Results-2023

June 5 2023

Tanner Leads Wire-to-Wire for ESS Win at Albany-Saratoga

ESS SprintsResults-2023

By Curtis Berleue (Malta, NY) | For the first time in 2023, Matt Tanner picked up the 25 lap Empire Super Sprints A-Main win at Albany Saratoga. Starting on the pole, Tanner jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, leading all 25 laps en-route to a $2,000 pay day at ‘The Great Race Place’ in Malta, NY.

Drawing the Pinnacle Pole Award, Tanner would lead the field to green next to the #88c of Chad Miller. On a track that was tough to pass on, the top 3 starters would not officially change positions through the entirety of the event, with Tanner, Miller and the #53 of Shawn Donath completing the Ashley Lynn Winery podium.

That’s not to say there was no passing though, as 9^th starting Chuck Hebing put on a show and was able move forward and pass 5 cars to come home 4^th. 19^th starting Mike Kiser passed 8 cars on his way to earning the PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger of the night award.

“Starting from the pole tonight was definitely key,” said Tanner of his victory. “We were able to get an early lead, maintain it and thankfully bring it home.”

Chad Millers second place finish was his best thus far in 2023.

“It felt good finishing second, a win would have been nice. After wrecking our last time out, this was a good finish,” said Miller of his efforts. “I tried getting by him (Matt) on a restart, I had him for minute but Matt got back by. It was a good race.”

With 19 cars signed into the pit area, the field was split into 3 timed hot lap groups. The Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards went to Jordan Poirier, Davie Franek and Danny Varin. E&V Energy heat races were won by Jordan Poirier, Shawn Donath and Jason Barney. The Cobra Coaches Dash presented by. We Know Tools was won by Dylan Swiernik, who earned an extra $100 for his efforts.

The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is tonight, Saturday June 3^rd at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).

The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.

The ESS Road Ahead:

Saturday June 3 – Orange County Fair Speedway – Middletown, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Friday, June 9 – Ransomville Speedway – Ransomville, NY ($2,000 to Win Ron Lux Memorial)

Friday June 16 – Mohawk International Raceway – Akwesasne, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Full Results:

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. #90-Matt Tanner[1]; 2. #88C-Chad Miller[2]; 3. #53-Shawn Donath[3]; 4. #45-Chuck Hebing[9]; 5. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[8]; 6. #01-Danny Varin[6]; 7. #28F-Davie Franek[4]; 8. 28-Jordan Poirier[12]; 9. #10H-Kelly Hebing[7]; 10. #10-Jeff Cook[10]; 11. #99K-Mike Kiser[19]; 12. #9-Josh Pieniazek[17]; 13. #4P-Chase Moran[14]; 14. #13T-Trevor Years[11]; 15. #33-Lacey Hanson[16]; 16. #14B-Brett Wright[15]; 17. #13-Keith Granholm[18]; 18. (DNF) #87-Jason Barney[5]; 19. (DNF) #7C-Dylan Swiernik[13]

Cobra Coaches / We Know Tools Dash (4 Laps): 1. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[3]; 2. #4P-Chase Moran[5]; 3. #14B-Brett Wright[1]; 4. #33-Lacey Hanson[4]; 5. #9-Josh Pieniazek[6]; 6. #13-Keith Granholm[2]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. #90-Matt Tanner[2]; 3. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[4]; 4. #10H-Kelly Hebing[5]; 5. #14B-Brett Wright[3]; 6. #33-Lacey Hanson[7]; 7. #99K-Mike Kiser[6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. #53-Shawn Donath[2]; 2. #28F-Davie Franek[1]; 3. #88C-Chad Miller[4]; 4. #13T-Trevor Years[3]; 5. #13-Keith Granholm[5]; 6. #4P-Chase Moran[6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. #87-Jason Barney[2]; 2. #01-Danny Varin[1]; 3. #45-Chuck Hebing[4]; 4. #10-Jeff Cook[5]; 5. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[3]; 6. #9-Josh Pieniazek[6]

Awards & Contingencies:

Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): 28-Jordan Poirier, 28f-Davie Franek, 01-Danny Varin

E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): 28-Jordan Poirier, 53-Shawn Donath, 87-Jason Barney

Cobra Coaches / We Know Tools Dash Winner ($100): 7c-Dylan Swiernik

Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): 90-Matt Tanner

PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger Award ($50): 99k-Mike Kiser (+8)

Reverse Hard Charger Award: 13t-Trevor Years, 28f-Davie Franek (-3)

Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($35): 13-Keith Granholm

Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): 99k-Mike Kiser

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): 90-Matt Tanner, 88c-Chad Miller, 53-Shawn Donath

May 29 2023

Reakes IV Soars to ESS Victory at Fulton

ESS SprintsResults-2023

By Curtis Berleue (Fulton, NY) | For the first time since 2012, Sammy Reakes IV was in Empire Super Sprints victory lane. His triumph Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway is just the second of his career in ESS action.

