Kyle Armstrong was able to get around Brandon Lane for the lead early on Saturday night. From there, he was able to hold on to take his first win of the year. “This has been a long time coming,” Armstrong said in victory lane. “I’ve had a lot of races in the bag over the last couple of years, but something breaks. Finally, luck went our way tonight and we pulled it off.” Lane started from the pole, but didn’t really have a chance to get going before trouble broke out. Keith Flach, who started third, appeared to have a mechanical failure at the start and coasted to a halt on the backstretch. It was the end of the night for the “Ravena Rocket.” On the restart, Armstrong was quickly able to get past Mike King for second. He then put the pressure on Lane for the lead. On lap 3, Armstrong went to the inside on the backstretch and got the pass complete on Lane entering turn 3. Once out front, Armstrong was able to quickly open up an advantage. Brian Berger was able to follow Armstrong past Lane into second, but could barely keep pace early on. L.J. Lombardo had a pretty miserable Saturday night. This was capped off by his car losing power exiting turn 4 on lap 9. He was then hit from behind by Andy Bachetti, who had nowhere to go. Lombardo ended up out for the night, but Bachetti was able to continue. The second yellow flew on lap 10 when John Virgilio crashed the Heffner No. 74 in turn 1. Virgilio was ok, but he was out of the race. Once the race got back underway, Armstrong was able to open up a small advantage over Berger and Eddie Marshall. Further back, Bachetti was able to get past Kyle Sheldon, but could not progress much further as Armstrong held on for his first win of the year. Armstrong’s margin of victory was .979 seconds over Berger. Eddie Marshall was third, then Bachetti and Kyle Sheldon. The Small Block Modified feature got off to a rough start. Alan Houghtaling hooked wheels in turn 2 with Kim LaVoy. This shot Houghtaling up the track into L.J. Lombardo, setting off a multi-car crash that also involved Olden Dwyer, Andy Bachetti, Ryan Larkin and Mark Pullen. Lombardo and Dwyer were out on the spot with significant damage. Pullen and Bachetti were hooked together and had to wait to be pulled apart. Larkin and Houghtaling were able to continue without assistance. Brian Sandstedt started on the pole with Ryan Charland alongside. Once the race resumed after the crash, the two ultimately waged their own battle. Peter Carlotto and Frank Harper fought for third briefly, but Harper was able to snag the position. Bachetti was able to charge back towards the front in his damaged No. 4. Restarting at the rear of the field, Bachetti quickly moved back into the top 10, then continued his charge from there. By halfway, he was already to seventh, then dispatched of Jeff Watson and Carlotto to move up to fifth. Just after halfway, Sandstedt was able to get himself a little breathing room over Charland. That margin was good enough that no one could catch up to the veteran campaigner as Sandstedt took the win. Sandstedt was .580 seconds ahead of Charland at the finish. Frank Harper finished third, followed by Bachetti. Jason Herrington was fifth. In Pro Stock, Zach Seyerlein led the field to green in his No. 33 and ran very strong early on. Meanwhile, there was a collision between Dave Stickles and Zach Sorrentino exiting turn 4 on the first lap that saw drivers go everywhere. Ultimately, everyone continued. Seyerlein was able to open up a decent advantage over a four-way battle for second. Of those four, Chad Jeseo was the strongest and simply picked each of the others off, one by one. Just after halfway, Chris Stalker spun out on his own in turn 3 to bring out a yellow, collecting Tom Dean. Dean was done for the night, while Stalker continued and finished sixth. The wreck put Jeseo into second. He immediately went to work on Seyerlein as soon as the race restarted. The two drivers ran side-by-side for a couple of laps until Jeseo poked his nose in front at the end of lap 14. A couple of turns later, Jeseo cleared Seyerlein and held on to take his eighth win of the year. Seyerlein was .819 seconds behind in second, then Steven LaRochelle, Nick Hilt Jr. and Sorrentino. In Limited Sportsman, Karl Barnes took the lead from Frank Twing Jr. and claimed the win. In Pure Stock, Chris Stalker won a 20-lap feature in memory of Ed Hubbard and Sherry Smithee. Finally, Gary Malloy won the 4-Cylinder feature overall and the Dual-Cam class. Victor Duncan Jr. won the Single-cam class. Modified Rifenburg Construction First Responders Night Feature (30 laps): 1) Kyle Armstrong, 2) Brian Berger, 3) Eddie Marshall, 4) Andy Bachetti, 5) Kyle Sheldon, 6) Brett Haas, 7) Olden Dwyer, 8) Marc Johnson, 9) Mike King, 10) Brandon Lane, 11) Kenny Tremont Jr., 12) Kolby Schroder, 13) John Virgilio, 14) L.J. Lombardo, 15) Dylan Gibson, 16) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 17) Keith Flach, 18) Josh Marcus, 19) Timothy Davis Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Brian Sandstedt, 2) Ryan Charland, 3) Frank Harper, 4) Andy Bachetti, 5) Jason Herrington, 6) Peter Carlotto, 7) Jeff Watson, 8) Ray Hall Jr., 9) Brian Peterson, 10) Ryan Larkin, 11) Kevin Petrucci, 12) Montgomery Tremont, 13) Kim LaVoy, 14) Angelo DiCarlo, 15) Mark Pullen, 16) Rob Maxon*, 17) Colin Clow*, 18) Bob Fachini*, 19) Alan Houghtaling, 20) L.J. Lombardo, 21) Olden Dwyer *- Rob Maxon, Colin Clow and Bob Fachini were all driving Sportsman cars. Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Karl Barnes, 2) Kevin Ames, 3) Matt Jordan, 4) Frank Twing Jr. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Zach Seyerlein, 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Nick Hilt Jr., 5) Zach Sorrentino, 6) Chris Stalker, 7) Dave Stickles, 8) Brian Keough, 9) Scott Kilmer, 10) Tom Dean, 11) Tom Gomm Street Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Dave Streibel Jr., 3) Brian Walsh, 4) Scott Morris, 5) Evan Denue, 6) Katarina Foster, 7) Jeff Meltz Sr., 8) Rob Partridge, 9) Franklin Smith, 10) Dominic Hilt, 11) Christopher Brown, 12) Gary O’Brien, 13) Dom Denue, 14) Ryan Brown, 15) Daniel Coonradt, 16) Craig Coons, 17) Jake Gomm, 18) Jim Dellea 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Results (10 laps): 1) Gary Malloy, 2) Garrett Biagiarelli, 3) Steve Burbank, 4) Jon Shepard 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Results (10 laps): 1) Victor Duncan Jr., 2) Bradley Batho, 3) Joe Wolfe, 4) Joey Batho

Kenny Tremont Jr. was able to take the lead away from Mike King on lap 10 Saturday night. He was then able to hold off a late charge from Andy Bachetti to take his first Modified win of the year and extend his record number of Big Block wins at Lebanon Valley to 141. It was not easy, though. “[The car] felt lousy in the heats [and] lousy in [hot laps],” Tremont said after the race. “We kind of made a Hail Mary adjustment and it seemed to help. I wouldn’t say that it was perfect, but it was much better than we had.” Brandon Lane started from the pole, but almost immediately lost the lead to King. Lane would ultimately not factor in the feature, where he would eventually finish a lap down in 13th. A caution came out on lap 4 when Kenny Aanonsen Jr. spun and hit the wall in turn 3. He was able to get himself back going, but discovered something broken on his No. 42a. He pulled into the pits, but did not return. Tremont started in fourth and was able to get past Kyle Armstrong for second on lap 6. He then challenged King for the lead. The two opened up a small gap on the rest of the pack. Eventually, Tremont made the pass for the lead and began to pull away from everyone else. Meanwhile, Andy Bachetti was slowly making his way forward. He had started in 10th and took third on lap 12. Two laps later, he was in second, but nearly four seconds back of Tremont. From there, he methodically cut into Tremont’s lead, but it wasn’t going to be enough. A caution with six laps to go for L.J. Lombardo closed the pack back up and gave Bachetti a chance to nail Tremont on the restart. Bachetti did attempt his move to the inside, but Tremont was able to stave off the challenge. From there, he held on for the win. Bachetti was second and extended his points lead. Kyle Sheldon was third, then Brett Haas and King. In the Small Block Modifieds, it was quite simply Alan Houghtaling’s night. He earned the pole for the feature after winning his heat. Once the green flag dropped, he was able to run away quickly. By lap 9, he was 3.84 seconds ahead of Ryan Charland. Further back, Bachetti was once again the class of the field. However, he finished sixth in his heat race and was buried in 13th at the start. He slowly made his way forward through the field, getting to fifth by lap 14. By that point, Houghtaling’s lead was 5.81 seconds. Given the lack of mirrors in the cars, drivers cannot perceive this, but Houghtaling was under no pressure. Houghtaling kept up the pressure until he caught the rear of the field in the closing laps. He then backed off, but still took the win by 3.653 seconds. Bachetti passed Charland with a lap and change to go to finish second. Lorne Browe was fourth, while Kevin Petrucci was fifth. The Sportsman feature saw Bob Fachini start from the pole, but Peter Lorenzo quickly got himself to the point on lap 3 with Keith Johannessen following. Problem is, Ryan Heath had an issue at the start and Johannessen switched lanes prior to the start-finish line. This is a no-no. When Jim VanZandt crashed in turn 4 to bring out the yellow, Johannessen was assessed a penalty for the start violation that dropped him to fifth. VanZandt was done for the night. The drivers on the move early in the race were the top in the points, Tim Hartman Jr. and Whitey Slavin. The Johannessen penalty had put Slavin into second, but Hartman took that away on lap 6. A lap later, he was able to get past Lorenzo for the lead. Hartman and Slavin ultimately pulled away from the field to settle things between themselves. However, the two cars were more or less equal. Hartman having a slight head start on Slavin was all he needed in order to take his third win of the year. Hartman’s margin was .836 seconds over Slavin. Lorenzo was third, then Shane Powell and Robbie Knipe. Kevin Ames won the Limited Sportsman feature. The Pro Stock class saw Rick Duzlak start from pole in his No. 29 with Dave Stickles alongside. Duzlak was able to open a small gap on Stickles early on before he settled into a rhythm. Further back, points leader Chad Jeseo started 11th and made his way forward. He was up to third when the race’s only yellow flew when Zach Seyerlein cut his right front tire. Seyerlein would take on a new tire and finish ninth. On the restart, Jeseo was able to take second from Stickles and take the battle