Brandon Barker entered 2025 as the reigning Super Tour National Champion in the Super Pro Dragster category. A couple of weeks ago, he made history by becoming the first racer ever to win three Super Tour National Championships.
Barker, from Smiths Falls, Ontario, went on a late-season tear, earning two wins and two runner-up finishes with his championship-winning entry, plus another win with his second entry, which finished 5th overall.
He dominated the Bracket Bonanza in August, taking the win on Saturday and finishing runner-up on Sunday. He then returned at the Fall Bracket Championship to sweep both days, and capped the season with a runner-up finish at the final race of the year in Napierville.
Barker accumulated a total of 9,900 points to claim the title by a margin of seven rounds over his closest rival. He now stands as the winningest racer in Super Tour history, with 9 wins, 3 National Titles, and ten consecutive Top 10 finishes over the past decade.
DOOR CAR CHAMPIONS – TEAM LANCTÔT
After finishing 4th last year and 3rd in 2020, Daniel and Alex Lanctôt finally climbed to the top of the Super Pro Door Car standings. The father-and-son team from St-Eustache, Québec captured their first Super Tour title thanks to two semifinal appearances and a runner-up finish during the mid-season stretch.
Their 8,600-point total placed them second overall in the combined Super Pro standings, in a Top 10 loaded with former National Champions.
PHIL HARVEY – CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE
Finishing 3rd overall is arguably one of the most talented racers of the last five years, Phil Harvey from St-Calixte, Québec.
A former Wild Horse Rodeo competitor turned bracket racer, Harvey began winning immediately after joining the Super Tour. He finished 2nd in his first full season (2022), won the Super Pro Dragster National Title in 2023, and placed 8th in 2024.
This year, Harvey returned strong, putting both of his entries in the Top 10, finishing 3rd (8,200 points) and 7th (7,200 points), highlighted by three semifinal finishes and one win.
With only four full seasons of Super Tour competition, Harvey already ranks 3rd on the all-time wins list, with seven main event victories and an average race score of 800 points per start.
OTHER NOTABLE SUPER PRO FINISHERS
4th – Larry Lépine Jr. (Gatineau, QC): After capturing the 2024 Footbrake Championship, Lépine made a seamless transition to the Delay box equipped class. His consistency paid off with 8,101 points in his rookie Super Pro season.
6th – Dave Rennie (Ottawa, ON): The former National Champion and Door Car standout returns to the Top 10 with 7,300 points.
8th – Frank Angers (Laval, QC): Part of Luskville Dragway’s new management team, Angers nearly placed both entries in the Top 10. His Nova finished 8th (7,103 points) after two runner-ups, while his dragster fell just one point short with 7,100.
9th – Mike Chénier (Gatineau, QC): The 2024 Super Pro Overall Champion backed up last year’s title with another solid performance with a total of 7,102 points from a runner-up and semifinal showing.
10th – Landyn Uslak (Oxford Mills, ON): The young racer scored a memorable Round 5 win at the Bracket Bonanza, finishing with 7,101 points for his second Top 10 appearance in Super Pro after graduating from the Junior ranks a couple of years ago.
AFTER YEARS OF CLOSE CALLS, BALLANTYNE FINALLY WINS IT ALL
For the past eight years, Stephen Ballantyne of Luskville, Québec has been a consistent force in the Footbrake National Championship, averaging a 4th-place finish and coming painfully close to the title in 2019, 2021, and 2022 (each time finishing runner-up) and 3rd in 2024.
Heading into the final race weekend of 2025, Ballantyne sat 5th in points, two rounds out of the lead, despite already having two wins that season. Determined to finish the job, he delivered back-to-back runner-up finishes at the season finale, sealing his first Super Tour National Championship.
Ballantyne now boasts 7 career Super Tour wins, the third-most all-time, and an impressive average race score of 806 points whenever he competes.
TOP FOOTBRAKE PERFORMERS
2nd – Patrick Proulx (Lacolle, QC): In his first full Super Tour season, Proulx finished runner-up in the championship with 8,500 points and was named the 2025 PRO1 Safety Most Improved Driver. His highlight was a runner-up finish at the Fall Bracket in Luskville.
3rd – Martin Patry (Québec City, QC): Three semifinals early in the season powered Patry’s clean Fox Body Mustang to 8,300 points and the third step on the podium.
4th – Team Jensen (Orleans, ON): Darryl and Gabriel Jensen entered the final event as points leaders and ended up 4th on a tie-breaker. Gabriel’s two semifinal finishes at the Fall Bracket anchored another strong season for the father-son duo.
5th – Martin Lassiseraye (Québec City, QC): The 2018 Footbrake Champion secured his best result since 2022, reaching the semifinals at the Bracket Bonanza.
