BUFFALO TWP — So you want to drive a Sprint car?

Lindsay Enscoe, 22, of North Washington does — and did last Friday night at Lernerville Speedway.

Her initial race ended prematurely, however, when she flipped her No. 96 car along Turn 2 on the second lap of her heat race.

"I caught a rut on the track, the tire slid right in and over I went," Enscoe said. "I didn't handle the throttle the right way.

"The throttle control on these things is so much different from a micro-sprint. It's all power and throttle."

Enscoe knows all about micro-sprints. She raced one for seven years, mostly in Deerfield (Ohio) and some at Mercer Raceway.

She finished second in points at Deerfield in 2005 and won the mid-season championship feature there. It was the only season she's ever run for points.

"I decided never to do that again," Enscoe said about chasing a points title. "You race against the same people all the time on the same track ... You miss out on a lot of experiences and it's hard to get better."

Flipping her first Sprint car in her first Sprint race won't deter Enscoe from getting back behind the wheel.

"It's all part of the game," she said. "I only flipped my micro a couple of times. It's going to take some time to learn this."

Enscoe's crew chief is her father, Paul Enscoe. Troy Hughes and Bill Graham, friends of the family, help out in the pits as well.

Paul Enscoe helped work on Gus Linder's No. 69 Sprint car 35 years ago. The Sprint car he bought his daughter is 10 years old and hasn't been raced since previous owner Eric Skomo competed three years ago.

"This is just to get her started," Mr. Enscoe said. "We'll get into something better as time goes on."

Enscoe plans to run at Lernerville for a number of years, first to get acclimated to the competition, then to compete with it.

"I didn't plan on starting out this way, but I have big dreams," the young driver said. "I'm not going to walk away from this."

Paul Enscoe said his daughter had thought about "messing around with quads and motorcycles" once she was through with micro-sprints.

"This (Sprint) is what I wanted her to get into because she's capable of doing it and she's patient enough to learn it," he said.

The color of the No. 96 stands out on the track — almost as a glow-in-the-dark light green.

"That's mainly for me," Mr. Enscoe said. "I have trouble seeing at night and I wanted the car to stand out on the track."

"I'm fine with it," his daughter said. "It's a perky color. Purple is my favorite color, though."

Lernerville Points Standings(top 15 through May 11)SprintsEd Lynch Jr. 154, Kevin Schaeffer 141, Dan Shetler 116, Gary Rankin 111, Carl Bowser 105, Scott Bonnell 99, Rod George 97, Arnie Kent 95, Scott Priester 89, Dan Holtgraver 79, Ralph Spithaler 79, Brent Matus 76, Mike Shearer 73, Charlie Holben 71, Bob Felmlee 67

Late ModelsAlex Ferree 156, Gary Lyle 120, Mike Blose 117, Jared Miley 105, Dutch Davies 104, Lynn Geisler 95, Sam Stile 94, Nick Jones 93, Jared Hawkins 84, Dan Swartzlander 82, Chuck Sarver 71, Greg Satterlee 69, Matt Lux 62, Herman Bertolini 57, John Garvin Jr. 50

ModifiedsKevin Bolland 141, Del Rougeux Jr. 138, Brian Swartzlander 135, Dave Murdick 124, Jim Weller Jr. 115, Tom Winkle 114, Jeremiah Shingledecker 96, JR McGinley 92, Carl Murdick 84, Mike Turner 79, Andy Priest 78, Shawn Kozar 71, Steve Feder 65, Skip Moore 55, Doug Fleeger 33

Pure StocksMike Pegher Jr. 146, Joe Kelley 143, Bob Egley 127, Greg Beach 119, Terry Young 118, Paul Schreckengost 115, Jason Fosnaught 114, Butch Lambert 112, Jim Fosnaught 89, Bob Lipinski 86, Pat Hanley 77, Jake Ayers 67, Paul Petrovich 60, Stan Riggle 59, Chuck Gebauer 59