Bobby Hackel IV Takes Late Lead for Third Annual Monster Bash Modified Victory

CENTER LISLE, NY – The final night of the 3rd Annual Monster Bash on the Mountain saw seventh-starting Bobby Hackel IV take the lead in the closing laps to claim the 40-lap Stafursky Paving Modified feature event. In the Speedsport1 Sportsman division, Tony Finch raced from his sixth starting position to take the win. The Ed and Jan Billings Classic, supported by 71 Speed and Design, saw 12th-starting Edward Sites claim the victory. In the Sunshine State Showdown 600cc Modified feature, Jared Green claimed the victory in the nightcap event.

On a sun-splashed fall afternoon, 145 cars came to Thunder Mountain Speedway to compete, with the Modified feature concluding just before 5:00 p.m.

Hackel, of East Greenbush, NY, passed race-long leader Matt Smith on lap 38 to claim the victory. Third place went to eighth-starting Dan Creeden, with Brandon Loucks and Willy Decker rounding out the top five in the $4,000-to-win Stafursky Paving Modified feature event.

Sixth-starting Tony Finch II, of Pennellville, NY, raced from his starting position to claim the $2,000 victory. Finishing in second was Derrick McGrew Jr. Chris Darling was third, with Dylan Piersall in fourth. 23rd-starting Cody Manitta rounded out the top five.

The Ed and Jan Billings Classic for the NY-Penn IMCA Modifieds saw 12th-starting Edward Sites, of Monroeville, PA, claim the $3,016 victory, the richest race for IMCA Modifieds in the Northeast. Finishing in second was Rodney Morgan, with Matt Roberts in third. Jake Ingham was fourth, with Myron DeYoung rounding out the top five.

Following Green across the finish line in the 600cc Modified feature were Justin LaDue, Tyler Talada, Dustin Zimmer and David Hackett, rounding out the top five.

Jack Miller made all the right moves to win the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series Modified feature. Merv Blackwell captured the Sportsman Division feature. Martt Sargen took the Mystique division win. It was Chris Pedro in the Antique division.
Special thanks go to all the sponsors who assisted in making the 3rd Annual Monster Bash on the Mountain a success: Stafursky Paving, Speedsport1, Eagle Ridge Construction, J Gordon Contracting, Patriot Tank Lines, Graydon Excavation, Northeast Racing Expo, the Mallett Family, Showdown in the Sunshine State, DTD TV, Smith Site Development, Bill Brown and Company, the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series, and all those who purchased Monster Cash for the Monster Bash tickets.

This will conclude the 2025 season at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Please pay attention to social media for information pertaining to the 2026 Thunder Mountain Speedway banquet and news about the 2027 season.

Thunder Mountain Speedway is located at 91 Hunts Corner Road, Center Lisle, NY. It is approximately one hour south of Syracuse, NY, and 30 minutes north of Binghamton, NY. More information can be found on the Monster Bash on the Mountain page at thundermtnspeedway.net. Contact the speedway via email at thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com or call 607-849-7889.

RACE RESULTS 10/31/26

Stafursky Paving Modified A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 97IV-Bobby Hackel IV[7]; 2. 28S-Matt Smith[1]; 3. 16X-Dan Creeden[8]; 4. 23-Brandon Loucks[2]; 5. 1X-Willy Decker[6]; 6. 28-Alan Fink[13]; 7. 4-Billy VanInwegen Jr[23]; 8. 82S-Will Shields[19]; 9. 19-Tommy Collins[3]; 10. 57H-Remington Hamm[21]; 11. 18$-Sean Beardsley[17]; 12. 6H-JR Hurlburt[12]; 13. 14-Coleman Gulick[20]; 14. 27K-Brett Tonkin[22]; 15. 44W-Shannon Whaley[15]; 16. 11X-Eric Leet[24]; 17. 79-Eric Winsor[14]; 18. 34F-Wyatt Frink[27]; 19. (DNF) 22-Noah Walker[25]; 20. (DNF) 71-Jimmy Zacharias[5]; 21. (DNF) 98-Rocky Warner[10]; 22. (DNF) 1H-Travis Green[16]; 23. (DNF) 284-Jamie Kamrowski[11]; 24. (DNF) 99-Jordan Millard[9]; 25. (DNF) 44-Ryan Barrett[4]; 26. (DNF) 4D-Marc Goodwin[18]; 27. (DNF) 08-Rich Talada[26]