Pinnacle Pole sitter Matt Farnham jumped out to an early lead over Davie Franek, but Franek made quick work of Farnham and continued to lead the next 7 laps. On lap 9, Friday night’s winner Danny Varin assumed control of the field.

While leading, Varin made contact with an infield tire on lap 13, and sustained damage that rendered his #01 unable to complete the remainder of the event. Second place Sammy Reakes IV would thus inherit the lead and continued on to score his first victory of 2023 worth a cool $2,000.

“It was a great night, the car was OK. I didn’t think it was a winning car by any means at the beginning of the night,” stated an elated Reakes. “Really, I think the track just kind of came to me. We got kind of lucky with Varin breaking there.”

“If anyone was going to beat me, it would have had to be on the bottom. On the last lap, I just went down and protected the bottom. I didn’t care if I was slow or not, if you were going to pass me you’d have to go around me on the top.”

Jordan Poirier finished in the runner-up position, and Dylan Swiernik completed the Ashley Lynn Winery podium. Larry Wight was 4^th, and Jonathan Preston rounded out the top five.

34 cars signed in for the second consecutive night, with the field being split into 4 groups for timed hot laps. Paulie Colagiovanni, Danny Varin, Joe Trenca and Jordan Thomas earned Rifenburg Contracting fast time honors in their groups. E&V Energy heat race wins went to Jordan Poirier, Danny Varin, Matt Farnham and Kelly Hebing.

The Cobra Coaches Dash presented in memory of George Ely was won by Dylan Swiernik, and he Lacaillade Masonry B-Main went to Shawn Donath.

The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday June 2^nd at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).

The ESS Road Ahead:

Friday June 2 – Albany-Saratoga Speedway – Malta, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Saturday June 3 – Orange County Fair Speedway – Middletown, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Friday, June 9 – Ransomville Speedway – Ransomville, NY ($2,000 to Win Ron Lux Memorial)

Full Results:

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[3]; 2. 28-Jordan Poirier[7]; 3. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[13]; 4. #99L-Larry Wight[17]; 5. #22-Jonathan Preston[5]; 6. #87-Jason Barney[9]; 7. #53-Shawn Donath[21]; 8. #98-Joe Trenca[12]; 9. #7NY-Matt Farnham[1]; 10. #79-Jordan Thomas[6]; 11. #10-Jeff Cook[8]; 12. #90-Matt Tanner[22]; 13. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[14]; 14. #56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[24]; 15. #10H-Kelly Hebing[11]; 16. #45-Chuck Hebing[10]; 17. #5H-Chris Hile[16]; 18. #66-Jordan Hutton[15]; 19. #3G-Dale Gosselin[18]; 20. #13-Keith Granholm[25]; 21. 84-Tyler Rand[23]; 22. #01-Danny Varin[4]; 23. #28F-Davie Franek[2]; 24. #4P-Chase Moran[20]; 25. #23-Tyler Cartier[19]

B-Main (10 Laps): 1. #53-Shawn Donath[2]; 2. #90-Matt Tanner[1]; 3. 84-Tyler Rand[5]; 4. #56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[14]; 5. #13-Keith Granholm[6]; 6. #19EM-Emily VanInwegen[7]; 7. #13T-Trevor Years[3]; 8. #33-Lacey Hanson[13]; 9. (DNF) #14B-Brett Wright[9]; 10. (DNF) #36-Logan Crisafulli[10]; 11. (DNF) #33X-Tommy Wickham[4]; 12. (DNS) #21-Steve Glover; 13. (DNS) #21B-Blake Warner; 14. (DNS) #41-Dalton Rombough

