Third time's the charm is an idiom that means success always occurs on the third attempt because the number three is considered lucky.

The management at Lernerville Speedway sure hope that is true after two consecutive cancellations for the “Grand.” The Sprint Cars will compete for a $1,000 cash bonus from Alternative Power Resources, because this event will mark the 1,000th dirt 410 Sprint Car race in Lernerville's rich history. This event will be a portion of the “action packed” Fab4 Racing program Friday.

Two weeks ago, the owners of Williams Grove Speedway drew wrath from some fans on social media because they cancelled due to high winds. The drivers were pleased, but certain fans said that racing is already dangerous, so why not just add 60 mph wind gusts to make it more exciting for them.If you ever drove across any bridge with high gusts of winds and had to clutch the steering wheel with white knuckles, you know how that frightening, out of control feeling develops. Now imagine adding a wing on top of a 1,200 pound vehicle, and you just might end up like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.The track made the right decision for safety measures. By the way, the wall between turns three and four actually blew down in the wind.

There has been a lot of infrastructure changes at Lernerville over the winter that aren't seen by the naked eye!There are upgrades in the water system and new fencing poles have been built. Significant investment in time and money have been made beyond turn two to develop drive in parking spaces.They will be renting some for the season and if there are a few extra spaces, they can be rented on a nightly basis. When temperatures dip down below 40's, drive-in viewing spaces could provide a bit of comfort for some.It is expected that there will be about 40 when the excavation is completed. The weather has caused delays and hopefully it will be completed sometime this month.The other notable improvement is the front wall. From the pits to the flag stand, a concrete wall had been erected years ago. Old metal guard rails went the rest of the way. The management is replacing the rails and about 40 feet of concrete has already been poured. It will be continued until it eventually reaches turn one.

Lernerville has also made personnel and equipment changes to Lernerville.TV, live streaming.The races are available to view every week from home! Last year was the experimental season and they received a lot of good reviews. This year, they have taken steps to upgrade the program with more cameras and hired an infield announcer, Tyler Harris, who visits the scene of each accident.This gives the fans at home more coverage and it spills over to the followers in the stands. giving them more information about their favorite drivers.The TV rate is $20 per race or a monthly subscription of $30. All action begins with hot laps. Monthly subscribers can go back into the archives and watch any of the past five years of racing or repeat watching a race as many times as possible.Smart TV's can pull it onto the screen or it can be seen on a lap top or phone. Some crews in the pits subscribe and watch it on their phones or tablet to see when their event is occurring or perhaps how the track is changing.

First Tuesday of each month at Lernerville will be a Test and Tune for any driver. It will also be a show for four and six-cylinder divisions who normally only race at the year-end Lernerville Stampede. There will be a points-fund for them.

Late Model icon Scott Bloomquist has decided to leave the WoO full-time traveling series. The 57-year-old driver will instead concentrate on the major paying races for the rest of the season. I would venture to say that he will be at the Lernerville Firecracker!

The “King” of the Lernerville Modifieds, Brian Swartzlander was the only local entrant to be invited to the Dirtcar V-8 Modified Double header, on the clay at Tennessee's Bristol Motor Speedway.The four-time HOF winner and 8-time track champion was a great pick to compete with the “cream” of the U.S. Modified crop.Swartzlander said, “I loved driving on the high banks of Bristol. It was a lot of fun and you are running with the some of the best drivers with only one caution flag occurring.”His local competitors, Rick Regalski, Mike Turner, Russ King and Rex King Jr were in the pits to watch the races, support Swartzlander, and even ended up giving him a helping handDue to rain, both races were run Sunday and Swartzlander won both B-Mains. In the 40-lap main events, he placed 20th in the first and 17th in the second feature in the 30-car field.Consistency is the name of his game as Swartzlander (97 wins) approaches the 100 mark.<i>Carol Gamble is a racing columnist for the Butler Eagle</i>