

9/6/2025
Ransomville Speedway
Jimmy Grant Wins John Susice Memorial; Dillon Paddock Scores CRSA Sprint Win at Ransomville
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Jimmy Grant Wins John Susice Memorial; Dillon Paddock Takes Home CRSA A-Main at Ransomville
RANSOMVILLE, NY (September 5, 2025) Savannah, NY’s Dillon Paddock won the CRSA Sprints feature at the Ransomville Speedway on Friday night. For Paddock, it was his second Ransomville win of the season. Penn Yan, NY’s Jimmy Grant won the eighth John Susice Memorial for the KiPo Chevrolet Street Stocks as VanDeMark Chemical and MDM Painting presented the racing action. Cody McPherson from St. Catharines, Ontario won the Stirling Lubricants DIRTcar Sportsman feature for his third win of the season. Chris Leone from Niagara Falls, NY won the Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stocks feature. Madyson Rouse from Fort Erie, Ontario won the Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman feature.
Dillon Paddock and Alysha Bay brought the CRSA Sprints to the green flag for their main event, with Bay leading the opening circuit ahead of Paddock, Darryl Ruggles, and Spencer Burley. Paddock would go underneath Bay to take over the lead on lap four. Bailey Boyd would catch, battle, and pass Burley to take over fourth place on lap five and then move into third after passing Ruggles on lap six. Boyd would catch Bay for second place on lap seven, just as Zach Sobotka passed Burley to take over fifth place. Dalton Herrick would flip in turn two to bring out the red flag on lap eight. Herrick climbed out of his car under his own power. The restart would see Paddock in the lead ahead of Boyd, Ruggles, and Sobotka. Jordan Hutton would pass Alysha Bay to take over fifth at the race’s halfway point. Sobotka would pass Ruggles on lap 15 to take over third place, as the leaders would reel in lap traffic. Paddock would dominate the event on his way to his fourth CRSA Sprints win of 2025. Bailey Boyd and Zach Sobotka would complete the top three.
The John Susice Memorial for the KiPo Chevrolet Street Stocks was led to the green flag by Marc Minutolo and Willy Easling, with Minutolo in the lead ahead of Brandon Sherwood, Easling, Mike Welch, and Jimmy Grant. Sherwood would take over the lead on lap three, just as Welch would battle with Minutolo for second place. After a lap four restart, Welch would battle and pass Minutolo to take over second place. Jimmy Grant would enter the top three and then would battle with Welch for second. Grant would complete the pass on lap 10 to move into the runner up spot. Grant would use the outside groove to battle with Sherwood for the lead on lap 11, as Easling would pass Sherwood to take over second. Grant and Easling would pull away from the field, as Sherwood and Welch continued their battle for third place. Jimmy Grant would become the eighth different winner of the event.
Tyler Puchalski and Cody McPherson were on the front row for the Stirling Lubricants DIRTcar Sportsman feature event, with McPherson to the lead ahead of Puchalski and Jacob Bansmer. Tyler Foster would take over third from Bansmer on lap two. The first caution would come out on lap three as Curtis Friesen spun in turn four. McPherson would continue to lead on the restart ahead of Foster and Bansmer. McPherson would dominate, leading all 25 laps to earn his third Ransomville win of the season and 21st career Ransomville triumph.
After two unsuccessful attempts at an initial green flag, Chris Leone and Cole Susice shared the front row for the Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stocks feature event, with Susice getting the lead ahead of Leone, and Ryan Plante. Susice would bring out the caution as he lost the right rear tire in turn three. Leone would continue to show the way ahead of Plante, Cody Griffin, Brian Melcher, and Jacob Flynn. Plante and Leone would battle for the lead in the closing laps, but it would be Leone holding off Plante for the victory, his first since 2022.
Doug Rohr and Brendan Zimmerman were on the front row for the Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman feature event, with Rohr in the lead. Madyson Rouse would take over second place and would go after Rohr for the lead. The leaders would hit lap traffic on lap eight, allowing Brendan Zimmerman to catch the lead duo. Rouse would take over the lead on lap 10 and she would lead the final two laps to earn the win.
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RACE RESULTS – September 5, 2025 – VanDeMark Chemical, MDM Painting – John Susice Memorial
CRSA Sprints: DILLON PADDOCK, Bailey Boyd, Zach Sobotka, Darryl Ruggles, Jordan Hutton, Spencer Burley, David Ferguson, Alysha Bay, Vince Chicklets, Keith Granholm, Timmy Lotz, Scott Landers, Matt Rotz, Steve Glover, Dustin Sehn, Nolan Graves, Jerry Sehn, Dalton Herrick, Dave Axton
Qualifying Heats: Bailey Boyd, Dalton Herrick, Spencer Burley
Dash: David Ferguson, Timmy Lotz, Jordan Hutton, Steve Glover, Keith Granholm, Matt Rotz
KiPo Chevrolet Street Stocks: JIMMY GRANT, Willy Easling, Brandon Sherwood, Mike Welch, Marc Minutolo, Byron Dewitt, John Zimmerman, Alex Morris, Dave Stolzenberg, Joey Zimmerman, Randy Zimmerman, Kenny Zimmerman, Ron Richter, Chris Dziomba, Mike Kelly, Jeff Sonnenberg
Did Not Start: Zachary Walsh
Qualifying Heats: Byron Dewitt, Willy Easling
Stirling Lubricants DIRTcar Sportsman: CODY MCPHERSON, Tyler Foster, Jake Bansmer, Tyler Puchalski, Ricky Newton, Karl Comfort, Curtis Friesen, Brett Martin, Doug Walsh, AJ Custodi, Tyler Moore, Kevin Wills, Jessie Truax
Did Not Start: Colby Adamczak, Steve Miller
Qualifying Heats: Cody McPherson, Jake Bansmer
Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stocks: CHRIS LEONE, Ryan Plante, Cody Griffin, Brian Melcher, Jacob Flynn, Wesley Hughes, David Vaillancourt, Nathan Vaillancourt, Cole Susice, Wayne Close, Jeffrey Wynes
Qualifying Heat: Cole Susice
Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman: MADYSON ROUSE, Brendan Zimmerman, Jacob Gurecki, Doug Rohr, Kyle Teeter, Austin Seburn, Christian Soliday, Lucas Newton, Vincent Lewis
Did Not Start: Cole Susice
Qualifying Heats: Christian Soliday, Doug Rohr
Article Credit: Steven Petty
Submitted By: Steven Petty