BUFFALO TWP — David Gravel held off Donny Schatz to earn victory lane at the 25th Annual Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup Sprint race at Lernerville Speedway Tuesday night.

It was the first Silver Cup win for Gravel, of Watertown, Conn. He placed second in his heat race. Then in the 40-lap feature, he kept Schatz from winning the event for the eighth time.

Dale Blaney, a three-time champ and last year’s winner, finished third.

Former Lernerville points champion Tim Shaffer of Aliquippa finished sixth. Local drivers A.J. Flick (21st) of Apollo and Carl Bowser (25th) of Sarver finished among the top 25.

1-David Gravel (Watertown, Conn.), 2-Donny Schatz (Minot, N.D.), 3-Dale Blaney (Fowler, Ohio), 4-Kraig Kinser (Bloomington, Ind.), 5-Joey Saldana (Brownsburg, Ind.), 6-Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa), 7-Shane Stewart (Bixby, Okla.), 8-Chad Kemenah (Alveda, Ohio), 9-Sheldon Haudenshild (Wooster, Ohio), 10-Greg Hodnett (Spring Grove), 11-Daryn Pittman (Owasso, Okla.), 12-Logan Schuchart (Hanover), 13-Ian Madsen (St. Marys, New South Wales, Aus.), 14-Jamie Veal (Warrnambool, Victoria, Aus.), 15-Cole Duncan (Lockbourne, Ohio)