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Jimmy Phelps Returns to Brewerton Speedway Modified Victory Lane

By Dave Medler

BREWERTON NY (August 1, 2025) – Jimmy Phelps won opening night Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modified feature back in May. Since then, victory lane has eluded him until Friday night.

Phelps would take the lead on lap 11 with a perfectly executed slider in turns one and two getting by Dylan Zacharias. Then Phelps used a veteran winning move taking away Amy Holland’s lane who was pressuring him for the lead on the bottom of the speedway. The win was not easy as he had to outrun Holland’s 358 powered machine at the checkers.

With his victory Phelps became the first driver with more than one win this season.

Other winners on Neivel Precision Plumbing night. Jason Parkhurst Jr. (DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman) Zack Babcock (AmeriCU Credit Union IMCA/STARS Mod Lites) Chris Bonoffski (Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks) Shannon Pitcher (Wingless 600 Micro Sprints).

Matt Smith and Dylan Zacharias brought the Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modified feature down to the green on a fast and multi-groove racetrack with Smith grabbing the early advantage.

On lap three, Zacharias running on the high side of the speedway would blast around Smith to be the new leader.

The yellow would wave on lap 8 when second place Smith broke. The restart would be Zacharias, Phelps, Jim Witko, rookie Nick Root and Zach Payne.

On lap nine the yellow would wave again when Witko had a right rear tire go down.

Phelps on lap 11 would use a slider in turns one and two to get by Zacharias to take over the lead.

With 15 laps showing on the scoring tower Phelps still showed the way out front with Amy Holland from 10th, Zacharias, Root, and Chris Hile were the top five.

Phelps and Amy Holland were in a two-car battle for the lead on lap 20 with Zacharias, Root, and Larry Wight who was running the top of the speedway from 14th raced for third through fifth.

After feeling pressure from Holland who was fast on the bottom, Phelps went to the bottom taking away Holland’s lane.

Phelps stretched his lead over Holland on lap 20 with Wight, Zacharias, and Root the top five.

Over the final laps Jimmy Phelps was able to outrun Amy Holland to the checkers by 0.416 for the exciting win. Larry Wight, Zach Payne, and Dylan Zacharias had his best run of the season finished fifth.

Brian Harber jumped out to the early lead in the 25-Lap DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman feature.

With 5 laps showing on the scoring tower, Harber was still quick out front with Colby Herzog, Jason Parkhurst Jr., Joe Trichilo battling for second through fifth.

On lap 6 Parkhurst went to the top of the speedway to drive by Harber for the lead and then dropped back to the bottom of the speedway.

Parkhurst would hold a one-second lead over point leader Tyler Corcoran on lap ten. Herzog, Harber, and Trichilo still raced for top five spots.

With 10 laps to go Parkhurst would still show the way out front with Corcoran, Herzog, Tony Finch II from 11th, and Brett Sears from 8th showed in the top five.

The yellow would wave on lap 17 erasing Parkhurst advantage setting up a battle to the checkers.

Corcoran would use the top of the speedway on the restart to drive into the lead.

The final caution would come on lap 23 setting up a dash to the checkers.

All eyes were on Corcoran who had a softening left rear when the race went back to green.

Jason Parkhurst was able to muscle his way by Tyler Corcoran to take the win. Somehow Corcoran was able to finish second with Joe Trichilo, Nick Ventura, and Teddy Clayton completing the top five.

Joe Garafolo would lead the opening three laps of the 20-Lap AmeriCU Credit Union Mod Lite feature when the yellow would wave. Zack Babcock would take the lead on a when the race went back green.

On lap 5 Babcock, Garafolo, Mike Mullen on a two-race win streak were in a three-car battle for the lead. Joe Isabell and Jacob Dupra raced fourth and fifth.

At the halfway mark Babcock was getting pressure from Mullen with Garafolo, Isabell, and Dupra still in the top five.

Babcock put some distance between himself and Mullen with five laps to go. Isabell would move into second one lap later and set his sights on Babcock.

Zack Babcock was too quick the rest of the way picking up his first win of the season. Joe Isabell, Joe Garafolo, Mike Mullen, and Jacob Dupra completed the top five.

