Fuller Corcoran and Verne Jr repeat as Can Am Champions while Stefanski and

White get their first

By: Tim Baltz

The final points night of the season is a happy night for many as 5 drivers were

ready to hoist a track championship trophy. Channel 7 NEWS out of Watertown

was on hand for the regular season finale and the racing was intense.

The Donath Motorworx Limited Sportsman division does not crown a track

champion as it is all about winning races and gaining track time. Genavieve

Bartlett grabbed the lead early but Massena New York’s Devon Guyette was on

the move as he took over the top spot on lap 2 of the 12 lap event. Behind them

one of the top drivers in this class, Dylan Moore was on the charge has he used

the outside lane to run down the leader, creating a great race for the number one

spot. On the final lap Devon Guyette was caught in traffic, allowing Moore to get

by off turn 2. From there Moore went on for his 2nd win of the season and 8th

overall win at 4 race tracks this year. Guyette’s Can-Am debut resulted in a 2nd

place run over Brady Howard, Genavieve Bartlett and Joey Wilcox

Just 26 points separated the top three in the Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTCar

Sportsman division with everyone chasing points leader Tyler Corcoran. Ryan

Shanahan was looking to get his season back on the right foot as he led the 20 lap

feature early over Dustin Hutton, Greg Brinklow, Owen Nier and Brian Hudson.

The top drivers in the points were making their way forward, however a tense

moment for Tyler Corcoran who slowed off turn two with a problem and the

yellow flew. Corcoran would return after repairs but restarted last, with a title on

the line. Shanahan continued his strong run at the front but Brennan Moore was

on his way forward from 11th while title contenders Mike Fowler and Gavin Eisle

had made their way into the top 10 also, as the race approached half way. Over

the final laps Tyler Corcoran was passing cars as quickly as he could while Mike

Fowler found himself on the back bumper of Brennan Moore for 2nd. Ryan

Shanahan however was having a great night after having plenty of mid-season

bad luck. With well over a straight away lead Ryan Shanahan went on to score a

dominant win, his 2nd of the year, over Brennan Moore, Mike Fowler, Dustin

Hutton and Eric Nier. With Fowler finishing a strong 3rd and Gavin Eisle crossing in

6th, it was not enough to stop Tyler Corcoran as he marched to 8th at the

checkers, good enough to secure his 4th straight title, the fist since Steve Hall

accomplished the feat in 199,1994,1995 and 1996.

The Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTCar 358 Modifieds had a three car title fight as

well with Tim Fuller holding a 26 point lead of Billy Dunn with Jordan McCreadie

just 32 points behind in 3rd. Lance Willix flexed his muscle at the start of the 25

lap feature. Willix, with 7 total wins on the year across three tracks, was dominant

as he led by well over a straight away in the early laps, with Jordan Kelly and Tim

Fuller trying to keep pace. Willix was well in command and looked to be on his

way to his 3rd win of the year while Fuller was doing what he could to stay in

front of Dunn and McCreadie, who were making their way to the top 5 as well. On

lap 13 Lucas Fuller dropped off the pace with a smoking car in turn two setting a

restart that Tim Fuller needed to catch Willix. When the green few Willix

remained in control but Fuller was ready to make his move. On lap 15 the points

leader took over the lead and began to run away. Billy Dunn would make his way

to second, knowing that he had to win to have a chance at possibly grabbing his

7th track title, while McCreadie was charging forward as well, battling Lance Willix

for 3rd. Dunn closed the gap to 4 car lengths, but it was not enough, as Tim Fuller

would claim win number 3 on the year and also his third straight track title. Dunn

crossed 2nd with Lance Willix, Jordan McCreadie, and Ryan Bartlett making up the

top 5.

Francis White had already locked up his first career Sundance Leisure Thundercar

title, as he came into the evening with a 72 point lead on Steve Smith. White

would lead the 15 lap event early over Damien Bechler and Justin Burns. Once in

front Francis White was in a class of his own as he pulled away to a big lead over

the field as Damien Bechler was in a battle with Justin Pope for 2nd. Without help

with a caution flag over the final laps, Damien Bechler, Steve Smith and the others

had no chance of catching the leader as Francis White would score his 4th win of

the year and 2nd win of the week, having won at Mohawk on Thursday night for a

4th time this year. Damien Bechler held on for 2nd over Steve Smith, Lyle

Robinson and Jared Gilson.