directly to Duzlak. The two drivers raced side-by-side for a couple laps before Jeseo cleared Duzlak on lap 16. Normally, that’s curtains. Not on Saturday night as Duzlak battled back on the outside. The two battled side-by-side all the way to the finish. Duzlak was just barely able to hold off Jeseo for his first win of the year. The margin was a mere .012 seconds between the two. Stickles was third, then Tom Dean and Nick Hilt Jr. Dave Streibel Jr. won the Street Stock Feature. NBT Bank Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Kenny Tremont Jr., 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Kyle Sheldon, 4) Brett Haas, 5) Mike King, 6) Kyle Armstrong, 7) Marc Johnson, 8) Kolby Schroder, 9) Wayne Jelley, 10) L.J. Lombardo, 11) Keith Flach, 12) Brian Berger, 13) Brandon Lane, 14) Olden Dwyer, 15) John Virgilio, 16) Dylan Gibson, 17) Eddie Marshall, 18) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 19) Josh Marcus, 20) Timothy Davis Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Alan Houghtaling, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Ryan Charland, 4) Lorne Browe, 5) Kevin Petrucci, 6) Jason Herrington, 7) L.J. Lombardo, 8) Ryan Larkin, 9) Kim LaVoy, 10) Peter Carlotto, 11) Frank Harper, 12) Ray Hall Jr., 13) Brian Sandstedt, 14) Montgomery Tremont, 15) Olden Dwyer Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Whitey Slavin, 3) Peter Lorenzo, 4) Shane Powell, 5) Robbie Knipe, 6) Brady Cordova, 7) Rob Maxon, 8) Bob Fachini, 9) Keith Johannessen, 10) Chris Lynch, 11) Ryan Heath Sportsman Feature Overall Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) Whitey Slavin, 3) Peter Lorenzo, 4) Shane Powell, 5) Robbie Knipe, 6) Brady Cordova, 7) Rob Maxon, 8) Karl Barnes, 9) Frank Twing Jr., 10) Matt Jordan, 11) Bob Fachini, 12) Keith Johannessen, 13) Chris Lynch, 14) Jim VanZandt, 15) Ryan Heath Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Kevin Ames, 2) Jim VanZandt, 3) Karl Barnes, 4) Matt Jordan, 5) Frank Twing Jr., 6) Andrew Martell Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Rick Duzlak, 2) Chad Jeseo, 3) Dave Stickles, 4) Tom Dean, 5) Nick Hilt Jr., 6) Zach Sorrentino, 7) Steven LaRochelle, 8) Chris Stalker, 9) Zach Seyerlein, 10) Brian Keough, 11) Nick Rogers, 12) Tom Gomm, 13) Scott Kilmer Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Dave Streibel Jr., 2) Rob Partridge, 3) Gary O’Brien, 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Chris Stalker, 6) Evan Denue, 7) Dylan Fachini, 8) Keri VanDenburg, 9) Katarina Foster, 10) Brian Walsh, 11) Dom Denue, 12) Ryan Brown, 13) Rocco Procopio, 14) Scott Morris, 15) Franklin Smith, 16) Christopher Brown, 17) Daniel Coonradt, 18) Brother Kay

Brian Berger was able to get past John Virgilio on lap 7 Saturday night. From there, Berger was able to hold on to win the inaugural Bryan Goewey Memorial and the $10,000 winner’s share in an attrition-filled feature. “The car was tremendous. It was the best it’s been all year on a tough track,” Berger said afterwards. “I’m just lucky to have missed the wreck on the first lap. I saw it and dove to the bottom. Sad that a lot of race cars were torn up.” By way of the redraw, Ryan Darcy earned the pole position for a feature that had a hard time getting started. On the original start, Kyle Sheldon spun in turn 2 and collected Timothy Davis. Davis looked like he was done, but he would ultimately finish 11th. It was on the restart where heck broke loose. Darcy and L.J. Lombardo had contact exiting turn 2. Darcy hit the wall and broke the right front suspension. The car bounced around and eventually rolled over in front of the whole field. He was hit first by Brett Haas, then pirouetted on his roof, creating a multi-car pileup that also sent Kolby Schroder end over end in one of the biggest Modified crashes in recent years at Lebanon Valley. Luckily, all the drivers involved were ok, but the field was depleted. Lombardo was judged to be responsible for the crash and was penalized by track officials. As a result, John Virgilio, making his debut in the J.R. Heffner No. 74, ended up in the lead with Berger second. When Berger took the lead on lap 7 (pictured above), Keith Flach followed him past into second, setting up a similar scenario to Berger’s most recent win. However, Marc Johnson snatched second away on a restart on lap 13. Points leader Andy Bachetti wasn’t damaged too seriously in the pile-up, but could have had his night ruined by a cut tire with 16 laps to go. He was able to get it changed and continue. He would finish sixth. The race would come down to Berger and Johnson. Johnson would get close enough to make a move for the lead with less than 10 laps to go, but Berger able to hold him off for the win. Berger ended up .577 seconds ahead of Johnson. Flach was third, then Lombardo and Eddie Marshall. Only 11 of the 26 starters finished. Sportsman teams were racing in honor of George Marcus, a multiple time champion in the Sportsman ranks back in the late 1980s and 1990s. On the initial start, a collision in turn 2 involving Ray Hall Jr., Karl Barnes, Butchie Irwin, Kevin Ames and Chris Lynch brought out a yellow. Everyone was able to continue, although Slavin had some left rear damage. Shortly afterwards, Bob Fachini was forced to retire after hitting the wall in turn 2. Kevin Ames and Jeff Reis also had issues to bring out another yellow. Keith Johannessen started on the pole and ran well in his No. 4ny. Further back, Slavin recovered from his brush on the first lap to snatch second from Kevin Ward on lap 3. From there, Slavin ran down Johannessen and the two drivers had a substantial battle for the lead. On lap 8, the two drivers made contact in turn 3. Slavin ended up with the lead, while Johannessen slid up the track and dropped all the way back to fifth. It is a move that Slavin noted after the race that he was not proud of. From there, Slavin was able to pull away from the pack to earn his third win of the year. He ended up 3.898 seconds ahead of Ward at the finish. Tim Hartman Jr. was third, then Lynch and Johannessen. Karl Barnes finished 15th and won the Limited Sportsman Class. The Pro Stock teams ran the re-scheduled 17th Annual Bubba Tanner Prostock Classic Saturday night, where additional money (and laps) were on the line. Zach Sorrentino started on pole and led early. On lap 5, Bruno Richard spun out in turn 2 and collected Tom Dean to bring out a yellow. On the restart, Nick Hilt Jr. was able to get past to take the lead. Points leader Chad Jeseo started seventh and slowly made his way forward. Jeseo got to Hilt around halfway and a fierce battle emerged. The two ran side-by-side for four laps before Jeseo was able to clear Hilt. From there, Jeseo held on to take his fifth win in a row and seventh of the year. Hilt was second, then Steven LaRochelle, Richard and Sorrentino. In Street Stock action, Rocco Procopio won on the track, but was disqualified in inspection due to unapproved parts made of plastic in the engine bay. Chris Stalker inherited the win. Gary Malloy won the 4-Cylinder feature overall and the Dual-Cam class. Victor Duncan Jr. finished second and won the Single-cam class. Modified Inaugural Bryan Goewey Memorial Results (44 laps): 1) Brian Berger, 2) Marc Johnson, 3) Keith Flach, 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Andy Bachetti, 7) John Virgilio, 8) Kenny Tremont Jr., 9) Wayne Jelley, 10) Mike King, 11) Timothy Davis, 12) Brandon Lane, 13) Jeff Sukup, 14) Brett Hearn, 15) Brett Haas, 16) Dylan Gibson, 17) Matt Humes, 18) Alan Houghtaling, 19) Kyle Sheldon, 20) Ryan Darcy, 21) Kolby Schroder, 22) Olden Dwyer, 23) Josh Marcus, 24) Kyle Armstrong, 25) Lorne Browe, 26) Ray Hall Jr. Note: Dylan Gibson, Alan Houghtaling, Lorne Brown and Ray Hall Jr. were driving Small Block Modifieds. Sportsman George Marcus Memorial Results (20 laps): 1) Whitey Slavin, 2) Kevin Ward, 3) Tim Hartman Jr., 4) Chris Lynch, 5) Keith Johannessen, 6) Robbie Knipe, 7) Rob Maxon, 8) Matt Burke, 9) Shane Powell, 10) Brady Cordova, 11) Ray Hall Jr., 12) Peter Lorenzo, 13) Butchie Irwin, 14) Garrett Poland, 15) Jeff Reis, 16) Ryan Heath, 17) Bob Fachini Limited Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Karl Barnes, 2) Jim VanZandt, 3) Matt Jordan, 4) Kevin Ames, 5) Frank Twing Jr. Sportsman George Marcus Memorial Combined Results (20 laps): 1) Whitey Slavin, 2) Kevin Ward, 3) Tim Hartman Jr., 4) Chris Lynch, 5) Keith Johannessen, 6) Robbie Knipe, 7) Rob Maxon, 8) Matt Burke, 9) Shane Powell, 10) Brady Cordova, 11) Ray Hall Jr., 12) Peter Lorenzo, 13) Butchie Irwin, 14) Garrett Poland, 15) Karl Barnes, 16) Jim VanZandt, 17) Matt Jordan, 18) Jeff Reis, 19) Ryan Heath, 20) Kevin Ames, 21) Bob Fachini, 22) Frank Twing Jr. Pro Stock 17th Annual Bubba Tanner Prostock Classic (23 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Nick Hilt Jr., 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Bruno Richard, 5) Robbie Speed, 6) Zach Sorrentino, 7) Chris Stalker, 8) Tom Dean, 9) Zach Seyerlein, 10) Dave Stickles, 11) Tom O’Connor, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Rick Duzlak, 14) Nick Rogers, 15) Tom Gomm, 16) Dominic Hilt Street Stock Feature (15 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Dave Streibel Jr., 3) Jeff Meltz Sr., 4) Gary O’Brien, 5) Evan Denue, 6) Ryan Brown, 7) Katarina Foster, 8) Scott Morris, 9) Keri VanDenburg, 10) Brian Walsh, 11) Franklin Smith, 12) Dom Denue, 13) Jim Dellea, 14) Rob Partridge, 15) Christopher Brown, 16) Ray Royals, 17) Mike Dianda, 18) Daniel Coonradt, 19) Chris Calabro. DQ: Rocco Procopio 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (12 laps): 1) Victor Duncan Jr., 2) Bradley Batho, 3) Joey Batho, 4) Joe Wolfe, 5) Matt Tedrow 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (12 laps): 1) Gary Malloy, 2) Steve Burbank, 3) Jon Shepard, 4) Doug Howe 4-Cylinder Feature Combined Results (12 laps): 1) Gary Malloy, 2) Victor Duncan Jr., 3) Steve Burbank, 4) Bradley Batho, 5) Joey Batho, 6) Joe Wolfe, 7) Matt Tedrow, 8) Jon Shepard, 9) Doug Howe

