Ed Lynch Jr. is a winner. Now, he has reached the century mark.

Lynch recently garnered his 99th Sprint win at Lernerville, 100th overall, which includes one Modified win.

Only two others in the history of Lernerville have reached this prestigious plateau in one division, Late Model drivers Bob Wearing Jr. with 117 wins and Lynn Geisler with 108.

"I want to get 100 Sprint victories here," Lynch said.

He could do it Friday or during Tuesday's Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup XVII, which will feature a new format.

Instead of one $30,000-to-win, 30-lap feature to crown the champion, this race will feature Twin 30-lap features, each paying $15,000 to win.

The second feature will use the inversion format, placing the cars on the lead lap in reverse order.

Lynch has an overall total of more than 200 tri-state wins, but this next feature is an important personal landmark for him.

In other racing news:

• Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway will host the third annual Red Miley 53 Memorial Race Saturday night. The UFo Super Late Models will compete in a 53-lap championship feature. The feature winner will receive $5,300 and $53 will be paid to the leader of each lap. The DIRTcar Pro-Lates, E-mods and Sportsman will compete for bonus money, with the Factory Stocks and Young Guns on the racing card.

• Former Sprint car driver Andy Lutz experienced a heart attack and was hospitalized at UPMC Passavant in Pittsburgh.

• Retired Late Model owner-driver Skip Bertges was in a car accident and sustained fractured vertebra in his neck and lower back.

• Longtime Lernerville employee Jim Laidlaw is in a hospital after suffering a stroke.

• Brian Swartzlander overcame what seemed to be serious adversity to return to the winner's circle. Swartzlander was knocked unconscious and sustained a concussion when his Big Block Modified car was T-boned by another car at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway May 23. His first race back to the track in July saw him win a DIRTcar Modified feature at Lernerville with incredible style.

• It's very convenient to have a car owner-sponsor who is a medical doctor. When Sprint driver Rod George. was struck by a rock at Thunder Mountain Speedway in Knoxdale, Pa., his right arm was fixed up by car owner Dr. John Crawford. George managed to finish third in the feature. Last week, while riding a motorcycle, George and his wife Jackie slid off the road, collided with a sign and received multiple bruises and abrasions. Rod also injured his left arm and collarbone. The following Saturday, Crawford put a patch on George's shoulder and rigged a pad that went under his harness. George went on to win the non-stop feature at Mercer.

• Walt Wimer is a special gentleman who just celebrated his 70th birthday. He started going to races in 1958 and is still racing's tri-state historian, announcer and columnist.

• A standing-room-only crowd watched the inaugural Lou Blaney Memorial Classic recently. Fans paid tribute to the Hall of Fame driver who succumbed to Alzheimer's disease in January. Fresh off a win at Daytona, Tony Stewart was the victor of the Sprint portion of the race that also included NASCAR stars Kasey Kahne and Dave Blaney. Jack Johnson dominated the big block Modifieds.

• Lernerville will substitute the Crate Late Models for the Big Block Modifieds Friday, paying $800 to win.

Carol Gamble is the racing columnist for the Butler Eagle.