Short Track Super Series ‘Sunshine Swing’ Kicks Off with Open Practice

Short Track Super Series ‘Sunshine Swing’ Kicks Off with Open Practice

LAKE CITY, FL – So it begins.

The 2025 Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco kicked off its annual Sunshine Swing at All-Tech Raceway on Tuesday night with an Open Practice session.

Thirty-eight STSS Modifieds and 29 STSS Sportsman signed into a sun-splashed pit area at the Wendell Durrance-promoted half-mile oval.

Competitors took part in five practice rounds.

Matt Sheppard of Savannah, N.Y. (20.09 seconds) and Dylan Madsen of Spencertown, N.Y. (20.55 seconds) were the overall quick timers.

Individual STSS Modified session fast times went to Sheppard (20.09 seconds), Alex Yankowski (20.315 seconds), Tanner Van Doren (20.162 seconds), Tim Fuller (20.188 seconds) and Sheppard (20.214 seconds).

Sportsman fast times in individual sets were recorded by Madsen (20.55 seconds), Paulie Hartwig III (21.113 seconds), Connor Crane (20.786 seconds),
Payton Talbot (20.904 seconds) and Brian Calabrese (20.96 seconds).

Four nights of racing kick off tonight (Wednesday) with the STSS Modifieds racing 30 laps for $4,000 to win and STSS Sportsman racing 25 laps for a $1,500 top prize.

Complete event information is posted on the STSS website: https://www.shorttracksuperseries.com/eventinfo/

The week of racing will be broadcast live on FloRacing via the annual subscription. Subscribe here: https://flosports.link/3HwXLPQ

All-Tech Raceway is located off Interstate 75 at 1024 SW Howell Rd. Lake City, FL 32024. Learn more at www.alltechraceway.com, call 386.754.RACE (7223) or like All-Tech Raceway on Facebook.

To learn more about the Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco, visit www.shorttracksuperseries.com, e-mail bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com, check out ‘Short Track Super Series’ on Facebook or @ShortTrackSS on (X) or Instagram.

The Short Track Super Series is presented by Bob Hilbert Sportswear, FloRacing, American Racer, Lias Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels, BDR Speed, NJ Quality Drywall, HYTORC of New York, Ollie’s, Penske Racing Shocks, Saint Lawrence Radiology, Capitol Custom Trailers & Coaches, Bicknell Racing Products, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, Madsen Overhead Doors, Belmont’s Garage, Wegner Automotive, DIG Race Products, ATL, Dirt Draft, Swagger Factory Apparel, F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Algonkin Motel LLC, Beyea Custom Headers, Design for Vision, Sunglass Central, Dirt Track Digest TV, DKM Fabrication, EIBACH, Fastline Performance, Flach Performance Products, Henry’s Headers & Exhaust Systems, JK Signworks, JLR Technologies, Dave Prime Jr. MAC Tools, MD3, PEM Engineering, Schultz Racing Fuel Cells, SRI Performance, Superior Remodeling, Swift Springs, The Exotic Brand, TV 12 Racing Products, VAHLCO Wheels & Wilwood Disc Brakes.

‘SUNSHINE SWING’ OPEN PRACTICE RESULTS SUMMARY – ALL-TECH RACEWAY FEBRUARY 4, 2025

STSS Modified Hot Lap Session No. 1: 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[33]; 2. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[13]; 3. 11-Matt Caprara[3]; 4. 47-Simon Perreault[12]; 5. 27T-Tanner Van Doren[7]; 6. 6S-Matt Stangle[35]; 7. 12S-Darren Smith[34]; 8. 35C-Chris Curtis[38]; 9. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[29]; 10. 6B-Danny Bouc[19]; 11. 44-Stewart Friesen[18]; 12. 02-Jack Lehner[16]; 13. 34-Rusty Smith[10]; 14. 90-William Deckelman[11]; 15. 87-Jason Ingalls[17]; 16. 19-Tim Fuller[25]; 17. 7-Rick Laubach[27]; 18. 99L-Larry Wight[37]; 19. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[9]; 20. 3RS-Dalton Slack[6]; 21. 7P-Patrik Daniel[23]; 22. 16X-Danny Creeden[22]; 23. 25R-Erick Rudolph[5]; 24. 22E-Mike Engwer[24]; 25. 7M-Paul Mancini[28]; 26. 11T-Jeff Taylor[36]; 27. 38-Kevin Stevens[8]; 28. 7Z-Zach Payne[30]; 29. 4P-Anthony Perrego[31]; 30. 35B-Francois Bellemare[1]; 31. 11H-Danny Hieber[26]; 32. R21-Tommy Rascoe[4]; 33. 70A-Alex Payne[15]; 34. 27-Jason Reome[32]; 35. 11X-Gordy Button[21]; 36. 28-Matt Smith[14]; 37. (DNS) 21A-Peter Britten; 38. (DNS) 55J-Mario Clair