Mark your calendars for Friday, August 15 for night one of the 2nd Annual Beast of the East Showdown for AmeriCU IMCA/Stars Mod Lites. Teams from all over the Eastern United States, Ontario and Quebec are expected for this 4-night racing swing.

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks points leader Chris Bonoffski was the class of the field in the 15-Lap feature ending Nate Powers five race win streak. Nate Powers finished second followed by Zak Petrie, Justin Guyle, and Jack Taskey to round out the top five.

The 20-Lap 600 Non-Wing Micro Sprint feature saw Mitchell Bard lead the opening laps until Shannon Pitcher raced into the lead on lap ten. Once out front, Pitcher drive away from the field for the win. Mitchell Bard, Ivan Forney, Tommy Paige, and Tyler Catalano finished second through fifth.

Friday, August 8 The Regan Companies and Empire Power Sports will present a big night of racing as we are in the final month of weekly racing.

On the fast and family affordable race card will be the popular Kids Power Wheel Racing, plus Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds, DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman, AmeriCU Credit Union STARS Mod Lites, and Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks.

August 8 Admission:
Adults - $15
18 Years Old & Younger – Free
Pit Passes:
DIRTcar & IMCA Members - $35
Non-Members - $40
Event Times:
Pits Open – 4:30 pm
Grandstands Open – 5:30 pm
Hot Laps Start – 6:10 pm
Racing Begins – 7:00 pm

For all the latest news visit www.brewertonspeedway.com and like the speedway social media pages.

Direct any questions on race day activity or sponsorship opportunities to GM Cory Reed at (315) 668-6906 or cory@brewertonspeedway.com.

Brewerton Speedway is located at 60 US- 11, Central Square, NY.

Neivel Precision Plumbing August 1 Results

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Feature Results (35 Laps): 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[6]; 2. 5-Amy Holland[10]; 3. 99L-Larry Wight[14]; 4. 7Z-Zachary Payne[5]; 5. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[2]; 6. 30R-Nicholas Root[7]; 7. 5H-Chris Hile[8]; 8. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[15]; 9. 11-Matt Caprara[11]; 10. 3-Chris Mackey[12]; 11. 5D-Kyle Devendorf[18]; 12. 12-Darren Smith[13]; 13. 15-Todd Root[3]; 14. 38P-Jason Parkhurst[17]; 15. 44H-Chris Hulsizer[25]; 16. 28-Matt Smith[1]; 17. 18$-Sean Beardsley[16]; 18. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[21]; 19. 9X-Tyler Trump[9]; 20. 34-Andrew Ferguson[24]; 21. 11T-Jeff Taylor[20]; 22. 24-Jimmy Witko Jr[4]; 23. 01R-Robert Gage[23]; 24. 38-Tim Harris[22]; 25. 05-Jesse Morgan[26]; 26. 160-Max Hill[19]

Cars Entered: 28

DIRTcar 358 Modified Feature Bonus (1) $300 (2) $200 (3) $100): Amy Holland, Kyle Devendorf, Jason Parkhurst

Neivel Precision Plumbing - Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified Feature Winner Bonus $500: Jimmy Phelps.

Neivel Precision Plumbing - Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified Heat Winners Bonus $100: Todd Root, Jimmy Phelps, Matt Caprara.

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Heat 1 Results (10 Laps): 1. 15-Todd Root[2]; 2. 3-Chris Mackey[6]; 3. 9X-Tyler Trump[5]; 4. 7Z-Zachary Payne[3]; 5. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[9]; 6. 18$-Sean Beardsley[4]; 7. 38-Tim Harris[1]; 8. 01R-Robert Gage[10]; 9. 88H-Tucker Halliday[8]; 10. 44H-Chris Hulsizer[7]

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Heat 2 Results (10 Laps): 1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[2]; 2. 28-Matt Smith[1]; 3. 5H-Chris Hile[4]; 4. 30R-Nicholas Root[3]; 5. 5-Amy Holland[5]; 6. 38P-Jason Parkhurst[7]; 7. 160-Max Hill[6]; 8. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[8]; 9. 05-Jesse Morgan[9]

