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At Port Royal on Saturday night, Doug Hammaker had been waiting for his first win at The Speed Palace and now followed it up with his second win.
Nash Ely and Devin Adams composed the front row of the 25-lap A-main event with Ely taking the early advantage after multiple attempts at the initial start.
Hammaker, who started in the sixth position, would dispatch of three cars on the opening lap to move into a top-3 position with Adams still holding the runner-up spot.
With 16 laps remaining, the battle for the lead would begin between Ely and Hammaker with Ely getting out of the grove in Turn 2 and losing a lot of ground between Hammaker and himself.
Ely would hang on to the lead but Hammaker would stay close behind him and attempt a sliding pass in Turns 3 and 4.
Hammaker took the lead for good and held on over the final four laps. Ely would finish in the runner-up spot, a career-best finish at The Speed Palace for Ely and Logan Wagner would round out the podium. Austin Bishop would win both the hard charger award as well as the Warrior Award earning him an extra $1,500 on the night.
In 305 sprint car competition, Josh Spicer would put on a dominating performance across the night earning his second career Port Royal Speedway victory.
The limited late models would be all Ryan Zook. Port Royal Speedway will be back in action on Saturday with 410 sprint cars, 358 sprint cars, and PA Sprint Series 305 sprint cars.
A little further south at Lincoln Speedway Brandon Rahmer used a strong second-half charge to capture Saturday night's 30-lap feature event at Lincoln Speedway, overcoming early leader Jordan Strickler before holding off his brother, Freddie Rahmer, in the closing laps.
Rahmer appeared to have the race in hand as he built a 1.7-second advantage with seven laps remaining before lapped traffic tightened the front of the field. Contact between Rahmer and a slower car on the frontstretch allowed Strickler to close to within a quarter-second with five laps to go, bringing both Freddie Rahmer and Strickler back into contention.
Freddie Rahmer made his decisive move with three laps remaining, slipping past Strickler for second at the stripe and setting his sights on his brother. The brothers raced through the final circuits with Brandon hugging the bottom groove and Freddie searching for speed around the top.
Despite the late challenge, Brandon Rahmer remained composed and crossed the finish line just 0.166 seconds ahead of Freddie Rahmer to score the victory.
Matt Campbell completed the podium after charging through the field. Jordan Strickler and Jude Siegel rounded out the top five.
In the 358 series, PJ Reutimann made the most of just his third career appearance at Lincoln Speedway, driving to an impressive victory in Saturday night’s feature after fending off multiple late-race challenges in traffic.
Lincoln Speedway is back in action on Wednesday, July 22, with the Bob Leiby Memorial featuring the 410 sprints and 358 sprints.
Williams Grove was on summer break so the local 410 drivers made the trip to Clinton County and Danny Dietrich made his first trip count and left with $6,000 . He started on the front row alongside Justin Whittle for the 35-lap PA Posse Sprint Car feature event. ietrich took the lead at the drop of the green flag and would go on to win.