Friday

DELAWARE, Ontario — It had been three years since Dave McKnight had won an International  SuperModified Ass’n feature.
The 2001 ISMA champion, who had six feature wins that season, has struggled to get back on a consistent track. It was definitely a morale-booster for the Brampton, Ontario resident as he stood in victory lane hearing the applause from the large Canadian crowd Friday night at Delaware Speedway.
Still sore from a bone-jarring crash at Oxford Plains over a month ago, McKnight relished the moment nonetheless. He took the lead from fellow Canadian Ryan Litt on lap 32 and was challenged by archrival Chris Perley for a couple laps before Litt came back to challenge again. But it was McKnight’s night as he pulled away from the Litt-Perley duo to cross under the checkers with a comfortable margin of victory.
“What can I say? After the crash at Oxford, and at the beginning of the year tangle with Chris and then getting three seconds, it’s been quite a season,” McKnight said. “I’m still hurting from Oxford. I’ve got a cracked sternum. It hurts like hell.”
Litt finished second, with point-leader Perley third. Mark Sammut and Mike Lichty rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Dave McKnight, Ryan Litt, Chris Perley, Mark Sammut, Mike Lichty, Michael Barnes, Johnny Benson, Jr., Mike Ordway, Jr., Dave Trytek, Rob Summers, Johnny Torrese, Randy Ritskes, Bobby Haynes, Jr., Gene Lee Gibson, Rich Reid, Brandon Bellinger, Vern Romanoski, Brandon Fisher, Bobby Magner, Denny Fisher, Larry Lehnert, Ray Graham, Jr.

Saturday

MARNE, Mich. — Chris Perley had two bad races in a row in the last two ISMA events, but he made a quick recovery from his mini-downward spiral.
Saturday night he lapped up to the fourth place car at Berlin Raceway in dominant fashion.  Starting eighth in the field, he moved into the lead by lap seven and was never threatened en route to his 10th triumph of the season.
“It’s been a small string of bad luck for us,” Perley said. “I just wanted to get the race over tonight. I just wanted to do everything I could to stay out front. I had a big mire of lap traffic there for a while. Luckily, I wasn’t involved in that lap-one miscue. I just wanted to say, ‘Berlin, it’s worth the trip!’”
Mike Ordway, Jr. started behind Perley in the 27-car starting field and worked his way up to take second on lap 10. He followed Perley to the checkered flag on the third-mile asphalt oval.
Friday-night winner Dave McKnight, Mike Lichty and Michael Barnes rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Chris Perley, Mike Ordway, Jr., Dave McKnight, Mike Lichty, Michael Barnes, Ray Graham, Jr., Dave Trytek, Jack Smith, Mark Sammut, Randy Ritskes, Bobby Haynes, Jr., Danny Shirey, Vern Romanoski, Larry Lehnert, Sean Sauer, Rob Summers, Gene Lee Gibson, Rich Reid, Bobby Magner, Charlie Schultz, Brandon Bellinger, Randy Sweet, A.J. Russell, Johnny Benson, Johnny Torrese, Burdett Bennett, Dan Lane.