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Heat 3 Results (10 Laps): 1. 11-Matt Caprara[5]; 2. 24-Jimmy Witko Jr[2]; 3. 12-Darren Smith[6]; 4. 99L-Larry Wight[8]; 5. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[1]; 6. 5D-Kyle Devendorf[7]; 7. 11T-Jeff Taylor[3]; 8. 34-Andrew Ferguson[9]; 9. X-Chad Phelps[4]

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – B Main Results (12 Laps): 1. 160-Max Hill[2]; 2. 11T-Jeff Taylor[3]; 3. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[5]; 4. 38-Tim Harris[1]; 5. 01R-Robert Gage[4]; 6. 34-Andrew Ferguson[6]; 7. 05-Jesse Morgan[8]; 8. 44H-Chris Hulsizer[10]; 9. (DNS) 88H-Tucker Halliday; 10. (DNS) X-Chad Phelps

DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman – Feature Results (25 Laps): 1. 38JR-Jason Parkhurst Jr[7]; 2. 64-Tyler Corcoran[6]; 3. 32-Joe Trichilo[4]; 4. 711-Nick Ventura[14]; 5. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[15]; 6. 17A-Michael Button[10]; 7. 6-Cody Manitta[12]; 8. 28H-Brian Harber[3]; 9. 06W-Dorian Wahdan[13]; 10. R1-Riley Rogala[9]; 11. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[16]; 12. 16-Earl Rudy[18]; 13. 83-Brett Sears[8]; 14. 0-Tony Finch II[11]; 15. 16X-Savannah Laflair[5]; 16. 14-Samuel Groom[22]; 17. 3-Colby Herzog[2]; 18. 20-Brayden Bullock[21]; 19. AONE-Bucky Hayes[20]; 20. 30P-Dylan Piersall[17]; 21. 12-Owen Bird[19]; 22. 48-Kearra Davis[1]

Cars Entered: 22

Neivel Precision Plumbing – DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman Feature Winner Bonus $500: Jason Parkhurst Jr.

Neivel Precision Plumbing – DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman Heat Winners Bonus $100: Joe Trichilo, Jason Parkhurst Jr., Tyler Corcoran.

DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman – Heat 1 Results (8 Laps): 1. 32-Joe Trichilo[3]; 2. 6-Cody Manitta[6]; 3. R1-Riley Rogala[5]; 4. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[8]; 5. 3-Colby Herzog[2]; 6. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[7]; 7. 12-Owen Bird[4]; 8. 14-Samuel Groom[1]

DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman – Heat 2 Results (8 Laps): 1. 38JR-Jason Parkhurst Jr[4]; 2. 711-Nick Ventura[7]; 3. 17A-Michael Button[5]; 4. 16X-Savannah Laflair[3]; 5. 48-Kearra Davis[1]; 6. 30P-Dylan Piersall[2]; 7. AONE-Bucky Hayes[6]

DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman – Heat 3 Results (8 Laps): 1. 64-Tyler Corcoran[3]; 2. 0-Tony Finch II[5]; 3. 28H-Brian Harber[2]; 4. 83-Brett Sears[4]; 5. 06W-Dorian Wahdan[6]; 6. 16-Earl Rudy[1]; 7. 20-Brayden Bullock[7]

AmeriCU Credit Union STARS/IMCA Mod Lites – Feature Results (20 Laps): 1. 88Z-Zack Babcock[8]; 2. 6J-Joe Isabell[12]; 3. 55-Joseph Garafolo[3]; 4. 06-Mike Mullen[11]; 5. 2RAJ-Jacob Dupra[9]; 6. 80X-Anthony Scott[14]; 7. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[10]; 8. 99-Thomas Mackey[6]; 9. 8-Kent Chandler[5]; 10. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[4]; 11. 11X-Jack Lyon[2]; 12. 69-Thomas Mutter[13]; 13. 289-Mike Davis[1]; 14. 10W-Justin Williams[7]; 15. 9W-Doug Williams[15]

Cars Entered: 15

Neivel Precision Plumbing – AmeriCU Credit Union Mod Lites Feature Winner Bonus $400: Zack Babcock

Neivel Precision Plumbing – AmeriCU Credit Union Mod Lites Heat Winner Bonus $100: Zack Babcock, Justin Williams.

