WELCOME BACK: DAVEY SAMMONS OUTGUNS PAUCH JR.; CLAIMS FIRST NEW EGYPT VICTORY SINCE 2019
NEW EGYPT, NJ – Welcome Back.
Davey Sammons returned to New Egypt Speedway Victory Lane for the first time since 2019, coming from the 10th starting position to claim the victory.
A late race restart put Billy Pauch Jr. alongside Sammons late in the race, but the Trenton, N.J. driver stared down the challenge to pick up the emotional victory.
“I knew he was going to try and get me on those restarts,” Sammons explained. “I also knew my car was good enough though I was going to make it tough for him.”
This is one of the best racecars I’ve ever driven,” he proclaimed.
With Sammons rolling from 10th, it was Hopewell, N.J.’s D.J. Hunt leading from the drop of the green flag, rolling the outside groove to maintain the advantage.
Sammons wasted no time showing his strength, taking the fourth spot away on lap five, just before the race’s first caution flag.
The ensuing restart gave the driver of his family-owned No. 79 an opportunity he would seize. Sammons raced around Will Dupree for third and then dove underneath Anthony Tramontana, emerging with the runner-up spot coming off turn two.
From there, Sammons and Hunt spent laps six through 16 battling side-by-side for the top spot.
Sammons continued pressuring Hunt on the bottom side, before breaking through and leading the 16th circuit.
Sammons led the rest of the way to pick up the victory, despite the late race restarts with Billy Pauch Jr. and Danny Bouc rounding out the top three after Hunt and Tramontana got tangled up on a restart.
Pauch Jr., of Frenchtown, N.J., settled for the runner-up spot, moving him into second place in the Modified standings. The point leader – Danny Bouc – completed the top three in his Craig and Leslie Pondish owned No. 6.
Phillipsburg, N.J.’s Jack Butler charged from the 18th starting position to claim fourth and Ringoes, N.J.’s Ryan Godown used a late race surge to complete the top five.
Finishing sixth through tenth, respectively, were Jackson, N.J.’s Kevin Borden; Hamilton, N.J.’s Johnny Bangs; Lawrenceville, N.J.’s Wade Hendrickson; East Greenbush, N.Y.’s David Schilling; and South Brunswick Township, N.J.’s Chris Grbac.
In Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS) action, Warminster, Pa.’s D.J. Tanner Jr. went wire-to-wire for his first career Sprint Car win at New Egypt.
Tanner, who grew up in the stands at New Egypt, held off Tuckahoe, N.J.’s Buddy Schweibinz – who won the last MASS race at New Egypt – to earn the crowd-pleasing victory.
Schweibinz settled for the runner-up spot and Pipersville, Pa.’s Brian Carber completed the podium. Jared Kreider and Eddie Wagner rounded out the top five.
Parkertown, N.J.’s Ryan Heim became the first two-time winner for the Swagger Factory Apparel Crate Sportsman division, racing by Mike Butler in the last five laps to pick up the win.
Heim and Butler traded the lead back and forth on three separate occasions in the final 10 laps before Heim ultimately emerged with the top spot to grab the win.
Butler, of Bedminster, N.J., came home second and Pilesgrove Township, N.J.’s Ethan Bill completed the top five. Nick Van Wickle and Pat Wall were the rest of the top five.
Hunter Ploski and Aiden Spencer were the Fastline Performance Rookie winners.
The Xtreme Diesel Performance, LLC. (XDP) feature was won by Tuckerton, N.J.’s Patrick Force.
Force and Wall, N.J.’s Rob Ormsbee battled for the top spot from lap seven to the checkered, with Ormsbee working the top and Force rolling the bottom.
Ultimately, it was Force holding off Ormsbee and taking the victory. Scott Freed, Chris Allen, and Gary Klimeczak rounded out the top five.
