Chris Hile Charges to Brewerton Speedway Modified Win, Jason Parkhurst Jr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series Winner

June 28, 2025 Dirt Empire Magazine

By Dave Medler

BREWERTON, NY (June 27, 2025) – Chris Hile kept the streak going Friday night in the Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds at the Brewerton Speedway. With Hile’s win he became the sixth different winner in six feature races this season.

An impressive field of 37 cars signed into the pits for the DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region. In the 30-Lap feature Jason Parkhurst Jr. earned his first career Series win and third victory this season at the speedway.

Other winners on GT Automotive night. Justin Williams (AmeriCU Credit Union Mod Lites) Nate Powers (Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks).

Kyle Devendorf would lead the opening two laps of the 35-Lap Modified feature when Tyler Trump went to the cushion to drive into the lead.

Trump would see his sizable lead go away with a yellow on lap nine. Trump, Devendorf, Dylan Zacharias, Alan Fink, and Todd Root would be the top five on the restart.

When the race went back to green Devendorf would retake the lead with Trump going back to the top spot one lap later.

Leader Trump would slow on lap eleven with what appeared to be clay packed into a wheel.

On the restart Alan Fink would drive into the lead and Chris Hile who started 12^th, would take over second and set his sights on Fink taking the lead on lap thirteen.

Yellows would slow the action on laps fifteen and seventeen. The top five were Hile, Fink, Tim Sears Jr. from 19^th, Chris Hulsizer 14^th, and Jimmy Phelps 11^th.

On lap 19 third place Hulsizer would break ending his night.

With ten laps to go Hile and Fink were under a blanket with Phelps right there waiting for any mistake by the top two.

Phelps would move into second just before a yellow with seven laps remaining.

Hile, Phelps, Fink, Sears, and Zacharias would be the top five for the dash to checkers.

Jimmy Phelps would challenge for a lap on the restart, after that Chris Hile would pull away for the win. Tim Sears Jr., Michael Maresca from 15^th, and Alan Fink finished third through fifth.

Top Three Feature Finishing DIRTcar 358 Modified Bonus: 1. ($300) 28- Alan Fink 2. ($200) 18s- Sean Beardsley 3. ($100) 38p- Jason Parkhurst.

In the 30-Lap $1000-to-win DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region feature saw Richard Murtaugh heartbreak become Jason Parkhurst victory.

Race-long leader Murtaugh had victory in sight as Parkhurst was slowly reeling him. With two laps to go Parkhurst, using the top side of the speedway drove around Murtaugh right when Murtaugh suffered a mechanical issue ending his run.

When the green came back out Jason Parkhurst Jr. held off region points leader Gavin Eisele, Tony Finch II, Tyler Corcoran, and Emmett Waldron.

The 20-Lap Mod Lite feature would see Roger Olschewske grab the lead at the drop of the green and would lead until Justin Williams powered into the lead on lap eleven.

Once in the lead Williams would dominate the rest of the way for his first win this season. Five-time winner this season Joe Isabell, Roger Olschewske, Mike Mullen, and Jacob Dupra finished second through fifth.

Walt VanEpps would lead the 15-Lap Four Cylinder Super Stock feature at the drop of the green when the caution came out on lap eight. On the restart Nate Powers and Chris Bonoffski would drive by VanEpps.

The rest of the race points leader Bonoffski would throw everything he had at Powers. But Powers was too fast picking up his second win in a row. Early leader VanEpps finished third with Corey Valade, and Jacob Kimball completing the top five.

GT Automotive Inc. June 27 Results

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Feature Results (35 Laps): 1. 5H-Chris Hile[12]; 2. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[11]; 3. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[19]; 4. 7MM-Mike Maresca[15]; 5. 28F-Alan Fink[8]; 6. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[6]; 7. 24-Jimmy Witko Jr[4]; 8. 18$-Sean Beardsley[18]; 9. 15-Todd Root[5]; 10. 7Z-Zachary Payne[9]; 11. 28-Matt Smith[16]; 12. 38P-Jason Parkhurst[20]; 13. 5-Amy Holland[10]; 14. 99L-Larry Wight[23]; 15. 9X-Tyler Trump[3]; 16. X-Chad Phelps[7]; 17. 28T-Michael Trautschold[22]; 18. 12-Darren Smith[13]; 19. 3-Chris Mackey[25]; 20. 44T-Gordon Smith[21]; 21. 5D-Kyle Devendorf[1]; 22. 30R-Nicholas Root[26]; 23. 44H-Chris Hulsizer[14]; 24. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[17]; 25. 38-Tim Harris[2]; 26. 42H-Max Hill[24]

DIRTcar 358 Modified Feature Bonus (1) $300 (2) $200 (3) $100): 28-Alank Fink, 18s-Sean Beardsley, 38p-Jason Parkhurst

