BUFFALO TWP— One flat and three firsts.

They added up to a bizarre Friday night at Lernerville Speedway.

Brian Swartzlander of Allegheny Township maintained his narrow Modified division points lead at the Sarver track by holding off Jim Weller Jr. for the checkered flag — after driving the final lap with a flattened right rear tire.

Dutch Davies of Warren and Jake Ayers of Elkton, Md., won their first-ever Lernerville features in the Late Model and Pure Stock divisions, respectively.

Mike Lutz of Mercer brought longtime Sprint car owner Martha Dionise's No. 15 to victory lane, picking up his first win here since 1997. It was the first time a Dionise-owned car reached victory lane at Lernerville since Jerry Matus turned the trick on July 1, 1988.

Lutz started on the pole and maintained the lead throughout. Rod George, a four-time winner here this season, started eighth and made a late charge during the final two laps, but ran out of time.

"I was pretty bad coming out of Turn 2 and Rod was really coming on,"Lutz admitted. "I'm glad the race ended when it did."

Swartzlander could say the same thing.

The veteran driver of the No. 83 Modified started Friday's feature in the second row, took the lead from Jim Weller Jr. on the 13th lap and widened it to nearly a full straightaway advantage.

But coming off Turn 3, just as he saw the white flag come out for the final lap, Swartzlander felt his right rear tire go flat.

"Mike Turner (car No. 96) and I came together a little bit off that turn and that may have been where the tire got cut," Swartzlander said. "I'm not really sure.

"I didn't know how close Jimmy was to me. When I heard that tire go, I thought I was done."

But as his car sputtered across the front straightaway, Swartzlander saw no one behind him.

"That's when I knew I had to keep going, try to keep the car straight and give it a shot,"he said. "It was rough handling the car at that point, just keeping it pointed in the right direction."

Swartzlander hung on for the win as Weller reached his back bumper coming around Turn 4 of the final lap. The No. 83 was right in the middle of the track, however, and Weller could do nothing but finish a close second.

Weller, a former Lernerville track champion, is still looking for his first win of the 2007 campaign here.

"We started off the year OKand our car was good tonight,"Weller said. "In between, we listened to too many people telling us to try too many things. We've gone back to the best way we know how to set up the race car.

"Brian's been good all year. Del (Rougeux) has been very good. There's tough competition out there."

Swartzlander's win was his sixth of the season and 54th of his career at Lernerville, yet only his first victory since June 15. He has one other feature win all season, that coming at Mercer Raceway.

By the time Swartzlander maneuvered his car into victory lane, he was riding on three tires and a rim.

"Brian deserved that race because his car was great,"Weller said. "Winning because the guy in front of you got a flat ... What kind of win would that be?"

Davies began the Late Model feature in the second row, took the lead on the second lap and was never challenged the rest of the way. Saxonburg's Alex Ferree, who already has eight feature wins here this year and has clinched the Late Model points title, finished a distant second.

Ferree started 13th and moved into second on the 15th lap before lapped cars boxed him in.

"Todd Bachman, Chuck Sarver and somebody else were having a pretty good race right in front of me for a few laps,"Ferree said. "It was a good show to watch, but I also watched Dutch just pull away.

"Those guys were racing for position and I understand that. You can't expect them to just move out of the way."

Davies won in a new No. 40 car. The car was making just its second appearance. The first was in a recent World of Outlaws race at Sharon.

"Because of driver error, I had to pull the plug on that one early,"Davies said of the car's WoOdebut. "But tonight it was hooked up great. It was the best car I've ever raced in."

From the seventh lap to the finsh, there were no cautions — and Ferree needed one.

"It would have been fun trying to run him down on a restart,"Ferree said. "But even then, I don't know if I could have caught him."

Ayers started in the second row in the Pure Stock feature, took the lead from Butler's Terry Young on the ninth lap and cruised to his first career feature win.

He makes the drive up from Maryland every weekend to race at Lernerville.

"This is awesome, man, awesome!,"Ayers said. "I'm bawling here like a little girl. It just feels so good."

Notes:There were 90 cars in the pits. ... Ed Lynch Jr. is at Knoxville Nationals this weekend. His absence Friday enabled Kevin Schaeffer to take over the Sprint points lead. ... Rimersburg's Scott Priester flipped his No. 11XSprint car during his heat race. He and the crew got it repaired, then he couldn't avoid a stationary Mike Shearer on the first lap of the feature, toppling his car over and ending his night. ... Rookie Pure Stock driver Randy Hanovick of Mars rolled his No. 1 car for the second time this year, but was unhurt. ... The Stars of NASCAR35-lap Late Model frace — featuring Nextel Cup drivers Tony Stewart and Ken Schrader competing — takes place Thursday at the Sarver track.