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HAGERSTOWN, MD – Octoberfest returns.
For the first time in 14 years, the famed ‘Octoberfest 150’ returned to Hagerstown Speedway with four drivers etching their name in history books with 2025 victories.
Saturday
Matt Sheppard topped the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled by Sunoco Modified 50-lap event, the championship round of the NJ Quality Drywall South Region.
Sheppard pocketed $7,000 for the victory and an additional $10,000 as the South Region title winner.
Joe Toth became the first-ever ‘Octoberfest’ STSS Sportsman winner, earning $2,000 for his efforts in the Belmont’s Garage South Region finale.
Delaware’s James Hill earned his first STSS Sportsman South Region championship.
Savannah, N.Y.’s Sheppard, who drove through the night from Brockville, Ontario, launched off the pole and led the entire 50-lap event for his second ‘Octoberfest’ victory and first in the event since 2004.
Sheppard survived a slew of challengers on the wide and smooth red clay half mile, the latest of which was 13th-starter Alex Yankowski.
The Covington Township, Pa., driver threw turn one slide job attempts at Sheppard, but ultimately settled for the runner-up pay in the Millman’s NAPA Auto Parts No. 84Y.
Anthony Perrego of Walden, N.Y., drove Vinnie Salerno’s No. 4 from 17th starting position to complete the podium.
Front-row starter Ryan Godown of Ringoes, N.J., finished fourth and Mike Gular of Boyertown, Pa., advanced from 15th to finish fifth with his spec small-block. He earned a $200 bonus courtesy of the Algonkin Motel.
Finishing sixth through 10th, respectively, were Rocky Warner of Johnstown, N.Y., in the Jason Simmons Racing No. 98; 21st-starter Danny Bouc of Pipersville, Pa.; Tyler Dippel of Wallkill, N.Y., recovering from an opening lap spin that dropped him to the rear; Matt Stangle of Neshanic Station, N.J., who stopped for the Dippel spin and drove through the field; and Frenchtown, N.J.’s Billy Pauch Jr., who earned a top-10 after a right-rear flat tire while in second.
Sheppard was the ATL Racing Fuels Hot Lap Hero earning $100 for his lap of 20.539 seconds.
Heat winners were Rick Laubach, Ryan Krachun, Sheppard and Dippel. Stangle topped the B-Main.
Thirty-six STSS Modifieds signed into the pit area.
Upper Makefield, Pa.’s Toth dominated the 30-lap STSS Sportsman event. Toth led all 30 laps in a caution-free program after starting from the outside pole.
Second-generation driver Matthew Laubach started fourth and chased Toth’s CJS Racing No. 9 across the line for a remarkable second-place finish. New Jersey’s Rick Wegner Jr. completed the podium in third with the Maher Racing ride, followed by Delaware’s James Hill, whose fourth-place finish was good enough to secure the STSS Sportsman Belmont’s Garage South Region title and seventh-starter Steve Davis of Cream Ridge, N.J.
Ryan Graver was the JLR Technologies Hot Lap Hero at 21.625 seconds.
Heat winners were Graver, Hill, Davis and Wegner. Adam White and Dylan Madsen split the B-Mains.
Forty STSS Sportsman signed into the pit area.
Friday
Danny Bouc of Pipersville, Pa., swept past Paul Mancini and went on to win the 30-lap Spec Small-Block 35-lap event on Friday night at Hagerstown Speedway to open the ‘Octoberfest 150’ return.
New Jersey’s Mancini took advantage of his pole starting spot to pace the race’s first 17 laps before Bouc took over a lead he would not relinquish in the Craig and Leslie Pondish-owned No. 6.
Bouc earned $4,000 for his victory, a first ‘Octoberfest’ checkered.
Sixth-starter Louden Reimert of Oley, Pa., drove the Doug Flurer No. 16 to a runner-up finish.
Mancini settled for third, followed by Ryan Krachun of Neshanic Station, N.J. and Billy Osmun of Milford, N.J.
Heat winners were Jared Umbenhauer, Mancini and Steve Davis. Rick Laubach won the consolation with 32 cars on hand.
Fall Clash Super Late Models produced a thrilling 35-lap main and Trever Feathers of Winchester, Va., powered to a $6,000 victory after starting in eighth position. Feathers passed Mason Zeigler with nine laps remaining.
Zeigler, of Chalk Hill, Pa., finished second, followed by York, Pa.’s Rick Eckert, Gregg Satterlee of Indiana, Pa., and Ross Robinson of Georgetown, Del.
