MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Lance Dewease won for the 112th time in his sprint car career at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, outracing Danny Dietrich for a $5,500 victory.
Dewease’s win came in one of three sprint features on the night as part of the Spring Sprint Special at the oval where Alex Bright also won in the USAC East 360 sprint feature and Logan Spahr took the win in 305 sprints.
The 25-lap 410 sprint main went non-stop with both Dewease and Dietrich lining up on the front row for the start.
Dietrich kept leader Dewease within sight during the early going before the pair entered the rear of the field with 15 laps to go.
Dietirch took his first jab at the leader on lap 13 but came up short and then a lap later he tried the move again deep in the third turn.
The Gettysburg pilot shot under Dewease and slid up to the cushion to briefly take control before Dewease turned his car to the low side and shot back by to regain command.
And the next time around, with Dietrich lurking, Dewease slammed the door as the pair shot into the third turn to again keep his challenger at bay.
With five laps to go Dietrich was still hounding the leader but a flawless drive by Dewease through traffic served to keep him out front as Dietrich tried to work the cushion.
Dewease took the checkers at the finish with a 1.393-second lead over Dietrich with Freddie Rahmer coming home third followed by Kyle Reinhardt and Devon Borden.
Borden originally crossed the finish line in third but was penalized two spots the finish for a jump on the initial start.
Bright wired the field for the 20-lap win in the USAC East 360 sprint main.
It was Bright’s third win in a row at the track in the division dating back to last season.
Briggs Danner started sixth in the field and motored into second with three laps to go.
The defending series champion, Danner took the lead from Bright with a huge slide job in the first turn on the final lpa only to watch as Bright dropped off of the cushion and muscled back into the lead on the backchute before taking the victory by .707 seconds.
Bobby Butler was third followed by Christian Bruno and Steve Snyder Jr.
Fourth starter Logan Spahr swept into the lead on the first lap of the 20-lap 305 sprint main and never looked back on his way to the win.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. Lance Dewease, 2. Danny Dietrich, 3. Freddie Rahmer, 4. Kyle Reinhardt, 5. Devon Borden,6. Austin Bishop, 7. TJ Stutts, 8. Dylan Cisney, 9. Lucas Wolfe, 10. Steve Buckwalter, 11. Kyle Moody, 12. Justin Whittall, 13. Billy Dietrich, 14. Cameron Smith, 15. Chris Arnold, 16. Zane Rudisill, 17. Troy Wagaman Jr., 18. Tim Glatfelter, 19. Jim Siegel