Lance Dewease Captures $53,000 With All Star Sprint Win In Tuscarora 50 At Port Royal

Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS – PORT ROYAL, PA – For the seventh time in his career, National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Lance Dewease is a Tuscarora 50 champion at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, collecting a $53,000 payday in the process, as well as over $1,000 in lap money, while simultaneously stretching his Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 win count to 41, 12 of which at the Port Royal “Speed Palace.”

“My guys work really hard. This car was easy to drive tonight and that’s the key,” an elated Lance Dewease said in Port Royal Speedway victory lane, driver of the Kreitz Racing, Schannauer Plumbing and Heating, Hess Ornamental Iron, No. 69K sprint car. “I’m just happy for all of the guys and all of our sponsors. It’s a whole-team effort. Everyone works so hard.”

The Fayetteville, Pennsylvania-native, who started from the pole position as the result of a top-six redraw, was in command of the feature field for the first 18 circuits, as well as the final 13, losing the top spot to St. Helena, California’s Rico Abreu on lap 19 before reclaiming the lead on lap 38. Abreu, who started alongside Dewease on the front row, earned the advantage over the Kreitz Racing No. 69K during a battle in traffic, first missing a slide job attempt on lap 14 before officially taking the lead on lap 19.

Unfortunately for Abreu, a problem with the car’s universal joint forced the familiar No. 24 to go pit-side allowing Dewease to inherit command shortly after the competition yellow at half way.

“I think I was being a little too conservative with the lapped cars which allowed Rico (Abreu) to get by me,” Lance Dewease said. “I thought we would get back by him among the lap cars because I felt like I was hitting some pretty good marks. We probably weren’t as good as we were last night, but the track was pretty tricky. You can have the fastest car at the track and still not win if you don’t catch some breaks. We caught the breaks tonight.

“When I started racing, I just wanted to race. Kinda like Kyle (Larson), I just wanted to race. It didn’t matter what it was. To be doing this for four decades means two things: I’m old and I’ve been fortunate enough to be pretty successful for a long time. I’ve had the opportunity to drive for a lot of great people.”

Dillsburg’s Anthony Macri would battle ahead four spots to finish second at the Port Royal “Speed Palace,” followed by Dylan Cisney, a hard-charging Kyle Larson from 22nd, and Thursday night winner, Cory Eliason.

What’s Next:
The Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will continue the month of September with another round in Pennsylvania Posse Country, this time revising Williams Grove Speedway and Lincoln Speedway on Friday and Saturday, September 18-19. The final All Star visit to Pennsylvania of 2020 will be headlined with the annual $20,000-to-win Dirt Classic at the “Fabulous” Lincoln Speedway.

Contingency Awards/Results: Port Royal Speedway – September 12, 2020:
Event: The 53rd Annual Tuscarora 50
Entries: 51
C&R Racing Warm-Ups: Rico Abreu – 15.534
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Anthony Macri – 15.271
Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Anthony Macri
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Lance Dewease
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: TJ Stutts
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Rico Abreu
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Tyler Courtney
Ford Performance Heat #6 Winner: Dylan Cisney
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting & Embroidery B-Main Winner: Logan Wagner
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Skylar Gee
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Lance Dewease
Hercules Tire A-Main Hard Charger: Kyle Larson (+18)

Qualifying

Group (A)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 15.271; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 15.447; 3. 13-Paul McMahan, 15.518; 4. 91r-Kyle Reinhardt, 15.558; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich, 15.569; 6. 98-Jared Esh, 15.590; 7. 55-Mike Wagner, 15.603; 8. 69K-Lance Dewease, 15.612; 9. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 15.614; 10. 18-Gio Scelzi, 15.614; 11. 70-Cale Thomas, 15.624; 12. 11T-TJ Stutts, 15.651; 13. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 15.720; 14. 12-Blane Heimbach, 15.797; 15. 99M-Kyle Moody, 15.827; 16. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 15.857; 17. 33W-Michael Walter, 16.068; 18. 87k-Alan Krimes, 16.072; 19. 12s-Brent Shearer, 16.109; 20. 39T-Justin Peck, 16.109; 21. 19-Curt Stroup, 16.122; 22. 73B-Brett Michalski, 16.126; 23. W20-Greg Wilson, 16.140; 24. 880-Drew Ritchey, 16.389; 25. 24B-Dustin Baney, 16.410; 26. 12w-Troy Fraker, 17.043

Group (B)
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 15.478; 2. 26-Cory Eliason, 15.494; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 15.525; 4. 24-Rico Abreu, 15.551; 5. 21-Brian Brown, 15.560; 6. 1-Logan Wagner, 15.565; 7. 9-James McFadden, 15.614; 8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 15.736; 9. 17-Ian Madsen, 15.751; 10. 6-Ryan Smith, 15.753; 11. 42-Sye Lynch, 15.756; 12. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 15.759; 13. 39-Spencer Bayston, 15.783; 14. 57-Kyle Larson, 15.791; 15. 72-Shane Stewart, 15.794; 16. 25-Tyler Bear, 15.797; 17. 99-Skylar Gee, 15.812; 18. 2F-AJ Flick, 15.812; 19. 11-Zeb Wise, 15.843; 20. 24w-Lucas Wolfe, 15.929; 21. 5-Brent Marks, 15.986; 22. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer, 16.004; 23. 14T-Tyler Walton, 16.053; 24. 75-Nicole Bower, 16.236; 25. 97-Brie Hershey, 16.333

