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NEW EGYPT, NJ – Much Needed.
On a night when he – along with six others – were inducted as the first New Egypt Speedway Hall of Fame Class, Ryan Godown raced to his first Modified win at the Central Jersey oval since the points opener on May 3.
Godown joined Billy Pauch Sr., Kenny Brightbill, Keith Hoffman, Jimmy Horton, Rocco Infante, and Billy Liedtka to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Training Tails night at the speedway.
Coming from the 12th starting position, the Ringoes, N.J. native took advantage of multiple early race caution flags to climb his way forward.
Godown worked his way into the third position by the competition of lap four. Another yellow just one lap later set up a restart Godown wouldn’t waste.
He and Otisville, N.Y.’s Corey Cormier split then leader Frank Venezia to battle for the top spot side-by-side. Godown, with the inside line, outgunned Cormier for the lead and led the final 25 laps for the victory.
Schnecksville, Pa.’s Tanner Van Doren put on another strong performance, coming from the 11th starting position to come home in the runner-up spot.
Van Doren took second away from Cormier on lap 16, and at points appeared to be reeling in leader Godown but was unable to maintain the pace the 26 was setting.
Van Doren held off Danny Bouc, however, to maintain the runner-up finish, matching his best finish of the season.
Bouc maintained his hold on the championship lead with the third-place finish after starting in the 14th spot.
Cormier claimed fourth, his best finish of the year, and Hopewell, N.J.’s rounded out the top five. He and Cormier both shook off rough starts to the season to each grab a top five.
Finishing sixth through tenth, respectively, were Frenchtown, N.J.’s Billy Pauch Jr.; Neshanic Station, N.J.’s Matt Stangle; Jackson, N.J.’s Kevin Borden; Upper Black Eddy, Pa.’s Jim Housworth; and Hamilton, N.J.’s Johnny Bangs.
In Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman, South Plainfield, N.J.’s Matt Ellery used a mid-race restart to slip by Ryan Simmons and take the victory.
Ellery, who came from the eighth starting position, raced his way into the runner-up spot on lap 13, and began chasing Simmons for the top spot.
When the yellow came out on lap 17, Simmons chose the outside groove. Ellery took advantage of the opportunity, racing underneath Simmons at the exit of turn two and taking a lead, he would not relinquish.
Ellery became the fifth different winner in six races with the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate Sportsman this season.
Simmons settled for the runner-up spot with Ethan Bill, Mike Butler, and Ryan Heim completing the top five.
In Fastline Performance Rookie action, Aiden Spencer and Hunter Ploski once again split the feature wins. The pair both agreed to be co-champions of the division rather than add one more to settle it amongst each other.
In Four Cylinder action, Dale Mull claimed his first win of the season after starting in seventh. Mull crossed the line on the opening lap in 11th.
He picked his way forward, including going from seventh to second on lap 10 and then grabbed the lead one lap later to take the victory.
Joe Garey, Robert Drayton IV, Penny Dunn, and Kyle Hurley completed the top five.
Racing continues this Saturday, July 19, with the ninth annual Mr. Crate Classic event along with the return of the United Racing Club 360 Sprint Cars. Also on the card are the Xtreme Diesel Performance, LLC. Street Stocks, Northeast Wingless Sprints, Four Cylinders, and Vintage Cars.
The entire event can be streamed LIVE on the New Egypt Speedway YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/@NewEgyptSpeedway).
For the July 19 event, pit gates open at 3 p.m. with the grandstands unlocking at 4 p.m. Hot laps begin at 5:30 p.m. with racing to follow at 6:30 p.m.
Grandstand admission is $23 for Adults, $20 for Seniors, and $15 for Military w/ID and Teens 12-15. Kids 11 and under are admitted FREE.
Pit admission is $40 (w/o a license) and $30 (w/ a license).
New Egypt Speedway is located at 720 Route 539 New Egypt, NJ 08533. To learn more visit newegyptspeedway.net, call 609.758.1900 or like New Egypt Speedway on Facebook.
TRAINING TAILS ‘HALL OF FAME NIGHT’ RESULTS SUMMARY – NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY JULY 12, 2025
Modified Feature Quick Results (30 Laps):
1.) RYAN GODOWN 2.) Tanner VanDoren 3.) Danny Bouc 4.) Corey Cormier 5.) DJ Hunt 6.) Billy Pauch Jr. 7.) Matt Stangle 8.) Kevin Borden 9.) Jack Butler 10.) Jim Housworth 11.) Johnny Bangs 12.) Paul Mancini 13.) Joseph Brown 14.) Tom Princiotta 15.) Will Dupree 16.) George Gareis Jr. 17.) Davey Sammons 18.) Chris Grbac 19.) Frank Venezia 20.) Dominick Buffalino 21.) Anthony Tramontana 22.) Bryan Kuhl 23.) Wade Hendrickson 24.) Cole Stangle
Swagger Factory Apparel Crate Sportsman ‘K9-29’ Feature (29 Laps):
1.) MATT ELLERY 2.) Ryan Simmons 3.) Ethan Bill 4.) Mike Butler 5.) Ryan Heim 6.) Steve Davis 7.) Pat Wall 8.) Nick Van Wickle 9.) Glenn McIntyre 10.) Ryan Krushinski 11.) Mike Toth 12.) Tom Moore Jr. 13.) Will Protinick 14.) Ryan Maher 15.) Lexi Wilson 16.) Steve Puglisi 17.) John Scarpati 18.) Shawn Cook 19.) Rob Tete 20.) Dan Fleming 21.) Aiden Spencer 22.) Dylan Morris
DNS: Hunter Ploski, Tommy Klimkowski
4-Cylinder Feature Quick Results (15 Laps):
1.) DALE MULL 2.) Joe Garey Sr. 3.) Bobby Drayton IV 4.) Penny Dunn 5.) Kyle Hurley 6.) Kelly Fleming 7.) Eric Degler 8.) Chris Rac 9.) Justin Dunn 10.) Dominick Antonelli 11.) Tim Jones 12.) Robbie Steinmetz 13.) Bob Drayton III
DNS: Scott Dunn
Fastline Performance Rookie Feature #1 Quick Results (8 Laps):
1.) AIDEN SPENCER 2.) Hunter Ploski
Fastline Performance Rookie Championship Feature Quick Results (10 Laps):
1.) HUNTER PLOSKI 2.) Aiden Spencer
2025 Fastline Performance Rookie Co-Champions: Hunter Ploski & Aiden Spencer
