Feathers claim Fall Clash at Clinton County Speedway

PHOTO PROVIDED Trever Feathers poses for a photo after posting a win at Clinton County Speedway.
MILL HALL – On Saturday, Trever Feathers of Winchester, Va., earned the $5,000 paycheck during the Fall Clash for the Super Late Models amidst the season finale at Clinton County Speedway. Owen Dimm of Mifflintown won the Sprint Cars division. And AJ Hoffner of East Berlin won the 4-Cylinder feature event.
Dylan Yoder of Middleburg and Trever Feathers brought the full field of Super Late Models to the green flag for the start of the 40-lap Fall Clash. Yoder led the first lap, but Feathers took the top spot by the completion of Lap 2.
The event’s first caution occurred on Lap 8 for Tristin Neiderer. The field raced back to green with Feathers leading Yoder and Mason Ziegler of Chalk Hill by the completion of Lap 10.A multi-car incident in Turns 1 and 2 slowed the field once again on Lap 21.
Feathers was quick on the gas with Yoder and Ziegler in tow. Two laps later, mechanical issues slowed the second-place car of Yoder, forcing him to take his car to the pit area. The Lap 24 restart included Feathers leading Ziegler, Dylan Cecce of Avis, Bryan Bernheisel of Jonestown and Ross Robinson of Georgetown, Del.
The leaders worked their way through lapped traffic, with Feathers leading Ziegler and Cecee. A Lap 30 caution slowed the field one final time and gave Feathers an open track while Ziegler, Cecee, Bernheisel and Robinson rounded out the top five.
Feathers led the final ten laps to claim the win over Ziegler, Cecee, Bernheisel and Robinson. Sixth through tenth were Spoke Moore, Trevor Collins, JR Toner, Chad Homan and Demetrios Drellos.
John Walp and Owen Dimm led the field of Sprint cars division for the start of their 30-lap main event. Dimm took the lead at the drop of the green flag. A Lap 2 incident occurred when Austin Greenland and Jim Kennedy tangled in turns one and two.
By Lap 5, Dimm was leading Walp, Christian Rumsey, Jacob Gomola and Jeff Weaver Jr. And four laps later, Rumsey passed Walp for the second slot.
On Lap 13, the red flag waved when the eighth-place car of Steve Kenawell caught on fire at Turn 4. Kenawell was transported to the Lock Haven Hospital, then transferred to the Lehigh Valley Burn Center for treatment.
Dimm brought the field back to action. Weaver took the second position from Rumsey on Lap 15. With five laps remaining, Dimm continued to pace the field, with Weaver, Rumsey, Gomola of Walp making up the rest of the top five.
On Lap 26, Timmy Bittner, who started in 22nd, raced his way into the top five. Dimm held on to lead through the closing laps to claim his first win of the season at the 1/3-mile oval. Weaver, Rumsey, Bittner and Kolby Weaver completed the top five. And sixth through tenth were Walp, Gomola, Jared Zionkowski, Jim Pattock and Cole Dewease.
Bruce Betres and Steven Jacobs started on the front row for the 20-lap 4-Cylinder feature event. By the completion of Lap 1, third-place starter Ken Smith was in the lead.
Jesse Manety, who started fourth, took the lead on Lap 4. Another lead change occurred on Lap 6, when Hunter Flook passed Manety.Then, two laps later, a caution flag slowed the field.
As Flook brought the field back to the green flag, sixth-place starter AJ Hoffman challenged Flook for the lead position. Hoffner crossed the line first, with Matney getting back into second and Flook falling back to third. And on Lap 15, Brett Hanley raced his way into the third position.
When the checkered flag waved, Hoffner was the winner over Hanley, Allen Robison, Justin Williamson and Steven Jacobs. Sixth through tenth were Jimmy Moyer, Ryan Lippert, Tyler Watson, Sam Creveling and Cole Smith.