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Yankowski Conquers tough field and Mother Nature for Super DIRTcar Series triumph at Can Am

Photo Credit: Rebecca Eisele, Turn 4 Photos

The 2025 edition of Showdown in September had a little bit of everything on Friday night. Between Mother Nature paying a visit on multiple occasions during the evening and some great racing action, fans certainly were entertained.

Despite threatening skies the Panther Frameworx Crate Sprint cars were set to go for 25 laps and now 4 time track champion Josh Verne Jr. charged to the front of the pack of 17 starters with Tiger Chapman right there with him to challenge. Two fast lanes gave drivers multiple options to get around the speedway and the leaders took full advantage as they pulled away in the early laps. On lap 12 the yellow flew for a small shower, which led to drivers being pulled off the track, as a heavy rain soaked the facility shortly after, leaving many to wonder if we would go back racing. Just after midnight track crews finally finished drying the surface, which changed completely after the rain. When the green flew the action was not over with, as Colton Donath spun in turn four while at the same time, Liam Ladouceur flipped his car in turn 2. Both drivers were ok and headed back to the pits. The race was shortened to 20 laps by officials and when the green flew both Verne and Chapman battled hard, but Nick Webb started to break into the picture taking third. On lap 14 Chapman used the outside lane to get by Verne for the lead and begin to drive away. After some tough struggles this year, Tiger Chapman would put it all together on a wild evening of racing to dominate the final laps for his second win of the season. Josh Verne Jr., Nick Webb, George Sanford and Lee Ladouceur completed the top 5.

The evening shifted right in to the DIRTcar Sportsman Series 30 lap feature event. Right from the start series points leader and newly crowned track champion Gavin Eisele gave up his outside pole starting spot, as he had mechanical problems with his own car. Eisele would start at the back in a borrowed car to try and save points on the night. Up front when the green flew Richard Murtaugh, who enjoyed a great season at Can Am with three wins, took the lead with Shane Pecore and Tristan Ladouceur right there to challenge. The top three drivers were the class of the field in the early laps, while Murtaugh was the best of all drivers as he pulled away to a big lead. Several restarts at the half way point of the race bunched the field up, but it did not phase Murtaugh one bit as he continued to lead with Pecore and Ladouceur close behind. Behind the top three Tyler Corcoran, Jessica Power and Emmett Waldron were trading spots seemingly every lap on a very fast track, as they put on a great show for the fans. As the laps wound down, Richard Murtaugh was looking for redemption after a heart breaking loss in this race one year ago. On this night it was all Richard Murtaugh, as he led wire to wire for his 4th career series win and first at Can Am. Shane Pecore crossed in second once again over Tristan Ladouceur, Tyler Corcoran and Jessica Power. Series points leader Gavin Eisele finished 13th.

Final event of the night was the R.D Hutchinson Memorial 67 for the Super DIRTcar Seres and veteran Jimmy Phelps was looking to get his season pointed in the right direction as he led early over Alex Yankowski, Larry Wight, Jackson Gill and Matt Sheppard. Phelps had a strong car and was looking for his first ever Can Am win but Yankowski was not too far behind as he kept pace with the veteran. The point race was shaken up in a major way as title contender and 10 time series champion Matt Sheppard pulled off the speedway while running in the 4th spot, as Phelps and Yankowski continued their battle up front. A caution shortly after this, brought in a new face to the fight, that being four time track champion Tim Fuller. When the green flew it Yankowski to the lead but Tim Fuller was on the move going from 6th to 3rd, as he quickly closed in on Phelps for second. Slight contact in turn three between the two drivers caused Phelps to slow off turn four and the yellow flew, while under the same yellow, Fuller would head to the pits for a left front flat tire. When the green flew again it was Yankowski in control but Larry Wight would emerge as the newest contender and took the lead a few laps later. Wight and Yankowski had a great back and forth battle for the top spot but Alex Payne was on the move from 12th as he charged to third. The leaders worked traffic and Yankowski would charge by Wight on lap 50 to take the lead, however as Wight fought back he clipped the right rear of the race leader and would fall to fourth with Alex Payne now second and Mat Williamson moving from 15th to third. Over the final laps Yankowski and Payne put on a great battle for the win, but in the end Alex Yankowski would hold on to score his first Can Am win and first points paying win of the year after winning at Volusia in February. Payne crossed in second ahead of Mat Williamson, Larry Wight and Mike Mahaney.

