Six laps after the 100-lap break, the race was red-flagged for a multi-car wreck that ended the night for several top contenders including Rocky Warner, who was injured when his car was hit broadside. Warner was alert and talking with track emergency crews before being transported to Albany Medical Center.
Warner’s wife Tami posted on his media page Sunday morning that nothing is broken, but he had a laceration on his face that needed five stitches. There are no heart or spinal injuries, but his neck and shoulder are sore from being hit in the helmet. Warner remains under observation at Albany Med to get his blood pressure to get under control.
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In the companion 25-lap, $2,000-to-win STSS 602 Crate Sportsman feature, Payton Talbot passed early-race leader Brian Calabrese with 11 laps to go to claim his seventh win of the season. Chad Edwards recovered from a mid-race incident to finish second ahead of Joe Toth, Tyler Peet and Tim Hartman Jr.
Race action for the Fonda 200 Weekend started Thursday night with the running of the Ultimate Underdog 33 with Danny Varin taking home the victory, while Mike Arnold picked up the win in the 20-lap Limited Sportsman feature.
Friday night features for the Pro Stocks, Street Stocks, 4-cylinder Mini Stocks and the CRSA 305 Sprint Cars were run along with four Fonda 200 qualifying events for the Modifieds.
Kenny Gates picked up his second straight Fonda 200 Weekend victory and sixth win of the season in the 20-lap Pro Stock feature. Gates took the lead from 2023 Pro Stock track champion Ivan Joslin on lap 13 and held off Joslin’s challenges over the final seven laps to record his 92nd win of his career in the division at Fonda Speedway. Beau Ballard finished third, with Jim Normoyle fourth and Steve Cosselman fifth.
Ken Hollenbeck picked up his 95th career Mini Stock feature win at Fonda Speedway, topping the field for the overall and Single Cam victories, while Jay Ingersoll held off Damian Ward for his first career win at Fonda in the dual cam division.
Mike Kiser led the opening 11 laps of the 20-lap CRSA A-Main before stopping with mechanical issues. Blake Warner took over the lead on the ensuing restart before Jordan Hutton slipped past a lap later and held on for his third CRSA win of his career at Fonda Speedway. Warner finished second with Billy VanInwegen third, Dalton Herrick fourth and Tomy Moreau fifth.
The Street Stock division made its return to Fonda Speedway Friday night.
Adam Tranka led the opening 18 laps of the scheduled 20-lap feature before a flat right front tire ended his run. Jason Meltz inherited the lead and was awarded the victory after 19 laps in the caution-marred event. Chris Murray was second, followed by PJ Cram, Andrew Fitzgerald and Lou Gancarz.
Alex Yankowski, JaMike Sowle, Friesen and Steve Bernier picked up the victories in the 15-lap Fonda 200 qualifiers to earn first picks in the 12-driver redraw for the main event.
Yankowski drew the seventh spot, while Sowle pulled the sixth spot and Parker Friesen drew the pole for his father with Bernier picking up the number two spot on the starting grid.
Bernier led the opening 14 laps of the feature before Friesen, Sheppard and Yankowski got by him in traffic.
Friesen held the lead until pitting under caution on lap 96, handing the lead over the Sheppard four laps before the 100-lap break.
During the break, drivers had the option of going to the pit area to change tires, add fuel and make adjustments or go to the infield, where they could only add fuel and make air pressure adjustments, but would be first back on track.
Marc Johnson, Chris Curtis, Bobby Varin, Calabrese, Friesen, Bernier and Matt DeLorenzo opted to pit on the infield. Andy Bachetti and Ryan Odasz also came to the infield but opted to pull out and go to the pit area during the 10-minute break.
Curtis and Johnson led the cars back to the green for the second 100-lap segment, with Friesen and Varin making up the second row.
Johnson bolted into the lead and was in control when the caution flew after just three laps.
On the restart, a mid-pack scramble resulted in the red flag being thrown for a 15-car accident that resulted in significant damage to 12 cars and finished their night. Warner’s car was caught in the middle of the melee with the front of Mike Mahaney’s modified resting in the window of his modified.
Warner was conscious and talking with the emergency crews as he was extricated from the car and transported by ambulance to the hospital.
When racing resumed, Johnson continued to set the pace with Friesen, Tyler Dippel, Sheppard and Curtis in pursuit.
