Matt Sheppard was fortunate Sunday night at Lebanon Valley Speedway. Sheppard finished second in his heat, but drew the pole during the redraw. Starting from pole, Sheppard led flag-to-flag to win the King of Spring 100 for his 90th career Super DIRTcar Series victory and a winner’s check for $13,500. “Drawing the pole and not letting anyone pass you is the key,” Sheppard said while waiting at the pay window. “I had a pretty good car. I could move around a bit. The good starting got me open air and I was able to maintain. It was good enough.” Sheppard started from the pole with Mike Mahaney alongside. Sheppard wasn’t the fastest driver in time trials, but when it came time to race, he was on it. He was able to quickly open up a gap on the field. Peter Britten moved up to third when Jack Lehner dropped out and was running down the two leaders. Kyle Sheldon brought out the yellow when he spun on lap 17 in turn 4. On the restart, Britten was able to take second away just before another yellow came out due to issues for Mathieu Desjardins and Adam Pierson. Desjardins was done for the night. Marc Johnson, who was fastest in time trials and won Saturday night’s weekly feature, was on the move at this point. He was able to get past Mahaney for third and stalked Sheppard and Britten. At this point, Sheppard didn’t have that large of a lead. However, as the race continued on, Johnson fell back. Lapped traffic allowed Sheppard to stretch his advantage to three seconds. Unfortunately for Britten, he suffered a right rear tire failure on lap 65 to bring out a yellow. During the tire change, a Dzus fastener came off of the car. At speed, this resulted in the Bat Man’s car looking like it had a cape. Despite the aerodynamic deficiency from having a chute on his roof, Britten recovered to finish ninth. Mahaney took second back after the tire issue. Andy Bachetti moved up to third just after the restart. After a spin for Max McLaughlin set up a 10-lap sprint to the finish, Sheppard was able to hold on for the win. Mahaney ended up second, then Bachetti. Johnson was fourth, while Jimmy Phelps was fifth. Supporting the Super DIRTcar Series were two of Lebanon Valley’s weekly classes. The Sportsman class saw the heads-up field set by two heat races. Tim Hartman Jr. spun out in his heat race, yet recovered to win. That got him the pole with Kevin Ward alongside. Once the green came out, Hartman was able to stake himself a small lead over the pack. Meanwhile, there was trouble brewing further back. Bob Fachini spun in turn 3 to bring out the caution, but not before a chain reaction wrapped up Chris Lynch, Rob Maxon and Jeff Higham. Everyone involved would continue. Rob Maxon, racing against his son Anthony, had a quick car, but no luck at all. After the previous incident, he tried to make his way back up the order. However, his night came to an end after he collided with Brady Cordova and spun entering turn 1. Through the race, Hartman was never seriously threatened as he took his third victory of the year. Ward was second, then Matt Burke, Gary O’Brien and Corey Cormier. The Pro Stock feature lineup was set without heat races. Shawn Perez started from the pole. Chad Jeseo was supposed to start alongside, but ended up starting in the rear of the 13-car field. Perez proceeded to run the Pro Stock race of his career at Lebanon Valley. He was able to get out to a decent advantage over the rest of the pack. Meanwhile, Steven LaRochelle and Zach Sorrentino fought hard for second. Jeseo charged up from the rear of the field, picking off drivers one at a time. He got to sixth relatively quickly, then spent a significant amount of time getting by Slater Baker. Once he dispatched of Baker, Jeseo made it a four-man battle for second between himself, LaRochelle, Sorrentino and Dave Stickles. He got to third via a three-wide battle with LaRochelle and Sorrentino, then took second on lap 16. Jeseo then ran down Perez for the lead. The two drivers battled until the final lap of the race. Perez was still leading when contact was made entering turn 3. Both Perez and Jeseo went hard into the outside wall and out of the race. LaRochelle inherited the lead, then held on to take the victory. Sorrentino was second, then Stickles, Tom Dean and Ryan Crellin. Super DIRTcar Series King of Spring 100 Results (100 laps): 1) Matt Sheppard, 2) Mike Mahaney, 3) Andy Bachetti, 4) Marc Johnson, 5) Jimmy Phelps, 6) L.J. Lombardo, 7) Alex Yankowski, 8) Mat Williamson, 9) Peter Britten, 10) Darren Smith, 11) Adam Pierson, 12) Steve Bernard, 13) John Virgilio, 14) Tim Sears Jr., 15) Felix Roy, 16) Kolby Schroder, 17) Max McLaughlin, 18) Tyler Dippel, 19) Larry Wight, 20) Kenny Tremont Jr., 21) Anthony Perrego, 22) Kyle Sheldon, 23) Keith Flach, 24) Matthew Desjardins, 25) Ronnie Davis III, 26) Chris Hile, 27) Jack Lehner, 28) Kyle Armstrong. DNQ: Timothy Davis, C.G. Morey, Justin Stone, Marcus Dinkins, Dillon Steuer, Mike King, Brett Haas, J.R. Heffner, Olden Dwyer, Josh Marcus, Eddie Marshall Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Kevin Ward, 3) Matt Burke, 4) Gary O’Brien, 5) Corey Cormier, 6) Keith Johannessen, 7) Chris Lynch, 8) Peter Lorenzo, 9) Brady Cordova, 10) Jeff Higham, 11) Cody Cordova, 12) Roger Hummer, 13) Anthony Maxon, 14) Frank Twing Jr., 16) Jim VanZandt, 16) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 17) Rob Maxon, 18) Bob Fachini, 19) Daryl Nutting Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Steven LaRochelle, 2) Zach Sorrentino, 3) Dave Stickles, 4) Tom Dean, 5) Ryan Crellin, 6) Slater Baker, 7) Fred Lee, 8) Gary Silkey, 9) Shawn Perez Jr., 10) Brian Keough, 11) Shawn Perez, 12) Chad Jeseo, 13) Johnny Rivers

Marc Johnson took the lead away from pole sitter Ryan Darcy on a restart just after the halfway point. From there, he held on to take the victory on Madsen Overhead Doors Military Appreciation Night at Lebanon Valley Speedway, his first Valley win in nearly a year in an attrition-filled race. “Tonight was really good,” Johnson said after the race. “We felt that [our 2023 chassis] just wasn’t into the track, so we went back to last year’s car. I’ve had a lot of luck with this car and I feel comfortable in it.” Darcy started from pole for the second straight Modified feature. Here, he was able to lead easily over Ryan Charland, stretching his advantage to over two seconds. Further back, points leader Andy Bachetti was stuck in traffic and slowly moving forward. A crash for Brandon Lane brought out the yellow with 14 laps complete to close up the pack. It was here that the race completely changed. The restart saw a multi-car crash break out in turn 2 that wrapped up Kyle Sheldon, Keith Flach, Paul Gilardi and Tyler Dippel. Dippel’s car had another car ride over his right rear. Dippel, Davis and Gilardi were out. On the restart, Johnson was able to get to the inside of Darcy for the lead. A lap later, Bachetti took over second and looked like he wanted the lead. Then, Bachetti blew his right rear tire and brought the yellow back out. Bachetti was able to continue, but his No. 4 was wounded. A couple more incidents, one involving Sheldon, Alex Bell and Matt Pupello, along with another one involving Keith Flach and Josh Marcus, kept the field together. On the final restart, Johnson opened a small gap and held on for the win by 2.08 seconds over Eddie Marshall. Kolby Schroder was third, then J.R. Heffner and Olden Dwyer. In the Small Block Modifieds, Lorne Browe started from the pole and got an exceptional start. Within the first few laps of the race, he had a five-second lead on the field. Jason Herrington was able to get up to second, but could do nothing with Browe. A caution for Dwyer’s mechanical issues brought the field back together just as Bachetti took over second. On the first restart attempt, Bachetti attempted to dive bomb Browe for the lead, but went early. The second saw him crowd the outside lane. When Jeff Reis hit the wall in turn 2 to bring out another yellow, Bachetti was penalized two spots for “rough riding under caution.” Once the green came back out, Browe was able to hold on to earn the victory. It is his first Small Block win and the fifth division that he has won in at Lebanon Valley. Herrington was 1.832 seconds back in second, then Bachetti, L.J. Lombardo and Jeff Watson. In Sportsman, Jim VanZandt started from the pole and ran what is his best race at Lebanon Valley to date, leading 14 laps. However, this was not the cleanest race. An early stack up in turn 3 eliminated Cody Cordova. On the restart, Bob Fachini spun and collected Whitey Slavin, Rob Maxon and Tim Hartman Jr., among others. Slavin was out on the sport. Despite getting hit in the passenger side door, Hartman still had a very quick No. 22h. He was able to get up to third by lap 5 and ran down VanZandt and Chris Lynch at the front of the field. A crash involving Fachini and Karl Barnes in turn 3 brought out a yellow with 13 laps completed, just after Hartman had taken second. Just after the restart, Hartman was able to take the lead away from VanZandt in turn 3. Once out front, Hartman was able to pull away to take his third win of the year. He ended up 2.677 seconds ahead of Lynch. VanZandt crossed the line in third, but was disqualified for having a spring rubber installed. As a result, Kevin Ward inherited third, followed by Keith Johannessen and Rob Maxon. In the Limited Sportsman class, Mike Engwer led the entire race until the final lap. He went way too fast into turn 4 and slid up the track into the outside wall. He then came off the wall and crashed into Craig Coons, spinning both drivers out. Anthony Maxon snuck past to take the win. The Pro Stock feature saw Zach Sorrentino, a former U.S. Marine, snatch the lead away from Tom Dean on lap 15, then hold off a late charge from Dave Stickles to take the win. Stickles was second, then Dean, Steven LaRochelle and Chad Jeseo. In Street Stock, Rocco Procopio took the win in a 20-lap feature over Dave Streibel Jr. and Dave Streibel. Bradley Batho won the 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam class and overall. Tim Meltz finished fourth and won the Single-Cam class. Madsen Overhead Doors Military Appreciation Night Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Marc Johnson, 2) Eddie Marshall, 3) Kolby Schroder, 4) J.R. Heffner, 5) Olden Dwyer, 6) Andy Bachetti, 7) L.J. Lombardo, 8) Mike King, 9) Kyle Sheldon, 10) Kenny Tremont Jr., 11) Kyle Armstrong, 12) Josh Marcus, 13) Brandon Lane, 14) Wayne Jelley, 15) Ryan Darcy, 16) Keith Flach, 17) Alex Bell, 18) Matt Pupello, 19) Brett Haas, 20) Ryan Charland, 21) Paul Gilardi, 22) Timothy Davis, 23) Tyler Dippel, 24) John Virgilio, 25) Kenny Aanonsen Jr. