Friday

LAKE CITY, Fla. — Sam Hafertepe, Jr. took the lead just before the halfway point in the season-opening 25-lap feature for the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Friday night at North Florida Speedway.
He led the rest of the distance for his first victory with the traveling 410 winged sprint-car series.
Dale Blaney jumped from third starting spot to take the early lead. While Blaney set the pace, Hafertepe worked his way to the front from sixth starting spot.
Hafertepe passed Blaney for the lead only to see the yellow flag when Kaley Gharst stopped on the track.
“I was really hoping we got that lap complete, but I knew once we got back to lapped traffic that we may be able to do something with him,” said Hafertepe. “I hate to show somebody my nose and have the caution come out like that. We got the lapped traffic and it worked in our favor.”
Blaney pulled away on the restart, but when the leaders caught traffic, Hafertepe made his move, taking the point on lap 12.
“The track was really racy for the feature,” said Hafertepe. “Our car was really hooked up good in the feature. He (Blaney) made a little mistake and we didn’t.”
Blaney finished second, ahead of Randy Hannagan, Lance Dewease and polesitter Brian Paulus.
The summary:
Fast time: Greg Wilson, 14.378 seconds (27 cars).
First Heat: Greg Hodnett, Lance Dewease, Chad Layton, Craig Mintz, Brock Mayes, Greg Wilson, Casey Shuman.
Second Heat: Ryan Myers, Brandon Martin, Ben Gregg, Brian Ellenberger, Brian Paulus, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., Paul McMahan.
Third Heat: Dustin Morgan, Neil Shepherd, Fred Rahmer, Tony Bruce, Jr., Randy Hannagan, T.J. Stutts.
Fourth Heat: Kaley Gharst, Dale Blaney, Paul May, Bob Felmlee, Lucas Wolfe, Lee Stark.
B Main: Wilson, Stutts, Myers, McMahan, Stark, Shuman.
Feature: Hafertepe, Blaney, Hannagan, Dewease, Paulus, Mayes, Wolfe, Ellenberger, Layton, Felmlee, Rahmer, Wilson, Bruce, Hodnett, Sutts, Martin, May, Gregg, Shepherd, Mintz, Morgan, McMahan, Myers, Gharst.

Saturday

LAKE CITY, Fla. — Starting outside the front row, Fred Rahmer dominated Saturday night’s O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions sprint-car feature at North Florida Speedway.
Rahmer led all 30 laps despite the challenges of fellow Pennsylvania driver Lucas Wolfe as the pair worked lapped traffic.
The ageless veteran took the $5,000 victory in a sweep of the top three for the Central Pennslvania drivers. Wolfe finished second, with Lance Dewease, who is chasing the All Star title this season, third.
Danny Smith and Brandon Martin rounded out the top five.
Dewease was the fast qualifier for the 31-car field.
The summary:
Fast time: Lance Dewease 14.181 seconds (31 cars).
First Heat: Bob Felmlee, Dale Blaney, Greg Wilson, Lance Dewease, Danny Smith, Tony Bruce, Jr., Lee Stark, Spud Gustin.
Second Heat: Paul McMahan, Chad Layton, Ben Gregg, Neil Shepherd, Lucas Wolfe, Brock Mayes, Geoff Dodge, John Westbrook.
Third Heat: Ryan Myers, Brian Ellenberger, T.J. Stutts, Brandon Martin, Fred Rahmer, Brian Paulus, Frank Carlsson, Craig Mintz.
Fourth Heat: Dustin Morgan, Paul May, Sam Hafertepe, Greg Hodnett, Randy Hannagan,  Casey Shuman, Kaley Gharst.
Dash: Smith, Dewease, Hannagan, Layton, Rahmer, Wilson.
B Main: Mayes, Paulus, Bruce, Shuman, Stark, Dodge, Carlsson, Westbrook, Mintz, Gustin, Gharst.
Feature: Rahmer, Wolfe, Dewease, Smith, Martin, Hannagan, Layton,  Hodnett, Wilson, Mayes, Hafertepe, Gregg, Bruce, Stutts, Paulus, Blaney, McMahan, Ellenberger, May, Shepherd, Felmlee, Morgan, Myers, Shuman.