What a night of racing we had on July 11th. The Tri-State Sprints made their 1st appearance of the 2025 season, and also it was their FIRST RACE of the season. Special thanks to our marketing partner and LONG time supporter Shaheen Chevrolet Cadillac for their continued support of local short track racing, and also for the trophies.
Durotech Automotive Mini Wedge Recap:
The future of our sport, the Durotech Mini Wedges kicked off our Friday night race program. Ace Hart (45) won the heat race for the Senior Division (10-14 years of age), and Kate Maurer was victorious winning the heat for the Junior Division (5-9 years of age). After the autograph session, it was feature time for the future stars. Ace Hart (45) won the feature for the Senior Division making it a clean sweep for him. For the Junior Division, we saw Carson Vainner (07) win the Junior Division Feature. The Durotech Automotive Mini Wedges will be back in action on Friday July 18th.
Tri-State Sprints Recap:
The Tri-State Sprints under the Direction of Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee John Boy Hotchkiss, took to the track for their season opener. Here is the results of the heats and features from July 11th. NOTE: whole field heat races for Tri-State Sprints then for heat 2 field is inverted.
Heat #1 Results (10 Laps): 1st 42-Jason Blonde; 2nd 7-John Trudell; 3rd 17-Andrew Bogusz; 4th 97-George Gustafson; 5th 23-Charlie Baur 6th 99S-Craig Sharfenberg Sr; 7th 45S-Colton Stepke 8th 11G-Tom Geren; 9th Did Not Finish 44-Teddy Alberts; 10th Did Not Finish18H-Jim Heeney[3]; 11th Did Not Start 26-Jeff Bloom.
Heat #2 (10 Laps): 1st 97-George Gustafson; 2nd 7-John Trudell; 3rd 42-Jason Blonde; 4th 23-Charlie Baur; 5th 44-Teddy Alberts; 6th 17-Andrew Bogusz; 7th 45S-Colton Stepke; 8th 18H-Jim Heeney; 9th 11G-Tom Geren; 10th Did Not Start 99S-Craig Sharfenberg Sr; 11th Did Not Start 26-Jeff Bloom.
Feature (30 Laps): 1st 42-Jason Blonde; 2nd 44-Teddy Alberts; 3rd 7-John Trudell; 4th 97-George Gustafson; 5th 17-Andrew Bogusz; 6th 45S-Colton Stepke; 7th 23-Charlie Baur; 8th 18H-Jim Heeney; 9th 11G-Tom Geren; 10th Did Not Finish 99S-Craig Sharfenberg Sr; 11th Did Not Start 26-Jeff Bloom. The Tri-State Sprints will return on Friday, August 1st.
Premier Carpentry & Painting FWDs Recap:
The Premier Carpentry & Painting FWDs put on a great show! With other tracks closing due to weather we had an EXCELLENT CAR COUNT! Thank you drivers for coming out to support us! We had to run a C Feature for the FIRST TIME EVER! Speaking of FIRST TIME EVER Bentley Foote won his FIRST EVER FEATURE for the C Class at 11 YEARS OLD! Congratulations Bentley from all of us at COS! Here is the full results:
Heat A (8 Laps): 1st 33-Todd Miller; 2nd 6-Pat Dent; 3rd 91-Gord Alblas; 4th 98D-Mitch Dorin; 5th 18C-Connor Hoag; 6. 19-Jacob Newman; 7th 49-Caleb Sattler.
Heat B #1 (8 Laps): 1st 47J-Lex Jarecki; 2nd 98-Andre Newman; 3rd 12A-Randy Adams; 4th 48-Josh Sattler; 5th 5+4-Brian Barden; 6th Did Not Finish 4-Dennis Motes; 7th Did Not Start 20-Bill Edwards.
Heat B #2 (8 Laps): 1st 61-Kevin McShane; 2nd 99-Tim Lyon; 3rd 2-Austin McCoy; 4th 8-Zachary Steiner; 5th 43-Brenden Borowy; 6th 9-Evan Jenks; 7th 83-Doug Smith; 8th Did Not Finish 57-Randy Kretzinger Jr.
Heat C (8 Laps): 1st 12-Brock Hall; 2nd 88-Bentley Foote; 3rd 91H-Blake Huitema; 4th 1-Teddy Clark; 5th 24-Christopher Smith; 6th 14V-SHAWN VANDERPOOL.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1st 98D-Mitch Dorin; 2nd 6-Pat Dent; 3rd 18C-Connor Hoag; 4th 19-Jacob Newman; 5th 91-Gord Alblas; 6th 12A-Randy Adams; 7th 5+4-Brian Barden; 8th 33-Todd Miller; 9th Did Not Finish 49-Caleb Sattler; 10th Did Not Finish 47J-Lex Jarecki. Premier Carpentry & Painting FWDs will be in action Friday July 18th.
B Feature (20 Laps): 1st 99-Tim Lyon; 2nd 20-Bill Edwards; 3rd 9-Evan Jenks; 4th 48-Josh Sattler; 5th 2-Austin McCoy; 6th 98-Andre Newman; 7th 8-Zachary Steiner; 8th 61-Kevin McShane; 9th 4-Dennis Motes; 10th 43-Brenden Borowy; 11th 83-Doug Smith; 12th Did Not Finish 57-Randy Kretzinger Jr.
C Feature (15 Laps): 1st 88-Bentley Foote; 2nd 14V-Shawn Vanderpool; 3rd 12-Brock Hall; 4th 24-Christopher Smith; 5th 1-Teddy Clark; 6th Did Not Start 91H-Blake Huitema.
Performance Automotive NW Modified Recap:
The mods have been away since May 18th and what a turn out we had thank you drivers for coming out! Mods do not run heats, but they do have a scuff session usually right before or after intermission. Here is the
Feature Results:
A Feature (40 Laps): 1st 12X-Michael Occhipinti; 2nd 14-Tim Ryan; 3rd 07V-Matthew Vainner; 4th 7V-Dominique Van Wieringen; 5th 45-Joey Barnhart; 6th. 55-Mark Labean; 7th 9-Dominic Shauver; 8th 73-Cody Hall; 9th 1-Al Berry; 10th Did Not Finish 20-Tim Lahar; 11th Did Not Finish 07B-Jason Blackie; 12th Did Not Finish 1L-Michael Luberda Jr. The Performance Automotive Northwest Modifieds will return on Sunday July 27th.
Corrigan Oil Speedway Street Stocks Recap:
Ending our program was our Street Stock Division here is the results:
Heat (8 Laps): 1st 145H-Mike Havens; 2nd 70-Bryan Passick; 3rd 20-Tim Lahar; 4th 17-Montie Matthews; 5th 20T-Darrell Taylor; 6. Did Not Start 42-JC Hinton.
A Feature (25 Laps): 1st 20-Tim Lahar[5]; 2nd 70-Bryan Passick; 3rd 145H-Mike Havens; 4th 17-Montie Matthews; 5th 20T-Darrell Taylor; 6th 42-JC Hinton. The Street Stocks will be in action on Friday July 18th.
- Sean Sprague on Jul 12, 2025
- Article Date: 7/12/2025 by Sean Sprague