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Lorne Browe, 2) Jason Herrington, 3) Andy Bachetti, 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Jeff Watson, 6) Peter Carlotto, 7) Corey Cormier, 8) Kim LaVoy, 9) Brian Peterson, 10) Ray Hall Jr., 11) Ryan Charland, 12) Ryan Larkin, 13) Donny Travaglin, 14) Michael Sabia, 15) Mark Pullen, 16) Montgomery Tremont, 17) Jeff Gallup, 18) Ryan Heath, 19) Jeff Reis, 20) Olden Dwyer, 21) Brian Sandstedt, 22) Kevin Petrucci, 23) Alan Houghtaling, 24) Joey Coppola Sportsman 11th Annual Andrew Sherman Memorial Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Chris Lynch, 3) Kevin Ward, 4) Keith Johannessen, 5) Rob Maxon, 6) Gary O’Brien, 7) Matt Burke, 8) Nick Giardini, 9) Bob Fachini, 10) Michael Sabia, 11) Brady Cordova, 12) Dillon Gannon, 13) Karl Barnes, 14) Kevin Ames, 15) Alan Houghtaling, 16) Whitey Slavin, 17) Cody Cordova. DQ: Jim VanZandt Limited Sportsman Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Anthony Maxon, 2) Mike Arnold, 3) Craig Coons, 4) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 5) Harold Robitaille, 6) Scott Zehnacher, 7) Wesley Sutliff, 8) Fred Pavia, 9) Brian Walsh, 10) Jason Manchester, 11) Kent Clark, 12) Owen Lewis, 13) Frank Twing Jr., 14) Allyson Papp, 15) Matt Jordan, 16) Becky Belisle, 17) Mike Engwer, 18) Frank Frasco Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Zach Sorrentino, 2) Dave Stickles, 3) Tom Dean, 4) Steven LaRochelle, 5) Chad Jeseo, 6) Fred Lee, 7) Shawn Perez, 8) Steve Hankle, 9) Tom O’Connor, 10) Ryan Crellin, 11) Frank Twing, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Katarina Foster, 14) Mike Dianda Street Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Rocco Procopio, 2) Dave Streibel Jr., 3) David Streibel, 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Lou Gancarz, 6) Katarina Foster, 7) Keri VanDenburg, 8) Ray Royals, 9) Franklin Smith, 10) Bob Gibson, 11) Christopher Brown, 12) Don Kennedy, 13) Chris Stalker, 14) Rob Partridge, 15) Milo Campbell, 16) Nick Giardini. DQ: Mike Dianda 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Bradley Batho, 2) Gary Malloy, 3) James Guertin, 4) Jason Peck, 5) Jon Shepard, 6) Mike Duncan, 7) Shawny Hazel 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Tim Meltz, 2) Joey Batho, 3) Joe Wolfe, 4) Dylan MacLeod, 5) Stephen Burka 4-Cylinder Combined Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Bradley Batho, 2) Gary Malloy, 3) James Guertin, 4) Tim Meltz, 5) Jason Peck, 6) Joey Batho, 7) Joe Wolfe, 8) Dylan MacLeod, 9) Mike Duncan, 10) Jon Shepard, 11) Stephen Burka, 12) Shawny Hazel

Three-time defending Modified champion Andy Bachetti drove up through the field Saturday night and took the lead from John Virgilio with a little more than four laps to go. From there, he pulled away to take his 61st career Lebanon Valley Modified win. “[The season is] a work in progress right now,” Bachetti said in victory lane. “Can’t say enough about [my] team right there. They work their guts off for me. Coming from 15th is awesome.” Ryan Darcy started from the pole and had a strong car early on. Tires were an issue as a number of yellows were caused by them. Olden Dwyer cut his left rear early after contact with Dave McFeeters. Brett Haas cut two left rear tires, while Kyle Armstrong had a cut as well. Once the drivers had some time to leg things out, Darcy was able to pull away to a two-second lead over Virgilio. Meanwhile, Bachetti started 15th and made his way up to seventh by lap 6. By lap 11, he had broken into the top five. Virgilio and Kenny Tremont Jr. were able to just barely keep pace with Darcy. Everyone else dropped back significantly. Virgilio was able to make some gains once Darcy got in lapped traffic. Armstrong’s cut tire with six to go brought the pack back together. Bachetti is known for his banzai restarts and he used one to get past Tremont for third. Demarcation tires were scattered on that restart, which triggered another yellow. At this point, Darcy’s car began to stutter. At first, it led to false starts. On the final restart, it meant that Virgilio was able to get past on the backstretch for the lead. Bachetti was right there and had a run on his own. Before the field got back to the line, Bachetti had the lead and drove off to victory. Virgilio finished a career-best second, followed by Tremont. Darcy finished fourth on the road, but came up light on the scales. That resulted in L.J. Lombardo inheriting fourth, while Mike King was fifth. The Small Block Modifieds held their season opener Saturday night with a heads-up start. That meant Lombardo started from pole by virtue of winning his heat with Bachetti alongside. When the green came out, Lombardo was able to beat Bachetti to the first turn and open up a small gap. Lorne Browe’s night came to an end when he hit the inside wall entering turn 3 on lap 3. That brought out an early yellow. Once the green came back out, Lombardo drove out to a 1.5 second lead while Bachetti and Ryan Larkin trailed. Only lapped traffic seemed to slow Lombardo. Ryan Charland spun out on lap 17 to bring out the race’s second caution, bringing everyone back together. On the restart, Bachetti attempt to make a move to the inside of Lombardo, but Lombardo was able to fend it off. Meanwhile, Jeff Reis spun in turn 2 and collected Brian Sandstedt to bring out another yellow. Once the green came back out, Lombardo was able to open up a small advantage and hold on to claim the season opening Small Block win for the second year in a row. Bachetti finished second, followed by Larkin. Jason Herrington and Jeff Watson rounded out the top five. The Sportsman class saw Matt Burke start from the pole and run well early, but Kevin Ward was able to snatch the lead away on a lap 2 restart after Keith Johannessen’s spin. Whitey Slavin was up there early to do battle, while Tim Hartman Jr. slowly moved up from fifth. A mechanical failure for Kevin Ames on lap 10 brought the pack back together for the second half of the race. Hartman was able to take second from Slavin on the restart with Rob Maxon following suit. Hartman appeared to be a little faster than Ward, but Ward had a decent enough lead and that he was able to hold on to take the victory. Hartman finished second, while Slavin took third after Rob Maxon hit the wall coming to the white flag. Burke ended up fifth. The Limited Sportsman 20-lap feature was a wild one. Mike Engwer started on pole and ran well early. Meanwhile, there was chaos behind him. On the initial start of the race, Craig Coons slid hard into the wall in turn 1 to bring out a yellow. While he was towed off, he would eventually return. On the restart, Adam Schneider was forced into the wall in turn 1 due to contact between opening night winner Frank Twing Jr. and Marc Jordan. Twing was judged to be responsible for the crash and was sent to the rear by the officials. On the restart, Alex Palmer-Sawyer was able to take the lead from Engwer. Unfortunately for Engwer, his night ended shortly afterwards as he was caught up in a crash with Twing, Harold Robitaille and Jordan. The mess moved Anthony Maxon up to second. He appeared to have the fastest car out there and immediately went to work on Palmer-Sawyer for the lead. Contact was made on the backstretch, resulting in both drivers spinning out. Maxon made hard contact with the outside wall, ending his night while Palmer-Saywer was able to continue. Anthony was able to walk away from his stricken car and plans to be back with a repaired car next week. Brian Walsh was able to avoid the crash and take over the lead. Two more spins for Jordan resulted in six cautions in the first nine laps. At that point, track officials mandated single-file restarts for the remainder of the race. Walsh, a graduate from the Street Stock class driving a car previously raced in the Sportsman class by Chris Lynch, drove a clean race to take his first career open-wheel victory. Palmer-Sawyer recovered from his spin to finish second. Wesley Sutliff was third, then John Santolin and Marc Burke. The Pro Stock class saw Tom O’Connor start from the pole, but his time at the front was very brief. In turn 1 on the first lap, Dave Stickles was able to take the lead away. A spin for Brian Keough and issues with the left front corner of Tom Dean’s car kept the field close. Once the field got significant time under green, Stickles was able to pull out to a decent advantage. Behind Stickles, Steve Hankle moved up to second, while Chad Jeseo was third after starting ninth. A spin for Steven LaRochelle