Eckert kicked off the night with the quickest lap in time trials.
Heat winners for the 31 Super Late Models were Robinson, Matt Sponaugle, Feathers and Kenny Moreland.
Eckert won the 6-lap Dash. The B-Main went to Logan Zarin.
One more event remains on the 2025 STSS schedule: this Thursday, Oct. 23 at N.Y.’s Orange County Fair Speedway with the ‘Hard Clay Finale’ for the HYTORC of New York Modified North Region, 50 laps offering $5,000 to the winner, $1,000 for 10th and $500 to take the green flag.
Event information is posted on the STSS website: https://www.shorttracksuperseries.com/eventinfo/
Opening in 1948, Hagerstown Speedway is the longest operating dirt track in Maryland located at 15112 National Pike Hagerstown, MD 21740. To learn more, visit www.hagerstownspeedway.com, like Hagerstown Speedway on Facebook or follow @hagerstownspdwy on (X).
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‘OCTOBERFEST 150’ NIGHT No. 2 RESULTS SUMMARY – HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 18, 2025
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Modified NJ Quality Drywall South Region Championship Round (50 laps): 1. 9S-Matt Sheppard[1]; 2. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[13]; 3. 4P-Anthony Perrego[17]; 4. 26-Ryan Godown[2]; 5. 53-Mike Gular[15]; 6. 98-Rocky Warner[9]; 7. 6B-Danny Bouc[21]; 8. 1D-Tyler Dippel[8]; 9. 6S-Matt Stangle[23]; 10. 1P-Billy Pauch Jr[6]; 11. 16-Louden Reimert[3]; 12. 65-Austin Hubbard[18]; 13. 4M-Logan Watt[19]; 14. 112-Cale Ross[16]; 15. 70A-Alex Payne[10]; 16. 14W-Ryan Watt; 17. 6D-Dillon Steuer[11]; 18. 1-Austin Dean[22]; 19. 7M-Paul Mancini[14]; 20. 32-Brandon Grosso[7]; 21. 51-Ryan Krachun[5]; 22. 29-Jesse Hirthler[12]; 23. 20-Rick Laubach[4]; 24. 5-Jack Butler[25]; 25. 117-Kevin Hirthler[24]
Did Not Qualify: 51P-Matt Peck; 13-Rick Regalski Jr.; 13T-Anthony Tramontana; 4J-Joe Funk; 13P-Thomas Prychka; 7-Jarod Millman; 888-Robert Dutton; 24-DJ Hunt; 38-Dylan Swinehart; 13B-Joe Brown; R13-Ralph McBride
STSS Modified NJ Quality Drywall South Region Champion: Matt Sheppard
Algonkin Motel Spec 358-Modified Bonus ($200): Mike Gular (fifth)
American Racer/Lias Tire Bonuses (FREE Tire Certificate): Matt Stangle (eighth) & Alex Payne (15th)
ATL Fuel Cell Hot Lap Hero ($100): Matt Sheppard(20.539 seconds)
Beyea Custom Headers Redraw Bonus ($50): Alex Payne(Redrew 10th)
Henry’s Exhaust Power Position ($50 Certificate): Louden Reimert(11th)
MD3 Most Laps Led ($100 Certificate): Matt Sheppard(50 laps)
Penske Racing Shocks Bonuses: Matt Sheppard(first – $150 certificate); Alex Yankowski (second – $100 certificate); Anthony Perrego (third – $75 certificate)
Swift Springs Hard Luck Award (FREE Spring Certificate): Ryan Krachun
Wilwood Brakes ‘Lucky 7’ Bonus ($100 Certificate): Danny Bouc(seventh)
