YORK HAVEN, PA (June 7, 2026):  Cameron Smith, of nearby Spring Grove, captured his first career win at BAPS Motor Speedway in the Keystone $5 Nationals. It was his first win of the season and his first since taking the reins of Jacob Allen’s 1a.

“I’m just spoiled,” Smith said with a sigh of relief. “I can say that I got a win in the iconic 1a.”

Smith, who has less than a handful of starts in the Allen car, added that “morale is high, everybody is super happy.”

Smith noted that this seems to be the perfect situation for him because “this is an Outlaw quality car, they’re just running in Pennsylvania right now.” Plus, he was able to bring several of his familiar crew members into the new venture, and they are just starting to learn the routine that Jacob Allen follows as far as maintenance is concerned.

Although Smith’s one second advantage was eliminated by the only stoppage of the race, he did benefit from it. He explained that his uncle, Tim Glatfelter, came out to his car under the red and “said, ‘Dude, Danny’s coming.’” So, he got his wing back and he concentrated on hitting his marks. He added that he had found a strip of moisture in turns three and four, and that enabled him to get a good launch when the race resumed.

Danny Dietrich, who finshed second, was surprised by how much better Smith was after the red, which came on lap twenty-two. Dietrich had been cutting into Smith’s lead before the red was displayed, so much so that he was unsure that Smith was leading at the time. “To be honest with you, as fast as we were catching the 1a, I didn’t realize he was leading. I thought it was no problem, I’d pull a slider and I’d be OK. But, he got a great start on the restart, and I wasn’t close enough to try anything.”

Like Danny Dietrich, Lance Dewease was gaining ground on the leader before the red came out. But, he too fell back after the restart and never contended for the win. “We weren’t very good.” He added that he was satisfied to get a third on the night.

The feature line-up was determined by a “revenge draw.” Under this approach, eligible drivers drew for positions one through eight. However, the pill drawn could not be kept for the racer’s own use. Instead, the pill was given to a different racer. The eligible drivers were the four heat winners and the fastest qualifier from each heat.

Brandon Rahmer received the pole position, with Dewease by his side. Tyler Ross wound up with the third position. He was flanked by Cameron Smith. Ryan “Fig” Newton and Brock Zearfoss shared row three. The final preferred starting spots went to Chase Dietz and Danny Dietrich. Freddie Rahmer, Jr. and his brother-in-law, Kyle Moody were assigned to row five based upon their heat race performances. Likewise, J.J. Loss and Chad Trout were slotted to row six on that basis.

Brandon Rahmer set the early pace with Dewease, Ross, Zearfoss, Newton, Danny Dietrich, Dietz, Rahmer Jr., and Trout following. Cameron Smith took over second on lap five. Soon thereafter, he was battling with Brandon Rahmer for the lead. Theduo swapped positions a couple of times before Cameron Smith took the lead for good on lap eleven.

Cameron Smith was able to stretch his lead to just over three seconds. However, after lap fifteen, he was hung up behind some lapped cars, and Brandon Rahmer was able to cut the margin back into the two second range.

Meanwhile Danny Dietrich started to move forward ten laps into the contest. He was sixth on lap eleven, fifth on lap thirteen, and fourth on lap later. On lap sixteen, he passed Dewease for third. On lap nineteen, Dietrich claimed second. He started to close in on Cameron Smith, cutting the margin to about one second when the red came out for the flip by Ayden Hare in between turns one and two.

However, Cameron Smith had the advantage over Danny Dietrich when the race resumed. He built his lead to almost 2.8 seconds in the final eight laps.

Danny Dietrich, Dewease, Dietz, and Brandon Rahmer rounded out the top five. Positions six through ten went to Ross, Buddy Schweibinz, Logan Rumsey, Rahmer Jr., and Zearfoss.

Four heats were held for the thirty-four car field. Cameron Smith, Brandon Rahmer, Danny Dietrich, and Dewease were the winners. Billy Dietrich romped to the B Main victory. Dietz was the fastest qualifier of the night, turning in a time of 14.752 seconds to top Group A. Ross, Newton, and Zearfoss topped their respective groups.