brought everyone back together for the final laps. Jeseo took second from Hankle on lap 16 and ran down Stickles for the lead. Stickles jumped the cushion with two laps to go, allowing Jeseo past. Normally, this would be curtains. It was not as Jeseo slipped on the final lap, allowing Stickles to retake the lead and hold on for the win. Jeseo was second, then Hankle, Zach Sorrentino and Rick Duzlak. In Street Stock, Chris Stalker took the lead from pole sitter Milo Campbell and opened up a gap on the restart of the field. However, much like the Limited Sportsman feature, this race had a number of incidents. Early on, Jeff Meltz Sr. was eliminated in a crash with Keri VanDenburg and Dave Streibel Jr. Later on, Streibel Jr. was sent to the rear for his role in an incident with Rocco Procopio. Stalker and teammate Jim Dellea seemed to have the best cars, but Dellea cut his right rear tire and spun on lap 11 to bring out another yellow. This comprehensively ruined his night as additional problems ended any chance at a decent finish. Stalker was able to hold on to take the victory over Dave Streibel and Procopio. Dave Streibel Jr. recovered from his penalty to finish fourth, while Bob Gibson was fifth. In 4-Cylinder competition, Bradley Batho took the lead away from Jim Guertin on lap 2 and pulled out to a substantial lead over the rest of the field. The only thing that made the race close was Guertin hitting the wall on lap 11 in turn 1 to bring out the race’s only yellow. Batho was able to hold on during a one-lap shootout to take the overall and Dual-Cam victories. This time, his car passed technical inspection as well, so the victory will stand. Jon Shepard was second, then Gary Malloy, Tim Meltz and Joe Wolfe. Tim Meltz won the Single-Cam class. Contractor Sales Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) John Virgilio, 3) Kenny Tremont Jr., 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Mike King, 6) Timothy Davis, 7) Kyle Sheldon, 8) J.R. Heffner, 9) Olden Dwyer, 10) Brian Berger, 11) Kyle Armstrong, 12) Keith Flach, 13) Eddie Marshall, 14) Wayne Jelley, 15) Matt Pupello, 16) Brett Haas, 17) Marc Johnson, 18) Paul Gilardi, 19) Josh Marcus, 20) Ryan Charland, 21) Brandon Lane, 22) Alex Bell, 23) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 24) Dave McFeeters, 25) Ryan Darcy* *-Darcy finished fourth on the track, but was moved to the rear of the field after failing the weight check. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) L.J. Lombardo, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Ryan Larkin, 4) Jason Herrington, 5) Jeff Watson, 6) Joey Coppola, 7) Peter Carlotto, 8) Brian Peterson, 9) Olden Dwyer, 10) Ray Hall Jr., 11) Kim LaVoy, 12) Kevin Petrucci, 13) Ryan Charland, 14) Donny Travaglin, 15) Jeff Reis, 16) Brian Sandstedt, 17) Ryan Heath, 18) Lorne Browe, 19) Alan Houghtaling Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Kevin Ward, 2) Tim Hartman Jr., 3) Whitey Slavin, 4) Rob Maxon, 5) Matt Burke, 6) Bob Fachini, 7) Gary O’Brien, 8) Karl Barnes, 9) Keith Johannessen, 10) Jay Havland, 11) Kevin Ames, 12) Alan Houghtaling, 13) John Miller, 14) Tommy D’Angelo, 15) Jim VanZandt, 16) Chris Lynch Limited Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Brian Walsh, 2) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 3) Wesley Sutliff, 4) John Santolin, 5) Marc Burke, 6) Brian Houghtaling, 7) Kent Clark, 8) Mike Engwer, 9) Matt Jordan, 10) Craig Coons, 11) Anthony Maxon, 12) Frank Twing Jr., 13) Harold Robitaille, 14) Adam Schneider Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Dave Stickles, 2) Chad Jeseo, 3) Steve Hankle, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Rick Duzlak, 6) Shawn Perez, 7) Steven LaRochelle, 8) Fred Lee, 9) Tom O’Connor, 10) Mike Dianda, 11) Brian Keough, 12) Tom Dean Street Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) David Streibel, 3) Rocco Procopio, 4) Dave Streibel Jr., 5) Bob Gibson, 6) Franklin Smith, 7) Lou Gancarz, 8) Keri VanDenburg, 9) Jim Dellea, 10) Jeff Meltz Sr., 11) Milo Campbell, 12) Mike Dianda, 13) Dylan Fachini 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (12 laps): 1) Bradley Batho, 2) Jon Shepard, 3) Gary Malloy, 4) Jason Peck, 5) James Guertin 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (12 laps): 1) Tim Meltz, 2) Joe Wolfe, 3) Joey Batho

J.R. Heffner was able to take advantage of Kyle Sheldon slipping up the track in turn 4 on lap 27 to take the lead. From there, he held off Andy Bachetti to win the Big Block Modified season opener Saturday night (May 6) at Lebanon Valley Speedway. “Kyle [Sheldon] was running the top side and there was no going around him since he was right up by the wall,” Heffner said afterwards. “I just kept working the middle to the center [of the turn], then trying to get momentum off. We were able to keep the pressure going. We were right on the edge and we were able to get by in the end.” By virtue of winning the first heat, Kyle Sheldon started from pole and led early. Kenny Tremont Jr. didn’t have the best night with his new PMC chassis, spinning out on the first lap to draw an early yellow. He would continue and eventually finish 14th. When the green was out, Sheldon was able to open up a decent gap on Heffner. Meanwhile, Marc Johnson and Andy Bachetti gave chase. Kevin Petrucci clipped some tires on the inside of turns 3 and 4 to draw another yellow and pull the field back together on lap 7. From there on, there were no more interruptions. Sheldon and Heffner pulled away from the pack from here. Sheldon and Heffner were fairly evenly matched Saturday night. It wasn’t until Sheldon ran up on the back of the field that Heffner was able to make any real ground on him. Meanwhile, Bachetti took third from Johnson on lap 13 and slowly began gaining. It was rather difficult to make passes, allowing Heffner to move in. Bachetti was also able to get into the act, making for a three-way battle. In the end, it was an unforced error that allowed Heffner to take the lead and the win. Heffner won by 1.507 seconds over Bachetti. Sheldon was third, then Johnson and Olden Dwyer. In Sportsman, opening night showed that things will likely look similar to last year. Cody Cordova started on the pole and led early. However, defending champion Tim Hartman Jr. was able to run him down and take the lead on lap 5. Saturday night was a tough night for Owen Lewis. He was involved in two incidents more or less back-to-back. The first was a solo spin in turn 1. Shortly after the next restart, he was involved in an incident with Kevin Ward. The race ultimately came down to a duel between Hartman and Whitey Slavin. Hartman had a lot of difficulty getting past Kevin Ames. That allowed Slavin to attempt a dive on the inside on lap 16 that was ultimately unsuccessful. After a late crash for Peter Lorenzo, Hartman held on over the final two laps to win. Slavin finished second on track, but was penalized two spots for a restart violation. As a result, Rob Maxon was classified second, then Chris Lynch, Slavin and Cordova. In Limited Sportsman, Frank Twing Jr. led flag-to-flag to take his second career victory. Anthony Maxon was second, then Harold Robitaille, Craig Coons and Adam Schneider. The Pro Stock feature saw Steven LaRochelle start his No. 178 from the pole and lead early over Zach Sorrentino. Unfortunately for Sorrentino, he lost control of his No. 54s on lap 5 and spun in turn 2, dropping him to seventh. At the same time, Katarina Foster came to a half to bring out the yellow. Steve Hankle ended up in second as a result of Sorrentino’s spin. On the restart, he quickly lost that position to Rick Duzlak. Chad Jeseo, who started 10th, followed Duzlak past Hankle into third. It was not long before Jeseo was in second and running down LaRochelle. The two drivers ran each other hard, but Jeseo was able to get a huge run on the outside exiting turn 2 on lap 12. LaRochelle had no defense as Jeseo blasted into the lead. Once out front, Jeseo ran away from the pack to take the Pro Stock win. He ended up 3.373 seconds ahead of LaRochelle at the finish. Hankle ended up third, then Duzlak and Tom Dean. In Street Stock, Chris Stalker took the lead on lap 9 and held on for the win. The 4-Cylinders saw Jon Shepard inherit the overall/Dual-cam win after Bradley Batho was disqualified. Tim Meltz won in Single-Cam. Dwyer’s State Line Beer & Wine/Sysco Modified Feature (30 laps): 1) J.R. Heffner, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Kyle Sheldon, 4) Marc Johnson, 5) Olden Dwyer, 6) Kyle Armstrong, 7) Brett Haas, 8) Kolby Schroder, 9) Wayne Jelley, 10) L.J. Lombardo, 11) Keith Flach, 12) Eddie Marshall, 13) Matt Pupello, 14) Kenny Tremont Jr., 15) Mike King, 16) Brandon Lane, 17) Josh Marcus, 18) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 19) Timothy Davis, 20) Ryan Charland, 21) Paul Gilardi, 22) John Virgilio, 23) Ryan Darcy, 24) Kim LaVoy, 25) Ray Hall Jr., 26) Alan Houghtaling, 27) Kevin Petrucci, 28) Ryan Heath, 29) Peter Carlotto. DNS: Jeff Reis, Lorne Browe Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Rob Maxon, 3) Chris Lynch, 4) Whitey Slavin, 5) Cody Cordova, 6) Karl Barnes, 7) Brady Cordova, 8) Tom Princiotta, 9) Matt Burke, 10) Keith Johannessen, 11) Gary O’Brien, 12) Jim VanZandt, 13) Jay Havland, 14) Kevin Ames, 15) Peter Lorenzo, 16) Dillon Gannon, 17) Kevin Ward, 18) Tommy D’Angelo, 19) Alan Houghtaling, 20) Owen Smith Limited Sportsman Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Frank Twing Jr., 2) Anthony Maxon, 3) Harold Robitaille, 4) Craig Coons, 5) Adam Schneider, 6) Scott Zehnacker, 7) Kyle Swartz, 8) Wesley Sutliff, 9) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 10) Billy Brandt, 11) Brian Walsh, 12) Owen Lewis, 13) Kent Clark, 14) Aaron Mulready, 15) Matt Jordan, 16) Dylan Grogan, 17) Mike Engwer, 18) Becky Belisle Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Steven LaRochelle, 3) Steve Hankle, 4) Rick Duzlak, 5) Tom Dean, 6) Nick Hilt Jr., 7) Zach Sorrentino, 8) Shawn Perez, 9) Dave Stickles, 10) Ryan Crellin, 11) Brian Keough, 12) Fred Lee, 13) Tom O’Connor, 14) Nick Rogers, 15) Katarina Foster, 16) Mike Dianda Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Jay Casey, 3) Jeff Meltz Sr., 4) Dave Streibel, 5) Rocco Procopio, 6) Dylan Fachini, 7) Rob Partridge, 8) Katarina Foster, 9) Dave Streibel Jr., 10) Franklin Smith, 11) Mike Dianda, 12) Milo Campbell, 13) Jim Dellea, 14) Christopher Brown, 15) Keri VanDenburg, 16) Lou Gancarz, 17) Nick Giardini 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Jon Shepard, 2) Jim Guertin, 3) Jason Peck, 4) Mike Duncan, 5) Bradley Batho 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Tim Meltz, 2) Joe Wolfe, 3) Joey Batho, 4) Dylan McCloud

