09/02/2026
2026 Elliott's Custom Trailers & Carts Brandyn Ross Memorial Rookie of the Year Title Chase, after Race 4⃣ of 5⃣ 👇
1⃣. 83 Mason Metzger 513
2⃣. 87 Chloe Mazzagatti 509
With just ☝️ Event remaining in the 2026 Racing Season, a pair of teenage rising stars will settle the most coveted Freshman title in pavement short track racing
The battle is Mason Metzger VS Chloe Mazzagatti, with Metzger leading Mazzagatti by a mere 4⃣ markers (513-509)
☝️ of these young rising superstars will leave Berlin Raceway (MI) on Saturday, September 12th, as the 2026 Elliott's Custom Trailers & Carts Brandyn Ross Memorial Rookie of the Year
Metzger, the recently crowned 2026 Kalamazoo Speedway Template Late Model Track Champion, had a 🔟-point cushion in the rookie title chase heading into New Paris Speedway (IN), this past August 29th
His #83 D.L. Transport / Bad Ass Racecars entry, and actually earned his first Allstar Performance Qualifying Bonus Points of the season in New Paris, IN. In the 25th Annual Summer Sizzler 100, the 14-year-old Portage, MI, teenager finished 11th
What's significant about that is that the driver directly ahead of him in both Qualifying and the Feature, is the only driver that can catch him in the freshman title hunt, which is Mazzagatti, who gained an important 6⃣ points on her fellow combatant
The 15-year-old Buckeye State rookie, again sliced into Metzger's lead in the Freshman standings, for the second event in a row, by first earning Qualifying Points. Something she has done in every event with the in 2026, and that is also very significant
Mazzagatti's #87 City Scrap & Salvage / Senneker Performance machine, has earned 1⃣1⃣ total bonus points in Allstar Performance Qualifying during the 2026 racing season, to Metzger's 3⃣, which only came this past weekend
The New Franklin, OH, rising star then scored an all important Top 🔟 finish, which was a 10th, in the 100-Lap main in New Paris, IN, which comes on the heels of a season high 8⃣th Place showing, in the previous event at Berlin, back on July 4th
So, it will be either Metzger or Mazzagatti, who will be crowned the 2026 Elliott's Custom Trailers & Carts Rookie of the Year after the final event of the campaign, the 2026 Championships, on Saturday, September 12th, at Berlin
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The Elliott's Custom Trailers & Carts Brandyn Ross Memorial Rookie of the Race Award, has been Awarded to the highest finishing Eligible Rookie, a $200 Bonus, at each and every Event throughout the 2026 Racing Season 👇
May 30th - Kinross Raceway Park (MI) - 83 Mason Metzger
June 13th - Russell's M-40 Speedway (MI) - 83 Mason Metzger
July 4th - Berlin Raceway (MI) - 87 Chloe Mazzagatti
August 1st - New Paris Speedway (IN) - 87 Chloe Mazzagatti
September 12th - Berlin Raceway (MI)
2026 Season Championships
At the conclusion of the final event of the year, either Metzger or Mazzagatti, will Officially be crowned the 2026 Elliott's Custom Trailers & Cars Brandyn Ross Memorial Rookie of the Year, during Post-Race Ceremonies, on the front stretch, in Marne, MI, and will receive the $500 bonus that comes with the accolades
Previous Winners 👇
2025 Bryce Bozell
2024 Zack Cook
2023 Blake Childers
2022 Brock Ganus
2021 Shawn Amor
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