Friesen again used lapped traffic to his advantage and took the lead from Johnson on lap 129, with Sheppard settling into second 10 laps later.
Sheppard used a lap restart on lap 150 to get back into the lead with Friesen, Johnson, Dippel and Tim Fuller running in the top five.
Traffic again became a factor allowing Friesen and Johnson to stay within striking distance of the leader.
Johnson’s strong run came to an end when a flat rear tire sent him to the pit and brought out the caution.
The caution was the break Friesen was looking for as he got in front of Sheppard on the restart and survived a second restart with 15 laps to go before holding off a final charge by Sheppard to post his 88th career modified feature win at the Track of Champions.
“The tires were so weird,” Friesen said in Victory Lane. “I finally got the lead and felt like we were rolling. On the restart where Sheppard got us, it felt like I had a flat, then it got rolling again. On that last restart there was some brown up at the top and I was able to grab enough of it to make it work.”
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Sheppard echoed Friesen’s statement about the tires.
“The tires were very finicky on the restarts,” he said. “When I got by him, my tires fired really good and his didn’t. Then when he got by me, his did and mine didn’t. He got a heck of a run on the outside and I spun my tires a little bit off two. That was the difference in the race.”
Sheppard’s tires came back in the final 10 laps, but he could not chase down Friesen before the checkers flew.
“He was getting jammed up in traffic and was just kind of taking it easy,” Sheppard said. “There just wasn’t enough racetrack left. The bottom of four was rubbered up hard and after a couple of laps it was hard to make anything happen.”
Friesen said he wasn’t going to move off the bottom of the racetrack in the closing laps.
“I caught Cody [Clark] at the end and I am, like, keep it rolling dude,” Friesen said. “I wasn’t getting off the bottom again. I did once and Sheppard got by us. He was going to have to go around us. I was afraid though that he was going to find something.”
Dippel came across the line in third for his best career finish at Fonda Speedway, with Mat Williamson fourth and Fuller fifth. Anthony Perrego, Jessica Friesen, DeLorenzo, Calabrese and Danny Bouc complete the top 10.
“It feels really good to get this one at our home track,” Stewart Friesen said. “This year has been the worst. We finally got our motor program back situated. We have the bullets back in the gun now to go into the big money season and this is what we have prepared for all year.”
The Fonda 200 Weekend was the final event up the 2023 season at Fonda Speedway.
FONDA SPEEDWAY RESULTS
DAY 3 OF FONDA 200 WEEKEND
STSS MODIFIED FONDA 200 FEATURE – 200-LAPS — $53,000 TO WIN – STEWART FRIESEN, Matt Sheppard, Tyler Dippel, Mat Williamson, Tim Fuller, Anthony Perrego, Jessica Friesen, Matt DeLorenzo, Brian Calabrese, Danny Bouc, Max McLaughlin, Bobby Varin, Marc Johnson, Dillon Steuer, Steve Bernier, Cody Clark, Ancel Collins, Chris Curtis, Michael Parent, Alex Yankowski, Andy Bachetti, Mike Mahaney, Dave Constantino, Bobby Hackel IV, Billy Decker, Demetrios Drellos, Ronnie Johnson, Rocky Warner, Tucker O’Connor, Pep Corradi, David Schilling, JaMike Sowle, Darren Smith, Dave Camara, Ryan Odasz, JR Hurlburt, Danny Varin, Cory Costa, Brian Pessolano, Michael Trautschold, Neil Stratton
