David Gravel won the $50,000 Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville Tuesday (Paul Arch Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
SARVER, PA (September 26, 2023) — David Gravel picked up the $50,000 top prize for winning the High Limit Sprint Car Series Tuesday night during the Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville Speedway. Gravel was able to drive up from fourth starting positions and capitalized on individual stumbles by Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet while traversing a tricky top side of the race track in turn two, then held off Rico Abreu’s charge from 9th starting position for the victory. Abreu held on for second while Sweet, James McFadden, and Cory Eliason from 16th starting position rounded out the top five.
High Limit Sprint Car Series
Commonwealth Clash
Lernerville Speedway
Sarver, Pennsylvania
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Qualifying Flight A
1. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.300[1]
2. 39M-Justin Sanders, 12.392[9]
3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 12.392[8]
4. 19-Brent Marks, 12.395[3]
5. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.417[25]
6. 8-Aaron Reutzel, 12.454[29]
7. 58-Tanner Thorson, 12.501[16]
8. 21-Brian Brown, 12.535[12]
9. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 12.572[4]
10. 55-Kerry Madsen, 12.614[11]
11. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 12.665[13]
12. 42-Sye Lynch, 12.718[10]
13. 71-Anthony Macri, 12.775[22]
14. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr, 12.787[18]
15. 45-Kyle Reinhardt, 12.790[26]
16. 99-Skylar Gee, 12.835[5]
17. 3TJ-Trey Jacobs, 12.859[2]
18. 46-Michael Bauer, 12.860[14]
19. 70M-Henry Malcuit, 12.869[20]
20. 20B-Cody Bova, 12.901[23]
21. 1-Hunter Schuerenberg, 12.902[7]
22. 12-Darin Gallagher, 12.961[17]
23. 5-Jeremy Weaver, 13.111[24]
24. 11J-David Kalb, 13.277[19]
25. 13M-Brandon Matus, 13.320[27]
26. 1F-Brandon Fredericks, 13.580[28]
27. 33-Brent Matus, 13.600[6]
DNS: 35-Zach Hampton, 13.600
DNS: 28M-Conner Morrell, 13.600
Qualifying Flight B
1. 5T-Ryan Timms, 12.342[14]
2. 2-David Gravel, 12.349[20]
3. 83-James McFadden, 12.380[21]
4. 13-Justin Peck, 12.422[27]
5. 26-Zeb Wise, 12.464[3]
6. 11-Cory Eliason, 12.496[8]
7. 88-Austin McCarl, 12.498[17]
8. 57-Kyle Larson, 12.532[28]
9. 2MD-Cap Henry, 12.593[19]
10. 9K-Kasey Kahne, 12.645[13]
11. 9-Chase Randall, 12.658[9]
12. 70-Kraig Kinser, 12.658[22]
13. 19L-CJ Leary, 12.676[24]
14. 11B-Carl Bowser, 12.703[7]
15. 6-Ryan Smith, 12.715[5]
16. 2F-AJ Flick, 12.736[6]
17. 6G-Garet Williamson, 12.744[25]
18. 4-Chris Windom, 12.796[12]
19. 32-Dale Blaney, 12.933[11]
20. 3J-Dusty Zomer, 12.994[15]
21. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 13.028[16]
22. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 13.028[4]
23. 20-Tim Buckwalter, 13.066[29]
24. 29-Dan Shetler, 13.196[1]
25. 99N-Cameron Nastasi, 13.443[2]
26. 23-Darren Pifer, 13.743[26]
27. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer, 14.724[18]
28. 4K-Todd Burgurd, 15.172[23]
29. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 15.172[10]
Non-Qualifer (8 Laps)
1. 5-Jeremy Weaver[1]
2. 29-Dan Shetler[4]
3. 11J-David Kalb[3]
4. 99N-Cameron Nastasi[6]
5. 1F-Brandon Fredericks[7]
6. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[10]
7. 4K-Todd Burgurd[12]
8. 33-Brent Matus[9]
9. 23-Darren Pifer[8]
DNS: 20-Tim Buckwalter
DNS: 13M-Brandon Matus
DNS: 35-Zach Hampton
