Rex King Jr. Tops Modifieds At Lernerville Speedway

Story By: GARY HEEMAN / LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY – SARVER, PA – Fans in attendance got all they wanted and then some in terms of exiting feature finishes and a rare evening of fantastic weather as the annual Mid Season Championships took center stage at The Action Track on Friday night. And when all was said and done, the four feature winners earned starting spots in some premiere events on the 2018 schedule.

In the Peoples Gas DIRTcar Sprint main event, AJ Flick worked his way through the field methodically from his 8th starting position and then made his way past Brandon Matus and Jack Sodeman Jr with just a handful of laps remaining en route to his third feature win of 2018 while in the process, earning a starting spot in the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup in July. Michael Norris survived an opening lap flat tire and made his way to the front of the the field in the Precise Late Model feature and looked to be in command of the field. However, Jared Miley was in the field and got better as the race went along, moving forward from his 12th starting spot while finding the perfect opportunity to take the win from Norris with a pass lap 23 pass for his second victory this season at Lernerville. The win gave Miley an automatic starting spot in next week’s Firecracker 100.

Rex King Jr. overtook a very determined John Mollick on a late race restart and held off an oncoming Brian Swartzlander en route to his second straight feature win in the Diehl Automotive Big Block DIRTcar Modifieds, while in the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar/RUSH Pro Stocks, Corey McPherson drew the pole and was perfect in clean air throughout 20 laps as he wound up in Terry Bowser Victory Lane for the second time in 2018.

Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Feature: (25 Laps)

1. (2) AJ Flick
2. (13) Brandon Matus
3. (23J) Jack Sodeman Jr.
4. (C1) Clay Riney
5. (51) Brandon Matus
6. (08) Dan Kuriger
7. (46) Michael Bauer
8. (7K) Dan Shetler
9. (2L) Sye Lynch
10. (40) George Hobaugh
11. (91) Rod George
12. (29) Scott Barris
13. (27) Vinny Dougherty
14. (38) Dennis Wagner
15. (21N) Frankie Nervo
16. (34M) Mike Marano II
17. (44L) Pete Landram
18. (12J) Jonathan Jones
19. (4K) Bill Kiley
20. (55) Gary Kriess Jr.

Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models Feature: (25 Laps)

1. (10) Jared Miley
2. (72) Michael Norris
3. (1C) Mike Pegher Jr.
4. (7MM) Mike Maresca
5. (75) Colton Flinner
6. (14) Dan Angellichio
7. (10L) Gary Lyle
8. (29) Ken Schaltenbrand
9. (11) Josh Powell
10. (81) Mike Miller
11. (14R) Clay Ruffo
12. (15) Kelvin Kohan
13. (91T) Tommy Beck
14. (91) Weston Phillis
15. (4F) Ed Ferree

Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified Feature: (25 Laps)

1. (165) Re King Jr.
2. (83) Brian Swartzlander
3. (4J) John Mollick
4. (31) Jim Weller Jr.
5. (61) Dave Murdick
6. (65) Rex King Sr.
7. (45) Steve Feder
8. (13) Rick Regalski
9. (25) Chris Rudolph
10. (29E) Erik Martin
11. (18) Colton Walters
12. (66) Jr McGinley
13. (88) Shawn Fleeger
14. (12W) Travis Walsh
15. (29*) Eric Beggs
16. (123) AJ Flick
17. (75 ) Jeff Miller

Millerstown Pic-A-Part RUSH/DIRTcar Pro Stocks Feature: (20 Laps)

1. (C33) Corey McPherson
2. (27) Tyler Dietz
3. (948) Joey Zambotti
4. (32) Mark Sanders
5. (31) Noah Brunell
6. (10) John Hartman
7. (77) Heath Close
8. (25) Brett McDonald
9. (30) Bob Egley
10. (35B) Jacob Dietz
11. (13X) Ryan Moyer
12. (22J) Chase Lambert
13. (66) Joe Kelley
14. (17) Sam Eichelberger
15. (29B) Scott Byers
16. (310) Dale Tuche
17. (26) Mike Bordt

Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint B-Main-12 Laps:

1. (91) Rod George
2. (40) George Hobaugh
3. (27) Vinny Dougherty
4. (34M) Mike Marano II
5. (44L) Pete Landram
6. (76) Davey Jones
7. (2LX) Landon LaLonde
8. (24) Jeremy Hill
9. (28) Brian Wright
10. (154) Shamus O’Donnell
11. (23C) Jerry Hairhoger
12. (14) Andy Fescenmeyer- Did Not Start
13. (4N) Jimmy Morris

Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 1:

1. (23J) Jack Sodeman Jr.
2. (13) Brandon Matus
3. (29) Scott Barris
4. (08) Dan Kuriger
5. (38) Dennis Wagner
6. (91) Rod George
7. (27) Vinny Douherty
8. (4N) Jimmy Morris
9. (14) Andy Fescenmeyer
10. (2LX) Landon LaLonde

Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 2:

1. (2L) Sye Lynch
2. (2) AJ Flick
3. (C1) Clay Riney
4. (55) Gary Kreiss Jr.
5. (46) Michael Bauer
6. (34M) Mike Marano II
7. (76) Davey Jones
8. (154) Shamus O’Donnell
9. (24) Jeremy Hill

Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar 410 Sprint Heat 3:

1. (7K) Dan Shetler
2. (51) Brant Matus
3. (12J) Jonathan Jones
4. (21N) Frankie Nervo
5. (4K) Bill Kiley
6. (44L) Pete Landram
7. (28) Brian Wright
8. (23c) Jerry Hairhoger
9. (40) George Hobaugh- DNF

Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Model Heat 1:

1. (1C) Mike Pegher Jr.
2. (10) Jared Miley
3. (75) Colton Flinner
4. (91T) Tommy Beck
5. (4F) Ed Ferree
6. (81) Mike Miller
7. (14R) Clay Ruffo
8. (91) Weston Phillis

Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Model Heat 2:

1. (72) Michael Norris
2. (7MM) Michael Maresca
3. (14) Dan Angellichio
4. (29) Ken Schaltenbrand
5. (10L) Gary Lyle
6. (15) Kelvin Kohan
7. (11) Joshua Powell

Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified Heat 1:

1. (165) Rex King Jr.
2. (61) Dave Murdick
3. (4J) John Mollick
4. (65) Rex King Sr.
5. (45) Steve Feder
6. (37M) Jeremiah Shingldecker
7. (75) Jeff Miller
8. (29) Eric Beggs

Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Northeast Big Block Modified Heat 2:

1. (83) Brian Swartzlander
2. (13) Rick Regalski
3. (123) AJ Flick
4. (29E) Erik Martin
5. (66) JR McGinley
6. (18) Colton Walters
7. (31) Jim Weller Jr.
8. (88) Shawn Fleeger
9. (12W) Travis Walsh

Millerstown Pic-A-Part RUSH/DIRTcar Pro Stocks Heat 1:

1. (13X) Ryan Moyer
2. (32) Mark Sanders
3. (31) Noah Brunell
4. (10) John Hartman
5. (310) Dale Tuche
6. (29B) Scott Byers
7. (35B) Jacob Dietz
8. (22J) Chase Lambert
9. (17) Sam Eichelberger

Millerstown Pic-A-Part RUSH/DIRTcar Pro Stocks Heat 2:

1. (27) Tyler Dietz
2. (948) Joey Zambotti
3. (C33) Corey McPherson
4. (66) Joe Kelley
5. (25) Brett McDonald
6. (30) Bob Egley
7. (77) Heath Close
8. (26) Mike Bordt

Car Count Total: 77
Peoples Natural Gas Sprints: 28
Precise Late Models: 15
Diehl Modifieds: 17
Pic-A-Part Pro Stocks: 17