The action continues with the Showdown in September weekend on Saturday night, with the annual John Burr Memorial for the Bob Johnson Auto Group DIRTcar Sportsman and the Ron White Memorial for the Sundance Leisure Thundercars. Also on the card for the season finale is the third appearance of the year for the Empire Super Sprints.

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Super DIRTcar Series

• RD Hutchinson Memorial (67 Laps): 1. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[3]; 2. 70A-Alex Payne[12]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson[15]; 4. 99L-Larry Wight[1]; 5. 35-Mike Mahaney[6]; 6. 21A-Peter Britten[9]; 7. 91-Felix Roy[11]; 8. 49-Billy Dunn[10]; 9. 7Z-Zachary Payne[13]; 10. 60-Jackson Gill[4]; 11. 19-Tim Fuller[7]; 12. 12-Darren Smith[16]; 13. 25-Erick Rudolph[19]; 14. 2-Jack Lehner[8]; 15. 4-Anthony Perrego[18]; 16. 18$-Sean Beardsley[22]; 17. 28-Michael Trautschold[23]; 18. 31-Lance Willix[24]; 19. 66-Corbin Millar[25]; 20. (DNF) 6-Matt Stangle[26]; 21. (DNF) 66X-Carey Terrance[14]; 22. (DNF) 11-Matt Caprara[17]; 23. (DNF) 98H-Jimmy Phelps[2]; 24. (DNF) 28M-Jordan McCreadie[20]; 25. (DNF) 9S-Matt Sheppard[5]; 26. (DNS) 83X-Tim Sears Jr
• Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps): 1. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[3]; 2. 18$-Sean Beardsley[1]; 3. 28-Michael Trautschold[4]; 4. 31-Lance Willix[2]; 5. 66-Corbin Millar[6]; 6. 6-Matt Stangle[8]; 7. 7S-Shaun Shaw[10]; 8. 66W-Derek Webb[7]; 9. 20C-Cole Stangle[9]; 10. 2*-Cedric Gauvreau[5]; 11. 12B-Addison Bowman[11]; 12. 63D-Marcus Dinkins[13]; 13. (DNS) 39-Ryan Bartlett
• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Mike Mahaney[2]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[1]; 3. 21A-Peter Britten[4]; 4. 7Z-Zachary Payne[3]; 5. 11-Matt Caprara[5]; 6. 18$-Sean Beardsley[8]; 7. 2*-Cedric Gauvreau[7]; 8. 20C-Cole Stangle[6]; 9. 63D-Marcus Dinkins[9]
• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[1]; 2. 2-Jack Lehner[2]; 3. 49-Billy Dunn[4]; 4. 66X-Carey Terrance[5]; 5. 4-Anthony Perrego[6]; 6. 31-Lance Willix[7]; 7. 66-Corbin Millar[8]; 8. (DNF) 7S-Shaun Shaw[3]
• Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[1]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller[2]; 3. 91-Felix Roy[4]; 4. 88-Mat Williamson[3]; 5. 25-Erick Rudolph[7]; 6. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[6]; 7. 66W-Derek Webb[5]; 8. 12B-Addison Bowman[8]
• Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Jackson Gill[1]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight[4]; 3. 70A-Alex Payne[2]; 4. 12-Darren Smith[5]; 5. 28M-Jordan McCreadie[3]; 6. 28-Michael Trautschold[7]; 7. 6-Matt Stangle[6]; 8. 39-Ryan Bartlett[8]
