The Maritimes has an Ashton Tucker Problem
#2 of Ashton Tucker celebrating a victory - Photo Courtesy of JT Racing Pix
October 18th, 2025
[Author’s Note: This is a playful title, it is excellent for racing here to have Ashton Tucker actively racing - he just happens to make it exceptionally difficult for any other team when they have to race against the #2]
When Ashton Tucker committed to running the full Maritime Pro Stock Tour schedule for the first time in 2025, he was already the Maritimes' hottest driver, fresh off of the closest championship finish in Maritime history, beating #83 Cory Hall via 4 wins-to-2 wins in a tie-breaker for the 2024 Super Late Model Series title, while preserving a nearly uninterrupted podium streak dating back more than a year.
By 2025 season’s end, he should have removed any doubt that anyone may have had: claiming the 2025 Pro Stock Tour Championship, extending his dominance in major unsanctioned races, and proving once again that no matter the track or format, Tucker is the one to beat.
Consistency Wins Championships
Over the course of 10 Pro Stock Tour races in 2025, Tucker showed exactly why he’s such a feared opponent: blending poise, precision, and closing speed to deliver one of the most consistent seasons possible.
Key Stats (2025 Pro Stock Tour)
10 Races
3 Wins (Riverside, Scotia 200, Petty Finale)
9 Top-3 Finishes
1 Finish Outside Top-3 - 7th at Scotia Speedworld’s Summer Clash 250, after a mechanical issue on a late restart, where he was near the front
Average Finish: 2.4
Considering how dominant Hall was in so many races, winning 6 of them, and seeming unbeatable in many races, Tucker’s performance is all the more impressive.
Final Standings Snapshot
Despite Cory Hall’s six-win season, a few untimely setbacks including mechanical and getting caught up in a wreck meant that Tucker’s consistency and dominant/clutch stretch-run to close out the year, carried the edge in the championship battle. Both Cory Hall and Jarrett Butcher will be getting their own article soon, as well as a Cory Hall -vs- Ashton Tucker article.
Ashton Tucker — 🥇 Champion
+34 pts over Cory Hall
+46 pts over Jarrett Butcher
Butcher vs Tucker
Going into the season, Cory Hall’s initial plans were to run select starts in the Pro Stock Tour campaign. With this in mind, Jarrett Butcher vs Ashton Tucker seemed to be the most likely championship battle. While Butcher was very close to on par with his prior 2 seasons - both of which he led the Tour in the most wins, and last year also winning the Championship, it was not quite enough. Butcher’s winless season was misleadingly strong, finishing ahead of Tucker twice, however:
Tucker finished ahead of Jarrett in 8 of the 10 Tour races, in tightly contested races:
3 of those times, Jarrett finished directly behind him
2 more times, he was within 2 positions
That proximity kept the championship tense, but Tucker’s ability to capitalize in key moments proved decisive.
Meanwhile, Cory Hall delivered the most spectacular high of the Pro Stock Tour Season year: leading 249 of 250 laps in the IWK 250. Despite this, his few low points were just enough to delegate him to second in the standings. Tucker matched Hall’s brilliance with durability, and in the end, that was the difference.
Tucker Outside the Tour: Still Nearly Untouchable
Even with the full Pro Stock Tour slate demanding focus, Tucker didn’t scale back elsewhere. Instead, he padded his resume with more marquee wins and podiums:
🥇 SLMS Wins - 2 wins, 2 starts
June 8 – Petty Raceway
Sept 27 – Riverglade International at Petty Raceway; of note, Tucker has won all 5 of the SLMS races that he has competed in, at Petty
🥇 Speedway 660’s Pro Stock 250 (Aug 31)
5th career win in the event, dubbed the “Drive for Five”
As if a response to Hall’s IWK 250 victory, at one point Tucker had the entire field down 2 laps barely past the half-way mark, and led 240 laps
🥈 Mike Stevens Memorial 254 (Sept 13)
Second-place finish behind Craig Slaunwhite in another marquee event
Few drivers can balance the dual demands of a championship campaign and unsanctioned big-race glory, and never really have a bad night.
What Comes Next?
With an SLMS title, major 250 wins, and now the Pro Stock Tour championship under his belt, Tucker enters 2026 as the most complete Late Model driver in The Maritimes.
Oxford? More U.S. starts? A dominant title defence?
Whatever comes next, one thing is clear: Ashton Tucker is still the hottest driver in the Maritimes, but the likes of Cory Hall and Jarrett Butcher are hot on his trail, and if you go by the win column, Hall had his number in 2025.
