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- In The Pits: Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series to race in area this weekend
The first major dirt touring series will make its sweep through the area this weekend, as the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series will begin a three-race sweep tonight at ...
- KOKOMO GRAND PRIXVIEW! USAC MIDGET SEASON BEGINS APRIL 24-25
At last, it is here! The 71st season of USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship competition gets underway this Friday-Saturday night, April 24-25, at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.
- CRSA OPENS 2026 SEASON SATURDAY AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN
The 2026 campaign for the A-Verdi Storage Containers CRSA Sprints is about to begin. For the second time in the last three years, CRSA's opening day will take place at Thunder Mountain Speedway. In addition, the series will open up the Joe's Garage Southern Tier Series.
- T’S RACE WEEK AT LINCOLN SPEEDWAY! 2026
From Adam Mackey Don’t miss the Ed Cain Trucking Hornet Challenge with a possible $1,000 TO WIN kicking off an exciting season of racing action! 📅 FRIDAY, APRIL 24 🏁 2026 Door Buster Season Opener
- SHARON SET TO KICK-OFF 97TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON ON SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTED BY “410” SPRINTS FOR $4000 TO-WIN; RUSH SPRINTS, ECONO MODS & CROWN VICS
Sharon Speedway is set to kick-off the 2026 racing season this Saturday night (April 25) in a "Super Series" event presented by Bala Management, which if completed, would mark the earliest opener since 2017.
- Three-time World 100 Champ Larry Moore Dies At 83
National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Larry Moore, the first three-time winner of the World 100 amid a legendary racing career, died early Thursday at a nursing facility in his native Dayton, Ohio, ...
- NASCAR Modifieds-Sportsman-Trivia This Saturday at Grandview Speedway, Modifieds Run Twin 25’s on May 9, High Limit 410 Sprints Arrive on May 19
The competition has been close, fierce and highly exciting three weeks into the 2026 racing season at Grandview Speedway, with a mix of younger drivers and veterans setting the pace, and another ...
- Lincoln Speedway Season Opener Set For Friday Night
The wait is over as Lincoln Speedway roars back to life on Friday, April 24 with the highly anticipated 2026 Door Buster Season Opener, highlighted by the Ed Cain Trucking Hornet Challenge, boasting a ...
- A legacy of dirt and determination at Muskingum County Speedway
Essential Ohio Energy opening night will kick off the 2026 season on April 25, celebrating the track’s longtime ties to Ohio’s oil and gas industry.
- Premier Chevy Dealers Clash Bringing Huge World of Outlaws Field to Knoxville
The time has come for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series to head to Knoxville Raceway. A massive field of competitors is expected to converge on Iowa and fill "The Sprint Car Capital of the World" as the track opens its gates for the first time in 2026. The opening leg of the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash is bringing The Greatest Show on Dirt to town this weekend on April 24-25.
- THE MONTH AHEAD: 10 Tracks Await World of Outlaws in May
The month of May is a major time in the motorsports world, and the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is no exception. A total of 10 tracks across six states are ready to host The Greatest Show on Dirt in the coming month. Along the way teams will get the chance to take notes for some of the sport's biggest races coming in the summer, visit fan favorites, and more.
- ‘Elite Entries’ Assemble as POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Outlaw Sprint League Opens 2026 Season
The wait is nearly over as the thunder returns with the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing 410 Sprint League officially launching its 2026 campaign on April 24-25 at Big O Speedway. With the full-time “Elite 17” contingent committed, the season is shaping up to be a relentless run of speed, drama, and adrenaline.
- EVERY USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK RACE TO PAY $10,000-TO-WIN
The biggest Indiana Sprint Week ever just got even bigger in 2026! The 39th annual running of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters will pay $10,000-to-win at each and every one of the nine events on the calendar, up from $8,000 a year ago.
- Georgetown, BAPS & Hagerstown Next For Lucas Oil Late Models: What To Know
The stars of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series presented by FloRacing are set to tackle a demanding Mid-Atlantic tripleheader with stops at Georgetown Speedway (DE), BAPS Motor Speedway (PA), and ...
- 2026 USAC Indiana Sprint Week Race And Overall Purses Get Raised
The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway begins the racing feast on July 23, then the tour takes on Lincoln Park Speedway on July 24, Kokomo Speedway on July 25, Lawrenceburg Speedway on July 26 ...
- Jacksonville’s Hy-Vee Perks 40 Rescheduled for Tuesday, May 19
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Jacksonville Speedway have rescheduled the Hy-Vee Perks 40 for Tuesday, May 19 following last week’s postponement. All tickets purchased for ...