The twenty lapper for the Extreme Stocks went to Alex Updegraff for the second time of season. It was his twenty-seventh career win at the track.

Updegraff took the lead on lap three. For a handful of laps after that, he battled side-by-side with Tyler Miller. Updegraff regained the lead on lap nine. However, Miller mounted a late race charge to keep it interesting.

Michael Goodwin followed Updegraff and Miller across the line. Doug Hoffman and Tyler Chase were fourth and fifth. Dustin Pietrak was sixth. Presley Almony came back from a spin to finish seventh. Bob Stoughm Jihnny Palm, and Matt Ney completed the top ten.

Heat wins went to Miller and Uodegraff. No B Main was required for the sixteen car field.

BAPS Motor Speedway will be dark until June 20, when the Super Sportsmen will be joined by the Limitted Late Models and Extreme Stocks. The next Sprint Car event will be Sunday, June 28, when the track host the Pennsylvania Speedweek. Super Sportsmen will be on that card as well.

MECHANICSBURG, PA (June 5, 2026):  Troy Wagaman, Jr. cashed in on the opportunities given to him to win the Lynn Paxton Classic at Williams Grove Speedway. The second win of the season for the defending track champion and current points leader was his first ever with the All Stars Circuit of Champions, which celebrated fifty-five years of competition at the famed oval. Wagaman received $8,000 for his efforts, matching his payday from the Tommy Classic held earlier in the season.

Wagaman benefitted from two miscues by Danny Dietrich, who had led from the start of the non-stop thirty lapper. The first came on lap fifteen, when Dietrich narrowly avoided disaster coming off turn two. The other came ten laps later when Dietrich slid out of the groove between turns three and four.

“I don’t know if I would have gotten him,” Wagaman said modestly.

He was trailing Dietrich by nearly 1.6 seconds in the middle of the race, but Wagaman squeezed between Dietrich, a lapped car, and the backstretch guard rail to take the lead. Preston Lattomus nearly spun at the exit to turn two, Dietrich came up on him quickly, made slight contact, and almost spun as well, but there was just enough room for Wagaman to scoot by. “I thought he missed it, got too close to the lapped car,” Wagaman explained.

Wagaman then built up a slight lead of his own, which evaporated in traffic. Dietrich drove under both Wagaman and the lapped car between turns three and four on lap twenty-four, but Wagaman came storming back on the next lap to regain the lead. Dietrich slid off the bottom in the same area, and Wagaman pounced. “Danny showed me the bottom. I was struggling on the top and I got down to the bottom after that.”

Wagaman, from Hanover, dedicated the win to his ailing grandmother, adding that he will get to see her on Sunday afternoon.

The starting line-up had a last minute shuffle when Lance Dewease got a flat while the cars were getting into formation. Dewease pitted for a fresh tire, but forfeited his second starting position. He rejoined the field for the start, and put in on an impressive drive to fourteenth from the rear of the twenty-six car field.

Dietrich thus moved to the front row, joining the Dash winner, Cale Thomas. Wagaman and Brady Bacon made up the second row, followed by Doug Hammaker and Kasey Kahne. Brock Zearfoss and T.J. Stutts came next. Chase Dietz and Parker Price Miller were in row five, and Austin Bishop was paired with Ryan “Fig” Newton in row six.

Dietrich wasted no time blasting into the early lead up on the cushion in turns one and two. Wagaman used a more conservative line to reach second. Thomas fell into line in third, ahead of Hammaker, Bacon, Stutts, and Kahne.

Dietrich seemed to have the race under control through the first half of the event. However, things changed suddenly on lap fifteen. He avoided a crash, but lost the lead. Dietrich wasn’t done quite yet, though.

Wagaman was still running the top in turns three and four despite having trouble getting past a lapped car. That allowed Dietrich to flash by on the inside to take the lead away. However, Wagaman came back to lead lap twenty-five when Dietrich slid up the track in almost the same place on the track.