Let’s try this once again. Last week was supposed to be the 71st Annual Season Opener at Lebanon Valley Speedway. Unfortunately, a series of rain storms and cool weather left the facility waterlogged and not particularly in the best shape. It was not even 9 a.m. Saturday morning before the opener was cancelled. That was last weekend. This weekend, the 2023 season will in fact get underway under sunny skies and temperatures that will top out near 70 degrees. Dwyer’s State Line Beer & Wine of Pownal, Vt. and Sysco will sponsor a swell night of racing with six classes on offer. The Big Block Modifieds were scheduled to race for $3500 to win. Strike that. It’s now $4000 to win, courtesy of additional money being added to the pot by Hils Lawn & Property Care of Sheffield, Mass. They’ve also added $500 to the winner’s check for the Pro Stock class, which will be $1200 to win. The Big Blocks will field all of your favorites doing battle. 14-time track champion Kenny Tremont Jr. is back for more in 2023, but he’ll have a different mount this year. He has changed to a PMC chassis, built in Schodack to do battle on the high banks. Tremont has some experience with their current chassis. Just last September, Tremont won the Vermont 200 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway with one. He will still campaign a Bicknell chassis weekly at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. J.R. Heffner is still at the track and will be back out there on-track this year. He will drive a No. 74H as a teammate to John Virgilio. It is currently unclear what Heffner’s schedule in the car will be in 2023, but he will be there every week. Also, both cars will look significantly different this year. Both Heffner and Virgilio will drive white and blue cars, courtesy of backing from Lance and Jill Sharpe. Three-time defending champion Andy Bachetti will be back to defend both the Big Block and Small Block titles. For 2023, Bachetti has a Cyclone chassis from DKM Fabrication, a car that has not raced all that much at Lebanon Valley over the years. DKM Fabrication co-owner Kyle Hoffman raced one and Heffner did as well. Now, Bachetti will try to win his fourth straight title in the Hagaman-built chassis. The Sportsman class in 2022 was dominated by Tim Hartman Jr. and Whitey Slavin. They will be back to do battle with each other for the full season and they’ll be joined by a steady cast of characters, many of whom did not turn up for the warmup days. For instance, Rob Maxon will be back full-time, but instead of the No. 96 that fans have gotten used to seeing him, he’ll drive the No. 143 for Milo Campbell. The Limited Sportsman class is back for a second year. The class is designed to be a place for newer drivers to learn their craft before moving up into the regular Sportsman class. Brady Cordova moved up in the middle of last season after winning three features. That could be possible for anyone in the class at some point this year. Pro Stock teams will debut as well. Last season saw Chad Jeseo dominate the class, winning 10 separate times en route to the championship. 2023 will see a number of contenders try to steal his crown. The class did see some issues during the warmups, especially on the first day. Both Doug Olds and Tom O’Connor crashed their cars. In Olds’ case, he crashed in turn 4 after completing only a lap. The Street Stock class will have a revolving door of sponsors that will be adding funds to the class payout from week to week. This week, Mobile Locksmith of Hudson is putting up some money. Racing on Saturday night will start at 6 p.m. ET. The pit gate opens at 3 p.m., while the ticket booths and front gate opens at 5 p.m. General Admission tickets are $12, while kids are $2. Reserved grandstand seats are $14, Deck tickets are $15 and Roof/Tower seats are $20. GA Tickets can only be acquired at the ticket booth, but you can buy Tower and Reserved seats right here at LebanonValley.com.

Lebanon Valley Speedway spent St. Patrick’s Day Weekend properly celebrating their 2022 champions. Over two nights, more than $100,000 in awards were given out to 48 different drivers in five classes. The big winner of the weekend was Andy Bachetti. Bachetti, who won both the Modified and Small Block Modified championships for the second straight year, earned more than $13,000 for his efforts. Unfortunately, the banquet fell on the same day as the Short Track Super Series event at Pennsylvania’s Selinsgrove Speedway. Bachetti tried to get to the banquet before it ended, but was unable to do so. In the Small Block Modified class, L.J. Lombardo, who finished second in points, earned the Outstanding Performance Award. Lombardo had two victories and eight top five finishes while taking the fight to Bachetti. The Lebanon Valley Hall of Fame welcomed three new members, all of whom are still active. The first went to Kenny Tremont Jr., the track’s all-time winningest driver. The Tremont family has been tied to racing at Lebanon Valley since the track opened in 1953. Kenny himself has raced on the high banks since 1980. He has 174 career feature victories, 141 of those being in the Modified class. He has a track record 14 Modified track championships, along with five more in the Small Blocks, truly earning the title of “King of the Valley.” “It’s a culmination of everything that we’ve done throughout the years, just the dedication and hard work by a lot of people, not just myself and my father,” Tremont said. “It’s just a good feeling to know that you were recognized for being part of Lebanon Valley Speedway throughout the years.” The second induction went to Eddie Marshall, who has raced at Lebanon Valley since 1980. He has 33 career victories, the most recent coming in 2022. He has victories in five different decades and has been a steady presence for the last four decades. “It’s a tremendous honor and quite a surprise,” Marshall stated. “I didn’t know that tonight’s events were happening. I’m quite pleased with it. It means a lot to me.” The last inductee was Mike King, who has competed at Lebanon Valley Speedway regularly since 1973. King has generally run as an underdog contender for most of his time on the high banks, but is generally considered to be one of, if not the most respected person in the pits. He has only a few career victories and it took 32 years to get the first one in 2005, but he continues to be a regular friendly presence at Lebanon Valley. In the Pro Stock class, Chad Jeseo celebrated his record-setting 2022 season where he claimed 10 victories and was solidly the man to beat for the entire season. He took home a check for $2275 and intends to return for more action. Tim Hartman Jr. won the Sportsman championship and took home a check for $1430. Runner-up Whitey Slavin won the Jeff Yasinsac Mr. Excitement Award thanks to his four victories and taking the battle right to Hartman up until the final week of the season. Chris Stalker, who also raced full-time in the Pro Stock class, won the Street Stock championship on the strength of six wins and 16 top five finishes. He took home a winner’s check for $500. Dave Streibel Jr., who also won six races and finished second in The 4-Cylinder champions (Gary Malloy in Dual-Cam, Bradley Batho in Single-Cam) were also properly feted for their accomplishments. Both were in attendance during the Friday banquet and expressed gratitude to their teams for their efforts. Lebanon Valley Speedway’s banquets also have special awards handed out. Saturday’s banquet saw the Dedication to Racing Award given to Mark Brown, Lebanon Valley Speedway’s official track photographer via his company, Kustom Keepsakes. Brown has been a photographer at Lebanon Valley since 1983. He has served as the track’s official photographer since 1992. At Friday’s banquet, Mike Fisher of Northeast Custom Flatbeds was awarded the Jim Vandenburg Safety Award. This is the result of a substantial donation of a new fire truck and extrication equipment that Fisher has donated to the track for the 2023 season (Track owner Howard Commander insisted upon paying for the new equipment, but Fisher refused the money). Quite simply, it is the kind of equipment that you’d prefer to not have to use. However, when a potentially serious situation arises, you’ll be grateful that the proper equipment is there. Opening day at Lebanon Valley is scheduled for April 29, but there are two warmup days on April 15 and 22. In addition, a Dash for Pro Stocks and a Dash for Sportsman teams will be held during the warmup day on April 22.

