WEST LEBANON, N.Y. — A week delay for rain had little effect on Brett Hearn as he returned to the high banks of Lebanon Valley Speedway Saturday to capture his sixth Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series event of the season in the prestigious 39th-annual Coors National 200.
Hearn inherited the lead on lap 116 when Billy Decker made his mandatory pit stop. From there, Hearn staved off every challenge offered by runner-up Eddie Marshall to capture his 97th-career Advance Auto Parts Series victory worth $10,000. His sweep of the two Series races at the West Lebanon, N.Y. oval in ’07 increased his track total to 14 victories, including his first tour triumph in 1981.
Andy Bachetti held off recently crowned Lebanon Valley Big-Block points champion J.R. Heffner after a race-long battle for the show position while current overall Hoosier-Sunoco Mr. DIRTcar Big-Block Modified point- leader Tim Fuller settled for fifth.
Decker and Valley regulars Jeff Trombley and Keith Flach, the Bert Hard Charger, were the last drivers to be scored on the lead lap out of 17 cars that took the final checkered flag.
The finish:
Brett Hearn, Eddie Marshall, Andy Bachetti, J.R. Heffner, Tim Fuller, Billy Decker, Jeff Trombley, Keith Flach, Brian Berger, Hector Stratton, Wayne Jelley, Dale Planck, Matt Quinn, Steve Paine, Skip Fox, Danny Ody, Steve Hough, Jimmy Phelps, Kenny Tremont, John Albert, Paul Gilardi, Guy Sheldon, Rich Salisbury, Mike King, Billy Dunn, John Hewitt, Alan Johnson, Danny Johnson, Matt Sheppard, Ron Cartwright, Jr., Mike Kolka, Chris Schultz.