SARVER, Pa. (EYT) – After a month of rainy Fridays, Lernerville Speedway finally enjoyed some dry weather this past Friday as Fab 4 racing returned to the Sarver oval.
Fans were treated to some great racing on a fast track. Dan Kuriger opened the evening by scoring his 2nd win of 2015 in the sprint car feature holding off Ohio invader and All-Star regular Andrew Palker.
Dan Kuriger in victory lane atter his second Lernerville Speedway win of the season. Photo by Rick Rarer.
John Flinner returned to Lernerville to win a wild late model over Franklin racer Matt Lux who was also making his first start of the season. The modified feature came down to the final laps when Mat Williams over took Jeremiah Shingledecker for the win. Wayne Carbo won the sportsman night cap, his first win since 2011.
Lernerville will be back in action this Friday with another Fab 4 racing program along with Holiday Fireworks which were rained out back in June. Like always, racing gets underway at 7:30.
Sharon Speedway experienced perfect weather on Saturday for their biggest show of the season. A strong field of cars and a big crowd were on hand for the 7th annual Lou Blaney Memorial. In one of the closest finishes in track history Sheldon Haudenschild bested Ryan Smith by just .021 seconds to score the 10,000 All-Star Circuit of Champions feature victory.
The win was Haudenschild’s third of the season and the biggest of his career. Caleb Helms, series point leader Dale Blaney, and Andrew Palker rounded out the top five. Haudenschild also became the seventh different winners in seven races.
Lou Blaney was a great sprint car driver but is known as one of the best modified drivers of all time so it was only fitting BRP big block modified tour shared the card for the evening. The modifieds didn’t disappoint as Jim Weller drove a great race to get by Rex King Jr in the closing laps and hold on for the big win. Weller, like Haudenschild became the 7th different winner of the event.
Modified veteran Jim Weller scored his first ever Lou Blaney Memorial win on Saturday at Sharon Speedway. Photo by Rick Rarer.
Sharon Speedway will be back in action this Saturday as regular racing resumes with action getting underway at 7 p.m.
There was another memorial race going on Saturday at Pittsburgh Motor Speedway where the 4th annual Ed Laboon Memorial took center stage. An impressive field of fifty-one stock cars filled the pit area. The Penn-Ohio Pro Stock sanctioned event saw Rusty Martz score the biggest win of his career and take home 2,017 dollars for his efforts.
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