3rd win of 2023 and the 88th of his career in the division for Stewart Friesen
LAP LEADERS – 1-14 Bernier, 15-90 Stewart Friesen, 91 Sheppard, 92-95 Stewart Friesen, 96-100 Sheppard, 101-128 Marc Johnson, 129-149 Stewart Friesen, 150-175 Sheppard, 176-200 Stewart Friesen
CONSOLATION RACE WINNERS – Perrego, Clark
DID NOT QUALIFY – Dan Santabarbara, Stephen Gray, George Foley, Derek Bornt, Ajay Potrzebowski Sr., Jason Reome, Matt Sobiech
STSS CRATE 602 SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25-LAPS — $2,000 TO WIN – PAYTON TALBOT, Chad Edwards, Joe Toth, Tyler Peet, Tim Hartman Jr., Brian Calabrese, Chip Constantino, Troy Zilles, Michael McCallion, Brendan Gibbons, Jeremy Tyrrell, Tanner Warner, Michael Ballestero, Stephen Gray, Clayton DuMond, Dylan Madsen, Mike Kalkbrenner, Donovan Lussier, James Friesen, Blaine Klinger, David Hackett Jr., Chris Crane Jr., Kaydon Hohensheldt, Greg Crooker, John DuMond, Josh Kane, Tavien Blowers, Jeff Higham, David Manchester, Brett Mortensen
7th win of 2023 and the 11th of his career in the division for Talbot
LAP LEADERS – 1-13 Calabrese, 14-25 Talbot
HEAT RACE WINNERS – Zilles, Higham, John DuMond, Toth, Constantino, Ballestero
CONSOLATION RACE WINNERS – Edwards, Tyrrell, Kane
DID NOT QUALIFY – Roger Hummer, Mike Hill, Kyle Dingman, Zack Welch, Connor Prokop, Brandon Tyler, Mark Mortensen, Dylan Eldred, Josh Coonradt, Mike Arnold, John Santolin, Tim Deffer, Cody Clark, Tyler Bobar, Dave DiPietro, Jean-Francois Tessier, Wesley Sutliff, Chris Kugler, Keith Buckhart, Walter Cook, Zach Dufel, Connor Crane, Seth Martin, John Feagles, Clyde Peek, Karl Barnes, John Anderson, Dale Van Allen, Collin Williams, Harry Shaffer, Dan Santabarbara, Michael Wagner-Fitzgerald, Donnie Campbell, Robert Perry
GRECO’S NAPA HARD CHARGER AWARD – Edwards +17
DAY 2 OF FONDA 200 WEEKEND
FONDA 200 STSS QUALIFYING HEAT 1 $500 TO WIN FROM FASTLINE PERFORMANCE 15-LAPS 7 QUALIFY 3 REDRAW – ALEX YANKOWSKI, Demetrios Drellos, Mat Willaimson, Marc Johnson, Rocky Warner, Pep Corradi, Tucker O’Connor, Michael Trautschold, Brian Calabrese, Neil Stratton, Dave Camara, Ancel Collins
FONDA 200 STSS QUALIFYING HEAT 2 $500 TO WIN FROM DKM FABRICATION 15-LAPS 7 QUALIFY 3 REDRAW – JAMIKE SOWLE, Jessica Friesen, Matt Sheppard, Bobby Varin, Bobby Hackel IV, Michael Parent, Cory Costa, Dillon Steuer, Darren Smith, George Foley, Derek Bornt, Ajay Potrzebowski Jr.
FONDA 200 STSS QUALIFYING HEAT 3 $500 TO WIN FROM UPSTATE AUTO 15-LAPS 7 QUALIFY 3 REDRAW – STEWART FRIESEN, Andy Bachetti, Danny Bouc, Tyler Dippel, David Schilling, Max McLaughlin, Mike Mahaney, Anthony Perrego, Ryan Odasz, JR Hurlburt, Dan Santabarbara, Stephen Gray
FONDA 200 STSS QUALIFYING HEAT 4 $500 TO WIN FROM SCOTT HAMLIN RACING 15-LAPS 7 QUALIFY 3 REDRAW – STEVE BERNIER, Billy Decker, Matt DeLorenzo, Dave Constantino, Ronnie Johnson, Brian Pessolano, Chris Curtis, Cody Clark, Tim Fuller, Danny Varin, Jason Reome, Matt Sobiech
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BELOW ZERO ICE CREAM PRO STOCK FEATURE – 20-LAPS – KENNY GATES, Ivan Joslin, Beau Ballard, Jim Normoyle, Steve Cosselman, Randy Cosselman, Shawn Perez Jr., Johnny Rivers Jr., Michael Achzet, Dennis Joslin, Nick Santuccione, Slater Baker, Mike Dianda, Dan Krajewski, Jordan Modiano
6th win of 2023 and the 92nd win of his career in the division at Fonda for Gates
