trying to hang with them, and then they got racing each other. I just squeezed in a little bit, and we all checked up. Somehow it worked out in my favor. So happy to be here.” 

 

Corcoran, from Central Square, NY, led nearly the entire race. He was shuffled back to fourth when Pendykoski took the lead.

 

“We were really good,” Corcoran noted. “We normally suck at this place really bad, so to be out in front that long was amazing. Then it started becoming bottom dominant, and I knew I just had to hit my marks on the bottom. All of a sudden, I got driven through. I wasn’t expecting it. I guess we’ll take this one and move on to Oswego.”

 

Second-place Cody McPherson, out of St. Catharines, ON, spent very little of his race at the front. But he was there when it mattered most. 

 

“We tried to make the top work at the beginning of the race but fell back to seventh,” McPherson said. “We jammed along on the bottom and went back to the top. Finally, at the end, I had to try something. I went to the middle, and it stuck, and I was able to get it in second. Congratulations to Nigel. Nice to see two Merrittville home track guys finish one-two.”

 

In third place was Derrick McGrew Jr., from Ballston Spa, NY, who drove to the podium from a fourteenth-place starting position. 

 

“It sucks that we didn’t start our night off a little bit better,” McGrew lamented. “Coming from fourteenth made it a bit hard. We knew to stay patient and make moves when we could. We got to lapped traffic a couple times early and started picking them off one by one. Cody [McPherson] and I ran side-by-side for 30 laps, so thanks to him for running me clean.” 

 

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series will face off again on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, NY, as part of the R.D Hutchinson Memorial with the Super DIRTcar Series. 

 

Where can you buy tickets to the R.D. Hutchinson Memorial? You can buy tickets online at www.racecanam.com/schedules.

Where can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.

 

DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (75 Laps): 1. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[6]; 2. 7-Cody McPherson[7]; 3. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[14]; 4. 64-Tyler Corcoran[1]; 5. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[5]; 6. 33-Richard Murtaugh[4]; 7. 0-Tony Finch II[8]; 8. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[17]; 9. 410-Mike Fowler[11]; 10. 711X-Connor Crane[20]; 11. 16-Matt Barbour[3]; 12. 54-Sullivan Dickey[10]; 13. 714-Chris Darling[22]; 14. 33M-Bodie Marks[12]; 15. 44-Mason Rogers[9]; 16. 51-Bryan Preville[13]; 17. 32-Joe Trichilo[24]; 18. 6-Cody Manitta[25]; 19. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[29]; 20. 113JR-Frank Guererri[15]; 21. 916-Nick Brundige[28]; 22. 07W-Taylor Wason[16]; 23. 82-David Hackett[19]; 24. 52-Jessica Power[27]; 25. 10-Trevor Houghton[31]; 26. 10G-Austin Germinio[23]; 27. 20B-Brayden Bullock[26]; 28. 2-Greg Henry[30]; 29. 21J-Justin Liechti[18]; 30. (DNF) R1-Riley Rogala[21]; 31. (DNF) 349-Garrett Chillot[2]
 

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ne/sportsman-modifieds/dirtcar-sportsman-series/nigel-pendykoski-claims-first-career-dirtcar-sportsman-series-win-at-weedsports-sportsman-classic/

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Gary Lindberg Scores First Career DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Win in Stevens Memorial at Ransomville
Mat Williamson finishes second, takes over Series points lead

RANSOMVILLE, NY (August 25, 2026) – Gary Lindberg is no stranger to Victory Lane at Ransomville Speedway. In fact, he’s already been there on four occasions this season.

But on Tuesday night, the Ridgeway, ON driver earned his biggest win yet, leading all 60 laps to win the Flyin’ Brian and Ray Stevens Memorial.

It’s a $5,444 victory he won’t forget anytime soon.

“This is probably my biggest win, and the most money we’ve ever won,” Lindberg said. “It’s good for the team. Thanks for everyone coming out. It’s a Tuesday night; we had a lot of help in the pits, and the car was amazing.”

Mike Mahaney and Lindberg led the field to the green in the 60-lap Feature, but it wasn’t long before the No. 37S took advantage. Lindberg thundered around “Smooth Shoe” in Turns 1 and 2 and pulled away, opening a full straightaway lead through the first 10 laps. 

