AJ Flick & Rex King Jr. Among Winners In Racing Action Friday Night At Lernerville Speedway

Information By: GARY HEEMAN / LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY – SARVER, PA – Familiar faces graced Terry Bowser Victory Lane on Friday night as an other Fab4 Friday Revved up with Marburger Farm Dairy came to it’s conclusion.

The evening saw much of what has made the first part of the season so incredible to this point, with wheel to wheel action on as racy a surface as there is and some feature finishes that weren’t decided to the very end.

The annual Nostalgia Night took center stage as a wide variety of amazingly restored hot rods from the rich racing history of the region were on hand behind the concourse. Fans and drivers made the most of the opportunity to see them up close as well as talk to the drivers that helped make the history behind the cars happen while telling stories of memories and snapping selfies with their favorite vintage car drivers. Members of the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club and Twin State Auto Clubs were both on hand as well on Friday night.

On the track, AJ Flick was the class of the field in the 25 lap Peoples Natural Gas DIRTcar Sprint main event. Flick started fourth on the grid and made his way to the lead within the first five laps and seemingly checked out on the field save for a late race challenge from Sye Lynch who worked his way forward throughout the main event and found Flick’s tail tanks while in heavy lapped traffic at the lap 21 mark. Lynch lost his grip coming out of turn four and onto the straightaway, tagging the wall and going on several bicycles.

Meanwhile, Michael Norris made a return in the Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models and picked up right where he left off in terms of performance level. Norris bolted to the early lead in the number 02 car prepared by Todd Cerenzia, and went to work stretching out a near straightaway advantage over the rest of the field. Behind him. Colton Flinner was keeping a stout pack including Tyler Dietz, Will Thomas, Ken Schaltenbrand and northern tier invader Darrell Bossard at bay until finding a perfect opportunity late in the race to try to snooker Norris on a restart. Flinner made his way around Norris at the top of the speedway, but his lead would be brief as Norris seized an opportunity to throw a turn four slider just barely clearing Flinner’s nose in turn four to re-take the lead and a couple of laps leader, secure his first Action Track victory of the season.
Rex King Jr. had been winless at Lernerville in 2020 in three tries, but had the right recipe working on a late race restart to take the win away from a lightning fast Garrett Krummert in Diehl Automotive DIRTcar Big Block Modified action. Recent feature winner John Mollick worked methodically through the pack from his ninth starting spot to take the final podium spot at the end of 25 laps. And in Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Pro Stock action, Chris Schneider popped in for a visit and put on a familiar looking show to the delight of a good many of the fans who had stayed to watch the Pro stock 20 lap main event. Schneider started seventh on the grid and made his way around a strong running Noah Brunell for the lead on lap six which he never relinquished, though Jason Fosnaught was able to make his way forward and not too far away from Schneider’s back deck, but could not manage to get any closer as Schneider.

Action returns to Lernerville Speedway next Friday night for another Fab4 Friday night Revved up with Marburger Farm Dairy.

Peoples Natural GasDIRTcar 410 Sprint Feature: (25 Laps)

(2) A.J. Flick
(11) Carl Bowser
(23jr) Jack Sodeman Jr.
(33) Brent Matus
(13) Brandon Matus
(40) George Hobaugh
(22) Brandon Spithaler
(J4) John Garvin Jr.
(7K) Dan Shetler
(08) Dan Kuriger
(76) Davey Jones
(4J) Jacob Gomola
(14H) Jeremy Hill
(87) Jim Perricone
(42) Sye Lynch
(LEFT) Ivan Johnson
(91X) Ryan Beatty
(38) Leyton Wagner
(12G) Darin Gallagher
(10) John Hartman

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

(02) Mike Norris
(48) Colton Flinner
(77) Tyler Dietz
(29) Ken Schaltenbrand
(9T) Will Thomas
(22B) Darrell Bossard
(11) Joshua Powell
(10) Gary Lyle
(81) Mike Miller
(91) Tommy Beck
(9) Clayton Kennedy
(15*) Kelvin Kohan
(92) Jayme Beck
(28C) Clate Copeman
(14R) Clay Ruffo
(12) John Myers
(9Y) Levi Yetter
(10Z) Tommy Dennzinger
(B8) Tom Bateman
(0) Ryan Scott