DNS: 28M-Conner Morrell
DNS: 9P-Parker Price Miller
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]
2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]
3. 24-Rico Abreu[3]
4. 49X-Tim Shaffer[6]
5. 71-Anthony Macri[7]
6. 58-Tanner Thorson[4]
7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]
8. 45-Kyle Reinhardt[8]
9. 3TJ-Trey Jacobs[9]
10. 5-Jeremy Weaver[12]
11. 70M-Henry Malcuit[10]
12. 1-Hunter Schuerenberg[11]
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 39M-Justin Sanders[1]
2. 21-Brian Brown[4]
3. 8-Aaron Reutzel[3]
4. 42-Sye Lynch[6]
5. 55-Kerry Madsen[5]
6. 99-Skylar Gee[8]
7. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[7]
8. 20B-Cody Bova[10]
9. 46-Michael Bauer[9]
10. 12-Darin Gallagher[11]
11. 19-Brent Marks[2]
12. 29-Dan Shetler[12]
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 83-James McFadden[2]
2. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]
3. 88-Austin McCarl[4]
4. 26-Zeb Wise[3]
5. 2MD-Cap Henry[5]
6. 6-Ryan Smith[8]
7. 19L-CJ Leary[7]
8. 9-Chase Randall[6]
9. 6G-Garet Williamson[9]
10. 22-Brandon Spithaler[11]
11. 11J-David Kalb[12]
12. 32-Dale Blaney[10]
Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 2-David Gravel[1]
2. 57-Kyle Larson[4]
3. 13-Justin Peck[2]
4. 11-Cory Eliason[3]
5. 70-Kraig Kinser[6]
6. 9K-Kasey Kahne[5]
7. 4-Chris Windom[9]
8. 2F-AJ Flick[8]
9. 11B-Carl Bowser[7]
10. 7NY-Matt Farnham[11]
11. 3J-Dusty Zomer[10]
12. 99N-Cameron Nastasi[12]
Dash #1 (7 Laps)
1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]
2. 57-Kyle Larson[4]
3. 39M-Justin Sanders[2]
4. 2-David Gravel[6]
5. 83-James McFadden[7]
6. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]
7. 21-Brian Brown[3]
8. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]
C-Main (10 Laps)
1. 22-Brandon Spithaler[2]
2. 5-Jeremy Weaver[1]
3. 7NY-Matt Farnham[4]
4. 11J-David Kalb[6]
5. 3J-Dusty Zomer[8]
6. 99N-Cameron Nastasi[11]
7. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[13]
DNS: 12-Darin Gallagher
DNS: 70M-Henry Malcuit
DNS: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg
DNS: 29-Dan Shetler
DNS: 32-Dale Blaney
DNS: 1F-Brandon Fredericks
DNS: 4K-Todd Burgurd
DNS: 33-Brent Matus
DNS: 23-Darren Pifer
DNS: 20-Tim Buckwalter
DNS: 13M-Brandon Matus
DNS: 35-Zach Hampton
DNS: 28M-Conner Morrell
DNS: 9P-Parker Price Miller
B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 19-Brent Marks[1]
2. 9K-Kasey Kahne[2]
3. 58-Tanner Thorson[3]
4. 99-Skylar Gee[5]
5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[7]
6. 6-Ryan Smith[4]
7. 4-Chris Windom[8]
8. 16TH-Kevin Thomas Jr[9]
9. 19L-CJ Leary[6]
10. 45-Kyle Reinhardt[11]
11. 22-Brandon Spithaler[18]
12. 6G-Garet Williamson[14]
13. 9-Chase Randall[10]
14. 7NY-Matt Farnham[20]
15. 20B-Cody Bova[13]
16. 46-Michael Bauer[17]
17. 5-Jeremy Weaver[19]
18. 2F-AJ Flick[12]
19. 11J-David Kalb[21]
20. 11B-Carl Bowser[16]
DNS: 3TJ-Trey Jacobs
A-Main (35 Laps)
1. 2-David Gravel[4]
2. 24-Rico Abreu[9]
3. 49-Brad Sweet[1]
4. 83-James McFadden[5]
5. 11-Cory Eliason[16]
6. 8-Aaron Reutzel[11]
7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]
8. 57-Kyle Larson[2]
9. 26-Zeb Wise[14]
10. 13-Justin Peck[12]
11. 2MD-Cap Henry[18]
12. 71-Anthony Macri[17]
13. 21-Brian Brown[7]
14. 55-Kerry Madsen[19]
15. 19-Brent Marks[21]
16. 70-Kraig Kinser[20]
17. 88-Austin McCarl[10]
18. 58-Tanner Thorson[23]
19. 99-Skylar Gee[24]
20. 49X-Tim Shaffer[13]
21. 39M-Justin Sanders[3]
22. 42-Sye Lynch[15]
23. 5T-Ryan Timms[6]
24. 9K-Kasey Kahne[22]