On the final night of racing at Lebanon Valley Speedway for 2022, L.J. Lombardo took advantage of an almighty boost from Jason Herrington (boost seen above) on the final restart to get around Ryan Charland for the lead. From there, Lombardo held on for his second win of the year. “I got a really good jump. I was even down the frontstretch [with Charland] and Jason [Herrington] gave me a really good push,” Lombardo said afterwards. “Jason helped me win that race.” Charland started from the pole and opened a small gap on Ray Hall Jr. However, Jeff Gallup spun in turn 3 and created a chain reaction that damaged a number of cars. Reached after the race to describe what happened, Andy Bachetti simply replied, “There’s a full moon.” Everyone was able to continue after the stackup, but there were drivers with handling issues afterwards. On the restart, there was more chaos as Gallup and Ryan Larkin collided in turn 1 to bring out another yellow. In addition, Lorne Browe and tapped the wall on the backstretch. After the early yellows, things settled down. Charland and Hall were able to pull away from the pack. Meanwhile, Bachetti, Lombardo and Herrington all had to make gains from outside of the top 10. Charland was never able to breathe very much during the race as Hall was right behind him. Meanwhile, Lombardo was able to move up to fourth early on. He was able to take third from Kim LaVoy with seven laps to go and set off to catch the leaders. Lapped traffic held up the leaders and allowed Lombardo, Herrington and Bachetti to make it a five-way battle for the lead. On lap 22, Hall tried to go to the inside of Charland for the lead in turn 1. However, Larkin was there and Hall ran in the back of him, resulting in bumper bar damage. Lombardo was able to sweep past into second. Shortly afterwards, Brady Cordova, who was making his Small Block debut, crashed in turn 3 to bring out the caution. On the restart, Lombardo got his push from Herrington, which nearly put him in the wall and changed his plan. Regardless, he was able to make the pass and take the win. Lombardo won by .529 seconds over Charland. Herrington was third, then Bachetti and Hall. Bachetti had already clinched the Small Block title two weeks earlier. In Sportsman, Bob Fachini started from the pole and led early over Frank Lorenzo. This ended up being an expensive feature with a lot of carnage. Following an early spin for Brady Cordova, trouble broke out on the restart. Chris Lynch spun on the restart and collected Nick Giardini. Meanwhile, points leader Tim Hartman Jr. was hit by Rob Maxon, who went into the wall. The contact put Maxon out, while Hartman was forced to pit due to much of his right-side bodywork being peeled away. He would continue. A lap after this restart, Cody Cordova crashed in turn 3 to bring out the yellow. Before everyone could get slowed down, Fachini had contact on the backstretch with Kevin Ward, spinning Ward into the outside wall. Ward climbed onto the wall and rolled over. He would be ok, but very upset afterwards. Fachini was sent to the rear for the contact, giving the lead to Lorenzo. Lorenzo’s biggest threat at first was Lynch, but Lynch slowed with a mechanical issue. That allowed Hartman to move up to second with his wounded car. Despite the damage, Hartman was quicker than Lorenzo, but could not prevent Lorenzo from taking his first career win. Giardini was third, then Brady Cordova and Shane Powell. With Whitey Slavin failing to race, Hartman ended up claiming the Sportsman title. In Street Stock, Dave Streibel Jr. took the lead from pole sitter Lou Gancarz on lap 6. From there, he was able to hold off champion Chris Stalker to win the Go or Go Home 20-lapper for his fifth win of the year. Stalker was second, then Rob Partridge, Jeff Meltz Sr. and Gary O’Brien. In 4-Cylinders, Gary Malloy took the Dual-Cam victory and the championship. Bradley Batho did likewise in Single-Cam. In the Limited Sportsman feature, Anthony Maxon took the lead on the opening lap from pole sitter Justin Lilly. Once out front, Anthony was able to pull away from the pack. Cody Cordova hit the wall on lap 3 and came to a halt in turn 1 to bring out the race’s sole caution. When the green came back out, Anthony picked right up where he left off, driving off into the distance to earn his first career win. Anthony Maxon ended up 1.995 seconds ahead of Karl Barnes at the finish. Cody Cordova recovered for third, then Kevin Ames and Lilly. Ames officially claimed the Limited Sportsman title. Small Block Modified Kathy Plotz Memorial Results (24 laps): 1) L.J. Lombardo, 2) Ryan Charland, 3) Jason Herrington, 4) Andy Bachetti, 5) Ray Hall Jr., 6) Peter Carlotto, 7) Jeff Watson, 8) Lorne Browe, 9) Brian Peterson, 10) Kim LaVoy, 11) Montgomery Tremont, 12) Frank Harper, 13) Kevin Petrucci, 14) Jeff Gallup, 15) Brian Sandstedt, 16) Ryan Larkin, 17) Brady Cordova, 18) Mark Pullen, 19) Alan Houghtaling, 20) Joey Coppola Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Peter Lorenzo, 2) Tim Hartman Jr., 3) Nick Giardini, 4) Brady Cordova, 5) Shane Powell, 6) Rick Wegner, 7) Karl Barnes, 8) John Miller, 9) Angelo DiCarlo, 10) Chris Lynch, 11) Colin Clow, 12) Ryan Heath, 13) Rob Maxon, 14) Kevin Ward, 15) Bob Fachini, 16) Anthony Maxon, 17) Cody Cordova, 18) Kevin Ames, 19) Justin Lilly, 20) Frank Twing Jr., 21) Matt Jordan Limited Sportsman Feature Results (12 laps): 1) Anthony Maxon, 2) Karl Barnes, 3) Cody Cordova, 4) Kevin Ames, 5) Justin Lilly, 6) Frank Twing Jr., 7) Matt Jordan Street Stock Go or Go Home 20-Lapper Results (20 laps): 1) Dave Streibel Jr., 2) Chris Stalker, 3) Rob Partridge, 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Gary O’Brien, 6) Brian Walsh, 7) Katarina Foster, 8) Scott Morris, 9) Ryan Brown, 10) Franklin Smith, 11) Daniel Coonradt, 12) Lou Gancarz, 13) Dylan Fachini, 14) Dominic Hilt, 15) Mike Dianda, 16) Keri VanDenburg, 17) Rocco Procopio, 18) Clem Toffolo 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Gary Malloy, 2) Steve Burbank, 3) Chris Danylieko, 4) Mike Duncan, 5) Jon Shepard, 6) Doug Howe 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Bradley Batho, 2) Joey Batho, 3) Joe Wolfe, 4) Victor Duncan Sr.

Saturday night saw Andy Bachetti officially crowned as Lebanon Valley Speedway’s Modified champion for the third straight year. He capped that off by passing Peter Britten on lap 42 and holding on to defend his victory in the Super DIRTcar Series’ Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. and taking home a check for $25,500. “[My car] was ok. We had a decent race car, but we weren’t as good as last year,” Bachetti said after the race. “I don’t think I could conserve like last year and save the [right rear] tire. Got a little loose at the end, but the late cautions tightened us back up.” Britten earned the pole for the 100-lap feature by drawing the No. 1 chip during the redraw. He started alongside Adam Pierson and opened up an advantage of nearly two seconds in the opening laps. Meanwhile, Bachetti drew the eighth starting spot and moved up to fifth in the opening laps. Britten’s two-second lead held steady until he approached the rear of the field. It can be tough to pass at Lebanon Valley at times. That allowed Pierson to move back in. Bachetti moved up to third by lap 18 and proceeded to run down the two leaders. The next 20 laps saw Britten, Pierson and Bachetti race each other for the lead while dealing with slower traffic. Pierson made a move for the lead on lap 37 exiting turn 4, but Britten was able to hold him off. A couple of laps later, Pierson’s car had a mechanical issue and retired from the race. That moved Bachetti up to second. Bachetti wasted no time putting the pressure on Britten for the lead. He was on the Australian racer in a lap and past for the lead in turn 4 the lap after that. Once out front, Bachetti opened up a small lead. Meanwhile, while the leaders were battling, Keith Flach was able to make gains. Flach was able to take second from Britten on lap 50, but could not make any real gains on Bachetti. Meanwhile, Britten continued to drop back. The race’s first yellow flew on lap 71 when Britten and Kyle Armstrong were racing for fourth when the two had contact exiting turn 2. Britten then slid down and collected Brian Berger. Both drivers were able to continue. Shortly after the restart, Armstrong and Brett Haas had contact exiting turn 4 while racing for position. The contact cut Armstrong’s right front tire and damaged some steering box components and brought out another yellow. Armstrong was unhappy with Haas afterwards and showed his displeasure prior to retiring for the evening. During the yellow, Stewart Friesen stalled on-track with a mechanical issue. This issue could not be rectified. Friesen tried to go back out, but the car stalled again and brought out another yellow. This was the end of Friesen’s night. The caution meant that there was a 23-lap sprint to the finish. Flach ran as hard as he possibly could, but could just barely hang onto Bachetti. The Sheffield, Mass. native was able to hold on to take his second straight Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. victory and the fifth Lebanon Valley win of the year. Flach finished second, while Haas was third after starting 14th. Billy Decker was fourth, while Kolby Schroder made it four Valley regulars in the top five. Sportsman teams had a 15-lap feature to contend with. Ryan Heath started on the pole and led early over Bob Fachini. Meanwhile, Peter Lorenzo hit the wall on the first lap and ultimately had to retire for the night. For much of the season, the class has been a two-driver race between Tim Hartman Jr. and Whitey Slavin. On this night, Slavin started ninth and Hartman 11th. While Slavin made some progress, Hartman was driving like his pants were on fire. He drove up from 11th to second in just six laps. Hartman then spent the rest of the race running down Heath, who had opened up multiple seconds on the pack in the opening laps. Hartman ran Heath down and made the pass with a little more than two laps to go for the win. From there, Hartman pulled away for the win. Hartman ended up 2.021 seconds ahead of Heath. Chris Lynch was third, then Slavin and Kevin Ward. Hartman will take a 12-point lead into the final night of racing. In Pro Stock, Dave Stickles started on pole and immediately had to do battle with Zach Seyerlein. Seyerlein was able to get past briefly on lap 