STSS Modified Hot Lap Session No. 2: 1. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[38]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight[37]; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen[12]; 4. 6B-Danny Bouc[2]; 5. 70A-Alex Payne[22]; 6. 9S-Matt Sheppard[29]; 7. 12S-Darren Smith[31]; 8. 35C-Chris Curtis[8]; 9. 11T-Jeff Taylor[35]; 10. 25R-Erick Rudolph[28]; 11. 87-Jason Ingalls[16]; 12. 16X-Danny Creeden[7]; 13. 7Z-Zach Payne[23]; 14. 11-Matt Caprara[5]; 15. 02-Jack Lehner[18]; 16. 7-Rick Laubach[17]; 17. 47-Simon Perreault[24]; 18. 7M-Paul Mancini[19]; 19. 7P-Patrik Daniel[9]; 20. 38-Kevin Stevens[34]; 21. 3RS-Dalton Slack[30]; 22. 55J-Mario Clair[6]; 23. 4P-Anthony Perrego[25]; 24. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[14]; 25. 90-William Deckelman[10]; 26. 27T-Tanner Van Doren[36]; 27. 11H-Danny Hieber[15]; 28. 22E-Mike Engwer[11]; 29. 19-Tim Fuller[13]; 30. 34-Rusty Smith[32]; 31. 28-Matt Smith[20]; 32. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[21]; 33. 27-Jason Reome[27]; 34. 11X-Gordy Button[4]; 35. 35B-Francois Bellemare[1]; 36. R21-Tommy Rascoe[26]; 37. 6S-Matt Stangle[33]; 38. (DNS) 21A-Peter Britten

STSS Modified Hot Lap Session No. 3: 1. 27T-Tanner Van Doren[36]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[38]; 3. 12S-Darren Smith[31]; 4. 44-Stewart Friesen[12]; 5. 38-Kevin Stevens[34]; 6. 9S-Matt Sheppard[29]; 7. 7Z-Zach Payne[23]; 8. 6B-Danny Bouc[2]; 9. 99L-Larry Wight[37]; 10. 28-Matt Smith[20]; 11. 87-Jason Ingalls[16]; 12. 6S-Matt Stangle[33]; 13. 70A-Alex Payne[22]; 14. 35C-Chris Curtis[8]; 15. 19-Tim Fuller[13]; 16. 02-Jack Lehner[18]; 17. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[14]; 18. 3RS-Dalton Slack[30]; 19. 7M-Paul Mancini[19]; 20. 7-Rick Laubach[17]; 21. 16X-Danny Creeden[7]; 22. 34-Rusty Smith[32]; 23. 11-Matt Caprara[5]; 24. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[21]; 25. 47-Simon Perreault[24]; 26. 11T-Jeff Taylor[35]; 27. 4P-Anthony Perrego[25]; 28. 7P-Patrik Daniel[9]; 29. 55J-Mario Clair[6]; 30. 11H-Danny Hieber[15]; 31. 27-Jason Reome[27]; 32. 35B-Francois Bellemare[1]; 33. 90-William Deckelman[10]; 34. 22E-Mike Engwer[11]; 35. R21-Tommy Rascoe[26]; 36. 11X-Gordy Button[4]; 37. (DNS) 21A-Peter Britten; 38. (DNS) 25R-Erick Rudolph

STSS Modified Hot Lap Session No. 4: 1. 19-Tim Fuller[13]; 2. 9S-Matt Sheppard[29]; 3. 38-Kevin Stevens[34]; 4. 44-Stewart Friesen[12]; 5. 3RS-Dalton Slack[30]; 6. 02-Jack Lehner[18]; 7. 12S-Darren Smith[31]; 8. 6B-Danny Bouc[2]; 9. 87-Jason Ingalls[16]; 10. 70A-Alex Payne[22]; 11. 25R-Erick Rudolph[28]; 12. 28-Matt Smith[20]; 13. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[38]; 14. 7-Rick Laubach[17]; 15. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[14]; 16. 7P-Patrik Daniel[9]; 17. 27T-Tanner Van Doren[36]; 18. 11T-Jeff Taylor[35]; 19. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[21]; 20. 7Z-Zach Payne[23]; 21. 34-Rusty Smith[32]; 22. 99L-Larry Wight[37]; 23. R21-Tommy Rascoe[26]; 24. 35C-Chris Curtis[8]; 25. 35B-Francois Bellemare[1]; 26. 22E-Mike Engwer[11]; 27. 90-William Deckelman[10]; 28. (DNS) 21A-Peter Britten; 29. (DNS) 11X-Gordy Button; 30. (DNS) 11-Matt Caprara; 31. (DNS) 55J-Mario Clair; 32. (DNS) 16X-Danny Creeden; 33. (DNS) 11H-Danny Hieber; 34. (DNS) 7M-Paul Mancini; 35. (DNS) 47-Simon Perreault; 36. (DNS) 4P-Anthony Perrego; 37. (DNS) 27-Jason Reome; 38. (DNS) 6S-Matt Stangle

