CLEARFIELD, Pa. — Hidden Valley Speedway kicked off night two of the season Saturday night, and saw two new drivers make their way to victory lane, including John Eckenrod in the Pure Stocks and John Brown in the Little’s Drive In Four Cylinders.
The Scaife’s Racing Supplies Semi Late feature was brought to the start with Luke Hoffner and Cody Schultz on the front row, with Hoffner leading into the first turn, but the No. 15 slid high, causing the outside lane to hit their brakes.
The Pure Stock feature was led to the start with Cody Wolfe and Brock Bunn on the front row, with Wolfe taking the lead at the start and John Eckenrod moving to second. On the second lap, Eckenrod dove under Wolfe in turn two and took the lead.
On lap three, Wolfe pitted, and was done for the night, while Eckenrod sat through several yellows. When the race was able to continue, Lester Hudson and Brady Gallaher were the best show on the track, but that match was won by Hudson.
At the finish,Eckenrod scored his first win in a while over Hudson, Gallaher, Brad Bookwalter and Tyler Rougeux.
Four Cylinders
In the Little’s Drive In Four Cylinders, Sam Pennington and his brother, Jake were supposed to bring the field to the start, but Sam was having mechanical issues and started at the rear, giving the pole up to Melvin McCartney.
At the start, it was Jake taking the lead, but one lap later, sixth place starter Luke Hoffner moved into the lead and was holding off the challenges from Brown, but Brown was determined.
On lap five, Brown was able to make the winning pass as he took the lead lead from Hoffner and never looked back, picking up his first win of the season. Hoffner was able to hold on to second ahead of McCartney, Jimmy Ogden and Jake Pennington.
Gary Little picked up his second straight win in the Scaife’s Racing Supplies Semi Lates, while Jimmy Holden did the same in the Small Block Modifieds.
The Micro wins went to Matthew Dixson in the 270’s and Chase Roussey in the 600’s.