Jun 7, 2026 05:32 AM EDT
FRIDAY JUNE 5, 2026 STORY AND RESULTS
OUTLAW SPEEDWAY FEATURE WINNERS ON FRIDAY JUNE 5, 2026, INCLUDE ALEX PAYNE IN MODIFIEDS WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MATT SHEPPARD’S LATE RACE FLAT TIRE. THIRD GEN DRIVER, COLTON COOTS WINS FIRST EVER IN SPORTSMAN DIVISION, TEDDY MORSEMAN CLAIMS MINI STOCKS, GENE SHARPSTEEN IN STREETS AND MARC MINUTOLO GOES BACK-TO-BACK IN HOBBY STOCKS.
Roy Silvers Memorial, $2,000 to win Sportsman and Big Rig Truck One on One Races all presented by Buckley’s Automotive of Elmira Heights and Two Rivers Timber of Addison.
Story by Kenny Shupp Jr.
(Dundee, NY) It was $5 Fan Appreciation Night at the Outlaw Speedway and fans turned out in droves to enjoy the competition under perfect weather conditions.
Since his last trip to victory lane at Outlaw on May , Hopewell, NY speedster, Alex Payne has struggled a bit trying to find the right balance in his Tim Gibson owned 19g machine, however the 2024 Outlaw Speedway Friendly Chrylser, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Modified Track Champion was firing on all eight cylinders on this night as he lined up outside row four on the starting grid and methodically worked his way into spot two behind race leader, Matt Sheppard who had wrestled the number one position from early race leader Brady Fultz who had set a torrid pace from the opening lap until lap fifteen when Super Matt took control.
Once in clean air from his opening grid tenth starting slot Sheppard was poised to walk away with win two on the season at the popular Yates County Oval until bad luck once again jumped up and bit the many time Outlaw Speedway Track Champion as Sheppard slowed on the Fast 4/10 of a Mile Oval with a flat right rear tire.
Until then Sheppard and the second-place machine of Alex Payne had distanced themselves from Brady Fultz, Tyler Siri and Pat Ward who trailing but still in the top five.
After making a beeline to the hot pit area, Sheppard’s crew was able to quickly change the tire and get him back on track, unfortunately all this occurred with just five circuits remaining in the 30-lap feature.
On the restart, Alex Payne was now the new race leader with Bossman Tyler Siri up to the second slot after lining up fifth at the start and putting pressure on the race leader.
Siri, who has had more than his share of bad luck thus far in 2026 including broken shocks, flat tires and an array of other mechanical issues, was looking for his first win at the track he owns and promotes.
With just a couple laps remaining and Payne safely in control, The Doctor of Modified Racing, Danny Johnson was now glued to the back bumper of Siri’s Teo Pro Car and as the white flag waved, he was able to sneak by Siri on the last lap to secure the runner-up spot behind Alex Payne who cruised to his third feature win thus far in 2026 backing up previous trips to the Friendly Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Victory Lane on April 4 and 24.
Johnson and Siri would complete the podium with Brady Fultz having his best performance of the year leading the first half of the thirty-lap grind claiming fourth.
Rounding the top five was the Genoa Giant Pat Ward who joined Fultz on the front row for the start and raced with the lead pack throughout the distance.
After the flat tire setback, Sheppard was able to recover to finish eleventh, however the Savannah, NY speedster still sits atop the point battle entering next week’s competition.
2025 Track Champion and May 22 Modified feature winner, Michael Meresca had a terrible night, exiting the event on lap eleven and with that taking a huge hit in the point battle.
Colton Coots of Bath, New York is another of these up and coming young guns and now in his second season competing full time in the super tough Knapp and Schlappi Lumber Crate Sportsman Division at Outlaw Speedway, Coots is being mentored by his father Adam along with Grandfather Steve who was a many time Woodhull Raceway 358 Modified Track Champion some thirty years ago.
For a young guy he is an adaptive learner and his dad, Adam saw the potential in his young son and put his own Modified driving career on hold in support.
For the entire 2026 season at Outlaw, Coots has suffered through a barrage of bad luck situations and in many cases, it was while he was leading Sportsman feature events. Broken parts, one flat tire after another and last week a blown engine while leading the Sportsman feature, but with a new Chevy 602 Crate Power plant between the pipes, Coots was not going to be denied his first ever trip to the Outlaw Speedway Victory Lane as he lead from his front row starting slot throughout the entire twenty-five lap distance.
