Dave Hess Jr. Doubles Up with Modified Mafia Tour and Super Late Model Wins, Nystrom Picks Up First Win
BUSTI, N.Y. — The hills of Busti came alive as Stateline Speedway hosted a massive Saturday night racing program, headlined by the Modified Mafia Touring Series. With a staggering 43 UMP Modifieds signed into the pit area for the tour’s second-ever visit, the local contingent successfully defended its home turf, highlighted by a dominant double-win performance from regional standout Dave Hess Jr.
Modified Mafia Touring Series For the second consecutive year, a local driver bested the regional touring invaders as Dave Hess Jr. delivered a wire-to-wire victory. Hess hit his marks flawlessly over the 40-lap feature, holding off national Modified heavyweights Dave Stremme and Michael Altobelli to secure the marquee win. Further back, Steve Dixon and Ray Kable shared hard charger honors. Dixon put on a thrilling show, utilizing every inch of the high side to charge from his 14th-place starting spot to finish fourth.
Another great story for the Modifieds saw the return of Troy Johnson, a long time vet in the area returning from medical leave from the sport. What turned into him just wanting to see how he would hold up after hot laps and time trials saw him set a pace good enough to place himself in the dash. Even though he might have not finished the feature, Troy Johnson made his presence known showing the the young kids that the grizzled veteran still had it in him.
Super Late Models Hess didn’t stop with the Modifieds, pulling double duty to showcase his might in the Super Late Model ranks. Starting behind the front row of Jason Genco and Darrell Bossard, Hess quickly rocketed to the front. Capitalizing on a highly “racey” surface that favored his high-side driving style, Hess drove off into the New York night to claim his second feature victory of the evening.
RUSH Late Models The RUSH Late Models delivered a race-of-the-night candidate, kicking off with a thrilling three-wide battle for the lead on lap one between Jason Genco, Jeremy Wonderling, and rookie Branden Warner. Warner and Wonderling broke away to wage a heavy battle through lapped traffic until lap 13, when Wonderling utilized his veteran experience to slip past the rookie for the lead.
A late-race caution set up a dramatic two-lap shootout. On the restart, Genco cleared Warner and mounted a desperate high-side charge on Wonderling in an attempt to break the division’s all-time wins record at the speedway. Coming to the checkered flag, Wonderling squeezed Genco at the line to deny the record and secure the victory.
RUSH Stock Cars Kaden Michael grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the RUSH Stock Car feature and spent the remainder of the race playing defense. The event devolved into chaos, as aggressive three- and four-wide racing triggered multiple cautions. The race ultimately reached its time limit and was called early, with Michael officially securing the hard-fought win.
Challengers The Challenger feature started and ended in chaos and excitement. Trent and Addison Chamberlain controlled the early laps until Addison retired with a mechanical failure. Holden Heineman subsequently passed Trent Chamberlain on a restart, setting up a dramatic final-lap showdown. Exiting turn four coming to the checkers, Heineman and Chamberlain traded paint and spun, collecting Pete Volpe in the process. John Mease successfully navigated the wreckage to inherit the lead and steal the victory and return to victory lane in quite sometime.
RUSH Pro Mods Vaughn Nystrom delivered a dominant performance to capture his first career Stateline Speedway victory. Nystrom successfully held off Tyler Oakes and Josh Wilcox to secure the win, marking his first trip to victory lane in over 25 years of racing.
Pro Stocks Returning to his successful ways, John Boardman out-dueled the competition to capture another Pro Stock feature victory getting by Jason Covey.
Upcoming Schedule Stateline Speedway will celebrate Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 5, with a massive “Free Night” promotion. The event features completely free grandstand admission and will award double points as the championship battles head down to the wire. Further details are available on Stateline Speedway’s social media channels.