Dash (4 Laps): 1. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[2]; 2. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[1]; 3. #66-Jordan Hutton[3]; 4. #5H-Chris Hile[4]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[3]; 2. #87-Jason Barney[5]; 3. #10-Jeff Cook[1]; 4. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[2]; 5. #99L-Larry Wight[6]; 6. #90-Matt Tanner[4]; 7. 84-Tyler Rand[8]; 8. #14B-Brett Wright[7]; 9. #33-Lacey Hanson[9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[2]; 2. #28F-Davie Franek[1]; 3. #45-Chuck Hebing[5]; 4. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[4]; 5. #3G-Dale Gosselin[6]; 6. #53-Shawn Donath[3]; 7. #13-Keith Granholm[8]; 8. #36-Logan Crisafulli[7]; 9. #56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. #7NY-Matt Farnham[1]; 2. #98-Joe Trenca[2]; 3. #22-Jonathan Preston[4]; 4. #66-Jordan Hutton[3]; 5. #23-Tyler Cartier[6]; 6. #13T-Trevor Years[5]; 7. #19EM-Emily VanInwegen[7]; 8. #21B-Blake Warner[8]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. #10H-Kelly Hebing[5]; 2. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[1]; 3. #79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 4. #5H-Chris Hile[7]; 5. #4P-Chase Moran[4]; 6. #33X-Tommy Wickham[8]; 7. #21-Steve Glover[3]; 8. #41-Dalton Rombough[6]

Awards & Contingencies:

Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): 10-Paulie Colagiovanni, 98-Joe Trenca, 01-Danny Varin, 79-Jordan Thomas

E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): 28f-Jordan Poirier, 01-Danny Varin, 7NY-Matt Farnham, 10h-Kelly Hebing

Cobra Coaches / In Memory of George Ely Dash Winner ($100): 7c-Dylan Swiernik

Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): 53-Shawn Donath

PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): 19EM-Emily VanInwegen

Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): 7NY-Matt Farnham

PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger Award ($50): 53-Shawn Donath (+14)

Reverse Hard Charger Award: 7NY-Matt Farnham (-8)

Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($35): 84-Tyler Rand

Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): 10-Jeff Cook

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 28-Jordan Poirier, 7c-Dylan Swiernik

May 27 2023

Varin Finds Victory Lane in Don Gillette Memorial at Brewerton

ESS SprintsResults-2023

By Curtis Berleue (Brewerton, NY) |After finishing second three times in the first three races of the 2023 season, Danny Varin was finally able to find Empire Super Sprints victory lane Friday night at the Brewerton Speedway.

It was Chuck Hebing who jumped out to an early lead in the 25-lap Don Gillette Memorial, pacing the field for the first 8 laps of the main event. On lap 9, Varin was able to slip by and take the lead away from Hebing, although his time at the top was short lived. Jonathan Preston got by Varin on lap 11, and for the next 14 laps the duo swapped the lead a handful of times, but it was Varin who ultimately finished on top.

“After the last three seconds, we were riding second there with a couple laps to go and I said to myself ‘Not another second!’” said an ecstatic Varin. “Not that they’re bad or anything, but we want to pick some wins up. Consistency is important too though.”

After leading the most laps in the A-Main (10), Jonathan Preston would have to settle for a second place finish.

“Lap traffic didn’t play in my favor, they were kind of in my line. I moved down and didn’t quite have the grip I needed to get by them,” said runner-up Preston of his second-place finish.

Completing the Ashley Lynn Winery podium was Larry Wight with a third-place finish. Rounding out the top five were Jason Barney in 4^th and early leader Chuck Hebing in 5^th.

33 cars signed into the pits for the night’s action at Brewerton Speedway, and as such the field was split into 4 time trial groups. Earning the Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time award in each of their respective groups were Joe Trenca, Shawn Donath, Larry Wight and Paulie Colagiovanni.

Picking up E&V Energy Heat wins were Jeff Cook, Matt Tanner, Larry Wight and Jason Barney. The Cobra Coaches Dash presented by Cartier Motorsports & Trailer Sales went to Dalton Rombough, while Jordan Thomas picked up the Lacailade Masonry B-Main win.

The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is tonight, Saturday May 27^th at the Fulton Speedway in Fulton, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).

The ESS Road Ahead:

Saturday, May 27 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Friday, June 2 – Albany-Saratoga Speedway – Malta, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Saturday June 3 – Orange County Fair Speedway – Middletown, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Full Results:

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. #01-Danny Varin[6]; 2. #22-Jonathan Preston[4]; 3. #99L-Larry Wight[5]; 4. #87-Jason Barney[7]; 5. #45-Chuck Hebing[3]; 6. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[14]; 7. #98-Joe Trenca[12]; 8. #5D-Jacob Dykstra[9]; 9. 28-Jordan Poirier[19]; 10. #10-Jeff Cook[10]; 11. #90-Matt Tanner[11]; 12. #41-Dalton Rombough[13]; 13. #28F-Davie Franek[2]; 14. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[15]; 15. #79-Jordan Thomas[21]; 16. #56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[20]; 17. #23-Tyler Cartier[22]; 18. #14B-Brett Wright[16]; 19. #4P-Chase Moran[23]; 20. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[24]; 21. #33-Lacey Hanson[17]; 22. #36-Logan Crisafulli[25]; 23. (DNF) #10H-Kelly Hebing[18]; 24. (DNF) #53-Shawn Donath[8]; 25. (DNS) #5H-Chris Hile

