SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Briggs Danner settled a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle with Alex Bright by parking his No. 5G wingless 360 sprint car in victory lane for the sixth time this season in USAC East Coast competition.
The victory in the 25-lap main event was the second of Danner’s career at Selinsgrove.
In the USAC 360 sprint car feature, polesitter Tommy Kunsman powered into the lead, only to drift into the third turn guardrail and launch into a series of flips. Kunsman escaped injury.
Original third-place starter Ed Aikin restarted the race on the pole and led the first two laps before being passed by fifth-place starter Alex Bright. Aikin kept Bright in his sights for three laps until sixth-place starter Briggs Danner streaked into the runner-up position.
A caution flag on lap ten for David Swanson reset the field with Bright leading over Danner and fourth-place starter Joey Amantea.Â
With ten laps to go, the race for the lead heated up as Bright and Danner pulled slide jobs for two laps before Danner secured the lead on lap 19 with a pass at the start/finish line.
Danner went on to take the checkered flag over Bright, Amantea, Carmen Perigo, and Smith.
Andrew Yoder won the season opener for limited late models in the division’s 20-lap main event. The win was Yoder’s third overall this season.
Garrett Bard held off late-race challenges from Austin Reed to score the win in the 20-lap PASS 305 sprint car race.
Two-time defending champion Jake Jones won the 12-lap roadrunner race and became the fourth different winner in as many races at the track this season.
The Finish:Â
Feature (25 Laps):Â 1) 5G Briggs Danner 2) 20 Alex Bright 3) 88J Joey Amantea 4) 21 Carmen Perigo 5) 75 Mark Smith 6) 7 Ed Aikin 7) 83 Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 8) 23B Preston Lattomus 9) 67 Jason Cherry 10) 12W Troy Fraker 11) 2J Aaron Jacobus 12) 117 David Swanson 13) 42 John Fraker 14) R17 Jason Wagner 15) 19 Steven Drevicki 16) 21K Tommy Kunsman Jr. 17) 90 Colin White 18) 17J Jonathan Swanson 19) 7J Andrew Jacobus 20) 96 Lee Kauffman