By Jim Balentine
(Mercer,Pa)
Michaels Mercer raceway presented by Sunbelt rentals completed their 74th season with the 26th annual little guy nationals over this weekend .
Erick Rudolph won the double once again as on Fri he passed Garrett Krummert on lap 12 for the lead and Saturday dive bombing into turn one to take the lead from Rex King Jr. on lap 23 to take his 6th little guy win in 7 races.
In the IMCA racesaver 305 sprints on Friday Vivian Jones would take the lead on lap 8 after leader Aaron Mariano went high in turn 4 to win her 7th career 305 sprint feature and on Saturday Brett Brunkenhoefer would lead flag to flag to win his 1st ever feature after 15 years of trying.
After 9 feature events for the top shelf trucking 602 dirt/rush crate sportsman Eric Gabany would become the first repeat winner of the season on Friday night taking the lead on lap 4 and on Saturday 13 year old Logen Lockhart won his first career feature leading flag to flag to become the 9th different winner in 10 races.
Tim Callahan won his 24th and 25th Mercer kings forest products mini stock features by winning both nights leading 28 of 30 total laps.
Carson Hubbard made the long 3 hour tow a profitable once by winning the mod lite/dwarf car feature Friday night.
Garrett Calvert was declared the winner of Friday’s Economod feature after apparent winner Colton Longwell was disqualified for a non working rev limiter box.
Mason Lobb picked up the UMP modified feature Saturday night passing Andrew Beatman on lap 12 to take his 2nd win of 2025.
Zach Morrow dominated the 15 lap crate non wing sprint feature leading flag to flag on Saturday for his 3rd win of the season.
Veteran Andy Buckley would pick up his 35th career Mercer stockwin Saturday night winning $1000 in the Penn/Ohio pro stock feature passing Tim Bish on lap 5.
The crown Vic’s produced 2 new winners as Somerset Pa’s Jamey Swank won Friday and Warren Ohio’s Brandon Albert picked up the Saturday win.
The final event for the season will be the “Pork” Mathieson Memorial held on October 18, which includes an Enduro multiple demo derbies, and a race for the crown Vic’s.
Media Results for 10/3/2025 at Michaels Mercer Raceway – Mercer, PA
Racesaver 305 Sprints 10 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:03:54.382
20M-Vivian Jones[3]; 2. 34M-Aaron Marano[1]; 3. 01-Timmy Bittner[6]; 4. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[4]; 5. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[2]; 6. 82M-Dustin DeMattia[7]; 7. 25G-Nolan Groves[5]; 8. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[8]; 9. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[9]; 10. (DNS) 72-Mike Mathieson
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:01:57.000
27K-Jeremy Kornbau[1]; 2. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[2]; 3. 25G-Nolan Groves[3]; 4. 82M-Dustin DeMattia[4]; 5. (DNS) 72-Mike Mathieson
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:02.000
20M-Vivian Jones[2]; 2. 34M-Aaron Marano[1]; 3. 01-Timmy Bittner[3]; 4. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[4]; 5. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[5]
Small Block Modifieds 13 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:13:15.634