Super Late Models
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 44-Dave Hess Jr[3]; 2. 29-Jason Genco[1]; 3. 22-Greg Oakes[5]; 4. 22B-Darrell Bossard[2]; 5. 7J-Kyle Bedell[6]; 6. 19-Bob Dorman[9]; 7. 0-Ryan Scott[7]; 8. B22-Bump Hedman[4]; 9. 1-Wendell Pinckney[10]; 10. 16-Justin Carlson[11]; 11. 2-David Parker[8]; 12. 03-Doug Eck[18]; 13. 43X-Garrett Mott[13]; 14. 20-Nicholas Eck[12]; 15. 32-Wesley McCray[17]; 16. 15-Anthony Marotto[14]; 17. (DNF) 8-Chevy Scott[16]; 18. (DNS) 17W-James Irwin
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22B-Darrell Bossard[1]; 2. 44-Dave Hess Jr[6]; 3. 7J-Kyle Bedell[4]; 4. 0-Ryan Scott[7]; 5. 19-Bob Dorman[8]; 6. 16-Justin Carlson[5]; 7. 43X-Garrett Mott[3]; 8. 17W-James Irwin[9]; 9. (DNF) 32-Wesley McCray[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Jason Genco[1]; 2. B22-Bump Hedman[2]; 3. 22-Greg Oakes[7]; 4. 2-David Parker[3]; 5. 1-Wendell Pinckney[4]; 6. 20-Nicholas Eck[5]; 7. 15-Anthony Marotto[8]; 8. 8-Chevy Scott[9]; 9. (DNF) 03-Doug Eck[6]
24 entries
RUSH Late Models
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[3]; 2. 29J-Jason Genco[1]; 3. 12*-Brendan Warner[2]; 4. 14-Dustin Waters[4]; 5. 4S-Jake Wilber[9]; 6. 36-Ian Travis[5]; 7. 17X-Andy Michael[6]; 8. 26-Kurt Stebbins[12]; 9. 87-Randy Hall[11]; 10. 49-William Pinckney[8]; 11. 5G-Scott Gurdak[17]; 12. 45-Chad Clement[10]; 13. 86-Shawn Little[7]; 14. Y26-Gary Youngs[20]; 15. 432-Hunter Proctor[21]; 16. 49H-John Haggerty[16]; 17. 6-Kassandra Norman[19]; 18. 2A-Austin Fitzgerald[14]; 19. 42S-Samuel Conti[23]; 20. 9T-Randy Taylor[22]; 21. 33N-Justin Neff[15]; 22. 10-Trenton Curry[24]; 23. 33Z-Steve Houser[13]; 24. 61S-Ward Schell[18]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Dustin Waters[2]; 2. 29J-Jason Genco[5]; 3. 86-Shawn Little[1]; 4. 45-Chad Clement[7]; 5. 33Z-Steve Houser[4]; 6. 49H-John Haggerty[6]; 7. 6-Kassandra Norman[3]; 8. 9T-Randy Taylor[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[2]; 2. 36-Ian Travis[1]; 3. 49-William Pinckney[4]; 4. 87-Randy Hall[6]; 5. 2A-Austin Fitzgerald[5]; 6. 5G-Scott Gurdak[3]; 7. Y26-Gary Youngs[7]; 8. 42S-Samuel Conti[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12*-Brendan Warner[2]; 2. 17X-Andy Michael[1]; 3. 4S-Jake Wilber[7]; 4. 26-Kurt Stebbins[4]; 5. 33N-Justin Neff[3]; 6. 61S-Ward Schell[6]; 7. 432-Hunter Proctor[5]; 8. 10-Trenton Curry[8]
43 entries
UMP Dirt Modifieds
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 44-Dave Hess Jr[2]; 2. 35-David Stremme[1]; 3. 35A-Michael Altobelli[3]; 4. 9E-Steve Dixon[14]; 5. 17X-Rich Michael Jr[10]; 6. 28-Mason Lobb[13]; 7. 8A-Austin Holcombe[6]; 8. 90-Ray Kable III[18]; 9. 11M-Michael McGee[17]; 10. 40D-Dutch Davies[9]; 11. 5B-Andrew Beatman[16]; 12. 105-Zach Johnson[22]; 13. 16-Jason Brightman[11]; 14. 07P-Tim Peterson[20]; 15. 14R-Chad Ramsey[19]; 16. 28L-Owen Lacey[23]; 17. M16-Matthew Kosinski[15]; 18. 157-Tyler Rendell[26]; 19. 25-Bud Watson[7]; 20. 00-Blake Tasker[8]; 21. 11L-Troy Loomis[21]; 22. 68-Andrew Hammond[24]; 23. 05-Greg Johnson[12]; 24. 99W-Chris Arnold[4]; 25. 2J-Troy Johnson[5]; 26. (DNS) 5E-Logan Roberson