- Grays Harbor Raceway celebrates opening night
Great weather and great racing blessed the opening of dirt track racing at the Grays Harbor Raceway Saturday night in Elma. Opening night showcased four car divisions: IMCA Modified, 360 Sprint Cars, ...
- Spring Sprint Special At Williams Grove Speedway Friday - Fans get to see 410 sprints, wingless sportsman and 305s, Outlaw Tune Up May 1
Mechanicsburg - The Spring Sprint Special featuring a rare three-division open wheel sprint car show will be spun off at Williams Grove Speedway coming up Friday night, April 24 at 7:30 pm. On the racing card will be the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprints, the wingless super sportsman and the PASS IMCA 305 sprint cars. For their part, the 410 sprints will compete in timed warm ups to set the heat starting grids before returning to compete in a 25-lap, $5,500 to win main event. The wingless sportsman will also conduct timed warm ups however they will return to compete in a feature only. The 305 sprinters will vie in both heats and a main event. Williams Grove Speedway will allow the local drivers to prepare themselves for the first invasion of the season by the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series when it host an outlaws tune up night on May 1 as presented by Shiloh Paving and Excavating. The race will be the second leg of the 2026 Hoosier Diamond Series at the oval, paying $6,000 to win. Time trials, heats, a B Main and a dash will be a part of the program for the 410 sprint cars. The World of Outlaws will invade Williams Grove Speedway to battle the locals in the two-day HVAC Distributors Morgan Cup, slated for May 8 and 9. Adult general admission for April 24 is $25 with youth ages 13 - 20 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 12 and under are always FREE at Williams Grove Speedway. Keep up to date on all the latest speedway news and information by visiting the oval's official website located at www.williamsgrove.com and by following the track on X, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. RacingJunk.com is the Official Classifieds for Williams Grove Speedway.
- Madsen leads all the way in High Limit Diamond Classic at Lucas Oil Speedway
WHEATLAND, MO. (April 18, 2025) - It was all Kerry Madsen on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway as the 54-year-old native of Australia, who's now based in Knoxville, Iowa, picked up his first career Interstate Batteries High Limit Sprint racing victory. Madsen led all 30 laps to earn the $12,000 prize. He outdistanced runner-up Sue Lynch by 2.79 seconds with Tanner Holmes finishing third. "The car's been super quick every time we've hit the track," Madsen said, noting several competitive runs in the early portion of the High Limit schedule. "The car's been quick every night, which gives you a lot of confidence. "We haven't drawn well in dashes and had some little stuff going on. We drew a good one (tonight) and the car was good and we got the job done. I'm pretty happy." That changed this time as Madsen beat Holmes in the dash, to claim the pole position for the feature. Madsen said his young crew chief Ty Wolfgang has "done a great job" getting in sync with him. Communication has been a big key. "I know it sounds weird, but just hanging out together," Madsen said of the driver-crew chief chemistry. "Dinner and a beer and just talk about racing. You do that and it might be a Wednesday night, but something clicks. He's been real receptive with that stuff and that's great." Madsen, a former Knoxville Nationals 360 winner, paced the early going after starting from the pole, with Holmes in close pursuit. Action slowed on lap six with Chase Randall and Danny Samms III tangling in turn two for the first and only yellow of the event. Lynch moved into second on the restart as Madsen opened a 1.5-second lead by lap nine as Holmes dropped to third. Madsen's margin swelled to nearly two seconds by lap 11 - but Lynch tracked down the leader and cut the deficit to a half-second at the halfway mark on lap 15. As the race continued until green-flag conditions, Madsen settled into a one-second advantage as Lynch and Holmes tried to keep pace. Madsen poured it on in the late stages, cruising to the checkers by nearly three seconds over Lynch. "Hopefully we can keep rolling like this all year. Obviously you can't win every night, but being quick and running well is going to be awesome," Madsen said. Lynch, 28 from Cowansville, Pa., said the team found some steering issues and gave him a fast car. It just was not fast enough to stay with Madsen on Saturday night. "We