GENCO BECOMES KING OF RUSH LATE MODELS AT STATELIN; KNIGHT, JOHNSON, BREWER, BLACK, MICHAEL, MEASE, AND WHYTE ALSO SCORE ON STATELINE CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT

By Daniel Nelligan

BUSTI, N.Y.

Stateline Speedway’s points season came to a close Saturday with a chilly but electric Championship Night, as titles and trophies were decided across every division. With crisp air in the hills of Busti, it was one final chance for drivers to put their names into the history books before the fall specials take over.

The headline moment belonged to Jason Genco, who delivered on his season-long goal. Starting second, Genco charged to victory in the RUSH Late Models, surpassing Max Blair as Stateline’s all-time wins leader in the division at the speedway. The triumph also secured him the 2025 RUSH Late Model track championship, capping off a dominant year.

The Super Late Models saw a rare appearance from Mike Knight, who used the night as a Fall Brawl tune-up — and left no doubt about his speed. Knight dominated to get the win, while Ryan Scott sealed the points title with a great season.

In the Open Modifieds, veteran Greg Johnson turned patience into victory, working his way from fourth to the front in a surgical drive reminiscent of David Scott’s win a week earlier. Johnson had already clinched the track championship, while Troy Johnson thrilled the crowd with a charge through 10 positions.

The RUSH Pro Mods saw Josh Wilcox locked down the championship, but it was the legendary Al Brewer who schooled the field with a commanding feature win.

It was an intense night for the Pro Stocks, with Jason Black and Chris Withers entering the night dead even in the points. Starting near each other, Black prevailed in both the feature and the championship battle.

The RUSH Stock Cars produced a thriller, as Kaden Michael made a late-race pass on Cole Strickland to take the checkered. Meanwhile, Dar Diegelman put his name into history as the first division champion since the class returned to Stateline.

In Challengers, John Mease salvaged a tough season with a hard-fought win over Pete Volpe. Volpe’s runner-up wasn’t enough to overtake Holden Heineman, who was crowned track champion by a slim 29 points.

Finally, the Sharp Mini Late Models capped the night with Chris Whyte fending off a fierce charge from Jacob Hinkson to claim both the feature win and the championship in dramatic fashion.

Next up for Stateline Speedway: the Fall Brawl, a two-day spectacle featuring twin Super Late Model shows and more, set for September 12–13.

Super Late Models

A Feature 1: 1. 9K-Mike Knight[2]; 2. 29J-Jason Genco[5]; 3. 0S-Ryan Scott[8]; 4. 19-Bob Dorman[6]; 5. 4*-Douglas Eck[4]; 6. 7J-Kyle Bedell[1]; 7. 33-Josh Ferry[10]; 8. 22B-Darrell Bossard[7]; 9. 03-Doug Eck[12]; 10. 97-Kevin Smith[16]; 11. 1-Wendell Pinckney[11]; 12. 20-Nicholas Eck[9]; 13. 32-Wesley McCray[14]; 14. 15-Anthony Marotto[15]; 15. 14R-Tanner Ramsey[3]; 16. 96-Michael Smith[13]; 17. (DNS) 03S-Chevy Scott

Heat 1: 1. 14R-Tanner Ramsey[1]; 2. 7J-Kyle Bedell[3]; 3. 29J-Jason Genco[5]; 4. 22B-Darrell Bossard[7]; 5. 20-Nicholas Eck[4]; 6. 1-Wendell Pinckney[6]; 7. 96-Michael Smith[2]; 8. 15-Anthony Marotto[8]; 9. 03S-Chevy Scott[9]

Heat 2: 1. 9K-Mike Knight[1]; 2. 4*-Douglas Eck[2]; 3. 19-Bob Dorman[4]; 4. 0S-Ryan Scott[7]; 5. 33-Josh Ferry[3]; 6. 03-Doug Eck[6]; 7. 32-Wesley McCray[5]; 8. 97-Kevin Smith[8] 16 entries

RUSH Late Models

A Feature 1: 1. 29J-Jason Genco[2]; 2. 87K-Randy Hall[6]; 3. 2-David Parker[8]; 4. 23-Rob Middleton Jr[4]; 5. 11JR-William Pinckney[12]; 6. 5G-Scott Gurdak[9]; 7. 83-DJ Krug[3]; 8. 6-Kassandra Norman[1]; 9. 432-Hunter Proctor[11]; 10. 65-Jeremy Keesler[16]; 11. 360-Raymond Houser[14]; 12. 2A-Austin Fitzgerald[15]; 13. 49-John Haggerty[13]; 14. Y26-Gary Youngs[7]; 15. 61S-Ward Schell[5]; 16. 17X-Andy Michael[10]