Lindberg’s lead would go away on the race’s first caution on Lap 19 for Austin Susice, but it didn’t deter Lindberg, who drove by Mahaney again on the outside when the race resumed on Lap 22. 

With Lindberg out front, Mahaney held off championship rival Mat Williamson for more than 15 laps, trying to extend his points lead over the defending champion. However, the Elizabethtown, NY driver’s good run came to an end on Lap 47, when he slowed on the backstretch.

That would be the race’s final caution as Lindberg drove away from Williamson on the restart. But it wasn’t over yet, as “Money Mat” made a late charge for the lead. It wasn’t enough, though, as Lindberg held on to reach DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Victory Lane for the first time.

“The track was fast tonight,” Lindberg said. “It was pretty hairy up there against the wall. I started getting too close to the wall, so I changed my line. I didn’t really feel fast, but I didn’t see anybody, so I thought it was the most consistent. 

“I knew Williamson was behind me, and if you make one mistake, he’s a hell of a racecar driver.”

Williamson crossed the line second, earning his fifth straight Series podium since opening the season with a 29th at Lebanon Valley.  The St. Catharines, ON driver said track position was vital in earning Tuesday’s win.

“Hats off to the No. 37S, they were good tonight,” Williamson said. “I didn’t feel like we were as maneuverable as we were on Friday. These things are so close that one little miscue definitely makes a difference on if you win or lose.”

With his runner-up finish, Williamson has taken the points lead, leaving Ransomville with a 22-point lead over Mahaney, who finished 19th.

Stewart Friesen rounded out the podium in his first Series start of the season. Peter Britten finished fourth, and Ryan Susice rounded out the top five.

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar 358 Modified Series returns to action with back-to-back nights at Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 10, and Friday, Sept. 11. 

For more on the DIRTcar Northeast, follow the DIRTcar Northeast  Facebook page.

Stevens Memorial: 1. 37S-Gary Lindberg[2]; 2. 6-Mat Williamson[3]; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen[9]; 4. 21A-Peter Britten[4]; 5. 38-Ryan Susice[12]; 6. 25-Erick Rudolph[6]; 7. 92-Andrew Buff[5]; 8. 3-Chad Brachmann[20]; 9. 01-Chris Raabe[14]; 10. 35R-Nelson Mason[8]; 11. 22-Noah Walker[11]; 12. 31-Lance Willix[7]; 13. 18R-Brad Rouse[15]; 14. 11S-Steven Lewis Jr[19]; 15. 14-CG Morey[16]; 16. B24-Brendan Gibbons[26]; 17. 5-Jack Butler[18]; 18. 117-CJ Castelletti[21]; 19. (DNF) 35-Mike Mahaney[1]; 20. (DNF) 26-Kyle Richner[17]; 21. (DNF) 1S-Andrew Smith[13]; 22. (DNF) 68-Austin Susice[10]; 23. (DNF) R44-Ryan Barrett[23]; 24. (DNF) 678-John Smith[25]; 25. (DNF) 132-Jessica Kriegisch[22]; 26. (DNF) 54JR-Scott Just[24]

Hoosier Racing Tire Award (Free Tire): Noah Walker

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ne/358-modifieds/dirtcar-358-modified-series/gary-lindberg-scores-first-career-dirtcar-358-modified-series-win-in-stevens-memorial-at-ransomville/

 

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CODY STRIKES AGAIN: Cody McPherson Wins DIRTcar Sportsman Series Portion of Stevens Memorial

Ransomville, NY (August 25, 2026) – Anytime the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series heads to Ransomville Speedway, Cody McPherson has been a contender.

And on Tuesday night, the St. Catharines, ON driver delivered a memorable performance.

McPherson stormed around Richard Murtaugh with two laps to go to win the Sportsman portion of the Flyin’ Brian and Ray Stevens Memorial.

The $3,000 triumph means a lot to McPherson, who traveled with Brian Stevens to the track as a teenager.

“Those last five laps I said screw it, I wanted to win this race so bad,” McPherson said. “There were so many nights it was me, Mikey Granton, and Brian Stevens going up to Ohsweken. I had it made being a 15-year-old kid listening to the stories from those two, and to win this race in honor of him is so awesome.”

Connor Crane and Richard Murtaugh sat on the front row of the 30-lap Feature, with Crane gaining the early advantage. Crane, from Canaan, CT, held on throughout the first 10 laps until lap traffic allowed Murtaugh to close in.