Heats – Tommy Collins, Matt Smith, Dan Creeden Consi Remington Hamm – Last Call Noah Walker

Speedsport1 Sportsman A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 0-Tony Finch II[6]; 2. 26-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[2]; 3. 714-Chris Darling[1]; 4. 30-Dylan Piersall[5]; 5. 6-Cody Manitta[23]; 6. 1-Cody Jackson[13]; 7. 313-Cam Van Zandt[24]; 8. 56B-Mike Nagel Jr[26]; 9. 121-Chris Clemens[4]; 10. 28$-Brian Harber[7]; 11. 39B-Matt Brewer[27]; 12. 7-Chance Spoonhower Jr[20]; 13. 56-Ayden Goodier[25]; 14. (DNF) M-Kyle Smith[3]; 15. (DNF) 607-Jared Green[8]; 16. (DNF) 56G-Devon Green[11]; 17. (DNF) 78-Michael Roach[15]; 18. (DNF) 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[12]; 19. (DNF) 40X-Tim Halsey[22]; 20. (DNF) 3T-Thor Holmgren[17]; 21. (DNF) 29-Cooper Iannon[19]; 22. (DNF) 48-Luke Powell[9]; 23. (DNF) 9T-Todd Titus[16]; 24. (DNF) 13K-Trevor Dudley[21]; 25. (DNF) B17-Randy Brokaw[10]; 26. (DNF) 9-Joe Toth[14]; 27. (DNF) 54D-Sullivan Dickey[18]

Heats – Luke Powell, Rondy Brokaw, Chris Darling, Dylan Piersal Consi – Cody Manitta, Cam Van Zandt

Ed and Jan Billings Classic NY Penn IMCA A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 15-Edward Sites[12]; 2. 37-Rodney Morgan[9]; 3. 613-Matt Roberts[2]; 4. 943-Jakub Ingham[5]; 5. 7D-Myron DeYoung[8]; 6. 23-Tyler Stoddard[4]; 7. 5B-Aaron Benjamin[6]; 8. 27-Jason Butler[10]; 9. 00W-Hunter Williams[19]; 10. 115-Brad Sites[18]; 11. 33A-AJ Hunsinger[14]; 12. 10W-Michael Wilcox Jr[13]; 13. 76-Brad Smith[17]; 14. 7*-Shawn Bruce[16]; 15. 7B-Tyler Belcher[11]; 16. (DNF) 9-Gaege Higley[3]; 17. (DNF) 18D-David McDaniel[1]; 18. (DNF) 34-Doug Stack SR[15]; 19. (DNF) M64-Charlie Fulton[7]

Heats – Gaege Higley, Aaron Benjamin, Matt Roberts Dash McDaniel.

Sunshine State Showdown 600cc Modified A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 35-Jared Green[4]; 2. 99L-Justin LaDue[1]; 3. 80-Tyler Talada[7]; 4. 95X-Dustin Zimmer[2]; 5. 04X-David Hackett[6]; 6. 28-Samuel Hubbard[9]; 7. 49-Casey Doll[13]; 8. 04D-Anthony Desimone[3]; 9. 7-Thomas Hammond[10]; 10. 53JR-Aiden Miller[8]; 11. 56-Dewain Talada[12]; 12. 71-Liam Zacharias[19]; 13. 95-Jacob Waibel[16]; 14. 22P-Ryan David Kadaronak[15]; 15. 8-Doug Windhausen[20]; 16. 38S-Shawn Dunn[5]; 17. 29A-Ajay Tuttle[11]; 18. 87-Logan Ladue[18]; 19. 11-Ryan Nolan[21]; 20. 14-Marty Eaves[17]; 21. (DNF) 52M-Maddox Russell[14]; 22. (DNS) 52-Nick Johnson
Heats – Tyler Talada, Anthony Desimone, Samuel Hubbard