9.19.20 Pennsylvania Sprint Series Results
By: Frank Buhrman & Stephanie Dodson
Dale Schweikert has done well at Clinton County Speedway this season, but a bad break for fellow veteran Ryan Lynn added to his skills and led to victory in the Nittany 40, the track’s biggest race for IMCA/RaceSaver sprint cars Saturday night. He collected $800 plus bonuses.
The race was co-sanctioned by the Laurel Highlands Sprint Series and the Pennsylvania Sprint Series.
The Linden, Pa., racer, who these days competes mostly with the Laurel Highlands, had already won twice at Clinton County but narrowly lost out in a three-way battle with eventual titleist Garrett Bard for the track championship, so victory in the season finale was a very nice consolation prize.
Lynn, the Hollidaysburg resident who races regularly in both series, led much of the event before mechanical problems first cost him the lead on a lap 24 restart and eventually sidelined his #26 sprinter after 33 laps. That put Schweikert’s #78 up front, where he finished ahead of Tyler Cochran, Scott Lutz, Bard and Jared Zionkowski.
Derek Hauck, Ken Duke Jr., Jeffrey Weaver, Brad Mellott, and Dylan Proctor completed the top 10.
Heat races for the 33 RaceSaver sprints on hand were won by Matt Tebbs, Dale Schweikert; Bard and Proctor. Duke won the B-Main.
2019 IMCA/RaceSaver National Champion Ken Duke was the race’s hard charger, with his seventh-place finish breaking a three-way tie for drivers who advanced an impressive 14 positions during the race. In the top five, Zionkowski moved up eight spots.
Next weekend, PASS has another double, racing Friday night at Lincoln Speedway and Saturday at Selinsgrove Speedway. The Lincoln show is Night One of the Dirt Nationals for Central Pennsylvania Legends, while the RaceSaver sprints join the 410 sprints at Selinsgrove in the running of their Jim Nace Memorial National Sprint Car Open.
For full schedule information and the latest news, visit www.pasprintseries.com or the PA Sprint Series Facebook page.
Results from Clinton County Speedway, September 19
HEAT 1 – 1. 15T-Matt Tebbs; 2. 2H-Derek Hauck; 3. 6X-Brad Mellott; 4. 41Z-Jared Zionkowski; 5. 2J-Aaron Jacobus; 6. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 7. 52-Jeffrey Weaver; 8. R6-Reed Thompson; 9. 78C-Dakota Schweikert.
HEAT 2 – 1. 78-Dale Schweikert; 2. 33-Scott Lutz; 3. 26-Ryan Lynn; 4. 20-Doug Dodson; 5. 72-Dave Guss Jr.; 6. 1-Rowdy Heffner; 7. 54-Mike Melair; 8. 7-Jim Kennedy.
HEAT 3 – 1. 95-Garrett Bard; 2. 80JR-Kyle Colwell; 3. 23-Nathan Gramley; 4. 19-Kenny Heffner; 5. 83-Larry McVay; 6. 8B-Will Brunson; 7. 2-Erin Statler; 8. D57-Jeff Miller.
HEAT 4 – 1. 92-Dylan Proctor; 2. 19T-Tyler Cochran; 3. 55-Domenic Melair; 4. 85-Josh Beamer; 5. 46-Mike Alleman; 6. 56-Steve Cousins; 7. 19K-Chris Kreider. DNS – 19A-Brody Adamsky.
B-MAIN – 1. 67-Ken Duke Jr., 2. 52-Jeffrey Weaver; 3. 1-Rowdy Heffner; 4. 19K-Chris Kreider; 5. 54-Mike Melair; 6. 8B-Will Brunson; 7. D57-Jeff Miller; 8. 56-Steve Cousins; 9. 2-Erin Statler; 10. R6-Reed Thompson (DNF); 11. 78C-Dakota Schweikert; 12. 7-Jim Kennedy. DNS – 19A-Brody Adamsky.
FEATURE – 1. 78-Dale Schweikert; 2. 19T-Tyler Cochran; 3. 33-Scott Lutz; 4. 95-Garrett Bard; 5. 41Z-Jared Zionkowski; 6. 2H-Derek Hauck; 7. 67-Ken Duke Jr.; 8. 52-Jeffrey Weaver; 9. 6X-Brad Mellott; 10. 92-Dylan Proctor; 11. 78C-Dakota Schweikert; 12. 85-Josh Beamer; 13. 55-Domenic Melair; 14. 2J-Aaron Jacobus; 15. 72-Dave Guss Jr.; 16. 19-Kenny Heffner; 17. 1-Rowdy Heffner; 18. 46-Mike Alleman (DNF); 19. 26-Ryan Lynn (DNF); 20. 23-Nathan