At the race’s halfway point, Crane, who was running the bottom, decided to switch lanes to try and get around a lap car. However, that opened the door on the bottom, allowing Murtaugh to slide his No. 33 in front of Crane as they exited Turn 2 on Lap 16.

Three laps later, Murtaugh’s advantage went away as the red flag came out for Taylor Wason, who flipped on the backstretch.  But while Murtaugh regained the lead on the Lap 18 restart, McPherson started his run forward behind him.

Using the outside line, McPherson drove from sixth to second in three laps, setting his sights on Murtaugh with 11 laps to go. McPherson would get closer, but then another caution flew on Lap 28 when Cody Manitta had a flat left rear tire while running sixth.

When the race resumed, Murtaugh had the advantage on the inside line over McPherson, holding him off through Turns 1 and 2 on the race’s final lap. But that’s when the yellow flag came out for the final time, as Jayden Wust got into the outside wall on the front stretch, just before the start/finish line.

That set up another green-white-checkered finish, but this time it was McPherson who took advantage. The three-time Series champion gained momentum in Turns 1 and 2 on Lap 29, thundering past Murtaugh for the lead.

From there, he held on to win the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series stop at Ransomville for the third straight year.

Murtaugh settled for second, earning his first championship-season podium of the season. 

Early leader Connor Crane finished third, Tristan Ladouceur finished fourth, and Nigel Pendykoski rounded out the top five.

With his fourth-place finish, Ladouceur holds a 26-point lead over Murtaugh.

UP NEXT: The DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series returns to action on Sunday, Sept. 6 for the Sportsman Classic at Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, NY.

They’ll be joined by the Super DIRTcar Series for the Cavalcade Cup 100.

GET WEEDSPORT TICKETS HERE

How can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Live on DIRTVision.

Stevens Memorial: 1. 1-Cody McPherson[6]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh[4]; 3. 711X-Connor Caine[1]; 4. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[8]; 5. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[12]; 6. 111-Brett Senek[7]; 7. 44C-Abby Castile[2]; 8. 26-Derrick McGrew[3]; 9. 33M-Bodie Marks[11]; 10. 16-Matt Barbour[9]; 11. 51-Bryan Preville[14]; 12. 52-Jessica Power[18]; 13. 61-Derek Wagner[16]; 14. 71-Jacob Bansmer[15]; 15. 53-Tyler Foster[22]; 16. 54-Sullivan Dickey[24]; 17. 99PJR-Matteo Panunte[26]; 18. 18R-Madyson Rouse[17]; 19. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[19]; 20. 6-Cody Manitta[5]; 21. 10-Trevor Houghton[29]; 22. 2-Greg Henry[28]; 23. 313-Cam Van Zandt[20]; 24. 916-Nick Brundige[27]; 25. 43J-Jayden Wust[13]; 26. 82-David Hackett[10]; 27. 14-Brendan Zimmerman[30]; 28. 99S-Stephen Miller[21]; 29. 07W-Taylor Wason[25]; 30. 185-Tyler Puchalski[23]

Hoosier Racing Tire Award (Free Tire): Tyler Stevenson

ARTICLE: https://dirtcar.com/dirtcar-ne/sportsman-modifieds/dirtcar-sportsman-series/cody-strikes-again-cody-mcpherson-wins-dirtcar-sportsman-series-portion-of-stevens-memorial/

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DIRTcar Sportsman Series Returns to Can-Am For Two Nights of Action

joe Grabianowski

LaFargeville, NY (September 10, 2026) – A busy weekend near the United States-Canadian border awaits the DIRTcar Sportsman Series, with two Features on tap at Can-Am Speedway.

First, the DIRTcar Sportsman Series North/Central Region combined event will continue its postponed show from the Pabst Shootout on July 1. The event will resume with Heat Race 3, followed by Last Chance Showdowns and a 30-lap Feature paying $1,000-to-win.

Thursday’s Feature will now be a non-point event, as both the North and Central Regions have completed their season.

The DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series resumes its chase for the 2026 title on Saturday, Sept. 12, joining the Super DIRTcar Series as part of the R.D. Hutchinson Memorial.

Drivers will again compete in a 30-lap Feature, but this time $1,500 is on the line.

Where can you buy tickets to Saturday’s R.D. Hutchinson Memorial? You can buy tickets online at www.racecanam.com/schedules.