were battling steering issue in the dash and it was pretty obvious," Lynch said. "We just didn't have time to change it and we just tried to make it the best we could. Really the car was super good. The guys busted their butt all night. It's a testament to the team. We're working hard and hopefully one spot better real soon." Holmes, a 22-year-old from Jacksonville, Oregon, came home third with Daison Pursley fourth, Hank Davis fifth and Rico Abreu charging from 11th to sixth. "Our best night of the year," Holmes said. "We've got to race a little bit during a break with High Limit these last few weeks. Some of those nights when we got our teeth kicked in taught us a lot." The Diamond Classic was the first of three High Limit Racing events at Lucas Oil Speedway this season, with the series returning for the 16th annual Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial, Sept. 17-19. Fast overall qualifier was Sye Lynch at 13.342 seconds out of Group A. Aaron Reutzel led Group B with a lap of 13.469 seconds. Both were well off the track record for 410 Sprints held by Rico Abreu at 12.829 seconds on June 29, 2024. LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (April 18, 2026) Interstate Batteries High Limit 3rd annual Diamond Classic A Feature - 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[3]; 3. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[4]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu[11]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 8. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[6]; 9. 19-Brent Marks[9]; 10. 26-Justin Peck[10]; 11. 88-Tanner Thorson[15]; 12. 21-Brian Brown[14]; 13. 28-Jace Park[23]; 14. 87-Aaron Reutzel[7]; 15. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[20]; 16. 45X-Rees Moran[21]; 17. 5-Brenham Crouch[19]; 18. 44-Chris Martin[8]; 19. 19H-Kaleb Johnson[22]; 20. 87X-Logan Seavey[17]; 21. 36-Jason Martin[16]; 22. 9R-Chase Randall[18]; 23. 24D-Danny Sams III[13]; 24. 2-Miles Paulus[24] B Feature - 1. 45X-Rees Moran[2]; 2. 19H-Kaleb Johnson[5]; 3. 28-Jace Park[3]; 4. 2-Miles Paulus[7]; 5. 52-Blake Hahn[8]; 6. 12X-Landon Crawley[9]; 7. 4-Cameron Martin[4]; 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[10]; 9. 22-Riley Goodno[6]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[11]; 11. 74-Xavier Doney[14]; 12. 79-Gage Montgomery[1]; 13. 7-Paul Solomon[13]; 14. 74N-Natalie Doney[12] C Feature - 1. 7-Paul Solomon; 2. 74-Xavier Doney; 3. 7B-Ben Brown; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller; 5. 73-Samuel Wagner; 6. 77H-Jack Wagner; 7. 75-Tyler Blank; 8. 5P-Gavan Boschele; 9. 16G-Austyn Gossel; 10. 15-Jack Potter Dash - 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 13-Tanner Holmes[2]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[3]; 5. 17GP-Hank Davis[5]; 6. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[7]; 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 8. 44-Chris Martin[8] Heat 1 - 1. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 5. 87X-Logan Seavey[9]; 6. 28-Jace Park[7]; 7. 2-Miles Paulus[11]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[3]; 9. 7-Paul Solomon[10]; 10. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 11. 9S-Kyle Clark[5] Heat 2 - 1. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch[4]; 4. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 5. 87X-Logan Seavey[9]; 6. 28-Jace Park[7]; 7. 2-Miles Paulus[11]; 8. 79-Gage Montgomery[3]; 9. 7-Paul Solomon[10]; 10. 74-Xavier Doney[8]; 11. 9S-Kyle Clark[5] Heat 3 - 1. 17GP-Hank Davis[1]; 2. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 36-Jason Martin[8]; 5. 9R-Chase Randall[6]; 6. 45X-Rees Moran[2]; 7. 22-Riley Goodno[10]; 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[5]; 9. 7B-Ben Brown[9]; 10. 51B-Joe B Miller[7]; 11. 5P-Gavan Boschele[11] Heat 4 - 1. 13-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 4. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[4]; 5. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr[6]; 6. 4-Cameron Martin[3]; 7. 52-Blake Hahn[7]; 8. 74N-Natalie Doney[9]; 9. 75-Tyler Blank[10]; 10. 77H-Jack Wagner[8] Qualifying Group A - 1. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.342[3]; 2. 55-Kerry Madsen, 13.371[14]; 3. 19-Brent Marks, 13.434[21]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.622[11]; 5. 9-Daison Pursley, 13.628[15]; 6. 44-Chris Martin, 13.726[5]; 7. 79-Gage Montgomery, 13.750[12]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch, 13.758[16]; 9. 9S-Kyle Clark, 13.765[1]; 10. 19H-Kaleb Johnson, 13.881[2]; 11. 24D-Danny Sams III, 13.910[6]; 12. 