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Gill Dominates for First Career Brewerton Big Block Triumph

By Hannah Doll:

BREWERTON, NY (June 29, 2024)- Friday evening, the atmosphere at Brewerton Speedway was electric as 115 cars filled the pit area for a night of adrenaline-pumping action presented by Microgame Play & Trade. Plessis, New York driver Jackson Gill raced to a convincing win in the 35-lap Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified feature event, leading 33 of the 35 laps for his first career Brewerton big block win.

Other winners from Microgame Play & Trade Night included Cody Manitta (Dot Foods DIRTcar Sportsman), Chris Bonoffski (Mirabito DIRTcar 4-Cylinders), Joe Garafolo (AmeriCU Mod Lites) and Samuel Hubbard (Hustle the Highway 600cc Modified Series).

Gill and Jim Witko Jr. brought the Tracey Road Modified field to the Comfort Windows Firing Point, with Witko Jr. leading the way over Gill, Chris Mackey, and Tyler Trump.

The first and only Milton Cat Caution of the night would fly on lap 2 for a car slow in turns three and four which bunched the field.

On the restart, Gill would shoot out to the race lead. Mackey would work his way on the high side, getting around Hill for second, with Trump moving into third and quickly, then charging past Mackey on lap 11.

As Gill continued to drive away, the battle for second and third only heated up as Hill would regain the final podium position on lap 15, now chasing down Trump for second. Hill then went on to pick off Trump on lap 22.

With laps winding down, 13th starting Tim Sears Jr. came on strong. He used the high side on lap 26 to power around Trump for third. Then followed it up with another flawless pass of Hill on lap 33 for second.

With clear track throughout, Gill would cruise to an over two-second lead and close the deal for the win. Point leader Sears Jr crossed the line in second, with Max Hill rounding out the podium positions. Last week's winner, Chris Hile, and sixth starter, Matt Caprara, completed the top 5.

Cody Manitta picked up his first Brewerton win of the season. Coming from the 7th starting spot, the Cato local would battle his way through the pack, crossing ahead of second-place Owen Bird. Hunter Hollenbeck would complete the podium, with Tony Finch II and Austin Germinio rounding out the top 5.

Current points leader Chris Bonoffski clinched another win in the Mirabito 4-Cylinder Super Stock division. Justin Pope, Mike Ferris, Donny Rider Jr., and Corey Valade complete the top 5.

Joseph Garafolo picked up the AmeriCU Mod Lite feature with a dramatic final turn pass of Justin Williams for the win. Mike Mullen, Roger Olschewske Jr, and Zack Babcock rounded out the top 5. It was the second straight week the AmeriCU Mod Lite Feature winner has been determined by a last-turn, last-lap pass.

Samuel Hubbard took home the win and a $1000 payday for the Hustle the Highway 600cc Modified series. Charles Lohmeyer would follow in second, with Doug Windhausen, Justin LaDue, and Owen Moscow crossing to round out the top 5.

With rain moving into the area, the show was expedited with victory lane presentations limited to just Hubbard and Garafolo. Presentations for Gill, Manitta and Bonoffski will be held next Friday.

Up next at Brewerton Speedway:

J. Gordon Contracting Presents ESS Speedweek

Empire Super Sprints
Tracey Road DIRTcar Modifieds
DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman
Mirabito DIRTcar 4-Cylinder Superstocks

Microgame Play & Trade Night Results:

Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified Feature (35 Laps): 1. 60-Jackson Gill[2]; 2. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[13]; 3. 160-Max Hill[3]; 4. 5H-Chris Hile[14]; 5. 11-Matt Caprara[6]; 6. 7Z-Zachary Payne[10]; 7. X-Chad Phelps[9]; 8. 44H-Chris Hulsizer[11]; 9. 2024-Tyler Trump[5]; 10. 5-Amy Holland[7]; 11. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[17]; 12. 99L-Larry Wight[16]; 13. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[12]; 14. 3-Chris Mackey[4]; 15. 28-Alan Fink[23]; 16. 12-Darren Smith[19]; 17. 11T-Jeff Taylor[15]; 18. 24-James Witko Jr[1]; 19. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[22]; 20. 62S-Tom Sears Jr[8]; 21. 34R-Kevin Root[20]; 22. 18$-Sean Beardsley[21]; 23. 28M-Matt Meade[18]; 24. 19C-Brandon Carvey[24]; 25. 38-Tim Harris[26]; 26. 15-Todd Root[25]