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14R-Chad Ramsey[2]; 2. 11L-Troy Loomis[1]; 3. 157-Tyler Rendell[5]; 4. 61-Matt Haskins[6]; 5. 28L-Owen Lacey[10]; 6. 98-Thomas Cupp[7]; 7. 15P-Adam Peterson[4]; 8. 39-David Lanphere[9]; 9. (DNS) 69-Bryon Johnson; 10. (DNS) 19-Thomas Kosinski; 11. (DNS) 58C-Joseph Chamberlain; 12. (DNS) 5BR-Dalton Bradley; 13. (DNS) 3-Wyatt Scott
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 07P-Tim Peterson[1]; 2. 105-Zach Johnson[2]; 3. 4JR-Cale Crocker[3]; 4. 68-Andrew Hammond[5]; 5. *61-Cody Rickard[6]; 6. 40-Jimmy Diabo[4]; 7. 59-Ryan Sanders[7]; 8. N50-Christopher DePonceau[8]; 9. 19-Thomas Kosinski[13]; 10. (DNS) 1-Vinnie DePizzo; 11. (DNS) 71D-Dan Davies; 12. (DNS) 1W-Josh Wilcox; 13. (DNS) 5E-Logan Roberson
Climb the Pole Dash (2 Laps): 1. 35-David Stremme[3]; 2. 44-Dave Hess Jr[1]; 3. 35A-Michael Altobelli[2]; 4. 99W-Chris Arnold[4]; 5. 2J-Troy Johnson[5]; 6. 8A-Austin Holcombe[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Bud Watson[1]; 2. 16-Jason Brightman[5]; 3. M16-Matthew Kosinski[4]; 4. 11L-Troy Loomis[6]; 5. 58C-Joseph Chamberlain[9]; 6. 19-Thomas Kosinski[3]; 7. 61-Matt Haskins[7]; 8. (DNF) 69-Bryon Johnson[8]; 9. (DNF) 28L-Owen Lacey[2]; 10. (DNS) 3-Wyatt Scott
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Blake Tasker[1]; 2. 05-Greg Johnson[2]; 3. 5B-Andrew Beatman[4]; 4. 14R-Chad Ramsey[3]; 5. 15P-Adam Peterson[5]; 6. 157-Tyler Rendell[7]; 7. 98-Thomas Cupp[8]; 8. (DNF) 39-David Lanphere[6]; 9. (DNS) 5BR-Dalton Bradley
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Dutch Davies[2]; 2. 28-Mason Lobb[3]; 3. 11M-Michael McGee[4]; 4. 07P-Tim Peterson[8]; 5. 4JR-Cale Crocker[7]; 6. 68-Andrew Hammond[6]; 7. 59-Ryan Sanders[9]; 8. 5E-Logan Roberson[1]; 9. 71D-Dan Davies[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17X-Rich Michael Jr[2]; 2. 9E-Steve Dixon[1]; 3. 90-Ray Kable III[3]; 4. 105-Zach Johnson[4]; 5. 40-Jimmy Diabo[5]; 6. *61-Cody Rickard[8]; 7. N50-Christopher DePonceau[9]; 8. (DNF) 1W-Josh Wilcox[7]; 9. (DNS) 1-Vinnie DePizzo
Qualifying Group A: 1. 44-Dave Hess Jr, 16.939[9]; 2. 99W-Chris Arnold, 17.226[16]; 3. 2J-Troy Johnson, 17.411[21]; 4. 25-Bud Watson, 17.431[14]; 5. 00-Blake Tasker, 17.914[19]; 6. 28L-Owen Lacey, 17.966[5]; 7. 05-Greg Johnson, 18.128[2]; 8. 19-Thomas Kosinski, 18.181[18]; 9. 14R-Chad Ramsey, 18.209[6]; 10. M16-Matthew Kosinski, 18.248[12]; 11. 5B-Andrew Beatman, 18.377[4]; 12. 16-Jason Brightman, 18.392[3]; 13. 15P-Adam Peterson, 18.839[1]; 14. 11L-Troy Loomis, 18.944[7]; 15. 39-David Lanphere, 18.961[22]; 16. 61-Matt Haskins, 19.502[20]; 17. 157-Tyler Rendell, 19.584[8]; 18. 69-Bryon Johnson, 20.411[15]; 19. 98-Thomas Cupp, 20.537[11]; 20. 58C-Joseph Chamberlain, 20.537[13]; 21. 5BR-Dalton Bradley, 20.537[17]; 22. 3-Wyatt Scott, 20.537[10]
