SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Despite heartbreak while running for a podium in the USAC National Sprint Car Series feature at Selinsgrove Speedway Thursday night, Briggs Danner made up for his mistake by dominating the USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series feature at the half-mile dirt oval.
Danner took command on lap three of 20 and led the rest of the way, reigning by 1.724 seconds over Alex Bright in the end.
At the start of the wingless 360 sprint car main event, Brody Adamsky flipped hard in turn three but was not injured. On the second attempt to start the race, polesitter Joey Amantea powered into the lead and was chased by second-place starter Christian Bruno.
The red flag stopped the race again on lap two when Steve Drevicki tagged the turn four wall and flipped. Drevicki escaped injury. For the next couple of laps Amantea and fourth-place starter Danner, racing in both divisions, see-sawed for the lead.
On lap three, Danner secured the lead with an inside pass in turn two. By lap seven, fifth-place starter Bright raced into second and set his sights on Danner. With seven laps remaining, Bright was quickly gaining on Danner, but with four to go scraped the turn two wall and lost ground on the leader.
Bright made a last-ditch effort to catch Danner for the lead and win but fell short as Danner was victorious over Bright, Bruno, Amantea, and Ed Aikin.
The finish:
1. 5G-Briggs Danner, 2. 20-Alex Bright, 3. 17M-Christian Bruno, 4. 88J-Joey Amantea, 5. 7-Ed Aiken, 6. 3BC-Nash Ely, 7. 17J-Jonathan Swanson, 8. 117-David Swanson, 9. 33W-Michael Walter, 10. 57-Damon Paul, 11. 21K-Tommy Kunsman, 12. 11-Mike Thompson, 13. 07-Colby Womer, 14. 67-Jason Cherry, 15. 12W-Troy Fraker, 16. 19-Steven Drevicki, 17. 3H-Heidi Hedin, 18. 19A-Brody Adamsky.