Blake Parsons and Daryl Krebs who lined up just behind Coots in rows two and three followed Coots the entire twenty-lap distance and finished in positions two and three respectively at the finish.
Completing the top five were Scott Torbitt who moved up one position from fifth to fourth and former Track Champ, AJ Lloyd advancing a pair of spots from the opening green flag to complete the top five finishers.
With his Roy Silvers Memorial, $2,000 to win victory, Colton Coots becomes the sixth different driver to visit victory lane thus far in 2026 Crate Sportsman action adding his name to a growing list of winners including Peet, Chillot, Parsons, Buchanan and Guild.
After claiming the 2024 Swarthout Recycling Street Stock Championship, Chemung, New York’s Gene Sharpsteen was shut out of victory lane during the entire 2025 season, however he remained a picture of consistency.
This season it was Sharpsteen watching fellow competitors like Glenn Whritenour, Jimmy Grant, Brett Crawford and Willy Easling all win feature events at Outlaw.
The veteran driver had to be wondering when the monkey would come off his back and once again this week it appeared like Sharpsteen would play second fiddle this time to another driver looking for his first win of the season in Jerry Lobdell Jr. of Freeville, NY who has made Outlaw Speedway his Friday night race place in “26”.
Lobdell jumped into the early lead from his pole position starting slot in the Swarthout Recycling Street Stock twenty-lap feature and without any yellow flags to slow the pace until lap eighteen was well on his way to claiming the win.
However, Gene Sharpsteen had other ideas as he hounded Lobdell right from the drop of the opening green and on the lap eighteen restarted the jump on Lobdell Jr. and from there led the remaining two circuits in route to his first win since the 2004 season.
A dejected Jerry Lobdell Jr. would have to wait another week for his opportunity to bag an Outlaw Speedway win as he held off a hard charging Jimmy Grant as the pair along with Sharpsteen would stand atop the podium.
Eli Mangiarelli of Canandaigua once again proved he belongs with the upper echelon in the tough Street Stock Division as he moved from seventh to finish fourth with Joe Giadina of Beaver Dams completing the top five after joining Lobdell on the front row at the start of the event.
Corning, New York’s Jesse Ballance accelerated into the early lead of the twenty-lap Addison, Corning, Hornell, Wellsville NAPA Hobby Stock feature and controlled the pace for the first ten laps of the event before being overhauled by Marc Minutolo of Newark and once out in front and in clean air the man better known as MR. Smooth even though numerous caution flags would slow the pace. On every restart Minutolo was able to maintain the point but yellow fever also allowed the sixth place starting machine of Danny Kerrick to methodically work his way to the second spot and with just a handful of laps remaining it was one again a Minutolo/Kerrick slug fest to see which of the two titans would claim the victory and at the end of the day it was Marc Minutolo picking up his third win of the campaign and third in the last four weeks breaking up the Danny Kerrick stranglehold of three opening week wins with another trip to victory lane two weeks ago.
In short, what we are witnessing is a repeat of 2025 when the two giants in Hobby Stock competition once again are ruling the roost.
Others like Balance, Jared Hill and Mike Stone are getting closer but still are not there.
At the drop of the double checkered flags ending the twenty-lap HS feature chasing Minutolo and Kerrick across the line was Jesse Balance who completed the podium.
Kaiden Dgien assumed control of his sister Meadow Dgien’s machine for the night and brought it home for fourth after starting seventh.
RJ Matthews made the long tow from Troy, Pa, worthwhile as he began the event on the pole, raced within the lead pack throughout the entire distance and completed the top five.
MR Graphix 4 Cylinder Mini Stocks were once again out in full force with fourteen potent machines taking the opening green led by 2025 Fritz Masonry Youth Bandit Track Champion, Kolsten DeCamp of Corning along with Penn Yan native Jack Ormsby comprising the front starting row.
Ormsby would lead the opening pair of circuits before being overhauled by Teddy Morseman who blew through traffic from his outside row five starting spot and after taking the lead on lap three it was game over for the rest of the field as once in front Morseman was not about to be overtaken the rest of the way.
A couple caution flags on laps two and three would slow the pace but that would not stop Morseman who hails from Cameron Mills from taking his first win of the season.
