Dirt Racing
Zearfoss Zaps Price Miller with Last Lap Pass at Port Royal
PORT ROYAL, PA (September 1, 2025): Brock Zearfoss, of Jonestown, surprised Indiana invader Parker Price Miller with a last lap pass in turn two to win the Seventy-fourth Annual Labor Day Classic at the Port Royal Speedway. The race was also a tribute to the late, great Lynn Paxton, the only racer to win five consecutive Classics in his illustrious career. Zearfoss, a former track champion, had never won the LDC before, and this triumph was also his first tally of the season aboard Rich Eichelberger’s machine. Indeed, it was his first victory since taking over the ride during the off-season.
Zearfoss, who also splits time with his own team, noted that it has been difficult maintaining two separate operations. Although the same crew attends to all of the cars, the chassis and motor packages are different. Adding to the complexity, Zearfoss recently debuted a new car for Eichelberger–a white car–and it has taken some time for all to get adjusted to it.
“It’s about time (to win),” Zearfoss said. “This car’s been good.” However, he noted, “lots of stupid stuff (happened) and (we’ve had) bad pill draws.”
Well, Zearfoss put some of that bad juju behind him on this day.
Zearfoss made up a lot of ground running the inside line on the slick, daytime surface. “I knew that the rubber was going to come in. It just was a question of when. I saw Chase (Dietz, who was running second at the time) getting his car better and my dad gave me a signal that it was time to go. Fortunately, Parker (Price Miller, the leader) did not go down and I was able to get there first.”
Zearfoss explained that the win, worth $7,400, plus a $500 last lap pass bonus, would give his team some much needed confidence heading into Port Royal’s biggest event of the season, the Tuscarora 50, which will start Thursday evening. “We’ve been working real hard, the car’s been getting better, and I feel good heading into (the next race).”
Price Miller, who spent the last two races at Port Royal in preparation for the Tusky 50, commented, “winning would have been better. Sometimes it sucks being the leader. I never saw anybody down there. I missed the bottom in (turn) four. If I hit it, I probably would have won, but I stuck with my bread and butter, and it let me down.”
Dietz held on for third. “Starting on the pole, it would have been better to finish up a place or two. I thought I had a tire going down. I was surprised that the top stayed as good as long as it did for Parker.”
The Speedweek format was used for the Classic. Dietz was the luckiest of the eligible drivers, consisting of the three heat winners and the fastest qualifiers from each heat. Price Miller may have gotten the pick of the litter, though, as he pulled the outside front row starting position. Danny Dietrich and Zearfoss drew into row two, with Brady Bacon and Mike Wagner getting the other two preferred starting spots. In row four, Logan Wagner and Ryan Smith lined up, followed by Saturday night’s winner and the Mayor of Port Royal Borough, Dylan Cisney, and Dominic Melair. Behind them were Austin Bishop and Mike Walter, Jr.
Dietz led lap one, but his time out front was limited. Price Miller slid him in turn three on lap four to take the lead away. Dietrich raced along in third, as he did from the start. Zearfoss, Mike Wagner, and Logan Wagner batted for fourth and fifth in the early going.
A caution for Bishop in turn three slowed the pace on lap four, but it did not change the complexion of the race.
The same cannot be said for the second caution, on lap ten. Dietrich did a 360, and this time track officials made the penalty stick. Per track rules, Dietrich was sent to the rear despite keeping his car moving. He vacated the third position due to that miscue.
Price Miller maintained his advantage over Dietz, Zearfoss, Mike and Logan Wagner, and Cisney on that restart as well as on the one that took place on lap nineteen for debris on the speedway.
A caution on lap twenty-one for Mike Walter, Sr. allowed Zearfoss to slip ahead of Dietz on the ensuing restart. A final caution one lap later bunched the field up again for a three-lap dash to the checkers.
Price Miller still held the point for the last restart, with Zearfoss sitting in second, followed by Dietz, Mike Wagner, Cisney, and Logan Wagner. Price Miller stayed topside, and in the lead until the final lap.
On the last tour of the big half mile, Zearfoss ducked inside of Price Miller entering turn one. He was next to him moving through turn two and he had good bite coming off the inside of turn two to grab the lead.
The partisan crowd gave Zearfoss a standing ovation as he took the checkers almost eight tenths of a second ahead of Price Miller. Dietz, Mike Wagner, and Logan Wagner completed the top five. Cisney, Melair, point leader Justin Whittall, Mike Walter, Jr., and Smith were the next five finishers.
Whittall was named the hard charger, good for a $500 bonus.
Mike Wagner, Dietz, and Dietrich each earned $630 for their heat wins. The B Main belonged to Nash Ely. Bacon was the overall fastest qualifier with a time of 15.999 seconds.