Heat 1: 1. 23-Rob Middleton Jr[1]; 2. 29J-Jason Genco[4]; 3. 61S-Ward Schell[2]; 4. Y26-Gary Youngs[3]; 5. 5G-Scott Gurdak[5]; 6. 432-Hunter Proctor[7]; 7. 49-John Haggerty[6]; 8. 2A-Austin Fitzgerald[8]

Heat 2: 1. 83-DJ Krug[3]; 2. 6-Kassandra Norman[1]; 3. 87K-Randy Hall[5]; 4. 2-David Parker[6]; 5. 17X-Andy Michael[8]; 6. 11JR-William Pinckney[7]; 7. 360-Raymond Houser[4]; 8. 65-Jeremy Keesler[2] 17 entries

Open Modifieds

A Feature 1: 1. 05-Greg Johnson[4]; 2. 4JR-Cale Crocker[1]; 3. 71L-Dennis Lunger Jr[5]; 4. 2J-Troy Johnson[14]; 5. 12X-Thomas Root[3]; 6. 68-Andrew Hammond[8]; 7. 105-Zach Johnson[17]; 8. M16-Matthew Kosinski[9]; 9. 16-Jason Brightman[11]; 10. 07P-Tim Peterson[7]; 11. 39-Dave Lanphere[10]; 12. 5B-Andrew Beatman[15]; 13. 32-Timothy Rockwell[6]; 14. 19-Thomas Kosinski[16]; 15. N5O-Christopher DePonceau[12]; 16. 59X-Ryan Sanders[13]; 17. 77D-Dustin DeMattia[2]

Heat 1: 1. 77D-Dustin DeMattia[6]; 2. 12X-Thomas Root[1]; 3. 71L-Dennis Lunger Jr[9]; 4. 07P-Tim Peterson[8]; 5. M16-Matthew Kosinski[7]; 6. 16-Jason Brightman[5]; 7. 59X-Ryan Sanders[2]; 8. 5B-Andrew Beatman[3]; 9. 105-Zach Johnson[4]

Heat 2: 1. 4JR-Cale Crocker[2]; 2. 05-Greg Johnson[1]; 3. 32-Timothy Rockwell[6]; 4. 68-Andrew Hammond[7]; 5. 39-Dave Lanphere[3]; 6. N5O-Christopher DePonceau[8]; 7. 2J-Troy Johnson[4]; 8. 19-Thomas Kosinski[5] 12 entries

RUSH Pro Modifieds

A Feature 1: 1. 71-Al Brewer[2]; 2. 24P-Tim Peterson[1]; 3. 22T-Tyler Oakes[4]; 4. 78-Nick Arnold[3]; 5. *61-Cody Rickard[6]; 6. 15-Derek Austin[7]; 7. 1W-Josh Wilcox[10]; 8. 10-Trenton Curry[5]; 9. 48-Cody VanGuilder[8]; 10. 55-Paul Nelson II[12]; 11. F4-Greg Marsh[9]; 12. 25-Chase Warner[11]

Heat 1: 1. 78-Nick Arnold[2]; 2. 24P-Tim Peterson[4]; 3. 10-Trenton Curry[1]; 4. 15-Derek Austin[5]; 5. F4-Greg Marsh[3]; 6. 25-Chase Warner[6]

Heat 2: 1. 71-Al Brewer[1]; 2. 22T-Tyler Oakes[4]; 3. *61-Cody Rickard[5]; 4. 48-Cody VanGuilder[3]; 5. 1W-Josh Wilcox[6]; 6. 55-Paul Nelson II[2] 12 entries

Pro Stock

A Feature 1: 1. 5B-Jason Black[2]; 2. 21W-Chris Withers[4]; 3. 15M-Brent Marotto[5]; 4. 17-Matt Sampson[1]; 5. 777-John Boardman[3]; 6. 31-Nick Robie[6]; 7. 513-Gary Fisher[7]; 8. 50-Ron Boardman[9]; 9. 124-Rodney Thoms[11]; 10. 02-Grant Richard[8]; 11. 28-Brian Wilson[10]; 12. (DNS) 29-Dale Sheets

