BUFFALO TWP — Six up, six down.

Ed Lynch Jr. is pitching a perfect game so far this season at Lernerville Speedway.

The Apollo Rocket has started three heat races and three Sprint features and has claimed the checkered flag in all of them

"I'm always fast at the beginning of the year," Lynch said. "Once the track slicks off, my explosive motors are hard to get hold of."

Lynch started from the 12th spot Friday night and worked his way through the field despite no cautions. The 25-lap feature ran green to green.

Two-time defending track champion Kevin Schaeffer and Scott Priester of Rimersburg started up front. Priester led for the first 15 laps and Schaeffer led laps 16 through 18.

Lynch grabbed the lead on the 19th lap, but had no idea he did so.

"I didn't know who the leader was or where I was at in the field," he said. "When you start 12th with no cautions, you're never really sure where you are.

"Maybe a rabbit got away. I was looking for that rabbit. When I glanced at the scoreboard on the 23rd lap and saw I was in the lead, I had no clue when it happened."

Friday's win was Lynch's 96th Sprint feature triumph at Lernerville.

"One hundred wins here in a Sprint car is what I really want," he said. "That's the toughest one to get."

Lynch will start 24th next week as he attempts to extend his streak.

Del Rougeux Jr. of Frenchville won the Modified feature, starting up front and leading wire to wire. But he earned it.

Rougeux survived six restarts in the first eight laps — eight restarts in all — and had veteran Modified drivers Kevin Bolland, Dave Murdick, Brian Swartzlander, Jeremiah Shingledecker and Jim Weller Jr. finish in order behind him.

That quintet has combined for more than 150 Modified feature wins at Lernerville.

"The big thing for me was going wire to wire with all those cautions," Rougeux said. "You can make a mistake on any restart. Your brakes could cool off. Someone can jump in front of you.

"I race up north (New York) and we do 35-lap races with maybe one caution. The difference down here is there's more inexperienced drivers."

Bolland and Murdick are not among them.

"I had three chances to get the lead and lapped cars dropped down in front of me every time," Bolland said. "It wasn't their fault. They didn't see me. The track just had enough bite that (lapped cars) could get down there."

Murdick had his best run of the season in his No. 61. He finished third and is waiting for a new motor to put in a new car.

"Another couple weeks," the Slippery Rock driver said. "This car I'm in now has a lot of laps on it from a lot of nights. But it's still my favorite car and it's still doing OK."

Greg Satterlee started 12th in the Late Model feature, grabbed the lead from pole-sitter John Britsky on an 11th-lap restart and cruised to his second win of the season at Lernerville.

The Rochester Mills driver already has won at two other tracks this season as well.

"My crew does all the work. I just steer the wheel," Satterlee said. "We hit (the setup) pretty much right on."

Joe Kelley had a wide lead with two laps remaining in the Sportsman Stock feature when a yellow flag came out. Bob Lipinski of Pittsburgh jumped in front of Kelley on the restart and claimed the victory.

Kelley has 27 career Stock feature wins at Lernerville. His 28th would have pulled him within one of Scott Bochek's track record for the division.

Notes: There were 82 cars in the pits, including a season-high 24 Modifieds and season-low 17 Late Models. ... Sarver's Mike Norris started the Late Model feature sixth and was in the lead on the 10th lap when his car broke. ... Bolland was scheduled to run in the first Modified heat, but he had to repair a broken water pump. Bolland started late in the third heat and won it.