Last season’s Mini Stock Track Champion, Zach Daugherty began the event in seventh, moved to second and that would end his charge as he had to settle for the runner-up spot chased across the line by four time 2026 feature winner, Craig DeCamp of Beaver Dams who completed the top three podium finishers.
Kenneth Evans moved up one spot from his original fifth starting position to claim fourth as he was followed by early race leader, Jack Ormsby who rounded the top five.
Congratulations to all competitors.
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Quick Results.
Friendly Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Modifieds. 19 cars
Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 19G-Alex Payne[8]; 2. 27J-Danny Johnson[11]; 3. 5*-Tyler Siri[5]; 4. 70-Brady Fultz[1]; 5. 42P-Pat Ward[2]; 6. 82S-Will Shields[15]; 7. 713-Tommy Collins[16]; 8. 21G-Aiden Grover[4]; 9. 19W-Justin Wright[7]; 10. 21P-Derrick Podsiadlo[3]; 11. 9S-Matt Sheppard[10]; 12. 18V-Bobby Varin[6]; 13. 14-Brian Swarthout[13]; 14. 63-Byron Worthing[12]; 15. 48TOO-Dave Rauscher[19]; 16. 22JZ-Jeff Daugherty[18]; 17. 88D-Dave Allen[14]; 18. 7MM-Mike Maresca[9]; 19. 007-Christain Thompson[17]
Knapp and Schlappi Lumber Crate Sportsman. 25 cars
Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 84-Colton Coots[2]; 2. 55-Blake Parsons[4]; 3. 13K-Daryl Krebs[6]; 4. 88T-Scot Torbitt[5]; 5. 1F-AJ Lloyd[7]; 6. 5-Brent Ayers[11]; 7. 4R-Bryan Rhoads[3]; 8. 123-Dale Welty[10]; 9. 714-Chris Darling[9]; 10. 27B-Quintin Buchanan[13]; 11. 21J-Justin Liechti[8]; 12. 41-Josh Nobriga[17]; 13. 349-Garrett Chillot[22]; 14. 181-Justice Mayo[19]; 15. 87-Collin Brown[18]; 16. 22K-Kevin DeCamp[1]; 17. 23B-Timmy Borden Jr[24]; 18. 20-Andrew Clark[25]; 19. 14G-Craig Gardner[14]; 20. 06-Tim Guild[12]; 21. 11-Cayden Lawson[15]; 22. 118-Donnie Lawson[21]; 23. 19J-Stacy Jackson[16]; 24. 44-Bradly Morseman[20]; 25. 23R-Jim Rushman[23.
Swarthout Recycling Street Stocks. 9 cars.
Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7-Gene Sharpsteen[3]; 2. 2L-Jerry Lobdell Jr[1]; 3. 36-Jimmy Grant[6]; 4. 57J-Ely Mangiarelli[7]; 5. 25J-Joe Giardina[2]; 6. 28-Willy Easling[5]; 7. 8-Brett Crawford[4]; 8. 22-Carl Cleveland[8]; 9. 93-Kenny Hunt[9]
Addison, Corning, Hornell, Wellsville NAPA Hobby Stocks. 11 cars
Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 25B-Marc Minutolo[5]; 2. 61-Danny Kerrick[6]; 3. 3-Jesse Ballance[2]; 4. 3X-Kaiden Dgien[8]; 5. 89-RJ Mathews[1]; 6. 23-Mike Stone[3]; 7. 36X-Brighton Grant[7]; 8. 23D-Eric Dorn[9]; 9. 93-Jared Hill[4]; 10. 21B-William Bradley[10]; 11. (DNS) X36-Don Slover
MR Grafix 4 Cylinder Mini Stocks. 14 cars.
Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Teddy Morseman Jr[10]; 2. 22-Zach Daugherty[7]; 3. 22C-Craig Decamp[9]; 4. 27-Kenneth Evans[5]; 5. 52J-Jack Ormsby[2]; 6. 8W-Cody Wise[12]; 7. 8-Jayson Smart[8]; 8. 44M-Courtney Thomas[4]; 9. 9-Kolston DeCamp[1]; 10. 40-Ricky VanZile[11]; 11. 15-Marvin Jenkins[6]; 12. 21X-Mike Ayers[3]; 13. 61-Timathy Hendrikx[13]
