FRANKLIN, Pa. — Carl Bowser got his first win in the Krill Recycling 410 Sprint Cars, and Erick Rudolph nabbed his third in the 21st Century Energy Group 358 Modifieds Saturday night at Tri-City Raceway Park.
Brandon Matus and Carl Bowser paced the sprint cars for the start of their A Main. Jack Sodeman, Jr. and Zach Morrow wee in row two. Brandon Spithaler and Dale Blaney were set to go from row three, but Blaney experienced a mechanical problem on the pace lap and he was unable to make repairs in time to join the field at the tail.
Bowser sailed into turn one and took control of the cushion on the opening lap. Brandon Matus tried to stay with him, but a brake failure hampered his effort to keep the car in the bottom groove. Sodeman, Spithaler, Felmee, and DeVault made up the top six in the early going.
Spithaler moved into third on lap sevenand he reaced second by the first caution, which appeared on lap eleven. It seemed as though the fans would see a battle between Bowser and Spithaler, but DeVault threw his hat into the ring. He was up to second by the halfway mark.
A red was displayed on lap fifteen for a flip in turn two by the most recent feature winner and current point leader, Jeremy Weaver. He was unhurt, but his night ended prematurely.
The final ten laps went off without any complications. Bowser led the way, with DeVault finishing second. Spithaler held on for third, with Sodeman and McCandless completing the top five.
Rudolph used a lap-10 restart to power into the lead in the 358 modified main event. He led the rest of the way for the victory, with Jimmy Holden and Chad Reitz following.
Josh Seippel won the pro stock feature and Blaze Myers won the RUSH sprint car main event.