Dirtcar Racing: Mohawk International Raceway Dirtcar 358 Modified Series Presented by St Lawerence Radiology August 30th 2021

pulling away
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Kyle Coryea

Ian Bresset (91) pulls away from Tyler Bushey (15x) for the win in the 15 laps main event. It would be a special Monday night race at the Mohawk International Raceway as they would welcome in the Dirtcar 358 Modified Series along with the Pro Stocks and Sportsman Modified. First up would be the Pro Stocks and getting the win and his first of the season would be Ian Bresett as he would battle it out with Tyler Bushey. Then next it would be the Dirtcar 358 Modified Series for 75 laps and the early lead would go to Preston Forbes off the start of the race. He would hold onto the lead for the first 20 laps until Mike Mahaney would get around him and Mahanney would be in control of the race until the last 3 laps when he went over a bump and broke the shock tower and Billy Dunn would take advantage and start off the series with the win. Then to finish off the night it would be the Dirtcar Sportsman Modified North Series and it would be the Justin Stone show as he would pretty much the whole race until a late-race restart when Robert Delormier would get around him and Stone just had no answer for him. Gallery

salute to the fans
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Kyle Coryea

Before the start of the race Dirtcar Sportsman Modified go four to salute and say thank you to the fans for coming to the race tonight. Gallery

Back to school/Military Night Presented By Casella Waste Management Night @ Airborne Speedway August 14th 2021

dives underneath
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Kyle Coryea

Travis Bruno (33r) ducks underneath Dylan Rabtoy (22) as they battle for the lead in the Sportsman Modified main with Travis Bruno getting the win. It would be back to school/Military Night presented by Casella Waste Management. Once the rain and dust settled on the heat races it was off to the main events of the evening. The first one out of the chute would be the Chris Frennier Motorsports Limited Sportsman Modified in making his return to the speedway after a many weeks absence would be Al Lajoice for his first of the season. Then next up would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegade it would be Northeastern Clinton High School student Nathaniel Guay that would get the win and the first of his career in the division in a race that went caution-free. Then it would be the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 30 lap main. The early leader of the race is Dylan Rabtoy who would hold the lead over Travis Bruno until lap 17 when a lapper would slow them down and Travis Bruno would find the better line and take the lead and cruise to the win over Justin Severance and Dylan Rabtoy and set up a nail-biting points battle headed into the last race of the season next weekend. To finish off the night it would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders and Jacob Foutain would get his 4th win of the season in the battle over Josh Laporte and Nathan Smart. Gallery

the race is on
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Kyle Coryea

The Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders barrel off into turn as they jockey for position on the restart. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Mohawk International Raceway East End Covience Stores Night August 27th 2021

win number 2
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Kyle Coryea

Steve Bushey Jr takes the checkered flag and gets his second win of the season in the Novice Sportsman Modified division. It would be the 12th race of the season at the Mohawk International Raceway and it would be double mains for the Mod Lites on East End Convenience Store night. The first main of the night would be the Mod Lites for their first of two fifteen-lap main events. The early race leader would be Nick Mallette who would have the lead till just about halfway when he would get passed by newcomer Kyle Demo who would check out on the field for a win in his first appearance at the mohawk international raceway. Next up would be the Bandits and for the second week in a row, it would be a wire to wire victory although this time the winner would be Josh Verne Jr. Then we would have the Novice Sportsman Modified for 15 laps and Brad Reif would get the lead off the start and hold it for the first 6 laps. Although there would be a challenger in the name of Steve Bushey Jr and he would take the lead and check out for his second win of the season in the Novice division. Then it would be the Crossroad Tobacco Sportsman Modified. The race would start with a back and forth between Delbert Legrow Jr and Ricky Thompson for the first nine laps Thompson would start to pull away but with the caution filled event it keeps the cars close and eventually on lap 19 Nick Heywood would take the lead and cross to his 6th win of the season at Mohawk. Then it would be the final race of the night as the Mod Lites would return to the track for their second main of the evening and this time Kyle Demo would leave little to be decided as he would walk away for the win and clean sweep on the weekend. Gallery

cruises to win 6
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Kyle Coryea

Nick Heywood takes the checkered flag for his sixth win of the season at the Mohawk International Raceway. Gallery

