PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Pennsylvanian’s love protecting their palace and they did a good job on Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway.
“The Keystone State” natives wept the podium and PA Posse racers accounted for seven of the top-10 finishers as Kubota High Limit Racing returned to Port Royal Speedway for the expanded and elevated Bob Weikert Memorial.
Gettysburg native Danny Dietrich, the defending Bob Weikert Memorial champion, led the field to green aboard his special Weikert No. 29 scheme, but it was Fayetteville’s Lance Dewease who took the early lead.
Dewease paced the opening five laps of the 25-lapper aboard Barry Shearer’s No. 12 until the only caution of the race flew on Lap 5 and setup a restart with 20 to go. With Dewease choosing the outside, he opened the door for Myerstown’s Brent Marks to line up on his inside and attack him as the green flew.
Marks quickly pounced on Dewease and took the lead on Lap 6 and he never looked back. It never got too far out of hand as Marks constantly battled back markers in lap traffic and kept Dewease within striking distance, but a feud for the lead could not materialize.
The Murray-Marks Motorsports No. 19 crossed the line with a 1.255-second margin of victory to cash a $20,000 check. The win marked the 16th of Marks’ career at Port Royal Speedway and his fifth with Kubota High Limit Racing, his second in 2025.
“The car had so much stick and so much drive, it was a lot of fun to drive,” said Marks in victory lane recapping his $20,000 win. “I love racing with Lance. I looked up to him growing up, and it’s awesome to race him for another win.”
Dewease held on to finish a career-best second place with Kubota High Limit Racing. The 59-year-old will be one to watch Sunday as the intensity rises with $100,000 and his fourth Bob Weikert Memorial bullhead on the line.
“I knew from the first couple of laps that I wasn’t going to be as good late as I normally like to be,” said Dewease during his podium interview. “This is the first night that I’ve felt we’ve put the whole night together.”
Ryan Smith completed a sweep of the podium for Pennsylvania natives, also marking his career-best with Kubota High Limit Racing. That’s now back-to-back podiums for the Kreitz Racing No. 69k with the series, one coming with Christopher Bell at Grandview and now Smith at “The Speed Palace.”
Closing out the top-10 on Saturday was Justin Peck, Logan Wagner, Aaron Reutzel, Danny Dietrich, Anthony Macri, Tyler Courtney and Justin Whittall.
With Brad Sweet’s 19th-place finish, the Kubota High Limit Racing championship battle now showcases a whopping six teams within 100 points of the title lead.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[4]; 2. 12-Lance Dewease[2]; 3. 69K-Ryan Smith[8]; 4. 26-Justin Peck[10]; 5. 55-Logan Wagner[12]; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel[9]; 7. 29-Danny Dietrich[1]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]; 9. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[11]; 10. 67-Justin Whittall[3]; 11. 71-Parker Price Miller[16]; 12. 23-Chase Dietz[18]; 13. 42-Sye Lynch[6]; 14. 24-Rico Abreu[19]; 15. 8-Brock Zearfoss[23]; 16. 14-Spencer Bayston[5]; 17. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[21]; 18. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[22]; 19. 49-Brad Sweet[17]; 20. 5-Brenham Crouch[24]; 21. 9R-Chase Randall[25]; 22. 13-Daison Pursley[15]; 23. 9-Kasey Kahne[13]; 24. 24D-Danny Sams III[27]; 25. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[26]; 26. 22-Doug Hammaker[20]; 27. 95-Garrett Bard[14]; 28. 45-Jeff Halligan[28]