12X-Landon Crawley, 13.948[13]; 13. 28-Jace Park, 13.950[22]; 14. 15-Jack Potter, 14.008[4]; 15. 74-Xavier Doney, 14.026[9]; 16. 88-Tanner Thorson, 14.057[8]; 17. 87X-Logan Seavey, 14.070[18]; 18. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 14.071[7]; 19. 7-Paul Solomon, 14.306[17]; 20. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 14.475[20]; 21. 2-Miles Paulus, 55:55.555[10]; 22. 73-Samuel Wagner, 55:55.555[19] Qualifying Group B - 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13.469[4]; 2. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 13.514[14]; 3. 17GP-Hank Davis, 13.735[6]; 4. 13-Tanner Holmes, 13.756[15]; 5. 45X-Rees Moran, 13.838[10]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.843[8]; 7. 26-Justin Peck, 13.880[18]; 8. 4-Cameron Martin, 13.898[12]; 9. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 13.907[7]; 10. 21-Brian Brown, 14.016[19]; 11. 9R-Chase Randall, 14.047[11]; 12. 19JR-Joel Myers Jr, 14.096[2]; 13. 51B-Joe B Miller, 14.099[3]; 14. 52-Blake Hahn, 14.121[17]; 15. 36-Jason Martin, 14.139[16]; 16. 77H-Jack Wagner, 14.219[1]; 17. 7B-Ben Brown, 14.311[13]; 18. 74N-Natalie Doney, 14.382[21]; 19. 22-Riley Goodno, 14.393[9]; 20. 75-Tyler Blank, 14.414[5]; 21. 5P-Gavan Boschele, 14.859[20] Challenge Cup debuts April 25th: The debut of the Pitts Homes & Realty Challenge Cup is set for next Saturday, April 25th. Action is scheduled for the Arctic Food Equipment USRA Modifieds, Hermitage Lumber Late Models, Clear Creek Golf Cars USRA B-Mods, O'Reilly Auto Parts USRA Stock Cars and Hickamo Super Stocks. For further event information, including more info on tickets and camping for any event at Lucas Oil Speedway, contact Admissions Director Nichole McMillan at (417) 282-5984 or by email at Nmcmillan@lucasoilspeedway.com. CONTACT: Casey Shuman Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Office: (417) 282-5984 Email: CShuman@lucasoilspeedway.com # # # Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is available. With its entrance located just outside the pit gate, this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience. For ticket and camping information and everything about the Show-Me 100 event, visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for all the information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984. In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on X, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway Complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived race recaps, previews and driver features, along with ticket information and schedules can be found by visiting LucasOilSpeedway.com. About Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Speedway is considered by fans, drivers and industry insiders to be one of the top racing facilities in the nation. Located in Wheatland, Mo., approximately an hour from Springfield and just an hour and a half from the Kansas City metro area, the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks" lives up to its title. Twenty-One VIP Luxury Suites, HD Jumbo-Tron Screen, Stadium Style Musco Sports Lighting, a Bose Sound System, Go-Kart Slick Track, The Diamond Bar, Track Treasures Gift Shop, the best track food in the country and paved pits are a few of the spectacular amenities setting the Diamond of Dirt apart. This year marks the 12th season for the Liquid Quarter Mile Drag Racing Lake, "Lake Lucas." New for 2017 was all-purpose built Off Road facility featuring a host of regional events. Lucas Oil Speedway's dirt oval track plays host to some of the largest and most-popular events in the Midwest with national and regional touring series appearing frequently including: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, United States Modified Touring Series and the High Limit Sprint Racing Series, POWRi Sprint Cars and POWRi WAR Sprints. In addition to the special events, the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series features the Late Models, USRA Modifieds, USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods and Super Stocks. 