Chase Pinsonneault notched his second career JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour victory on Saturday, winning the Diversified Excavating 125 at Flat Rock Speedway.
Pinsonneault pulled out front after Justin Schroeder spun on a late restart, opening the door for his first win with the series in 2025. On a long, hot day at Flat Rock, stamina was the name of the game. The Canadian driver outlasted the competition to pick up the win in the 125-lap feature race.
“I’m gassed,” said Pinsonneault. “That was a workout, for sure. Schroeder gave me a really good run for my money there. Just execution all night. Our whole team did an amazing job through practice. I thought we had a long-run car, so to be fourth after qualifying, I was like, wow, we have a really good piece.”
More than a year has passed since Pinsonneault’s last JEGS/CRA victory, coming in the Big O Classic 100 at Owosso Speedway in 2024. There had been several close calls, including three more podium finishes to close out the 2024 season, but Pinsonneault got back to victory lane on Saturday night.
“I feel like I’ve been knocking on the door for this one for a really long time,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of speed this year, just haven’t went our way. I just haven’t finished out a race. I feel like this is the first race, start to finish, we’ve completed 100 percent. Everything I was supposed to do in terms of execution, and the crew gave me a really, really awesome race car.”
Dylan Stovall rallied for a second-place finish, a huge recovery after issues early in the day during practice that led to extensive work on his No. 24 before qualifying.
“I’m just wore out,” said Stovall. “My guys killed it. We thought we were loading up. I thought we were loading up, and my guys didn’t let us. They put the car back together. I’ll take a second any day of the week right now with how the day went. Congratulations to Chase. He made me look like a little kid, and he’s a little kid.”
Keegan Sobilo rounded out the podium, finishing third in the field of 23 cars.
“That was a tough one, for sure. Just survived. First thing I have to say, I apologize to Dylan. I didn’t mean to hit him that hard and do something. I tried to let him collect it, so he didn’t lose his spot. We didn’t tear up any more race cars, so that’s my fault, there.”
“We’re starting to improve and get better week in and week out. Hopefully, that’s positive. It shows the hard work we put in over the offseason.”
Gavan Boschele finished fourth, with Albert Francis rounding out the top five.
The next stop for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour is the Fourth Up North 104 at Whittemore Speedway on Saturday, July 5.
Diversified Excavating 125 Unofficial Results
| Fin | No | Driver | Laps | Diff |
| 1 | 14 | Chase Pinsonneault | 125 | — |
| 2 | 24S | Dylan Stovall | 125 | 3.472 |
| 3 | 77 | Keegan Sobilo | 125 | 3.607 |
| 4 | 24B | Gavan Boschele | 125 | 3.791 |
| 5 | 33 | Albert Francis | 125 | 5.331 |
| 6 | 9 | Guy Fire | 125 | 6.870 |
| 7 | 4 | Justin Schroeder | 125 | 8.226 |
| 8 | 23E | Eddie VanMeter | 124 | 1 Lap |
| 9 | 20M | Camden Murphy | 124 | 1 Lap |
| 10 | 24A | Jade Avedisian | 124 | 1 Lap |
| 11 | 45U | Steven Ulman | 124 | 1 Lap |
| 12 | 32 | Chris Shannon | 124 | 1 Lap |
| 13 | 20H | Austin Hull | 116 | 9 Laps |
| 14 | 23B | Billy VanMeter | 116 | 9 Laps |
| 15 | 45S | Michael Simko | 115 | 10 Laps |
| 16 | 131 | Barrett Polhemus | 96 | 29 Laps |
| 17 | 15 | Avery Demland | 87 | 38 Laps |
| 18 | 74 | Mandy Chick | 86 | 39 Laps |
| 19 | 7 | David Liaeff | 48 | 77 Laps |
| 20 | 22 | Jimmy Tucker | 47 | 78 Laps |
| 21 | 20V | Jeff Vrsek | 44 | 81 Laps |
| 22 | 711 | Gabrielle Grigsby | 37 | 88 Laps |
| 23 | 5 | Will Sahutske | 24 | 101 Laps |
