SARVER, Pa. — Jason Meyers led the final 18 laps of the Commonwealth Clash to earn his series-leading fourth Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series triumph May 13 at Lernerville Speedway.
“It’s certainly more than we can ask for right now,” Meyers said. “These guys are doing a great job and everything is running well. We just have to keep it up. It’s going to be a long year and a long summer and we have to keep up what we are doing now. I’m just happy to see it all paying off for this team that works very hard every day. It means a lot to me and everyone involved in this team.”
Meyers lined up third for the 35-lap contest and actually fell back to fifth in the early going, before tracking down Chad Kemenah and Jac Haudenschild. On the 12th lap, he took second from early leader Dale Blaney. He took the lead from Terry McCarl on the 18th lap exiting the fourth turn, as McCarl slipped up the banking.
Late in the race, Haudenschild dove low in the first turn to take the lead, but Meyers again used a strong run off the fourth turn as Haudenschild slipped up the track to remain in the lead and was officially scored the leader at the line.
“You just had to lay it in there and just kind of hold on to it,” explained Meyers, the driver of the GLR Investments KPC, of the fourth turn which provided a challenge to the drivers. “The bottom was kind of slick and we were a little tight on top, but we were definitely fast up there. We just had to get up in there and hang on to it.”
Meyers used his eighth top-10 finish of the season to take a one-point lead in the standings over Craig Dollansky.
“That is really exciting,” said the native of Clovis, Calif. “We have had a great start to the year, as have Craig Dollansky and Donny Schatz. To be able to call home to Chris (Luck) and Guy (Stockbridge) and everyone involved and tell them we were able to take the point lead is real exciting. I’m looking forward to, hopefully, holding on to it.”
McCarl took the lead from Blaney on lap nine and set the pace until Meyers made his winning pass. Second-place is McCarl’s best finish of the season.
“It felt good,” said McCarl. “My car has won here before so that put a little pressure on me to win. We haven’t done too good here the past few years, so it was great to have a strong run. Dyno Dave (Lawrence) joined me here tonight. I am pretty excited. We have a great crew right now.”
Kemenah collected his best finish of the season in third, with Blaney and Dollansky rounding out the top five.