Where can you watch Saturday’s DIRTcar Sportsman Series event? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.

For more on the DIRTcar Northeast, follow the DIRTcar Northeast  Facebook page.

Here’s a look at what to watch for at Can-Am:

Tristan and Richard: With six races remaining in the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series schedule, Tristan Ladouceur and Richard Murtaugh III have emerged as the top two contenders for the title.

Entering Saturday’s race at Can-Am, Ladouceur holds a 22-point lead over Murtaugh, who has more experience at the track.

Murtaugh, from Fulton, NY, is the defending winner of the event, which gave him momentum toward his Great Lakes 75 triumph at Super DIRT Week. In four Series starts, he’s never finished outside the top five, including a fifth in this year’s North Region opener. 

A win this weekend would be his 10th career Series victory.

Like Murtaugh, Ladouceur has made four Series starts at the track. After two finishes outside the top 10, the Alexandria, ON driver has earned back-to-back third-place finishes. Ladouceur has finished in the top 10 of all four Championship Series races this season. However, he’s searching for his first Series win. 

The Battle for Third: Behind the top two, Derrick McGrew Jr. and Nigel Pendykoski are separated by five points entering this weekend.

McGrew, who’s 54 points behind Ladouceur, won the Championship Series opener at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park and has finished no worse than eighth in four races. The Ballston Spa, NY driver also has momentum after finishing third in the Sportsman Classic last weekend.

McGrew is aiming for his third career Series win, but has never made a Series start at Can-Am.

One of the drivers that McGrew finished behind was Pendykoski, who scored his first career Series win in the Sportsman Classic. The Niagara Falls, ON driver enters the weekend 59 points behind Ladouceur and has finished in the top 10 in three of the four Championship Series events. 

Pendykoski has made one start at Can-Am, finishing 15th last season.

A Variety of Winners: Can-Am’s weekly competition boasted one of the toughest divisions to earn a victory this season.

In 16 weekly races, 11 drivers reached Victory Lane, including Murtaugh on two occasions.

Tyler Stevenson, from Watertown, NY, won the most races with three victories, but ultimately fell short in the track’s standings to two-time champion Gavin Eisele, from LaFargeville, NY, who won twice. Frank Sibley, from Calcium, NY, was the only other driver with multiple wins at the track this season, also winning twice.

Joining those four drivers with a win were Logan Brown, Brady Howard, Eric Nier, Jessica Power, Tyler Corcoran, Karl Comfort, and Brennan Moore. 

Out of those 11 drivers, eight of them have earned Series victories across the Northeast in their careers, with Moore, from Elgin, ON, winning the most recent event at the track in April.

2026 Championship Season Schedule:

Sunday, Aug. 9/Glen Ridge Motorsports Park/Fultonville, NY- Derrick McGrew Jr.
Wednesday, Aug. 19/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY- Tony Finch II
Tuesday, Aug. 25/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY- Cody McPherson
Sunday, Sept. 6/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY- Nigel Pendykoski
Saturday, Sept. 12/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Friday, Sept. 18/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY
Saturday, Sept. 19/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY
Friday, Sept. 25/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY
Saturday, Oct. 10/Oswego Speedway/Oswego, NY
Saturday, Oct. 17/Brockville Ontario Speedway/Brockville, ON

DIRTCar Sportsman Championship Series Points Standings

  1. Tristan Ladouceur        2060
  2. Richard Murtaugh        -22
  3. Derrick McGrew Jr.      -54
  4. Nigel Pendykoski          -59
  5. Cody Manitta                -93
  6. Bodie Marks                 -107
  7. David Hackett             -128
  8. Connor Crane              -139
  9. Jessica Power              -146
  10. Bryan Preville               -147

 

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Showdown in September Weekend Features DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Doubleheader

joe Grabianowski  

aFargeville, NY (September 8, 2026) – A back-to-back battle in New York’s north country is on tap this weekend, as the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series kicks off a jam-packed September.

The top Small Block drivers in the Northeast will compete at Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, NY, in two crucial races on the road to the 2026 championship.

First, drivers will finish the postponed Pabst Shootout from July 1 on Thursday, Sept. 10. Then, they’ll return on Friday, Sept. 11, to kick off the track’s Showdown in September weekend. Both events are 50 laps and pay $4,000-to-win.

How do you buy tickets to the Showdown in September weekend? You can buy tickets at racecanam.com.