B-Main (10 Laps): 1. #79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 2. #23-Tyler Cartier[4]; 3. #4P-Chase Moran[5]; 4. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[8]; 5. #21B-Blake Warner[2]; 6. #36-Logan Crisafulli[10]; 7. #66-Jordan Hutton[6]; 8. 84-Tyler Rand[13]; 9. #3Z-Johnny Smith[12]; 10. 11J-Chris Jones[7]; 11. #3G-Dale Gosselin[9]; 12. #13-Keith Granholm[11]; 13. 96X-Chad Phelps[1]

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. #41-Dalton Rombough[1]; 2. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[3]; 3. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[4]; 4. #14B-Brett Wright[2]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. #10-Jeff Cook[1]; 2. #22-Jonathan Preston[3]; 3. #98-Joe Trenca[2]; 4. #41-Dalton Rombough[4]; 5. #33-Lacey Hanson[5]; 6. 96X-Chad Phelps[7]; 7. #4P-Chase Moran[9]; 8. #3G-Dale Gosselin[6]; 9. 84-Tyler Rand[8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. #90-Matt Tanner[1]; 2. #28F-Davie Franek[4]; 3. #53-Shawn Donath[2]; 4. #14B-Brett Wright[7]; 5. #10H-Kelly Hebing[3]; 6. #21B-Blake Warner[8]; 7. #66-Jordan Hutton[6]; 8. #36-Logan Crisafulli[5]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. #99L-Larry Wight[2]; 2. #45-Chuck Hebing[1]; 3. #5D-Jacob Dykstra[6]; 4. #7C-Dylan Swiernik[4]; 5. 28-Jordan Poirier[7]; 6. #79-Jordan Thomas[5]; 7. 11J-Chris Jones[3]; 8. #13-Keith Granholm[8]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. #87-Jason Barney[1]; 2. #5H-Chris Hile[4]; 3. #01-Danny Varin[3]; 4. #10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[2]; 5. #56-Billy VanInwegen Jr[5]; 6. #23-Tyler Cartier[7]; 7. #17-Sammy Reakes IV[8]; 8. #3Z-Johnny Smith[6]

Awards & Contingencies:

Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): 98-Joe Trenca, 53-Shawn Donath, 99l-Larry Wight, 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni

E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): 10-Jeff Cook, 90-Matt Tanner, 99L-Larry Wight, 87-Jason Barney

Cobra Coaches / Cartier Motorsports Dash Winner ($100): 41-Dalton Rombough

Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): 79-Jordan Thomas

PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): 66-Jordan Hutton

Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): 5h-Chris Hile

PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger Award ($50): 28-Jordan Poirier (+10)

Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($35): 36-Logan Crisafulli

Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): 90-Matt Tanner

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): 01-Danny Varin, 22-Jonathan Preston, 99L-Larry Wight

May 14 2023

Colagiovanni Perfect in ESS Action at Utica Rome

ESS SprintsResults-2023

By Curtis Berleue (Vernon, NY) | Every time Paulie Colagiovanni hit the track at Utica-Rome on Friday night, the result was the same: 1^st place. Beginning in hot laps, continuing through the heat races and finally in the A-Main, Colagiovanni showed he was the car to beat throughout the night and ultimately earned the $2,000 top prize for his efforts en-route to his first victory in 2023.

Jeff Cook and Matt Tanner brought the 24-car starting field to the green flag. Cook jumped out to the early lead, while Tanner and Matt Farnham waged war for second.

By lap 7, Colagiovanni had worked his way from his 5^th place starting position into the top 3, making quick work of the 90 of Tanner. Then on lap 9, Colagiovanni shot by second place Farnham and set his sights on the 10 car of Cook.

As Cook caught lap traffic on lap 11, Colagiovanni was able to use lap traffic to his advantage and got by Jeff cook as they raced into turn 1.

Danny Varin worked his way into the second position past Cook on lap 12, and shortly thereafter 8^th starting Shawn Donath set Cook back yet another spot as he took away 3^rd.

