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EVANS MILLS, NY – On a night honoring track friend Nicole Berry-Garnsey, race winners and fans from the crowd would compete against each other and Crash Test Carter in a series of physical fitness and health related games presented by FERRIS Commercial Mowers and Tug Edge Outdoor & More. These games were designed to promote Nicole’s spirit and professional work to help improve her community’s health & wellness.
We were proud to welcome in students and families from the Carthage Central School District who would start the evening with a beautiful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner performed by Carthage student Harmony Malewich.
Tug Edge Outdoor & More in Adams has been EMRP’s trusted source for grass cutting machines, as we have used a FERRIS commercial mower to freshen up the facility each Thursday before our race weekends.
Generous donations from the Berry family including Nicole’s parents Don and Brenda, helped warm up the crowd to the events ahead. Children nine and under entering the races were given a raffle ticket for a chance to win a free bicycle donated by race teams. Attendees were also greeted with a complimentary apple. The night would see flying apples, bananas, and oranges launched into the screaming crowd, while the concession stand would offer fresh cups of fruit promoting healthy living.
Eighteen brand new bicycles would be raffled off with autographed photos and racing merchandise to match. The race teams that donated bicycles include Greenfield and Austin Family Racing, Briggs Racing, Clark Racing, Pettinelli Racing, Goodale Racing, Bush Racing, Hall Racing, Pringle Racing, Hart Racing, Roggie Racing, and Jay and Phyllis Gascon.
After Malewich’s anthem performance. Crash Test Carter and Eric would request the crowd’s loudness for some human bowling. Crash Test Carter would snuggle into his matching yellow shopping cart and grab hold of a rope tied to the FERRIS zero-turn mower positioned in front of him, ready to pull Carter at speed towards six “pins” each representing a health-related item ready to be tossed to eager fans. Carter would take a practice pull, so he says, completely missing the pins. He would pick up three pins on the next pull, and complete the spare in the next run sending sun screen, tooth paste, tooth brushes, oranges, FERRIS hats, soap, and granola bars into the grandstands.
The midway was filled with local organizations that believe in promoting healthy living and enjoying life. Participating organizations also offered prizes to raffle off like baked goods and hard cover book series. We’re thankful for those who joined us; Samaritan Medical Center, Evans Mills Public Library, Sam’s Club, American Red Cross, Relay for Life, Clayton Dental/Better Sleep NNY, and the Watertown Wolves and Rapids.
The Dirt Modified Nostalgia Tour would start the racing action with their second and final visit to the Raceway with a larger car count. Ron Schadt, a feature winner hopeful, would incur damage in a heat race and sit out the feature. Aaron Pugh and Mark Barker would put on a great racing send cars sideways through the asphalt banking much higher than a typical Saturday driving line.
Evans Mills native Mark Barker would pick up the feature win as series sponsor Sheepy Hollow Honey and Farm, and owner Jason Rarick would prepare on the front stretch to raffle off his 2019 Teo Chassis to one of the DMNT drivers in attendance this night. Anna Berry, Nicole’s niece and former flag-man Brady Berry’s daughter would pull Aaron Pugh’s name out of the draw, sending the second-place finisher home with an astonishing consolation prize.
Dirt Modified Nostalgia Tour Feature Results: 1) Mark Barker, 2) Aaron Pugh, 3) Jipp Ortiz, 4) Mike Jacobs, 5) Brad Litzenberger, 6) Mike Fairbanks, 7) Megan Ciglich, 8) Ray Preston, 9) Ron Schadt
DMNT Heat Race Winner: Mark Barker
The Stewart’s Shops Sport Compacts would enter the night with their first pre-determined weekly show split from the Thunderstocks in many years. The Sport Compact field would put on a great race with Tony Frezzo charging towards the front until contact sent him to the rear. At the front of the field Tim Greenfield in the Austin Family Racing #7 would hold the lead with Anthony St. Mary Jr. trying to close the gap to first. Greenfield would be too smooth for St. Mary Jr. and Mike Greenfield to get close enough to challenge, going on to take the checkered flag and celebrate on the roof of the Sheepy Hollow Honey and Farm sponsored #7.