STSS Modified Hot Lap Session No. 5: 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[29]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen[12]; 3. 7Z-Zach Payne[23]; 4. 70A-Alex Payne[22]; 5. 97-Bobby Hackel IV[14]; 6. 7P-Patrik Daniel[9]; 7. 25R-Erick Rudolph[28]; 8. 34-Rusty Smith[32]; 9. 15M-Daniel Morgiewicz Jr[21]; 10. 16X-Danny Creeden[7]; 11. 7M-Paul Mancini[19]; 12. 55J-Mario Clair[6]; 13. 6S-Matt Stangle[33]; 14. 27-Jason Reome[27]; 15. 22E-Mike Engwer[11]; 16. R21-Tommy Rascoe[26]; 17. 90-William Deckelman[10]; 18. (DNS) 35B-Francois Bellemare; 19. (DNS) 6B-Danny Bouc; 20. (DNS) 21A-Peter Britten; 21. (DNS) 11X-Gordy Button; 22. (DNS) 11-Matt Caprara; 23. (DNS) 35C-Chris Curtis; 24. (DNS) 19-Tim Fuller; 25. (DNS) 11H-Danny Hieber; 26. (DNS) 87-Jason Ingalls; 27. (DNS) 7-Rick Laubach; 28. (DNS) 02-Jack Lehner; 29. (DNS) 28-Matt Smith; 30. (DNS) 47-Simon Perreault; 31. (DNS) 4P-Anthony Perrego; 32. (DNS) 3RS-Dalton Slack; 33. (DNS) 12S-Darren Smith; 34. (DNS) 38-Kevin Stevens; 35. (DNS) 11T-Jeff Taylor; 36. (DNS) 27T-Tanner Van Doren; 37. (DNS) 99L-Larry Wight; 38. (DNS) 84Y-Alex Yankowski

STSS Sportsman Hot Lap Session No. 1: 1. 89-Dylan Madsen[28]; 2. 21C-Brian Calabrese[15]; 3. 711X-Connor Crane[16]; 4. 49-Chris Jakubiak[11]; 5. 29-Matt Ellery[10]; 6. 11-Nick Zielinski[6]; 7. 73H-Paulie Hartwig III[17]; 8. 711-Todd English[27]; 9. 27-Michael Ballestero[14]; 10. 33-Richard Murtaugh[20]; 11. 9K-Blaine Klinger[4]; 12. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[26]; 13. 43-Michael White[23]; 14. 30T-Robert Tete[22]; 15. 7J-Jarod Millman[8]; 16. 95JR-Jacob Nadeau[7]; 17. 142-Nathan Austin[13]; 18. 1I-Dan Odell[3]; 19. 59-Colin Cox[12]; 20. 28L-Eric Lauziere[18]; 21. 41-Jeffrey Tiley[24]; 22. 6S-John Santolin[5]; 23. 61-Felix Murray[29]; 24. 44-James O’Hara[21]; 25. (DNS) 4M-Logan Watt; 26. (DNS) 14T-Payton Talbot; 27. (DNS) 61L-Donovan Lussier; 28. (DNS) 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr; 29. (DNS) 26B-Maddy Broedel

STSS Sportsman Hot Lap Session No. 2: 1. 73H-Paulie Hartwig III[10]; 2. 14T-Payton Talbot[24]; 3. 4M-Logan Watt[27]; 4. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[6]; 5. 711X-Connor Crane[7]; 6. 89-Dylan Madsen[15]; 7. 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[16]; 8. 49-Chris Jakubiak[11]; 9. 21C-Brian Calabrese[4]; 10. 61L-Donovan Lussier[14]; 11. 33-Richard Murtaugh[19]; 12. 7J-Jarod Millman[17]; 13. 95JR-Jacob Nadeau[20]; 14. 59-Colin Cox[5]; 15. 11-Nick Zielinski[29]; 16. 27-Michael Ballestero[2]; 17. 29-Matt Ellery[8]; 18. 30T-Robert Tete[25]; 19. 711-Todd English[9]; 20. 28L-Eric Lauziere[13]; 21. 9K-Blaine Klinger[12]; 22. 1I-Dan Odell[22]; 23. 44-James O’Hara[21]; 24. 43-Michael White[28]; 25. 26B-Maddy Broedel[3]; 26. 41-Jeffrey Tiley[26]; 27. 61-Felix Murray[18]; 28. (DNS) 142-Nathan Austin; 29. (DNS) 6S-John Santolin