For more on the DIRTcar Northeast, follow the DIRTcar Northeast  Facebook page.

Here’s a look at what to watch for at Can-Am:

Turning the Tide: During the last Series stop at Ransomville Speedway, Mat Williamson moved ahead of Mike Mahaney in the battle for the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series championship. 

Since not finishing the Series opener at Lebanon Valley, Williamson has finished on the podium in five consecutive races, including two victories. At Can-Am, the St. Catharines, ON driver has never reached Victory Lane with the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series. However, he does have two wins there, including a Super DIRTcar Series triumph in 2024.

Williamson is searching for his 23rd career Series win, which would break a tie with Tim Fuller for fourth on the all-time wins list.

Mahaney, meanwhile, didn’t finish the event at Ransomville due to a mechanical failure. But the Elizabethtown, NY driver has the chance to bounce back at Can-Am, where he won the Pabst Shootout last season. In five Series starts at the “Nasty Track of the North,” Mahaney has three top 10s and two top fives, adding a fifth in 2019.

A win this week would be his fourth career Series victory.

Aiming For Third: With six races remaining on the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series schedule, three drivers are separated by six points in the battle for third in the standings.

Lance Willix, from Theresa, NY, is two points ahead of Chris Raabe, who’s two points ahead of Peter Britten entering Thursday’s race. 

Willix is an eight-time winner at the “Nasty Track of the North,” including one victory at the end of August. He also has 86 top fives and 142 top 10s in 200 starts at the track. He’s aiming for his third career Series victory and finished sixth in last year’s Pabst Shootout.

Raabe, from Alexandria, ON, has also been successful at Can-Am, winning on eight occasions along with 27 top fives and 31 top 10s in 38 starts. The 2016 Series champion is searching for his sixth career Series win and first at Can-Am.

Australian driver Peter Britten is the only one of the three who has not won at Can-Am but has earned three top 10s in eight starts. His only 358 Modified Series start at the track came last year, when he crossed the line 13th. The “Batman” is searching for his second career Series victory.

North Country Stars: Like at any DIRTcar Northeast weekly track, there’s a stout group of local stars that includes two former Series champions.

That starts with Billy Dunn, who has 75 wins at the track, more than any other driver. The Watertown, NY driver earned the track championship for the eighth time in 2026 on the strength of five wins, 12 top fives, and 16 top 10s. 

Dunn, who’s a 12-time DIRTcar 358 Modified Series winner, has one Series triumph at Can-Am. He reached that feat in 2021, the year he won the Series title.

Joining Dunn will be 2004 Series champion Tim Fuller, who has 52 victories at the track. The Edwards, NY driver scored three wins in 2026, finishing second in the track’s standings. Fuller is aiming for his first Series win since last July, when he took the checkered flag at Cornwall Motor Speedway.

Joining those two with wins at Can-Am in 2026 were Willix (3), Super DIRTcar Series star Matt Caprara (3), Shaun Shaw (2), Cameron Black, and Derek Webb.

 

2026 DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Schedule
Saturday, April 18/Lebanon Valley Speedway/West Lebanon, NY- Andy Bachetti
Saturday, April 25/Devil’s Bowl Speedway/West Haven, VT- Mat Williamson
Thursday, June 11/Airborne Park Speedway/Plattsburgh, NY- Mike Mahaney
Tuesday, June 30/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY- Jimmy Phelps
Wednesday, July 15/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY- Mat Williamson
Tuesday, Aug. 25/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY-Gary Lindberg
Thursday, Sept. 10/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Friday, Sept. 11/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Friday, Sept. 18/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY
Friday, Sept. 25/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY
Friday, Oct. 9/Oswego Speedway/Oswego, NY
Saturday, Oct. 17/Brockville Ontario Speedway/Brockville, ON

 

DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Points Standings

  1. Mat Williamson              928
  2. Mike Mahaney                -22
  3. Lance Willix II                 -72
  4. Peter Britten                   -74
  5. Chris Raabe                   -76
  6. Brad Rouse                   -136
  7. Andrew Buff                   -154
  8. Brendan Gibbons           -174
  9. Jack Butler                     -180
  10. C.G. Morey                     -196

 

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Sportsman Classic Brings DIRTcar Sportsman Stars to Weedsport

joe Grabianowski  

WEEDSPORT, NY (September 3, 2026) – The road to the DIRTcar Sportsman Series championship continues this weekend, with one of the most prestigious events on the schedule.