A.J. Hoffner, of East Berlin, captured the twenty lapper for the Four Cylinders. Chris Anderson, Matt Duvall, Javid Fairall, and Eric Boozel rounded out the top five. Robbie Carroll, Kent Leonard, Jimmy Moyer, Justin Williamson, and Greg Kiehl finished sixth through tenth. Ricky Weaver, Hoffner, Hunter Flook, and Moyer won the preliminaries. There was no B Main, as all cars capable of taking the green were allowed to start the feature.
Port Royal Speedway will host the High Limit Racing Series for the Tuscarora 50. Preliminary features will be held Thursday and Friday nights. The big show will be on Saturday. Meanwhile, the 171st Annual Juniata County Fair will continue through the week and will conclude on Saturday.
MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 3, 2025) – Chase Dietz, of York, PA, led a Posse sweep of four of the top five positions on night number one of the National Open Weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. Joining Dietz on the front stretch were second place finisher, Lance Dewease, and the third place runner, Danny Dietrich. Justin Whittall was fifth in the race. The only card carrying Outlaw was Carson Macedo, who led the first twenty-one laps before fading to fourth at the finish.
“I just want to soak it in,” Dietz said as he tried to catch his beath following the exhilarating victory, his first ever against the travelling band. Although Dietz noted that he had speed all year at the Grove, his team assembled a new car this week and, in doing so, they made a lot of changes. “The car was very maneuverable.”
Although Dietz ran most of the race in the top groove, he admitted, “I knew that the bottom was going to come in. I knew that I had to get down there before Lance (Dewease) did. I saw his nose.” As it turned out, Dietz barely got to the bottom ahead of Dewease, forcing the cagy veteran to move to the middle in the closing laps.
“We’re just extremely grateful to be here, this sport can be very humbling,” Dietz added. Even last year, when he was running his own cars, Dietz explained that they fought hard to be competitive with the Outlaws. Although they were winless, they showed good speed and had a podium finish against the Outlaws in the 2024 National Open. “I looked back at the nights when we didn’t win, and I tried to figure out what we needed to do to bet better.”
Dewease, who followed Dietz into second on lap twenty-two and wh briefly challenged him for the lead, commented, “the last three or four laps I wasn’t very good. The lapped cars made it interesting.”
Dietrich, who completed the podium for the Posse, felt that he may have had the fastest car in the final laps but, he added, “things didn’t go my way.” He explained that, when he did pass Dewease, he did not get enough of a gap on him, and that let him (Dewease) get back in.”
Macedo drew the pole for the Dash and his win in that event placed him on the pole for the twenty-five lap preliminary, which paid $12,000 to the winner. Dietrich lined up on his right, Dewease and Dietz made up row two, followed by David Gravel and Buddy Kofoid. Diason Pursley and Justin Whittall stacked our row four. Then came Daryn Pittman and Bill Balog. Row six paired Kody Hartlaub with Justin Peck.
The back of the field was almost as impressive as the first six rows. Back there were racers such as Kerry Madsen (fourteenth), Giovanni Scelzi (sixteenth), Brock Zearfoss (seventeenth), Brent Marks (eighteenth), Ryan Timms (nineteenth), Freddie Rahmer, Jr. (twentieth), Sheldon Haudenschild (twenty-first), Logan Schuchart (twenty-first), and Troy Wagaman (twenty-sixth).
Macedo held off Dietrich in turn one to assume control of the race. Dietz ran in third on the opening lap, but he drove under Dietrich in turn four to take over second one lap later. Dewease ran along in fourth, followed by Kofoid, Gravel, Whittall, Pittman, Pursley, and Balog in the early going.
The running order was pretty static through the first five or six laps. The top ten had a major shake-up on lap seven, though. Something broke on Pittman’s car in turn three, and he spun wildly toward the outside wall. In the process, he collected Pursley, Balog, and Hartlaub. Pittman and Pursely retired from the race due to the damage incurred, but Balog and Hartlaub were able to rejoin the field for the restart after pitting for repairs.
That fracas was the only caution of the race.
Macedo and Dietz resumed the battle for the lead on the restart. However, one lap later, Dewease moved into third, ahead of Dietrich, Kofoid, and Gravel. Whittall, Peck, Scelzi, and Rahmer made up the balance of the top ten. At that juncture, Wagaman was about six positions behind Rahmer in their race within the race for the point championship.
Through the middle stage of the race, Dietz began to close in on Macedo. Dewease continued in third, several car lengths behind the leaders. Dietrich was about the same distance back in fourth.
Dietz caught up to Macedo with about five or six laps remaining in the contest. He managed to pass Macedo on the inside of turn three on lap twenty-one, but Macedo countered in turn four to regain the lead.