Heat 1: 1. 777-John Boardman[1]; 2. 17-Matt Sampson[5]; 3. 15M-Brent Marotto[6]; 4. 513-Gary Fisher[2]; 5. 50-Ron Boardman[3]; 6. 124-Rodney Thoms[4]

Heat 2: 1. 5B-Jason Black[3]; 2. 21W-Chris Withers[5]; 3. 31-Nick Robie[6]; 4. 02-Grant Richard[4]; 5. 28-Brian Wilson[1]; 6. 29-Dale Sheets[2] 10 entries

RUSH Stock Cars

A Feature 1: 1. 17X-Kaden Michael[3]; 2. 22C-Cole Strickland[1]; 3. 77-Raiddan Wilson[10]; 4. 15*-Darr Diegelman[2]; 5. 77M-David McAvoy[6]; 6. SIX20-William Baker Jr[4]; 7. 55-Ken Moore Sr[5]; 8. 99L-Mark Lawrence[8]; 9. 1S-Travis Switaj[7]; 10. (DNS) 23-Ricky Houser

Heat 1: 1. 17X-Kaden Michael[4]; 2. 15*-Darr Diegelman[7]; 3. 22C-Cole Strickland[1]; 4. SIX20-William Baker Jr[3]; 5. 55-Ken Moore Sr[6]; 6. 77M-David McAvoy[8]; 7. 1S-Travis Switaj[5]; 8. 99L-Mark Lawrence[2]; 9. 23-Ricky Houser[10]; 10. 77-Raiddan Wilson[9] 23 entries

Challengers (Mini Stocks)

A Feature 1: 1. B17-John Mease[2]; 2. V53-Peter Volpe[5]; 3. 32H-Holden Heineman[4]; 4. 29-Chris Skobjak[8]; 5. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[12]; 6. 22Z-Noah Zimmerman[3]; 7. 09-Justin Dragar[11]; 8. LIL40-Annaleesa Diablo[14]; 9. 10B-Adam Brisky[15]; 10. 55X-Hailey Moore[23]; 11. 17A-Aaron Restivo[19]; 12. 06W-James Wilburn[13]; 13. 67-Vince Norton[10]; 14. X11-Douglas Birath[20]; 15. 27P-Natalya Powell[7]; 16. 37-Allen Yarbrough[9]; 17. 27-Kayla York[21]; 18. 828-Jordan Richard[16]; 19. 26-Amber Lang[18]; 20. 85B-Jeffrey Birath[22]; 21. 52-Domingo Echevarria[6]; 22. 44-Bryce Anderson[1]; 23. 63-Russell Boyle[17]

Heat 1: 1. 44-Bryce Anderson[1]; 2. 22Z-Noah Zimmerman[4]; 3. 27P-Natalya Powell[6]; 4. 67-Vince Norton[3]; 5. 06W-James Wilburn[7]; 6. 828-Jordan Richard[2]; 7. 17A-Aaron Restivo[5]; 8. 85B-Jeffrey Birath[8]

Heat 2: 1. B17-John Mease[6]; 2. 32H-Holden Heineman[5]; 3. 29-Chris Skobjak[3]; 4. 09-Justin Dragar[1]; 5. LIL40-Annaleesa Diablo[7]; 6. 63-Russell Boyle[2]; 7. X11-Douglas Birath[8]; 8. 55X-Hailey Moore[4]

Heat 3: 1. 52-Domingo Echevarria[4]; 2. V53-Peter Volpe[1]; 3. 37-Allen Yarbrough[3]; 4. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[7]; 5. 10B-Adam Brisky[6]; 6. 26-Amber Lang[5]; 7. 27-Kayla York[2] 9 entries

Mini Late Models

A Feature 1: 1. 9W-Chris Whyte[1]; 2. 33-Jacob Hinkson[9]; 3. 0-Oakley Terrill[3]; 4. 10-Morgan Curry[6]; 5. 56*-Parker Cressley[7]; 6. 21-Jared Beardsley[5]; 7. 99W-Trey Whyte[2]; 8. 93-Kyle Coons[4]; 9. 999-Jackson Himes[8]

Heat 1: 1. 0-Oakley Terrill[3]; 2. 99W-Trey Whyte[4]; 3. 9W-Chris Whyte[6]; 4. 93-Kyle Coons[2]; 5. 21-Jared Beardsley[9]; 6. 10-Morgan Curry[8]; 7. 56*-Parker Cressley[1]; 8. 999-Jackson Himes[5]; 9. (BF) 33-Jacob Hinkson[7]