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George Skora III after winning the Sportsman feature. (Howard Boundy Photo)

Skora Tops Sportsman Feature At Lancaster

LANCASTER, N.Y. – Earning the victory in The Sportsman feature was George Skora III at Lancaster Motorplex on Saturday night.

Starting from the pole position, Skora took the lead early in the 30-lap feature.

Andrew Nye spun in turn one on lap six to bring out the race’s first caution. Jake Lutz would slow in turn three to bring out the caution just one lap later.

Andy Jankowiak started deep in the field, but would take over second on lap 17 and start to go after Skora, who increased his lead over the field. Jankowiak had one of the fastest cars on the track, as he would close in on Skora and battle for the lead.

Skora and Jankowiak would race hard the last few laps, with Skora edging Jankowiak for the win.

Garrett Zacharias and Tommy Krawczyk led the New York Super Stocks (NYSS) to the green flag for their 50-lap feature with Zacharias leading.

Jimmy Steffenhagen battled with Krawczyk and would take over second place on lap two.

As the field went single file, Ryan Lagoda would bring out the first caution of the event after suffering a flat right-front tire on lap 11. Once the field got going, Zacharias and Steffenhagen would start to pull away from the field. 

Steffenhagen would use the inside line to take the lead away on lap 28 after passing Zacharias in turn one.

Nate Peckham slowed in turn two to bring out the caution on lap 34. 

Steffenhagen would spin on the back straightaway on lap 45 after contact with Zacharias. With the top two involved in the caution, that would put Pennsylvania driver Jake Christman in the lead.

Krawczyk would battle with Brian Hallett for the second position with three laps remaining. Christman would hold off Krawczyk and Jacob Gustafson to score the feature win.

Eldon King III would score the feature victory in the late model class.

The street stock victory would belong to Dave Krawczyk, after a late restart saw Krawczyk take the win away from Tim Garlock.

Charles Palmer picked up the 4 Cylinders win after edging out David Brunka in the final stretch.

The Mighty TQ Midget feature would go to Kyle Hutchinson.

The Finish:

Feature (30 Laps): George Skora III, Andy Jankowiak, Tyler Catalano, Trevor Catalano, Bill Mislin, Bobby Hanel, Jake Lutz, Kevin Timmerman, Shawn Nye, Alan Bookmiller, Mark Pennell, Andrew Nye, Dave Kozlowski, Bobby Weber, Geoff Sharkey, Tony Carbone, Tim Ruggiero