Fab4 Ready To Roll On Mother’s Night This Friday At Lernerville
Story By: GARY HEEMAN / LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY – SARVER, PA – Mother Nature has not been a race fan thus far in 2019. Following a third consecutive lost program, The Action Track and it’s drivers and fans are hoping the necessary elements come together to make the start of the season possible this Friday night.
On tap on the track this week, the Fab4 Revved up with Marburger will be looking to get their first show of the season in the books.
It will be a special evening for the ladies on Friday night at they will receive free grandstand admission as part of our annual Mother’s Night offerings. And, the first 100 ladies through the grandstand gate will be receiving a surprise as well.
The Peoples Gas DIRTcar Sprints, Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models, Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds and Precise Racing Products DIRTcar/RUSH Pro Stocks will all be in action on Friday night. And they’ll be ready to take their first meaningful laps at Lernerville for the year.
Many area drivers have managed to get some seat time at select speedways in the area between raindrops and have done some impressive things to this point. AJ Flick currently sits in sixth place in the point standings at Port Royal Speedway while Dan Shetler has enjoyed some top five finishes at Lincoln Speedway in the early portion of the season. Meanwhile, Sye Lynch and Brandon Matus managed top five finishes at Wayne County Speedway on April 13 and 2016 Sprint Car Champion Jack Sodeman Jr. has made several appearances to this point.
On the Late Model side of the coin, Alex Ferree, Michael Norris and Colton Flinner have one win apiece at Port Royal thus far in 2019. And in Big Block Modified action, Rex King Jr. collected the first win in the area with his victory in BRP Modified tour action at Michael’s Mercer Raceway on April, 13. Perhaps the most impressive start by a Lernerville weekly competitor resides with Pro Stock driver Joey Zambotti who managed to win five consecutive feature events at Hagerstown Speedway in earlier action this season.
Sprint To Checkers Challenge Commences Friday Night
There will be some extra cash up for grabs for the Peoples Gas Sprint Car feature winners in 2019 as the Sprint to Checkers Challenge presented by FENCE by Maintenance Service ramps up this Friday night. Drivers in the top 10 in points will be able to draw to be selected as the driver of the night and should they cross the finish line first, they will see a weekly bonus. The season starts with a $200 bonus in the pot for opening night and will increase by $100 a week until the selected driver wins.
The Lernerville Kids Club will be making a special Mother’s Day craft this Friday night and also partaking in the held over Easter Egg Hunt as well. The club will meet at 6:30 pm under the turn four grandstands near the picnic tables and is free for all children.
We will also be breaking out our first “Meet the Drivers” sessions this Friday night. We will announce the division and time and place on our social media leading up to race night so stay tuned on our facebook page or our twitter account @lernerville.
Pits will open at 4 PM with grandstands opening 5 PM and racing starting at 7:30 PM sharp. Adult general admission is $15, $12 for seniors, $10 for students ages 11-17. Children 10 and under are admitted FREE on all Fab4 Friday nights!
Be sure to check out our latest Action Track Podcast from this past Friday night! We were able to record between the raindrops and met with All Star Sprint Car series announcer Blake Anderson who gave us some insight into the series and how he got started in the business and also Peoples Gas DIRTcar Sprint Car driver Sadie Siegel.
