WEEDSPORT, NY (October 19, 2026) – Weedsport Kartway saw its largest turnout of the 2026 season for Sunday’s James Shutts Memorial and at the end of the day it was Dan Marsden snagging the top prize of $1,022 as the PRO Clone 390 James Shutts Memorial champion.
The victory came in Marsden’s first attempt in the JSM and marked his 12th career triumph at the Weedsport oval.
Weedsport’s winningest driver, Seth Whitney, claimed the Precision Racing Products $100 pole award for the 44-lap main event, with Dylan Clemons and Parker Allen starting just behind. Clemons and Allen would each earn $50 from Wallace Racing Promotions as the second and third fastest qualifiers during the afternoon.
Whitney would speed off into the lead in the race’s first segment, which would run 22-laps. The first half of the race saw several cautions, which shuffled the race order on numerous occasions.
The early cautions aided PRO Clone 375 winner, Nick McGill, in making his bid to the front. McGill drove from 11th on the starting grid to second in the first 22-laps, chasing Whitney across the line, as he earned $222 from Dan Kapuscinski Motorsports Promotions as the halfway leader.
Whitney and McGill led fourth starting Marsden, Dylan Begy, Maxwell Bourdeau and Jamie Shutts in the front six positions at lap 22. Those six positions were crucial, as during the halfway break those drivers would perform the race’s customary redraw to see how they would realign for the final 22-lap run to the finish.
The redraw would significantly shuffle the deck as Marsden would draw the pole position ahead of Begy, Shutts, McGill, Whitney and Bourdeau. As the race went back to green John Palmieri, Mike Seefeldt, Kayle Tiffany and Seth Perrin would fill the front ten positions.
Unlike the first segment, the second segment flew to the finish with Marsden well in control. Whitney, who restarted fifth after leading the first 22-laps of the race, did his best in a charge back to the runner-up position, but it was too little, too late.
Marsden would race away by 1.2-seconds over Whitney, Begy, Shutts, Bourdeau, McGill, Palmieri, Perrin, Adam Kouk and Parker Allen.
Perrin claimed $50 from Keister Kart Products as the race’s Hard Charger, while Wes Alfred was awarded $50 as the Hard Luck recipient from Tyler Tech.
McGill also earned an extra $50 as the Highest Finishing Super Heavy Driver, from Keister Kart Products.
McGill also tacked on an extra $500 earlier in the day as the winner of PRO Clone 375 over Marsden and Whitney.
Other PRO winners on the afternoon included Clark McGruder in PRO Green, Mason Sharts in PRO Purple and Kaleb Kiah in PRO Blue.
Points division winners on Sunday were Bryce Bartlett in Jr. Red, Owen Alger in Jr. Green, Sharts in Jr. Purple, Kiah in Jr. Blue, Begy in Clone Light and Whitney in Clone Heavy.
Maverick Bassett was the day’s Rookie Red winner.
At the end of the day track champions were also crowned with Julian Gamble (Red), Alger (Green), Sharts (Purple), Kiah (Blue) and Whitney all earning track titles.
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Octoberfest/James Shutts Memorial
Weedsport Kartway
Sunday, October 18
RESULTS:
PRO Clone 390 (44-laps): 1. 81 – DAN MARSDEN ($1,022), 2. 505 – Seth Whitney ($700), 3. 10R – Dylan Begy ($400), 4. 33 – Jamie Shutts ($300), 5. 318 – Maxwell Bourdeau ($200), 6. 13 – Nick McGill ($150), 7. 27J – John Palmieri ($150), 8. 01 – Seth Perrin ($150), 9. 340 – Adam Kouk ($150), 10. 20 – Parker Allen ($125), 11. 3 – Kayle Tiffany ($125), 12. 23 – Dylan Clemons ($125), 13. 12R – Mike Seefeldt ($125), 14. 46 – Ashton Marsden ($125), 15. 1 – Trent Curtis ($125), 16. 66W – Brock Waite ($110), 17. 37 – Nick Fierle ($100), 18. 68 – Wes Alfred ($100), 19. 28T – Scott Thomas ($100), 20. 41 – Pat Fierle ($100)
