FRANKLIN, Pa. — A.J. Flick had a perfect week defending the home turf in Western Pennsylvania and claiming top honors for the 410 sprint cars.
He swept the three features of the mini-series and snared the points championship as well.
At Tri-City Raceway Park, he kept the second-place points man, Ryan Smith, at bay. Smith made a last lap lunge in turn one, but Flick darted away.
Smith finished second, with Jack Sodeman Jr., Ryan Timms and Cody Bova filling the top five.
“It is just great to be here and to be part of this special event. To sweep it is unbelievable,” Flick said. He acknowledged that to do so, he needed a combination of speed and luck. “We had some bad pill draws, we had some good pill draws. We were able to overcome the bad ones.”
Also gracing victory lane were Erick Rudolph in the Donovan & Bauer Auto Group 358 Modifieds, Gale Ruth, Jr. in the RUSH Sprint Cars and Levi Maskal in the 4 Your Car Connection Mini Stocks.
The finish:
A.J. Flick, Ryan Smith, Jack Sodeman, Jr., Ryan Timms, Cody Bova, Jared Zimbardi, Bob Felmlee, Matt Farnham, Brandon Matus, Michael Bauer, Logan McCandless, Vivian Jones, Carl Bowser, George Hobaugh, Darin Gallagher, Jeremy Weaver, Denny Peebles, Nathan McDowell, Brent Matus, Matt Sherlock, Chase Matheney, Sye Lynch, Rod Jones, Randy Wyant.