BUFFALO TWP — Carl Bowser has tasted glory in his relatively brief Sprint car racing career.

Now he's looking for more.

Bowser, 26, a Sarver resident and Freeport graduate, is hopeful of doing more traveling this season.

“Ideally, we'll do a few more All-Star shows and hit the Outlaw circuit a couple of times,” he said. “But we have to get some things ironed out first.

“We've been going through a frustrating stretch ... I'm anxious to start getting some wins.”

It's been almost a year exactly since Bowser last reached victory lane at Lernerville Speedway. That win on May 11 of last season is his only feature triumph at the Sarver oval since winning the Sprint points championship in 2011.

Now in his ninth year of racing, Bowser owns six career feature wins at Lernerville.

“We experimented with a few new things last season and, frankly, we had a bad year,” he said. “We've got a new car this year and we're setting it up the old way ... the way we were successful.”

The Bowser race team has two new cars, actually. Bowser's parents — including his father, Terry, a former Sprint driver himself — bought a new Sprint car to serve as a back-up.

“I miss it terribly,” Terry Bowser said of racing. “Every time a new season comes around, the yearning is there to get back behind the wheel.

“I did it for fun. I always wanted to do it and I did it. Carl wants a future in this. I believe in him. Our goal as a team is to make him faster. That's what our funding is dedicated toward.”

Terry Bowser's last season of racing was 2008. He's been a member of his son's pit crew since.

Carl's season did not start as scheduled two weeks ago. A cracked engine block, discovered in the pits that evening, prevented him from hitting the speedway on opening night.

“We had that problem at the end of last year and we had it welded,” Bowser said. “We just didn't weld it enough.”

Bowser finished fourth in his heat and 13th in the feature last week. He will be competing in the All-Star Sprint show at Lernerville this Friday.

“I feel like I've got something to prove,” he said.

The motor Bowser drove to victory lane on in recent years — a motor they bought from Lernerville all-time Sprint wins leader Ed Lynch Jr. — has since been sold to a Sprint driver in California.

“It was getting old,” Terry Bowser said of the motor. “It was good to us, but we had to get newer stuff. We're still shaking everything down.

“We know the potential is there with Carl. He finished ahead of Dave Blaney in a race at Sharon last year. We want to get to the point where he's competitive with the All-Stars and Outlaws on a regular basis.”

Regardless of how that develops, Bowser will continue to race at Lernerville on Friday nights.

“This place is six miles from home,” his father reasoned. “We'd be foolish to drive right past here to head somewhere else.”

Lernerville Speedway Points Standings

(top 15 through May 3)

Sprints

Eric Williams 63, Jack Soderman Jr. 56, Brandon Spiothaler 56, Dan Kuriger 53, Dan Shetler 52, Brandon Matus 50, Brian Ellenberger 50, Brent Matus 45, Scott Priester 41, Cap Henry 40, Danny Holtgraver 38, Stuart Williams 31, Dennis Wagner 29, Jim Shuster, Jimmy Light and Brian Smith 27

Late Models

Dave Hess Jr. 75, John Garvin Jr. 69, Davey Johnson 66, Michael Norris 63, Jared Miley 62, Alex Ferree 57, Dan Angelicchio 53, Chuck Sarver 39, Jason Rider 34, Ken Schaltenbrand 34, Todd Bachman 34, Russell King 29, Ron Davies 29, John Mollick 29, Garrett Krummert 27

Modifieds

Matt Williamson 78, Jim Weller 67, Jeremiah Shingledecker 62, Rex King 60, Dave Murdick 59, Brad Rapp 57, Steve Feder 51, Brian Swartzlander 50, Eric Gabany 48, Mike Turner 47, Rex King Jr. 43, Skip Moore 40, Frank Guidace 39, Erik Martin 36, Bob Warren 30

Sportsman Stocks

Corey McPherson 77, A.J. Flick 72, Brett McDonald 61, Joe Kelley 59, Bob Egley 54, Mark Sanders 54, Joe Anthony/Jake Simmons 53, Mike Miller 50, Paul Schreckengost 45, Jim Fosnaught 44, Joey Zambotti 43, Ryan Moyer 43, Scott Byers 41, Wayne Carbo 40, Terry Young 38