Saturday night saw Lebanon Valley Speedway celebrate their 70th birthday with a stroll down memory lane. The race itself could have ended that way as well, but Marc Johnson was able to get past Kenny Tremont Jr. with three laps to go and held on for the win. “My car was really good [out there],” Johnson said afterwards. “We were able to roll the bottom [groove] really good and get on the gas before the apex of the corner. I knew if I could get up to [other drivers] and show them the nose, it would work out for us.” Timothy Davis started from the pole and led early over Kyle Sheldon. Further back, Keith Flach jumped from eighth to fourth on the first lap. Brandon Lane, who started third, did not get a good start and dropped back quickly. The race very quickly became a three-man race between Davis, Sheldon and Kenny Tremont Jr. Johnson had quickly moved up to fifth after starting 11th. Sheldon started putting fierce pressure on Davis on lap 10 before diving to the inside a couple of laps later. On lap 13, Sheldon took the lead away. Tremont followed by a couple of laps later to take second. Johnson continued his excellent run by taking third on lap 17. Tremont caught Sheldon with 10 laps and fought hard to take the lead. The battle dragged on for three laps, allowing Johnson to close in on the duo. Tremont made the pass stick for the lead on lap 23, but Johnson was already there. He swept past Sheldon and immediately put the pressure on Tremont. With less than three laps to go, Johnson made the pass stick and took the win. Tremont was second, followed by Sheldon and Davis. Kyle Armstrong made a late run to finish fifth. For points leader Andy Bachetti, Saturday night was not a good night. He finished fourth in his heat race, but lost his handicapped spot due to significant changes. He started the feature 19th and made only a little progress into the top 15 before mechanical problems put him out. The 18th-place finish drops Bachetti’s point lead In the Small Block Modifieds, Kevin Petrucci parlayed a heat race victory into the pole for the feature. Having run better in recent weeks, Petrucci could be a tough out. When the feature when green, Petrucci was able to open up a decent advantage on Ryan Larkin. Behind them, Alan Houghtaling (who had smoking issues on his car all night long) and Kim LaVoy fought for third. That battle went on for nearly half of the race before Houghtaling was able to get to the position. That fighting brought Bachetti into the mix. It did not take long for the Sheffield, Mass. native to take the spot away. However, that was all he was able to get as Petrucci was able to hold off Larkin to take his first career Small Block Modified win in a feel-good story. Larkin was 1.217 seconds back at the finish, followed by Bachetti and Jason Herrington. L.J. Lombardo was fifth. In the Pro Stock class, Tom O’Connor started from pole and led early, but Steven LaRochelle was able to take the advantage away on lap 2. Following an early caution due to a spin in turn 4 for Zach Seyerlein, Chad Jeseo moved himself into position. It did not take long for the multi-time champion to catch LaRochelle. What ensued was a multiple lap long side-by-side battle with Jeseo trying to get past. He was able to lead lap 6, but LaRochelle took the advantage back almost immediately. What got Jeseo the advantage for good was an excellent run off the inside of turn 2 on lap 11. Once in front, Jeseo pulled away to take his sixth win of the year. LaRochelle was 1.672 seconds back in second, then Nick Hilt Jr., Zach Sorrentino and Seyerlein. In Street Stock, Dom Denue took the lead when Jim Dellea spun on an early restart. He then held off Chris Stalker for the win. In 4-Cylinder action, Jon Shepard took the lead on the first lap and took the overall and Dual-Cam wins. Bradley Batho finished sixth and took the Single-cam win. Finally, the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series made a visit to Lebanon Valley as well. Harry Baldwin won in the Mystique class in his Gremlin, while Donnie Briggs won in the Antique class. John Flach won the Modified class, while Malachi Matthews won in Sportsman. Modified 70th Lebanon Valley Birthday Bash Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Marc Johnson, 2) Kenny Tremont Jr., 3) Kyle Sheldon, 4) Timothy Davis, 5) Kyle Armstrong, 6) Keith Flach, 7) Wayne Jelley, 8) Brian Berger, 9) Brett Haas, 10) L.J. Lombardo, 11) Bobby Hackel, IV, 12) Eddie Marshall, 13) Kolby Schroder, 14) J.R. Heffner, 15) Mike King, 16) Josh Marcus, 17) Brandon Lane, 18) Andy Bachetti, 19) Olden Dwyer, 20) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 21) Jeff Sukup, 22) Ryan Charland, 23) Ken McGuire Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Kevin Petrucci, 2) Ryan Larkin, 3) Andy Bachetti, 4) Jason Herrington, 5) L.J. Lombardo, 6) Olden Dwyer, 7) Jeff Watson, 8) Kim LaVoy, 9) Frank Harper, 10) Brian Sandstedt, 11) Montgomery Tremont, 12) Peter Carlotto, 13) Ryan Charland, 14) Bryan McGuire, 15) Dylan Gibson, 16) Alan Houghtaling, 17) Lorne Browe Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Steven LaRochelle, 3) Nick Hilt Jr., 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Zach Seyerlein, 6) Tom Dean, 7) Chris Stalker, 8) Dave Stickles, 9) Tom O’Connor, 10) Brian Keough, 11) Nick Rogers, 12) Tom Gomm, 13) Rick Duzlak Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Dom Denue, 2) Chris Stalker, 3) Jeff Meltz Sr., 4) Scott Morris, 5) Dave Streibel Jr., 6) Jim Dellea, 7) Rob Partridge, 8) Evan Denue, 9) Brian Walsh, 10) Katarina Foster, 11) Keri VanDenburg, 12) Christopher Brown, 13) Franklin Smith, 14) Rocco Procopio, 15) Ray Royals, 16) Craig Coons 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Jon Shepard, 2) Gary Malloy, 3) Steve Burbank, 4) Chris Hall, 5) Garrett Biagiarelli, 6) Althea Roy, 7) Doug Howe 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Bradley Batho, 2) Joe Wolfe, 3) Matt Tedrow, 4) Joey Batho, 5) Victor Duncan Jr. DQ: Tim Meltz

Olden Dwyer had a rough night at Lebanon Valley Saturday night. In the Modified feature, Dwyer was able to hold off a charging Brett Haas to take the victory. “It was phenomenal. [My crew] did a great job,” Dwyer said after the race. “If it wasn’t for these guys, I would have given up a couple of weeks ago. I was just about at the end of my rope. “I wasn’t going to let [someone knock me out of the lead] twice in one night,” Dwyer continued. “At that point, I was either going to win, or come across the line in circles or something.” Dwyer started from the pole after winning his heat race and quickly ran away from inside pole sitter Josh Marcus. Dwyer pulled out a quick lead in the opening laps. Meanwhile, a stack up in turn 2 on the first lap allowed Haas to move up from the 11th starting spot into the top five. An early yellow flew on lap 5 when Kyle Sheldon slowed on-track. The Alex Thomson team took a look at Sheldon’s No. 42, but could not make any fixes, ending his night. Later on, Kyle Armstrong crashed in turn 4 to bring out another yellow. Following a third caution due to a spin for Timothy Davis, Dwyer began to pull away from the pack once again. Haas was able to take second from Kolby Schroder on lap 13 and slowly began to reel in Dwyer. It was obvious that Haas had the better car, but he effectively didn’t have enough time. He was able to get there on the final lap and made a dive to the inside in turns 3 and 4. The two made contact and Dwyer leaned on Haas just enough to blunt his momentum and take the win. Schroder ended up third, followed by L.J. Lombardo and Andy Bachetti. In the Small Block Modifieds, Dwyer also started from the pole and led early from Lorne Browe. Jason Herrington started in fifth and quickly made his way to third. Herrington was able to pass Browe for second on lap 12 and quickly ran down Dwyer for the lead. The two drivers then fought hard for the lead. Herrington looked to Dwyer’s inside multiple times. At first, this wasn’t a problem. Then, the two had contact on lap 18. Dwyer was able to hold on, but this infuriated him and nearly allowed Bachetti to catch the both of them. Herrington was able to finally get past on lap 21 and held off Bachetti over the final three laps to win. After the race, Dwyer (who finished third on the track) exited his car and attempted to go after Herrington, incensed about how he was raced. For this, Dwyer was disqualified. Afterwards, Dwyer accepted his disqualification. Dwyer’s disqualification moved Browe up to third. Ryan Larkin was fourth, while Peter Carlotto was fifth. In Sportsman, Ryan Heath started from the pole, but there was trouble behind him almost immediately. Whitey Slavin, Brady Cordova and Robbie Colburn crashed in turn 1 to bring out the yellow. Slavin was able to continue, but Colburn and Cordova were done. Cordova took a hard hit, but walked away. Later on, Shane Powell spun in turn 2, collecting Jim VanZandt and Adam Schneider. VanZandt would drop out due to this incident. On the restart, Kevin Ward was able to get past Heath and take the lead. Tim Hartman Jr. would follow into second. Hartman would run Ward down along with John Virgilio and race Ward hard for the lead. With three laps to go, Hartman was able to take the lead away, then pulled away to take his second win of the year. Virgilio was second, then Ward, Slavin and Jeff Reis. Kevin Ames finished 11th and won the Limited Sportsman feature. The Pro Stock class was depleted after the crashes that marked the feature on June 4. As a result, there were no heat races, only a feature. A very competitive one. Tom Dean started on the pole and led early with Zach Seyerlein giving chase. Seyerlein pressured Dean and was able to get the lead away on lap 7. Points leader Chad Jeseo was able to follow into second. What followed was an epic duel for the lead between Seyerlein and Jeseo. The two drivers ran side-by-side for over half of the race with Seyerlein just barely able to keep himself ahead. On the final lap, Jeseo and Seyerlein had contact in turn 2. This moved Seyerlein up the hill and allowed Jeseo to take the lead and the victory. Seyerlein held on for second, followed by Steven LaRochelle, Nick Hilt Jr. and Dean. In Street Stock, Brian Walsh took the lead on lap 8 from Rob Partridge and held on to take the win over Partridge, Jeff Meltz Sr. and Dave Streibel Jr. Jim Dellea rounded out the top five. Dave Prime Jr. MAC Tools Modified Feature (30 laps): 1) Olden Dwyer, 2) Brett Haas, 3) Kolby Schroder, 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Andy Bachetti, 6) Marc Johnson, 7) Bobby Hackel, IV, 8) Eddie Marshall, 9) Brian Berger, 10) Wayne Jelley, 11) Kenny Tremont Jr., 12) Brandon Lane, 13) Ryan Charland, 14) Mike King, 15) Timothy Davis, 16) Kenny Aanonsen Jr., 17) Keith Flach, 18) Kyle Armstrong, 19) Kyle Sheldon, 20) Josh Marcus Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Jason Herrington, 2) Andy Bachetti, 3) Lorne Browe, 4) Ryan Larkin, 5) Peter Carlotto, 6) Frank Harper, 7) Kim LaVoy, 8) Montgomery Tremont, 9) Jeff Watson, 10) Ryan Charland, 11) Brian Sandstedt, 12) Alan Houghtaling, 13) L.J. Lombardo. 14) Kevin Petrucci, 15) Dylan Gibson. DQ: Olden Dwyer Sportsman Feature Combined Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) John Virgilio, 3) Kevin Ward, 4) Whitey Slavin, 5) Jeff Reis, 6) Rob Maxon, 7) Peter Lorenzo, 8) Robbie Knipe, 9) Matt Burke, 10) Ryan Heath, 11) Kevin Ames, 12) Karl Barnes, 13) Shaeden Mosso, 14) Shane Powell, 15) Keith Johannessen, 16) Adam Schneider, 17) Jim VanZandt, 18) Brady Cordova, 19) Robbie Colburn, 20) Bob Fachini, 21) Frank Twing Jr. Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) John Virgilio, 3) Kevin Ward, 4) Whitey Slavin, 5) Jeff Reis, 6) Rob Maxon, 7) Peter Lorenzo, 8) Robbie Knipe, 9) Matt Burke, 10) Ryan Heath, 11) Shane Powell, 12) Keith Johannessen, 13) Brady Cordova, 14) Robbie Colburn, 15) Bob Fachini Limited Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Kevin Ames, 2) Karl Barnes, 3) Shaeden Mosso, 4) Adam Schneider, 5) Jim VanZandt, 6) Frank Twing Jr. Note: The Sportsman and Limited Sportsman features were run together, but scored separately. The combined results take the actual finishing positions in the race into effect. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Zach Seyerlein, 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Nick Hilt Jr., 5) Tom Dean, 6) Dave Stickles, 7) Zach Sorrentino, 8) Brian Keough, 9) Chris Stalker Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Brian Walsh, 2) Rob Partridge, 3) Jeff Meltz Sr., 4) Dave Streibel Jr., 5) Jim Dellea, 6) Chris Stalker, 7) Scott Morris, 8) Dom Denue, 9) Rocco Procopio, 10) Evan Denue, 11) Dylan Fachini, 12) Katarina Foster, 13) Franklin Smith, 14) Christopher Brown, 15) Keri VanDenburg, 16) Craig Coons

