Port Royal Speedway
6/29/22
Port Royal Speedway
Port Royal, PA
PA Speedweek Night #5 and URC
39 cars
30 URC
410’s
Cars were split into two flights of qualifying. The first group constituted heats one and two, and the second heats three and four. Logan Wagner (6th car out to time) set the standard in group one at 15.945 seconds on the half-mile. Dylan Cisney (7th car out) was second quick, followed by Mike Wagner (14th), Brent Marks (15th) and Christopher Bell (13th). Kyle Larson (5th car out) set quick time in group two at 16.260 seconds. Lance Dewease (7th) was second quick, followed by Anthony Macri (17th), Sye Lynch (8th) and Michael Walter II (10th).
Heat one (started): 1. M. Wagner 55 (1) 2. Bell 39B (2) 3. L. Wagner 1 (4) 4. Danny Dietrich 48 (6) 5. Chase Dietz 39 (5) / 6. Zach Hampton 35 (3) 7. TJ Stutts 11 (10) 8. Dylan Norris 44 (7) 9. Gerard McIntyre Jr. 33 (8) 10. Derek Hauck 33H (9)
8-lap heats took the top five to the feature. Heat winners, and the quickest qualifier (starting fourth) in the heat made the Dash. M. Wagner led the distance in this one, going away, with Bell and L. Wagner in tow. Dietrich threw a slider on Hampton to take over fourth on lap two. Dietz would also get by Hampton on lap three to gain the final transfer.
Heat two (started): 1. Marks 19 (1) 2. Justin Peck 13 (2) 3. Rico Abreu 24 (8) 4. Cisney 5 (4) 5. Jeff Halligan 45 (5) / 6. Justin Whittal 67 (3) 7. Skylar Gee 99 (9) 8. Chris Windom 19w (6) 9. Eddie Lumbar 36A (10) 10. Brent Shearer 12s (7)
Marks led Peck wire to wire. Abreu jumped the initial start, but made good on his second try, going from eighth to fourth in the first lap. He passed Cisney for third on lap two. Shearer slowed on lap seven, setting up a one lap dash. Halligan and Whittal had been fighting for the final transfer. Halligan shot by on the restart to take that spot.
Heat three (started): 1. Larson 57 (4) 2. Dewease 69K (1) 3. Blane Heimbach 12 (3) 4. Lucas Wolfe 5w (5) 5. Walter II 33w (2) / 6. Devon Borden 27 (6) 7. Brock Zearfoss 19T (8) 8. Steve Buckwalter 17B (9) 9. Tyler Bear 98 (7) 10. Austin Burke 54 (10)
Walter led early over Larson, Dewease, Heimbach and Wolfe. On lap two, both Larson and Dewease passed Walter for the top two spots. On lap three, Heimbach gained third, and Wolfe grabbed fourth from Walter on lap five. Larson’s win gave him a Lelands.com Knockout for eliminating a second dash participant.
Heat four (started): 1. Macri 39m (4) 2. Ryan Timms 5T (2) 3. Dave Blaney 10 (3) 4. Freddie Rahmer 51 (7) 5. Tyler Reeser 35R (9) / 6. Lynch 42 (1) 7. Kyle Moody 99m (6) 8. Kody Lehman 47K (8) 9. Ryan Smith 6 (5)
Macri led Timms and Lynch early. A caution for debris a lap in slowed things. Rahmer jumped into the top five on the restart. Blaney took third from Lynch on lap three, using the low side, and Rahmer hMacri also registered a Lelands.com Knockout and split $500 with Larson.
B main (started): 1. Whittal (4) 2. Lynch (2) 3. Stutts (5) 4. Zearfoss (6) / 5. Hampton (1) 6. Moody (8) 7. Norris (9) 8. R. Smith (16) 9. Lehman (12) 10. Hauck (17) 11. Windom (11) 12. Gee (7) 13. Burke (18) 14. Shearer (19) 15. Bear (14) 16. Buckwalter (10) 17. Borden (3) 18. McIntyre Jr. (13) 19. Lumbar (15)
The 12-lap B transferred the top four to the A. Lynch led Whittal, Zearfoss and Hampton. Stutts took over fifth from Borden on lap two. Lynch started hitting lappers on lap eight. Borden and Buckwalter were battling for sixth, when they made contact and came to a stop on the track. Lynch led Whittal, Zearfoss, Hampton, Stutts and Moody. Stutts had a great restart, getting past Hampton for the final transfer. With threeto go, Stutts also passed Zearfoss for third with three to go. Bear brought the final slowdown when he hit the wall. Whittal supplied the late fireworks, getting around Lynch in the last corner to take the win.
A main (started): 1. Marks (2) 2. M. Wagner (3) 3. L. Wagner (4) 4. Dewease (8) 5. Peck (9) 6. Cisney (6) 7. Wolfe (15) 8. Stutts (23) 9. Abreu (12) 10. Rahmer (16) 11. Blaney (13) 12. Halligan (19) 13. Dietrich (14) 14. Zearfoss (24) 15. Bell (7) 16. Dietz (17) 17. Timms (10) 18. Larson (5) 19. Macri (1) 20. Whittal (21) 21. Heimbach (11) 22. Lynch (22) 23. Reeser (20) 24. Walter II (18)
The 30-lapper saw Marks leading Macri, L. Wagner, Cisney and Larson early. L. Wagner used the low side of four to take second from Macri on lap three. Whittal came to a stop seven laps in. Larson used the restart to get by Cisney for fourth with a move high in four. Two laps later, he would take third from Macri. Marks was into lapped traffic by lap 11, leading L. Wagner and Larson, as the lead three pulled away. Larson passed L. Wagner on the high side of four, using lapped cars to his advantage, taking over second on lap 18. Macri followed him into third on lap 19. Macri looked strong, but went up in smoke with nine laps to go. Whittal also broke a front end. It was evident under the yellow that Larson’s tire was going flat. Cisney grabbed fourth on the restart, and L. Wagner passed Larson for second on lap 23. M. Wagner was also on the move, grabbing fourth from Cisney on the same lap. M. Wagner moved by the slowing Larson on lap 24, while Dewease nailed fifth. Larson’s right rear exploded with five to go. Marks would never be seriously challenged as the Wagner’s Mike and son Logan battled for second. Father beat son in this one, grabbing second coming for the white flag. Marks earned $7,000 for the win. Stutts was the hard-charger.