Lamphere Masters Lapped Traffic to Claim Woodhull NY-Penn Checkers

Feature, Modified, News

Keith Lamphere celebrates his third Woodhull Raceway win of 2025 and second NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series victory of the season on Sept. 27 after outdueling Jeff Reay and Randall Paxton. (Track Photo)

By Joe Cook

WOODHULL, N.Y. (Sept. 27, 2025) — The Close Racing Supply NY-Penn IMCA Modified Series presented by Insinger Performance Racing Fuels made its final stop of the season at Woodhull Raceway on Saturday night.

Jeff Reay, the current Friesen Performance IMCA Modified National points leader, made the eight-hour haul from Michigan in search of much-needed points. At the drop of the green, he wasted no time jumping to the front.

Early on, the race was slowed by multiple yellow flags as the field struggled to find rhythm. Once it did, fans were treated to a classic Woodhull battle. Randall Paxton tucked in behind Reay, following his tire tracks for several laps while multi-time 2025 Woodhull winner Keith Lamphere closed in. With Reay and Paxton glued to the cushion, Lamphere worked the bottom groove and the trio went three-wide in a thrilling, nose-to-tail exchange.

Reay and Lamphere swapped the lead lap after lap before Reay finally carved out a slim advantage on lap 19. But lapped traffic loomed, and on lap 22 Lamphere used a slower car as a pick on the high side to sneak by. He held off both Reay and Paxton over the final three circuits to secure his third Woodhull win of 2025 and his second NY-Penn Series triumph of the year.

Reay hung on for second despite a broken left front, while Paxton crossed in third. Series points leader Earl Zimmer finished fourth after Rodney Morgan’s night was plagued by fuel pickup issues. Rounding out the top five was Jakub Ingham of Wyalusing, Pa., who also clinched the Woodhull Raceway track championship.

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