The Panther Frameworx 602 Crate Sprint Cars took to the speedway next. Josh

Verne Jr. was looking to get back on track after his 5 race win streak was snapped

by Tiger Chapman two weeks ago. Veteran Bruno Richard was looking to get his

season back on the right track as he led the way over Tucker Donath in the

opening laps. After many struggles in 2023, Richard was on a mission as he pulled

away from the field leaving Donath to battle with now two time track champion

Josh Verne Jr. for the runner up spot. In a caution free race Bruno Richard was not

about to slow up for anyone on this night, as he put all the bad luck behind him

and scored his first career win in a Sprint Car, after well over 25 years in full

fendered action. Josh Verne Jr. claimed his second straight runner up finish and

the 2023 championship. Tucker Donath, Andrew Hennessy and Michael Cousins

rounded out the top 5.

The final feature of the night was the FABCO DIRTCar Pro Stocks and Pete

Stefanski was looking to close out his championship season with his first win of

the year. Stefanski looked string ion the early laps with Tyler Bushey and Kenny

Hartshorn giving chase. Behind them Dakota Sharp was in 4th and had a very busy

night already. After flipping his primary car in the heat race. His crew drove all the

way to Ogdnesburg, loaded the back up car and made it in time for the feature.

Sharp was doing all he could to keep pace with the top three as the laps clicked

off. Stefanski was in complete control of the race and on this night had the field

covered as he marched to his first win of the year and his first ever Can Am title.

Tyler Bushey, Kenny Hartshorn, Dakota Sharp and Conner White completed the

top 5.

With the regular season in the record books the attention shifts to the final race

night of the year. The DIRTCar 358 Modified Series will be in town plus the

DIRTCar Sportsman Series 5th annual John Burr Memorial. The Sundance Leisure

Thundercar division will hold the annual Ron White Memorial, honoring former

Modified racer Ron White. The Action Sprint Tour East Series will also be there for

their first event on American soil on September 8th. For details on start time and

ticket prices head to our website at racecanam.com or give the track a follow on

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WHITESBORO PLOW SHOP DIRTCAR 358 MODIFIED

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller[7]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn[12]; 3. 31-Lance Willix[4]; 4. 28-Jordan

McCreadie[11]; 5. 39-Ryan Bartlett[6]; 6. 18W-Scott Webb[8]; 7. 21JR-Larry Welling[9]; 8. 21C-Taylor

Caprara[10]; 9. 7S-Shaun Shaw[17]; 10. 66W-Derek Webb[5]; 11. 45R-Preston Forbes[14]; 12. 39T-Tyler

Bartlett[3]; 13. 21-Andrew Howard[18]; 14. 7M-Madison Mulder[21]; 15. 27W-Nick Webb[16]; 16. 36B-Dan

Beachard[2]; 17. 55-Matt Woodruff[19]; 18. 12W-Keith Weston[20]; 19. 24-Jordan Kelly[1]; 20. 21R-RJ

Tresidder[13]; 21. 74-Lucas Fuller[15]; 22. 26-Michael Mandigo[22]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller[5]; 2. 66W-Derek Webb[3]; 3. 39T-Tyler Bartlett[2]; 4. 21C-Taylor

Caprara[6]; 5. 21R-RJ Tresidder[4]; 6. 27W-Nick Webb[7]; 7. 55-Matt Woodruff[8]; 8. 26-Michael

Mandigo[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Lance Willix[2]; 2. 28-Jordan McCreadie[6]; 3. 24-Jordan Kelly[1]; 4. 18W-Scott

Webb[5]; 5. 45R-Preston Forbes[4]; 6. 7S-Shaun Shaw[3]; 7. 12W-Keith Weston[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Billy Dunn[6]; 2. 39-Ryan Bartlett[3]; 3. 36B-Dan Beachard[1]; 4. 21JR-Larry

Welling[5]; 5. 74-Lucas Fuller[4]; 6. 21-Andrew Howard[2]; 7. 7M-Madison Mulder[7]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan McCreadie, 00:18.796[12]; 2. 39T-Tyler Bartlett, 00:18.877[2]; 3. 21C-Taylor

Caprara, 00:18.900[4]; 4. 24-Jordan Kelly, 00:18.997[10]; 5. 7M-Madison Mulder, 00:19.094[13]; 6. 36B-Dan

Beachard, 00:19.181[3]; 7. 27W-Nick Webb, 00:19.293[17]; 8. 74-Lucas Fuller, 00:19.318[7]; 9. 66W-Derek

Webb, 00:19.409[16]; 10. 18W-Scott Webb, 00:19.557[18]; 11. 55-Matt Woodruff, 00:19.581[21]; 12. 49-Billy

Dunn, 00:19.660[5]; 13. 12W-Keith Weston, 00:20.086[22]; 14. (DNS) 39-Ryan Bartlett; 15. (DNS) 45R-