Brian Berger was able to get past Olden Dwyer early on in the feature Saturday night at Lebanon Valley Speedway. From there, Berger was able to pull away in the caution-free race to win the 10th Annual J.C. Flach Memorial and the $5000 that comes with it. It is Berger’s first Modified win at Lebanon Valley since 2016 and comes after seven second-place finishes, including five since the beginning of last season. “You can’t imagine how special this is,” Berger told Dan Martin in victory lane. “If there’s one race you want to win, it’s this one. To do this for J.C., that’s fantastic.” Olden Dwyer, recovered from a recent bout with COVID-19, was back Saturday night and started from the pole. Brian Berger started fourth, but immediately was able to use the bottom lane in turns 1 and 2 to move up to second on the first lap. Berger then tried to gain on Dwyer, who got a flyer and pulled out a decent advantage on the start. It took a couple of laps for the catch to be made. Once there, the two drivers fought hard for the lead. The two were side-by-side for multiple laps before Berger finally cleared Dwyer in turn 1 on lap 14. Further back, drivers such as Andy Bachetti and Brett Haas were having some trouble moving forward. Without the aid of a yellow, they were too far behind early on in order to contend. Behind Berger, Keith Flach was able to charge up to second. In the closing laps, he fought off Bobby Hackel, IV to keep the spot, but could do nothing to prevent Berger from winning. Berger ended up 1.574 seconds ahead of Flach at the finish. Hackel was third, then Marc Johnson and Bachetti. The Small Block Modified feature was one of attrition. Teammates Dwyer and Dylan Gibson started on the front row, but Gibson was swamped at the start. Frank Harper, who debuted a new car Saturday night, moved up to second and immediately pressure Dwyer for the lead. However, he was unable to get past at first. Then, the trouble started. First, Jason Herrington hit the wall in turn 3 and ground to a stop shortly afterwards to bring out the yellow. On the restart, contact between Alan Houghtaling and Ryan Larkin on the backstretch resulted in Houghtaling going hard into the outside wall. The crash collected Gibson, Kevin Petrucci, Montgomery Tremont, Joey Coppola and Brian Peterson with Houghtaling getting up on his side after contact with Coppola. Everyone walked away, but the field was cut down significantly. Larkin’s trouble continued after the restart as he spun in turn 2 and hit the wall to bring out another yellow. Later on, a stack-up in turn 4 resulted in Larkin running over the left rear of L.J. Lombardo and spinning in turn 4. This broke Larkin’s right front corner and ended his night. On the restart after Larkin’s turn 2 accident, Harper was able to take the lead from Dwyer. However, Andy Bachetti followed him into second. On the next restart, Bachetti wasted no time in pouncing on Harper to take the lead in turn 3. Once out front, Bachetti pulled away from the pack while Harper maintained second. A caution for Ryan Charland cutting his right rear tire set up a four-lap shootout. Bachetti was able to blast away to take the win. Bachetti ended up 2.769 seconds ahead of Harper at the finish. L.J. Lombardo was third, then Peter Carlotto and Tremont in a career-best fifth. The Pro Stock race was also quite rough. Tom Dean started from the pole and ran very well early on, successfully holding off Nick Hilt Jr. Meanwhile, points leader Chad Jeseo moved up the order quickly. A spin for Zach Seyerlein brought out a yellow on lap 5, setting up a restart. Exiting turn 4 a lap after the restart, Jeseo got in the back of Dean, spinning him into Rick Duzlak. Zach Sorrentino and Chris Stalker were also involved. Stalker went hard into the inside wall and nearly got on his side. He ended up being helped from his No. 177 and taken away on a stretcher after the roof was removed from the car. Hilt took the lead just as the crash started, but the crash depleted the field down to just six cars. Immediately after the restart, the race became a three-car duel between Hilt, Jeseo and Steven LaRochelle. Hilt was able to hold on before he suffered a drivetrain failure on lap 11. Hilt’s failure gave the lead to LaRochelle, but Jeseo wanted it bad. The two fought hard, lap after lap. Jeseo was able to clear LaRochelle with two laps to go and hold on for his fourth win of the year. LaRochelle was .806 seconds behind Jeseo, then Seyerlein, Brian Keough and Paul Rogers. These were the only finishers. In Budget Sportsman, Brady Cordova took his third win of the year. Dom Denue won the 15-lap Street Stock feature. Modified A-Verdi presents the 10th Annual J.C. Flach Memorial Results (30 laps): 1) Brian Berger, 2) Keith Flach, 3) Bobby Hackel, IV, 4) Marc Johnson, 5) Andy Bachetti, 6) Wayne Jelley, 7) Brett Haas, 8) Kyle Sheldon, 9) Eddie Marshall, 10) L.J. Lombardo, 11) Ryan Charland, 12) Brandon Lane, 13) Josh Marcus, 14) Olden Dwyer, 15) Timothy Davis, 16) Kyle Armstrong, 17) Kolby Schroder, 18) J.R. Heffner, 19) Mike King, 20) Kenny Tremont Jr. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Frank Harper, 3) L.J. Lombardo, 4) Peter Carlotto, 5) Montgomery Tremont, 6) Brian Sandstedt, 7) Dylan Gibson, 8) Ryan Charland, 9) Kim LaVoy, 10) Olden Dwyer, 11) Ryan Larkin, 12) Alan Houghtaling, 13) Lorne Browe, 14) Brian Peterson, 15) Joey Coppola, 16) Kevin Petrucci, 17) Jason Herrington Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Brady Cordova, 2) Kevin Ames, 3) Karl Barnes, 4) Jim VanZandt, 5) Matt Jordan, 6) Shaeden Mosso, 7) Alex Palmer-Sawyer, 8) Frank Twing Jr. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Steven LaRochelle, 3) Zach Seyerlein, 4) Brian Keough, 5) Nick Rogers, 6) Nick Hilt Jr., 7) Rick Duzlak, 8) Tom Dean, 9) Zach Sorrentino, 10) Chris Stalker, 11) Johnny Rivers, 12) Shawn Perez, 13) Dan Burl, 14) Tom O’Connor Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Dom Denue, 2) Chris Stalker, 3) Jeff Meltz Sr., 4) Rob Partridge, 5) Brian Walsh, 6) Scott Kilmer, 7) Evan Denue, 8) Christopher Brown, 9) Scott Morris, 10) Katarina Foster, 11) Jim Dellea, 12) Dave Streibel Jr., 13) Shawn Perez Jr., 14) Franklin Smith, 15) Dylan Fachini, 16) Jennah Perez, 17) Craig Coons, 18) Nick Reilly

L.J. Lombardo was able to assume the lead during the Super DIRTcar Series King of Spring 100 at Lebanon Valley Speedway in the most unexpected fashion when Andy Bachetti broke under yellow. He then held off Marc Johnson for the final 30 laps to earn his first career Super DIRTcar Series victory. “I wasn’t too worried when Andy [Bachetti] went by on lap 30, it’s a long race,” Lombardo said after the race. “I knew that if we got a few more cautions, we’d get back to him. It’s a dream come true. It really is. Everything fell into line.” By virtue of the redraw, Peter Britten claimed the pole position. He was able to open a gap over Lombardo. Brett Haas moved up to third, while Bachetti snagged four places to move into fourth. These four drivers proceeded to open a gap on the field. Lombardo was able to chase down Britten by lap 15, beginning a multiple-lap side-by-side battle. Lombardo was able to make the pass stick on lap 18. Haas followed past into second. Meanwhile, Britten’s night ended a couple of laps later when he suddenly slowed and pulled into the pits. Haas was right on Lombardo’s tail when his right rear tire exploded on lap 26 and put debris on track to bring out the first caution. Haas was able to continue with a fresh tire and would eventually finish 12th. The issues boosted Bachetti to second. As soon as the race restarted, he blasted around Lombardo on the inside to take the lead, exciting his fans. Once out front, Bachetti was able to quickly expand his advantage. Tire issues were sadly quite common. Stewart Friesen cut a tire on lap 36 to bring out another yellow. He would recover to 10th before a mechanical failure ended his night. Matt Sheppard also had a tire failure late. Bachetti was not all-conquering. Lombardo could match him after a few laps. Marc Johnson was close to Lombardo the whole time. Then, Brian Berger slowed on track to bring out the yellow with 32 laps to go. Here’s where everything changed. Under yellow, the linkage broke in Bachetti’s transmission. This effectively left him with a box of neutrals on the frontstretch. The Sheffield, Mass native went from leading to done immediately while Lombardo went back into the lead. Sheppard’s tire failure set up an eight-lap sprint to the finish. Lombardo opened a small lead, then held on to take his first Super DIRTcar Series win. Marc Johnson was 1.61 seconds back in second, then Billy Decker. Mat Williamson and Kyle Armstrong rounded out the top 5. In the Sportsman class, John Virgilio claimed the pole by winning the first heat race. That put him in front of a big mess on the first lap. Robbie Colburn, who started second, got spun out in turn 2, creating a stack up situation. In all, eight cars were caught up in the crash. Only Bam Bam Pinkerous, a 12-year-old racer making his Lebanon Valley debut, was unable to continue. Once the green came back out, Virgilio was able to pull out to a decent lead over Jeff Higham. Meanwhile, Whitey Slavin moved up to third after the big wreck and began to pressure Higham for second. It took a while, but Slavin finally made the pass stick on lap 12. Shortly afterwards, a caution came out due to debris on the frontstretch, wiping out a three-second lead for Virgilio. That set up a seven-lap sprint. On the restart, Virgilio was able to pull away to take the victory. Slavin