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Justin Peck Rolls to High Limit Victory at Ransomville; Josh Pangrazio Wins Empire Street Stock Series Event

RANSOMVILLE, NY (May 16, 2025)… Justin Peck from Monrovia, Indiana won the A-Main for the Kubota High Limit Sprint Car Series at the Ransomville Speedway Friday night. Josh Pangrazio from Oakfield, NY picked up the victory in the Empire Street Stock Series feature event for his third Ransomville victory of the 2025 season. Bateman Construction Corp presented the highly anticipated event.

“Sunshine” Tyler Courtney and Rico Abreu led the Kubota High Limit to the green flag for their 30-lap A-Main, with “Sunshine” Courtney in the lead ahead of Abreu, Justin Peck, Aaron Reutzel and Danny Varin. Abreu would look to the inside of Courtney for the lead on lap eight, but Courtney held off Rico. The leaders would encounter lap traffic on lap 10, with third place running Justin Peck catching Abreu for second place. Peck would pass Abreu on lap 13 to take over second and then would go after Courtney for the lead. Peck would use the inside of the racetrack to pass Courtney for the lead on lap 15, and Abreu would close in on Courtney for second place. Davie Franek would slow on the top side of turn one to bring out the race’s first caution on lap 21. The restart would see Aaron Reutzel pass both Abreu and Courtney to move into the second position. Peck would go on to collect the win. Tyler Courtney would pass Reutzel coming off turn four on the last lap to finish second. Rico Abreu would finish in fourth and Central New York veteran Danny Varin completed the top five.

Josh Pangrazio and John Zimmerman brought the Butler Excavating and Concrete Empire Street Stock Series powered by Neff Landscape LLC to the green flag for their 30-lap event with Pangrazio in the lead. Justin Neff spun in turn three to bring out the race’s first caution on lap three. Damian Long would take second away from Zimmerman on lap five. Zimmerman would regain the lead on lap nine. The caution flag was flying on lap 10 as Anthony Muscato and Butch Zimmerman made contact, with Muscato getting turned into the turn one wall. Following the restart, John Zimmerman would take the lead away from Pangrazio, with Mike Welch, Brandon Sherwood, and Luke Boom in the top five. The top four would battle for the lead as they pulled away from the field over the midway part of the race. The caution would come out on lap 25 as Dennis Cummings had an engine let go while running in sixth. Pangrazio would regain the lead on the restart and would go on to score his third Ransomville win of the season and found his way to Close Racing Supply Victory Lane for winning the first Empire Street Stock Series event of the season. The Bud’s Apple Pie Hard Charger went to Adam Leubner, while Justin Neff was the recipient of the Big Mike’s Auto Repair Hard Luck Award. With his seventh-place finish, Brian Butler will receive a gift certificate from Wilcox Transmissions. Race two of the 2025 Empire Street Stock Series season will take place on June 19 at The Dirt Track at Genesee.

The Empire Street Stock Series would like to thank their marketing partners Close Racing Supply, Bud’s Apple Pie, Big Mike’s Auto Repair, Wilcox Performance Transmissions, Ed Galley Custom Shocks, N.G. Promotions, and AutoValue Parts Stores for their continued support.

Next Friday night, Ransomville Speedway will be honoring and remembering Flyin’ Brian and Ray Stevens with the Stevens Family Memorial Race for the Krown Undercoating 358 Modifieds, paying $4,444 to win. The racing card will also feature the Stirling Lubricants DIRTcar Sportsman, KiPo Chevrolet Street Stocks, and the Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman will round out the program. Pit gates will open at 5pm, with grandstand gates opening at 6pm, and racing will take place at 7:15pm. For those unable to join us in person, catch the action live on Dirt Track Digest TV.

For more information, visit our website at www.ransomvillespeedway.com and follow along on social media.

RACE RESULTS – May 16, 2025 – BATEMAN CONSTRUCTION NIGHT
Kubota High Limit Racing Sprint Cars: JUSTIN PECK, Tyler Courtney, Aaron Reutzel, Rico Abreu, Danny Varin, Brent Marks, Jordan Poirier, Lucas Wolfe, Jonathan Preston, Tanner Thorson, Sye Lynch, Brad Sweet, Danny Sams III, Brenham Crouch, Spencer Bayston, Matt Farnham, Kasey Khane, Joe Trenca, Daison Pursley, Tyeller Powless, Billy VanInwegen, Ryan Turner, Chase Randall, Jordan Thomas, Davie Franek
Failed to Qualify: Parker Evans, Jared Zimbardi, Dalton Rombough
Dash: Tyler Courtney
Qualifying Heats: Lucas Wolfe, Tyler Courtney, Justin Peck
B-Main: Davie Franek
QuickTime: Jonathan Preston (16.265 seconds)
Fastest in Hot Laps: Jonathan Preston (15.597seconds)

Empire Street Stock Series: JOSH PANGRAZIO, John Zimmerman, Mike Welch, Brandon Sherwood, Adam Leubner, Luke Boom, Brian Butler, Alex Morris, Mike Fellows, Ron Richter, Dennis Cummings, Damian Long, Anthony Muscato, Mike Kelly, Dave Stolzenberg Jr, Justin Neff, Butch Zimmerman (DQ)
Did Not Start: Chase Kish, Byron Dewitt
Qualifying Heats: Brandon Sherwood, John Zimmerman, Damian Long

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