4.23.17 Empire Super Sprints Results
VERNON, NY – Lucas Wolfe walked out of Utica-Rome Speedway on Sunday night as the overall Gladiator Champion after a pair of hard fought 20 lap features. Wolfe finished third in the first A-Main before an impressive slide job on the final lap to beat Chuck Hebing in the second feature to take the win. The combined results put him on top at the end of the night. Danny Varin took home the win in the first 20 lap A-Main.
In the first 20-lap A-Main for the Sprint Cars Danny Varin rocketed out the lead from his pole starting position. Varin was challenged early by Davie Franek before Wolfe entered the fray. Varin was masterful in traffic keeping both Wolfe and Franek at bay. Neither Franek nor Wolfe could shake each other as they raced for second. Varin held on to pocket the $1,500 for winning the first feature. After pulling a ten inversion for the second feature Varin took the Gladiator Challenge and elected to start in the rear in hopes of claiming a $1,000 bonus from Orange Crate Brewing Company. Franek finished second over Wolfe, Dylan Westbrook and Hebing.
The nightcap kicked off with Coleman Gulick and Jessica Zemken bringing the 20-lap feature to life. Zemken snagged the lead away from Gulick. Gulick chased her down and made the pass for the lead on five. Hebing then found the top spot a lap later as he blasted by Gulick off of turn two on the outside. Gulick refused to quit as he hung with Hebing. They battled with Westbrook and Wolfe working each other over for third. Unfortunately for Varin, his run to the front came to an end while running just outside the top five. He ended up getting over to bring out the red on lap 11. Hebing stayed in the front once green was shown again. Wolfe began his charge during the final couple of circuits to get to second. Then, on lap 20, Wolfe got a great run off the exit of turn two. He ran down Hebing on the backstretch to set up the perfect slider in turns three and four. He led off the final corner to take the checkered flag. Hebing finished second followed by Gulick, Westbrook and Franek.
GLADIATOR 360 SPRINT TWIN 20 #1 A-MAIN FINISH-DANNY VARIN, Davie Franek, Lucas Wolfe, Dylan Westbrook, Chuck Hebing, Larry Wight, Jeff Cook, Paul Kinney, Jessica Zemken, Coleman Gulick, Mike Mahaney, Matt Billings, Sammy Reakes IV, Kelly Hebing, James Hanson, Chad Miller, Steve Glover, Bob Gray, Brett Wright, Erik Karlsen, and Jason Barney.
GLADIATOR 360 SPRINT TWIN 20 #2 A-MAIN FINISH-LUCAS WOLFE, Chuck Hebing, Coleman Gulick, Dylan Westbrook, Davie Franek, Larry Wight, Paul Kinney, Kelly Hebing, Jeff Cook, Matt Billings, James Hanson, Brett Wright, Steve Glover, Danny Varin, Erik Karlsen, Bob Gray, Jessica Zemken, Chad Miller, and Sammy Reakes IV.