was second, then Higham. Kevin Ward drove up from the back after the opening lap crash to finish fourth, while Peter Lorenzo was fifth. In Pro Stock, Chad Jeseo claimed the pole for the 20-lap feature after re-igniting his duel with Steven LaRochelle from May 21. After multiple laps, he was able to get past for the lead and win. The feature itself was quite a bit easier. By winning his heat race, Jeseo claimed the pole for the feature alongside Zach Sorrentino, who is currently racing a rented car while his car is being repaired following a big crash on May 21. Jeseo was able to get the jump on Sorrentino and pulled out to a decent lead. There was not a whole lot of stress in this race as Jeseo pulled out to a near three-second lead and was able to maintain that en route to his third win of the year. Sorrentino, driving a car previously raced by Doug Olds, was second. Nick Hilt Jr. was third, then LaRochelle and Zach Seyerlein. Super DIRTcar Series King of Spring 100 Results (100 laps): 1) L.J. Lombardo, 2) Marc Johnson, 3) Billy Decker, 4) Mat Williamson, 5) Kyle Armstrong, 6) Eddie Marshall, 7) Bobby Hackel, IV, 8) Jack Lehner, 9) Anthony Perrego, 10) Alex Yankowski, 11) Kolby Schroder, 12) Brett Haas, 13) Dillon Steuer, 14) Matt Sheppard, 15) Mike Gular, 16) Max McLaughlin, 17) Jimmy Phelps, 18) Darren Smith, 19) Stewart Friesen, 20) Andy Bachetti, 21) Brian Berger, 22) J.R. Heffner, 23) Tim Sears Jr., 24) Peter Britten, 25) C.G. Morey, 26) Kenny Tremont Jr., 27) Paul St. Sauveur, 28) Mike King, 29) Kyle Sheldon, 30) Adam Pierson DNQ: Ronnie Johnson, Marcus Dinkins, Michael Trautschold, Kenny Aanonsen Jr., Keith Flach, Wayne Jelley, Josh Marcus Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) John Virgilio, 2) Whitey Slavin, 3) Jeff Higham, 4) Kevin Ward, 5) Peter Lorenzo, 6) Keith Johannessen, 7) Matt Burke, 8) Shane Powell, 9) Robbie Knipe, 10) Mike Nagel Jr., 11) Ryan Heath, 12) Fred Proctor, 13) Robbie Colburn, 14) Michael Sabia, 15) Bam Bam Pinkerous, 16) Tim Hartman Jr. Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Zach Sorrentino, 3) Nick Hilt Jr., 4) Steven LaRochelle, 5) Zach Seyerlein, 6) Dave Stickles, 7) Johnny Rivers, 8) Rick Duzlak, 9) Tom Dean, 10) Shawn Perez, 11) Tom O’Connor, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Chris Stalker

On a hot night at Lebanon Valley Speedway, Andy Bachetti came from 15th on the grid and swept past Brian Berger with 11 laps to go to win his third Modified feature of the year. He now has 101 open-wheel victories at Lebanon Valley, the third driver all-time to reach the century mark. “To come here and run with the elite group that’s in that realm [Kenny Tremont Jr. and Brett Hearn], it’s an awesome feat,” Bachetti said afterwards. “I’m so happy for my sponsors and everybody who has gotten me to this point from the start. Couldn’t have done it without them.” Brandon Lane started on pole on his No. 33 with Berger alongside. On the first lap, Brian Berger was able to slip past exiting turn 2 to take the lead. Berger had a strong car and was able to open up a small advantage before Josh Marcus cut his right rear tire to bring out a yellow. Marcus was able to continue, but cut another tire a little later and retired. A second caution flew shortly after the restart after Kyle Sheldon and Timothy Davis came together in turn 2. By this time, Bachetti had already moved up from 15th to seventh. As the race continued on, Bachetti slowly but surely continued to move forward. By lap 10, Bachetti was fifth. He was fourth by halfway. Berger had a healthy advantage over Kyle Armstrong before a caution came out for fluid on-track on lap 17. Another yellow for Paul Gilardi set up the big restart with 11 to go. Bachetti restarted third, then swept around both Berger and Armstrong on the outside for the lead. Once there, he pulled away to take the win. Berger was 4.274 seconds back in second, then Armstrong. Brett Haas was fourth, while Eddie Marshall was fifth. In the Small Block Modifieds, a crash between Dylan Gibson and Ryan Larkin brought out an early caution. After the restart, pole sitter Alan Houghtaling settled into a groove at the front of the field with Kim LaVoy giving chase. Andy Bachetti started 12th and made a quick move forward with L.J. Lombardo following him up through the field. By lap 11, Bachetti was up to third. A couple of laps later, he was second and gaining on Houghtaling by up to a half a second a lap. The pass came with a little less than three laps to go for the lead. Shortly afterwards, Jason Herrington crashed in turn 1 after contact from Larkin to bring out a yellow. On the final restart, Bachetti ran away to take the Modified-Small Block Modified sweep. Lombardo was second, then Houghtaling, Peter Carlotto and Ryan Charland. The Sportsman feature saw Shane Powell and Keith Johannessen start on the front row, then collide in turn 2 on the first lap. This resulted in a crash that collected Kevin Ward and Tim Hartman Jr. Ward was eliminated on the spot, while everyone else was able to continue. Robbie Knipe grabbed the lead as a result of the incident with Peter Lorenzo giving chase. Whitey Slavin was also moving forward from his eighth starting spot. Slavin was able to get past Lorenzo was second quickly, then went to work on Knipe. After a few laps of battling, Slavin was able to take the lead from Knipe on lap 11. Once out front, Slavin was able to pull out a decent advantage. A late yellow after Lorenzo’s car stalled resulted in a four-lap shootout. Slavin was able to hold on to take his second win of the year. John Virgilio was second, then Jeff Gallup, Knipe and Hartman. In Limited Sportsman, Brady Cordova took the lead away from Frank Twing Jr. on lap 2 and drove away to win his second straight feature. Cordova was 5.776 seconds ahead of Phil Arnold at the finish. Karl Barnes was third, then Twing and Kevin Ames. Pro Stock teams raced 25 laps in honor of the late Robert “Fluff” Hagen, a friendly presence in the pits over the years. Hagen would have liked this race at the front. Steven LaRochelle took the lead from pole sitter Johnny Rivers on the first lap with Chad Jeseo in tow. The next eight laps saw the two drivers run side-by-side for the lead. Very little contact was made, if any. Following a spin for Chris Stalker on lap 10, things got more physical. The Team Repo teammates Rivers and Shawn Perez collided and spun in turn 4 to bring out another yellow on turn 12. A lap after the restart, Jason Casey was spun out in turn 4, causing a multi-car crash that resulted in a red flag. The remaining 12 laps saw the LaRochelle-Jeseo duel continue. Jeseo did all he could, but he simply could not get past as LaRochelle led all 25 laps to take home a total of $4100. Jeseo was second, then Nick Hilt Jr., Perez and Jay Casey. In Street Stock competition, Gary O'Brien sponsored the 15-lap feature himself as a way to help celebrate the birthdays of his twin daughters. As a result, the race was referenced as the O'Brien Twins Feature. The race itself turned out to be a bit of family affair as Evan Denue started from the pole and led his brother Dom through much of the feature. Behind the Denues, Jeff Meltz Sr. was the only driver that was able to challenge the leaders early. The race was all but clean until Scott Morris slowed on lap 11 with a mechanical issue on the frontstretch. Morris ultimately lost a wheel in turn 1, which brought out the yellow on lap 12. With only three laps to go, everyone went as hard as they could. Chaos resulted from it. Shortly after the restart, Shawn Perez Jr. and Dave Streibel Jr. collided in turn 4 and spun to bring out another yellow. With two laps to go, Evan Denue went wide in turn 2 and appeared to lose the lead to Chris Stalker. However, another crash broke out exiting the turn that saw Streibel get into the wall hard, then roll his Buick over. Dom Denue was also collected and saw his night come to an end. The red flag was flown. Since a lap was not completed, Evan Denue got the lead back. Finally, another crash broke out in turn 4 involving Perez Jr., Meltz, Jim Dellea and Brian Walsh to bring out the fourth yellow. This set up a one-lap shootout. Evan Denue was able to get the jump on Stalker and held on for the win. Katarina Foster finished a career-best third, then Ryan Brown and Dellea. Funplex Funpark Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Brian Berger, 3) Kyle Armstrong, 4) Brett Haas, 5) Eddie Marshall, 6) Keith Flach, 7) L.J. Lombardo, 8) Bobby Hackel, IV, 9) Kenny Tremont Jr., 10) Marc Johnson, 11) J.R. Heffner, 12) Kolby Schroder, 13) Wayne Jelley, 14) Mike King, 15) Timothy Davis, 16) Ryan Charland, 17) Paul Gilardi, 18) Brandon Lane, 19) Kyle Sheldon, 20) Josh Marcus, 21) Olden Dwyer* *- Dylan Gibson drove in substitution for Olden Dwyer, who is out after testing positive for COVID-19. The points earned by Gibson will go to Dwyer. Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) L.J. Lombardo, 3) Alan Houghtaling, 4) Peter Carlotto, 5) Ryan Charland, 6) Brian Sandstedt, 7) Joey Coppola, 8) Jason Herrington, 9) Kevin Petrucci, 10) Lorne Browe, 11) Kim LaVoy, 12) Montgomery Tremont, 13) Ryan Larkin, 14) Ryan Stortini, 15) Dylan Gibson, 16) Olden Dwyer* *- Brett Haas drove in substitution for Olden Dwyer, who is out after testing positive for COVID-19. The points earned by Haas will go to Dwyer. Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Whitey Slavin, 2) John Virgilio, 3) Jeff Gallup, 4) Robbie Knipe, 5) Tim Hartman Jr., 6) Shane Powell, 7) Joe Mennitte, 8) Karl Barnes, 9) Matt Burke, 10) Peter Lorenzo, 11) Keith Johannessen, 12) Jeff Reis, 13) Brady Cordova, 14) Kevin Ward, 15) Ryan Heath, 16) Bob Fachini Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Brady Cordova, 2) Phil Arnold, 3) Karl Barnes, 4) Frank Twing Jr., 5) Kevin Ames, 6) Nick Arnold Pro Stock Classic Muscle Parts Robert “Fluff” Hagen Memorial Results (25 laps): 1) Steven LaRochelle, 2) Chad Jeseo, 3) Nick Hilt Jr., 4) Shawn Perez, 5) Jay Casey, 6) Dean Charbonneau, 7) Chris Stalker, 8) Tom O’Connor, 9) Johnny Rivers, 10) Brian Keough, 11) Nick Rogers, 12) Jordan Modiano, 13) Zach Sorrentino, 14) Jason Casey, 15) Zach Seyerlein, 16) Jay Fitzgerald, 17) Tom Dean Street Stock O’Brien Twins Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Evan Denue, 2) Chris Stalker, 3) Katarina Foster, 4) Ryan Brown, 5) Jim Dellea, 6) Christopher Brown, 7) Brian Walsh, 8) Jeff Meltz Sr., 9) Gary O’Brien*, 10) Shawn Perez Jr., 11) Dom Denue, 12) Dave Streibel Jr., 13) Franklin Smith, 14) Scott Morris, 15) Craig Coons, 16) Rob Partridge, 17) Jennah Perez *- Steve Burbank drove in substitution for Gary O’Brien, who was out in order to celebrate his twin daughters’ birthday, hence the name of the race. The points earned by Burbank will go to O’Brien.

