Jake Sheridan Caps Off Championship Season with Great Canadian 300 Win

Jake Sheridan enjoyed a picture-perfect evening on Saturday night at Delaware Speedway, winning the Castrol Great Canadian 300 to cap off the 2026 APC United Late Model Series championship.

Sheridan took the lead for the final time on a restart with 106 laps to go and held off Connor Pritiko over the final 100 laps to win the marquee event on the APC United Late Model Series calendar.

"I can't believe it," said Sheridan in victory lane. "The freaking 300, dude. Are you kidding me? We had a good year and won a few races. I would have traded them all to win this one if I had to. This is the most prestigious race, I think, and a hard race to win. I've come second here a lot. I'm speechless."

The win also marks Sheridan's fifth APC United Late Model Series win in 2026, wrapping up a championship campaign for him. It also secured the NTN Triple Crown, giving him a sweep of the hardware on the night.

Despite all of that success, Sheridan readily admitted the Great Canadian 300 win was the most special of the bunch.

"What a great year. I'm succumbed to how happy I am about winning the 300. Thankful these guys stuck with me. I started to lose my patience there at the end. It was a long race. I lost the handling a little bit, and they stuck with me."

While Sheridan had plenty at stake in the Great Canadian 300, so too did Pritiko. With Pritiko winning the Dayco Super Stock 75 leading into the APC feature, he was eligible for a $10,000 bonus for winning both races.

"I'm happy to race with Connor," said Sheridan. "I'm sorry to take his money there, his bonus, he'll be mad at me, but he's a good dude. I appreciate racing with him."

While Sheridan celebrated a night that seemed too good to be true, a frustrated Pritiko stood second-best. Despite an incredible night with a win and a runner-up finish, Pritiko understandably couldn't help but think about what could have been.

"It was a good day," said Pritiko. "The 10 grand bonus, I think, would have been a little bit better. Getting that Great Canadian win would have been awesome. I don't know, a couple of games, a couple of missed starts by me. It is what it is."

Two-time APC champion Kyle Steckly finished third, wrapping up a season that disappointed by his standards. It is the first season in his career where he didn't win at least one APC race, coming off a stretch of nine wins in the past three years.

Steckly ended the year with three consecutive third-place finishes, building positive momentum, but could not turn that into a trip to victory lane.

"Just the story of our year for this 22 Racing team," said Steckly. "We had a really fast APC Auto Parts Centre Pennzoil 22 car. I just hate that we couldn't get it parked in victory lane. I think we had a lot of speed at the start. We changed those two tires, and things kind of went downhill.

"We kept fighting, though. We got top three, which is solid. Raced hard there at the end, made our way back up to the front. I wish we would have had a bit more car there at the end that we could have gotten up there and maybe battled Jake. I think it could have been a really good race, but that's the way it goes."

Dale Shaw finished fourth, with Carson Nagy rounding out the top five.

Brandon Watson, another two-time series champion, entered the night battling Sheridan for the title. However, he was collected in a multi-car incident on lap 118, ending his night and his championship bid.

-Photo credit: United Racing Series

Castrol Great Canadian 300 Unofficial Results