Port Royal PA Speedweek and URC Results and Stories

Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Port Royal (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
Port Royal (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
7/2/25

Port Royal Speedway
Port Royal, PA

PA Speedweek Night #2
URC

42 410’s
26 360’s

410 Results

The drivers were divided into two groups in qualifying. Chase Dietz (4th car out to time) set quick time in the first group and overall at 15.859 seconds. Ryan Smith (10th car out) was second quick, followed by Justin Whittall (9th), Jeff Halligan (5th) and Lucas Wolfe (2nd). Kyle Larson (2nd car out) paced the second group at 16.073 seconds, followed by Brock Zearfoss (5th), Anthony Macri (8th), Lance Dewease (17th) and Kody Hartlaub (4th).

Heat one (started): 1. 67-Justin Whittall (1); 2. 23-Chase Dietz (4); 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe (2); 4. 11-TJ Stutts (6); 5. 2-AJ Flick (10) / 6. 8-Billy Dietrich (5); 7. 12J-Derek Hauck (9); 8. 47-Todd King (11); 9. 55M-Domenic Melair (7); 10. 95-Garrett Bard (3); 11. 27S-Robbie Kendall (8)

The 8-lapper took the top five to the feature and the winner, and quick qualifier (starting fourth) to the feature redraw. Whittall led the distance in this one. Two laps in, Kendall flipped hard on the front stretch. He was ok, but done for the night. Whittall led Wolfe, Dietz, B. Dietrich and Stutts back to green. Dietz took second from Wolfe on the restart and Stutts passed B. Dietrich for fourth. On lap five, Flick slid under B. Dietrich to claim the final transfer spot.

Heat two (started): 1. 69K-Ryan Smith (4); 2. 99-Devin Adams (2); 3. 77-Michael Walter (6); 4. 75-Cameron Smith (3); 5. 35-Austin Bishop (5) / 6. 45-Jeff Halligan (1); 7. 47K-Kody Lehman (10); 8. 91-Preston Lattomus (7); 9. 19R-Tyler Walker (9); 10. 53AU-Alex Attard (8)

Adams led early over R. Smith, Walter, Halligan and C. Smith. R. Smith used a low move in turn four to take the lead on lap two, while C. Smith gained fourth from Halligan. Bishop ran down Halligan in the late stages and passed him low in turn four on the last lap to steal the last transfer.

Heat three (started): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri (1); 2. 57-Kyle Larson (4); 3. 17B-Steve Buckwalter (3); 4. 95H-Kody Hartlaub (2) 5. 66-Ryan Newton (6) / 6. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr (5); 7. 5K-Jake Karklin (7); 8. 12-Blane Heimbach (8); 9. 7-Chris Smith (9); DNS - 10-Jake Waters; 39-Jordan Thomas

Macri and Larson led the pack throughout. Buckwalter took third from Hartlaub on lap two, going under him in four. On lap four, Newton snatched the final transfer from Wagaman.

Heat four (started): 1. 12D-Lance Dewease (1); 2. 55-Logan Wagner (2); 3. 48-Danny Dietrich (5); 4. 8E-Brock Zearfoss (4); 5. 55W-Mike Wagner (3) / 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer (7); 7. 20-Brady Bacon (9); 8. 22-Doug Hammaker (6); 9. 67J-JJ Loss (10); 10. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr (8)

Dewease led L. Wagner the distance. D. Dietrich had a great start, landing third on lap one. M. Wagner battled with him and took the spot on lap two, only to have D. Dietrich go back by on lap three. Zearfoss also got by M. Wagner to take fourth.

B main (started): 1. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr (2); 2. 45-Jeff Halligan (1); 3. 51-Freddie Rahmer (4); 4. 5K-Jake Karklin (6) / 5. 20-Brady Bacon (8); 6. 12-Blane Heimbach (10); 7. 47K-Kody Lehman (7); 8. 55M-Domenic Melair (13); 9. 22-Doug Hammaker (12); 10. 12J-Derek Hauck (5); 11. 91-Preston Lattomus (11); 12. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr (18); 13. 67J-JJ Loss (15); 14. 53AU-Alex Attard (17); 15. 47-Todd King (9); 16. 8-Billy Dietrich (3); 17. 19R-Tyler Walker (14); 18. 95-Garrett Bard (16); DNS - 7-Chris Smith (14); 10-Jake Waters; 27S-Robbie Kendall, 39-Jordan Thomas

The 12-lapper took the fop four to the A. Halligan led Wagaman, Rahmer and B. Dietrich early. Karklin went under B. Dietrich to gain the final transfer on lap two. Wagaman took the point from Halligan on lap three. Halligan worked back by in a good battle on lap four, but with two to go, Wagaman sealed the win.

A main (started): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri (2); 2. 57-Kyle Larson (1); 3. 23-Chase Dietz (5); 4. 69K-Ryan Smith (6); 5. 55-Logan Wagner (9); 6. 2-AJ Flick (17); 7. 12D-Lance Dewease (4); 8. 48-Danny Dietrich (13); 9. 11-TJ Stutts (14); 10. 67-Justin Whittall (3); 11. 66-Ryan Newton (18); 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter (11); 13. 75-Cameron Smith (16); 14. 77-Michael Walter (12); 15. 51-Freddie Rahmer (23); 16. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr (21); 17. 5W-Lucas Wolfe (10); 18. 95H-Kody Hartlaub (15); 19. 5K-Jake Karklin (24); 20. 8E-Brock Zearfoss (7); 21. 35-Austin Bishop (19); 22. 55W-Mike Wagner (20); 23. 45-Jeff Halligan (22); 24. 99-Devin Adams (8)