Eddie Marshall was forced to miss the race on May 8th after testing positive for COVID-19. After suffering from mild symptoms of the virus, Marshall recovered enough to make a return to the track Saturday night. He was able to take the lead on the first lap and lead all 30 to take the Modified victory. However, just getting to the start was an accomplishment. “The transmission was leaking bad [during hot laps],” Marshall said afterwards. “We had to change it, but our spare was not really compatible with what we run now. The guys worked really hard and I didn’t think it was going to happen. People from other crews jumped in and we were quite fortunate to get out on the track.” Wayne Jelley started the feature from the pole, but washed up the track in turn 2. This allowed Marshall to sweep by into the lead with Brian Berger in tow. Once out front, the two drivers began to pull away from the pack. Marshall put a second and change on Berger at first, but Berger was able to keep pace. Then, trouble struck. The brakes began to go on Berger’s car, costing him nearly a second a lap. By lap 10, Berger was forced to pull in with a complete loss of braking ability. That moved Kyle Sheldon up to second, five seconds behind. Further back, Kolby Schroder was third and Kenny Tremont Jr. fourth. Schroder was able to match Marshall’s pace as they began to encounter lapped traffic, but he could not make any significant inroads on the Richfield, Conn. Native. With eight laps to go, Sheldon’s No. 42 slowed on the frontstretch with his own mechanical issues. From here, Marshall was able to hold steady to take his first win of the year. Schroder was 4.797 seconds back in second, followed by Tremont. Andy Bachetti was fourth, while L.J. Lombardo was fifth. In the Small Block Modifieds, Alan Houghtaling started from the pole and led early. Joey Coppola qualified eighth, but ran into trouble early as he hit the wall in turn 4 on the first lap. His car then slowed on the backstretch to bring out a yellow. A spin for Ryan Larkin brought out a caution on lap 5, setting up a series of false restarts. After Houghtaling failed to restart in the delineated restart box twice, he copped a one row penalty as a result. Peter Carlotto claimed the lead as a result over Kevin Petrucci in one of Petrucci’s finest runs. However, Carlotto’s time at the front was short-lived as a driveline issue ended his night. Petrucci ended up in the lead with Jason Herrington in tow. The “Flyin’ Farmer” did his best to stick it to Petrucci, but Petrucci held him off. Lorne Browe was in third until he crashed on lap 15 to bring out a yellow. On the restart, Andy Bachetti was able to sweep past Herrington for second. A lap and change later, he was in the lead. From there, Bachetti pulled away for the win. Petrucci finished a career-best second, then Herrington, L.J. Lombardo and a recovered Coppola. The Sportsman teams competed in the 10th Annual Andrew Sherman Memorial. $2000 was on the line for the winner. By virtue of winning his heat race, Jeff Watson started from the pole. Unfortunately, this race took a little bit of time to get going. First, Alan Houghtaling hit the wall on the frontstretch to bring the yellow out at the end of the first lap. Shortly after the restart, Dave Baranowski Jr. crashed out in turn 2. The real problems came on the restart. Watson was trying to slowly bring the field to green, but there was a fair amount of impatience. A collision took place that caught up a number of drivers. Only Kevin Ward, who was third prior to the incident, was eliminated, but a number of cars were damaged. Tim Hartman Jr. was the beneficiary of the chain reaction and took the lead with John Virgilio right behind. The remainder of the race ended up being a battle between Hartman and the three-time and defending champion. Virgilio could make inroads at times, but Hartman held on to take the $2000 home to Niskayuna. Virgilio was second, then Slavin in third, Rob Maxon and Peter Lorenzo. Brady Cordova won the Limited Sportsman feature. The Pro Stock class saw Chris Stalker start on the pole, but sputter in turn 2 on the first lap. This allowed Shawn Perez to get past to take the lead. Zach Seyerlein ran down Perez and took over on lap 6. After Perez stopped on track to bring out a caution, contact between Seyerlein and Steven LaRochelle resulted in a flat tire for Seyerlein. Ultimately, Chad Jeseo took the lead with five laps to go and held on for the win. LaRochelle was second, then Johnny Rivers, Zach Sorrentino and Nick Hilt Jr. In Street Stock, Dave Streibel Jr. took the victory. Bonded Concrete Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Eddie Marshall, 2) Kolby Schroder, 3) Kenny Tremont Jr., 4) Andy Bachetti, 5) L.J. Lombardo, 6) Marc Johnson, 7) Bobby Hackel, IV, 8) Brett Haas, 9) Kyle Armstrong, 10) Wayne Jelley, 11) Keith Flach, 12) J.R. Heffner, 13) Mike King, 14) Timothy Davis, 15) Brandon Lane, 16) Ryan Charland, 17) Josh Marcus, 18) Kyle Sheldon, 19) Paul Gilardi, 20) Brian Berger Small Block Modified Feature Results (24 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Kevin Petrucci, 3) Jason Herrington, 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Joey Coppola, 6) Ryan Charland, 7) Brian Peterson, 8) Ryan Larkin, 9) Brian Sandstedt, 10) Alan Houghtaling, 11) Montgomery Tremont, 12) Jeff Watson, 13) Lorne Browe, 14) Peter Carlotto, 15) Kim LaVoy, 16) Dylan Gibson, 17) Frank Harper* *- Shane Powell drove in Frank Harper’s place as a substitute driver. Harper earns the points that Powell accumulated from his 17th-place finish. Sportsman 10th Annual Andrew Sherman Memorial Results (20 laps): 1) Tim Hartman Jr., 2) John Virgilio, 3) Whitey Slavin, 4) Rob Maxon, 5) Peter Lorenzo, 6) Chris Lynch, 7) Shane Powell, 8) Ryan Heath, 9) Garrett Poland, 10) Jeff Gallup, 11) Robbie Knipe, 12) Matt Burke, 13) Keith Johannessen, 14) Robbie Colburn, 15) Jeff Watson, 16) Kevin Ward, 17) Alan Houghtaling, 18) Butchie Irwin, 19) Dave Baranowski Jr., 20) Jeff Reis Limited Sportsman Feature Results (10 laps): 1) Brady Cordova, 2) Karl Barnes, 3) Phil Arnold, 4) Nick Arnold, 5) Frank Twing Jr., 6) Kevin Ames Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Steven LaRochelle, 3) Johnny Rivers, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Nick Hilt Jr., 6) Chris Stalker, 7) Brian Keough, 8) Tom O’Connor, 9) Zach Seyerlein, 10) Shawn Perez, 11) Rick Duzlak, 12) Tom Dean Street Stock Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Dave Streibel Jr., 2) Jim Dellea, 3) Rocco Procopio, 4) Jeff Meltz Sr., 5) Chris Stalker, 6) Scott Morris, 7) Shawn Perez Jr., 8) Brian Walsh, 9) Franklin Smith, 10) Christopher Brown, 11) Chris Murphy, 12) Gary O’Brien, 13) Rob Partridge, 14) Dom Denue, 15) Jennah Perez, 16) Katarina Foster, 17) Evan Denue, 18) Craig Coons, 19) Larry Perez

Saturday night saw a chilly night at Lebanon Valley marked by a slick track surface and a biting wind. Despite that, Marc Johnson was able to deal with the conditions to take his first win for Kevin Starchek. “[The car] was really good tonight,” Johnson said after the race. “We started off the night struggling with our spring package. We ended up taking some loads out of it [for the conditions] and ended up making out pretty good.” Paul Gilardi started from the pole in his No. 87x, but Johnson was able to get a good run off of turn 2 and take the lead on the first lap. Once out front, Johnson was able to pull away to a decent lead. Further back, points leader Andy Bachetti started 14th and struggled to move forward early on. Brett Haas started seventh and actually went backwards, falling out of the top 10. Kyle Sheldon was hot on Gilardi’s heels and fought for second while Johnson was driving away. After multiple laps running side-by-side, Sheldon took second-place away on lap 9. Johnson was able to push his lead over five seconds before the race’s only yellow flew on lap 16 when Brian Berger slowed to a stop on the frontstretch after losing oil pressure. That bunched the field back up. On the restart, Haas was able to get back past Bachetti and began a charge towards the front. Meanwhile, Bobby Hackel, IV was able to get by Gilardi for third. However, no one could do anything with Johnson. Johnson was able to pull away once again and was not challenged en route to victory. Johnson’s margin of victory was nearly six seconds over Sheldon. Hackel was third, then Haas and Keith Flach. The Small Block Modified class held their season opener Saturday night and it was essentially a two-man race. L.J. Lombardo struggled in the Modified featuring, finishing 11th. Changes were made to his Small Block car to compensate. By virtue of winning his heat race, Lombardo had the pole with Jason Herrington alongside. When the green came out, the two drivers ran off and hid from the rest of the field. Herrington was always close to Lombardo’s bumper bar, while Joey Coppola was third. The rest of the field dropped away quickly. The lead duo approached the rear of the field to commence lapping before halfway. By lap 18, there were only nine cars on the lead lap. Harrington was closing in on Lombardo in the final laps when he had to lap Kim LaVoy and Brian Sandstedt. At the same time, Bill August slapped the wall in turn 4 and slowed to a stop on the frontstretch to bring out the race’s only caution. This set up a one-lap shootout for the win. Lombardo was able to get a good start and opened a small gap to take the win. Herrington was second, then Ryan Larkin, Andy Bachetti and Lorne Browe. In Sportsman, Keith Johannessen started on the pole and led