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It was a night to remember on Friday night at Lernerville Speedway as the fourth Fab4 Friday Fueled by Turners Premium Iced Tea graced the clay and left four of the most prominent drivers over the last two years standing in victory lane.
Abundant sunshine and warm temperatures filled the air for the first time at The Action Track in 2018, and 95 cars filled the pits making for a fantastic evening of racing on Friday night. AJ Flick turned in a stout performance as he bested he field leaving little doubt in taking home his second feature victory of 2018 in the Peoples Gas DIRTcar Sprints while in the Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models, Michael Norris made it three out of four by overtaking Chub Frank and Dave Hess in a thrilling door handle to door handle battle.
Mat Williamson once again put the Diehl Automotive Big Block Modifieds to bed after passing Garrett Krummert on lap 10 while checking out on the rest of the field, collecting his second victory of the season in the process, and in the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar/RUSH Sportsman, Tyler Dietz found a way through lapped traffic and around Chris Schneider and Noah Brunell while finding Terry Bowser Excavating Victory Lane for the third time in 2018.
Flick Leaves No Doubt In Sprints
So far in 2018, the Peoples Gas DIRTcar Sprints have seen three different winners make their way to victory lane, and while defending champion AJ Flick found himself a bit further back in the point standings than he would have liked. By the time the checkered flag waved on the 25 lap main event, Flick had left no doubt about the performance he'd just completed, or his ability to potentially take home a second consecutive track championship as he dominated the field en route to his second win of the season.
Gary Kreiss and Dan Shetler found themselves on the front row at the initial green flag and just as soon as it had it waved, Flick made his way forward from his fifth starting position like he'd been shot out of a cannon, immediately jumping out to the early lead while behind him, Jack Sodeman Jr, and Dan Shetler took up positions two and three with Sodeman, who started ninth on the grid, showing a great deal of speed.
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The caution flag waved with four laps in the books when Scott Barris found himself off the top of turn two. When action resumed, Jared Zimbardi made his way to sixth, while behind him, Cody Bova began moving up with determination advancing to ninth from his 18th starting spot. The field had one more chance to take the lead away from Flick after a lap 11 caution for Andy Feil. However, Flick pegged the restart and pulled away, managing to work the considerable lapped traffic ahead of him to perfection while never looking back en route to victory lane.
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Feature (25 Laps)
1. (2) AJ Flick
2. (23J) Jack Sodeman
3. (29P) Dan Shetler
4. (51) Brent Matus
5. (8) Jared Zimbardi
6. (C1) Clay Riney
7. (55) Gary Kreiss
8. (13) Brandon Matus
9. (40) George Hobaugh
10. (20B) Cody Bova
11. (49H) Brad Howard
12. (23) Darren Pifer
13. (2L) Sye Lynch
14. (91F) Anthony Fiore
15. (46) Michael Bauer
16. (08F) Andy Feil
17. (44) Joe McEwan
18. (76) Davey Jones
19. (29) Scott Barris
20. (56) Ralph Spithaler
Norris Overcomes Hess and Turns Back Frank In Third Victory of Year
Michael Norris is used to having to overcome a mid pack starting spot in weekly Late Model action on many a Friday night. And on this Friday, he not overcame those circumstances once again, he overcame two very impressive running invaders in former World of Outlaw Craftsman Late Models touring driver Chub Frank and super regional heavyweight and former two time track champion Dave Hess Jr, both of whom have had a tremendous deal of success in national and regional touring action. Norris let it be known in no uncertain terms, that it is his track in the present moment and showed no signs of mercy as he made his way to the front with authority while defending his lead with an expertly timed defensive move en route to the feature win.
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Ed Ferree and Hess started on the front row and Hess wasted no time in jumping out to the early lead, taking command of the field early on while Mike Pegher and an oncoming Colton Flinner looked for a way to stay in contention. Meanwhile, Frank and Norris were rapidly making their presence felt as they made their forward charges. Tony Musolino brought out the yellow flag with six laps down and when action resumed. Flinner headed for the bottom of the speedway and underneath Frank for third and began taking looks underneath Norris for the second spot. The two drivers battled for position in the mid portion of the main event with Norris stationed on the top side of the speedway, looking quite comfortable in his 'office'.
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Frank then began taking looks to Flinner's outside while Hess began to encounter heavy lapped traffic. Norris began to reel in the race leader and made his way around on lap 18 just before the caution flag waved on the field for Tony Musolino. Norris elected the low groove on the restart and managed to stay ahead of Hess who was being hounded by Hess for the second position. The two would get one more chance to keep Norris out of victory lane as Chip Walsh spun in front of the field on the final lap, setting up a green-white-checkered finish. Once the race resumed, Norris looked as if he may be losing his momentum, but found away to dive low in turns three and four, taking way the lines of Hess and Frank and their chances to wrest the lead away from the defending track champion.
Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models Feature: (25 Laps)
1. (72) Michael Norris
2. (1*) Chub Frank
3. (44) Dave Hess
4. (29) Ken Schaltenbrand
5. (75) Colton Flinner
6. (36) Tony Musolino
7. (17G) Doug Glessner
8. (91T) Tommy Beck
9. (4F) Ed Ferree
10. (81) Mike Miller
11. (11) Joshua Powell
12. (91) Weston Phillis
13. (411) Bob Moore
14. (36W) Chip Walsh
15. (10L) Gary Lyle
16. (05) Tom Bateman
17. (1C) Mike Pegher Jr.
Williamson Does It Again In Modifieds
The Canadian Sensation doesn't call Lernerville home on a weekly basis anymore, having moved on to bigger and better things in 2018 with regards to traveling while making stops at more special events this year. However, Mat Williamson still makes time to pay a visit on the awaiting field of Big Block Modifieds at The Action Track on occasion, and on this Friday night, gave those in attendance another reminder of how impressive his run to four track championships was.
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John Mollick and Garrett Krummert paced the field early on and after two early cautions, Krummert established himself as the early leader while the 9th starting Williamson made his way to the top side of the speedway and found it to his liking. Williamson made his way around Jeremiah Shingledecker for the fourth spot around the lap five mark while setting his sights on Mollick, Dave Murdick and Krummert. With 10 laps in the books, Krummert found himself holding on to the lead by a thin margin over Williamson who had made his way around Mollick for the second spot just a lap prior.
Williamson completed the pass for the lead and never looked back while Krummert did his best to try to keep him in his sights. Behind them, Mollick managed to hold off an oncoming Murdick to take the final spot on the podium with an impressive. But out front, the story was Williamson, who found victory lane for the second time in two appearances at Lernerville in 2018.
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Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Big Block Modified Feature: (25 Laps)
1. (6M) Mat Williamson
2. (29) Garrett Krummert
3. (4J) John Mollick
4. (61) Dave Murdick
5. (165) Rex King
6. (37MD) Jeremiah Shingledecker
7. (45) Steve Feder
8. (66) J.R. McGinley
9. (83) Brian Swartzlander
10. (13) Rick Regalski
11. (9) Will Thomas
12. (3K) Shawn Kozar
13. (18) Colton Walters
14. (12W) Travis Walsh
15. (83T) Tom Glenn
16. (17M) Skip Moore
17. (132) Brandon Michaud
18. (75) Jeff Miller
19. (10) Chelsie Kriegisch
20. (123) AJ Flick
Dietz Rolls To Victory Lane
In his three wins thus far in his 2018 campaign, Tyler Dietz has used three different scenarios to make it to victory lane including coming from last on the starting grid, surviving a hard fought three way battle involved last lap contact with the retaining wall, and his win on Friday saw him take a completely different approach. From his 11th starting spot, Dietz made his way through the field in front of him and some lapped traffic with precision and purpose en route to nailing down another feature win.
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Brunell proceeded to take looks under Schneider for the lead while Dietz began taking looks under both of them on the very bottom groove of the surface where his car was finding tremendous amounts of momentum. Brunell and Dietz would then swap the second spot in a door handle to door handle battle that took over the middle portion of the 20 lap main event as both cars made their way through considerable lapped traffic. With 12 laps down, Dietz dove under Schneider following Brunell's pass of the race leader, and took the lead himself on lap 14 and after finding some clean are ahead of him, put distance between himself and Brunell over the last five laps en route to victory lane.