Qualifying Group B: 1. 35A-Michael Altobelli, 17.488[2]; 2. 35-David Stremme, 17.591[5]; 3. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 17.859[1]; 4. 5E-Logan Roberson, 17.881[21]; 5. 9E-Steve Dixon, 17.933[19]; 6. 40D-Dutch Davies, 17.950[6]; 7. 17X-Rich Michael Jr, 18.004[18]; 8. 28-Mason Lobb, 18.031[15]; 9. 90-Ray Kable III, 18.062[7]; 10. 11M-Michael McGee, 18.240[9]; 11. 105-Zach Johnson, 18.249[3]; 12. 71D-Dan Davies, 18.344[16]; 13. 40-Jimmy Diabo, 18.347[20]; 14. 68-Andrew Hammond, 18.432[13]; 15. 1-Vinnie DePizzo, 18.447[8]; 16. 4JR-Cale Crocker, 18.496[11]; 17. 1W-Josh Wilcox, 18.521[12]; 18. 07P-Tim Peterson, 19.053[10]; 19. *61-Cody Rickard, 19.135[14]; 20. 59-Ryan Sanders, 19.222[17]; 21. N50-Christopher DePonceau, 19.639[4]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 44-Dave Hess Jr, 18.101[9]; 2. 35-David Stremme, 18.118[27]; 3. 40D-Dutch Davies, 18.531[28]; 4. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 18.613[23]; 5. 35A-Michael Altobelli, 18.641[24]; 6. 5E-Logan Roberson, 18.655[43]; 7. 00-Blake Tasker, 18.788[19]; 8. 1-Vinnie DePizzo, 18.793[30]; 9. 25-Bud Watson, 18.845[14]; 10. 4JR-Cale Crocker, 18.870[33]; 11. 05-Greg Johnson, 19.075[2]; 12. 90-Ray Kable III, 19.216[29]; 13. 5B-Andrew Beatman, 19.367[4]; 14. 39-David Lanphere, 19.437[22]; 15. 2J-Troy Johnson, 19.672[21]; 16. 105-Zach Johnson, 19.765[25]; 17. 07P-Tim Peterson, 19.912[32]; 18. 15P-Adam Peterson, 20.055[1]; 19. *61-Cody Rickard, 20.155[36]; 20. 68-Andrew Hammond, 20.290[35]; 21. 16-Jason Brightman, 20.326[3]; 22. 28L-Owen Lacey, 20.331[5]; 23. 28-Mason Lobb, 20.342[37]; 24. 98-Thomas Cupp, 20.400[11]; 25. 14R-Chad Ramsey, 20.502[6]; 26. 61-Matt Haskins, 20.642[20]; 27. 40-Jimmy Diabo, 20.792[42]; 28. 71D-Dan Davies, 20.963[38]; 29. 9E-Steve Dixon, 20.987[41]; 30. 11L-Troy Loomis, 21.288[7]; 31. 69-Bryon Johnson, 22.128[15]; 32. (DNS) 157-Tyler Rendell; 33. (DNS) 3-Wyatt Scott; 34. (DNS) M16-Matthew Kosinski; 35. (DNS) 58C-Joseph Chamberlain; 36. (DNS) 99W-Chris Arnold; 37. (DNS) 5BR-Dalton Bradley; 38. (DNS) 19-Thomas Kosinski; 39. (DNS) N50-Christopher DePonceau; 40. (DNS) 11M-Michael McGee; 41. (DNS) 1W-Josh Wilcox; 42. (DNS) 59-Ryan Sanders; 43. (DNS) 17X-Rich Michael Jr
14 entries
RUSH Pro Modifieds
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 72X-Vaughn Nystrom[2]; 2. 22T-Tyler Oakes[5]; 3. 1W-Josh Wilcox[1]; 4. 71-Al Brewer[3]; 5. 24P-Tim Peterson[6]; 6. 25-Victor Earle JR[4]; 7. 6-Dave Shagla Jr[7]; 8. 48-Cody VanGuilder[8]; 9. 15-Derek Austin[13]; 10. F4-Greg Marsh[10]; 11. 36-Dean Ingalls[12]; 12. (DNF) 10-Trenton Curry[9]; 13. (DNF) 58-Brian Wittmeyer[11]; 14. (DNS) 78-Nick Arnold
