By: Frank Buhrman Garrett Bard of Wells Tannery wasted no time in showing his ability in a full-sized sprint car, coming from ninth starting spot to second in his heat race and then winning Saturday’s 20-lap PA Sprint Series feature at Port Royal Speedway. It was only his fourth time…
By: Frank Buhrman Veteran Scott Lutz of Jonestown scored another victory Friday night at Clinton County Motor Speedway, wheeling his Fredericksburg Eagle Hotel/Speedway Mart & Car Wash/Adams Auto Sales #33 to the 25-lap RaceSaver Sprint feature win at Clinton County Motor Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the Laurel Highlands…
By: Frank Buhrman Drew Ritchey made his move for the lead early, then held off challenges from “Nitro” Nick Sweigart and Ken Duke Jr. to post his second straight victory at Path Valley Speedway Park in Saturday’s 20-lap PA Sprint Series feature. The Everett racer had already scored a heat…
By: Frank Buhrman John Walp became the PA Sprint Series’ third multiple feature winner of 2019 Friday night with a wire-to-wire victory in the 25-lap feature at Trail-Way Speedway. The PASS/IMCA sprint tour continues the weekend’s action with racing Saturday night at Path Valley Speedway, where the Wingless Super Sportsman…
By: Frank Buhrman Ken Duke Jr. watched races at Selinsgrove Speedway as a kid and won at the historic Snyder County facility in karts and micro-sprints. Now he’s checked off the most important box – victory at his hometown track in a full-sized sprint car. (Ritchey tops Path Valley –…
By: Frank Buhrman Drew Ritchey of Everett collected his first PA Sprint Series win of 2019 Saturday in the 20-lap feature race at Path Valley Speedway. Ritchey’s last PASS/IMCA victory had come nearly a year ago at Path Valley (where two of his three previous wins occurred). The driver of…
By: Frank Buhrman Defending PA Sprint Series Champion Zach Newlin held off a determined last-lap effort by rookie Jake Frye and claimed the victory in Saturday’s PASS/IMCA feature race at BAPS Motor Speedway. The win was his third this season with PASS, following seven in 2018, and it was his…
By: Frank Buhrman Virginian Jerald Harris kept all the fighting for position behind him Saturday night, leading from start to finish to capture the 25-lap IMCA/RaceSaver interregional series feature at Hagerstown Speedway. Harris, from Rockingham, became the first Virginia Sprint Series regular to take a checkered flag in the four…
By: Frank Buhrman Recent graduate Devin Adams worked hard for his high school diploma, then put that work ethic to good use on the race track, earning his first career PA Sprint Series victory in Saturday’s 20-lap feature at Port Royal Speedway. Adams, a Lebanon resident and Northern Lebanon High…
By: Frank Buhrman Veteran Scott Ellerman held off a determined challenge from Ken Duke Jr. to complete a wire-to-wire performance and win Saturday night’s East Coast Nationals IMCA/RaceSaver sprint car finale at Hagerstown Speedway. The Landisburg, Pa., racer earned a front-row starting spot by draw, grabbed the early lead and…
Newlin wins intense duel with Duke to capture Hagerstown feature PA Sprint Series defending champion Zach Newlin held off a determined challenge by this year’s top winner, Ken Duke Jr., and won the opening night feature of the East Coast Nationals for IMCA/RaceSaver sprint cars Friday night at Hagerstown Speedway….
By: Frank Buhrman Ken Duke Jr. of Selinsgrove outran fellow front-row starter Jonathan Jones of Irvona for the first-lap lead in Saturday’s PA Sprint Series feature at Port Royal Speedway and made that advantage hold up for the 20-lap distance to score a wire-to-wire victory, his fourth of the 2019…
By: Frank Buhrman In a performance worthy of his nickname, “Nitro” Nick Sweigart blasted the PA Sprint Series field to earn his first victory since 2017 in the 20-lap feature Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway. Flying past competitors on the outside from his 10th starting position, Sweigart, from Myerstown,…
Defending PA Sprint Series champion Zach Newlin joined Cale Reigle in visiting victory lane for the first time in 2019 Saturday at BAPS Motor Speedway. Newlin led all the way to win the regularly scheduled 20-lap PASS/IMCA feature after Reigle led all 19 laps of the evening’s first race, which…
Ken Duke Jr. preserved his 2019 PA Sprint Series winning streak Saturday night, winning the 20-lap feature race at Path Valley Speedway by 0.411 seconds over Doug Dodson. “Nitro” Nick Sweigart, Jake Frye and Mike Alleman rounded out the Top 5, with Zach Newlin, Tyler Cochran, Drew Ritchey, John Fiore…
By: Frank Buhrman A persistent shower moved into the area during a second-lap caution period, forcing postponement of the remainder of Sunday night’s 20-lap PA Sprint Series feature at BAPS Motor Speedway. The race will be completed as part of a scheduled program on Saturday, April 20. Cale Riegle had…
By: Frank Buhrman Selinsgrove’s Ken Duke Jr. (#67) grabbed the lead from Nathan Gramley (#23) in turn two on lap 12 and went on to win Saturday’s 20-lap PASS/IMCA feature at Port Royal Speedway. It was Duke’s second straight win for 2019. Late-charging Johnathan Jones (#12J) got past Gramley with…
By: Frank Buhrman 2016 PA Sprint Series Champ Ken Duke Jr. gave notice that he’ll be in the hunt for a second championship in 2019, winning the season-opening feature event Saturday, March 23, at Path Valley Speedway. The Selinsgrove resident made a low-side pass of Kyle Ganoe just past the…