Preston Forbes; 16. (DNS) 19-Tim Fuller; 17. (DNS) 21-Andrew Howard; 18. (DNS) 26-Michael Mandigo;

19. (DNS) 7S-Shaun Shaw; 20. (DNS) 21R-RJ Tresidder; 21. (DNS) 21JR-Larry Welling; 22. (DNS) 31-Lance

Willix

28 entries

BOB JOHNSON DIRTCAR SPORTSMAN

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[1]; 2. 35B-Brennan Moore[11]; 3. 410-Mike Fowler[19]; 4. 7D-

Dustin Hutton[2]; 5. 34-Eric Nier[10]; 6. 18-Gavin Eisele[12]; 7. 52-Jessica Power[9]; 8. 64-Tyler

Corcoran[18]; 9. 7O7-Greg Brinklow[5]; 10. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[16]; 11. 91-Josh Reome[26]; 12. 6-

Brian Hudson[6]; 13. 2-Taylor Doxtater[8]; 14. 57H-Remington Hamm[15]; 15. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[24]; 16.

34K-Keegan Nier[17]; 17. 99R-Anthony Rasmussen[27]; 18. 63M-Franklin Mackin[3]; 19. 62-Jonathan

Murphy[13]; 20. 10B-Jamie Brown[21]; 21. 23-Cole Perry[25]; 22. 12S-Kyle Sharp[22]; 23. 17-Owen Nier[7];

24. 5R-Steve Roberts[20]; 25. 95-Kearra Backus[23]; 26. 25-George Sanford[28]; 27. 92-Frank Sibley[14]; 28.

621G-Trevor Gibbons[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan[1]; 2. 2-Taylor Doxtater[5]; 3. 6-Brian Hudson[4]; 4. 34-Eric

Nier[6]; 5. 62-Jonathan Murphy[7]; 6. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[9]; 7. 410-Mike Fowler[8]; 8. 12S-Kyle

Sharp[2]; 9. 23-Cole Perry[10]; 10. (DNS) 25-George Sanford

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7D-Dustin Hutton[1]; 2. 35B-Brennan Moore[6]; 3. 18-Gavin Eisele[8]; 4. 621G-Trevor

Gibbons[2]; 5. 92-Frank Sibley[4]; 6. 34K-Keegan Nier[9]; 7. 5R-Steve Roberts[7]; 8. 95-Kearra Backus[3]; 9.

91-Josh Reome[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63M-Franklin Mackin[1]; 2. 52-Jessica Power[5]; 3. 17-Owen Nier[4]; 4. 7O7-Greg

Brinklow[3]; 5. 57H-Remington Hamm[6]; 6. 64-Tyler Corcoran[8]; 7. 10B-Jamie Brown[7]; 8. 18G-Justin

Gadbaw[2]; 9. 99R-Anthony Rasmussen[9]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 57H-Remington Hamm, 00:19.801[10]; 2. 7D-Dustin Hutton, 00:19.913[12]; 3. 18-

Gavin Eisele, 00:19.945[6]; 4. 32RS-Ryan Shanahan, 00:19.952[25]; 5. 410-Mike Fowler, 00:19.954[7]; 6. 34-

Eric Nier, 00:19.969[16]; 7. 6-Brian Hudson, 00:19.970[11]; 8. 99R-Anthony Rasmussen, 00:20.012[21]; 9.

10B-Jamie Brown, 00:20.037[3]; 10. 62-Jonathan Murphy, 00:20.057[15]; 11. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson,

00:20.113[28]; 12. 63M-Franklin Mackin, 00:20.136[13]; 13. 25-George Sanford, 00:20.201[24]; 14. 2-Taylor

Doxtater, 00:20.250[5]; 15. 17-Owen Nier, 00:20.333[18]; 16. 52-Jessica Power, 00:20.358[20]; 17. 92-Frank

Sibley, 00:20.386[27]; 18. 91-Josh Reome, 00:20.488[22]; 19. 621G-Trevor Gibbons, 00:20.570[9]; 20. 5R-

Steve Roberts, 00:20.652[23]; 21. 12S-Kyle Sharp, 00:20.681[26]; 22. 64-Tyler Corcoran, 00:20.720[4]; 23.