Drivers will visit Weedsport Speedway in Weedsport, NY, for the 12th edition of the Sportsman Classic on Sunday, Sept. 6. 

A $2,500 prize is on the line in a 75-lap Feature and serves as round four of this year’s DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series.

Joining the Sportsman are the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds and the Hoosier 600 Microsprint Tour.

Where can you buy tickets to the Sportsman Classic? Buy tickets at SuperDIRTcarSeries.com/Schedule.

Where can you watch the Super DIRTcar Series? Watch every lap live on DIRTVision.

Here’s a look at what to watch for at Weedsport:

Tristan’s Consistency: After three races in this year’s chase for the DIRTcar Sportsman Series Championship, no one has been more consistent than Tristan Ladouceur.

The Alexandria, ON driver has finished in the top five in all three events, including a third at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, a fifth at Utica-Rome Speedway, and a fourth at Ransomville Speedway last week. Entering this week’s Sportsman Classic, he has a 26-point lead over Richard Murtaugh III in the Series standings.

While Ladouceur is searching for his first career Series win, Weedsport last year was where he came the closest to earning that victory. He led 70 laps in last year’s Sportsman Classic before ultimately finishing third.

Fighting for Three: In 11 Sportsman Classics held at Weedsport, only two drivers have won the event more than once. Current DIRTcar 358 Modified star Dave Marcuccilli is one of them, winning the event three times in 2015, 2017, and 2018. The other is Murtaugh, who won in 2023 and 2024.

After a runner-up finish last week at Ransomville, Murtaugh aims to bring that momentum to a place he’s found success. The two Sportsman Classic victories are two of his nine Series triumphs. However, he’s had mixed results at Weedsport over the past two seasons.

He has two fifth-place finishes during Central Region events but finished 17th in last year’s Sportsman Classic. Murtaugh also finished 12th in the DIRTcar Sportsman event as part of SummerFAST last month but led the race before a mechanical failure cost him the win.

Weedsport Momentum: This weekend’s Sportsman Classic will be the third Sportsman event at Weedsport in 2026, with Hunter Hollenbeck and Tony Finch II each earning victories. 

Hollenbeck scored his win in the DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region opener in May, while Finch earned the win during SummerFAST. Finch, from Pennellville, NY, also earned a Championship Season win at Utica-Rome Speedway later that week, one of three drivers, along with Derrick McGrew Jr. and Cody McPherson, to accomplish that feat.

Those triumphs are two of Finch’s six wins this season, along with three victories at Brewerton Speedway and one at Thunder Mountain Speedway. He finished 28th in last year’s Sportsman Classic.

Hollenbeck, meanwhile, has seven victories this season, earning four wins at Brewerton Speedway and two wins at Fulton Speedway. The Fulton, NY driver finished sixth in last year’s Sportsman Classic.

2026 Championship Season Schedule:

Sunday, Aug. 9/Glen Ridge Motorsports Park/Fultonville, NY- Derrick McGrew Jr.
Wednesday, Aug. 19/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY- Tony Finch II
Tuesday, Aug. 25/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY- Cody McPherson
Sunday, Sept. 6/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY
Saturday, Sept. 12/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Friday, Sept. 18/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY
Saturday, Sept. 19/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY
Friday, Sept. 25/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY
Saturday, Oct. 10/Oswego Speedway/Oswego, NY
Saturday, Oct. 17/Brockville Ontario Speedway/Brockville, ON

DIRTCar Sportsman Championship Series Points Standings

  1. Tristan Ladouceur        926
  2. Richard Murtaugh        -26
  3. Bodie Marks                 -40
  4. Derrick McGrew Jr.      -49
  5. Taylor Wason               -59
  6. Nigel Pendykoski         -60
  7. Cody Manitta               -73
  8. Jessica Power             -89
  9. Nick Brundige              -89
  10. Bryan Preville              -96

Note: Home Track bonus points will be added after Labor Day weekend.