STSS Sportsman Hot Lap Session No. 3: 1. 711X-Connor Crane[7]; 2. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[6]; 3. 95JR-Jacob Nadeau[20]; 4. 4M-Logan Watt[27]; 5. 89-Dylan Madsen[15]; 6. 49-Chris Jakubiak[11]; 7. 142-Nathan Austin[1]; 8. 33-Richard Murtaugh[19]; 9. 27-Michael Ballestero[2]; 10. 11-Nick Zielinski[29]; 11. 59-Colin Cox[5]; 12. 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[16]; 13. 14T-Payton Talbot[24]; 14. 21C-Brian Calabrese[4]; 15. 61L-Donovan Lussier[14]; 16. 711-Todd English[9]; 17. 26B-Maddy Broedel[3]; 18. 29-Matt Ellery[8]; 19. 9K-Blaine Klinger[13]; 20. 30T-Robert Tete[25]; 21. 28L-Eric Lauziere[12]; 22. 7J-Jarod Millman[17]; 23. 1I-Dan Odell[22]; 24. 43-Michael White[28]; 25. 44-James O’Hara[21]; 26. (DNS) 73H-Paulie Hartwig III; 27. (DNS) 61-Felix Murray; 28. (DNS) 6S-John Santolin; 29. (DNS) 41-Jeffrey Tiley

STSS Sportsman Hot Lap Session No. 4: 1. 14T-Payton Talbot[24]; 2. 61L-Donovan Lussier[14]; 3. 49-Chris Jakubiak[11]; 4. 21C-Brian Calabrese[4]; 5. 4M-Logan Watt[27]; 6. 711-Todd English[9]; 7. 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[16]; 8. 95JR-Jacob Nadeau[20]; 9. 9K-Blaine Klinger[12]; 10. 11-Nick Zielinski[29]; 11. 33-Richard Murtaugh[19]; 12. 27-Michael Ballestero[2]; 13. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[6]; 14. 28L-Eric Lauziere[13]; 15. 73H-Paulie Hartwig III[10]; 16. 29-Matt Ellery[8]; 17. 7J-Jarod Millman[17]; 18. 89-Dylan Madsen[15]; 19. 30T-Robert Tete[25]; 20. 1I-Dan Odell[22]; 21. 59-Colin Cox[5]; 22. 26B-Maddy Broedel[3]; 23. 43-Michael White[28]; 24. (DNS) 142-Nathan Austin; 25. (DNS) 711X-Connor Crane; 26. (DNS) 61-Felix Murray; 27. (DNS) 44-James O’Hara; 28. (DNS) 6S-John Santolin; 29. (DNS) 41-Jeffrey Tiley

STSS Sportsman Hot Lap Session No. 5: 1. 21C-Brian Calabrese[4]; 2. 61L-Donovan Lussier[14]; 3. 4M-Logan Watt[27]; 4. 711X-Connor Crane[7]; 5. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[6]; 6. 59-Colin Cox[5]; 7. 142-Nathan Austin[1]; 8. 29-Matt Ellery[8]; 9. 1I-Dan Odell[22]; 10. 7J-Jarod Millman[17]; 11. 61-Felix Murray[18]; 12. 43-Michael White[28]; 13. 30T-Robert Tete[25]; 14. (DNS) 27-Michael Ballestero; 15. (DNS) 26B-Maddy Broedel; 16. (DNS) 711-Todd English; 17. (DNS) 73H-Paulie Hartwig III; 18. (DNS) 49-Chris Jakubiak; 19. (DNS) 9K-Blaine Klinger; 20. (DNS) 28L-Eric Lauziere; 21. (DNS) 89-Dylan Madsen; 22. (DNS) 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr; 23. (DNS) 33-Richard Murtaugh; 24. (DNS) 95JR-Jacob Nadeau; 25. (DNS) 44-James O’Hara; 26. (DNS) 6S-John Santolin; 27. (DNS) 14T-Payton Talbot; 28. (DNS) 41-Jeffrey Tiley; 29. (DNS) 11-Nick Zielinski