DNQ: 24K Nick Krause, 27J Danny Johnson, 17 Marcus Dinkins, 79 Jeffery Prentice, 27JR Daniel Johnson Jr

Heat Winners: Jackson Gill, Chad Phelps, Jim Witko, Jr., Larry Wight

Consolation: Sean Beardsley

DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. 6-Cody Manitta[7]; 2. 12-Owen Bird[2]; 3. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[10]; 4. 0-Tony Finch II[9]; 5. 10G-Austin Germinio[6]; 6. 4-Emmett Waldron[14]; 7. 38-Zach Sobotka[11]; 8. 410-Mike Fowler[20]; 9. R1-Riley Rogala[5]; 10. 5-Kyle Devendorf[13]; 11. 30R-Nicholas Root[8]; 12. AONE-Bucky Hayes[1]; 13. 16X-Savannah Laflair[3]; 14. 32-Joe Trichilo[21]; 15. 3-Colby Herzog[26]; 16. 44-Gordon Smith[15]; 17. 220-Tucker Halliday[18]; 18. 30P-Dylan Piersall[17]; 19. 18H-Brian Harber[22]; 20. 16-Earl Rudy[16]; 21. 28X-Stephen Marshall[4]; 22. 711-Nick Ventura[23]; 23. 30-Michael Root[25]; 24. 21R-Ryan Barrett[24]; 25. 83-Brett Sears[12]; 26. 80X-Mike Button[19]

NAPA Award: R1 Riley Rogala

$77 7th Place Bonus in Honor of Dale Planck from Rick & Riley Rogala: Zach Sobotka

Heat Winners: Riley Rogala, Cody Manitta, Stephen Marshall
Consolation: Mike Button

AmeriCU Mod Lite Feature (20 Laps): 1. 55-Joseph Garafolo[8]; 2. 10W-Justin Williams[7]; 3. 06-Mike Mullen[9]; 4. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[1]; 5. 88Z-Zack Babcock[10]; 6. 6J-Joe Isabell[6]; 7. 6Z-Greg Zack[2]; 8. 2D-Jacob Dupra[5]; 9. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[11]; 10. 11X-Jack Lyon[12]; 11. 19P-Roger Paradis[4]; 12. 99-Thomas Mackey[3]; 13. 24G-Michael Gloska[13]; 14. 4J-Jacob Malbouf[14]

Heat Winners: Justin Williams, Zack Babcock

Mirabito DIRTcar 4-Cylinder Feature (15 Laps): 1. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[7]; 2. 27J-Justin Pope[9]; 3. 17-Mike Ferris[16]; 4. R1-Donny Rider Jr[3]; 5. 21V-Corey Valade[17]; 6. 9-Dylan Burdick[13]; 7. 67K-Clayton Koch[4]; 8. 7D-Derek VanEpps[8]; 9. 27A-Alexandra Parker[15]; 10. 2E-Emma Burdick[12]; 11. 77-Brennan Stevens[14]; 12. 113-Nathan Powers[5]; 13. (DNS) 22E-Eric Inman; 14. (DNS) 55-Anthony VanEpps; 15. (DNS) 99-Walt VanEpps; 16. (DNS) 60-Francis White; 17. (DNS) 22F-Tony Frezzo

Heat Winners: Nate Powers, Chris Bonoffski

600 Modified Hustle the Highway Series (17 Laps): 1. 28-Samuel Hubbard[6]; 2. 5-Charles Lohmeyer[3]; 3. 8-Doug Windhausen[18]; 4. 99L-Justin LaDue[5]; 5. 22-Owen Mossow[4]; 6. 04D-Anthony Desimone[11]; 7. 55-Pj Goodwin[10]; 8. 108-Ali Scutt[8]; 9. 25P-Ben Shaw[15]; 10. 17J-James Randall[24]; 11. 94-Casey Doll[12]; 12. 99C-Chase Searles[20]; 13. 17C-Chelsie Beebe[23]; 14. 25-Christian Hafl[16]; 15. 39-Sam Usborne[9]; 16. 99S-Cameron Searls[7]; 17. 43R-Andrew Rice[21]; 18. 24-Talan Oliver[2]; 19. 314-Kyle Percy[14]; 20. 53JR-Aiden Miller[22]; 21. 101-TJ Smith[19]; 22. 44-James Deisz[17]; 23. 80-Tyler Talada[1]; 24. 23-Logan Ladue[13]

Heat Winners: Owen Mossow, Charles Lohmeyer, Cameron Searls

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