As the sun went down on Saturday, August 28th, we should have been running hot laps but with the temperature change and the additives in the racetrack, that was not the case. We were several hours running the track in but it made for the smoothest and tackiest track in the entire 2010 season at Pennsylvania’s toughest bullring. We had 73 teams in the pits patiently waiting for the call, “Let’s go boys, its time to race”. As we were able to begin hot laps around 10:30pm, it made for a late night but the action was intense.
The 305 Sprints made their second appearance at Hesston Speedway on Saturday night with 20 entries. Mike Wagner (#55) and Logan Walters (#10) claimed the heat event victories. A heads‐up, 20 lap feature event was on the grid. Wagner and Walters paced the field to the green. Wagner took the early command and would not look back. Walters and Jim Kennedy (#7) trailed in the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively. Only 1 yellow flag would wave on lap 8 for left front
flat on the machine of Joe Zap (#33z). Zap retired for the night. Wagner took the checkered as Walters, Kennedy, #17, and Reed Thompson (#6) rounded out the top 5.
LAP LEADERS: Mike Wagner (55) laps 1‐20
CAUTIONS: 1 – lap 12
HARD CHARGER: Erin Statler
Troy Campbell photo

Mark Watkins was the first ever to pick up 2 wins in one evening Saturday night. He was followed to the finish in both races by Reed Thompson. Watkins first won the make-up feature from July 17th followed by Logan Wagner, Rodney Westhafer and Nathan Gramley. Then Watkins repeated the effort in the regularly scheduled feature event once again followed by Thompson then Joe Zap, Dave Youtzy and Brian Walker.
Results
1. Mark Watkins, 2. Reed Thompson, 3. Joe Zapp, 4. Dave Youtzy, 5. Brian Walker, 6. Jason Bergstresser, 7. Brent Comp, 8. Erin Statler, 9. Nathan Gramley, 10. Jim Marquette, 11. Logan Wagner, 12. Mike Wagner, II, 13. Jeff Sell, 14. Cliff Conner, 15. Jake Waters, 16. Tyler Bear, 17. George Riden, 18. Brian Sweitzer, 19. Tom Worrick, 20. Ryan Lynn, 21. Cowboy Jim Kennedy, 22. Brad Baxter, 23. Rodney Westhafer, 24. Rod Ort, 25. Ben Naugle, 26. Billy Ney. DNS- Mike Freet, Steve Whary, Nicole Miller, Randy Kaylor, Scott Kerschner, Ricky Leonard. Heat Race Winners, Gramley, Riden, Logan Wagner. Lap Leader, Watkins, 1-20. MAKE UP 20 LAP PA 305 SPRINT CAR FEATURE-34 ENTRIES 1. Mark Watkins, 2. Reed Thompson, 3. Logan Wagner, 4. Rodney Westhafer, 5. Nathan Gramley, 6. Jeff Sell, 7. Joe Zap, 8. Ryan Lynn, 9. Tyler Bear, 10. Jim Marquette, 11. George Riden, 12. Cliff Conner, 13. Ricky Leonard, 14. Rod Ort, 15. Mike Wagner, II., 16. Scott Kerschner, 17. Billy Ney, 18. Don Slack, 19. Brian Walker, 20. Jason Bergstresser, 21. Steve Whary, 22. Mike Freet, 23. Randy Kaylor, 24. Nicole Miller. DNS- Ben Naugle, Tim Kline, Gary Zimmerman, Dave Youtzy, Cowboy Jim Kennedy, Brent Comp, Jake Waters, Tom Spangler, Rodney Peters, Erin Statler. Lap Leaders, Thompson, 1-5, Watkins, 6-20.8/22

Steve Whary of Lebanon started second and out-gunned pole-sitter Don Sotosky to take the lead at the drop of the green in the PA Sprint Series 305 Sprint Car feature. That proved to be the winning move as Whary led all twenty laps for his second win at Path Valley this year.
Sotosky finished second, showing strong improvement in his third start. Joe Smith drove by ?Cowboy? Jim Kennedy with one lap remaining to finish third. Marcus Defreitas rounded out the top five. Kennedy was the heat race winner.

PA Sprint Series 305 Sprint Car: 1.Steve Whary (Lebanon, PA), 2.Don Sotosky, 3.Joe Smith, 4.Jim Kennedy, 5.Marcus Defreitas, 6.Matt Mountz, 7.Rodney Westhafer, 8.Ryan Lynn Lap leaders: Steve Whary (1-20)
Heat: Kennedy

Clinton County has cancelled for tonight, they had 2 1/2" of rain on Thursday and it continues to rain

Somerset’s Brian Walker celebrated his 39th birthday by winning his first career Pennsylvania Sprint Series 305 sprint car feature event. Walker started on the outside of the front row, beat polesitter Logan Wagner to the first turn, and those two ran first and second the entire way.

Two-time Lincoln winner Mark Watkins started ninth and moved into third by lap four. He ran there the rest of the way. Steve Whary and Mike Wagner II completed the top five.

Walker became the 12th different winner out of 19 races so far this season. He also recently married fellow competitor Nicole Miller in a ceremony last week.

Heats for the 21 "305" Sprints were won by Randy Kaylor and Ben Naugle

PA 305 SPRINT SERIES
Feature (20 Laps) - 1. 38S-Brian Walker; 2. 7W-Logan Wagner; 3. 17-Mark Watkins; 4. 44S-Steve Whary; 5. 55-Mike Wagner II; 6. 33T-Todd Spangler; 7. 26-Ryan Lynn; 8. 94-Matt Mountz; 9. 8-Randy Kaylor; 10. 92-Joe Smith; 11. 93-Scott Kerschner; 12. 30-Marcus Defreitas; 13. 24/7-Ben Naugle; 14. 21-Don Slack; 15. 7-Jim Kennedy; 16. 33Z-Joe Zap; 17. 83-Billy Ney; 18. 36-Rod Ort; 19. 44-Rodney Westhafer; DNS - 84-Cliff Conner, 2-Erin Statler