• Qualifying Group 1 (2 Laps): 1. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:19.882[7]; 2. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:19.945[16]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:20.008[1]; 4. 2-Jack Lehner, 00:20.111[3]; 5. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:20.128[5]; 6. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 00:20.145[9]; 7. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:20.158[11]; 8. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:20.363[12]; 9. 11-Matt Caprara, 00:20.429[6]; 10. 66X-Carey Terrance, 00:20.491[4]; 11. 20C-Cole Stangle, 00:20.552[14]; 12. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:20.690[13]; 13. 2*-Cedric Gauvreau, 00:20.760[17]; 14. 31-Lance Willix, 00:20.766[8]; 15. 18$-Sean Beardsley, 00:20.831[10]; 16. 66-Corbin Millar, 00:20.907[2]; 17. 63D-Marcus Dinkins, 00:21.357[15]
• Qualifying Group 2 (2 Laps): 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:19.754[1]; 2. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:20.032[12]; 3. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:20.060[4]; 4. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:20.141[2]; 5. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:20.155[8]; 6. 28M-Jordan McCreadie, 00:20.163[5]; 7. 91-Felix Roy, 00:20.179[13]; 8. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:20.205[14]; 9. 66W-Derek Webb, 00:20.300[3]; 10. 12-Darren Smith, 00:20.322[10]; 11. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:20.352[6]; 12. 6-Matt Stangle, 00:20.447[9]; 13. 25-Erick Rudolph, 00:20.569[16]; 14. 28-Michael Trautschold, 00:20.574[15]; 15. 12B-Addison Bowman, 00:20.754[11]; 16. 39-Ryan Bartlett, 00:20.936[7]; 17. (DNS) 63-Adam Roberts
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 11-Matt Caprara, 00:18.796[6]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:18.808[7]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney, 00:18.882[1]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 00:18.975[16]; 5. 2-Jack Lehner, 00:19.007[3]; 6. 49-Billy Dunn, 00:19.017[12]; 7. 7S-Shaun Shaw, 00:19.096[9]; 8. 21A-Peter Britten, 00:19.114[11]; 9. 88-Mat Williamson, 00:19.124[25]; 10. 20C-Cole Stangle, 00:19.229[14]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley, 00:19.240[10]; 12. 60-Jackson Gill, 00:19.267[29]; 13. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 00:19.327[18]; 14. 6-Matt Stangle, 00:19.381[26]; 15. 19-Tim Fuller, 00:19.402[21]; 16. 4-Anthony Perrego, 00:19.404[13]; 17. 66X-Carey Terrance, 00:19.417[4]; 18. 31-Lance Willix, 00:19.421[8]; 19. 28M-Jordan McCreadie, 00:19.425[22]; 20. 12-Darren Smith, 00:19.453[27]; 21. 25-Erick Rudolph, 00:19.489[33]; 22. 7Z-Zachary Payne, 00:19.508[5]; 23. 2*-Cedric Gauvreau, 00:19.512[17]; 24. 91-Felix Roy, 00:19.512[30]; 25. 70A-Alex Payne, 00:19.523[19]; 26. 99L-Larry Wight, 00:19.578[31]; 27. 66-Corbin Millar, 00:19.652[2]; 28. 39-Ryan Bartlett, 00:19.748[24]; 29. 66W-Derek Webb, 00:19.766[20]; 30. 28-Michael Trautschold, 00:19.799[32]; 31. 12B-Addison Bowman, 00:19.799[28]; 32. 63D-Marcus Dinkins, 00:19.799[15]; 33. 83X-Tim Sears Jr, 00:19.799[23]