2026 Official Lucas Oil Speedway Marketing Partners Bill Roberts Chevrolet "The Official Truck" of Lucas Oil Speedway Iconic Apparel "The Official Merchandise Provider of Lucas Oil Speedway" Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil Speedway Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper "The Official Soft Drink" of Lucas Oil Speedway Rugged Radios "The Official 2-Way Communications Provider" of Lucas Oil Speedway Summit Racing Equipment "The Official Sponsor" of Lucas Oil Speedway Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil Speedway 2026 Lucas Oil Speedway Supporters Include: AM Pyrotechnics, Alliance Sport Marketing, Arctic Food Equipment, Berry Tractor and Equipment Co., Big Adventure RV, Bill Roberts Chevrolet, Bolivar Auto Sales & Detailing, Bolivar Farmers Exchange-MFA, Boubin Tire/American Racer, Bridal Cave, BWI Sanitation, Candlelight Creations-Dick's Wild Root Horseradish, Casey's, Citizens Memorial Healthcare, City Magnet, Clear Creek Golf Cars, Clearlight Inn, Dixie Chopper, Eibach Springs, Encounter Ministry Inc., FSE Fire Systems, Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange, Foley Equipment-Cat Rental Store, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Henry's Towing Service, Heritage Tractor, Hermitage Lumber, HICKAMO Country Store, Highkine Warren, Hobbytime Motorsports, Iconic Apparel, Impact Signs Awnings Wraps, In the Garden of Eden, Kluhsman Racing Components, Kona Ice, Lucas Cattle Company, MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, Miller Welding, Missouri Division of Tourism, MyRacePass, Nutrien Ag Solutions, OakStar Bank, O'Bannon Bank, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Outerwears Performance Products, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper, Ozarks Community Health Center, PEM, Pitts Homes, Pitts Realty, Pitts Cattle, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, RCR Designs, Real Racing Wheels, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm LLC, SBU Athletics, Safety Kleen, Scott Furniture, Sidetrack RV Park, SMSI, Southwest Electric Cooperative, State Tech, Summit Racing Equipment, Sunoco Race Fuels, Super 8 Bolivar Mo., Super Splash, US Army Corps of Engineers-Pomme de Terre, Vietti Marketing Group, WacoBill.com, Wheatland Motel, White's Marine Center, Wieland, Woods Supermarkets.
- Racy track helps Rick Laubach drive to Modified victory at Big Diamond Speedway
(Minersville, PA 4-17-26) Friday night's racing action at Big Diamond Speedway, which was sponsored by Frank DiMarco Autobody and Auto Repair of New Philadelphia, saw all six features that where run produce plenty of side-by-side racing and passing thanks to a well-prepared track surface. In the BQ Concrete 358 Modifieds Rick Laubach of Quakertown scored his 28th career win. The USS Achey Inc., 602 Crate Sportsman ran a pair of features that included the holdover from April 10 and coming home victorious was Zach Steffey of Sinking Springs and Nate Brinker from Macungie. Alex Schoffstall of Llewelyn drove to his second win in three races with the Red White and Blue Autos Inc., Roadrunners and Kevin Fitzpatrick from Branch Dale swept the twin Big Creek Rookie 602 Crate Sportsman mains. Friday night highlighted Laubach's resilience as a veteran driver, particularly after two challenging initial events that did not yield positive results, typical of what has come to be expected of the high-standard performance that has defined his career. "It hasn't been the best for us the first couple races and finally tonight Jake (Smulley) gave us a good track, you could run high and that's all you want to ask for," said Laubach. "This is one of the best facilities around and tonight there was two grooves, and you could run high and you could run low and that was good racing as far as I'm concerned." The initial outset start of the race was jumbled as the field was preparing to complete the first lap and in the process defending champion Louden Reimert was taken out after hitting the wall. When things did get going pole sitter Cody Manmiller dashed out ahead of Mike Burrows, Alan Rudalavage, Laubach and Kevin Olenick. Laubach wasn't wasting time as he blasted to second by lap three. Also on the move was Tim Buckwalter who tagged along with Laubach for third. From there Manmiller was keeping his guard up as best he could against Laubach who was keeping him close in his sights. His hard-fought effort would last until the start of lap seven as Laubach went to his outside and took control from there. Following a lap 10 caution, Buckwalter was able to move up to second. Although Buckwalter was fast just as he has been each race thus far, Laubach maintained his lead, smoothly passing slower traffic without any setbacks and went on to score his first victory of 2026. "I knew he (Buckwalter) has a good motor and when I saw him get into second I just had to beat him into the corners and just try to race and that's real racing right there and you have to have a track to do it and he (Smulley) gave it to us," said Laubach. "I'll be honest I didn't do a lot to this car, and I really didn't even scale it. I put it on the ground this afternoon and said