MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Troy Wagaman Jr.’s first Williams Grove start in Mike Heffner’s No. 27 resulted in his first trip to victory lane following the sprint car feature Friday night. He earned $5,500 for the win.
“This thing is a dream to drive,” he said. “I tried to do the best I could for these guys. I thought I was setting a decent pace. I didn’t want to get to the lapped cars at the wrong time. I’m in shock right now. I can’t believe they called me because I wasn’t doing that well.”
Billy Dietrich led the opening lap over Wagaman Jr. and Austin Bishop before a caution slowed the race with three laps completed.
T.J. Stutts passed Bishop and then challenged Wagaman Jr. following the restart. Dietrich, meanwhile, opened up a comfortable lead.
Dietrich’s great run came to an end with 10 laps completed as he jumped the cushion and hit the fourth turn fence bringing out the yellow.
This handed the lead to Wagaman Jr. for the restart with Stutts second. Stutts raced inside of the leader when action resumed, but Wagaman Jr. held the spot.
Stutts continued to challenge Wagaman for a few laps before he pulled away while nineth starter Freddie Rahmer raced into fifth spot.
Heavy traffic was in front of the leaders with five laps to go but Wagaman was nice and smooth through traffic and pulled away from Stutts over the final laps to score his first career Grove win in his first start at the track in the Mike Heffner No. 27.
Stutts, Rahmer, Steve Buckwalter and Austin Bishop completed the top five.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. Troy Wagaman Jr. 2. TJ Stutts. 3. Freddie Rahmer. 4. Steve Buckwalter. 5. Austin Bishop. 6. Danny Dietrich. 7. Devon Borden. 8. Kyle Moody. 9. Cameron Smith. 10. Justin Whittall. 11. Chad Trout. 12. Aaron Bollinger. 13. Jordan Givler. 14. Jimmy Siegel. 15. Lucas Wolfe. 16. Ryan Taylor. 17. Tim Glatfelter. 18. Ricky Dieva. 19. Zane Rudisill. 20. Dave Grube. 21. Billy Dietrich. 22. Chris Frank.