NEW EGYPT, N.J. — The Jersey Jet, J.J. Grasso, picked up his second United Racing Company Sprint Series triumph of the season Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway.
It was his third-career victory and all three have come at the three-eighths-mile Jersey dirt track.
With a full house looking on and 34 sprint cars in the pits, Chris Coyle took the early lead, but on lap eight, Grasso took control, leaving Coyle to battle Mark Bitner for second.
With a surge of power on lap 24, Coyle challenged both Bitner and Grasso for the top- two spots, but his night came to an end after contact with a lapped car that the Coyle’s BPG sprinter spinning in turn two.
Grasso pulled away the remaining distance, with Bitner finishing second. Curt Michael, Davey Sammons and Joey Biasi followed.
The finish:
J.J. Grasso, Mark Bitner, Curt Michael, Davey Sammons, Joey Biasi, Josh Weller, Dave Ely, Brian Seidel, Robbie Stillwaggon, Billy Pauch, Scott Pursell, Kevin Welsh, Brett Schoenly, Jamie Bodo, Ed Aikin, Chris Coyle, Rory Janne, Kyle Purks, Chuck Palmucci, David Gravel, Randy West, Jason Clauss, Trevor Lewis, Gary Gollub.