95-Kearra Backus, 00:21.277[1]; 24. (DNS) 7O7-Greg Brinklow; 25. (DNS) 18G-Justin Gadbaw; 26. (DNS)

35B-Brennan Moore; 27. (DNS) 34K-Keegan Nier; 28. (DNS) 23-Cole Perry

6 entries

FABCO DIRTCAR PROSTOCK

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2-Pete Stefanski[2]; 2. X15-Tyler Bushey[3]; 3. 75-Kenneth Hartshorn Jr[1]; 4. 12S-

Dakota Sharp[6]; 5. 1X-Conner White[4]; 6. 9-Keegan Stowell[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Kenneth Hartshorn Jr[1]; 2. 2-Pete Stefanski[2]; 3. X15-Tyler Bushey[3]; 4. 1X-Conner

White[5]; 5. 9-Keegan Stowell[6]; 6. 12S-Dakota Sharp[4]

Hot Laps: 1. 12S-Dakota Sharp, 00:21.826[3]; 2. 75-Kenneth Hartshorn Jr, 00:21.886[2]; 3. X15-Tyler Bushey,

00:22.056[1]; 4. (DNS) 2-Pete Stefanski

7 entries

PANTHER FRAMEWORX 602 CRATE SPRINT CARS

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 88-Bruno Richard[1]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[4]; 3. Z28-Tucker Donath[3]; 4. 87-Andrew

Hennessy[5]; 5. 73-Michael Cousins[2]; 6. 271-Tiger Chapman[7]; 7. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 73-Michael Cousins[3]; 2. 88-Bruno Richard[1]; 3. Z28-Tucker Donath[4]; 4. 1V-Josh

Verne Jr[7]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[5]; 6. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[2]; 7. 271-Tiger Chapman[6]

Hot Laps: 1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 00:17.740[7]; 2. 271-Tiger Chapman, 00:18.418[1]; 3. 30-Ken Klinkowsky,

00:18.419[5]; 4. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 00:18.423[4]; 5. 88-Bruno Richard, 00:18.487[6]; 6. 73-Michael

Cousins, 00:18.770[2]; 7. (DNS) Z28-Tucker Donath

13 entries

SUNDANCE LEISURE THUNDERCAR

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 60-Francis White[5]; 2. 26R-Damien Bechler[2]; 3. 16-Steve Smith[9]; 4. 1-Lyle

Robinson[10]; 5. 22J-Jared Gilson[1]; 6. 27-Justin Pope[6]; 7. 25-Tyler Collette[8]; 8. 94-OJ White[3]; 9. 5M-

Ray Bechler[13]; 10. 73T-Timothy Greenfield[7]; 11. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[12]; 12. 11J-Justin Burns[4];

13. 60R-Ron White[11]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 22J-Jared Gilson[1]; 2. 94-OJ White[2]; 3. 11J-Justin Burns[3]; 4. 73T-Timothy

Greenfield[6]; 5. 16-Steve Smith[4]; 6. 60R-Ron White[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 60-Francis White[6]; 2. 27-Justin Pope[7]; 3. 26R-Damien Bechler[1]; 4. 25-Tyler

Collette[4]; 5. 1-Lyle Robinson[5]; 6. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[3]; 7. 5M-Ray Bechler[2]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 26R-Damien Bechler, 00:24.077[1]; 2. 16-Steve Smith, 00:24.389[8]; 3. 22J-Jared

Gilson, 00:24.481[5]; 4. 11J-Justin Burns, 00:24.767[3]; 5. 73T-Timothy Greenfield, 00:24.906[6]; 6. 25-Tyler

Collette, 00:25.143[4]; 7. (DNS) 5M-Ray Bechler; 8. (DNS) 1-Lyle Robinson; 9. (DNS) 111J-Anthony St

Mary Jr; 10. (DNS) 94-OJ White; 11. (DNS) 60R-Ron White

7 entries

DONATH MOTOR WORX LIMITED SPORTSMAN

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 35D-Dylan Moore[3]; 2. 11X-Devon Guyette[4]; 3. 54-Brady Howard[2]; 4. 11-

Genavieve Bartlett[1]; 5. 93-Joey Wilcox[6]; 6. 33-Alan McDonald[7]; 7. 57H-Averi Cunningham[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 35D-Dylan Moore[5]; 2. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[2]; 3. 54-Brady Howard[3]; 4. 11X-Devon

Guyette[7]; 5. 57H-Averi Cunningham[4]; 6. 93-Joey Wilcox[6]; 7. 33-Alan McDonald[1]

Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard, 00:20.458[4]; 2. 35D-Dylan Moore, 00:20.701[6]; 3. 11X-Devon

Guyette, 00:20.809[3]; 4. 11-Genavieve Bartlett, 00:21.703[1]; 5. 33-Alan McDonald, 00:22.597[5]; 6. (DNS)

57H-Averi Cunningham; 7. (DNS) 93-Joey Wilcox