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – B Main Results (12 Laps): 1. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[2]; 2. 38P-Jason Parkhurst[1]; 3. 44T-Gordon Smith[3]; 4. 28T-Michael Trautschold[5]; 5. 99L-Larry Wight[12]; 6. 42H-Max Hill[10]; 7. 3-Chris Mackey[11]; 8. 11-Matt Caprara[8]; 9. 11T-Jeff Taylor[4]; 10. 05-Jesse Morgan[7]; 11. 30R-Nicholas Root[6]; 12. 87X-Tucker Halliday[9]

Cars Entered: 30

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Heat 1 Results (10 Laps): 1. 9X-Tyler Trump[2]; 2. 98H-Jimmy Phelps[6]; 3. 44H-Chris Hulsizer[9]; 4. 12-Darren Smith[8]; 5. 5H-Chris Hile[7]; 6. 28-Matt Smith[4]; 7. 38P-Jason Parkhurst[5]; 8. 11T-Jeff Taylor[3]; 9. 05-Jesse Morgan[10]; 10. 42H-Max Hill[1]

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Heat 2 Results (10 Laps): 1. 5D-Kyle Devendorf[1]; 2. 24-Jimmy Witko Jr[2]; 3. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[3]; 4. 28F-Alan Fink[4]; 5. 7Z-Zachary Payne[5]; 6. 32R-Ronnie Davis III[7]; 7. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[9]; 8. 28T-Michael Trautschold[10]; 9. 11-Matt Caprara[8]; 10. 3-Chris Mackey[6]

Tracey Road DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds – Heat 3 Results (10 Laps): 1. 15-Todd Root[2]; 2. X-Chad Phelps[3]; 3. 5-Amy Holland[5]; 4. 7MM-Mike Maresca[10]; 5. 38-Tim Harris[1]; 6. 18$-Sean Beardsley[4]; 7. 44T-Gordon Smith[9]; 8. 30R-Nicholas Root[8]; 9. 87X-Tucker Halliday[7]; 10. (DNF) 99L-Larry Wight[6] (DNQ) 11- Matt Caprara, 87X – Tucker Halliday, 05 – Morgan Jesse, 11T – Jeff Taylor

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – Feature Results (30 Laps): 1. 38JR-Jason Parkhurst Jr[2]; 2. 18-Gavin Eisele[8]; 3. 0-Tony Finch II[4]; 4. 64-Tyler Corcoran[7]; 5. 4-Emmett Waldron[10]; 6. 38-Zach Sobotka[3]; 7. 6-Cody Manitta[9]; 8. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[17]; 9. 12-Owen Bird[22]; 10. 10G-Austin Germinio[16]; 11. 20K-Kyle Perry[6]; 12. 44-Ryan Barrett[12]; 13. 25-Evan Nugent[11]; 14. 410-Mike Fowler[13]; 15. 711-Nick Ventura[25]; 16. 83-Brett Sears[5]; 17. 54-Sullivan Dickey[30]; 18. 3-Colby Herzog[18]; 19. 10-Trevor Houghton[27]; 20. 17A-Michael Button[14]; 21. 16-Earl Rudy[19]; 22. 7UP-Gary Smith[29]; 23. 32-Joe Trichilo[20]; 24. 92-Frank Sibley[28]; 25. 14-Samuel Groom[24]; 26. 33-Richard Murtaugh[1]; 27. 16X-Savannah Laflair[26]; 28. R1-Riley Rogala[23]; 29. 33JR-Clayton Brewer III[21]; 30. 22A-Avery Decker[15]

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – LCQ 1 Results (10 Laps): 1. 33JR-Clayton Brewer III[1]; 2. R1-Riley Rogala[2]; 3. 711-Nick Ventura[5]; 4. 10-Trevor Houghton[4]; 5. 7UP-Gary Smith[7]; 6. 54-Sullivan Dickey[3]; 7. 48-Kearra Backus[9]; 8. 79-Eric Winsor[6]; 9. (DNF) 18H-Brian Harber[8]

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – LCQ 2 Results (10 Laps): 1. 12-Owen Bird[2]; 2. 14-Samuel Groom[1]; 3. 16X-Savannah Laflair[6]; 4. 92-Frank Sibley[3]; 5. AONE-Bucky Hayes[5]; 6. 78-Stephen Winsor[7]; 7. (DNS) 21-Justin Liechti; 8. (DNS) 10C-Karl Comfort

Cars Entered: 37

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – Heat 1 Results (8 Laps): 1. 38JR-Jason Parkhurst Jr[1]; 2. 0-Tony Finch II[3]; 3. 6-Cody Manitta[4]; 4. 410-Mike Fowler[5]; 5. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[2]; 6. 33JR-Clayton Brewer III[6]; 7. 54-Sullivan Dickey[9]; 8. 711-Nick Ventura[8]; 9. 7UP-Gary Smith[10]; 10. 18H-Brian Harber[7]