 

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The Super DIRTcar Series 2026 Schedule:

Big Gator Championship
Wed. Feb. 11/ DIRTcar Nationals/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL (Non-points)
Thurs. Feb. 12/ DIRTcar Nationals/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL (Non-points)
Fri. Feb. 13/DIRTcar Nationals/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL (Non-points)
Sat. Feb. 14/DIRTcar Nationals/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL (Non-points)

2026 Championship Season

Sat. March 28/Delaware Diamond/Georgetown Speedway/Georgetown, DE
Sat. April 11/Thunder on the Thousand Islands/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY 
Fri. April 17/ 61st Anniversary Special/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY 
Sun. May 17/Spring Shootout at Cornwall/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Cornwall, ON
Sun. May 24/Heroes Remembered/Weedsport Speedway/ Weedsport, NY 
Mon. May 25/The Natural 77/Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY 
Tues. June 16/Mr. Dirt Track USA/Lebanon Valley Speedway/West Lebanon, NY 
Tues. June 23/Ron Martin Memorial Summer Nationals/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY
Thurs. July 2/Stars and Stripes Spectacular/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY
Tues. July 7/Oh Canada 75/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Cornwall, ON
Wed. July 8/ Summer Shootout at Mohawk/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY 
Mon. July 20/King of the North/Autodrome Drummond/Drummondville, QC
Tues. July 21/King of the North/Autodrome Drummond/Drummondville, QC 
Wed. July 22/Thunder in the Adirondacks/Airborne Park Speedway/Plattsburgh, NY
Tues. Aug. 11/Big Block Invasion of Mansfield/Mansfield Speedway/Mansfield, OH
Wed. Aug. 12/Steel Valley 75/Sharon Speedway/Hartford, OH
Sun. Aug. 16/Hall of Fame Special/SummerFAST/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY
Mon. Aug. 17/SummerFAST/Brewerton Speedway/Central Square, NY
Tues. Aug. 18/SummerFAST/Land of Legends Raceway/Canandaigua, NY
Wed. Aug. 19/SummerFAST/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY
Sun. Sept. 6/Cavalcade 100/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY
Sat. Sept. 12/R.D Hutchinson Memorial/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Sat. Sept. 26/Malta Massive Weekend/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY
Mon.-Sat., Oct. 5-10/Super DIRT Week 54/Oswego Speedway/Oswego, NY
Fri. Oct. 16/Fall Nationals/Brockville Ontario Speedway/Brockville, ON
Sat. Oct. 31/Mid-Atlantic Championship/Georgetown Speedway/Georgetown, DE
Wed. Nov. 4/World of Outlaws World Finals/The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC (Qualifying Night)
Thurs. Nov. 5/World of Outlaws World Finals/The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC
Fri. Nov. 6/World of Outlaws World Finals/The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC
Sat. Nov. 7/World of Outlaws World Finals/The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC

2026 DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Schedule
Saturday, April 18/Lebanon Valley Speedway/West Lebanon, NY- Andy Bachetti
Saturday, April 25/Devil’s Bowl Speedway/West Haven, VT- Mat Williamson
Sunday, June 7/Glen Ridge Motorsports Park/Fultonville, NY
Thursday, June 11/Airborne Park Speedway/Plattsburgh, NY
Tuesday, June 30/Weedsport Speedway/Weedsport, NY
Wednesday, July 1/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Wednesday, July 15/Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY
Sunday, Aug. 2/Cornwall Motor Speedway/Long Sault, ON
Tuesday, Aug. 25/Ransomville Speedway/Ransomville, NY
Friday, Sept. 11/Can-Am Speedway/LaFargeville, NY
Friday, Sept. 18/Mohawk International Raceway/Akwesasne, NY
Friday, Sept. 25/Albany-Saratoga Speedway/Malta, NY
Friday, Oct. 9/Oswego Speedway/Oswego, NY
Saturday, Oct. 17/Brockville Ontario Speedway/Brockville, ON

 

2026 World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision Schedule:

Thursday, Jan. 22 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Friday, Jan. 23 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, Jan. 24 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / $20k to win, $81k purse

Thursday, Feb. 12 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Friday, Feb. 13 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, Feb. 14 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, Feb. 20 / Hendry County Motorsports Park / Clewiston, FL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, Feb. 21 / Hendry County Motorsports Park / Clewiston, FL / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, March 13 / Volunteer Speedway / Bulls Gap, TN / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, March 14 / Smoky Mountain Speedway / Maryville, TN / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, March 20 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, March 21 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, March 27 / East Alabama Motor Speedway / Phenix City, AL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, March 28 / Senoia Raceway / Senoia, GA / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, April 10 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, April 11 / Farmer City Raceway / Farmer City, IL / $25k to win, $91k purse

