Tyler Walker Gets First Win With Keen Team

By Brad Vores  May 16, 2010 

After two dismal performances against the World of Outlaws Thursday and Friday, Tyler Walker and the Keen Motorsports team came back strong Saturday night to score the feature win at Port Royal Speedway.

 Walker, who recently joined the Carlisle-based team after starting the season with the Mike Heffner-owned team, took the lead on lap 14 and captured the 25-lap 410 Sprint car feature.

 Walker and the rest of the teams had to wait out a long night of excessive track grading to repair a bad racing surface.

 Michael Heckman led the first 13 laps before spinning out, turning the lead over to Walker, of Los Angeles, California. Walker then battled with Greg Hodnett, another driver who had less than stellar WoO performances before taking his second career win at the track. It was his first with his new team.

 Hodnett, Chad Layton, Justin Henderson and Mark Coldren were the top five finishers.

 Jim Bernheisel scored the 20-lap late model win over Scott Haus, Scott Flickinger,  Bryan Bernheisel and Mitch Hack.

 The Super Sportsman and pro stock features were postponed due to curfew and will be made up.


LEWIS WINS THRILLER
 In nearly repeat fashion as the 2009 Jack Gunn Memorial Challenge for the URC Sprints and the 358 Sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway, URC regular Trevor Lewis made a final turn pass on Pat Cannon to steal the big payday in the 30-lap event.

 Cannon, who set a new one lap track record in time trials took the lead on lap four and stayed out front until the final lap, when Lewis, who started third snuck underneath and won the drag-race to the checkered flag and win the $3,500 top prize. Cannon nursed a car with a broken spindle over the final portion of the race.

 Kevin Nouse finished third ahead of Nate Snyder and Blane Heimbach.

 Jeff Rine made it four straight in late model action at the track as he came from his 12th starting spot to take the lead on lap 21 and never looked back in the win over Tony Adams, Steve Campbell, Jim Yoder and Jeff Smith.

 Jason Smith won his second pro stock feature event over AJ Hoffman, Dave Brouse, Jr., AJ Stroup and Cody McFadden.


CLEAN SWEEP FOR RICHARDS
 Defending World of Outlaws late model champion made a clean sweep of two east coast sanctioned events as he won Thursday night’s WoO event at Delaware International Speedway and backed that up with another win Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway.

 Richards led the first 17 laps of the Conococheague 100 at Hagerstown before losing the lead to Steve Francis on lap 18. Richards regained the lead and drove to the $10,000 win over Darrell LAnigan, Francis, Jason Covert and Nick Dickson.

 Mike Warrenfeltz won the pure stock main over Brian Miller, Danny Beavers, Charlie Pensinger and Steve Lowery.

 Richards’ win at Delaware came over Brady Smith, Francis, Austin Hubbard and Dale McDowell.


JONES REPEATS AT SUSKY
 Defending track champion Jake Jones became the first repeat winner in Susquehanna Speedway Park 358 late model action Saturday night.

 Jones, of Shermansdale missed a big first lap crash and inherited the lead on lap six and drove to his second win of the season over Justin Ehrhart, DJ Groft, Gary Potts and Jason Rochelle.

 Randy Zechman won for the second time in street stock action over Brian Hauenstein, Jim Palm, and Bret Pickel with Donnie Broderick winning another Xtreme Stock car main.


OTHER WEEKEND ACTION
 Tim Dietz won the 600 Micro Sprint main Saturday at Trail-Way Speedway over JD Harman, Tanner Hunsicker, Brian Racine and Timmie Barrick.

 Bill Laughman scored the 270 Micro Sprint feature over Nik Gower, Jim Still, Steve Daron and Dane Tobias.

 Friday night racing at Bedford and Trail-Way Speedway’s was all canceled due to rain.
 

 

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