LAP LEADERS – 1 Rivers, 2-12 Joslin, 13-20 Gates
HEAT RACE WINNERS – Ballard, Gates
FONDA FAIR FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE – 12-LAPS – KEN HOLLENBACK (SOHC), JAY INGERSOLL (DOHC), Damian Ward, Kyle Coley, Shawn Hemstreet, Pat McSpirit, Tom Hill, Todd Morey, Brittany Ladd, Robert Burch, TJ Marlitt, Rudy King Jr., John Napoli, Kerrie Hollenback, Kamrin Krause, Luke Sheldon, Len St. Andrews, Keith Tesiero Jr. (DNS), Jordan Ryder (DNS), Wayne Russell Jr. (DNS)
11th win of 2023 and the 95th win of his career in the division at Fonda for Ken Hollenback
1st career win in the division at Fonda for Ingersoll
LAP LEADERS – 1-4 King Jr., 5-15 Ken Hollenback
STREET STOCK FEATURE $500 TO WIN SPONSORED BY STONE MOTORSPORTS/ONLINE PERFORMANCE – SHORTENED TO 19-LAPS – JASON MELTZ, Chris Murray, PJ Cram, Andrew Fitzgerald, Lou Gancarz, Wayne Russell Jr., Adam Tranka, Matt Moshier, Josh Samrov, Rob VanAernam, Keri Vandenburg, Chris Stalker, Bob Gibson, Jason Barrett, James Dellea, Rowdy Burch, Ray Pierre Jr., Jason Samrov, Matt Wells, Donald Kennedy, Michael Martindale (DNS)
1st career win in the division at Fonda for Meltz
LAP LEADERS – 1-18 Tranka, 19 Meltz
HEAT RACE WINNERS – Murray, Stalker
CRSA SPRINT CAR FEATURE – 20-LAPS – JORDAN HUTTON, Blake Warner, Billy VanInwegen, Dalton Herrick, Tomy Moreau, Bobby Parrow, John Cunningham, Ray Preston, Timmy Lotz, Tyler Graves, Mark Taylor, Aaron Shelton, Ronnie Greek, Dustin Sehn, Jeremiah Munson, Trevor Years, James Layton, Steve Glover, Kirsten Dombrowski, Jerry Sehn Jr., Fred Proctor, Mike Kiser, Tyler Chartrand, Cory Sparks
3rd career CRSA Sprint car win at Fonda for Hutton
LAP LEADERS – 1-11 Kiser, 12 Warner, 13-20 Hutton
HEAT RACE WINNERS – VanInwegen, Preston, Taylor
CONSOLATION RACE WINNER – Glover
DAY 1 OF FONDA 200 WEEKEND
AMSTERDAM TRUCK CENTER MODIFIED “UNDERDOG 33” FEATURE – 33-LAPS – DANNY VARIN, Bobby Varin, Ryan Odasz, Dave Constantino, Brian Calabrese, Stephen Gray, Tyler Dippel, Bill August, Alex Yankowski, Chris Curtis, Derel Bornt, Jason Reome, Pep Corradi, Dave Camara, Jessica Friesen, Willy Decker, Ronnie Holmes, George Foley, Matt Sobiech, Clayton DuMond, David Manchester, Ancel Collins, Dan Santabarbara, Michael Trautschold
1st win of 2023 and the 12th of his career in the division for Danny Varin
LAP LEADERS – 1-28 Yankowski, 29-33 Danny Varin
HEAT RACE WINNERS – Yankowski, Calabrese, Bobby Varin
CONSOLATION RACE WINNER – August
DID NOT QUALIFY – Garrett Poland, Mark Pullen, Chip Constantino, Carter Gibbons, Tanner Warner, Jim Mahaney, Brett Mortensen, Harry Shaffer, Andy Graves
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE FOR AGING INC. LIMITED SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 20-LAPS – MIKE ARNOLD, AJ Greco, Connor Crane, Tim Deffer, Mike Hill, Lance Hill, Jonathan Feagles, Phil Arnold, Corky Warner, Nick Arnold, Josh Coonradt, Kirsten Swartz, Chris Kugler, Jim Mallia, John Anderson, Lucas Duncan, Maddy Broedel, Bob Rhinehardt, Walter Cook, Michael Kalkbrenner, Jeff Bobilin, Kyle Dingman, Tyler Bobar, Steve Wagoner, Brandon Tyler, Dale Van Allen, Kolton Weiler, Bob Rowback, Bill Port, Keith Burkart, Collin Williams (DNS), Joel Knudsen Jr. (DNS)
1st career win in the division at Fonda for Mike Arnold
LAP LEADERS – 1-10 Deffer, 11-14 Greco, 15-20 Mike Arnold
HEAT RACE WINNERS – Mike Arnold, Crane, Bobilin
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