New Egypt Speedway returns to competition on Tuesday, July 8 with the rescheduled ‘Dirty Jersey’ featuring the STSS Modified NJ Quality Drywall South Region and STSS Sportsman Belmont’s Garage South Region. The Four Cylinders will also be on the card for the Tuesday night special.
For the July 8 event, pit gates open at 4 p.m. with grandstands unlocking at 5 p.m. Hot laps begin at 6:30 p.m. with racing to follow at 7:15 p.m.
Reserved seating is $35 (https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/2205/tickets/1470567), General Admission is $30 for Adults, $28 for Seniors (65 & up), and $20 for Teens (12-15) and Military w/ID. Kids 11 and Under are admitted FREE.
Pit admission is $45.
New Egypt Speedway is located at 720 Route 539 New Egypt, NJ 08533. To learn more visit newegyptspeedway.net, call 609.758.1900 or like New Egypt Speedway on Facebook.
NORCIA CORPORATION ‘CHRISTMAS IN JULY’ RESULTS SUMMARY – NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY JULY 5, 2025
Modified Feature Quick Results (30 Laps):
1.) DAVEY SAMMONS 2.) Billy Pauch Jr. 3.) Danny Bouc 4.) Jack Butler 5.) Ryan Godown 6.) Kevin Borden 7.) Johnny Bangs 8.) Wade Hendrickson 9.) David Schilling 10.) Chris Grbac 11.) Dakota Kessler 12.) Joseph Brown 13.) Bryan Kuhl 14.) Paul Mancini 15.) Tom Princiotta 16.) Cole Stange 17.) Will Dupree 18.) Jim Housworth 19.) DJ Hunt 20.) Anthony Tramontana 21.) Tanner Van Doren 22.) George Gareis Jr. 23.) Corey Cormier 24.) Dominick Buffalino 25.) Frank Venezia
MASS 305 Feature Quick Results (25 Laps):
1.) DJ TANNER 2.) Buddy Schweibinz 3.) Brian Carber 4.) Jared Kreider 5.) Eddie Wagner 6.) Bob DeVault 7.) Andrew Turpin 8.) Troy Betts 9.) Kevin Nagy 10.) Mark Bitner 11.) Jeff Paulson 12.) Dave Brown 13.) Larry McVay 14.) Shelby Kelly 15.) Aidan Borden 16.) Kenny Laureno 17.) Jason Dunn 18.) Tim Tanner Jr. 19.) Dale Eggert 20.) Mark Connoly
Swagger Factory Apparel Crate Sportsman Feature (25 Laps):
1.) RYAN HEIM 2.) Mike Butler 3.) Ethan Bill 4.) Nick Van Wickle 5.) Pat Wall 6.) Steve Davis 7.) Dan Fleming 8.) Will Protinick 9.) Mike Toth 10.) James Blewett 11.) Matt Ellery 12.) Steve Puglisi 13.) Glenn McIntyre 14.) John Scarpati 15.) Robert Tete 16.) John Norcia 17.) Tom Klimkowski 18.) Shawn Cook 19.) Zac Cook 20.) Lexi Wilson 21.) David Miloszar Jr. 22.) Ryan Simmons 23.) Joe Nappi 24.) Hunter Ploski
Did Not Start: Chris Bergstrom, Aiden Spencer, Dylan Morris,
XDP Street Stock Feature Quick Results (15 Laps):
1.) PATRICK FORCE 2.) Rob Ormsbee 3.) Scott Freed 4.) Chris Allen Sr. 5.) Gary Klimezak 6.) John Carpenter 7.) Doug Ashford 8.) Brian Ludwig 9.) Geoff Handel 10.) Darren Cox
DNS: Shane Grosso
Fastline Performance Rookie Feature #1 Quick Results (8 Laps):
1.) HUNTER PLOSKI 2.) Aiden Spencer 3.) Chris Bergstrom
Fastline Performance Rookie Feature #2 (8 Laps):
1.) AIDEN SPENCER 2.) Hunter Ploski 3.) Chris Bergstrom