early on. The field was stacked up a little when Peter Lorenzo hit the wall in turn 2 on the first lap, but no yellow was thrown. Three-time and defending Sportsman champion John Virgilio started third and immediately dispatched of Ryan Heath for second. He then began to pressure Johannessen for the lead. Johannessen was able to hold back Virgilio’s charge for a few laps, but Virgilio snatched the lead on lap 6. Behind Virgilio, Tim Hartman Jr. quickly progressed forward and was up to third by the time Virgilio took the lead. A couple of laps later, Hartman scored second and set off in search of Virgilio. Virgilio had a lead of over three seconds with five laps to go before Hartman began to reel him in. However, Hartman would run out of time as Virgilio took his first win of the year. Hartman ended up second, then Whitey Slavin, Johannessen and Chris Lynch. In the first Limited Sportsman race, Jacob Perry took the lead from Dylan Grogan on lap 5 and held on for the victory. The Pro Stock race saw Chris Stalker start on pole, but he ran into trouble on the first lap. Stalker’s No. 177 appeared to lose power in turn 2 in front of the field. In the process of moving down the track, he was hit by Zach Sorrentino to bring out the yellow. Stalker was done for the night, while Sorrentino continued following repairs. Shawn Perez took the lead in the wake of Stalker’s issues, but he quickly ended up in a battle with Chad Jeseo. Jeseo was able to get the lead on lap 3 and was able to drive away to score the victory. Zach Seyerlein made a late pass on Steven LaRochelle to finish second. Sorrentino was fourth, while Perez was fifth. In Street Stock competition, Chris Stalker won the Boomer’s Performance Purestock Clash. Boomer’s Performance/Contractor Sales Modified Feature in Memory of Robert “Fluff” Hagan (30 laps): 1) Marc Johnson, 2) Kyle Sheldon, 3) Bobby Hackel, IV, 4) Brett Haas, 5) Keith Flach, 6) Andy Bachetti, 7) J.R. Heffner, 8) Kyle Armstrong, 9) Kenny Tremont Jr., 10) Paul Gilardi, 11) L.J. Lombardo, 12) Kolby Schroder, 13) Wayne Jelley, 14) Brandon Lane, 15) Mike King, 16) Josh Marcus, 17) Ryan Charland, 18) Brian Berger, 19) Corey Lowitt, 20) Ken McGuire, 21) Olden Dwyer Small Block Modified Feature in Memory of Ma and Pa Bedell (24 laps): 1) L.J. Lombardo, 2) Jason Herrington, 3) Ryan Larkin, 4) Andy Bachetti, 5) Lorne Browe, 6) Joey Coppola, 7) Peter Carlotto, 8) Brian Peterson, 9) Kim LaVoy, 10) Brian Sandstedt, 11) Ryan Charland, 12) Bryan McGuire, 13) Dylan Gibson, 14) Kevin Petrucci, 15) Ryan McCartney, 16) Jeff Watson, 17) Alan Houghtaling, 18) Bill August, 19) John Lutes Jr. 20) Frank Harper, 21) Olden Dwyer, 22) Montgomery Tremont Sportsman Feature in Memory of Ron Fifield Results (20 laps): 1) John Virgilio, 2) Tim Hartman Jr., 3) Whitey Slavin, 4) Keith Johannessen, 5) Chris Lynch, 6) Jeff Gallup, 7) Ryan Heath, 8) Robbie Knipe, 9) Matt Burke, 10) Joe Mennitte, 11) Peter Lorenzo, 12) Rob Maxon, 13) Dave Baranowski Jr., 14) Shane Powell, 15) Butchie Irwin, 16) Garrett Poland, 17) Jeff Watson, 18) Alan Houghtaling, 19) Jeff Higham Limited Sportsman Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Jacob Perry, 2) Brady Cordova, 3) Kevin Ames, 4) Nick Arnold, 5) Karl Barnes, 6) Dylan Grogan, 7) Adam Schneider, 8) Phil Arnold, 9) Frank Twing Jr., 10) Cody Cordova Pro Stock Feature in Memory of Jimmy Langenback (20 laps): 1) Chad Jeseo, 2) Zach Seyerlein, 3) Steven LaRochelle, 4) Zach Sorrentino, 5) Shawn Perez, 6) Brian Keough, 7) David Emigh, 8) Nick Rogers, 9) Nick Hilt Jr., 10) Johnny Rivers, 11) Tom Dean, 12) Chris Stalker Street Stock Boomer’s Performance Clash (20 laps): 1) Chris Stalker, 2) Rocco Procopio, 3) Scott Morris, 4) Rob Partridge, 5) Craig Coons, 6) Franklin Smith, 7) John Devine, 8) Christopher Brown, 9) Dave Streibel Jr., 10) Gary O’Brien, 11) Dom Denue, 12) Jim Dellea, 13) Katarina Foster, 14) Jeff Meltz Sr. 15) Jennah Perez, 16) Evan Denue, 17) Brian Walsh, 18) Shawn Perez Jr., 19) Keri VanDenburg

Kolby Schroder dominated Saturday night’s Modified feature at Lebanon Valley Speedway. However, a caution set up a one-lap shootout and that was all Andy Bachetti needed. On the final restart, Bachetti made a swooping move to the outside in turns 1 and 2 to take the lead from Schroder and snag his second straight win. “Starting [in 15th] with no cautions is tough,” Bachetti said in victory lane. “When you get that restart, you have to take full advantage of it.” Mike King started from the pole and ran strong early on. Schroder dispatched inside pole sitter Olden Dwyer on the first lap and immediately put the pressure on King for the lead. The two ran side-by-side for about two laps before Schroder was able to clear King exiting turn 2 on lap 4. Once out in front, Schroder was able to pull away from King and the rest of the pack. Further back, Bachetti started 15th after his opening night victory and slowly made his way forward. Ultimately, a pack of about eight different drivers led by Dwyer fought over the third spot. This group included Kyle Sheldon, Kenny Tremont Jr., Keith Flach, L.J. Lombardo, J.R. Heffner and others. Sheldon ended up inheriting third when Dwyer dropped out with mechanical issues. Tremont was right there as well. After halfway, King began to fade and fell back into the clutches of Tremont. With seven laps to go, Tremont took second and seemed comfortable there. Schroder was a half-lap from victory when Brett Haas broke an oil line and showered the track with fluid and heavy smoke. The caution bunched up the pack for a one-lap shootout. The first attempt for this shootout ended almost immediately when Paul Gilardi and Bobby Hackel, IV collided and spun into the inside wall to bring out another yellow. In the short time before the yellow flew, Bachetti was able to work himself up into the top three, which set up his move for the win. Schroder had to settle for second, followed by Tremont and Lombardo. Flach rounded out the top five. Sportsman saw Matt Burke start on pole in his Cyclone chassis, repaired from a crash on opening night. When the green flew, he was able to open a small lead over Robbie Knipe, who got past Keith Johannessen on the first lap. Tim Hartman Jr. had one of the fastest cars once again, but he slowed suddenly on lap 4 and drew a caution. After a pit stop for repairs, he returned to the race at the back of the field. He would get up to eighth by the checkered flag. Burke and Knipe were able to open a decent gap over the rest of the field and attempted to settle things among themselves. Burke held a good enough pace that Knipe never could get right to Burke’s bumper. A spin for Keith Johannessen brought out a caution with five laps to go. Knipe tried to get at Burke on the restart, but he could do nothing to prevent Burke from taking his first Lebanon Valley victory. Chris Lynch was third, then Whitey Slavin and Peter Lorenzo. The Pro Stock class saw Chris Stalker start on pole and lead early. Nick Hilt Jr. was right on Stalker’s tail and battled the rookie racer. Hilt was able to get alongside and snag the lead on lap 6. While Stalker fell back into the pack, Hilt attempted to drive off and leave everyone. Chad Jeseo, who started ninth, quickly made his way up the order and took second from Stalker the lap after Hilt took the lead. Hilt opened up a decent advantage over Jeseo, but the multi-time champion was able to run Hilt back down. A fierce battle erupted with Jeseo giving Hilt repeated bumper taps. Jeseo was able to get to Hilt’s inside on multiple occasions, but Hilt used the outside line to keep the lead. In the final laps, Hilt was able to get some breathing room over Jeseo. That was all he needed to take the win over Jeseo. Zach Seyerlein was third, then Steven LaRochelle and Johnny Rivers. After substantial discussions between competitors and Pit Steward Fred Lee. As a result, the multiple short features have been exchanged for a couple of five-lap heat races in order to set the grid for a 15-lap feature. Craig Coons and Jeff Meltz Sr. won the two heat races early in the evening. After handicapping came into play, Coons started on the outside pole, then had issues on the first lap of the race in turn 2. This resulted in a stackup that caused Rocco Procopio to spin on the backstretch to bring out the yellow. Dom Denue’s No. 145 Chevrolet Camaro was also significantly damaged and done for the night. Jim Dellea came out of the first lap mess with the lead in his burgundy and yellow No. 77 with Shawn Perez Jr. close behind. The two drivers fought for the lead until Perez’s car dropped off the pace and stopped in turn 4 to draw another yellow. Gary O’Brien is taking advantage of new rules for 2022 that allow Pro Stock chassis to be used in the class to alleviate the shortage of F-Body and G-Body chassis due to most of the good ones being raced out. He won opening night and was very quick Saturday night. However, he ended up getting spun out by Chris Stalker to bring out another yellow. Stalker was sent to the rear for the contact. Dave Streibel Jr., who also won on opening night, started back in the 11th spot and slowly made his way towards the front. The O’Brien-Stalker incident put him up to second. For a couple of laps after that, he battled hard with Dellea for the lead. On lap 12, he was able to get to the inside in turn 4 and make a pass for the lead stick. At the same time, O’Brien’s No. 57 hit the wall and ultimately came to a halt in turn 2 to bring out another yellow. Once the green came back out, Streibel Jr. was able to pull away to take his second win of the year and first