LANCASTER, N.Y. — 2021 track champion Shawn Nye won the Monroe Extinguisher Sportsman on Saturday afternoon at Lancaster Motorplex.
Jake Christman made the trip from Pennsylvania worth it as he won the Ferrario Auto Team New York Super Stock Series (NYSS) main event. Tim Welshans won the Street Stock main event. John Byrd won the 4 Cylinder feature.Â
Tony Carbone and Tom MacLeod were on the front row for the Monroe Extinguisher Sportsman feature, with Carbone showing the way ahead of MacLeod, Andy Nye, Shawn Nye and John Barber. Shawn Nye would take over second and then would go after Carbone for the lead.
Carbone, Nye, MacLeod and Jake Vernon would pull away from the field following a lap four restart. Carbone and Nye would pull away from MacLeod, Vernon and Alan Bookmiller as the race reached the halfway mark. The caution flew as Rich Littlefield and John Barber came together on the front straightaway.
Nye would take the lead away from Carbone on lap 15 after a two-lap battle for the top spot. The field would fan out into single-file racing, with Nye edging away from Carbone. The lead duo would pull away from MacLeod, Vernon and Andy Nye.
Shawn Nye eventually pulled away to earn his first win of the season.Â
Matt Druar and Christman were on the front row for the NYSS 50-lap event, with Druar showing the way.
Druar and Christman pulled away from Josh Hunter, Jacob Gustafson and Tommy Krawczyk. While running in third, Josh Hunter spun in turn four to bring out the caution on lap eight. On the restart, Jacob Gustafson would challenge Christman and would take over the runner-up position on lap 11, as Druar started to pull away in the lead.
Christman would take over the lead on lap 18, with Krawczyk taking over second place. Bill Frisbee spun in turn four to bring out the caution on lap 33. Under the restart green, Christman and Krawczyk would pull away from the balance of the field. Krawczyk would hit the wall coming off turn four to bring out the caution on lap 45, ending his strong run.
Gustafson would challenge Christman for the lead late in the event, but Christman was able to hang on and score the win.Â
Brothers Tim and Nick Welshans brought the street stocks to the green flag with Tim Welshans in the lead ahead of Nik, Teej Cochrane, Gustafson and Dan Dressel. Gustafson would make his move early to take over second from Nick Welshans and would go after race leader Tim Welshans.
The lead trio of Welshans, Gustafson and Welshans would pull away from Cochrane, with Chris Powers battling with Dustin Novoa and David Brunka for the fifth position. Tim Welshans and Gustafson would pull away from the field, but a spinning Mike Piccirilli would set up a green-white-checkered finish.Â
Mason Offhaus and Andy Danielwicz were on the front row for the 4 Cylinder feature, with Offhaus showing the way.
Danielwicz was being pressured by Russ Bulger Jr. and John Byrd in the battle for second place. Bulger Jr. would take the runner up spot away on lap nine and then would go after Offhaus for the lead. Wyatt Hannon spun in turn one to bring out the caution on lap 10. The ensuing restart would see Bulger and Offhaus make contact with both spinning.
On the restart, John Byrd would inherit the lead ahead of Russ Bulger Sr. and Chris Deyoe.
Byrd would pull away to score his first win of the season.Â