Friday, April 24 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, April 25 / Talladega Short Track / Eastaboga, AL / $25k to win, $91k purse

Tuesday, April 28 / Independence Motor Speedway / Independence, IA / $12k to win, $53k purse

Thursday, April 30 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / $10k to win, $47k purse
Friday, May 1 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / $10k to win, $47k purse
Saturday, May 2 / Mississippi Thunder Speedway / Fountain City, WI / $40k to win, $134k purse

Wednesday, May 13 / Georgetown Speedway / Georgetown, DE / $20k to win, $81k purse
Thursday, May 14 / Selinsgrove Speedway / Selinsgrove, PA / $20k, $81k purse
Friday, May 15 / Marion Center Raceway / Marion Center, PA / $6k to win x2, $53k purse
Saturday, May 16 / Marion Center Raceway / Marion Center, PA / $30k to win, $103k purse
Sunday, May 17 / Bedford Speedway / Bedford, PA / $20k to win, $81k purse

Thursday, May 28 / Wayne County Speedway / Orrville, OH / $12k to win, $53k purse
Friday, May 29 / Mansfield Speedway / Mansfield, OH / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, May 30 / Mansfield Speedway / Mansfield, OH / $57k to win, $240k purse

Friday, June 12 / West Virginia Motor Speedway / Mineral Wells, WV / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, June 13 / West Virginia Motor Speedway / Mineral Wells, WV / $30k to win, $103k purse

Friday, June 19 / 141 Speedway / Maribel, WI / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, June 20 / 141 Speedway / Maribel, WI / $25k to win, $91k purse

Monday, June 22 / Ogilvie Raceway / Ogilvie, MN / $12k to win, $53k purse

Wednesday, June 24 / I-94 emr Speedway / Fergus Falls, MN / $12k to win, $53k purse

Friday, June 26 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, ND / $15k to win, $66k purse

Sunday, June 28 / Nodak Speedway / Minot, ND / $20k to win, $81k purse

Tuesday, June 30 / Norman County Raceway / Ada, MN / $20k to win, $81k purse

Thursday, July 2 / Deer Creek Speedway / Spring Valley, MN / $10k to win, $47k purse
Friday, July 3 / Deer Creek Speedway / Spring Valley, MN / $10k to win, $47k purse
Saturday, July 4 / Deer Creek Speedway / Spring Valley, MN / $40k to win, $134k purse

Wednesday, July 8 / Stateline Speedway / Busti, NY / $15k to win, $66k purse

Friday, July 10 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, July 11 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, July 24 / Fairbury Speedway / Fairbury, IL / $5,000 to win x4, $57k purse
Saturday, July 25 / Fairbury Speedway / Fairbury, IL / $50k to win, $220k purse

Thursday, July 30 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / $10k to win, $47k purse
Friday, July 31 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / Prelim
Saturday, Aug. 1 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, WI / $100k to win, $223k purse

Friday, Aug. 21 / Maquoketa Speedway / Maquoketa, IA / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, Aug. 22 / Maquoketa Speedway / Maquoketa, IA / $25k to win, $91k purse

Wednesday, Aug. 26 / Southern Iowa Speedway / Oskaloosa, IA / $12k to win, $53k purse

Friday, Aug. 28 / Adams County Speedway / Corning, IA / $20k to win, $81k purse
Saturday, Aug. 29 / Shelby County Speedway / Harlan, IA / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, Sept. 25 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, Sept. 26 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park / Pevely, MO / $20k to win, $81k purse

Friday, Oct. 2 / Boothill Speedway / Greenwood, LA / $10k to win, $47k purse
Saturday, Oct. 3 / Boothill Speedway / Greenwood, LA / $50k to win, $151k purse

Friday, Oct. 23 / Little River Speedway / Modoc, SC / $12k to win, $53k purse
Saturday, Oct. 24 / Little River Speedway / Modoc, SC / $25k to win, $91k purse

Wednesday, Nov. 4 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / Qualifying
Thursday, Nov. 5 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / $15k to win, $65k purse
Friday, Nov. 6 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / $15k to win, $65k purse
Saturday, Nov. 7 / The Dirt Track at Charlotte / Concord, NC / $25k to win, $100k purs

 

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