Following the race, Tim would choose his car owner James Austin to be his teammate in a relay race around the Evans Mills Kartway against Crash Test Carter and fan. Tim would show off his wheels and make an outside to inside crossover through turns one and two to take the lead into the hand off. After the hand off Carter and Austin would beat, bang, and brake check each other. Austin would take a short cut around the track to cross the Thousand Island Bait Store Start Fishin’ line first only to be disqualified for short cut awarding the lucky fan a Dick’s Sporting Goods Gift card donated by the Berry family in honor of Nicole Berry-Garnsey.
Stewart’s Shops Sport Compacts Feature Results: 1) Tim Greenfield, 2) Anthony St. Mary Jr., 3) Mike Greenfield, 4) Sam Curcie, 5) Cory Mayer, 6) Angela Pettinelli, 7) Amy Seeley, 8) Tony Frezzo
SC Heat Race Winner: Mike Greenfield
The Christman Fuel Service INEX Legend field would run a smooth race with rookie Damian Goodnough bringing his #11 into the fold for the win. First-time winner in 2025 Josh Oomen and Brayton Malbeuf would take the top spots and close out the race with Oomen hitting his marks to secure his second feature victory.
Josh would try his luck against a fan and Carter in an apple bobbing contest that Finn, a fan would make short order of securing all three apples from the water in :30 seconds.
Christman Fuel Service INEX Legends Feature Results: 1) Josh Oomen, 2) Brayton Malbeuf, 3) Devin Thornton, 4) Joel Hall, 5) Damian Goodnough, 6) Landen Herring, 7) Damon Bush, 8) Aaron Wilmot, 9) Ian Siebert, 10) Jayden Hall, 11) Joey Pettinelli, 12) Carrie Carr, 13) Brianna Berry, 14) Ray Davis
IL Heat Race Winners: Brayton Malbeuf, Josh Oomen
Shane Monnat and Jackson Gill would be new names in the Kinney Drugs field tonight. Dylan Bancroft would use his experience to lead the feature race with command until contact late would send him from the lead to the rear of the field. Andre Roggie would assume the lead and hold of hard challenge from Joe Papin on the outside to bring the 03 back to the Thousand Islands Bait Store Victory Lane.
Roggie would join Crash Test Carter and four other participants in a watermelon eating challenge on the front stretch. One of the four fans would clean the melon to the rind in quick time securing another donated Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card.
Kinney Drugs Modifieds Feature Results: 1) Andre Roggie, 2) Joe Papin, 3) Kaden Rogers, 4) Taylor Caprara, 5) Joey Clark, 6) Jeff Pringle, 7) Jackson Gill, 8) Terry Gardner, 9) Levi Arthur, 10) Anthony Pettinelli, 11) Tony Pettinelli, 12) Eli Petzoldt, 13) Jake Brown, 14) Shane Monnat, 15) Dylan Bancroft, 16) Kyle Hart
MOD Heat Race Winners: Joe Papin, Dylan Bancroft
Micheal Marcinko would lead most of the feature race in his newly painted M1 representing Scooby-Doo’s Mystery Machine, transformed from his former Monsters Inc. scheme. Colby Goodale would work his way forward with Gilson, Burns, and Levi Goodale closely in tow. Goodale would find his way around Marcinko to take the victory. After the race Goodale would get his photo on the FERRIS mower and join in the orange juicing challenge where contestants would peel an orange, squeeze the juice into a cup and drink it
Thunderstocks Feature Results: 1) Colby Goodale, 2) Micheal Marcinko, 3) Jared Gilson, 4) Justin Burns, 5) Levi Goodale, 6) Christopher Wilson, 7) Blake Briggs, 8) Bill Gardner Jr.
TS Heat Race Winner: Jared Gilson
Next week on Saturday August 23rd, first responders will receive free general admission as S&R Automotive located in Mannsville and Sandy Creek help us celebrate our annual First Responders Night including an emergency vehicle touch-a-truck show, a vehicle parade on track, and craft box car racing for kids. The racing divisions include the Kinney Drugs Modifieds, Christman Fuel Service INEX Legends, Excess Storage Pro Late Models, Stewart’s Shops Sport Compacts, and Thunderstocks.
