By: Frank Buhrman “It seems like forever since we won a race.” For 2019 PA Sprint Series, Port Royal Speedway, Pennsylvania and IMCA/RaceSaver National Champion Ken Duke Jr. of Selinsgrove, that was an understandable thought. After scoring eight victories in that championship season, he only visited victory lane once in…
By: Frank Buhrman Full circle. Mikell McGee, fourth-generation member of the family that built Path Valley Speedway, collected his first PA Sprint Series feature victory in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature at his home track. In only his tenth PASS race, the resident of nearby Doylesburg survived a fierce battle –…
By: Frank Buhrman Justin Mills narrowly outran fellow New Yorker Christian Rumsey in a one-lap shootout Saturday night to claim his first PA Sprint Series win in the 20-lap feature at Selinsgrove Speedway. The Bloomingburg racer in the Pingotti Seal Coating/Val Bruno Plumbing & Heating/Hufcut Concrete #M1 started third and…
By: Frank Buhrman “Nitro Nick” Sweigart found lightning in the extreme top groove at Port Royal Speedway Saturday night and outdueled Dave Grube II, Garrett Bard and a 54-car PA Sprint Series field to win the 20-lap IMCA/RaceSaver feature at the Juniata County “Speed Palace.” The win was the eighth…
By: Frank Buhrman Jaremi Hanson survived a fierce, multi-lap battle – and serious contact – with Mikell McGee and then held off veteran Doug Dodson’s last-lap challenge to win the PA Sprint Series 20-lap feature Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway. It was the Dillsburg veteran’s third win at the Pidgeon…
By: Frank Buhrman Veteran Kevin Nagy of Wind Gap, Pa., who won his first limited-engine sprint car feature 19 years ago, started on the pole Friday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park and held off multiple challenges and challengers to lead all 25 laps and score the feature win in Day…
By: Frank Buhrman Two weeks ago his car was junk, destroyed in a wicked crash at this same track, but after nonstop work by a family-and-friends team, Garrett Bard returned his mount to Port Royal Speedway Saturday and won the Ninth Annual Keystone RaceSaver Challenge, the signature event and season…
By: Frank Buhrman Another Central Pennsylvania sprint car driver lays claim to the nickname “Double D,” but Doug Dodson might now prefer “Double V,” anyway, after scoring a pair of PA Sprint Series feature victories Friday night at BAPS Motor Speedway. The Middletown driver, who finished second in PASS points…
By: Frank Buhrman & Stephanie Dodson Late in 2019, when Derek Hauck made his first PA Sprint Series start, he ended the night in 15th place . . . in a race won by Garrett Bard. Since then, Hauck has carved out a reputation is one of PASS’s up-and-coming chargers,…
By: Frank Buhrman With a national championship on the line, Garrett Bard pulled out all the stops, led all the way in Selinsgrove Speedway’s 20-lapper Saturday night and won both of the PA Sprint Series features on the season’s final points weekend. After a convincing win Friday night at Lincoln…
By: Frank Buhrman Garrett Bard made it two-for-two at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night with a convincing PA Sprint Series feature win that brought him closer to the IMCA/RaceSaver national championship. The Wells Tannery driver brushed aside a bad heat race starting draw and won that event, then moved from his…
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…
By: Frank Buhrman Sometimes a win is more than just a win: – Like when the driver wins for the first time in more than five years and has only recently became a new father; – Like when you’ve finished in every position from 2nd to 6th at the Grove…
By: Frank Buhrman Doug Dodson had been so close so often earlier this season that it looked like he had to win a race soon. Then a bad crash cast doubt on the rest of the year. Saturday night at Path Valley Speedway Park, Dodson and his team pushed the…
By: Frank Buhrman & Stephanie Dodson “I told him prior to (the race) that last night I feel like I gave it away to him in traffic, and I told him tonight it’s just going to be the complete opposite.” IMCA/RaceSaver national points leader Garrett Bard, still smarting from his…
By: Frank Buhrman Seizing his final opportunity, Lebanon’s Devin Adams executed a perfect inside pass in traffic on the final turn of the final lap of Path Valley Speedway Park’s 25-lap PA Sprint Series feature race Saturday, then held off Domenic Melair’s determined bid for his first PASS win and…
By: Frank Buhrman “Nitro Nick” Sweigart has made some heroic charges from the back of the field to good finishes this season, but the Myerstown racer got a good starting position draw Saturday and made the most of it, wiring the field for his second PA Sprint Series feature win…
By: Frank Buhrman Garrett Bard’s dominance of the PA Sprint Series continued Saturday with a 20-lap feature win during Selinsgrove Speedway’s Showdown on Sand Hill program. The Wells Tannery driver ran down early leader Kyle Keen with an outside move on the third lap and then worked heavy race traffic…
By: Frank Buhrman Fleetwood, Pa., teenager Landon Price found the antidote for a brief racing slump Friday night, capturing the 25-lap PA Sprint Series IMCA/RaceSaver feature at Path Valley Speedway Park. After an early-race battle for third place with the season’s dominant driver, Garrett Bard, Price caught up with and…
By: Frank Buhrman Garrett Bard used a monster outside move at the green flag to go from his fourth starting position into the lead, and the Wells Tannery driver commanded the rest of the 20-lap PA Sprint Series IMCA/RaceSaver feature Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway. It was Bard’s third…
By: Frank Buhrman Lock Haven’s Jeffrey Weaver brought a modest PA Sprint Series resume into Saturday’s racing at Path Valley Speedway Park, but his track record took a huge leap when the former micro sprint racer earned his first full-sized sprint car win in one of the most hotly contested…
By: Frank Buhrman Garrett Bard notched PA Sprint Series win #4 of the 2020 Season at Port Royal Speedway Saturday, coming from seventh starting spot – the biggest advance to a win since the season opener May 30 – and holding off a determined veteran Nathan Gramley at the end….
By: Frank Buhrman & Stephanie Dodson Jake Frye might wish the PA Sprint Series ran at Trail-Way Speedway more often. A year ago to the weekend, the Lewisberry racer, still one of PASS’ youngest, equaled his best career finish – 2nd place – when the series stopped at the Hanover…
By: Frank Buhrman By this time a year ago, Ken Duke already had five PA Sprint Series wins and 10 top-five finishes, on his way to becoming PASS and IMCA/RaceSaver National Champion. Saturday night, the effort to make 2020 memorable for the right reasons took a big step forward when…
By: Frank Buhrman Approaching his first anniversary as a PA Sprint Series competitor, Garrett Bard collected his eighth series victory Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway. It might have been the toughest, as the IMCA/RaceSavers provided fans with a full July 4 fireworks display on the track. The Wells Tannery racer…