Blair Sweeps Fall Brawl Weekend With Another Chapter of His Rivalry with Hess; Boardman, Johnson, Brewer, Huffman, and Warner All Pick Up Fall Brawl Wins

September 13, 2025 | by Daniel Nelligan - Tri State Racing News

Max Blair Sweeps Fall Brawl with $10,018 Super Late Win

BUSTI, NY. (September 13, 2025)—It was time to race for the final time in the 2025 oval season at Stateline Speedway with the finale of the Fall Brawl, and while fireworks lit up the September sky, the real sparks flew on track. A packed slate saw heat-race qualifiers from Friday return for feature events, joined by full programs for the Super Late Models, Challengers, and the EconoMod Mania Tour.

At the center of it all was Max Blair, who cemented his status as the weekend’s undisputed star. In the $10,000-to-win Super Late Model feature, Blair once again found himself locked in battle with rival Dave Hess Jr. The two swapped the lead multiple times in heavy traffic, Hess showing strength on the long runs while Blair excelled on restarts. One final short sprint sealed it, with Blair powering ahead to complete the sweep after also winning the RUSH Late Model feature earlier in the night. With that, Blair claimed victory in every Late Model feature across the two-day showcase.
The EconoMod Mania Tour provided its own drama as Dennis Lunger Jr. looked ready to repeat past success, carrying heat race momentum into the feature. Garrett Calvert also set the tone with a heat win, but when the money was on the line it was Brendan “Boo” Warner who rose to the occasion. Outdueling his longtime mentor Lunger in the late stages, Warner pulled away to extend his series points lead.

In Pro Stock action, John Boardman capped his year with a statement drive, holding off Chris Withers and Matt Sampson, who were slicing through the field.

The Challenger feature delivered its share of heartbreak as Dennis Harrison led much of the race before contact with a lapped car handed the advantage to Brandon Huffman, who seized the opening and scored the win. Chris Skobjak impressed with a charge of 10 spots to finish deep inside the top 10, while Noah Zimmerman added his name to the conversation with a strong fourth-place run against the class’s best.

Veteran Al Brewer dominated the RUSH Pro Mod feature, showing his experience on the slick Busti surface to return to victory lane.
And in the Open Modifieds, it was Troy Johnson ending his season in style, holding off a persistent Mike McGee and Greg Johnson to lock down the finale.

Super Late Models

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 111-Max Blair[4]; 2. 44-Dave Hess Jr[1]; 3. 9K-Mike Knight[3]; 4. 555-Brock Pinkerous[2]; 5. 22B-Darrell Bossard[5]; 6. 10-Jared Miley[6]; 7. 22-Greg Oakes[10]; 8. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[8]; 9. 0S-Ryan Scott[16]; 10. 29J-Jason Genco[12]; 11. 19-Bob Dorman[17]; 12. 12B-Andy Boozel[9]; 13. D1-Brandon Debrakeleer[15]; 14. 5L-Jon Lee[7]; 15. 1-Wendell Pinckney[25]; 16. 20-Nicholas Eck[14]; 17. 7J-Kyle Bedell[11]; 18. B22-Bump Hedman[24]; 19. 14R-Tanner Ramsey[22]; 20. 03-Doug Eck[18]; 21. 76-Steve Kania[13]; 22. 97-Kevin Smith[23]; 23. 4*-Douglas Eck[19]; 24. 9-Breyton Santee[20]; 25. 16-Justin Carlson[21]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Justin Carlson[5]; 2. 14R-Tanner Ramsey[2]; 3. 97-Kevin Smith[4]; 4. B22-Bump Hedman[3]; 5. 32-Wesley McCray[7]; 6. 1-Wendell Pinckney[6]; 7. 03S-Chevy Scott[8]; 8. 96-Michael Smith[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 111-Max Blair[1]; 2. 22B-Darrell Bossard[2]; 3. 12B-Andy Boozel[3]; 4. 76-Steve Kania[4]; 5. 19-Bob Dorman[6]; 6. 96-Michael Smith[7]; 7. 16-Justin Carlson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 555-Brock Pinkerous[2]; 2. 5L-Jon Lee[1]; 3. 22-Greg Oakes[3]; 4. 20-Nicholas Eck[6]; 5. 03-Doug Eck[5]; 6. 14R-Tanner Ramsey[7]; 7. 1-Wendell Pinckney[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Dave Hess Jr[1]; 2. 10-Jared Miley[3]; 3. 7J-Kyle Bedell[2]; 4. D1-Brandon Debrakeleer[4]; 5. 4*-Douglas Eck[5]; 6. B22-Bump Hedman[6]; 7. 32-Wesley McCray[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Mike Knight[1]; 2. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[2]; 3. 29J-Jason Genco[3]; 4. 0S-Ryan Scott[5]; 5. 9-Breyton Santee[6]; 6. 97-Kevin Smith[4]; 7. 03S-Chevy Scott[7]