Bob Johnson DIRTcar Sportsman

• DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (30 Laps): 1. 33M-Richard Murtaugh[1]; 2. 0-Shane Pecore[3]; 3. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[6]; 4. 64-Tyler Corcoran[5]; 5. 52-Jessica Power[9]; 6. 4-Emmett Waldron[4]; 7. 6-Cody Manitta[20]; 8. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[8]; 9. 14-Camdin Cook[16]; 10. 89-Dylan Madsen[23]; 11. 12-Owen Bird[21]; 12. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[19]; 13. 18E-Gavin Eisele[2]; 14. R1-Riley Rogala[12]; 15. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[11]; 16. 03-Joshua Jock[13]; 17. 01-Zachary Buff[27]; 18. 16X-Savannah Laflair[29]; 19. 10-Trevor Houghton[30]; 20. (DNF) 1-Jack Meeks[15]; 21. (DNF) 17-Owen Nier[10]; 22. (DNF) 2-Greg Henry[24]; 23. (DNF) 44-Ryan Barrett[14]; 24. (DNF) 60-Taylor Doxtater[25]; 25. (DNF) 54-Brady Howard[22]; 26. (DNF) 43-Tavien Blowers[28]; 27. (DNF) 34K-Keegan Nier[18]; 28. (DNF) 37-Marc Olivier McCarthy[26]; 29. (DNF) 9-Logan Brown[7]; 30. (DNS) 92-Frank Sibley
• Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Owen Bird[2]; 2. 89-Dylan Madsen[5]; 3. 60-Taylor Doxtater[1]; 4. 01-Zachary Buff[3]; 5. 43-Tavien Blowers[4]; 6. 28$-Brian Harber[8]; 7. 10-Trevor Houghton[7]; 8. 40X-Tim Halsey[6]
• Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 54-Brady Howard[2]; 2. 2-Greg Henry[3]; 3. 37-Marc Olivier McCarthy[1]; 4. 32-Joe Trichilo[4]; 5. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[5]; 6. 16X-Savannah Laflair[7]; 7. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[6]
• Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18E-Gavin Eisele[2]; 2. 9-Logan Brown[1]; 3. 52-Jessica Power[3]; 4. 03-Joshua Jock[4]; 5. 92-Frank Sibley[6]; 6. 60-Taylor Doxtater[5]; 7. 01-Zachary Buff[7]; 8. 89-Dylan Madsen[8]; 9. 10-Trevor Houghton[9]
• Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Shane Pecore[1]; 2. 4-Emmett Waldron[2]; 3. 17-Owen Nier[3]; 4. 44-Ryan Barrett[4]; 5. 34K-Keegan Nier[9]; 6. 12-Owen Bird[6]; 7. 43-Tavien Blowers[5]; 8. 40X-Tim Halsey[7]; 9. 28$-Brian Harber[8]
• Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33M-Richard Murtaugh[1]; 2. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur[2]; 3. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski[6]; 4. 1-Jack Meeks[3]; 5. 621G-Trevor Gibbons[4]; 6. 37-Marc Olivier McCarthy[5]; 7. 2-Greg Henry[9]; 8. 1D-Paul DeRuyter[7]; 9. 16X-Savannah Laflair[8]
• Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Tyler Corcoran[2]; 2. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[1]; 3. R1-Riley Rogala[4]; 4. 14-Camdin Cook[5]; 5. 6-Cody Manitta[8]; 6. 54-Brady Howard[3]; 7. 32-Joe Trichilo[7]; 8. 11-Genavieve Bartlett[6]
• Qualifying Group 1 (3 Laps): 1. 9-Logan Brown, 00:20.337[5]; 2. 18E-Gavin Eisele, 00:20.529[2]; 3. 52-Jessica Power, 00:20.557[4]; 4. 03-Joshua Jock, 00:20.650[9]; 5. 60-Taylor Doxtater, 00:20.823[3]; 6. 92-Frank Sibley, 00:21.007[6]; 7. 01-Zachary Buff, 00:21.019[1]; 8. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:21.029[7]; 9. 10-Trevor Houghton, 00:21.095[8]
• Qualifying Group 2 (3 Laps): 1. 0-Shane Pecore, 00:20.274[5]; 2. 4-Emmett Waldron, 00:20.753[9]; 3. 17-Owen Nier, 00:20.988[4]; 4. 44-Ryan Barrett, 00:21.106[7]; 5. 43-Tavien Blowers, 00:21.155[1]; 6. 12-Owen Bird, 00:21.188[2]; 7. 40X-Tim Halsey, 00:21.380[3]; 8. 28$-Brian Harber, 00:21.441[8]; 9. 34K-Keegan Nier, 00:21.441[6]
• Qualifying Group 3 (3 Laps): 1. 33M-Richard Murtaugh, 00:20.492[2]; 2. 92T-Tristan Ladouceur, 00:20.521[8]; 3. 1-Jack Meeks, 00:20.789[9]; 4. 621G-Trevor Gibbons, 00:20.824[7]; 5. 37-Marc Olivier McCarthy, 00:20.901[6]; 6. 78JR-Nigel Pendykoski, 00:21.052[4]; 7. 1D-Paul DeRuyter, 00:21.199[5]; 8. 16X-Savannah Laflair, 00:21.221[3]; 9. 2-Greg Henry, 00:21.708[1]
• Qualifying Group 4 (3 Laps): 1. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson, 00:20.716[4]; 2. 64-Tyler Corcoran, 00:20.756[8]; 3. 54-Brady Howard, 00:20.967[7]; 4. R1-Riley Rogala, 00:21.183[3]; 5. 14-Camdin Cook, 00:21.445[6]; 6. 11-Genavieve Bartlett, 00:21.476[1]; 7. 32-Joe Trichilo, 00:21.565[2]; 8. (DNS) 6-Cody Manitta

