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Dixon Wins Late Model Thriller at Clinton County Speedway

Mill Hall, PA – George Dixon of Shirleysburg, PA won his first feature Limited Late Model feature on Friday night, in a thrilling race filed with excitement to the checkered flag. Cory Long of Selinsgrove won his second consecutive feature event in Pro Stock competition, while Mason McAndrew of Apollo won the 270 Micro Sprints and Hunter Flook of Avis won the 4 cylinders.

Joe Lusk of Linden and Matt Cochran of Williamsport comprised the front row of the Limited Late Model feature event. Cochran charged past Lusk as the duo raced hard into turns one and two. By the completion of lap number five, Cochran was leading Lusk, JR Tonner of State College, sixth place starter Dixson, and Maddox Smith of Renovo.

The first caution flag waved on lap number 14 involving Cody Lear and and Devin Frey. Under the yellow, Cochran took his car to the pit area with mechanical issues. This gave Lusk the lead. With the waving of the green flag, Lusk and JR Toner battled for the lead down the back stretch. The top two cars touched with Toner spinning on the back straight to bring out the caution once again. Lusk brough the field back to green once again with Dixon glued to his back bumper.

Lusk would lead lap number 14, with Dixon taking the top spot on lap number 15. Dixon was being chased by Lusk, Jennifer Lesher, Cody Lear and Toner. With five laps remaining, Lusk began to close in on Dixon and Lear overtook Lesher for the third spot. As each lap passed Lusk cut into Dixon’s lead as the top two became separated by only tenths of a second. With the while flag waving, Lusk was all over Dixon trying to make a pass as they came out of turn number four side by side. Lusk’s car spun into the infield, as Dixon triumphed with the victory over Lear, Lesher, Smith and Toner. Heat races were won by Cochran and Dixson.

Cory Long of Selinsgrove claimed his second consecutive victory by leading flag to flag in the Pro Stock main event. Long held off the early challenges from front row starter Ronnie Ergott. By the completion of lap five, Long, Ergott, , Marc Bitler, Jim Farley and AY Schilling were in the top five. By lap 12, Long had started to encounter lapped traffic. Long led every lap for the win over Ergott, Bitler, Schilling and Larry Knight. Heat races were won by Long and Ergott.

Jeffrey Weaver of Lock Haven led the opening laps of the 270 Micro Sprint feature event. On lap number three, Weaver’s motor blew, bringing out the caution and giving the lead to Mason McAndrew. Fort Loudon’s Zachary Glass used the restart to pass McAndrew to lap number four. At the race’s midway point, Glass was leading McAndrew, defending track champion Mac Wert, Logan Hammaker and Jillian Maurer.

On the next circuit, McAndrew made a pass to regain the top position. McAndrew would hold off Glass to claim victory by .505 seconds. Maurer made a last lap pass to secure the third spot over Wert and Cory Stabley. Heat races were won by McAndrew and Weaver.

In Four Cylinder competition, Garrett Lucas of Aaronsburg, PA let the first three laps. Avis’s Hunter Flook took the lead on lap number four. The caution flag waved on lap number eight for Renovo’s Richard Eldred. Flook brought the field back to the green flag with Lucas and Ken Smith in pursuit. Flook earned his first win of the season over Lucas, Smith, Cody Maines and Matt Strong. Heat races were won by Lucas and Strong.

This coming Friday, April 24th with a five-division show. The River Valley Builders Race Saver Sprint cars, Pro Stocks 270 Micro Sprints, Four Cylinders and the Rising Stars Jr. Sprints will be on the card. Gates will open at 5PM, Hot laps are at 7PM and Racing begins at 7:30PM. For the latest speedway information, visit ClintonCountySpeedway.com or follow the speedway on Facebook.

Limited Late Models

1. 56R-George Dixon[6]; 2. 711-Jennifer Lesher[3]; 3. 58M-Maddox Smith[5]; 4. 11T-JR Toner[4]; 5. 4-Tom Vilello[8]; 6. 99-Cody Lear[7]; 7. (DNF) N20-Joe Lusk[1]; 8. (DNF) 18-Matt Cochran[2]; 9. (DNF) 62-Devin Frey[10]; 10. (DNF) 07-Dan Beatty[11]; 11. (DNF) 14-Lucas Adams[9]

Pro Stocks

1. 00-Cory Long[1]; 2. 20-Ronald Ergott III[2]; 3. 33-Marc Bitler[3]; 4. 28-AY Schilling[5]; 5. 7-Larry Knight[6]; 6. 18-James Bilger[8]; 7. (DNF) 17A-Jim Farley[4]; 8. (DNF) 15K-Kyler Stahl[9]; 9. (DNS) 32-Louis Belisle

270 Micros

1. 14-Mason McAndrew[5]; 2. 84-Zachary Glass[6]; 3. 25-Jillian Maurer[4]; 4. 44-Mac Wert[7]; 5. 1S-Cory Stabley[3]; 6. 22H-Logan Hammaker[2]; 7. 3-Colton Guiher[11]; 8. 48-Matthew Dixson Jr[12]; 9. 18M-Blade Myers[15]; 10. (DNF) 2S-Lester Stabley[10]; 11. (DNF) 78-Matt Dixson Sr[8]; 12. (DNF) 13-Bella Betts[9]; 13. (DNF) 13H-Carter Himes[14]; 14. (DNF) 24R-Mauerick Rutt[13]; 15. (DNF) 92-Jeff Weaver Jr[1]

4-Cylinders

1. 12-Hunter Flook[1]; 2. 19G-Garrett Lucas[3]; 3. 27-Ken Smith[9]; 4. 03C-Coty Maines[7]; 5. (DNF) 52-Matt Strong[6]; 6. (DNF) 10E-Richard Eldred[8]; 7. (DNF) 33K-Kevin Trimpey[2]; 8. (DNF) 8L-Larry Beachel[5]; 9. (DNS) 10-Summer Beachel; 10. (DNS) 73-Matt Weaver; 11. (DNS) 84-Cody Wiles; 12. (DQ) 12K-Zakery Kline[4]

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