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Sportsman Belmont’s Garage South Region Championship Round (30 laps): 1. 9-Joe Toth[2]; 2. 30L-Matthew Laubach[4]; 3. 45JR-Rick Wegner Jr[1]; 4. 69-James Hill[5]; 5. 4-Steve Davis[7]; 6. 117-Jesse Hirthler[10]; 7. 1*-Zac Weller[3]; 8. 04-Mike Butler[11]; 9. 14B-Ethan Bill[6]; 10. 59C-Colin Cox[12]; 11. 4H-Travis Hill[14]; 12. 21P-Ryan Graver[9]; 13. 74-Jax Yohn[18]; 14. 14-Ryan Simmons[13]; 15. 89-Dylan Madsen[23]; 16. 10-Adam White[22]; 17. 15-Scott Hitchens[19]; 18. 69K-Steve Kemery[15]; 19. 59M-Tom Moore Jr[25]; 20. 197-Michael Schane[16]; 21. 28L-Jimmy Leiby[24]; 22. 29-Matt Ellery[17]; 23. 8-Ryan Higgs[21]; 24. 22-Ronnie Solomon[20]; 25. 38-Dylan Swinehart[8]
Did Not Qualify: 5K-Gavyn Krupp; 20M-Mark Mohr; 04S-Logan Starr; 10JR-John Leiby Sr.; 2B-Christopher Buffalino; 44C-Dylan Cappel; 715-Mark Behm; Z14-Brad Roberts; 43-Michael White; 349-Garrett Chillot; 7J-Jarod Millman; 22A-Adrianna Delliponti; 53S-Shannon Slaughter; 19-Scott Heilman; R2-Mike Esposito
STSS Sportsman Belmont’s Garage South Region Champion: James Hill
American Racer/Lias Tire Bonus (FREE Tire Certificate): Mike Butler(eighth)
Beyea Custom Headers Redraw Bonus ($25): Ryan Graver(Redrew ninth)
Henry’s Exhaust Power Position ($50 Certificate): Travis Hill(11th)
JLR Technologies Hot Lap Hero ($50): Ryan Graver(21.625 seconds)
Swift Springs Hard Luck Award (FREE Spring Certificate): Dylan Swinehart
‘OCTOBERFEST 150’ NIGHT No. 1 RESULTS SUMMARY – HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 17, 2025
Fall Clash Super Late Model Feature Finish (35 laps): 1. 72-Trever Feathers[8]; 2. 25-Mason Zeigler[2]; 3. 24E-Rick Eckert[1]; 4. 22-Gregg Satterlee[3]; 5. 7-Ross Robinson[7]; 6. 45-Kyle Hardy[4]; 7. 2T-Kyle Lee[5]; 8. 11H-JT Spence[13]; 9. 21P-Jakob Piper[6]; 10. 8-Matt Sponaugle[9]; 11. 2TX-Treyton Lee[16]; 12. 4-Gary Stuhler[20]; 13. 119-Bryan Bernheisel[12]; 14. 32J-Justin Weaver[14]; 15. 000-Kyle Lear[15]; 16. 11M-Spike Moore[18]; 17. 44-Shawn Shoemaker[11]; 18. 1Z-Logan Zarin[19]; 19. 74D-Derick Quade[23]; 20. 11-Trevor Collins[24]; 21. 10S-Dave Stamm[25]; 22. 24Y-Dylan Yoder[22]; 23. 31-Lincoln Smith[21]; 24. 24-Kenny Moreland[10]; 25. 4A-Amanda Robinson[17]
Did Not Qualify: 14AJ-AJ Miller; 55-Chris Schneider; Drew Weisser; 94-Brandon Bard; 18-Rick Hulson; 13D-Jonathan DeHaven
358-Modified Feature Finish (35 laps): 1. 6B-Danny Bouc[8]; 2. 16-Louden Reimert[6]; 3. 7M-Paul Mancini[1]; 4. 29-Ryan Krachun[4]; 5. 81-Billy Osmun[2]; 6. 53-Mike Gular[15]; 7. 4M-Logan Watt[10]; 8. 20-Rick Laubach[19]; 9. 51-Matt Peck[7]; 10. 117-Kevin Hirthler[12]; 11. 19-Jared Umbenhauer[5]; 12. 13-Steve Davis[3]; 13. 5B-Jack Butler[14]; 14. 24-DJ Hunt[17]; 15. 6D-Dillon Steuer[11]; 16. 414-Roger Manning[13]; 17. 00-Cody Manmiller[22]; 18. 36-Eric Kormann[20]; 19. 5Y-Matt Yoder[24]; 20. 12-Trent VanVorst[16]; 21. 13T-Anthony Tramontana[23]; 22. 15G-Duane Howard[9]; 23. 17-Ryan Grim[18]; 24. 81M-Heath Metzger[21]
Did Not Qualify: 2D-Will Dupree; 4J-Joe Funk; 38-Dylan Swinehart; 7-Jarod Millman; 99-Craig Whitmoyer; 8M-Ken Eckert; 26-Ryan Godown; 9-Joe Toth
Short Track Super Series Modified Redraw Position No. 1: Ryan Godown
Short Track Super Series Modified Redraw Position No. 2: Brandon Grosso
Short Track Super Series Sportsman Redraw Position No. 1: James Hill
Short Track Super Series Sportsman Redraw Position No. 2: Dylan Swinehart