Panther Frameworx 602 Crate Sprint Cars

• Feature (25 Laps): 1. 271-Tiger Chapman[2]; 2. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[1]; 3. 27W-Nick Webb[5]; 4. 25-George Sanford[14]; 5. 51-Lee Ladouceur[15]; 6. 08-James Kiah[13]; 7. 71R-Rachel Zacharias[8]; 8. (DNF) Z28-Tucker Donath[3]; 9. (DNF) 77-Liam Ladouceur[11]; 10. (DNF) 89X-Josh Vanbrocklin[4]; 11. (DNF) 89N-Chad Kramer[10]; 12. (DNF) 07-Colton Donath[6]; 13. (DNF) 28-Emma Donnath[12]; 14. (DNF) 30-Ken Klinkowsky[7]; 15. (DNF) 557-Patrick Nolan[17]; 16. (DNS) 87-Andrew Hennessy; 17. (DNS) 74-Will Fisher
• Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr[1]; 2. Z28-Tucker Donath[3]; 3. 27W-Nick Webb[5]; 4. 30-Ken Klinkowsky[6]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[7]; 6. 77-Liam Ladouceur[2]; 7. 08-James Kiah[9]; 8. 51-Lee Ladouceur[4]; 9. 557-Patrick Nolan[8]
• Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 271-Tiger Chapman[5]; 2. 89X-Josh Vanbrocklin[4]; 3. 07-Colton Donath[2]; 4. 71R-Rachel Zacharias[7]; 5. 89N-Chad Kramer[3]; 6. 28-Emma Donnath[1]; 7. (DNF) 25-George Sanford[6]; 8. (DNF) 74-Will Fisher[8]
• Hot Laps (3 Laps): 1. 1V-Josh Verne Jr, 00:19.073[15]; 2. 271-Tiger Chapman, 00:19.333[1]; 3. 30-Ken Klinkowsky, 00:19.468[8]; 4. 87-Andrew Hennessy, 00:19.513[6]; 5. 89N-Chad Kramer, 00:19.634[9]; 6. Z28-Tucker Donath, 00:19.837[3]; 7. 07-Colton Donath, 00:19.923[2]; 8. 89X-Josh Vanbrocklin, 00:19.986[14]; 9. 25-George Sanford, 00:20.138[13]; 10. 51-Lee Ladouceur, 00:20.236[10]; 11. 77-Liam Ladouceur, 00:20.848[11]; 12. 28-Emma Donnath, 00:20.877[4]; 13. 557-Patrick Nolan, 00:21.196[12]; 14. 71R-Rachel Zacharias, 00:22.315[17]; 15. (DNS) 74-Will Fisher; 16. (DNS) 08-James Kiah; 17. (DNS) 27W-Nick Webb

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