MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Troy Wagaman Jr. throttled Mike Heffner’s No. 27 sprint car to victory Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway.
Wagaman set fast time, won his heat, the dash and the 25-lap main event in the World of Outlaws Tune Up.
Wagaman took $6,300 back to his hometown of Hanover for his fourth career win at the historic oval.
In twin 358 sprint mains, Hanover’s Dylan Norris took home the loot in both features.
Wagaman started on the pole of the 410 sprint main and entered the rear of the field on lap six, trailed by fourth starter Lance Dewease.
The feature would go non-stop from start to finish with a blistering pace being set by the leaders as traffic played a factor in action at the front of the field for the final 19 laps.
For the most part Wagaman was able to navigate traffic and maintain an advantage over Dewease but by lap 15 amid hard racing between the backmarkers, Dewease was able to mount a challenge.
And he was close enough to capitalize for the lead on lap 21 when Wagaman got held up in the first corner.
Dewease used the cushion to blast around for control and duck down in front of Wagaman as the pair shot onto the backchute.
But then ironically Dewease got boxed in by the same traffic that held up Wagaman moments earlier, allowing the Hanover pilot to throttle back out in front for the victory.
Wagaman took the win by .308 seconds over Dewease with Kody Hartlaub riding home in third.
Freddie Rahmer finished fourth with Justin Whittall completing the top five.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. Troy Wagaman Jr., 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Kody Hartlaub, 4. Freddie Rahmer, 5. Justin Whittall, 6. TJ Stutts, 7. Chad Trout, 8. Cameron Smith, 9. Matt Campbell, 10. Tyler Ross, 11. Kyle Moody, 12. Jeff Halligan, 13. Lucas Wolfe, 14. Austin Bishop, 15. Ryan Taylor, 16. Doug Hammaker, 17. Preston Lattomus, 18. Mark Smith, 19. Alex Attard, 20. Dave Grube, 21. Ricky Dieva, 22. Dylan Norris, 23. Samuel Miller, 24. Mike Thompson