25-Erick Rudolph[3]; 2. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[11]; 3. 29-Garrett Krummert[2]; 4. 20P-Mike Kinney[1]; 5. 28H-Jimmy Holden[9]; 6. 60-Tom Holden[4]; 7. 41-Tony Pangrazio[8]; 8. 74-Kevin Green[13]; 9. 2B-Ron Cartwright Jr[5]; 10. 56M-Jacob McElravy[12]; 11. 13-Rick Regalski Jr[6]; 12. 7G-Eric Grice[7]; 13. 18-Brandon Ritchey[10]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:20.293
2B-Ron Cartwright Jr[1]; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph[5]; 3. 29-Garrett Krummert[4]; 4. 7G-Eric Grice[2]; 5. 28H-Jimmy Holden[3]; 6. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[6]; 7. 74-Kevin Green[7]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:19.726
20P-Mike Kinney[2]; 2. 13-Rick Regalski Jr[3]; 3. 60-Tom Holden[4]; 4. 41-Tony Pangrazio[6]; 5. 18-Brandon Ritchey[5]; 6. 56M-Jacob McElravy[1]
Mini Stocks King’s Forest Products 12 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:06:24.025
54-Tim Callahan[5]; 2. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[7]; 3. 38-Randy Ealy[4]; 4. 40C-Joe Campbell[3]; 5. 29-Mike McCool[2]; 6. 777-David Seibert[10]; 7. 12-Carl Ealy[1]; 8. 9R-Ben Aley[6]; 9. 10JOK-Bill Fuchs[8]; 10. 79-John McCraken[9]; 11. (DNS) 99-Michael Aley; 12. (DNS) 68-MIke Shannon
Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:02:05.891
40C-Joe Campbell[2]; 2. 38-Randy Ealy[3]; 3. 9R-Ben Aley[5]; 4. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[6]; 5. 79-John McCraken[1]; 6. (DNF) 99-Michael Aley[4]
Heat 2 6 Laps | 00:02:05.402
54-Tim Callahan[2]; 2. 29-Mike McCool[1]; 3. 12-Carl Ealy[3]; 4. 10JOK-Bill Fuchs[4]; 5. 777-David Seibert[6]; 6. (DNS) 68-MIke Shannon
DIRT 602 Crate Sportsman Top Shelf Trucking 29 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:16:35.924
318-Eric Gabany[4]; 2. 165K-Karston King[6]; 3. 2-Kole Holden[7]; 4. 7 11-Todd English[5]; 5. 58-Logen Lockhart[11]; 6. 4-Jerry Schaffer[2]; 7. 29A-Anthony Antus[8]; 8. 41-Brian Schaffer[9]; 9. 14-Caden Petry[21]; 10. 404-Michael Kristyak[10]; 11. JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg[1]; 12. 02-Jeremy Beichner[17]; 13. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[20]; 14. 71-Gage Priester[14]; 15. 29-Cole Edwards[15]; 16. 57R-Jacob Rutana[16]; 17. 1-Jim Bryce[13]; 18. 1X-Ryan Riffe[3]; 19. 404S-Gary R Smoker[23]; 20. 12*-Troy Pinch[22]; 21. 12L-Patrick Lane[12]; 22. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[24]; 23. 89-David Myers[18]; 24. 46R-Doug Rutana[19]
B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:02:57.407
14-Caden Petry[3]; 2. 12*-Troy Pinch[1]; 3. 404S-Gary R Smoker[7]; 4. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[4]; 5. 26-Karley Miller[2]; 6. 70B-Nolan Burns[5]; 7. 77-Tommy Kristyak[8]; 8. 51R-Thomas Rodgers[9]; 9. 119-Joe Gibson[6]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:19.000
7 11-Todd English[2]; 2. 29A-Anthony Antus[1]; 3. 58-Logen Lockhart[3]; 4. 1-Jim Bryce[5]; 5. 02-Jeremy Beichner[4]; 6. 12*-Troy Pinch[7]; 7. 70B-Nolan Burns[6]; 8. (DNS) 1R-Brandon Ritchey
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:21.000
404-Michael Kristyak[1]; 2. 1X-Ryan Riffe[3]; 3. 318-Eric Gabany[7]; 4. 71-Gage Priester[5]; 5. 89-David Myers[4]; 6. 26-Karley Miller[6]; 7. 119-Joe Gibson[2]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:23.000