AmeriCU Credit Union STARS Mod Lites – Heat 1 Results (6 Laps): 1. 88Z-Zack Babcock[5]; 2. 55-Joseph Garafolo[2]; 3. 99-Thomas Mackey[4]; 4. 06-Mike Mullen[7]; 5. 8-Kent Chandler[3]; 6. 289-Mike Davis[1]; 7. 69-Thomas Mutter[6]

AmeriCU Credit Union STARS Mod Lites – Heat 2 Results (6 Laps): 1. 10W-Justin Williams[4]; 2. 6J-Joe Isabell[7]; 3. 2RAJ-Jacob Dupra[5]; 4. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[6]; 5. 11X-Jack Lyon[1]; 6. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[2]; 7. 80X-Anthony Scott[3]

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks – Feature Results (15 Laps): 1. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[8]; 2. 113-Nathan Powers[10]; 3. 10Z-Zak Petrie[12]; 4. 88-Justin Guyle[5]; 5. 5K-Jack Taskey[9]; 6. 06-Maggie Guyle[3]; 7. 21B-Justin Buske[11]; 8. 99-Walt VanEpps[7]; 9. 22E-Eric Inman[1]; 10. 25K-Tim Koch[4]; 11. 3-Jeremy Guyle[14]; 12. 27A-Alexandra Parker[2]; 13. 243-Jeremy Morey[16]; 14. 4-Lawson Black[15]; 15. 96T-Tim Dunn[13]; 16. (DNS) 54X-Steven Burdick; 17. (DNS) 9DB-Dylan Burdick

Cars Entered: 17

Neivel Precision Plumbing – Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks Feature Winner Bonus $400: Chris Bonoffski.

Neivel Precision Plumbing – Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks Heat Winner Bonus $100: Nate Powers, Justin Guyle.

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks – Heat 1 Results (6 Laps): 1. 113-Nathan Powers[8]; 2. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[6]; 3. 9DB-Dylan Burdick[5]; 4. 22E-Eric Inman[1]; 5. 10Z-Zak Petrie[7]; 6. 96T-Tim Dunn[4]; 7. 3-Jeremy Guyle[2]; 8. 4-Lawson Black[9]; 9. (DNS) 54X-Steven Burdick

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks – Heat 2 Results (6 Laps): 1. 88-Justin Guyle[4]; 2. 5K-Jack Taskey[7]; 3. 06-Maggie Guyle[2]; 4. 99-Walt VanEpps[5]; 5. 21B-Justin Buske[8]; 6. 25K-Tim Koch[3]; 7. 27A-Alexandra Parker[1]; 8. (DNS) 243-Jeremy Morey

Wingless 600 Micro Sprints – Feature Results – (20 Laps): 1 (20 Laps): 1. 114-Shannon Pitcher[3]; 2. 7B-Mitchell Bard[1]; 3. 7F-Ivan Forney[4]; 4. 2P-Tommy Paige[6]; 5. 84B-Tyler Catalano[2]; 6. 11-Billy Applebee[7]; 7. 52J-Tucker Jones[9]; 8. 18-Jake Sivers[5]; 9. 66-Tim Cornell[10]; 10. 99-Ron Strong[8]; 11. (DNS) 9-DJ Shuman

Cars Entered: 11

Neivel Precision Plumbing – Wingless 600 Micro Sprints Feature Winner Bonus $200: Shannon Pitcher.

Neivel Precision Plumbing – Wingless 600 Micro Sprints Heat Winner Bonus: Mitchell Bard

Wingless 600 Microsprints – Heat 1 Results – (6 Laps): 1. 7B-Mitchell Bard[1]; 2. 89BJ-Tyler Catalano[5]; 3. 114-Shannon Pitcher[2]; 4. 7F-Ivan Forney[4]; 5. 18-Jake Sivers[3]; 6. 2P-Tommy Paige[8]; 7. 11-Billy Applebee[7]; 8. 99-Ron Strong[6]; 9. 52J-Tucker Jones[11]; 10. 66-Tim Cornell[9]; 11. 9-DJ Shuman[10]

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