PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Labor Day racing can always prove tricky on a daylight surface, but Logan Wagner was able to find his way around the Speed Palace for 25 laps to claim his fifth victory of the year and his first Labor Day Classic title.
The town of Port Royal was challenged through the week with over 7 inches of rainfall on Thursday night that caused flash flooding throughout the county.
Flooding throughout the grounds, and onto the track as well as humid temperatures the following day made it difficult for the Port Royal Speedway team to get the track in top shape.
Once the Weikert Livestock 410 sprint cars finally rolled onto the track Monday afternoon, the teams were faced with a tricky surface that they weren’t often accustomed to.
Wagner and Danny Dietrich would make up the front row of the 25-lap A-main event with Wagner taking the early advantage.
Dietrich would trail Wagner for the opening 10 laps, with Dietrich closing the gap in traffic. With 15 laps remaining, however, Dietrich endured a flat right-rear tire, bringing out the caution flag and cutting the tension in the battle for the lead.
Wagner, in clean air, led the rest of the way to pick up his fifth win at Port Royal in 2024 and pocketed $7,300 courtesy of Foss Jewelers of Lewistown.
Chase Dietz, Michael Walter, Dylan Cisney and Jeff Halligan completed the top five.
In Zimmerman Truck Repair Limited Late Model competition, Trent Brenneman was able to lead from flag to flag to claim his first Butch Renninger Memorial title as well as his first Port Royal Speedway track championship.
Justin Williamson would pick up the win in the FWD 4-cylinders A-main.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. 69K-Logan Wagner[1]; 2. 1-Chase Dietz[6]; 3. 77-Michael Walter[4]; 4. 5-Dylan Cisney[7]; 5. 45-Jeff Halligan[3]; 6. 67-Justin Whittall[8]; 7. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[13]; 8. 55-Mike Wagner[5]; 9. 23-Devon Borden[21]; 10. 48-Danny Dietrich[2]; 11. 95-Garrett Bard[12]; 12. 55M-Domenic Melair[16]; 13. 11-TJ Stutts[10]; 14. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[15]; 15. 18J-JT Ferry[14]; 16. 6-Ryan Smith[11]; 17. 22E-Nash Ely[19]; 18. 35-Austin Bishop[17]; 19. 33H-Derek Hauck[20]; 20. 17K-Kyle Keen[9]; 21. 77K-Derek Locke[24]; 22. 25-Tyler Bear[18]; 23. 24B-Dustin Baney[22]; 24. 22P-Jonathan Preston[23]
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