Essex County Fair Demolition Derby August 22nd 2021

back to back
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Kyle Coryea

Jason Criss (30) and Jon Brown (72) with repeatve shots on each other to finish up the van division and would end with Brown winning even though his throttle was stuck. It would be the return of the Essex County Fair demolition derby this time though they would bring in spinning wheels to put on the show. With that thought, they would bring huge pay for the winners on the day and uniform rules that they use for all their shows around the northeast and they would every division there for the one-day show from the compact and full-size car's stock and modified along with the vans and truck divisions. It would be a smaller track in size and a lower car count show but that doesn't mean the action on the track wasn't any less as there would be so hard-hitting and twisted-up cars on a very successful show for the first time spinning wheels being at the fairgrounds. When the dust settled the winners on the day would be Anthony Provost (Compact Stock), Toby Ebersole (Compact Modified), Ben Brown Jr (Full Size), Clemente Bell (Trucks and Jon Brown in the vans. Gallery

folded up
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Kyle Coryea

Brian Criss (98) with the shot on Todd Marlow (09) and the back end instantly holds up like an according. Gallery

Kid's Night Presented By The Country Malt Group @ Airborne Speedway August 14th 2021

ducks under for the pass and lead
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Evan Patrie

ISportsman Modified's Nick Heywood (29) ducks under Jamy Begor on the restart for the race-winning pass. It would be round thirteen at Airborne Speedway on Kid's Night presented by The Country Malt Group and would have the Sportsman Modifieds, Renegades, Novice Sportsman Modified, and 4 Cylinders in action. Once the dust settled from the heat races first up for their main event would be the Taylor Rental 4 Cylinders for fifteen laps and Mat Parker would get the win going away for his second win of the season. Then next up would be the Hartson Total Opening Renegades for there 25 lap main event and the win would go Tylor Terry in a caution filled event that would see a late-race restart with the top 5 in a dogfight for the win on the night but Tylor would score his second win of the season. Then it would be the main event of the evening the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified and it would be the classic rivalry at the front battling for the win as it would be a duel between Jamy Begor and Nick Heywood and this time when the dust settled the win would go to Nick Heywood for his second win on the season at Airborne Speedway. Then to finish off the night would be the Chris Frennier Motorsports Limited Sportsman Modified and Blayden Arquiett would reign supreme once again. Gallery

battle up front
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Kyle Coryea

Renegades Tylor Terry (44) and Tyler Irwin (54) battle for the lead in the Renegades main event with Tylor Terry getting his second win of the season. Gallery

Franklin County Fair Demolition Derby August 8th 2021

crumbling up
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Kyle Coryea

Zach Rolland (212) with the backward shot on Korey Prue (36) aiming for the back tires. It would be the opening night of the Franklin County Fair demolition derby and there would be compact, full-size, and trucks and there would be just over a hundred cars for the night. It would be a rainy night on the track and the mud would be a slinging on the track. The biggest attended division on the night would be the compact cars as they would have 5 heats of around 12 cars each/ They would put a twist on their event though this year as they would name their mad dog after the first two minutes of each heat and at that point, that driver had advanced to the main event on the evening. When the mud would stop flying on the night the winners would be Alex Martin in the compact cars, Logan Secore in the trucks, and Kaylee Marlow in the women's division. Gallery

rear end raising
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Kyle Coryea

The W.F.O. car with the shot on the silver beast that raises the back ends up on the shot and tries to ride up the car. Gallery

Franklin County Fair Demolition Derby August 13th 2021

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Kyle Coryea

Kaden Barney tries to put himself inside the other car with the smashing hit. It would be the second night of demolition derby action at the Franklin County Fair as they would return for the smashing and crashing action. This time we would have the return of the compact and full-size cars along with the addition of the powers wheels for the kids along with the popular vans would there make their one appearance at the fair this year. It would be another smashing and crashing affair at the fairgrounds with the long track and no rain that night the drivers were able to get up some good speed and have some heavy-hitting making the mad dog hard to call in many heats on the night for the ticket to the main. When the hitting would stop and the calm would come upon the field the winners on the night would be Kayla Lamica (Compact Cars), Jason Marlowe (Full-Size Cars), and Jacob St. Mary (Vans). Gallery

