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Nick "The Manimal" Stone

Racing Pro Stocks since 1998, these days in a car he built himself. Four-time Fonda Speedway champion, two-time Super DIRT Week winner, and the builder of the Manimal Pro Stock chassis.

4Fonda Pro Stock titles
70+Fonda Pro Stock wins
2I Love NY 50 wins at Super DIRT Week
5Hondo Classic wins
1998first season, at 16

Highlights

October 2026 · Oswego Speedway

A second I Love NY 50 at Super DIRT Week

With two laps to go Nick went to the high side, drove past Luke Horning down the frontstretch and became the sixth multi-time Pro Stock winner at Super DIRT Week.

DIRTcar →
May 2026 · Fonda Speedway

Back in victory lane

Won the 20-lap Pro Stock feature at Fonda over Ivan Joslin and Andy Graves.

Daily Gazette →
January 2026

Another free Manimal chassis

For Fonda's 75th season, a Manimal chassis with interior, tin and powder coat goes to one of the top 15 in the Pro Stock standings. In 2024 it was a $11,500 chassis for Fonda and Utica-Rome racers.

Fonda Speedway →
2024 · Fonda Speedway

Win number 70

Took the lead on the first lap and held it for his 70th Pro Stock win at Fonda.

Fonda Speedway →
October 2022 · Oswego Speedway

"All I can say is finally"

His first DIRTcar Pro Stock 50 win at Super DIRT Week, after years of trying.

Racers Guide →
2022 · Fonda Speedway

Champion for the fourth time

Ten wins in 17 races and the Fonda Pro Stock title, after 2014, 2020 and 2021.

Fonda Speedway →
2022 · Fonda Speedway

A Hondo Classic in a Nick Stone car

Beau Ballard won the Hondo Classic in a Manimal chassis Nick built. Nick has won it five times himself.

Fonda Speedway →
October 2022 · Fulton Speedway

Outlaw 200 weekend win

Led all but two laps of the DIRTcar Pro Stock feature at Fulton.

DIRTcar →
2021

Thunder on the Thruway champion

Won three of the five Pro Stock series races and the series title.

Fonda Speedway →
October 2020 · OktoberFAST

Two for the 27

Won the OktoberFAST opener at Albany-Saratoga and the finale at Weedsport, flag to flag, for nine DIRTcar wins that season.

DIRTcar →

On track

Nick in victory lane at Fonda Speedway in 2026 with the checkered flag
Victory lane at Fonda, 2026.
The 8N side by side with Jason Morrison's 715
The 8N side by side with Jason Morrison's 715.
The white and orange 8N throwing dirt off the corner
Throwing dirt off the corner.
The purple and orange 8N on track in 2025
The 8N in 2025. Photo: BHP.
The blue #27 in 2015
The blue #27 in 2015. Photo: Outlaw Photo, Dirt Track Digest.
The blue #27 up on two wheels
The #27 up on two wheels. Photo: Post-Time.
The Manimal chassis · Stone Motorsports · Online Performance Parts

Built by Nick

Nick builds the cars he races, and the Manimal Pro Stock chassis for other racers, named after his own nickname, with Jamie Spraker of Stone Motorsports and Online Performance Parts. His cars are no stranger to victory lane, whether he's the one driving or not: Beau Ballard won the 2022 Hondo Classic in a Manimal.

Online Performance Parts and Stone Motorsports are also the official American Racer tire and Sunoco race fuel supplier at Fonda Speedway, at 1375 Main Street in Rotterdam Junction, NY.

Looking for a Pro Stock, a Manimal chassis, parts, tires or race fuel? Stop by the shop in Rotterdam Junction or start online, where the Manimal shirts and hats are too.

A freshly powder-coated blue Manimal chassis in the shop
A blue Manimal chassis with its body going on, in Nick's shop A green Manimal chassis with its body going on, in Nick's shop

From the archive

Nick started in 1998, at 16, in Fonda's Street Stock division (today's Pro Stocks), in a car bought from two-time champion Kenny Martin. This site started back then too.