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Spithaler ends drought at Lernerville

BUFFALO TWP — Evans City’s Brandon Spithaler ended a drought of more than six years Friday night when he reached victory lane at Lernerville Speedway.

Spithaler won the Sprint feature at the Sarver oval. His most recent win there had been in April of 2016.

Spithaler started from the fifth spot and passed race leader Darin Gallagher on the fourth turn of the fourth lap. He spread distance from his pursuers from there.

In other action, Michael Norris of Sarver won the Late Model feature from the third starting position. He took the lead following a caution on Lap 2. He hung on for the win despite a series of restarts.

Former track champion Mat Williamson returned to Lernerville from his home in Canada and picked up his 32nd career Modified feature win here. Williamson was in action because of a rainout at Ransomville Speedway on Friday.

Jake Dietz secured his first career Lernerville feature win in the Pro Stock division. He came from the ninth starting spot to do so.

LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY

May 5

(top 10 feature finishers)

Sprints

1-Brandon Spithaler, 2-AJ Flick, 3-Dale Blaney, 4-Trey Jacobs, 5-Matt Farnham, 6-Carl Bowser, 7-Michael Bauer, 8-Darin Gallagher, 9-Creed Kemenah, 10-Jack Sodeman Jr.

Late Models

1-Michael Norris, 2-Eric Wilson, 3-Tyler Dietz, 4-Levi Yetter, 5-Joshua Powell, 6-Gary Lyle, 7-Tony White, 8-Matt Lux, 9-Clayton Kennedy, 10-Ryan Christoff

Modifieds

1-Mat Williamson, 2-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 3-Rex King Jr., 4-Garrett Krummert, 5-Brad Rapp, 6-Dave Murdick, 7-Eric Gabany, 8-Mike Kinney, 9-Brian Swartzlander, 10-Steve Slater

Pro Stocks

1-Jacob Dietz, 2-Brett McDonald, 3-Tyler Dietz, 4-Cole Miller, 5-Brandon Doland, 6-John Petterman, 7-Jeff Hay, 8-Cody Koteles, 9-Brian Daugherty, 10-Tom Robertson

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