in a combined feature. Jeff Meltz Sr. ended up second, then Scott Morris, Dellea and Stalker. Saturday night was opening night for the 4-Cylinder class as well. Via a draw, Garrett Biagiarelli started on pole in his Chevrolet Cobalt sedan, but quickly lost the lead to Jon Shepard. Chris Hall, racing a Ford Focus, snatched the lead away from Shepard and attempted to drive away. He was followed by Gary Malloy, now racing a Nissan Sentra. Further back, Tim Meltz took the Single-cam lead away from Victor Duncan Jr. early and rose through the ranks in his Honda Prelude early on. Defending Single-cam champion Bradley Batho had to come from the rear of the field, but was making significant progress towards the front. On lap 9, Batho was running sixth overall and gaining on Steve Burbank when he went wide exiting turn 2 and hit the wall before spinning out to bring out the yellow. Bradley was ok, but done for the night. On the restart, Malloy was able to get past Hall to take the lead. Shortly afterwards, Doug Howe crashed in turn 2 to bring out another yellow. When the green came back out, Malloy drove away from the pack to take the Dual-Cam and overall victory. Hall finished second, while Tim Meltz finished third to win the Single-Cam class. Joey Batho was fourth overall (second in Single-Cam), while Shepard was fifth (third in Dual-Cam). Dwyer’s State Line Beer & Wine/Sysco Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Kolby Schroder, 3) Kenny Tremont Jr., 4) L.J. Lombardo, 5) Keith Flach, 6) J.R. Heffner, 7) Kyle Sheldon, 8) Brian Berger, 9) Eddie Marshall, 10) Kyle Armstrong, 11) Paul Gilardi, 12) Mike King, 13) Bobby Hackel, IV, 14) Brett Haas, 15) Josh Marcus, 16) Wayne Jelley, 17) Ryan Darcy, 18) Olden Dwyer, 19) Brandon Lane, 20) Marc Johnson, 21) Ryan Charland, 22) Joey Coppola, 23) Ray Hall Jr., 24) Alan Houghtaling, 25) Jason Herrington, 26) Peter Carlotto, 27) Dylan Gibson, 28) Ryan Larkin Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Matt Burke, 2) Robbie Knipe, 3) Chris Lynch, 4) Whitey Slavin, 5) Peter Lorenzo, 6) John Virgilio, 7) Jeff Watson, 8) Tim Hartman Jr., 9) Jacob Perry, 10) Alan Houghtaling, 11) Robbie Colburn, 12) Shane Powell, 13) Keith Johannessen, 14) Ryan Heath Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Nick Hilt Jr., 2) Chad Jeseo, 3) Zach Seyerlein, 4) Steven LaRochelle, 5) Johnny Rivers, 6) Zach Sorrentino, 7) Tom Dean, 8) Chris Stalker, 9) Bruno Richard, 10) Shawn Perez, 11) Dave Stickles, 12) Nick Rogers Street Stock Feature (15 laps): 1) Dave Streibel Jr., 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) Scott Morris, 4) Jim Dellea, 5) Chris Stalker, 6) Evan Denue, 7) Katarina Foster, 8) Franklin Smith, 9) Brian Walsh, 10) Gary O’Brien, 11) Rocco Procopio, 12) Shawn Perez Jr., 13) Keri VanDenburg, 14) Dom Denue, 15) Craig Coons, 16) Christopher Brown, 17) Rob Partridge, 18) Dylan Fachini, 19) Ammo Wright 4-Cylinder Dual-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Gary Malloy, 2) Chris Hall, 3) Jon Shepard, 4) Garrett Biagiarelli, 5) Steve Burbank, 6) Doug Howe, 7) Althea Roy, 8) Chris Danylieko, 9) Brian Blanck 4-Cylinder Single-Cam Feature Results (15 laps): 1) Tim Meltz, 2) Joey Batho, 3) Joe Wolfe, 4) Victor Duncan Jr., 5) Jethro Rossman, 6) Matt Tedrow, 7) Bradley Batho

Opening night is usually a joyous time where everyone gets to reconnect with each other (if they didn’t already do so at the banquet) and have fun with the first races of the year. Unfortunately, the weather forced the entire card into hurry up mode. Andy Bachetti was more than happy to take advantage. By virtue of winning his heat race, the defending Modified champion started on the pole with Eddie Marshall alongside. Once the green flag came out, Bachetti quickly opened up a gap on the field. Marshall was able to keep pace early. Kyle Armstrong and Brett Haas were joined by Marc Johnson, who moved up from seventh on the grid. These five drivers quickly ran off to have their own race. Further back, Bobby Hackel, IV led a pack consisting of the rest of the field as they did battle. Kolby Schroder should have been up there as well, but he had a mechanical problem on the first lap and dropped to the apron. He tried to continue, but ended up pulling behind the wall for repairs. He would eventually get back out there and finished 15th. Bachetti and Marshall continued to pull away from everyone in the opening 10 laps. Beyond that point, Bachetti pulled away from Marshall as well. Then, Bachetti caught the rear of the field at the halfway point. Bachetti struggling to get past Keith Flach and Kyle Sheldon allowed Marshall to move back in. However, once Bachetti was able to get past them, Marshall lost the same amount of time as he struggled to dispatch lapped traffic. With the weather coming, drivers were a little more courteous than normal. As a result, the race went caution-free as precipitation began to fall late in the race. Despite this, Bachetti was able to hold on to start his season right with a victory. “We had a pretty good race car for sure tonight,” Bachetti said afterwards. “[There was] a light, light drizzle falling out there. But, it stayed green long enough to hold it off until we finished.” Marshall held on for second, while Armstrong was third. Haas held off Johnson for fourth. Hackel was sixth, but more than half a lap behind. In Sportsman, the field was cut down in size due to weather issues and a shortage of crate engine parts. As a result, a field of only 12 took the green. Whitey Slavin started from the pole and led early over Jeff Watson. However, trouble broke out further back. A chain reaction in the field resulted in Tim Hartman Jr. running in the back of Joe Mennitte in turn 3. Mennitte spun, resulting in a stack-up that collected Matt Burke, Keith Johannessen and Ryan Heath. Everyone was able to drive away, but Burke ended up pulling in and retiring. Johannessen retired shortly after the restart. Despite the contact with Mennitte, Hartman was the man on the move. After starting seventh, he quickly made his way up the order. He took second away from Watson on lap 4 and went after Slavin, who had opened up a big gap. For the first 12 or so laps, Hartman and Slavin were just about equal in pace. However, in the final laps of the race, Hartman began to reel Slavin in. In the final couple of laps, Hartman was able to get to about a second back, but could not prevent Slavin from taking the win. Hartman was second, then Watson. Alan Houghtaling was fourth, while Chris Lynch was fifth. In Pro Stock, six-time class champion Rob Yetman made his return to Lebanon Valley after spending the past couple of seasons focusing on Albany-Saratoga Speedway. He showed that he hasn’t lost a step. Yetman drew the pole position and drove away from Zach Seyerlein at the drop of the green. Seyerlein had to do battle for much of the evening with Steven LaRochelle. LaRochelle was able to finally get past Seyerlein for second on lap 11. However, by that point, the rain, which had been falling for nearly the entire race, began to pick up in intensity. LaRochelle tried to gain some time on Yetman, but the rain simply got to be too much. Track officials waved the yellow with three laps to go, which quickly brought an end to the race, giving Yetman the win. LaRochelle was second, then Seyerlein. Chad Jeseo came from 14th on the grid to finish fourth, while Johnny Rivers was fifth. In Pure Stock Feature No. 1, defending class champion Jeff Meltz Sr. started from the pole, but he had Dave Streibel Jr. on his tail. The two racers fought for the first couple of laps for the advantage while Rob Partridge was right behind, waiting to pounce. Streibel was able to get to the inside of Meltz on lap 3 to take the lead. Partridge was unable to follow. From there, Streibel held on to take the win over Meltz, Partridge, Shawn Perez Jr. and Katarina Foster. Pure Stock Feature No. 2 saw Gary O’Brien start from pole and lead early. Meanwhile, Chris Stalker cut his right rear tire and spun in turn 2 to bring out an early yellow. O’Brien, despite wall contact in turn 4 during warmups, was not threatened in the eight-lap feature on his way to the win. Dom Denue was second, then Scott Morris, Jim Dellea and Stalker. 70th Annual Season Opener Modified Feature Results (30 laps): 1) Andy Bachetti, 2) Eddie Marshall, 3) Kyle Armstrong, 4) Brett Haas, 5) Marc Johnson, 6) Bobby Hackel, IV, 7) Ryan Darcy, 8) L.J. Lombardo, 9) Brian Berger, 10) Kenny Tremont Jr., 11) Wayne Jelley, 12) J.R. Heffner, 13) Keith Flach, 14) Kyle Sheldon, 15) Kolby Schroder, 16) Olden Dwyer, 17) Mike King, 18) Paul Gilardi, 19) Brandon Lane, 20) Ryan Charland Sportsman Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Whitey Slavin, 2) Tim Hartman Jr., 3) Jeff Watson, 4) Alan Houghtaling, 5) Chris Lynch, 6) John Virgilio, 7) Robbie Knipe, 8) Peter Lorenzo, 9) Joe Mennitte, 10) Ryan Heath, 11) Keith Johannessen, 12) Matt Burke Pro Stock Feature Results (20 laps): 1) Rob Yetman, 2) Steven LaRochelle, 3) Zach Seyerlein, 4) Chad Jeseo, 5) Johnny Rivers, 6) Tom Dean, 7) Zach Sorrentino, 8) Dave Stickles, 9) Nick Hilt Jr., 10) Shawn Perez, 11) Chris Stalker, 12) Brian Keough, 13) Nick Rogers, 14) Tom O’Connor, 15) Don Collins Pure Stock Feature No. 1 (8 laps): 1) Dave Streibel Jr., 2) Jeff Meltz Sr., 3) Rob Partridge, 4) Shawn Perez Jr., 5) Katarina Foster, 6) Evan Denue, 7) Christopher Brown, 8) Franklin Smith Pure Stock Feature No. 2 (8 laps): 1) Gary O’Brien, 2) Dom Denue, 3) Scott Morris, 4) Jim Dellea, 5) Chris Stalker, 6) Scott Kilmer, 7) Ray Kilmer, 8) Brian Walsh, 9) Jennah Perez