RPW Column: Lucas Wolfe Wins Patriot Sprint Tour A-Main At Land Of Legends After Colagiovanni Tire Hop
Column By: ROBERT SYMONDS / RPW – CANANDAIGUA, NY – The first Patriot Sprint Tour event at the Land of Legends in 2020 proved to be surprising and eventful race, especially for the Pennsylvania native Lucas Wolfe.
The 25 lap feature started with a big collision in turn 1 after a Jared Zimbardi spun the car after starting on the front row, this caution involved 6 drivers including Larry Wight, Danny Varin, Steve Glover, and Jonathan Preston. Through the midpart of the 25 lap feature, Billy VanInwegen lead for nearly 5 laps when Paulie Colagiovanni took command of the field.
After leading only a few laps, Colagiovanni wheel hopped a infield tire which broke his front suspension on lap 17. Wolfe rallied from a 4th place restarting position to take the lead with 6 laps to go and led to the checkered flag.
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*A-Main (25 laps): 1. 5w-Lucas Wolfe ($2,000), 2. 90-Matt Tanner, 3. 56-Billy VanInwegen, 4. 98-Joe Trenca, 5. 28f-Davie Franek, 6. 48jr.-Darryl Ruggles, 7. 22-Jonathan Preston, 8. 7ny-Matt Farnham, 9. 66-Erik Karlsen, 10. 17-Sammy Reakes IV, 11. 87-Jason Barney, 12. 46-Ryan Coniam, 13. 49-Scott Kreutter, 14. X-Dan Bennett, 15. 45-Chuck Hebing, 16. 67-Pete Richardson(P), 17. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni, 18. 121-Steve Glover, 19. 79-Jordan Thomas, 20. 2-Dave Axton, 21. 23-Tyler Cartier, 22. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 23. 99L-Larry Wight, 24. 00-Danny Varin, 10h-Kelly Hebing(DNS).
Heats (8 laps)
#1: Farnham, Varin, S.Glover, Wolfe, Reakes, C.Hebing, Karlsen, Pruchnik, Pieniazek(DNS).
#2: Tanner, Trenca, Thomas, Zimbardi, Kreutter, Ruggles, Barney, Trump, B.Preston.
#3: Colagiovanni, Wight, K.Hebing, Franek, Cartier, W.Glover, Schott, Richardson.
#4: VanInwegen, Bennett, J.Preston, Axton, Coniam, Knab, Wright, Barnard.
B-Main (12 laps)
#1: Ruggles, C.Hebing, Karlsen, Barney, 21-William Glover, 36-Tyler Trump, 55-Dallas Schott, 14b-Brett Wright, Richardson, 38-Brad Knab, 86-Jeremy Barnard, 42-Jesse Pruchnik, 36b-Brian Preston(DNS), 9-Josh Pieniazek(DNS).
Bonnell’s Rod Shop Four Laps of Fame Dash (4 laps): Wolfe, Franek, Reakes, J.Preston, Bennett, S.Glover.