Heat #1 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 39M-Anthony Macri [4]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [1]; 3. 55-Mike Wagner [2]; 4. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt [3]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 6. 55K-Robbie Kendall [6]; 7. 73B-Brett Michalski [8]; 8. 12S-Brent Shearer [7]; 9. 24B-Dustin Baney [9]

Heat #2 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 69K-Lance Dewease [2]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich [3]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart [4]; 4. 12-Blane Heimbach [5]; 5. 39T-Justin Peck [7]; 6. 33W-Michael Walter [6]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [8]; 8. 70-Cale Thomas [1]; 9. 12W-Troy Fraker [9]

Heat #3 – Group (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 11T-TJ Stutts [1]; 2. 51-Freddie Rahmer [2]; 3. 13-Paul McMahan [4]; 4. 98-Jared Esh [3]; 5. 99M-Kyle Moody [5]; 6. 19-Curt Stroup [7]; 7. 87K-Alan Krimes [6]; 8. 880-Drew Ritchey [8]

Heat #4 – Group (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 24-Rico Abreu [3]; 2. 9-James McFadden [2]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 4. 39-Spencer Bayston [5]; 5. 6-Ryan Smith [1]; 6. 11-Zeb Wise [7]; 7. 25-Tyler Bear [6]; 8. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer [8]; 9. 97-Brie Hershey [9]

Heat #5 – Group (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 2. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [3]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [5]; 5. 42-Sye Lynch [1]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee [6]; 7. 24W-Lucas Wolfe [7]; 8. 14T-Tyler Walton [8]

Heat #6 – Group (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 5C-Dylan Cisney [1]; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 3. 17-Ian Madsen [2]; 4. 1-Logan Wagner [3]; 5. 5-Brent Marks [7]; 6. 2F-AJ Flick [6]; 7. 75-Nicole Bower [8]; 8. 72-Shane Stewart [5]

C-Main (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 72-Shane Stewart [8]; 2. 73B-Brett Michalski [3]; 3. 25-Tyler Bear [2]; 4. 24W-Lucas Wolfe [4]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 6. 14T-Tyler Walton [12]; 7. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer [10]; 8. 24B-Dustin Baney [13]; 9. 97-Brie Hershey [14]; 10. 75-Nicole Bower [6]; 11. 12S-Brent Shearer [9]; 12. 87K-Alan Krimes [1]; 13. 70-Cale Thomas [7]; 14. 12W-Troy Fraker [15]; 15. 880-Drew Ritchey [11]

B-Main (12 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 1-Logan Wagner [2]; 2. 39-Spencer Bayston [4]; 3. 12-Blane Heimbach [5]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [6]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [7]; 6. 98-Jared Esh [3]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee [13]; 8. 72-Shane Stewart [18]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [19]; 10. 55K-Robbie Kendall [12]; 11. 19-Curt Stroup [16]; 12. 99M-Kyle Moody [8]; 13. 2F-AJ Flick [15]; 14. 39T-Justin Peck [10]; 15. 42-Sye Lynch [9]; 16. 11-Zeb Wise [17]; 17. 33W-Michael Walter [14]; 18. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt [1]

NQ Main (20 Laps)
1. 24w-Lucas Wolfe [13]; 2. 73B-Brett Michalski [2]; 3. 14T-Tyler Walton [15]; 4. 19-Curt Stroup [4]; 5. 25-Tyler Bear [12]; 6. 97-Brie Hershey [18]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [14]; 8. 8S-Trenton Sheaffer [16]; 9. 24B-Dustin Baney [17]; 10. 75-Nicole Bower [19]; 11. 12s-Brent Shearer [20]; 12. 12w-Troy Fraker [21]; 13. 42-Sye Lynch [8]; 14. 55K-Robbie Kendall [3]; 15. 880-Drew Ritchey [22]; 16. 87k-Alan Krimes [23]; 17. 33W-Michael Walter [10]; 18. 72-Shane Stewart [1]

A-Main (50 Laps)
1. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri [6]; 3. 5C-Dylan Cisney [5]; 4. 57-Kyle Larson [22]; 5. 26-Cory Eliason [10]; 6. 1-Logan Wagner [19]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 8. 39-Spencer Bayston [20]; 9. 2M-Kerry Madsen [8]; 10. 51-Freddie Rahmer [11]; 11. 5-Brent Marks [25]; 12. 48-Danny Dietrich [9]; 13. 14-Tony Stewart [7]; 14. 55-Mike Wagner [17]; 15. 9-James McFadden [14]; 16. 12-Blane Heimbach [21]; 17. 17-Ian Madsen [18]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [23]; 19. 21-Brian Brown [16]; 20. 18-Gio Scelzi [13]; 21. 87-Aaron Reutzel [12]; 22. 13-Paul McMahan [15]; 23. 24-Rico Abreu [2]; 24. 11T-TJ Stutts [3]; 25. 98-Jared Esh [24] Lap Leaders: Lance Dewease (1-18), Rico Abreu (19-37), Lance Dewease (38-50)