Millerstown Pic-A-Part RUSH/DIRTcar Pro Stocks Feature: (20 Laps)
1. (27) Tyler Dietz
2. (31) Noah Brunell
3. (28Y) Chris Schneider
4. (C33) Corey McPherson
5. (32) Mark Sanders
6. (22J) Chase Lambert
7. (13X) Ryan Moyer
8. (30) Bob Egley
9. (26) Mike Bordt
10. (10) John Hartman
11. (25) Brett McDonald
12. (66) Joe Kelley
13. (35B) Jacob Dietz
14. (948) Joey Zambotti
15. (17) Sam Eichelberger
16. (77) Heath Close
17. (29B) Scott Byers
18. (12M) Trevor McCann
19. (310) Dale Tuche
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint B-Main:
1. (23) Darren Pifer
2. (44) Joe McEwan
3. (4N) Jimmy Morris
4. (21N) Frankie Nervo
5. (27) Vinny Dougherty
6. (4K) Bill Kiley
7. (91) Sadie Siegel
8. (24) Jeremy Hill
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint BMain 2:
1. (20B) Cody Bova
2. (29) Scott Barris
3. (27K) Jeremy Kornbau
4. (1R) Gale Ruth
5. (44L) Pete Landram
6. (00) Alan Free
7. (23c) Jerry Hairhoger
8. (38) Dennis Wagner
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 1:
1. (55) Gary Kreiss
2. (29P) Dan Shetler
3. (23J) Jack Sodeman Jr
4. (76) Davey Jones
5. (44) Joe McEwen
6. (27) Vinny Dougherty
7. (4K) Bill Kiley
8. (91) Sadie Siegel
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 2:
1. (40) George Hobaugh
2. (49H) Brad Howard
3. (91F) Anthony Fiore
4. (13) Brandon Matus
5. (4N) Jimmy Morris
6. (23) Darren Pifer
7. (21N) Frankie Nervo
8. (24) Jeremy Hill
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 3:
1. (2) A.J. Flick
2. (08) Andy Feil
3. (8) Jared Zimbardi
4. (2L) Sye Lynch
5. (29) Scott Barris
6. (20B) Cody Bova
7. (00) Alan Free
8. (38) Dennis Wagner
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 4:
1. (C1) Clay Riney
2. (46) Michael Bauer
3. (51) Brent Matus
4. (56) Ralph Spithaler
5. (44L) Pete Landram
6. (27K) Jeremy Kornbau
7. (1R) Gale Ruth
8. (23c) Jerry Hairhoger
Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Model Heat 1:
1. (44) Dave Hess Jr.
2. (75) Colton Flinner
3. (1C) Mike Pegher
4. (1*) Chub Frank
5. (4F) Ed Ferree
6. (17G) Doug Glessner
7. (411) Bob Moore
8. (05) Tom Bateman -DNF
Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Model Heat 2:
1. (72) Michael Norris
2. (29) Ken Schaltenbrand
3. (91T) Tommy Beck
4. (36) Tony Musolino
5. (10L) Gary Lyle
6. (81) Mike Miller
7. (91) Weston Phillis
8. (11) Joshua Powell
Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified Heat 1:
1. (6M) Mat Williamson
2. (66) J.R. McGinley
3. (45) Steve Feder
4. (9) Will Thomas
5. (75) Jeff Miller
6. (88) Shawn Fleeger
7. (10) Chelsie Kriegisch
8. (63) Jessica Kriegisch
Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified Heat 2:
1. (83) Brian Swartzlander
2. (61) Dave Murdick
3. (29) Garrett Krummert
4. (13) Rick Regalski
5. (17M) Skip Moore
6. (18) Colton Walters
7. (96B) Bob Warren
8. (12W) Travis Walsh
9. (89) Erik Bowser
Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified Heat 3:
1. (165) Rex King
2. (37Md) Jeremiah Shingledecker
3. (4J) John Mollick
4. (3K) Shawn Kozar
5. (123) AJ Flick
6. (132 Brandon Michaud
7. (29s) Steve Slater
8. (JD57) Jordan Ehrenberg
9. (25) Chris Rudolph
Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified BMain:
1. (18) Colton Walters
2. (132) Brandon Michaud
3. (10) Chelsie Kriegisch
4. (83T) Tom Glenn
5. (12W) Travis Walsh
6. (88) Shawn Fleeger
7. (96B) Bob Warren
8. (29s) Steve Slater
9. (63) Jessica Kriegisch
10. (JD157) Jordan Ehrenberg
11. (25) Chris Rudolph
12. (89) Erik Bowser
Millerstown Pic-A-Part RUSH/DIRTcar Pro Stocks Heat 1:
1. (27) Tyler Dietz
2. (28Y) Chris Schneider
3. (C33) Corey McPherson
4. (66) Joe Kelley
5. (13X) Ryan Moyer
6. (25) Brett McDonald
7. (29B) Scott Byers
8. (77) Heath Close
9. (35B) Jacob Dietz
10. (310 ) Dale Tuche
Millerstown Pic-A-Part RUSH/DIRTcar Pro Stocks Heat 2:
1. (948) Joey Zambotti
2. (31) Noah Brunell
3. (30) Bob Egley
4. (26) Mike Bordt
5. (22J) Chase Lambert
6. (10) John Hartman
7. (32) Mark Sanders
8. (12M) Trevor McCann
9. (17) Sam Eichelberger
Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar Sprints Non Qualifiers Race:
1. (27) Jeremy Kornbau
2. (91) Sadie Siegel
3. (00) Alan Free
4. (24) Jeremy Hill
5. (4K) Bill Kiley
6. (23c) Jerry Hairhoger
Car Count Total: 95
Peoples Natural Gas Sprints: 32
Precise Late Models: 17
Diehl Modifieds: 27
Pic-A-Part Sportsman: 19
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