By: Tim Baltz
(Photo Credit: Carrie Moore)
The 52nd Nasty Track of the North season opener at the Can Am Speedway in Lafargeville New York saw some great racing in all five division this past Friday night. Despite the chilly temperatures fans were treated to some exciting racing and some emotional finishes.
The DIRTCar Sportsman North Regional Series took to the speedway for the first leg of the five race series. Defending Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTCar Sportsman track champion Gavin Eisele drew the pole and was able to get the lead from Brennan Moore and appeared to be the driver to beat in the opening laps, as he drove away with Richard Murtaugh running third. As the laps clicked off lapped traffic came into play which allowed Moore to close in on Eisele for the race lead. On lap 18 Eisele was in heavy traffic which gave Moore the opportunity to take over the lead off turn 4. With Moore in front and Eisele giving chase, Jessica Power was making some big moves in traffic going three wide with Eisele and Tristan Ladouceur to take over the runner up spot, as Moore appeared to be on his way to his first ever series win. On lap 23 the final yellow flew setting up a great battle between two fellow Canadian competitors. When the green flew, Brennan Moore did everything right and despite several challenges from Jessica Power, it was Brennan Moore’s night as he held off Power to score his second ever Can Am win and his first DIRTCar Sportsman Series win. Jessica Power, Tristan Ladouceur, Gavin Eisele and Richard Murtaugh completed the top 5.
Jordan McCreadie was the early pace setter in the Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTCar 358 Modified 25 lap feature as he took the lead from Shaun Shaw and looked to have everything going his way, with Shaw and Tim Fuller completing the top 3. As McCreadie pulled away Shaw was able to break away from Fuller, while behind them Lance Willix, last year’s opening day winner Jackson Gill and defending track champion Billy Dunn were having a battle for top five positions. After a quick yellow on lap 12 for debris, it was exactly what Tim Fuller needed to get another chance at McCreadie. On the restart Fuller quickly got by Shaun Shaw for second and moved to the high lane to get alongside McCreadie. On lap 13 Fuller would make his way by and start to drive away. McCreadie still kept pace with the leader but behind him Jackson Gill was making some great moves as he got around Lance Willix and Shaun Shaw to move into the top 3. After a tough 2025 season Tim Fuller turned it around scoring his 3rd Can Am season opener and would hit a milestone 50th Can Am modified win, good for third on the all time list. Jordan McCreadie, Jackson Gill, Shaun Shaw and Lance Willix completed the top 5.
Mason Rogers won 4 times last year in the Donath Motorworx Limited Sportsman at Can Am and would take the lead from the pole in the 15 lap event. Rogers was unchallenged throughout the entire race with Stephen Bushey and veteran Mike Durham trying to keep pace. Jason Rarick had a tough night with handling problems spinning late in the race, which gave Bushey and Durham a shot at the leader with one lap left. On the final restart Mason Rogers played it perfect as he drove away from a quality field to score the opening day win and his 5th career Donath Motorworx Limited Sportsman win at Can Am. Stephen Bushey, Mike Durham, Hayden Howard and Cayden Graham finished out the top 5 spots.
Josh Verne Jr. has been the dominant driver in the Panther Frameworx Crate Sprint Cars winning the track title all four years, but until this past Friday night, had only won the season opener once. Verne was determined to get to the front quickly as he charged to second at the end of lap 1 then challenged Tucker Donath for the lead on the outside lane off turn 4. Verne would take the top spot away and turn in a dominant performance on this night. In the caution free 20 lap event, Andrew Hennessy a three time winner last season was able to get to the runner up spot but was not able to catch the leader. In the end Josh Verne Jr. would dominate for his second season opener and 19th career Can Am Crate Sprint Car win, over Andrew Hennessy, Tucker Donath, Adam Turner and Tiger Chapman.
The Sundance Leisure Thundercars saw last years opening day winner Corey Valade take the lead early from the pole and would hold off veteran Jock Symonds in the opening laps. Valade won 8 times in 2025 and was looking for back to back season opening wins. Symonds had never won the season opener and remained close in the 15 lap event with Jared Gilson in third. At the finish Valade would cross the line first, however a post race technical infraction would see Jock Symonds collect the win.