41-Brian Schaffer[1]; 2. 12L-Patrick Lane[2]; 3. 4-Jerry Schaffer[5]; 4. 29-Cole Edwards[4]; 5. 46R-Doug Rutana[3]; 6. 14-Caden Petry[7]; 7. 404S-Gary R Smoker[6]
Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:02:22.000
2-Kole Holden[1]; 2. 165K-Karston King[2]; 3. JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg[3]; 4. 57R-Jacob Rutana[4]; 5. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[8]; 6. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[6]; 7. 77-Tommy Kristyak[7]; 8. 51R-Thomas Rodgers[5]
Mod lites 17 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:08:01.049
11C-Carson Hubbard[4]; 2. 22-Logan Lewis[5]; 3. 49-Jereme Bean[8]; 4. 808-Drew Hannay[1]; 5. 18S-Blake Robbins[3]; 6. 280-Jimmy Smith[6]; 7. 14-Jacob Eakin[12]; 8. 267-Shane Webb[11]; 9. 116-Cory Stivason[10]; 10. 82-Tyler Turner[2]; 11. USA 1-Joey Zambotti III[13]; 12. 18-David Innes[7]; 13. 3-Ken Downey[15]; 14. 27-Brian Toto[14]; 15. 8H-Jacob Isenhart[9]; 16. (DNS) 41D-Timothy Volzer; 17. (DNS) 662-Brendan Beck
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:31.833
18-David Innes[2]; 2. 18S-Blake Robbins[1]; 3. 11C-Carson Hubbard[5]; 4. 116-Cory Stivason[4]; 5. USA 1-Joey Zambotti III[3]; 6. 41D-Timothy Volzer[6]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:28.252
82-Tyler Turner[3]; 2. 22-Logan Lewis[5]; 3. 49-Jereme Bean[2]; 4. 267-Shane Webb[4]; 5. 27-Brian Toto[1]; 6. (DNS) 662-Brendan Beck
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:29.494
280-Jimmy Smith[3]; 2. 808-Drew Hannay[4]; 3. 8H-Jacob Isenhart[1]; 4. 14-Jacob Eakin[5]; 5. 3-Ken Downey[2]
Economods 7 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:06:57.396
12C-Garrett Calvert[1]; 2. 8-Jonathan Davis[3]; 3. 16-Ty Rhoades[7]; 4. 40R-Clay Ruffo[4]; 5. 14D-Tyler Davis[5]; 6. 56-Bryan Wagner[6]; 7. (DQ) 7-Colton Longwell[2]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:25.000
12C-Garrett Calvert[2]; 2. 7-Colton Longwell[7]; 3. 8-Jonathan Davis[4]; 4. 40R-Clay Ruffo[6]; 5. 14D-Tyler Davis[1]; 6. 56-Bryan Wagner[3]; 7. 16-Ty Rhoades[5]
Crown Vic 8 Entries
A Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:04:21.362
98X-Jamey Swank[2]; 2. 309-Jacob Moon[4]; 3. 30-Brandon Albert[3]; 4. 919-Brian Rydbom[5]; 5. 54-Tim Callahan[6]; 6. C12-Amelia Clay[7]; 7. 26-Bradley Shaffer[1]; 8. (DNS) 31-Bryan Fee
Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:02:22.052
98X-Jamey Swank[3]; 2. 30-Brandon Albert[4]; 3. 919-Brian Rydbom[2]; 4. C12-Amelia Clay[1]
Heat 2 6 Laps | 00:02:16.008
26-Bradley Shaffer[2]; 2. 309-Jacob Moon[4]; 3. 54-Tim Callahan[3]; 4. (DNS) 31-Bryan
Results for 10/4/2025 at Michaels Mercer Raceway – Mercer, PA
Racesaver 305 Sprints 10 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:04:00.184
47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[1]; 2. 01-Timmy Bittner[6]; 3. 27K-Jeremy Kornbau[4]; 4. 34M-Aaron Marano[3]; 5. 20M-Vivian Jones[7]; 6. 25G-Nolan Groves[2]; 7. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[5]; 8. 82M-Roman Jones[10]; 9. 72-Mike Mathieson[9]; 10. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[8]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:07.490
25G-Nolan Groves[1]; 2. 01-Timmy Bittner[4]; 3. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[3]; 4. 20M-Vivian Jones[5]; 5. 72-Mike Mathieson[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:57.665