Qualifying 1: 1. 111-Max Blair, 00:17.086[2]; 2. 5L-Jon Lee, 00:17.101[12]; 3. 44-Dave Hess Jr, 00:17.199[3]; 4. 9K-Mike Knight, 00:17.361[17]; 5. 22B-Darrell Bossard, 00:17.370[10]; 6. 555-Brock Pinkerous, 00:17.423[20]; 7. 7J-Kyle Bedell, 00:17.445[22]; 8. 12M-Ryan Montgomery, 00:17.480[25]; 9. 12B-Andy Boozel, 00:17.502[4]; 10. 22-Greg Oakes, 00:17.511[8]; 11. 10-Jared Miley, 00:17.545[27]; 12. 29J-Jason Genco, 00:17.565[9]; 13. 76-Steve Kania, 00:17.661[1]; 14. 1-Wendell Pinckney, 00:17.676[5]; 15. D1-Brandon Debrakeleer, 00:17.720[14]; 16. 97-Kevin Smith, 00:17.842[6]; 17. 16-Justin Carlson, 00:17.843[13]; 18. 03-Doug Eck, 00:17.844[15]; 19. 4*-Douglas Eck, 00:17.879[21]; 20. 0S-Ryan Scott, 00:17.918[24]; 21. 19-Bob Dorman, 00:18.008[7]; 22. 20-Nicholas Eck, 00:18.011[23]; 23. B22-Bump Hedman, 00:18.015[26]; 24. 9-Breyton Santee, 00:18.036[28]; 25. 96-Michael Smith, 00:18.086[16]; 26. 14R-Tanner Ramsey, 00:18.105[19]; 27. 32-Wesley McCray, 00:18.372[18]; 28. 03S-Chevy Scott, 00:18.865[11]

28 entries

RUSH Late Models

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 114-Max Blair[2]; 2. 9-Breyton Santee[1]; 3. 5G-Scott Gurdak[4]; 4. 4S-Jake Wilber[5]; 5. 29J-Jason Genco[3]; 6. 2-David Parker[6]; 7. 6-Darrell Bossard[8]; 8. 11JR-William Pinckney[12]; 9. 23-Rob Middleton Jr[9]; 10. 65-Jeremy Keesler[11]; 11. Y26-Gary Youngs[13]; 12. 2A-Austin Fitzgerald[14]; 13. 45-Chad Clement[18]; 14. 49-John Haggerty[15]; 15. 83-DJ Krug[10]; 16. 87K-Randy Hall[7]; 17. 432-Hunter Proctor[17]; 18. 61S-Ward Schell[16]

17 entries

Open Modifieds

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 2J-Troy Johnson[2]; 2. 11M-Michael McGee[5]; 3. 05-Greg Johnson[1]; 4. 3-Wyatt Scott[6]; 5. 71-Al Brewer[8]; 6. 17X-Richard Michael Jr[4]; 7. 14R-Chad Ramsey[9]; 8. 55S-Butch Southwell[3]; 9. 68-Andrew Hammond[11]; 10. 5B-Andrew Beatman[13]; 11. 71L-Dennis Lunger Jr[17]; 12. 61M-Brian Mohawk[15]; 13. 39-Dave Lanphere[14]; 14. N5O-Christopher DePonceau[10]; 15. 17W-James Irwin[12]; 16. 69-Bryon Johnson[16]; 17. 105-Zach Johnson[7]

