{"id":190320,"date":"2025-09-01T00:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/190320\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T00:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:06:13","slug":"late-pit-stop-propels-ron-silk-to-third-oswego-speedway-victory-short-track-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/190320\/","title":{"rendered":"Late pit stop propels Ron Silk to third Oswego Speedway victory \u2013 Short Track Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite now being a part-time competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Ron Silk now has more victories than any other driver on the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time champion earned his third checkered flag of the year at Oswego Speedway on Saturday evening after cycling to the front after a sequence of late pit stops. The triumph was Silk\u2019s third at Oswego and 29th overall with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, moving him into sole possession of eighth on the all-time win list.<\/p>\n<p>With Matt Hirschman dominating the opening 100 laps of the Toyota Mod Classic 150, Silk knew the inevitable pit stops would prove pivotal. Silk successfully capitalized when he opted to make two pit stops to for a total of three tires, a decision that allowed him to add a third Oswego win to his stellar resume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were a little bit tight that whole first run,\u201d Silk said. \u201cOur car was good, but I figured there probably wasn\u2019t going to be another yellow, so we needed to take as many tires as we could. My guys had a great stop and got us out first of all the guys that took three [tires].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ever since returning to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule in 2016, Oswego has been one of Silk\u2019s best tracks.<\/p>\n<p>In seven prior Oswego starts, Silk\u2019s only finish outside the top 10 came in 2022. Silk secured his first Oswego victory in 2021 after a dominant performance that saw him lead 111 laps in Kevin Stuart\u2019s No. 85 Modified. Two years later, Silk was back in Oswego\u2019s Victory Lane, this time with his current team, Haydt-Yannone Racing.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike his first two Oswego wins, Silk needed to exercise patience around the Steel Palace on Saturday evening. Passing proved to be at a premium throughout the event, which initially forced Silk to follow in Hirschman\u2019s tire tracks as he waited for the right opportunity to get his Modified in clean air.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Catalano\u2019s spin with less than 50 laps remaining brought the field down to pit lane for what would be the only round of pit stops. After his Haydt-Yannone pit crew got him the track position he needed, it only took Silk a few laps for him to overtake Austin Beers and pull away from the field with no resistance behind him.<\/p>\n<p>The closest challenger to Silk in the Toyota Mod Classic\u2019s final moments was Craig Lutz, who built off the momentum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2025\/08\/15\/craig-lutz-modified-tour-richmond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">from his Richmond Raceway victory<\/a> to finish second. Although he did not have enough time to chase down Silk, Lutz was thrilled to see his team\u2019s hard work pay off with another solid result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a really solid car,\u201d Lutz said. \u201cThe guys had an awesome pit stop, so it put us in contention. We fired off a little tighter than we needed to for that first run. The last two races have really turned the momentum around, so I can\u2019t thank everyone enough who gets the car here. All in all, an awesome effort by us, but we just came up a little bit short.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The time Silk has spent away from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour has not disrupted four years of chemistry he has carefully curated with Haydt-Yannone. That cohesion is what gave Silk confidence in his pit crew to execute a perfect pit stop and give him the opening he needed to finish the job on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone on my team did a fantastic job all day,\u201d Silk said. \u201cThe pit crew won us the race and got us the track position. It\u2019s pretty tough to pass [at Oswego], so I want to thank all the guys who volunteer their time to come do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emerling followed Silk and Lutz home in the third position, with Beers and Hirschman rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Lutz, Stephen Kopcik, Kyle Bonsignore, Trevor Catalano and Justin Bonsignore were the rest of the top 10 finishers.<\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be back in action next weekend with the series\u2019 second and last visit of the season to Riverhead Raceway. The green flag for the Eddie Partridge 256 will wave at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday evening, with FloRacing providing live coverage of all the on-track action.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Pos.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sponsor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Laps<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Diff.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Ron Silk<\/td>\n<td>Blue Mountain Machine\/Future Homes<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>Craig Lutz<\/td>\n<td>Riverhead Building Supply<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>0.817<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Patrick Emerling<\/td>\n<td>Middlesex Interiors\/Fleetworks Inc.<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>1.852<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>Austin Beers<\/td>\n<td>G&amp;G Eletric Supply\/Dell Electric\/Fastrack Electric\/Lumiere Electrical\/Andrew James Int\/AP Marquadt &amp;<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>2.079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>Matt Hirschman<\/td>\n<td>PeeDee Motorsports<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>2.358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Jake Lutz*<\/td>\n<td>Advantage Trucks\/Washtronics\/Anastasi Trucking<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>2.668<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Stephen Kopcik*<\/td>\n<td>Newtown Pools\/Wanick Construction<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>6.815<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Kyle Bonsignore<\/td>\n<td>MTT\/ChaLew Performance\/Munns Auto<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>8.155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<td>Trevor Catalano<\/td>\n<td>USNE Power<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>10.192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>Justin Bonsignore<\/td>\n<td>Phoenix Communications Inc<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>10.938<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Tyler Rypkema<\/td>\n<td>USNE Power\/SYP\/Northeast Drilling<\/td>\n<td>149<\/td>\n<td>1 Lap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<td>Michael Christopher Jr*<\/td>\n<td>Curb Records\/Mohawk Northeast<\/td>\n<td>149<\/td>\n<td>1 Lap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Andy Lewis Jr*<\/td>\n<td>USNE Midwest Operations\/Eighty-Two Services<\/td>\n<td>149<\/td>\n<td>1 Lap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Ken Heagy<\/td>\n<td>Hunter Mechanical<\/td>\n<td>140<\/td>\n<td>10 Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Brian Sones*<\/td>\n<td>DW Machine &amp; Fabricating Co.\/Bergen Industries<\/td>\n<td>113<\/td>\n<td>37 Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>Tommy Catalano<\/td>\n<td>FX Caprara<\/td>\n<td>110<\/td>\n<td>40 Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>Tyler Catalano<\/td>\n<td>Catalano Motorsports<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>108 Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite now being a part-time competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Ron Silk now has more victories&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":190321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-190320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115126126963707094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}