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – Heat 2 Results (8 Laps): 1. 18-Gavin Eisele[1]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh[2]; 3. 4-Emmett Waldron[4]; 4. 17A-Michael Button[3]; 5. 3-Colby Herzog[9]; 6. R1-Riley Rogala[5]; 7. 10-Trevor Houghton[6]; 8. 79-Eric Winsor[8]; 9. (DNF) 48-Kearra Backus[7]

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – Heat 3 Results (8 Laps): 1. 20K-Kyle Perry[1]; 2. 83-Brett Sears[3]; 3. 25-Evan Nugent[2]; 4. 22A-Avery Decker[4]; 5. 16-Earl Rudy[7]; 6. 14-Samuel Groom[5]; 7. 92-Frank Sibley[6]; 8. AONE-Bucky Hayes[9]; 9. 78-Stephen Winsor[8]

DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region – Heat 4 Results (8 Laps): 1. 38-Zach Sobotka[1]; 2. 64-Tyler Corcoran[2]; 3. 44-Ryan Barrett[4]; 4. 10G-Austin Germinio[5]; 5. 32-Joe Trichilo[3]; 6. 12-Owen Bird[7]; 7. 21-Justin Liechti[6]; 8. 16X-Savannah Laflair[9]; 9. 10C-Karl Comfort[8]

AmeriCU Credit Union STARS Mod Lites – Feature Results (20 Laps): 1. 10W-Justin Williams[8]; 2. 6J-Joe Isabell[11]; 3. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[5]; 4. 06-Mike Mullen[3]; 5. 2RAD-Jacob Dupra[10]; 6. 80X-Anthony Scott[14]; 7. 55-Joseph Garafolo[6]; 8. 99-Thomas Mackey[7]; 9. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[1]; 10. 8-Kent Chandler[4]; 11. 11X-Jack Lyon[2]; 12. 88Z-Zack Babcock[9]; 13. 24G-Michael Gloska[12]; 14. (DNS) 289-Mike Davis; 15. (DNS) 77X-Ralph Isabella

Cars Entered: 15

AmeriCU Credit Union STARS Mod Lites – Heat 1 Results (6 Laps): 1. 6J-Joe Isabell[8]; 2. 55-Joseph Garafolo[4]; 3. 88Z-Zack Babcock[6]; 4. 99-Thomas Mackey[5]; 5. 11X-Jack Lyon[2]; 6. 8-Kent Chandler[3]; 7. 24G-Michael Gloska[1]; 8. 80X-Anthony Scott[7]

AmeriCU Credit Union STARS Mod Lites – Heat 2 Results (6 Laps): 1. 10W-Justin Williams[5]; 2. 06-Mike Mullen[2]; 3. 2RAD-Jacob Dupra[6]; 4. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[3]; 5. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[1]; 6. (DNF) 289-Mike Davis[4]; 7. (DNF) 77X-Ralph Isabella[7]

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks – Feature Results (15 Laps): 1. 113-Nathan Powers[10]; 2. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[8]; 3. 99-Walt VanEpps[3]; 4. 21V-Corey Valade[11]; 5. 78-Jacob Kimball[9]; 6. 88-Justin Guyle[5]; 7. 10Z-Zak Petrie[6]; 8. 9DB-Dylan Burdick[2]; 9. 5K-Jack Taskey[7]; 10. 25K-Tim Koch[1]; 11. 54X-Steven Burdick[18]; 12. 55-Anthony VanEpps[14]; 13. 3-Jeremy Guyle[13]; 14. 22E-Eric Inman[16]; 15. 53-Anthony Stevens[15]; 16. 06-Maggie Guyle[4]; 17. 22F-Tony Frezzo[12]; 18. (DNS) 27A-Alexandra Parker; 19. (DNS) 759-Bryant Martin; 20. (DNS) 7K-KJ Paro

Cars Entered: 20

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks – Heat 1 Results (6 Laps): 1. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[7]; 2. 99-Walt VanEpps[4]; 3. 10Z-Zak Petrie[10]; 4. 113-Nathan Powers[8]; 5. 88-Justin Guyle[6]; 6. 25K-Tim Koch[1]; 7. 3-Jeremy Guyle[2]; 8. 53-Anthony Stevens[9]; 9. (DNS) 54X-Steven Burdick; 10. (DNS) 759-Bryant Martin

Mirabito DIRTcar Four Cylinder Super Stocks – Heat 2 Results (6 Laps): 1. 5K-Jack Taskey[6]; 2. 06-Maggie Guyle[5]; 3. 78-Jacob Kimball[7]; 4. 22F-Tony Frezzo[9]; 5. 21V-Corey Valade[8]; 6. 9DB-Dylan Burdick[3]; 7. 55-Anthony VanEpps[10]; 8. 22E-Eric Inman[1]; 9. 27A-Alexandra Parker[2]; 10. (DNS) 7K-KJ Paro