MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Steve Buckwalter wired the field to pick up the victory in the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint car feature at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night.
The win was the 14th of his oval career, worth $5,000.
Likewise, Adam Carberry wired in the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprint car main, taking a MacMor Construction Summer Series event. It was Carberry’s first career Williams Grove checkers.
Buckwalter started on the pole of the 25-lap 410 sprint main alongside Austin Bishop.
Bishop made the opening lap interesting when Buckwalter beat him into the first corner by rallying to the eventual winner’s outside.
But Buckwalter bit fast on the inside lane as the pair raced onto the backstretch to take control.
Fourth starter Troy Wagaman Jr. got by Bishop on the second lap but was already well back of the fleet-running leader, who entered the rear of the field on just the sixth lap.
By lap 13 Buckwalter had amassed a 3.159-second lead and he wasn’t looking back.
Despite bobbling on and at times jumping the cushion and sacrificing significant ground, no other driver was ever close enough to make good on the opportunities.
Freddie Rahmer, who started the race in fifth, drove up to third with 10 laps to go but would fail to advance any further.
Buckwalter took the win by 3.230 seconds ahead of Wagaman.
Bishop was fourth and Lucas Wolfe finished fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. Steve Buckwalter, 2. Troy Wagaman Jr., 3. Freddie Rahmer, 4. Austin Bishop, 5. Lucas Wolfe. 6. Ryan Smith, 7. Tyler Ross, 8. T.J. Stutts, 9. Kody Hartlaub, 10. Cameron Smith, 11. Kyle Moody, 12. Ryan Taylor, 13. Chase Dietz, 14. Billy Dietrich, 15. Mike Thompson, 16. Jeff Halligan, 17. Mike Walter II., 18. Troy Fraker, 19. Hunter Mackison, 20. Kyle Keen, 21. Aaron Ott, 22. Matt Miller, 23. Tony Jackson, 24. Todd Zinn
