BUFFALO TWP — On a night when Brian Swartzlander moved into second and Joe Kelley moved into first, Ed Lynch Jr. moved into history.

The Apollo Rocket claimed his 100th Lernerville Speedway Sprint car feature victory Friday night in an anticlimactic fashion.

Lynch started the race eighth, was fourth by a second-lap restart, grabbed the lead from Mike Lutz on Lap 6 and won by a straightaway's margin over runner-up Kevin Schaeffer.

The win was easy. The victory lane celebration was intense.

"To get 100 wins doing anything anywhere ... and to do it at home," Lynch said, his voice cracking, "this means a lot to me.

"This is the one I've wanted. This is the one I've been waiting for."

Lynch won his 200th career Sprint feature overall June 23, 2007, at Sharon Speedway. He's raced in 13 states and has won points championships at four different racetracks.

He even won a World of Outlaws race here in 2002, but Friday's celebration challenged that one.

Lynch did a figure-eight spin on the back straightaway after winning the race. He drove a victory lap with the checkered flag. Champagne was sprayed in his face as he emerged from his car and his sponsors chipped in to give him an extra $4,000 in prize money.

"That money will come in handy for Knoxville (Nationals)," Lynch said. "I cracked up a car pretty good last Friday at Eldora, so we can use this to get ready."

Lynch names all of his racecars. He calls the No. 2L he took to victory lane Friday night "Angel."

Other than the Outlaws show Wednesday night, "Angel" has taken Lynch to victory lane in each of its four appearances at Lernerville.

"This car rides like an angel. It feels so good," Lynch said.

Schaeffer is the three-time defending points champion at Lernerville and had the pole position for Friday night's feature.

But Lynch wasn't about to be denied his seventh win of the season at the Sarver track. He's won seven heat races as well.

"He's been the best Sprint driver here for a number of years now," Schaeffer said. "Ed's got the experience, the ability, the help, the best equipment — he's got it all."

Rod George has been one of Lynch's rivals for years at Lernerville.

"He's been on top of his game for a long time and he's been particularly dominant this year," George said. "Ed deserves this. ... This accomplishment is impressive, very impressive, but not surprising."

Lynch became the fourth driver to win 100 features at Lernerville in any division, joining Renfrew's Bob Wearing Sr., Lou Blaney and Cranberry Township's Lynn Geisler. He is the first Sprint car driver to hit that mark.

In other races Friday:

• Swartzlander won the 30-lap Joe Pitkavish Memorial Modified feature, starting fifth, inheriting the lead on the 10th lap and maintaining it.

The win was the Leechburg driver's third Pitkavish Memorial triumph and his 63rd Modified feature win here overall, snapping a tie with Wearing for second on the track's all-time list. Blaney won 69 times.

Of the 19 cars to start Friday's feature, only 10 finished the race.

Jeremiah Shingledecker led the race before blowing out the back end of his car on the ninth lap. Del Rougeux Jr. had a big lead on the 18th lap when he fell victim to a three-car spin-out right in front of him.

Rougeux's No. 20D hit Steve Feder's car.

Swartzlander was running second when Rougeux bowed out.

"To finish first, first you must finish," Swartzlander said. "My car always finishes and I give my crew credit for that. Those guys are the best."

• Kelley won his 30th career Sportsman Stock feature at Lernerville, breaking a tie for first on the track's all-time list with Scott Bochek.

Starting fourth, Kelley passed early leader Pat Hanley on the second lap and never surrendered the lead. It was his third win of the season here.

"I've been here for a long time and I don't win a lot of races every year," Kelley said. "I sneak into victory lane here and there."

• Jared Miley, a hard-luck driver at Lernerville all season, won the Late Model feature. He took the lead from Denton Boyer on the 12th lap and finally attained his first checkered flag here in 2009.

"This place has been brutal to us," the South Park driver said. "We've done well in the heat races, but something always goes wrong in the feature.

"It's hard on you. You start to think you can't drive anymore. Believe me, this win feels great."

Notes: There were 81 cars in the pits. ... Slippery Rock's Dave Murdick finished fourth in the Modified race and a career-best second in his Late Model.