Wagaman changed lines for the remainder of the race, and he paced himself off of the lapped cars, figuring that Dietrich would have to drive around them all if he were to make another bid for the win. However, Wagaman took the checkers 1.120 seconds ahead of Dietrich, who was driving his back-up car after crashing at Selinsgrove Speedway the night before.

Bacon, Stutts, and Dietz completed the top five. Zearfoss, Hammaker, Kahne, Price Miller, and Newton were the next five finishers.

J.J. Loss was the hard charger, advancing seven spots to finish thirteenth.

Kalib Henry, the current All Stars points leader and defending series champion, was the highest finisher from the tour, at seventeenth.

Hammaker, Dewease, Dietrich, and Kahne were the heat winners. Freddie Rahmer, Jr. won the B Main. Stutts was the fastest qualifier, lapping in 17.112 seconds in Group A. Dietrich was the best in Group B. His lap was 17.290 seconds. Thirty-eight cars checked in, including ten All Stars points chasers.

Ageless Steve Wilbur added another Wingless Sportsman victory to his resume. He led Tony Jackson for all twenty laps. “Tony’s hard to beat wherever we go, and to hold him off all of those laps was something,” Wilbur said. “It just feels so good to beat Jackson. I didn’t come all the way from Mechanicsburg to get my a$$ kicked,” he added with a laugh.

Wilbur claimed to use an old right rear tire dating back to his days at Silver Spring Speedway, which closed in 2005.

Cliff Brian, Jr. was third, one spot ahead of the hard charger, Brett Perigo. Brandon Shearer, Derek Shaffer, Brian Nace, Scott Smith, Curt Stroup, and John Edkin  were fifth through tenth in the non-stop affair.

Jackson and Wilbur split the heat race wins. There was no B Main necessary for the nineteen car field.

Next Friday, Williams Grove Speedway will present fan appreciation night. All in attendance will get to mingle with the 410 and 358 Sprint Car racers in the front pit area before the start of the action. There will be free potato chips and candy during the pit party. Fireworks will also be part of the fun.

FRANKLIN, PA (May 31, 2026):  A.J. Flick claimed his third championship in the Western Pennsylvania Speedweek. His first two titles came in 2023 and 2024.

“This whole week is so cool,” he said. He added, “I think consistency is important and I think that helped me.”

Flick started the week out very strongly, with wins at Michaels Mercer Raceway and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. He was fourth at Lernerville Speedway and fifth in the finale at Tr-City Raceway Park. His worst finish of the week was ninth at Sharon Speedway on Saturday night.

Flick was especially happy with his fifth place finish in the final round because he was not very comfortable in the car.

Other race winners during Speedweek were:  Dale Blaney, at Lernerville, Logan Wagner, at Sharon, and Brandon Spithaler, at Tri-City.

Flick’s total earnings for the week were $14,750, which included the $3,000 championship stipend.

One other driver earned more than $10,000. That was Spithaler, who grossed $10.175.

Flick was one of sixteen drivers to enter all five events comprising Western Pennsylvania Speedweek. A total of sixty-one racers competed in at least one round of Speedweek.

The top ten drivers in the point standings shared the point fund, as follows:

1.     A.J. Flick, 452 points, $3,000
2.     Mark Smith, 412 points, $2,500
3.     Brandon Spithaler, 406 points, $2,000
4.     Jeremy Weaver, 393 points, $1,500
5.     Carl Bowser, 371 points, $1,000
6.     Michael Bauer, 368 points, $900
7.     Adam Kekich, 344 points, $800
8.     Brandon Matus, 338 points, $700
9.     Ricky Peterson, 320 points, $600
10. Jacob Begenwald, 302 points, $500

Interestingly, one driver in the top ten in points missed a show along the way. Ricky Peterson was absent from Sharon because he had another commitment. He won the FAST on Dirt Sprint Car Series event at Skyline Speedway instead.