Friday

MACKEYVILLE, Pa. — Justin Barger conducted a seminar in traffic driving Friday night at Clinton County Raceway, scoring the Empire Super Sprints feature win before a capacity crowd in the first sanctioned sprint-car race at the scenic quarter-mile oval.
With the last 18 of the 25 laps run consecutively under green, lapped cars were a constant companion to the leaders. Barger, who started fourth, swung to the outside to pass leader Blaine Heimbach in turn two on lap 14, and Bobby Howard soon followed.
The remaining laps were a game of cat and mouse with Howard trying to set up Barger and Barger finding a way out of every trap. At the checkered flag, it was Barger by a couple of car lengths as Colby Wormer caught Heimbach on the last lap for third.
George Suprick took hard-charger honors by racing from 13th at the start to fifth at the finish. Winner Barger was the only ESS driver in the top five. Howard, Heimbach and Suprick are Clinton County regulars and Wormer calls Selinsgrove Speedway home.
The finish:
Justin Barger, Bobby Howard, Colby Wormer, Blaine Heimbach, George Suprick, Lance Yonge, Adam Gordon, Steve Poirier, Matt Heimbach, Andy Haus, Anthony Cain, Alain Bergeron, Brian McDonald, Cory Sparks, Lee Ladouceur, Bubby Kerrick, Bill Schoffstall, Roger Fickett, Michael Parent, Matt Miller, Jeff Cook, Tim Kelly.

Saturday

WOODHULL, N.Y. — Cory Sparks said he planned to run the outside around Woodhull Raceway’s high banks in Saturday night’s 25-lap Empire Super Sprints feature, and only went to the bottom when he was squeezed down in traffic. Once there, he never left the inside in scoring his first-career sprint-car win.
Staying glued to the bottom after a lap-11 restart, fourth-place starter Sparks took second from Chuck Hebing, then grabbed the lead from Brian McDonald at the halfway sign. George Suprick, up from 11th on the grid, moved into the picture shortly before the final slowdown with five laps to go.
These final circuits saw Hebing shift from the high line to the ultra- high line, almost going over the edge in turn four coming to the two-to-go sign. Suprick was able to get under Hebing, giving Sparks the break he needed.
At the checkered flag, it was Sparks by a couple of car lengths with Suprick just failing to catch Hebing for second.
Point-leader Steve Poirier took fourth and early leader McDonald held on for fifth.
The finish:
Cory Sparks, Chuck Hebing, George Suprick, Steve Poirer, Brian McDonald, Gary Troutman, Jeff Cook, Lance Yonge, Anthony Cain, Bobby Howard, Alain Bergeron, Gordy Button, Michael Parent, Matt Heimbach, Jeff VanDusen, Lee Ladouceur, Mike Stelter, Howard Singer, Bubby Kerrick, Tim Kelly, John Smith III, Jeff Frasier, Justin Barger.