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Victor Earle JR[3]; 2. 72X-Vaughn Nystrom[6]; 3. 22T-Tyler Oakes[5]; 4. 6-Dave Shagla Jr[1]; 5. 10-Trenton Curry[7]; 6. 58-Brian Wittmeyer[2]; 7. 15-Derek Austin[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Al Brewer[2]; 2. 1W-Josh Wilcox[3]; 3. 24P-Tim Peterson[6]; 4. 48-Cody VanGuilder[1]; 5. F4-Greg Marsh[7]; 6. 36-Dean Ingalls[4]; 7. (DNS) 78-Nick Arnold
9 entries
Pro Stock
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 777-John Boardman[3]; 2. 67-Jason Covey[2]; 3. 15M-Brent Marotto[1]; 4. 124-Rodney Thoms[5]; 5. 99FJR-Gary Fisher III[6]; 6. 02-Grant Richard[9]; 7. 11-Justin Pratt[4]; 8. 98-Kasey Cupp[8]; 9. 27-Phoebe Tower[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Jason Covey[4]; 2. 15M-Brent Marotto[5]; 3. 777-John Boardman[3]; 4. 11-Justin Pratt[1]; 5. 124-Rodney Thoms[6]; 6. 99FJR-Gary Fisher III[7]; 7. 27-Phoebe Tower[9]; 8. 98-Kasey Cupp[2]; 9. 02-Grant Richard[8]
12 entries
RUSH Stock Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17X-Kaden Michael[2]; 2. 2C-Cole Laskey[4]; 3. 77M-David McAvoy[1]; 4. (DNF) 67-Alex Bush[7]; 5. (DNF) SIX20-William Baker Jr[6]; 6. (DNF) 22C-Cole Strickland[9]; 7. (DNF) 42-Charles Silvis Jr[10]; 8. (DNF) 77-Raiddan Wilson[3]; 9. (DNF) 55-Ken Moore Sr[8]; 10. (DNF) 22S-Michael Smiley[11]; 11. (DNF) 33-Dyllan Houser[12]; 12. (DNF) 44-Kaden Kinder[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77M-David McAvoy[2]; 2. 17X-Kaden Michael[4]; 3. 2C-Cole Laskey[1]; 4. 67-Alex Bush[5]; 5. 22C-Cole Strickland[3]; 6. 22S-Michael Smiley[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. SIX20-William Baker Jr[2]; 2. 77-Raiddan Wilson[1]; 3. 44-Kaden Kinder[4]; 4. 55-Ken Moore Sr[3]; 5. 42-Charles Silvis Jr[6]; 6. 33-Dyllan Houser[5]
19 entries
Challengers (Mini Stocks)
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. B17-John Mease[3]; 2. V53-Peter Volpe[1]; 3. 34H-Brandon Huffman[11]; 4. LIL40-Annaleesa Diabo[7]; 5. 32H-Holden Heineman[6]; 6. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[16]; 7. 27-Natalya Powell[8]; 8. 17A-Aaron Restivo[5]; 9. 5JR-Forrest Phillips JR[15]; 10. 67-Vince Norton[10]; 11. 38H-Cody Himes[12]; 12. 77-Andrew Faulkner[13]; 13. 25H-Jacob Thaine[14]; 14. (DNF) 11C-Addison Chamberlain[2]; 15. (DNF) 140-Austin Phillips[17]; 16. (DNF) 28-Rick Feely[9]; 17. (DNF) 10B-Adam Brisky[19]; 18. (DNS) 27Y-Kayla York; 19. (DQ) 28C-Trent Chamberlain[4]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 32H-Holden Heineman[1]; 2. V53-Peter Volpe[3]; 3. 28C-Trent Chamberlain[4]; 4. LIL40-Annaleesa Diabo[9]; 5. 28-Rick Feely[8]; 6. 34H-Brandon Huffman[6]; 7. 77-Andrew Faulkner[5]; 8. 5JR-Forrest Phillips JR[2]; 9. 140-Austin Phillips[7]; 10. (DNS) 10B-Adam Brisky
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 11C-Addison Chamberlain[3]; 2. B17-John Mease[6]; 3. 17A-Aaron Restivo[4]; 4. 27-Natalya Powell[7]; 5. 67-Vince Norton[1]; 6. 38H-Cody Himes[8]; 7. 25H-Jacob Thaine[2]; 8. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[5]; 9. 27Y-Kayla York[9]