All 25 laps of the main event were completed without a single caution slowing the action, and when the dust settled it was Colagiovanni who parked on the front stretch victorious by a margin of nearly one second.

“I wasn’t sure whether the top or the bottom would be the fastest in the beginning, but once I moved up top and kept my foot in it just right, it came out good,” said Colagiovanni in victory lane.

Completing the Ashley Lynn Winery podium were Danny Varin and Shawn Donath. Rounding out the top five were Jordan Poirier in 4^th and polesitter Jeff Cook in 5^th.

With 30 cars in the pits, the field was split into 3 hot lap/time trial sessions at the beginning of the night. Earning the Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards were Danny Varin, Davie Franek, and Paulie Colagiovanni. In E&V Energy heat action, Danny Varin, Jordan Poirier, and Paulie Colagiovanni would pick up victories. The Cobra Coaches Dash presented by Project Support, LLC was won by Dalton Rombough, his first dash victory of the season.

Transferring out of the B-Main were Parker Evans, Kelly Hebing, Lacey Hanson, Chris Jones, Matt Janczuk and Travis Cunningham.

Pit Notes:

Matt Janczuk pulled double duty, running both the crate sportsman and ESS 360 sprint division. He picked up the win in the crate sportsman division.
Jordan Hutton was unable to make the call for his heat race but did make it out for the B-Main.
Jonathan Preston suffered a mechanical issue that ultimately ended his night on the first lap of heat 1.

The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Friday May 26^th at the Brewerton Speedway in Brewerton, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).

The ESS Road Ahead:

Friday, May 26 – Brewerton Speedway – Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win Don Gillette Memorial)

Saturday, May 27 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Friday, June 2 – Albany-Saratoga Speedway – Malta, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Full Results:

A-Main: 1) 10c-PAULIE COLAGIOVANNI [1], 2) 01-Danny Varin, 3) 53-Shawn Donath, 4) 28-Jordan Poirier, 5) 10-Jeff Cook 6) 87-Jason Barney, 7) 90-Matt Tanner, 8) 7ny-Matt Farnham, 9) 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 10) 79-Jordan Thomas, 11) 98-Joe Trenca, 12) 45-Chuck Hebing, 13) 56-Billy VanInwegen, 14) 28f-Davie Franek, 15) 7c-Dylan Swiernik, 16) 41-Dalton Rombough, 17) 10h-Kelly Hebing, 18) 32-Kyle Smith, 19) Parker Evans, 20) 33-Lacey Hanson, 21) 90t-Travis Cunningham, 22) 11j-Chris Jones, 23) 33x-Matt Janczuk, 24) 21-Steve Glover

B-Main: 1) 3-Parker Evans, 2) 10h-Kelly Hebing, 3) 33-Lacey Hanson, 4) 11j-Chris Jones, 5) 33x-Matt Janczuk, 6) 90t-Travis Cunningham, 7) 4p-Chase Moran, 8) 23-Tyler Cartier, 9) 10-Keith Granholm, 10) 66-Jordan Hutton, 11) 22-Jonathan Preston (DNS), 12) 36-Logan Crisafulli

Dash: 1) 41-Dalton Rombough, 2) 98-Joe Trenca, 3) 56-Billy VanInwegen, 4) 32-Kyle Smith, 5) 21-Steve Glover, 6) 7c-Dylan Swiernik

Heat 1: 1) 01-Danny Varin, 2) 87-Jason Barney, 3) 45-Chuck Hebing, 4) 10-Jeff Cook, 5) 41-Dalton Rombough, 6) 56-Billy VanInwegen, 7) 3-Parker Evans, 8) 33x-Matt Janczuk, 9) 22-Jonathan Preston, 10) 36-Logan Crisafulli (DNS)

Heat 2: 1) 28-Jordan Poirier, 2) 28f-Davie Franek, 3) 53-Shawn Donath, 4) 79-Jordan Thomas, 5) 98-Joe Trenca, 6) 7c-Dylan Swiernik, 7) 11j-Chris Jones, 8) 4p-Chase Moran, 9) 90t-Travis Cunningham, 10) 66-Joran Hutton (DNS)

Heat 3: 1) 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni, 2) 7ny-Matt Farnham, 3) 90-Matt Tanner, 4) 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 5) 32-Kyle Smith, 6) 21-Steve Glover, 7) 10h-Kelly Hebing, 8) 33-Lacey Hanson, 9) 23-Tyler Cartier, 10) 13-Keith Granholm

Awards & Contingencies:

Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): 01-Danny Varin, 28f-Davie Franek, 10-Paulie Colagiovanni

E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): 01-Danny Varin, 28-Jordan Poirier, 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni

Cobra Coaches / Project Support LLC Dash Winner ($100): 41-Dalton Rombough

May 7 2023

Shawn Donath Lands in ESS Victory Lane at Fonda

ESS SprintsResults-2023

By Curtis Berleue (Fonda, NY) | Coming into the night, Danny Varin had won 6 straight Empire Super Sprint main events at the Fonda Speedway. It looked like he would extend his streak once again, but a late race charge from Shawn Donath was too much for the driver of the 01 to handle. When the checkered flag flew it was Donath who crossed the line first, earning his first tour victory of 2023.

Pinnacle Investments Pole Sitter Matt Tanner and Danny Varin would bring the 24-car starting field to the green flag. Tanner jumped out to an early lead, but before a lap could be completed the yellow flag flew for the 1hd of Cory Sparks, who had made contact with the backstretch wall and rolled to a stop.

On the ensuing restart, Varin was able to get past Tanner on the high side of turn 2 and immediately pulled out to a good-sized lead over Tanner and third running Joe Trenca.

Lap 6 saw 5^th-place starting Shawn Donath make a move to the inside of Tanner for second. He immediately began tracking Varin, and was closing rapidly on the 01 until the duo reached lap traffic on lap 10.

A third caution flew on lap 14, this time for 22^nd starting Jason Barney. Until misfortune struck the 87, he looked like a shoe-in for the PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger award as he had climbed all the way to 9^th place.

A late race restart again put the 53 of Donath on the tail tank of Varin, and on lap 22 Donath was able to get around Varin on the high side of turn 3 and never looked back.

“He (Varin) is so good here, I’m surprised we beat him,” said an elated Donath in victory lane. “He seems invincible here, I’m super stoked.”

Varin was able to hold on for a second-place finish.

“We just got lucky with where we started,” said Varin “We just weren’t good all night – we have some homework to do. Hats off to him (Donath). We just need to be better next time.”

Polesitter Matt Tanner held on for third to complete the Ashley Lynn Winery podium. Jordan Poirier and Davie Franek rounded out the top 5.

A total of 29 sprint cars signed into the pits for the nights action. Via random draw, the field was split into 3 groups for timed hot laps. Danny Varin, Chuck Hebing and Davie Franek each picked up the Rifenburg Contracting fast time award in their respective groups.

E&V Energy heat race wins went to Danny Varin, Dylan Swiernik and Davie Franek. The Cobra Coaches Dash presented by One Zee Tees was won by Kyle Smith, while the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main went to Brett Wright. Also transferring out of the B-Main were Cory Sparks, Robbie Stillwaggon, Jason Barney, Zack Burd and Jesse Pruchnik.

Pit Notes:

Danny Varin did double duty on the night, competing in the weekly modified division along with ESS. His night in the modified ended with 5 laps to go after being involved in an accident while running up front.
Chad Miller got upside down in heat 2. The driver making his first ESS start of the season walked away from the wreck.
Shawn Donath is the 15^th driver to pick up a ESS A-Main win at the Fonda Speedway

The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday May 12^th at the Utica Rome Speedway in Vernon, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).

The ESS Road Ahead:

Friday, May 12 – Utica Rome Speedway – Vernon, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Friday, May 26 – Brewerton Speedway – Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win Don Gillette Memorial)

Saturday, May 27 – Fulton Speedway – Fulton, NY ($2,000 to Win)

Full Results:

A-Main: 1) 53-SHAWN DONATH [1], 2) 01-Danny Varin, 3) 90-Matt Tanner, 4) 28-Jordan Poirier, 5) 28f-Davie Franek, 6) 9-Josh Pieniazek, 7) 7c-Dylan Swiernik, 8) 98-Joe Trenca, 9) 32b-Kyle Smith, 10) 79-Jordan Thomas, 11) 4p-Chase Moran, 12) 89-Robbie Stillwaggon, 13) 41-Dalton Rombough, 14) 10h-Kelly Hebing, 15) 3a-Jeff Trombley, 16) 22-Jonathan Preston, 17) 14b-Brett Wright, 18) 87-Jason Barney, 19) 5d-Jake Dykstra, 20) 11j-Chris Jones, 21) 10-Jeff Cook, 22) 42-Jesse Pruchnik, 23) 5z-Zack Burd, 24) 1hd-Cory Sparks