6th – Patrick Alarie (Luskville, QC): Two semifinal finishes this season mark Alarie’s third career Top 10 in Footbrake competition.
7th – Steve Duquette (Rouyn-Noranda, QC): In only his second Super Tour season, Duquette earned a semifinal and a runner-up finishes driving his 1994 Corvette.
8th – Noémie Ballabey (St-Michel, QC): Despite battling new-car challenges, Ballabey remains a consistent Top 10 finisher, her third career appearance in the final standings.
9th – Frank Mastro (Montréal, QC): The popular Super Tour sponsor and electrician drove his stunning ’69 Camaro to his first career Top 10.
10th – Max Proulx (Lacolle, QC): Another rookie standout, Max cracked the Top 10 in his debut season with a sharp-running Fox Body Mustang.
BACK-TO-BACK FOR PARKER SEGUIN
Parker Seguin from North Bay, Ontario successfully defended his title as 2025 Super Tour Junior Champion, winning the championship for a second straight year, this time by an impressive 2,000-point margin.
The young star also finished 2nd in 2022 and 3rd in 2021, making him one of the most promising prospects to watch when he graduates to the big cars.
2025 MAIN EVENT WINNERS & RUNNERS-UP
Summer Bracket Nationals
Super Pro #1: Frank Angers over Brock Godmaire
Super Pro #2: Brock Godmaire over Max Gauthier
Footbrake #1: Pat Alarie over Sara Harling
Footbrake #2: Yvan Grenier over Dominic Germain
Junior #1: Mavrick Angers over Cole Krottner
Junior #2: Mavrick Angers over Cole Krottner
Spring Bracket Nationals (Postponed)
Super Pro #1: Dominic Cianciarelli over Al Ray
Super Pro #2: Andrew Stirk over Al Ray
Footbrake #1: Alain Marois over Steve Duquette
Footbrake #2: Stephen Ballantyne over Frank Béland
Junior #1: Annabelle Soucy over Parker Seguin
Junior #2: Shelbie Seguin over Miguel Nadeau
Bracket Bonanza
Super Pro #1: Landyn Uslak over Frank Angers
Super Pro #2: Brandon Barker over Frank Angers
Super Pro #3: Jake Hodge over Brandon Barker
Footbrake #1: Dominic Germain over Randy Houze
Footbrake #2: Stephen Ballantyne over Jean-Guy Renaud
Footbrake #3: Dan Allard over Daniel Blanchette
Junior #1: Julia Malcolm over Merrick Gagné
Junior #2: Parker Seguin over Julia Malcolm
Junior #3: Parker Seguin over Mavrick Angers
Fall Bracket Championship
Super Pro #1: Brandon Barker over Mike Chénier
Super Pro #2: Brandon Barker over Frank Angers
Footbrake #1: Mike Labelle over Patrick Proulx
Footbrake #2: Dominic Germain over Pat Alarie
Junior #1: Julia Malcolm over Katie Adams
Junior #2: Julia Malcolm over Hayley Angers
Canadian Bracket Finals
Super Pro #1: Phil Harvey over Daniel Lanctôt
Super Pro #2: Andrew Stirk over Brandon Barker
Footbrake #1: Cyrille Laflamme over Stephen Ballantyne
Footbrake #2: Alain Marois over Stephen Ballantyne
Junior #1: Annabelle Soucy over Parker Seguin
Junior #2: Jacob Biron over Parker Seguin
DID YOU KNOW…
In ten years of Super Tour competition, 156 main event races have been contested, and 77 different drivers have reached the winner’s circle. Of those, 38 have won more than once, 16 have won more than twice, and only 8 have won more than three times.
An elite group of five racers have earned six or more Super Tour main event victories:
Derek Malcolm – 6
Phil Harvey – 7
Stephen Ballantyne – 7
Mike Reynolds – 8
Brandon Barker – 9 (current record holder)
Over the years, 257 racers have entered the National Championship, with more than 40 competing in all ten seasons. The most consistent of all is Dale Gauthier (Belleville, ON) with 55,500 total points, followed by Daniel Lanctôt, Stephen Ballantyne, Mike Chénier, and Frank Angers.
The closest-ever championship margin came in 2021, when Fred McDonald edged Stephen Ballantyne by just one point on a tie-breaker. The widest margin came in 2024, when Mike Chénier dominated the Super Pro field by more than 1,700 points, equivalent to eight round wins.
CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONS AND LOOKING AHEAD
The 2025 Super Tour National Champions will be honored at the Championship Banquet on November 15th at the Hilton Garden Inn Airport Ottawa.
Tickets available until October 31st. Contact Fred Angers at 514-909-7108 for details.
The Super Tour organization is already planning for an exciting 2026 season, marking the 11th year of the National Championship Series.
Stay tuned for more updates!