27K-Jeremy Kornbau[1]; 2. 25-Jarrett Rosencrance[2]; 3. 34M-Aaron Marano[4]; 4. 30-Jazlyn Boyles[5]; 5. 82M-Roman Jones[3]
Small Block Modifieds 12 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:07:15.355
25-Erick Rudolph[5]; 2. 165-Rex King Jr[6]; 3. 20P-Mike Kinney[2]; 4. 29-Garrett Krummert[7]; 5. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[12]; 6. 28H-Jimmy Holden[3]; 7. 18-Brandon Ritchey[9]; 8. 41-Tony Pangrazio[1]; 9. 74-Kevin Green[8]; 10. 60-Tom Holden[11]; 11. 56M-Jacob McElravy[10]; 12. (DNS) 2B-Ron Cartwright Jr
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:23.994
2B-Ron Cartwright Jr[1]; 2. 165-Rex King Jr[4]; 3. 25-Erick Rudolph[3]; 4. 29-Garrett Krummert[2]; 5. 18-Brandon Ritchey[5]; 6. 60-Tom Holden[6]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:15.014
20P-Mike Kinney[1]; 2. 28H-Jimmy Holden[2]; 3. 41-Tony Pangrazio[3]; 4. 74-Kevin Green[6]; 5. 56M-Jacob McElravy[5]; 6. 5C-Ayden Cipriano[4]
Mini Stocks King’s Forest Products 14 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:05:12.316
54-Tim Callahan[2]; 2. 38-Randy Ealy[4]; 3. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[1]; 4. 9R-Ben Aley[8]; 5. 11B-Tim Bish[5]; 6. 12-Carl Ealy[9]; 7. 40C-Joe Campbell[3]; 8. 29-Mike McCool[14]; 9. 48-Jordan Wheeler[10]; 10. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[6]; 11. 99-Michael Aley[12]; 12. 79-John McCraken[13]; 13. 14M-Sean Murphy[11]; 14. 10JOK-Bill Fuchs[7]
Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:02:06.756
54-Tim Callahan[1]; 2. 11B-Tim Bish[2]; 3. 38-Randy Ealy[3]; 4. 10JOK-Bill Fuchs[5]; 5. 12-Carl Ealy[6]; 6. 14M-Sean Murphy[4]; 7. 79-John McCraken[7]
Heat 2 6 Laps | 00:04:13.812
40C-Joe Campbell[2]; 2. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[3]; 3. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[6]; 4. 9R-Ben Aley[5]; 5. 48-Jordan Wheeler[4]; 6. 99-Michael Aley[1]
DIRT 602 Crate Sportsman Top Shelf Trucking 22 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:27:07.008
58-Logen Lockhart[1]; 2. 2-Kole Holden[12]; 3. JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg[10]; 4. 14P-Caden Petry[11]; 5. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[16]; 6. 1-Jim Bryce[2]; 7. 71-Gage Priester[8]; 8. 165K-Karston King[5]; 9. 41-Brian Schaffer[17]; 10. 02-Jeremy Beichner[15]; 11. 51R-Thomas Rodgers[9]; 12. 29A-Anthony Antus[13]; 13. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[19]; 14. 70B-Nolan Burns[3]; 15. 12*-Troy Pinch[21]; 16. 318-Eric Gabany[4]; 17. 1X-Ryan Riffe[7]; 18. 89-David Myers[20]; 19. 29-Cole Edwards[22]; 20. 12L-Patrick Lane[6]; 21. 7 11-Todd English[14]; 22. 4-Jerry Schaffer[18]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:27.259
14P-Caden Petry[2]; 2. 70B-Nolan Burns[3]; 3. JD57-Jordan Ehrenberg[4]; 4. 29A-Anthony Antus[6]; 5. 12*-Troy Pinch[5]; 6. 4-Jerry Schaffer[1]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:27.780
165K-Karston King[1]; 2. 318-Eric Gabany[6]; 3. 1X-Ryan Riffe[3]; 4. 7 11-Todd English[5]; 5. 1R-Brandon Ritchey[4]; 6. 10S-Trevn Schaffer[2]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:25.684
58-Logen Lockhart[3]; 2. 1-Jim Bryce[1]; 3. 71-Gage Priester[2]; 4. 02-Jeremy Beichner[4]; 5. 41-Brian Schaffer[5]
Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:04:44.545
2-Kole Holden[4]; 2. 12L-Patrick Lane[5]; 3. 51R-Thomas Rodgers[3]; 4. 89-David Myers[2]; 5. 29-Cole Edwards[1]
Penn/Ohio Pro stocks 13 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps
965-Andy Buckley[2]; 2. 17-Jackson Humanic[7]; 3. 11B-Tim Bish[1]; 4. 7W-Bobby Whitling[4]; 5. 777-John Boardman[8]; 6. 4-Brett Hutira[11]; 7. 61M-Charlie McMillen[9]; 8. 11Y-Nathan Yeaney[6]; 9. 23-Dave Collier[10]; 10. 44-Jordan Wheeler[5]; 11. 55C-Brandon Connor[3]; 12. (DNS) 24C-Dennis Curry; 13. (DNS) 3-Paul Davis
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:31.392
7W-Bobby Whitling[1]; 2. 965-Andy Buckley[5]; 3. 44-Jordan Wheeler[7]; 4. 17-Jackson Humanic[2]; 5. 61M-Charlie McMillen[3]; 6. 4-Brett Hutira[4]; 7. 24C-Dennis Curry[6]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:14:24.759
965-Andy Buckley; 2. 17-Jackson Humanic; 3. 11B-Tim Bish[2]; 4. 7W-Bobby Whitling; 5. 777-John Boardman[4]; 6. 4-Brett Hutira; 7. 61M-Charlie McMillen; 8. 11Y-Nathan Yeaney[1]; 9. 23-Dave Collier[6]; 10. 44-Jordan Wheeler; 11. 55C-Brandon Connor[3]; 12. (DNS) 3-Paul Davis
Non Wing Crate Sprints 8 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:06:06.199
68-Zach Morrow[2]; 2. 21N-Samantha Priest[1]; 3. 7-Cooper Macormac[3]; 4. 1T-Ricky Tucker Jr[5]; 5. 23-Charlie Utsinger[4]; 6. 17M-CJ McClintock[6]; 7. 213-Lucas Roessner[7]; 8. 48T-Carlos Rosario[8]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:29.755
68-Zach Morrow[3]; 2. 23-Charlie Utsinger[1]; 3. 21N-Samantha Priest[5]; 4. 7-Cooper Macormac[7]; 5. 1T-Ricky Tucker Jr[8]; 6. 17M-CJ McClintock[2]; 7. 213-Lucas Roessner[6]; 8. 48T-Carlos Rosario[4]
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds 13 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:08:08.212
1L-Mason Lobb[4]; 2. 5B-Andrew Beatman[8]; 3. 05-Greg Johnson[6]; 4. X3-Wyatt Scott[2]; 5. 92-Joel Watson[5]; 6. 40R-Clay Ruffo[7]; 7. 68-Andrew Hammond[3]; 8. 59X-Ryan Sanders[10]; 9. 1M-Gary Miller Jr[13]; 10. 1-Vinnie DePizzo[1]; 11. (DNS) 8-Jonathan Davis; 12. (DNS) 51-Jeremy Holbrook; 13. (DNS) 17W-James Irwin
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:10:09.000
X3-Wyatt Scott[2]; 2. 1L-Mason Lobb[4]; 3. 92-Joel Watson[7]; 4. 40R-Clay Ruffo[1]; 5. 8-Jonathan Davis[6]; 6. 51-Jeremy Holbrook[3]; 7. 1M-Gary Miller Jr[5]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:35.000
1-Vinnie DePizzo[1]; 2. 05-Greg Johnson[3]; 3. 68-Andrew Hammond[2]; 4. 5B-Andrew Beatman[5]; 5. 59X-Ryan Sanders[6]; 6. 17W-James Irwin[4]
Crown Vic 10 Entries
A Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:12:39.080
30-Brandon Albert[1]; 2. 10-JC Hillegas[8]; 3. 54-Tim Callahan[5]; 4. 215-Doug Winning[6]; 5. 98-Quinten Beeman[3]; 6. 33V-Ronald Vasos[7]; 7. C12-Amelia Clay[9]; 8. 31-Bryan Fee[10]; 9. 26-Bradley Shaffer[4]; 10. 309-Jacob Moon[2]
Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:06:12.970
98-Quinten Beeman[4]; 2. 309-Jacob Moon[1]; 3. 54-Tim Callahan[2]; 4. 33V-Ronald Vasos[5]; 5. C12-Amelia Clay[3]
Heat 2 6 Laps | 00:02:16.480
26-Bradley Shaffer[3]; 2. 30-Brandon Albert[1]; 3. 215-Doug Winning[5]; 4. 10-JC Hillegas[4]; 5. 31-Bryan Fee[
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