B-Main: 1) 14b-Brett Wright, 2) 1hd-Cory Sparks, 3) 89-Robbie Stillwaggon, 4) 87-Jason Barney, 5) 5z-Zack Burd, 6) 42-Jesse Pruchnik, 7) 21-Steve Glover, 8) 45-Chuck Hebing (DNS), 9) 13-Keith Granholm (DNS), 10) 99-Mike Kiser (DNS), 11) 88c-Chad Miller (DNS)

Dash: 1) 32b-Kyle Smith, 2) 4p-Chase Moran, 3) 41-Dalton Rombough, 4) 5d-Jake Dykstra, 5) 22-Jonathan Preston, 6) 11j-Chris Jones

Heat 1: 1) 01-Danny Varin, 2) 98-Joe Trenca, 3) 10h-Kelly Hebing, 4) 28-Jordan Poirier, 5) 32b-Kyle Smith, 6) 41-Dalton Rombough, 7) 89-Robbie Stillwaggon, 8) 1hd-Cory Sparks, 9) 99-Mike Kiser, 10) 87-Jason Barney

Heat 2: 1) 7c-Dylan Swiernik, 2) 79-Jordan Thomas, 3) 53-Shawn Donath, 4) 3a-Jeff Trombley, 5) 4p-Chase Moran, 6) 5d-Jake Dykstra, 7) 45-Chuck Hebing, 8) 13-Keith Granholm, 9) 88c-Chad Miller, 10) 5z-Zack Burd

Heat 3: 1) 28f-Davie Franek, 2) 90-Matt Tanner, 3) 9-Josh Pieniazek, 4) 10-Jeff Cook, 5) 22-Jonathan Preston, 6) 11j-Chris Jones, 7) 14b-Brett Wright, 8) 21-Steve Glover, 9) 42-Jesse Pruchnik

Awards & Contingencies:

Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): 01-Danny Varin, 45-Chuck Hebing, 28f-Davie Franek

E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): 01-Danny Varin, 7c-Dylan Swiernik, 28f-Davie Franek,

Cobra Coaches / One Zee Tees Dash Winner ($100): 32b-Kyle Smith

Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): 14b-Brett Wright

PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): 21-Steve Glover

Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): 90-Matt Tanner

PJC Spray Foam Hard Charger Award ($50): 89-Robbie Stillwaggon (+9)

Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($35): 22-Jonathan Preston

Pinnacle Investments 11th Place (5 gallons fuel): 4p-Chase Moran

Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): 53-Shawn Donath, 01-Danny Varin, 90-Matt Tanner

April 29 2023

Jason Barney Captures ESS Season Opener at Fulton

ESS SprintsResults-2023

By Curtis Berleue (Fulton, NY) | In the tours 40 th anniversary season opener, ‘Racin’ Jason Barney took the lead on lap 6 at Fulton Speedway and never looked back on his way to victory lane and a $2,000 payday.

For the 25-lap main event, Dylan Swiernik and Joe Trenca would lead the 25-car starting field to the green flag. Swiernik jumped out to the early lead on the initial start only to see an immediate caution for a spinning Jordan Thomas in turn 1.

On the ensuing restart, Swiernik would again take command of the field and lead the first 6 laps until Jason Barney was able to sneak by him on the inside of the speedway and pull away. Through a handful of cautions, Barney never saw a serious challenge for the lead and held on for his first win of 2023 and 31 st career ESS victory.

“I was happy to end up starting the season here (at Fulton) and get a little comfortable at a place your familiar with and confident in,” said an elated Barney in victory lane. “There’s a lot of good guys here, Dylan (Swiernik) was good, and on that last restart when the 01 (Danny Varin) rolls up next to you – he’s the man. I was just thankful to get a good start and get out front of him.”

5 th -starting Danny Varin had slowly worked his way into the top 3 by lap 11 and moved into second on lap 20. With two laps remaining, Varin made a valiant effort on the high side of the track but was unable to get past Barney and ultimately settled for a runner-up finish.

Polesitter Dylan Swiernik completed the Ashley Lynn Winery podium in 3 rd . Jordan Poirier came home 4 th and Shawn Donath rounded out the top 5.

With 31 cars signed in, the field was split into three hot lap/time trial groups to start the night. Matt Farnham, Paulie Colagiovanni and Danny Varin picked up the Rifenburg Contracting fast time award in
their respective groups. E&V Energy Heat wins went to Matt Farnham, Jason Barney and Danny Varin.