2, but Stickles was able to come back and retake the advantage. Stickles was able to stretch out his advantage, but started to lose ground as his tires got hot. A caution with five laps to go when Tom Dean spun in turn 1 allowed Stickles to cool his tires. When the green came out, Stickles was able to open a small gap while Nick Hilt Jr. and Chad Jeseo battled. That was enough for Stickles to take his second career win. Stickles was a little under a half-second ahead of Hilt, who just beat Jeseo to the line. Zach Sorrentino was fourth, then Rick Duzlak. In Street Stock, Chris Stalker wrapped up the championship with his sixth win of the year. Super DIRTcar Series Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. Results (100 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Keith Flach, 3) Brett Haas, 4) Billy Decker, 5) Kolby Schroder, 6) Matt Sheppard, 7) Jack Lehner, 8) Max McLaughlin, 9) Peter Britten, 10) L.J. Lombardo, 11) Jimmy Phelps, 12) Mat Williamson, 13) Brian Berger, 14) Mike King, 15) Stewart Friesen, 16) Kyle Armstrong, 17) Eddie Marshall, 18) Adam Pierson, 19) Kenny Tremont Jr., 20) John Virgilio, 21) Marc Johnson, 22) C.G. Morey, 23) Kevin Root, 24) Josh Marcus, 25) Paul St. Sauveur, 26) Anthony Perrego DNQ: Marcus Dinkins, Brandon Lane, Darren Smith, Dillon Steuer Sportsman Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Ryan Heath, 3) Chris Lynch, 4) Whitey Slavin, 5) Kevin Ward, 6) Brady Cordova, 7) Shane Powell, 8) Bob Fachini, 9) Robbie Knipe, 10) Jeff Higham, 11) Colin Clow, 12) Karl Barnes, 13) Ryan Stortini, 14) Nikki Ouellette, 15) Keith Johannessen, 16) Nick Giardini, 17) John Miller, 18) Peter Lorenzo, 19) Matt Jordan, 20) Drew Boniface, 21) Robbie Colburn Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Dave Stickles, 2) Nick Hilt Jr., 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Rick Duzlak, 6) Chris Stalker, 7) Zach Seyerlein, 8) Tom O’Connor, 9) Brian Keough, 10) Tom Dean, 11) Nick Rogers Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Rob Partridge, 3) Dave Streibel Jr., 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Keri VanDenburg, 6) Scott Morris, 7) Lou Gancarz, 8) Gary O’Brien, 9) Katarina Foster, 10) Brian Walsh, 11) Rocco Procopio, 12) Ryan Brown, 13) Franklin Smith. DQ: Evan Denue

Kolby Schroder took the lead early on from Mike King Saturday night and pulled away from the pack to win his second straight Modified feature. Andy Bachetti effectively clinched his third straight Modified title with a seventh-place finish. “We got our new motor back this week; we’d been missing some horsepower all year long,” Schroder said after the feature. “Dan Bedell put together a great piece for us to finish out the year with. The car’s clicking, the team’s clicking and everything’s going great right now.” Josh Marcus was originally supposed to start on pole, but he voluntarily dropped to the rear, giving the advantage to King. King led early on, but the field stayed bunched up after Brandon Lane spun to bring out a yellow. John Ruchel also spun to avoid. Unfortunately, Ruchel had trouble getting back underway and was forced to retire. On the restart, King was running quite well, but Schroder was on his tail. After a few laps, Schroder was able to get past for the lead exiting turn 4 on lap 8. Once out front, Schroder slowly but sure begin to pull away. The championship contenders (Bachetti and Brett Haas) started 12th and 13th Saturday night and slowly made their way forward. Haas was taking some chances to get up front, while Bachetti was simply shadowing him. L.J. Lombardo put a bunch of pressure on King, but could not get by. This bunched up the pack into the final laps of the race. Eventually, Keith Flach was able to catch up and take second with three laps to go. By then, Schroder was long gone en route to his second straight victory, the first time that he has accomplished the feat in any class at Lebanon Valley. Schroder was 4.556 seconds ahead of Flach at the finish. Lombardo was third, then King and Haas. In the Small Block Modified class, Brian Peterson started on pole and opened up a decent lead on the pack in his Cyclone chassis over Ray Hall Jr. Then, trouble broke out in turn 3 when Montgomery Tremont and Kim LaVoy got hooked together. This caused a stackup that also involved Frank Harper, Jason Herrington and Mike Petrucci. Everyone was able to pull away with some assistance (the safety crew had to unhook Montgomery and LaVoy). LaVoy was the only driver who quickly retired afterwards after she discovered that her car was hurt a bit more than originally believed. Bachetti has dominated the Small Block Modified class to this point and entered the race with a 90-point lead. He started in 14th and slowly made his way forward. By lap 11, he was up to fourth. With nine laps to go, he took second from Alan Houghtaling. Once there, Bachetti turned in a series of laps that were four-tenths of a second faster than Peterson to catch up. With five laps to go, Bachetti caught Peterson and made short work of him for the lead. From there, Bachetti pulled away to take his fifth win of the year by 2.179 seconds over Peterson. Lorne Browe was third, then Lombardo and Herrington. In Sportsman, a thin field was buttressed by Limited Sportsman entries. The point battle here is fierce between Whitey Slavin and Tim Hartman Jr. This could have been a crucial night as Slavin cut his right rear two a couple of laps into the race and drew a yellow. Slavin was able to pit for a tire and resume. Hartman Jr. started eighth and quickly made his way to the front. It took a mere six laps for him to take the lead. Shortly after he did, Alex Palmer-Sawyer and Bob Fachini collided to bring out a yellow. On the restart, Kevin Ward was able to get second away from pole sitter Ryan Heath and intermediary Rob Maxon. He tried to keep pace with Hartman, but ultimately couldn’t do so as Hartman won his fourth feature of the year by 1.817 seconds. It was a weekend sweep for Hartman as he won Friday night at Albany-Saratoga as well. Ward ended up second, while Slavin recovered for third. Robbie Knipe was fourth, while Maxon was fifth. Alex Palmer-Sawyer won the Limited Sportsman feature. The DIRTcar Pro Stock Series was at Lebanon Valley Saturday night for the Ol’ Buzzard 30, a 30-lap feature in memory of the late Jimmy Langenback. By virtue of the redraw, Jason Meltz started from the pole with Chad Jeseo alongside. Meltz proved to be a tough adversary for Jeseo as the two drivers raced side-by-side for the first third of the race. Finally, on lap 10, Jeseo dove to the inside of Meltz entering turn 3 to take the lead. Once out front, Jeseo quickly pulled a couple of a seconds on the rest of the field. This lead was usurped just as Bruno Richard was taking second away from Meltz when Brian Carter spun in turn 4 to bring out the first yellow on lap 18. From there, there were a series of issues. The biggest of these issues was a multi-car crash that blocked the track with five laps to go in turn 3. 11 cars jammed up, resulting in a red flag. Scott Towslee was parked for the night by officials after he spun after contact from Dave Stickles, then attempted to retaliate under yellow. Ultimately, Jeseo held off Nick Hilt Jr. to win the Ol’ Buzzard 30, his record-breaking 10th Valley Pro Stock win of the year. Richard was third, then Jay Fitzgerald and Zach Seyerlein. In Street Stock, Dave Streibel Jr. took his fourth win of the year. DMC Racing Products/Rivers Asset Recovery Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Kolby Schroder, 2) Keith Flach, 3) L.J. Lombardo, 4) Mike King, 5) Brett Haas, 6) Kyle Armstrong, 7) Andy Bachetti, 8) Brian Berger, 9) Marc Johnson, 10) Eddie Marshall, 11) Kenny Tremont Jr., 12) Olden Dwyer, 13) Kyle Sheldon, 14) Paul Gilardi, 15) Brandon Lane, 16) Dylan Gibson, 17) John Virgilio, 18) Josh Marcus, 19) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 20) John Ruchel, 21) Jeff Dean Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Brian Peterson, 3) Lorne Browe, 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Jason Herrington, 6) Ryan Larkin, 7) Alan Houghtaling, 8) Peter Carlotto, 9) Ray Hall Jr., 10) Ryan Charland, 11) Jeff Watson, 12) Kevin Petrucci, 13) Montgomery Tremont, 14) Brian Sandstedt, 15) Frank Harper, 16) Kim LaVoy, 17) Mark Pullen, 18) Olden Dwyer Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Kevin Ward, 3) Whitey Slavin, 4) Robbie Knipe, 5) Rob Maxon, 6) Shane Powell, 7) Keith Johannessen, 8) Ryan Heath, 9) Peter Lorenzo, 10) Karl Barnes*, 11) Bob Fachini, 12) Justin Lilly*, 13) Matt Jordan, 14) John Santolin*, 15) Alex Palmer-Sawyer* Note: Drivers with an asterisk next to their names are Limited Sportsman competitors. They do not count for points purposes. Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 2) Matt Jordan, 3) Karl Barnes, 4) Kevin Ames, 5) Justin Lilly, 6) John Santolin DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Ol’ Buzzard 30 In Memory of Jimmy Langenback Results (30 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Nick Hilt Jr., 3) Bruno Richard, 4) Jay Fitzgerald, 5) Zach Seyerlein, 6) Zach Sorrentino, 7) Justin Whit, 8) Tyler Bushey, 9) Dave Stickles, 10) Rick Duzlak, 11) Tom O’Connor, 12) Brian Carter, 13) Nick Rogers, 14) Jason Meltz, 15) Chris Stalker, 16) Scott Towslee, 17) Tom Dean, 18) Luke Hornung, 19) Shawn Perez, 20) Shawn Perez Jr., 21) Brian Keough, 22) Johnny Rivers Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Dave Streibel Jr., 2) Evan Denue, 3) Jim Dellea, 4) Chris Stalker, 5) Jeff Meltz Sr., 6) Rob Partridge, 7) Brian Walsh, 8) Gary O’Brien, 9) Scott Morris, 10) Craig Coons, 11) Keri VanDenburg, 12) Lou Gancarz, 13) Ryan Brown, 14) Daniel Coonradt, 15) Franklin Smith, 16) Jennah Perez, 17) Mike Dianda, 18) Ray Royals, 19) Katarina Foster