Macedo dove to the inside heading into turn one, but he scrubbed off spme speed. Dietz was able to get some momentum coming through turn two and that propelled hin down the backstretch. He slid Macedo for the lead coming through turns three and four, and Dewease followed in his tire tracks to take over second coming off turn four.
Dietz missed the bottom entering turn one, and Dewease poked his nose under him going through the turn, Dietz recovered, and he got a good run off turn two to preserve his lead. Dietz then committed to the low line for the final laps, requiring Dewease to move more toward the middle of the track.
Dietrich dispatched Macedo and he got a run on Dewease near the end of the race. However, Dewease was able to reclaim second soon thereafter.
At the finish, it was Dietz by a tad under eight tenths of a second over Dewease. Dietrich was third, followed by Macedo and Whittall. Kofoid, Gravel, Scelzi,Peck, and Marks completed the top ten.
Rahmer was eleventh, and Wagaman sixteenth. Although Wagaman was the hard charger at plus ten, he lost valuable points to Rahmer. The two racers will be separated by 125 points, unofficially, heading into Saturday’s season finale.
Heat wins were scored by Gravel, Kofoid, Dewease, and Pursley. Ryan Newton won the non-qualifiers race. Kyle Spence recovered from a tipover in his heat race to capture the C Main. The B Main went to Haudenschild. Gravel was the evening’s fastest qualifier, with a lap of 16.409 seconds topping Group A. Dewease timed the best in Group B, with a lap of 16.760 seconds. Fifty-six cars participated in the event.
HARTFORD, OH (September 27, 2025) – Dale Blaney had the hometown crowd on their feet and screaming after winning the World of Outlaws feature Saturday Night at Sharon Speedway, the track owned for years by the Blaney family.
Blaney started fifth and passed Cole Macedo on lap 11 for the lead then held off a furious last lap charge by Buddy Kofoid to win by just 0.136 seconds for the $12,000 payday!
The victory was Blaney’s first World of Outlaws victory in 10-years, becoming the oldest winner in Series history at 61 years 7 months and 28 days. Blaney broke the previous record set by his older brother Dave when he won at 58 years of age in 2021 at Sharon.
“There’re so many good young race car drivers out here, but to win a race at 61 (years old) is awesome,” said Blaney. ““I had the feeling that I was never going to win an Outlaw race ever again. I don’t race much. This is our sixth race this year. I haven’t run in seven weeks. The car was awesome. We just got it back together this week. I don’t know what to say. It’s great and cool to win this at Sharon Speedway- it’s the only place I’ve run this year. This is a special freaking night. I know that.”
“I wanted traffic,” said Kofoid. “My car is usually amazing in traffic. He slipped up, and then I kind of got in his air and got me slipped up. And then I hit the wall coming to the checkered, and it shot me down the track. I tried to send it and was close. I’m just happy for Dale and Dave.”
Sheldon Haudenschild finished third follow by WoO points leader David Gravel in fourth. Logan Schuchart rounded out the Top 5.
The night however belonged to the Blaney family, who fittingly closed out the the first year of the new ownership group of Dave Blaney, Ryan Blaney, and Will Thomas III in Victory Lane.
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (September 27, 2025): A persistent, localized drizzle forced a stoppage of the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Lincoln Speedway. The event, which was originally dubbed the Fallen Firefighters Memorial, was expanded to give tribute to the three York County police officers recently slain while serving a subpoena.
Brett and Jordan Strickler, policemen in the area, honored the fallen officers on the wings of their 410 Sprint Cars.
The 410 Sprint Cars were ready to take to the track for their feature event when the rain set in for the second time of the night. A brief shower interrupted the heat races for the 358 Sprint Cars. However, after the rain stopped, the track crew and push truck operators quickly prepared the surface so that all qualifications could be completed.
The line-ups for both feature races are set, and the events will be completed on October 18, along with the full program for both divisions in the Final 50. So, fans will be treated to four features that evening.
The point races in both divisions will conclude on October 18.
Dallas Schott, Kyle Moody, and Billy Dietrich won the heat races for the 410 Sprinters. Ryan “Fig” Newton prevailed in the B Main. Troy Wagaman, Jr. was the fastest qualifier of the twenty-nine cars on hand. His time was an astonishing 12.855 seconds. He was one of four racers to turn sub-thirteen second laps.
In the 358 Sprint Car preliminaries, the checkers waved for Cameron Merriman, Logan Spahr, and Cody Fletcher. There were twenty-one 358 Sprints checked in for the contest.
On October 4, Lincoln Speedway will present AMA Flat Track Motorcycles and Quads. There will be no auto races in consideration of the National Open to be held at Williams Grove Speedway. The World of Outlaws will take on the Pennsylvania Posse on October 11. The Lincoln season will conclude with the blockbuster event, the Final 50 plus the held over features.
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