Whitesboro Plow Shop DIRTcar 358 Modified
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller[3]; 2. 28-Jordan McCreadie[1]; 3. 60-Jackson Gill[4]; 4. 7S-Shaun Shaw[2]; 5. 31-Lance Willix[5]; 6. 49-Billy Dunn[7]; 7. 74F-Lucas Fuller[6]; 8. 39-Ryan Bartlett[11]; 9. 11M-Matt Caprara[20]; 10. 3M-Franklin Mackin[13]; 11. 23-Cameron Black[15]; 12. 18W-Scott Webb[12]; 13. 57H-Remington Hamm[14]; 14. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[10]; 15. 74-David Flannigan[17]; 16. 45R-Preston Forbes[18]; 17. 91-Josh Reome[16]; 18. 23S-Dexter Stacey[22]; 19. 0-Glenn Styres[19]; 20. 31JR-Tommy Jock Jr[21]; 21. 21-Andrew Howard[9]; 22. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[23]; 23. 21LW-Larry Welling[8]; 24. (DNS) 19C-Brandon Carvey
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan McCreadie[3]; 2. 60-Jackson Gill[1]; 3. 49-Billy Dunn[5]; 4. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau[2]; 5. 3M-Franklin Mackin[4]; 6. 91-Josh Reome[8]; 7. 0-Glenn Styres[7]; 8. 23S-Dexter Stacey[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7S-Shaun Shaw[1]; 2. 31-Lance Willix[6]; 3. 21LW-Larry Welling[8]; 4. 39-Ryan Bartlett[5]; 5. 57H-Remington Hamm[2]; 6. 74-David Flannigan[4]; 7. 11M-Matt Caprara[3]; 8. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Tim Fuller[3]; 2. 74F-Lucas Fuller[4]; 3. 21-Andrew Howard[1]; 4. 18W-Scott Webb[5]; 5. 23-Cameron Black[7]; 6. 45R-Preston Forbes[6]; 7. 31JR-Tommy Jock Jr[2]; 8. (DNS) 19C-Brandon Carvey
Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan McCreadie, 18.236[7]; 2. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 18.608[2]; 3. 21LW-Larry Welling, 18.742[23]; 4. 19-Tim Fuller, 18.816[9]; 5. 3M-Franklin Mackin, 18.842[10]; 6. 18W-Scott Webb, 18.854[15]; 7. 60-Jackson Gill, 18.934[1]; 8. 23S-Dexter Stacey, 18.965[16]; 9. 45R-Preston Forbes, 19.042[18]; 10. 39-Ryan Bartlett, 19.066[17]; 11. 22C-Cedric Gauvreau, 19.194[4]; 12. 74F-Lucas Fuller, 19.202[12]; 13. 21-Andrew Howard, 19.226[3]; 14. 0-Glenn Styres, 19.299[19]; 15. 11-Genavieve Bartlett, 19.394[8]; 16. 57H-Remington Hamm, 19.418[5]; 17. 74-David Flannigan, 19.494[14]; 18. 49-Billy Dunn, 19.541[13]; 19. 91-Josh Reome, 19.970[22]; 20. 31-Lance Willix, 20.626[20]; 21. (DNS) 31JR-Tommy Jock Jr; 22. (DNS) 11M-Matt Caprara; 23. (DNS) 23-Cameron Black; 24. (DNS) 19C-Brandon Carvey
34 entries
Bob Johnson DIRTcar Sportsman
DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (30 Laps): 1. 35B-Brennan Moore[2]; 2. 52-Jessica Power[7]; 3. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[5]; 4. 18-Gavin Eisele[1]; 5. 33-Richard Murtaugh[3]; 6. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[10]; 7. 0-Shane Pecore[4]; 8. 34-Eric Nier[6]; 9. 35D-Dylan Moore[17]; 10. 9D-Taylor Doxtater[11]; 11. 51-Bryan Preville[13]; 12. 12-Owen Bird[24]; 13. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[26]; 14. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[22]; 15. 79-Chris Hale[12]; 16. 03-Joshua Jock[8]; 17. 34K-Keegan Nier[9]; 18. 14-Camdin Cook[23]; 19. 9-Logan Brown[18]; 20. 2X-Martin Lessard[25]; 21. 16X-Savannah Laflair[29]; 22. 2-Greg Henry[19]; 23. 5R-Steve Roberts[27]; 24. 92-Frank Sibley[14]; 25. 21-Gage Howard[30]; 26. 55-Dan Reif[28]; 27. 54-Brady Howard[16]; 28. 90-Caleb Howard[15]; 29. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[21]; 30. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[20]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[10]; 2. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[1]; 3. 14-Camdin Cook[6]; 4. 12-Owen Bird[5]; 5. 2X-Martin Lessard[2]; 6. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[9]; 7. 5R-Steve Roberts[3]; 8. 55-Dan Reif[4]; 9. M70-Bill Cook[7]; 10. 62-Jonathan Murphy[11]; 11. (DNS) 38-Grayson Soper; 12. (DNS) 1A-Kyle Reif; 13. (DNS) 21-Gage Howard; 14. (DNS) 16X-Savannah Laflair