10 entries

RUSH Pro Modifieds

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Al Brewer[1]; 2. 78-Nick Arnold[2]; 3. 15-Derek Austin[7]; 4. 1W-Josh Wilcox[4]; 5. 22T-Tyler Oakes[5]; 6. 55-Paul Nelson II[8]; 7. 15P-Adam Peterson[3]; 8. 10-Trenton Curry[9]; 9. 48-Cody VanGuilder[6]; 10. F4-Greg Marsh[10]

10 entries

Pro Stock

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 777-John Boardman[1]; 2. 21W-Chris Withers[7]; 3. 17-Matt Sampson[10]; 4. 5B-Jason Black[4]; 5. F12-Gary Fisher[8]; 6. 31-Nick Robie[3]; 7. 124-Rodney Thoms[2]; 8. 157-Tyler Rendell[6]; 9. 02-Grant Richard[9]; 10. (DNS) 28-Brian Wilson

17 entries

Challengers (Mini Stocks)

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 34H-Brandon Huffman[1]; 2. V53-Peter Volpe[5]; 3. B17-John Mease[7]; 4. 22Z-Noah Zimmerman[9]; 5. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[2]; 6. 29-Chris Skobjak[16]; 7. 4X-Nick Brown[6]; 8. 5S-Will Schmid[8]; 9. 42H-Dennis Harrison[3]; 10. M20-David Moller[13]; 11. 27P-Natalya Powell[11]; 12. 27-Kayla York[10]; 13. 63T-Jon Tanner[15]; 14. 42-Phillip Powell[4]; 15. 10B-Adam Brisky[17]; 16. 17A-Aaron Restivo[12]; 17. (DNS) 27L-Marc Luce

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4X-Nick Brown[9]; 2. 42-Phillip Powell[2]; 3. 234H-Billi Jo Huffman[5]; 4. B17-John Mease[7]; 5. 22Z-Noah Zimmerman[3]; 6. 27P-Natalya Powell[6]; 7. M20-David Moller[8]; 8. 63T-Jon Tanner[1]; 9. 10B-Adam Brisky[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. V53-Peter Volpe[1]; 2. 42H-Dennis Harrison[3]; 3. 34H-Brandon Huffman[4]; 4. 5S-Will Schmid[5]; 5. 27-Kayla York[6]; 6. 17A-Aaron Restivo[2]; 7. 27L-Marc Luce[7]; 8. 29-Chris Skobjak[8]
14 entries

Economod Mania Tour

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12*-Brendan Warner[1]; 2. 71L-Dennis Lunger Jr[3]; 3. 99E-Zack Eller[4]; 4. 12C-Garrett Calvert[2]; 5. 27-Jarrett Young[6]; 6. 7-Coleton Longwell[8]; 7. 6-Dave Shagla Jr[7]; 8. 38-Bryson Hill[5]; 9. 26X-Carter Bidwell[9]; 10. 47S-Gary Sullivan[10]; 11. 9G-Arianna Samuelson[11]; 12. 19-Carl McKinney[13]; 13. 27K-Gerry Kielar[14]; 14. 7J-Jeff Longwell[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71L-Dennis Lunger Jr[4]; 2. 99E-Zack Eller[6]; 3. 38-Bryson Hill[1]; 4. 6-Dave Shagla Jr[5]; 5. 26X-Carter Bidwell[3]; 6. 9G-Arianna Samuelson[2]; 7. (DNS) 7J-Jeff Longwell

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12C-Garrett Calvert[3]; 2. 12*-Brendan Warner[1]; 3. 27-Jarrett Young[5]; 4. 7-Coleton Longwell[4]; 5. 47S-Gary Sullivan[2]; 6. 27K-Gerry Kielar[7]; 7. 19-Carl McKinney[6]