it looks good and I told my wife I'm going to mow the grass." Not to be overshadowed by the two front runners, third place finisher Logan Watt also turned in a remarkable drive. Watt pitted following the lap one incident for a flat tire but once returning he continued to pass cars at will en route to his best run to date. Likewise, Brandon Edgar put his car through the paces in taking a solid fourth while Mike Lisowski rounded out the top five. In the make-up 602 Crate Sportsman feature Steve Hughes took the reins at the front and was having a time dueling with Jimmy Leiby. Several restarts over the first seven laps had been called back due to the front pair jumping too soon and officials felt it was then necessary to set both drivers back one row. That would put Steffey into the lead and it was clear he was not about to give it up. His car was very quick and although Nate Brinker had hustled up to second and was within reach, Steffey never wavered and held on for his first career win at Big Diamond. The nightcap saw Ryan Conrad jump to the early lead with Leiby once again the runner-up pursuer. Leiby would then make good on a lap sox restart to take over the top spot. Brinker slipped into second and when he did he began to put plenty of pressure on the leader. Brinker's persistence paid off following a lap 11 restart in which he used the outside lane to get by Leiby and move to the lead and there would be no looking back from there. As a result of his second place tallies in both features Brinker was the recipient of a free American Racer tire for having the best overall finish. Second place finisher Matt Martino had a very good run and pushed hard to try and catch Brinker and then there was that of Ryan Graver who's third place score came while blasting the outside line and had time run out before he could go any further. Alex Schoffstall overtook Mike Reichert after halfway through and easily secured his second win of the season and 39th overall in the Roadrunners feature. Reichert as well as early leader Jim Kost stayed second and third to the finish respectively. The ruling in the Rookie 602 Crate Sportsman division is win three times and you must move up to the regular Crate class and for Kevin Fitzpatrick it was easy as 1-2-3, three straight races and three straight wins. The first feature was the make-up from the previous week, and Fitzpatrick made a daring last lap pass over race-long leader Mason Harakel. The in the regularly scheduled main he needed only three laps to grab the lead from Josh Metzger and from there on it was smooth sailing. 358 Modified finish (25 laps): 1. Rick Laubach, 2. Tim Buckwalter, 3. Logan Watt, 4. Brandon Edgar, 5. Mike Lisowki, 6. Kevin Beach Jr., 7. Cody Manmiller, 8. Jax Yohn, 9. Kevin Olenick, 10. Mike Burrows, 11. Alex Tonkin, 12. Heath Metzger, 13. Wayne Witmer, 14. Jim Bobbitt, 15. Kenny Hildebrant, 16. Corey Renninger, 17. Alan Rudalavage, 18. WB James, 19. Hunter Metzger, 20. Cliff Quinn, 21. Louden Reimert DNS: Duane Howard Make-up 602 Crate Modified finish from 4/10 (20 laps): 1. Zach Steffey, 2. Nate Brinker, 3. Steve Hughes, 4. Trevor Bixler, 5. Mikey Schneck Jr., 6. Ryan Graver, 7. Colin Cox, 8. Logan Starr, 9. Matt Martino, 10. Mike Stofflet, 11. Dakota Kohler, 12. Brennan Chapman, 13. Kevin Smith, 14. McKenzi Smith, 15. Reice Widger, 16. Shannon Slaughter, 17. Tajae Adams. 18. Jimmy Leibey, 19. Aaron Weaver, 20. Mark Behm, 21. Ralph Melee, 22. Dylan Cappel, 23. Nick Hamm, 24. Kevin Brady DNQ: Ed Mrochko, Dennis Graber, Michael Samony, Ryan Conrad, Teague Miller Regular 602 Crate Modified finish (20 laps): 1. Brinker, 2. Martino, 3. Graver, 4. Schneck Jr., 5. Leiby. 6. Steffey, 7. Kohler, 8. Stofflet, 9. Chapman, 10. Widger, 11. Slaughter, 12. Hamm, 13. Mrochko, 14. Adams, 15. Conrad, 16. Starr, 17. Brady, 18. Melee, 19. Hughes, 20. Cappel, 21. Cox, 22. M. Smith, 23. Mark Behm DNS: Trevor Bixlor Roadrunner finish (20 laps): 1. Alex Schoffstall, 2. Mike Reichert, 3. Jim Kost, 4. Joe Bassininsky, 5. Joey Brennan, 6. Seth Reichert, 7. Andrew Buchinski, 8. CJ Ferguson, 9. Jonathan Trumbo, 10. Chuck Fayash, 11. Eric Buchinski, 12. Terry Kramer, 13. Brian Johnson, 14. Jarod Bassinisky Make-up Rookie 602 Crate Modified finish from 4/10 (15 laps): 1. Kevin Fitzpatrick, 2. Mason Harakel, 3. Devin Whitmoyer, 4 Payton Renninger, 5. Josh Metzger, 6. Zach Moyer, 7. Lucas Weil Regular Rookie 602 Crate Modified finish (15 laps): 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Metzger, 3. Whitmoyer, 4. Renninger, 5. Moyer, 6. Harakel, 7. Weil, 8. Marcello Caminiti
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