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Jessica Power[1]; 2. 34-Eric Nier[3]; 3. 34K-Keegan Nier[2]; 4. 51-Bryan Preville[6]; 5. 35D-Dylan Moore[5]; 6. 18G-Justin Gadbaw[4]; 7. 12-Owen Bird[8]; 8. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[7]; 9. 21-Gage Howard[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Richard Murtaugh[1]; 2. 35B-Brennan Moore[5]; 3. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[2]; 4. 92-Frank Sibley[4]; 5. 9-Logan Brown[3]; 6. 2X-Martin Lessard[7]; 7. 14-Camdin Cook[6]; 8. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[8]; 9. 16X-Savannah Laflair[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Shane Pecore[1]; 2. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[3]; 3. 9D-Taylor Doxtater[2]; 4. 90-Caleb Howard[4]; 5. 2-Greg Henry[5]; 6. 5R-Steve Roberts[6]; 7. M70-Bill Cook[7]; 8. (DNS) 62-Jonathan Murphy
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele[1]; 2. 03-Joshua Jock[3]; 3. 79-Chris Hale[5]; 4. 54-Brady Howard[2]; 5. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[4]; 6. 55-Dan Reif[6]; 7. 38-Grayson Soper[8]; 8. (DNS) 1A-Kyle Reif
Qualifying Group 1 (3 Laps): 1. 52-Jessica Power, 19.665[7]; 2. 34K-Keegan Nier, 19.954[2]; 3. 34-Eric Nier, 20.009[4]; 4. 18G-Justin Gadbaw, 20.171[1]; 5. 35D-Dylan Moore, 20.189[8]; 6. 51-Bryan Preville, 20.213[9]; 7. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr, 20.223[5]; 8. 12-Owen Bird, 20.335[6]; 9. 21-Gage Howard, 20.484[3]
Qualifying Group 2 (3 Laps): 1. 33-Richard Murtaugh, 19.729[7]; 2. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson, 19.840; 3. 9-Logan Brown, 19.953[1]; 4. 92-Frank Sibley, 19.987[3]; 5. 35B-Brennan Moore, 20.088[6]; 6. 14-Camdin Cook, 20.302[8]; 7. 2X-Martin Lessard, 20.548[5]; 8. 621G-Trevor Gibbons, 20.561[4]; 9. 16X-Savannah Laflair, 20.682[2]
Qualifying Group 3 (3 Laps): 1. 0-Shane Pecore, 19.472[4]; 2. 9D-Taylor Doxtater, 19.908[3]; 3. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur, 20.029[7]; 4. 90-Caleb Howard, 20.440[8]; 5. 2-Greg Henry, 20.465[2]; 6. 5R-Steve Roberts, 20.740[5]; 7. M70-Bill Cook, 20.855[6]; 8. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[1]; 9. (DNS) 62-Jonathan Murphy
Qualifying Group 4 (3 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele, 20.177[7]; 2. 54-Brady Howard, 20.389[3]; 3. 03-Joshua Jock, 20.423[2]; 4. 1D-Paul DeRuyter, 20.589[1]; 5. 79-Chris Hale, 20.716[4]; 6. 55-Dan Reif, 20.878[8]; 7. 1A-Kyle Reif, 21.447[6]; 8. 38-Grayson Soper, 21.477[5]
Redraw: 1. 18-Gavin Eisele[4]; 2. 35B-Brennan Moore[6]; 3. 33-Richard Murtaugh[2]; 4. 0-Shane Pecore[3]; 5. 92-Frank Sibley[7]; 6. 34-Eric Nier[5]; 7. 52-Jessica Power[1]; 8. 03-Joshua Jock[8]
13 entries
Panther Frameworx 602 Crate Sprint Cars
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[4]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy[2]; 3. Z28-Tucker Donath[1]; 4. 92-Adam Turner[5]; 5. 271-Tiger Chapman[6]; 6. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[3]; 7. 25-George Sanford[9]; 8. 71R-Rachel Zacharias[12]; 9. 74-Will Fisher[8]; 10. 36C-Mark Webb[10]; 11. 2X-Mike Amell[7]; 12. 21-Eric Laurendeau[11]; 13. (DNS) 557-Patrick Nolan
