Lernerville Speedway
April 17, 2015
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King returns to Victory Lane in the Precise Late Models

SARVER, PENN (April 17) - For the second straight year, Russ King ruled the Precise Late Models on Opening Night holding off Jared Miley and Alex Free. However this year, the Bristolville, OH native had to overcome a track that was starting to change and a revamped Kenny Schaltenbrand who had jumped out to the early lead looking strong in doing so.

Schaltenbrand lead Jared Miley in the early laps with King staying close in third until the caution flag waved on lap seven for Tony Musolino. Miley took the lead and stuck to the low side of the track while King was making great time up top.  Schaltenbrand would then drop out of the running on lap 11, suffering a mechanical issue which brought out the caution.

On the ensuing restart, King put Miley behind him to take the lead, but Miley would stay close until a lap 21 caution brought the field together one last time. And out of nowhere the crowd saw 15th starting Alex Ferree, who'd picked his way through the cautions and the rest of the field, become a player for the feature win.

Ferree would take second from Jared Miley with one lap to go, but neither could run down King who was the class of the field yet again on opening night.  Mike Pegher Jr. salvaged a fourth place finish despite some bad luck earlier in the night.  Doug Eck, Dan Swartzlander, Chuck Sarver, Gary Lyle and Todd Bachman rounded out the top ten.


Late Models

A-Main
1 56 Russ King
2 10 Alex Ferree
3 H1 Jared Miley
4 1c Mike Pegher
5 03 Doug Eck
6 3 Dan Swartzlander
7 88 Chuck Sarver
8 10L Gary Lyle
9 66 Todd Bachman
10 72B Jim Kurpakus
11 CR9 Chris Rhodes
12 9 Clayton Kennedy
13 111 Brian Swartzlander  
14 72 Michael Norris
15 36 Tony Musolino
16 29 Kenny Schaltenbrand
dns J4 John Garvin

Heat #1
1 56 Russ King Laps
2 J4 John Garvin
3 3 Dan Swartzlander
4 111 Brian Swartzlander
5 03 Doug Eck
6 CR9 Chris Rhodes
7 72B Jim Kurpakus
8 72 Michael Norris
9 10 Alex Ferree

Heat #2
1 H1 Jared Miley
2 10L Gary Lyle
3 29 Kenny Schaltenbrand
4 66 Todd Bachman
5 9 Clayton Kennedy
6 88 Chuck Sarver  
dns 1c Mike Pegher  
dns 36 Tony Musolino


-- unofficial results