The Cobra Coaches Dash presented by Cartier Motorsports was won by Johnny Smith, who collected a cool $100 for his efforts in the 6-lap affair. Sammy Reakes IV won the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main followed by Dalton Rombough, Steve Glover, Billy VanInwegen, Travis Cunningham and Kelly Hebing, all of whom transferred to the A-Main.

Pit Notes:
– Kelly Hebing suffered a mechanical failure in her time trial group, resulting in her not recording a time. She was able to recover and transfer through the B-Main into the A-Main later in the night
– Big Block Modified driver Max McLaughlin made his sprint car debut aboard the Cartier Motorsports 23 machine
– Jason Barney’s win moves him into 5 th on the all-time ESS win list

The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Saturday May 6 th at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire
Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), Twitter (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints).

The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support:
Rifenburg Contracting Corp, PJC Spray Foam, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, Fondations 4 Saisons, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., FX Caprara, ASI Racewear, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Bicknell Racing Products, DirtTrackDigest.com and LC Design.

The ESS Road Ahead:
Saturday, May 6 – Fonda Speedway – Fonda, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Friday, May 12 – Utica Rome Speedway – Vernon, NY ($2,000 to Win)
Friday, May 26 – Brewerton Speedway – Brewerton, NY ($2,000 to Win Don Gillette Memorial)

Full Results:
A-Main: 1) 87-JASON BARNEY (1), 2) 01-Danny Varin, 3) 7c-Dylan Swiernik. 4) 28-Jordan Poirier, 5) 53-Shawn Donath, 6) 98-Joe Trenca, 7) 28f-Davie Franek, 8) 23m-Max McLaughlin, 9) 22-Jonathan Preston, 10) 7ny-Matt Farnham, 11) 10-Jeff Cook, 12) 45-Chuck Hebing, 13) 4-Billy VanInwegen, 14) 90-Matt Tanner, 15) 3-Parker Evans, 16) 41-Dalton Rombough, 17) 90t-Travis Cunningham, 18) 3z-Johnny Smith, 19) 33-Lacey Hanson, 20) 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni, 21) 36-Logan Crisafulli, 22) 10k-Kelly Hebing, 23) 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 24) 21-Steve Glover, 25) 79-Jordan Thomas
B-Main: 1) 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 2) 41-Dalton Rombough, 3) 21-Steve Glover, 4) 4-Billy VanInwegen, 5) 90t-Travis Cunningham, 6) 10k-Kelly Hebing, 7) 4p-Chase Moran, 8) 66-Jordan Hutton, 9) 33-Lacey Hanson, 10) 5h-Chris Hile, 11) 13-Keith Granholm, 12) 14b-Brett Wright, 13) 5z-Zack Burd
Dash: 1) 3z-Johnny Smith, 2) 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni, 3) 3-Parker Evans, 4) 23m-Max McLaughlin, 5) 10-Jeff Cook, 6) 36-Logan Crisafulli
Heat 1: 1) 7ny-Matt Farnham, 2) 53-Shawn Donath, 3) 22-Jonathan Preston, 4) 90-Matt Tanner, 5) 36-Logan Crisafulli, 6) 3-Parker Evans, 7) 90t-Travis Cunningham, 8) 4p-Chase Moran, 9) 13-Keith Granholm,
10) 66-Jordan Hutton, 11) 5H-Chris Hile
Heat 2: 1) 87-Jason Barney, 2) 45-Chuck Hebing, 3) 28-Jordan Poirier, 4) 7c-Dylan Swiernik, 5) 23m-Max McLaughlin, 6) 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni, 7) 41-Dalton Rombough, 8) 4-Billy VanInwegen, 9) 33-Lacey Hanson, 10) 5z-Zack Burd
Heat 3: 1) 01-Danny Varin, 2) 79-Jordan Thomas, 3) 28f-Davie Franek, 4) 98-Joe Trenca, 5) 3z-Johnny Smith, 6) 10-Jeff Cook, 7) 21-Steve Glover, 8) 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 9) 10k-Kelly Hebing, 10) 14b-Brett Wright
Awards & Contingencies:
Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): 7ny-Matt Farnham, 10c-Paulie Colagiovanni, 01-Danny Varin
E&V Energy Heat Winners ($25 each): 7ny-Matt Farnham, 87-Jason Barney, 01-Danny Varin
Cobra Coaches / Cartier Motorsports Dash Winner ($100): 3z-Johnny Smith
Lacaillade Masonry B Main Winner ($50): 17-Sammy Reakes IV
PJC Spray Foam First Non-Qualifier ($50): 4p-Chase Moran