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. Z28-Tucker Donath[1]; 2. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[3]; 3. 92-Adam Turner[5]; 4. 2X-Mike Amell[2]; 5. 25-George Sanford[6]; 6. 21-Eric Laurendeau[7]; 7. (DNF) 557-Patrick Nolan[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 87-Andrew Hennessy[1]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[4]; 3. 271-Tiger Chapman[5]; 4. 74-Will Fisher[3]; 5. 36C-Mark Webb[2]; 6. 71R-Rachel Zacharias[6]
Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 17.845[8]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 18.120[2]; 3. 30-Ken Klinkowsky, 18.154[5]; 4. 271-Tiger Chapman, 18.162[10]; 5. 92-Adam Turner, 18.235[9]; 6. 74-Will Fisher, 18.384[6]; 7. 36C-Mark Webb, 18.429[4]; 8. Z28-Tucker Donath, 18.700[1]; 9. 71R-Rachel Zacharias, 18.775[12]; 10. 2X-Mike Amell, 18.807[3]; 11. (DNS) 557-Patrick Nolan; 12. (DNS) 25-George Sanford; 13. (DNS) 21-Eric Laurendeau
14 entries
Sundance Leisure ThunderCar
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 8X-Jock Symonds[3]; 2. 22J-Jared Gilson[2]; 3. 60-Francis White[4]; 4. 19-Collin Bauter[7]; 5. 22-Daniel Valade[5]; 6. 28-Colby Hibbard[8]; 7. 97-Levi Colestead[6]; 8. 22F-Tony Frezzo[11]; 9. 96T-Tim Dunn[9]; 10. 3R-David Rasmussen[13]; 11. 11A-Kevin Greenfield[10]; 12. 26R-Damien Bechler[14]; 13. 21V-Corey Valade[1]; 14. 113-Nathan Powers[12]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21V-Corey Valade[1]; 2. 8X-Jock Symonds[7]; 3. 22-Daniel Valade[4]; 4. 19-Collin Bauter[2]; 5. (DNS) 96T-Tim Dunn; 6. (DNS) 22F-Tony Frezzo; 7. (DNS) 3R-David Rasmussen
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 22J-Jared Gilson[5]; 2. 60-Francis White[4]; 3. 97-Levi Colestead[7]; 4. 28-Colby Hibbard[2]; 5. 11A-Kevin Greenfield[6]; 6. 113-Nathan Powers[1]; 7. 26R-Damien Bechler[3]
Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 21V-Corey Valade, 23.232[1]; 2. 22J-Jared Gilson, 23.612[10]; 3. 113-Nathan Powers, 23.895[2]; 4. 11A-Kevin Greenfield, 24.139[12]; 5. 19-Collin Bauter, 24.148[3]; 6. 28-Colby Hibbard, 27.241[4]; 7. (DNS) 96T-Tim Dunn; 8. (DNS) 26R-Damien Bechler; 9. (DNS) 22-Daniel Valade; 10. (DNS) 60-Francis White; 11. (DNS) 22F-Tony Frezzo; 12. (DNS) 3R-David Rasmussen; 13. (DNS) 8X-Jock Symonds
11 entries
Donath Motor Worx Limited Sportsman
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 44-Mason Rogers[2]; 2. 3-Stephen Bushey[4]; 3. 6-Mike Durham[3]; 4. 31G-Cayden Graham[7]; 5. 21-Hayden Howard[6]; 6. 1A-Alex Reif[1]; 7. 61-Lyle Robinson[9]; 8. 07T-Tessa Riemersma[8]; 9. 4-Jason Rarick[10]; 10. 12K-Kyle Kudrinko[5]; 11. (DNS) 747-Haily Brownell
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1A-Alex Reif[1]; 2. 6-Mike Durham[6]; 3. 12K-Kyle Kudrinko[3]; 4. 31G-Cayden Graham[2]; 5. 61-Lyle Robinson[5]; 6. (DNF) 747-Haily Brownell[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 44-Mason Rogers[2]; 2. 3-Stephen Bushey[4]; 3. 21-Hayden Howard[5]; 4. 07T-Tessa Riemersma[3]; 5. 4-Jason Rarick[1]
Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 6-Mike Durham, 20.673[11]; 2. 21-Hayden Howard, 20.909[10]; 3. 3-Stephen Bushey, 20.947[8]; 4. 1A-Alex Reif, 21.014[1]; 5. 12K-Kyle Kudrinko, 21.053[5]; 6. 44-Mason Rogers, 21.370[4]; 7. 31G-Cayden Graham, 22.281[3]; 8. 4-Jason Rarick, 22.461[2]; 9. 07T-Tessa Riemersma, 22.532[6]; 10. 61-Lyle Robinson, 22.623[9]; 11. (DNS) 747-Haily Brownell
