VERNON, N.Y. — Chuck Hebing celebrated his second Empire Sprint Series victory of the season on Sunday night, pulling off a thrilling last-lap pass to win the 25-lap feature at Utica-Rome Speedway.
Hebing started 14th in the 23-car field and began working his way toward the front, finally moving into second behind Steve Poirier on lap 17. Poirier, who had led every lap to that point, got held up by lapped traffic just enough to allow Hebing to close the distance.
On the final lap, Hebing dove to the inside and slid past Poirier to lead the final two corners for the victory by three lengths over Poirier.
Lance Yonge was third followed by Mike Stelter and Bubby Kerrick.
The finish:
Chuck Hebing, Steve Poirier, Lance Yonge, Mike Stelter, Bubby Kerrick, Jeff VanDusen, Jeff Cook, Alain Bergeron, Doug Norrie, Michael Parent, Jared Zimbardi, Cory Sparks, Dan Kaszubinski, Justin Barger, Russ Bennet, Jason Barney, Matt Norrie, Tommy Wickham, Tim Kelly, Normand Beaudreault, Jami Russell, Justin Harris, Jessica Zemken.