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Kyle Coryea

Devin Martin (13) with the rear shot on the silver fox in the compact division as he was looking for the tires. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Mohawk International Raceway Susta Buds Night August 6th 2021

first win
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Stan Russell

Chad Vallance (29) pulls away for their first career win inside the novice sportsman-modified ranks. It would be the eleventh race of the season at the Mohawk International Raceway on Susta Buds Night and the normal four divisions would be in action the Crossroad Tobacco Sportsman Modified, Mod Lites, Novice Sportsman Modified, and the Bandits. Once the dust settled on the heat races and the mains were up the Mod Lites would take the track and Tristan Dibble would be looking to see if he could get three wins in a row. The race would start out with a battle between Tristan Dibble and Nick Mallette which would eventually see Dibble pull away. Although the yellow would come out 2 laps left and Harley Brown and Tristan Dibble would restart on the front row although at the end Dibble would get his third win a row. Then next up would be the Bandits and that would be a wire-to-wire win for Curtis Smith for his second on the season. Then up would be the Crossroad Tobacco Sportsman Modified in their 25 laps main Casey Swamp would have the lead off the start but the cautions would slow the pace of the race and allow some from the back to work their way up to the front. Which would play into the hands of Dustin Bradley for the win and the first of his career. Then to finish up the night would be the Novice Sportsman Modified and for the second week in a row, a driver would get his first Novice win of his career as Chad Vallance would pull into victory, and for the second week in a row, Ty David would finish second on the night. Gallery

pulling away
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Stan Russell

Tristan Dibble pulling away from Harley Brown on a late-race restart for his third straight victory. Gallery

Clinton County Fair Demolition Derby August 1st 2021

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Kyle Coryea

Butch Lamere (57) with the crunching hit on Tommy Beshaw (49) as he is pushing the suburan across the track. After I a year off due to the covid 19 pandemic it was the return of the Clinton County Fair demolition derby in front of a packed crowd there would be just over a hundred in attendance ranging from full size, compact, trucks, and vans. It would be the annual all-day affair as the show would get underway at noon and would last till around ten o'clock. It would be a steady rain throughout the day but that would not keep the fans or competitors away from having a smashing good time. The biggest class of cars on the day would be the popular compact cars as they would need seven heats and consi and the championship to decide the winner. It would definitely be a hard-hitting day as competitors were looking to take out their frustration after not derby for two years and the hitting would show it on the track. When the dust and smashing would settle on the day the winners would be Tyler Atwell in the Full-Size cars, Brittany Woodside in the Truck division, Landon Sears in the Vans, and in the compact cars it would be Devin Fournier in the modified and Jerry Groucher in the stock class. Gallery

the final blow
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Kyle Coryea

Tyler Atwell (3) with the final blow on the Timberjaxx to win the modified full size car division. Gallery

Dirtcar Racing: Mohawk International Raceway Lazore Construction Night July 30th 2021

on the way to victory
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Kyle Coryea

Matt Leonard (22) leads Ty David (14) through turn turn 3/4 on his way to his first Novice Sportsman Modified victory. It would be the tenth night of racing at the Mohawk International Raceway and the second round of the M.I.R. Sportsman Series on Lazore Construction night also in action that night were the Bandits, Mod Lites, and the Novice Sportsman. Once the dust settled from the heat races it was on to the main events of the evening and first up were the Bandits for their first of two mains and in the first one it would be Mohawk staple Francis White dueling with the invader Nathan Smart for the win and in the end, the win would go to Nathan Smart. Then we would see the stars of tomorrow take to the track in the Novice Sportsman Modified and the win would go to a first-time winner at Mohawk in Matt Leonard. Then the bandits would return to the track for their second main event of the night and this time Francis White would waste little time and running away and hiding and picking up yet another win on the season. Then it would be time for the one everyone was waiting for the 35 laps second round of the M.I.R. Sportsman series for the sportsman modified. The race would start with Ricky Thompson getting the lead off the start of the race and he would be able to hold on to the lead for the first five laps when Dustin Bradley would get around for the lead. Bradley would be in control of the race till lap 9 when Justin Stone would take the lead and would be able to hold on for the win but that would be not without a challenge from Nick Heywood and DJ Gonyo. Then to finish up the night would be the popular Mod Lites for 15 laps and Tristan Dibble would leave little to be decided as he would take the lead on lap 2 and just walk away from the field for his second straight victory and padding his points lead in the division. Gallery

the two winners
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Kyle Coryea

Nathan Smart (13) would beat Francis White (100) to the line for the win in the first main event and then in the second main the roles would be reserved as Francis White would get the win. Gallery

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