After missing the last two Modified features due to a combination of COVID-19 and a family emergency, Kolby Schroder recovered to lead flag-to-flag to win his first Modified feature of the year Saturday night. “[The car] was really good tonight,” Schroder said after the race. “It really helps to start on the front row, but there were so many restarts that the fast guys were able to come up and get right on you. I think we proved that we had a really fast race car.” By virtue of winning his heat race, Schroder claimed the pole position. Once the green flag flew, he immediately opened up a sizable lead. L.J. Lombardo was able to move up to second quickly. Further back, Brett Haas was on a mission. He entered the night 24 points behind Andy Bachetti and needed to make some hay. He quickly moved up to sixth in the first five laps and continued his forward progress. Bachetti struggled early on and didn’t make much progress. Keith Flach was running fourth when he blew his right rear tire on lap 11 to bring out the first yellow. He was unable to get his car restarted after stopping, which resulted in a tow. Ultimately, he was unable to continue. Shortly after the restart, John Virgilio smacked the wall in turn 3 to bring out another yellow. Here, Bachetti pitted from outside the top 10 for a new left rear tire. That proved to be what the doctor ordered. Haas had moved up to second right before the yellow. Here, he started putting the pressure on Schroder for the lead. He tried to get to Schroder’s inside, but couldn’t quite do so. After a couple of laps, Schroder was able to open a gap. Brian Berger stalling on track with a gear failure with 12 laps to go gave Haas another chance. Knowing that, Haas was a little quick on the trigger. On the second attempt, Haas tried again to get to Schroder’s inside. He was able to run side-by-side for a time, but Schroder was able to stave him off. Behind them, Bachetti was making a charge into the top five after restarting in eighth. He was able to knock off competitors one by one to greatly improve his situation. Schroder was able to hold on for the victory by .577 seconds over Haas. Bachetti was able to get past Marc Johnson on the final lap to finish third. He has a 20-point over Haas entering the final full night of Modified points. Eddie Marshall was fifth. In Pro Stock, Dave Stickles led early in his No. 55 with Zach Seyerlein giving chase. Points leader Chad Jeseo started seventh and moved him up into contention early on. Following a caution due to Jason Meltz stalling in turn 3, Jeseo was able to take second from Seyerlein. Shortly afterwards, Seyerlein would spin out exiting turn 2 and bring out a yellow. On the restart, Nick Hilt Jr., who was running a setup that Jeseo’s team provided, snatched second place away from Jeseo. He then went off to get the lead from Stickles. Stickles ended up having a mechanical failure, which allowed Hilt to take the lead on lap 11. The battle was on between Hilt and Jeseo, briefly interrupted by another spin for Seyerlein on lap 16. With three laps to go, Hilt went a little too hard into turn 4. That was all it took for Jeseo to take the lead and hold on for his ninth win of the year. Hilt ended up second, followed by Tom Dean. Seyerlein was fourth, then Zach Sorrentino. In the Limited Sportsman class, Cody Cordova was able to get the lead on the first lap from Matt Jordan. Once out front, Cordova was able to pull out a decent advantage over Karl Barnes. This advantage was neutralized by a caution due to Frank Twing Jr.’s spin with two laps to go. Cordova was able to hold on for the win while a scramble behind resulted in Kevin Ames finishing second. Cody O’Brien finished third, then Barnes and Dylan Grogan. In Street Stock, Jeff Meltz Sr. was able to get the lead on the initial start from Franklin Smith right before Smith was wrapped up in a multi-car incident along with Katarina Foster and Brian Walsh. Meltz spent much of the 15-lap race doing battle with Dom Denue. Denue tried his hardest, but he could not prevent the 2021 Pure Stock champion from earning his first win of the year. Denue was second, then Chris Stalker, Rob Partridge and Jim Dellea. Earlier in the evening, Dellea won the Chatham Clothing Co. Street Stock Dash. Finally, Jon Shepard won the 4-Cylinder feature and the Dual-Cam class. Bradley Batho finished fourth and won the Single-Cam class. Modified Snap-On Tools/Sponsors of Marc Johnson Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Kolby Schroder, 2) Brett Haas, 3) Andy Bachetti, 4) Marc Johnson, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Mike King, 7) Kyle Armstrong, 8) Olden Dwyer, 9) Kenny Tremont Jr., 10) Paul Gilardi, 11) Chris Lynch, 12) Dylan Gibson, 13) Kyle Sheldon, 14) Brian Berger, 15) John Virgilio, 16) Keith Flach, 17) L.J. Lombardo, 18) Josh Marcus, 19) John Ruchel Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Nick Hilt Jr., 3) Tom Dean, 4) Zach Seyerlein, 5) Zach Sorrentino, 6) Rick Duzlak, 7) Brian Keough, 8) Paul Rogers, 9) Dave Stickles, 10) Jason Meltz Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Cody Cordova, 2) Kevin Ames, 3) Cody O’Brien, 4) Karl Barnes, 5) Dylan Grogan, 6) Frank Twing Jr., 7) Matt Jordan, 8) Adam Schneider, 9) Justin Lilly Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Jeff Meltz Sr., 2) Dom Denue, 3) Chris Stalker, 4) Rob Partridge, 5) Jim Dellea, 6) Brian Walsh, 7) Keri VanDenburg, 8) Evan Denue, 9) Scott Morris, 10) Chris Calabro, 11) Katarina Foster, 12) Franklin Smith, 13) Dominic Hilt, 14) Dylan Fachini, 15) Lou Gancarz, 16) Gary O’Brien, 17) Rocco Procopio, 18) Dave Streibel Jr., 19) Daniel Coonradt. DQ: Craig Coons Street Stock Chatham Clothing Co. Dash (4 laps): 1) Jim Dellea, 2) Rob Partridge, 3) Dylan Fachini, 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Chris Calabro 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Bradley Batho, 2) Tim Meltz, 3) Joey Batho, 4) Joe Wolfe, 5) Wayne Russell, 6) Victor Duncan Jr. 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Jon Shepard, 2) Gary Malloy, 3) Steve Burbank, 4) Chris Danylieko 4-Cylinder Combined Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Jon Shepard, 2) Gary Malloy, 3) Steve Burbank, 4) Bradley Batho, 5) Tim Meltz, 6) Joey Batho, 7) Joe Wolfe, 8) Wayne Russell, 9) Victor Duncan Jr., 10) Chris Danylieko

Olden Dwyer was able to take advantage of an unforced error on lap 10 Saturday night to go from third to first. From there, he held on take his second Lebanon Valley Modified win of the year. “Right off the bat, I knew we had a good car,” Dwyer said after the race. “I wanted to bide my time with John [Virgilio]. I felt like I had a better race car and thought I could work him and get him. Luckily for me, at the same time, Keith [Flach] shoved the nose in [turns] 1 and 2 and opened the door. We got to go from third to the lead.” Josh Marcus started from the pole, but quickly lost his advantage to John Virgilio. However, the real story of the race happened on lap 3. Andy Bachetti ran over the right rear wheel of Marcus and hit the wall hard in turn 3 to bring out the race’s one and only caution. Bachetti was able to free himself from the wall and drive himself back to the pits. However, his crew could not repair his car, resulting in an 18th-place finish. That closes up the championship significantly. Keith Flach moved up from the sixth starting spot to battle for the lead after the restart. Virgilio tried his hardest, but Flach was able to take the advantage on lap 6. Once out front, Flach began to slowly pull away from the pack. Things looked good for Flach until lap 10. He went into turns 1 and 2 a bit hot, jumped the cushion and brushed the wall. Virgilio was battling Dwyer hard to hold onto the second spot at the time. Dwyer was side-by-side for the spot when Flach jumped the cushion. As a result, he was able to sweep past both drivers to take the lead. Virgilio ended up keeping second at the time with Flach behind. It took only a couple of a laps for Flach to get Virgilio, but the damage had been done…literally. Flach ended up two seconds back with a car that lost its edge. He was able to equal Dwyer, but could not reel him back in. From there, Dwyer was able to hold on for the win. Dwyer’s margin of victory was 3.330 seconds over Flach. Brian Berger was third, then Brett Haas and Marc Johnson. In the Small Block Modifieds, Kim LaVoy returned after missing the races on July 30 after testing positive for COVID-19. LaVoy won her heat race and started on the pole in the feature. When the green came out, LaVoy proceeded to drive off into the distance. Meanwhile, on the first lap, Peter Carlotto ran into serious trouble, smacking the wall in turn 2. This did not draw a yellow, but effectively ended Carlotto’s night. Behind LaVoy, Montgomery Tremont had one of the best races of his short career at Lebanon Valley. After winning his heat, Montgomery started second and ran very strongly. Dwyer was able to take second early on, but Montgomery was able to keep up without too much of an issue. Further back, Bachetti was making his way forward slowly from 12th on the grid. With LaVoy stretching her lead to over five seconds, the focus was on Bachetti’s run into the top five. With a few laps to go, Bachetti was able to get past Montgomery for third and did battle with Dwyer, but no one could keep LaVoy out of victory lane. LaVoy ended up 8.875 seconds ahead of Bachetti, who snatched second from Dwyer on the final lap. Montgomery Tremont was fourth, then Ryan Larkin. In Sportsman, Ryan Heath started from the pole, but had significant mechanical issues that ended his race very early. Kevin Ward was able to snatch the lead at the start and opened up a small lead over Keith Johannessen. Point contenders Whitey Slavin and Tim Hartman Jr. both started on the fifth row and battled each other as they drove up the order. With no cautions to close the order up, that progress was slow. The two stayed together until they got up to fifth and sixth. Hartman was able to get by Rob Maxon for fourth, then opened a gap on Slavin as he struggled to get past. All of this happened behind Ward, who drove away to claim a dominant victory. He ended up 6.973 seconds ahead of Johannessen at the finish. Peter Lorenzo was third, then Hartman and Chris Lynch. In Limited Sportsman action, John Santolin took the win, his first at Lebanon Valley since 2007. In Pro Stock, Zach Sorrentino started on the pole and led early with Zach Seyerlein giving chase. Points leader Chad Jeseo started eighth and was quickly moving forward. However, trouble struck on lap 5 while Jeseo cut his right rear tire. At the same time, Tom Gomm smacked the wall in turns 3 and 4 to bring out a yellow. This bailed Jeseo out and allowed him to pit for a fresh tire. Gomm was done for the night. After his stop, it took only a couple of laps for Jeseo to get back where he was prior to the tire issue. Chris Stalker spun to bring out another yellow on lap 8. On the restart, Nick Hilt Jr. was able to take second from Seyerlein. For much of the rest of the race, he battled for the lead with Sorrentino, but he was never able to get fully alongside the No. 54s. After a number of laps of sparring, Sorrentino was able to again clear Hilt and pull away for his first career Pro Stock win. Hilt was a half-second back in second, then Jeseo, Scott Towslee and Steven LaRochelle. In Street Stock, Chris Stalker led flag-to-flag to win the 19th Annual Boomer’s Performance Classic In Memory of Todd Putnam. He won $2400 for his efforts. Sheldon Oil Services/Bulldog Concrete Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Olden Dwyer, 2) Keith Flach, 3) Brian Berger, 4) Brett Haas, 5) Marc Johnson, 6) John Virgilio, 7) Kyle Armstrong, 8) Kenny Tremont Jr., 9) Eddie Marshall, 10) L.J. Lombardo, 11) Brandon Lane, 12) Mike King, 13) Dylan Gibson, 14) Paul Gilardi, 15) Kyle Sheldon, 16) Timothy Davis, 17) Josh Marcus, 18) Andy Bachetti, 19) Kolby Schroder, 20) Chris Lynch* Note: Chris Lynch finished 17th on the track, but was placed in 20th at the request of car owner Alex Thomson out of a desire to not affect the point standings. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Kim LaVoy, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Olden Dwyer, 4) Montgomery Tremont, 5) Ryan Larkin, 6) L.J. Lombardo, 7) Frank Harper, 8) Jason Herrington, 9) Ryan Charland, 10) Jeff Watson, 11) Brian Sandstedt, 12) Kevin Petrucci, 13) Ray Hall Jr., 14) Peter Carlotto, 15) Alan Houghtaling, 16) Brian Peterson Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Kevin Ward, 2) Keith Johannessen, 3) Peter Lorenzo, 4) Tim Hartman Jr., 5) Chris Lynch, 6) Whitey Slavin, 7) Rob Maxon, 8) Shane Powell, 9) Jacob Perry, 10) Garret Poland, 11) Mike Arnold, 12) Brady Cordova, 13) Butchie Irwin, 14) Bob Fachini, 15) Ryan Heath, 16) Ray Hall Jr. Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) John Santolin, 2) Kevin Ames, 3) Matt Jordan, 4) Shaeden Mosso, 5) Frank Twing Jr., 6) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 7) Karl Barnes, 8) Cody Cordova Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Zach Sorrentino, 2) Nick Hilt Jr., 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Scott Towslee, 5) Steven LaRochelle, 6) Zach Seyerlein, 7) Tom Dean, 8) Rich Colasanti, 9) Chris Stalker, 10) Brian Keough, 11) Tom O’Connor, 12) Dave Stickles*, 13) Tom Gomm Note: Matt Nehmens drove the No. 55 in a substitute role Saturday night. As a result, Dave Stickles will get credit for Nehmens’ 12th-place finish. Street Stock Boomer’s Performance Classic In Memory of Todd Putnam (20 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Dom Denue, 3) Jim Dellea, 4) Rob Partridge, 5) Dave Streibel, 6) Dylan Fachini, 7) Brian Walsh, 8) Rocco Procopio, 9) Evan Denue, 10) John Devine, 11) Keri VanDenburg, 12) Ray Royals, 13) Mike Dianda, 14) Dave Streibel Jr., 15) Jeff Meltz Sr., 16) Katarina Foster, 17) Franklin Smith, 18) Scott Morris, 19) Daniel Coonradt, 20) Gary O’Brien, 21) Chris Coons

Saturday night was Christmas in July in Lebanon Valley Speedway. For Andy Bachetti, actual Christmas came early as he doubled up with Modified and Small Block Modified victories. “[Getting the double’s] pretty hard to do here at Lebanon Valley,” Bachetti said after the races. “I’ve got great race cars, great sponsors and great people around me. It’s a testament of digging hard and working hard with everything that these guys do.” Timothy Davis started from the pole and fended up fierce runs early on from Keith Flach. Behind him, Brett Haas moved up to third on the start and began to pressure Flach after he fell off of Davis’ rear end. Haas took the second spot on lap 7 and set off to do battle with Davis. Meanwhile, Bachetti started seventh and slowly moved up the order. Bachetti moved up to third after a fierce battle between Flach and Dwyer ended with Flach nearly hitting the wall in turn 4. Haas eventually caught Davis and battled hard for the lead. Brett intended to use the inside line, but slower traffic blocked him from doing so. This allowed Bachetti to enter into the fray. He took second spot from Haas, then stalked Davis. On lap 24, he was able to make the pass stick in turn 2. From there, Bachetti pulled away to take his fourth win of the year. Haas was second, then Davis, Dwyer and Eddie Marshall. In Small Block Modified competition, Olden Dwyer started from the pole after winning his heat race, then quickly tried to open a gap over Peter Carlotto. Further back, Bachetti lined up 13th on the grid and had to methodically move his way forward. Dwyer had a lead of 1.5 seconds before Carlotto was able to reel him in a little bit at a time. Meanwhile, Bachetti had gotten himself up to fifth by lap 9. By halfway, he was third, but quite a way behind the leaders despite a faster car. Last week’s winner Brian Sandstedt slowing on the frontstretch with a steering issue. This brought out the race’s only yellow. The restart determined the outcome of the race. Bachetti restarted third, then blasted around the outside of both Dwyer and Carlotto to take the lead. Behind the leaders, Alan Houghtaling had a mechanical failure, which stacked the field up. This allowed Bachetti to truly stretch his legs. Bachetti proceeded to run away from the pack to take the win. Bachetti was 5.328 seconds ahead of L.J. Lombardo at the finish. Dwyer was third, then Ryan Larkin and Jason Herrington. Sportsman drivers competed in the Inaugural Rod Fifield Memorial, a 25-lap feature that was postponed from last month. Keith Johannessen started from the pole and ran very well early. Robbie Knipe gave chase, while Whitey Slavin moved up to third. A spin for Ryan Heath in turn 1 brought out the race’s first yellow with eight laps complete, closing everyone up. On the restart, Slavin was able to get by Knipe for second. A lap later, he was able to get past Johannessen and take the lead just before a spin for Bob Fachini brought out another yellow. Shortly after the restart, Chris Lynch got up to second and started to pressure Slavin. However, that pressure was short-lived as the Connecticut racer began to drop off of Slavin’s car. A crash for Alex Palmer-Sawyer in turn 4 brought out the final yellow with nine laps to go. That brought Tim Hartman Jr. into the hunt. Hartman was able to get past Lynch on lap 18 for second, then set out to get Slavin. However, Slavin was able to shake off the pressure and pull away to take his fourth win of the year. Slavin won by 2.591 seconds over Hartman and Lynch. Butchie Irwin was fourth, while Peter Lorenzo was fifth. Earlier in the evening, Hartman won a six-lap Sportsman Dash. In addition, Frank Twing Jr. won the Limited Sportsman Feature for his first career win at Lebanon Valley. In Pro Stock, Tom Dean started from the pole and opened up a small gap over Chris Stalker. Further back, Steven LaRochelle and Chad Jeseo were progressing up the order. LaRochelle was able to get up to second on lap 9. Shortly afterwards, Zach Seyerlein spun in turn 2 after a tap from Stalker to bring out the race’s only yellow. On the restart, LaRochelle was able to get a good run and passed Dean for the lead. Once out front, LaRochelle was able to open up a decent gap and hold on for the win. Dean finished second after spending most of the second half of the feature fighting off Jeseo. Nick Hilt Jr. was fourth, while Stalker was fifth. In Street Stock competition, Chris Stalker took his fourth win of the year. He also won the Street Stock Dash. Wohrle’s Foods/Benjamin Moore Points Christmas in July Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Brett Haas, 3) Timothy Davis, 4) Olden Dwyer, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Keith Flach, 7) Kenny Tremont Jr., 8) Kyle Sheldon, 9) Marc Johnson, 10) Mike King, 11) Brian Berger, 12) L.J. Lombardo, 13) John Virgilio, 14) Kyle Armstrong, 15) Brandon Lane, 16) Josh Marcus, 17) Dylan Gibson, 18) Ryan Larkin*, 19) Ryan Charland*, 20) Kevin Petrucci*, 21) Brian Sandstedt* *- Ryan Larkin, Ryan Charland, Kevin Petrucci and Brian Sandstedt all drove Small Block Modifieds in the feature Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) L.J. Lombardo, 3) Olden Dwyer, 4) Ryan Larkin, 5) Jason Herrington, 6) Peter Carlotto, 7) Frank Harper, 8) Jeff Watson, 9) Brian Peterson, 10) Ray Hall Jr., 11) Lorne Browe, 12) Brian Sandstedt, 13) Montgomery Tremont, 14) Ryan Charland, 15) Kevin Petrucci, 16) Alan Houghtaling Sportsman Rod Fifield Memorial Results (25 laps): 1) Whitey Slavin, 2) Tim Hartman Jr., 3) Chris Lynch, 4) Butchie Irwin, 5) Peter Lorenzo, 6) Garret Poland, 7) Kevin Ward, 8) Ray Hall Jr., 9) Robbie Knipe, 10) Keith Johannessen, 11) Cody Cordova, 12) Karl Barnes, 13) Shane Powell, 14) Ryan Heath, 15) Bob Fachini, 16) Rob Maxon, 17) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 18) Anthony Maxon, 19) Matt Jordan, 20) Robbie Colburn, 21) Kevin Ames, 22) Brady Cordova, 23) Frank Twing Jr., 24) Jacob Perry, 25) Andy Crane Sportsman Dash Results (6 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Keith Johannessen, 3) Chris Lynch, 4) Whitey Slavin, 5) Robbie Knipe, 6) Shane Powell Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Frank Twing Jr., 2) Cody Cordova, 3) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 4) Kevin Ames, 5) Karl Barnes, 6) Anthony Maxon, 7) Jacob Perry, 8) Matt Jordan, 9) Andy Crane Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Steven LaRochelle, 2) Tom Dean, 3) Chad Jeseo, 4) Nick Hilt Jr., 6) Chris Stalker, 6) Robbie Speed, 7) Rick Duzlak, 8) Dave Stickles, 9) Zach Seyerlein, 10) Zach Sorrentino*, 11) Bruno Richard, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Tom O’Connor, 14) Scott Kilmer, 15) Tyler Bushey *- Scott Towslee drove in place of Zach Sorrentino as a substitute driver. Sorrentino will collect the points that Towslee earned for finishing 10th. Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Brian Walsh, 3) Dave Streibel Jr., 4) Gary O’Brien, 5) Dave Streibel, 6) Jeff Meltz Sr., 7) Evan Denue, 8) Jim Dellea, 9) Scott Morris, 10) Katarina Foster, 11) Ray Royals, 12) Ryan Brown, 13) Daniel Coonradt, 14) Franklin Smith, 15) Dom Denue*, 16) Christopher Brown *- Janai St. Pierre drove in place of Dom Denue as a substitute driver. Dom Denue will collect the points that St. Pierre earned for finishing 15th. Street Stock Dash Results (6 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Dave Streibel Jr., 3) Gary O’Brien, 4) Dave Streibel, 5) Evan Denue, 6) Brian Walsh