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

(165) Rex King Jr.
(29) Garrett Krummert
(J4) John Mollick
(83) Brian Swartzlander
(61) Dave Murdick
(37MD) Jeremiah Shingledecker
(65) Rex King Sr.
(83T) Tom Glenn
(18W) Colton Walters
(18G) Eric Gabany
(96) Mike Turner
(45) Steve Feder
(35) Steve Slater
(22) Kevin Long
(3K) Shawn Kozar
(132) Brandon Michaud
(5) Brian Sadler
(27R) Dave Reges
(63) Jessica Kriegisch
(13) Rick Regalski

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

(55) Chris Schneider
(73) Jason Fosnaught
(C33) Corey McPherson
(948) Joey Zambotti
(31) Noah Brunell
(27) Tyler Dietz
(81) Mike Miller
(25) Rob Shook
(4*) Douglas Eck
(22jr) Chase Lambert
(00K) Larry Kugel
(4) Jacob Billyk
(5) James Bertges
(19M) Ryan Maglione
(26) Mike Bordt
(77H) Heath Close
(66) Joe Kelley
(30) Bob Egley
(310) Dale Tuche
(99T) Teddy Baumgartner

Amick Associates Heat 1 for Peoples Natural Gas Sprints:

(12) Darin Gallagher
(22) Brandon Spithaler
(40) George Hobaugh
(33) Brent Matus
(J4) John Garvin Jr.
(87) Jim Perricone
(LEFT) Ivan Johnson

Glassmere Fuel Service Heat 2 for Peoples Natural Gas Sprints:

(38) Leyton Wagner
(7K) Dan Shetler
(11) Carl Bowser
(23jr) Jack Sodeman Jr.
(4J) Jacob Gomola
(14H) Jeremy Hill
(91) Ryan Beatty
(55) Gary Kreiss Jr.

Ferguson Heating and Air Conditioning Heat 3 for Peoples Natural Gas Sprints:

(2) A.J. Flick
(42) Sye Lynch
(13) Brandon Matus
(08) Dan Kuriger
(76) Davey Jones
(10) John Hartman
(154) Shamus O’Donnell- Did Not Start

GetPhil.com Heat 1 for Precise Late Models:

(02) Mike Norris
(48) Colton Flinner
(77) Tyler Dietz
(91) Tommy Beck
(15*) Kelvin Kohan
(12) John Myers
(B8) Tom Bateman

American Steel Procesing Heat 2 for Precise Late Models:

(29) Ken Schaltenbrand
(10) Gary Lyle
(22B) Darrell Bossard
(28C) Clate Copeman
(9Y) Levi Yetter
(92) Jayme Beck
(10Z) Tommy Dennzinger- Did Not Start

Abtrex.com Heat 3 for Precise Late Models

(9T) Will Thomas
(81) Mike Miller
(0) Ryan Scott
(9) Clayton Kenedy
(11) Joshua Powell
(14R) Clay Ruffo

McCutcheon Enterprises Heat 1 for Diehl Modifieds:

(83) Brian Swartzlander
(37MD) Jeremiah Shingledecker
(13) Rick Regalski
(83T) Tom Glenn
(18W) Colton Walters
(32R) Chris Rudolph
(18G) Eric Gabany

Thermo Twin Windows Heat 2 for Diehl Modifieds:

(4J) John Mollick
(29) Garrett Krummert
(65) Rex King Sr.
(96) Mike Turner
(22) Kevin Long
(132) Brandon Michaud
(63) Jessica Kriegisch

Steighner Crane Services Heat 3 for Diehl Modifieds

(61) Dave Murdick
(45) Steve Feder
(165) Rex King Sr.
(35) Steve Slater
(3K) Shawn Kozar
(5) Brian Sadler
(27R) Dave Reges

Thoma Meat Market Heat 1 for Pic-A-Part Pro Stocks:

(73) Jason Fosnaught
(948) Joey Zambotti
(66) Joe Kelley
(C33) Corey McPherson
(25) Rob Shook
(4*) Douglas Eck
(4) Jacob Billyk

Hovis Auto and Truck Supply Heat 2 for Pic-A-Part Pro Stocks:

(81) Mike Miller
(55) Chris Schneider
(77H) Heath Close
(30) Bob Egley
(19M) Ryan Maglione
(99T) Teddy Baumgartner
(35b) Jake Dietz

Millerstown Pick-A-Part Pro Stock Heat 3:

(27) Tyler Dietz
(31) Noah Brunell
(00K) Larry Kugel
(26) Mike Bordt
(310) Dale Tuche
(22jr) Chase Lambert
(5) James Bertges

Car Count Total: 85
Peoples Natural Gas Sprints: 23
Precise Late Models: 20
Diehl Modifieds: 21
Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar/RUSH Pro Stocks: 21