NORTH EAST, Pa. — Benny Gordon dominated the BFGoodrichTires.com 250 presented by Longhorn at Lake Erie Speedway Saturday night.
The DuBois, Pa., driver led 209 laps, including the final 151 circuits, en route to his third-straight victory at LES and the 23rd of his Hooters Pro Cup career.
“I guess I get around here pretty good,” said Gordon, driver of the No. 66 Samuel Metals Ford. “The car was just phenomenal. After the first 50 laps, I didn’t have to run the car hard at all.”
A.J. Frank, driver of the No. 56 Camping World Chevrolet, took advantage of the contact and slipped to second at the finish.
Gary St. Amant, driver of the No. 7 JEGS.com/Speedco Chevrolet, didn’t have the best car on Saturday night, but he kept his nose clean and came home third. Even with Gordon winning, St. Amant shouldn’t have much trouble taking the Sears Auto Center Northern Division title at South Boston.
With Brandon Ward making late contact with Jody Lavendar late in the race, Ben Stancill, driver of the No. 9 Stancill Farms Ford, took home Miller Lite Rookie of the Race Honors with his fourth-place finish.
Jeff Fultz, driver of the No. 67 Wear Crete Concrete Ford, completed the top five.
The finish:
Showing driver, car, laps completed and money won: 1. Benny Gordon, Ford, 250, $13,500; 2. A.J. Frank, Chevrolet, 250, $6,000; 3. Gary St. Amant, Chevrolet, 250, $5,400; 4. Ben Stancill, Ford, 250, $5,000; 5. Jeff Fultz, Ford, 250, $3,000; 6. Eric Corbett, Ford, 250, $3,300; 7. Jack Bailey, Chevrolet, 250, $3,300; 8. Brandon Ward, Ford, 250, $4,300; 9. Lonnie Rush, Jr., Chevrolet, 250, $2,700; 10. Jody Lavender, Ford, 250, $2,200; 12. Ray Love, Jr., Chevrolet, 250, $2,000; 13. Joe Harrison, Jr., Chevrolet, 247, $2,100; 14. Casey Berenbrock, Chevrolet, 240, $1,800; 15. Ronnie Souders, Pontiac, 239, $2,200; 16. Danny Jackson, Chevrolet, 237, $1,600; 17. Tim Kerr, Chevrolet, 236, $1,600; 18. Mark Zacchigna, Ford, 230, $1,600; 19. Tim Bainey, Jr., Ford, 213, $1,800; 20. Tom Hessert, Chevrolet, 201, $1,600; 21. Derek Kale, Chevrolet, 189, $1,700; 22. Jeff Agnew, Pontiac, 189, $2,900; 23. Johnny Rumley, Chevrolet, 189, $2,000; 24. Chad Beahr, Ford, 186, $1,400; 25. Gerry Bruce, Ford, 167, $1,400; 26. Danny Abold, Chevrolet, 161, $1,200; 27. Sam Fullone, Chevrolet, 159, $1,500; 28. Sean Sauer, Chevrolet, 118, $1,200; 29. Shane Wallace, Ford, 74, $1,200; 30. Ryan Duff, Chevrolet, 67, $1,200; 31. Matt Carter, Ford, 20, $1,200; 32. Allen Purkhiser, Ford, 2, $1,200.