PORT ROYAL, Penn. — Logan Wagner held off the field and the rapid loss of air coming from his right-rear tire to claim the victory in Weikert’s Livestock 410 Sprint Car competition on Saturday night.
The win was Wagner’s fifth of the season at the Juniata County oval and was worth $5,000 as part of the track’s Open Wheel Madness presented by Bobby Rahal Toyota promotion.
Dylan Cisney, Blane Heimbach, Mike Wagner and Devon Borden rounded out the top five.
Ryan Taylor and Mike Walter II lined up on the front row for the A-main. It was Taylor leading the field of 24 sprint cars to the line after the first lap over fourth-place starter Jeff Halligan.
Taylor paced the field early, but gave way to a surging Halligan out of turn four with 19 laps remaining. Taylor stayed within striking distance of Halligan the following lap, but both their runs at victory would come to an end before another lap could be completed.
Lapped driver Austin Burke got turned around in-between turn’s one and two, giving both drivers nowhere to go. Halligan nearly slipped by on the outside, but sustained front end damage, and Taylor slid sideways into Burke as well. Both cars would not return to the field.
Their misfortune proved to be Walter’s good luck as he was gifted the lead as a result. It was him leading the field back to the green-flag action over Heimbach and Wagner. However, his lead was short lived as it only took three turns for Heimbach to overtake Walter for the top spot.
Walter chased Heimbach over the next six circuits before making a move for the top spot with 11 laps to go. As the leaders were contesting lapped traffic, Walter got into the back end of a lapped car on the backstetch and the contact created front-end damage.
He attempted to regain his composure, but the damage caused him to pop a wheelie on the frontstretch and he pulled into the infield while running second. With Walter off track, sixth-place starting Logan Wagner acquired the runner-up position and he set his sights on Heimbach.
Eighth-place starter Dylan CIsney was also on the move and he moved into the final podium position with nine laps to go. It only took four more laps for Wagner to overtake Heimbach for the top spot, while Cisney followed suit three laps later.
Wagner took the checkered by a margin of .692 seconds.
Feature: 1. Logan Wagner, 2. Dylan Cisney, 3. Blane Heimbach, 4. Mike Wagner, 5. Devon Borden, 6. AJ Flick, 7. Trenton Sheaffer, 8. Dan Shetler, 9. Tyler Bear, 10. Nick Sweigart, 11. Ryan Linder, 12. Kassidy Kreitz, 13. Bill Jones Jr., 14. Devin Brenneman, 15. Bryn Gohn, 16. Derek Locke, 17. Tyler Templin, 18. Mike Walter II, 19. Tyler Walton, 20. Jeff Halligan, 21. Ryan Taylor, 22. Austin Burke, 23. Gerard McIntyre, 24. Kody Lehman