Macri led the 30-lapper early over Larson, Whittall, R. Smith and Dietz. Adams was running seventh on lap two when he spun and retired. Zearfoss visited the work area under the caution. Macri led Larson, Whittall, R. Smith and Dietz back to green. R. Smith got by Whittall for third on lap four. Macri was in traffic by lap 8. Whittall got back by R. Smith in a good battle for third on lap 11. And Dietz followed him into fourth on lap 13. Larson spun up on the cushion while running second 18 laps in. He restarted twelfth as Macri had lapped up to that spot. Macri led Whittall, Dietz, R. Smith and D. Dietrich back to green. Dietrich passed R. Smith for fourth on lap 22, and Zearfoss got upside down in turn four on lap 23. He was uninjured. Larson came out of nowhere on the restart, moving up to fourth. On lap 24, D. Dietrich ran out of fuel, and after refilling restarted twelfth. Macri led Whittall, Dietz, Larson and R. Smith back to green. Larson shot by Dietz for third on the restart and then got by Whittall for second with four to go. At that point, Whittall stopped with no fuel, and the red flag was flown for a fuel stop. Macri was never challenged the last four laps and registered a convincing win. Flick came on late to register sixth as the hard-charger.
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Chase DietzChase Dietz URC Results

Heat one (started): 1. M1-Mark Smith (1); 2. 63-Josh Weller (7); 3. 66A-Cody Fletcher (6); 4. 17-Cole Young (4); 5. 91-Preston Lattomus (3); 6. 14-Colton Moyer (8); 7. 10N-Nick Yinger (9); 8. 7S-Ryan Smith (2); 9. 27-Jacob Galloway (5)

8-lap heats saw everyone transfer and race for feature position. R. Smith led this one early over M. Smith, Young, Fletcher and Lattomus. Galloway spun while running sixth on lap two. R. Smith took the inside line on the double restart, ahead of M. Smith, Young, Fletcher and Lattomus. R. Smith slowed with a fuel line problem and ducked out of the race on the restart. M. Smith inherited the lead and held on for the win.

Heat two (started): 1. 669-Dylan Cisney (3); 2. 47-Adam Carberry (6); 3. 11H-Hayden Miller (4); 4. 41-Logan Rumsey (5); 5. 70D-Frankie Herr (1); 6. 18M-Brayden Mickley (2); 7. 29R-Seth Schnoke (7); 8. 25S-Tom Senseney Jr (8); 9. 45-Wyatt Walizer (9)

Walizer did a 360 spin before a lap could be completed. Once green, Herr led early over Cisney, Miller, Carberry and Rumsey. Cisney took the lead on lap two, and Carberry passed Miller for third. On lap four, Carberry passed Herr for second. Miller followed him into third, and Rumsey also passed Herr for fourth. Cisney won by a good margin.

Heat three (started): 1. 35S-Buddy Schweibinz (3); 2. 42U-Tyler Ulrich (1); 3. 23-Chase Dietz (8); 4. 77-Derek Locke (5); 5. 11T-Mike Thompson (4); 6. 71-Josh Spicer (7); 7. 3-Will Brunson (2); 8. 22G-Bryn Gohn (6)

Ulrich led early over Schweibinz, Thompson, Brunson and Locke. Schweibinz used a low move on lap two to take the lead from Ulrich, going on to win. Locke and Dietz moved by Brunson to take fourth and fifth. Locke then passed Thompson for third on lap three. Dietz used a slider in turn three to pass Thompson for fourth with two to go.

A main (started): 1. 23-Chase Dietz (6); 2. 66A-Cody Fletcher (5); 3. 41-Logan Rumsey (11); 4. M1-Mark Smith (7); 5. 47-Adam Carberry (1); 6. 35S-Buddy Schweibinz (8); 7. 63-Josh Weller (2); 8. 7S-Ryan Smith (25); 9. 29R-Seth Schnoke (20); 10. 669-Dylan Cisney (3); 11. 17-Cole Young (10); 12. 91-Preston Lattomus (13); 13. 42U-Tyler Ulrich (9); 14. 11T-Mike Thompson (15); 15. 71-Josh Spicer (18); 16. 11H-Hayden Miller (4); 17. 18M-Brayden Mickley (17); 18. 70D-Frankie Herr (14); 19. 22G-Bryn Gohn (23); 20. 14-Colton Moyer (16); 21. 3-Will Brunson (21); 22. 25S-Tom Senseney Jr (22); 23. 45-Wyatt Walizer (24); 24. 27-Jacob Galloway (26); 25. 77-Derek Locke (12); 26. 10N-Nick Yinger (19)

Carberry led from the pole in the 25-lapper early over Fletcher, Weller, Dietz and Cisney. A caution for debris came out a lap in. Dietz surged into second on the restart. M. Smith moved into the top five Dietz then used the high side of turn four to lead lap four and began pulling away. M. Smith passed Cisney for fourth on lap five. R. Smith, who had to start 25th after his heat race problems was in the top ten by lap six. Dietz started lapping cars on lap nine. Lots of action fourth through sixth, with Weller moving into the top five oon lap 10, and Rumsey then moving into the picture on lap 13. A spin on llap 15, saw Dietz’s five second lead disappear ahead of Carberry, Fletcher, M. Smith and Rumsey. Weller and Rumsey battled for fifth. On lap 21, Fletcher passed Carberry for second, with Rumsey passing M. Smith for fourth. Rumsey took third from Carberry on lap 22 before Walizer flipped with two laps to go. Dietz’s four-second led disappeared, but it didn’t matter as he pulled away for the win. R. Smith was the hard-charger, going from 25th to 8th.