SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Blane Heimbach wired the field for his second 410 sprint car victory in a row at Selinsgrove Speedway in Saturday night’s 25-lap 42nd Annual Jack Gunn Memorial.
Heimbach, who won the Gunn Memorial four times as a 358 sprint car event, collected $5,000 for his first 410 sprint car win in the tribute race to the late Hall-of-Fame promoter. He also strengthened his lead in the Lelands.com 410 sprint car point standings in the chase for the $5,000 series championship.
Andrew Yoder returned to victory lane for the fourth time this season at Selinsgrove in the 20-lap limited late model race. The win marked the seventh overall this season for Yoder.
Logan Spahr drove to his first career win in the 20-lap PASS 305 sprint car main event after a thrilling battle.
Blane Heimbach drew the pole for the start of the sprint car feature and powered into the lead with second-place starter Mark Smith chasing him. Sixth-place starter Devon Borden quickly advanced to third and kept the leaders in in his sights.
The event’s first caution flag unfurled on lap three when Derek Hauck’s fuel cell broke loose. On the ensuing restart, Heimbach continued to lead Smith, Borden and fourth-place starter Steve Buckwalter.
Landon Myers brought out the caution flag on lap five when his car made contact with the inside guardrails in turns three and four. On the lap six restart, Smith put in a bid for the lead in turn three only to have Heimbach hold off the challenge.
At the halfway point, Heimbach, Smith and Borden broke away from the rest of the pack. In the second half of the race, the battle to watch was between Smith and Borden for the runner-up position.
In the final laps, Heimbach stretched his lead and posted a two-second margin of victory over Smith, Borden, fifth-place starter Lucas Wolfe and Buckwalter.
In the limited late model feature, outside front row Devin Hart pulled into the early lead with polesitter JR Toner in tow. By lap six, Hart developed a straightaway lead over Toner and seventh-place starter Yoder.
In the next few laps, Yoder got by Toner for second and set his sites on Hart in lapped traffic. On the 12th circuit, Hart and Yoder were side by side racing off turn four for the lead. Entering turn one, Yoder made a dive to the inside of the track to secure the lead.
Once in front, Yoder stretched his lead to a straightaway and posted the win over Hart, Daulton Bigler, JR Toner and Shaun Lawton.
At the start of the 305 sprint car race, polesitter Tyler Snook bolted into the lead. Snook and second-place starter Spahr dueled for the front spot for the first two laps until Spahr secured the lead.
The red flag stopped the race on lap three for a three-car melee on the frontstretch. When the race resumed, Spahr continued to set the pace with eighth-place starter Doug Dodson advancing to second and 10th-place starter Garrett Bard powering into the third position.
With five laps to go, the leaders began to encounter slower traffic and a close battle unfolded for the top positions. At the checkered flag, Spahr was victorious by about 10 car-lengths over Dodson, Bard, Snook and Zach Rhodes.
410 Sprint Car Feature (25 Laps)
1) 12 Blane Heimbach 2) M1 Mark Smith 3) 23 Devon Borden 4) 5W Lucas Wolfe 5) 17B Steve Buckwalter 6) 35 Jason Shultz 7) 5G Briggs Danner 8) 33W Michael Walter 9) 55 Dallas Schott 10) 5K Jake Karklin 11) 9 Ryan Linder 12) D57 Jeff Miller 13) 2C Cory Thorton 14) 69K Kassidy Kreitz 15) 19M Landon Myers 16) 33 Derek Hauck