DKMP Halfway Leader: Seth Whitney ($222)
PRP Fast Time: Seth Whitney ($100)
WRP 2nd Fast Time: Dylan Clemons ($50)
WRP 3rd Fast Time: Parker Allen ($50)
KKP Hard Charger: Seth Perrin ($50)
KKP Highest Finishing Super Heavy: Nick McGill ($50)
Tyler Tech Hard Luck: Wes Alfred ($50)
Get Hooked Clutch Winner: Brock Waite
Burris Racing Tire Prize Package Winner: Seth Perrin
KKP $50 Certificate Winner: Parker Allen
KKP $50 Certificate Winner: Maxwell Bourdeau
PRO Clone 375 (30-laps): 1. 13 – NICK MCGILL ($500), 2. 81 – Dan Marsden, 3. 505 – Seth Whitney, 4. 318 – Maxwell Bourdeau, 5. 20 – Parker Allen, 6. 12 – Jack Smith, 7. 01 – Seth Perrin, 8. 1 – Trent Curtis, 9. 98S – Savannah Simmons, 10. 55 – Devin McGill, 11. 9 – Chase Richner, 12. 46 – Ashton Marsden, 13. 3 – Kayle Tiffany, 14. 23 – Dylan Clemons, 15. 12R – Mike Seefeldt, 16. 10R – Dylan Begy
PRO Green Clone (20-laps): 1. 21 – CLARK MCGRUDER ($100), 2. 35 – Owen Alger, 3. 33 – Nolan Schroy, 4. 6 – Michael Kapuscinski, 5. 88 – Maximus Wallace, 6. 7F – Grant Fox, 7. 742 – Tanner Vanderwall
PRO Purple Clone (20-laps): 1. 10 – MASON SHARTS ($100), 2. F10 – Kori Froman, 3. 3 – Jackson Knight, 4. 08 – Mason Kiah, 5. 98 – Mason Simmons, 6. 93NY – Braden Pelkey, 7. 99 – Rory Yaw, 8. 07 – Boden Lucas
PRO Blue Clone (20-laps): 1. 08 – KALEB KIAH ($100), 2. 114 – Landon Levey
Jr. Red Clone (20-laps): 1. 93 – BRYCE BARTLETT, 2. 7G – Julian Gamble, 3. 51 – Evan Sauder, 4. 4 – Brantley Waldron, 5. 22 – Austin Shutts
Jr. Green Clone (20-laps): 1. 35 – OWEN ALGER, 2. 88 – Maximus Wallace, 3. 33 – Nolan Schroy, 4. 96X – Brantley Smith, 5. 21 – Clark McGruder, 6. 6 – Michael Kapuscinski, 7. 7F – Grant Fox, 8. 30X – Jasper Bassett, 9. 724 – Tanner Vanderwall, 10. 55 – Kinsley Tooker
Jr. Purple Clone (20-laps): 1. 10 – MASON SHARTS, 2. 08 – Mason Kiah, 3. F10 – Kori Froman, 4. 3 – Jackson Knight, 5. 101 – August Bassett, 6. 93NY – Braden Pelkey, 7. 98 – Mason Simmons, 8. 99 – Rory Yaw, 9. 07 – Boden Lucas, 10. 15 – Ethan St. Martin
Jr. Blue Clone (20-laps): 1. 08 – KALEB KIAH, 2. 7W – Harper Waite, 3. 114 – Landon Levey, 4. 96X – Dodge Smith
Clone Light (25-laps): 1. 10R – DYLAN BEGY, 2. 505 – Seth Whitney, 3. 131 – Jordan Hill, 4. 9 – Chase Richner, 5. 87 – Brian Stowell, 6. 340 – Adam Kouk, 7. 46 – Ashton Marsden, 8. 55 – Devin McGill, 9. 98S – Savannah Simmons, 10. 38K – Kylie VanDyne
Clone Heavy (25-laps): 1. 505 – SETH WHITNEY, 2. 10R – Dylan Begy, 3. 81 – Dan Marsden, 4. 13 – Nick McGill, 5. 318 – Maxwell Bourdeau, 6. 20 – Parker Allen, 7. 28T – Scott Thomas, 8. 9 – Chase Richner, 9. 12 – Jack Smith, 10. 3 – Kayle Tiffany, 11. 23 – Dylan Clemons, 12. 27J – John Palmieri, 13. 37 – Nick Fierle, 14. 68 – Wes Alfred, 15. 1 – Trent Curtis, 16. 12R – Mike Seefeldt, 17. 41 – Pat Fierle, 18. 340 – Adam Kouk, 19. 01 – Seth Perrin
Rookie Red Clone (10-laps): 1. 15 – MAVERICK BASSETT, 2. 08 – Emory Kiah, 3. 1 – Lucas Papin, 4. 6 – Nolan Shutts, 5. 42G – Grayson Neal
About Weedsport Speedway: Officially opened for the first time on July 24, 1955 – the Weedsport Speedway 3/8 mile dirt oval has produced a legendary list of drivers and champions including Will Cagle, Danny Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Alan Johnson, Jack Johnson, and Dave Lape to name a few. In 2018, Weedsport introduced the all-new Weedsport Kartway, just outside of the Speedway’s main pit area, to begin to foster the next generation of racers, crew members and race fans. Couple the racing with state-of-the-art camping and track amenities, unmatched on-site television production capabilities, plus the ability for large scale concert productions and Weedsport is one of the marquee entertainment venues in the country.