6/1/2025
USAC East Coast Sprint Cars
Drevicki Hangs on to his 2nd IMT USAC Triumph of 2025
It was a cloudy, misty, and cold evening at Port Royal Speedway. Many of the neighboring racetracks had thrown in the towel and called it a night. However, Steve O'neal and his Port Royal Staff forged ahead. With 104 Sprint Cars in the pits between 410's, 305's, and the USAC East Coast Sprints there was no turning back!
A great crowd and a good field bared through some short showers before the racing got underway, and the wind howled through the mountains of Juanita County. Also, 20 Innovative Machine Technology wingless sprint cars also howled.
Kenny Miller III and Cameron Smith won thrilling heat races.
After the heat races, it was clear the USAC East Coast Sprints were racey, and thanks to Gene Franckowiak of JMO Motorsports the wingless racers were ready to race for a great purse.
By virtue of the draw, Kyle Spence wheeling the Fraker 42 started on the pole alongside defending champion Steven Drevicki.
20 cars took the drop of Nicole Flood's green flag, and the race was on. Drevicki leaped to the lead however, he had a hard-charging Christian Bruno working every inch of the speedway close behind. Cameron Smith, an established Central PA Winged racer, was aboard the Ilgenfritz Financial 96 and very stout leaping into 2nd. Drevicki ripped 15 great non-stop laps, when suddenly, 8th starting Kenny Miller III came into play. Miller worked over Bruno and Cameron Smith. Further in the top 10, Jason Cherry, Ronald Helmick, and Kyle Spence went tooth and nail for the 7th spot. Bobby Butler was running a content 5th.
With just a handful of laps to go in the non-stop A-Main, both Kenny Miller and Cameron Smith broke down a 1.5-second lead that the Degre Engineering 19 of Drevicki held to less than a second as the leaders had found lapped traffic.
5 laps remained and the Weikel Sportswear 23m came to life on the bottom side of the sweeping 1/2 mile. The Man from Morgantown was bearing down on Drevicki, coming within a bumper coming out of turn 4.
Working the middle groove to the "diamond line" Steven would not be denied. Miller III came home 2nd with Cameron Smith bringing the Rocky Ridge 96 home 3rd.
Notes:
It was Drevickis' 2nd win of 2025.
Olivia Thayer made her first wingless start of her career with a 358 under the hood The female racer out of Hanover was very impressive
Rich Carnathan made his first start, Carnathan utilizes a Buick Engine, and ran an impressive heat race but injection issues sidelined the Northampton Pa racer.
Jacob Galloway returned to action after a scary incident at BAPS with a stuck throttle
Jason Cherry made the best of a 20-year-old chassis and broke the top 10
USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: May 31st, 2025
BDB GRAPHICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller), 2. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin) 3. Christan Bruno (#17B Bruno) 4. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry) 5. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen) 6. Dale Schweikart (#78 Schweikart) 7. Blaine Emery (#35 Thomas Bros) 8. Jacob Galloway (#27 Galloway) 9. Troy Fraker (#12W Fracker) 10. Gary Huston (#44 Huston) Time: 2:57.073
E. SCHNEIDER & SONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature), 1. Cameron Smith (#96 Kauffman) 2. Rich Carnathan (#64 Carnathan) 3. Kyle Spence (#42 Fraker) 4. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki) 5.Bobby Butler (#5B Butler) 6. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick) 7. Mike Haggenbottom (#51 Kelly) 8. Olivia Thayer (39T Thayer) 9. Billy Ney (#83 Ney) 10. Dirk Rimrott (#27 Rimrott). NO TIME
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. STEVEN DREVICKI (2) 2. Kenny Miller III (8) 3. Cameron Smith (6) 4. Christain Bruno (4) 5. Bobby Butler (10) 6. Chris Allen (9) Jr 7. Ed Aikin (5) 8. Kyle Spence (1) 9. Jason Cherry (3) 10. Ronald Helmick (12) 11. Jacob Galloway (15) 12. Blaine Emery (13) 13. Mike Haggenbottom (14) 14. Dale Schweikart (11) 15. Olivia Thayer (16) 16. Billy Ney (18) 17. Gary Huston (19) 18. Troy Fraker (17) 19. Rich Carnathan (7) 20. Dirk Rimrott (20)
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Kenny Miller III.
NEXT USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: May 31, 2025. Port Royal Speedway; Port Royal Penn
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
Bitner Automotive Fast Time: Kenny Miller
BDB Graphic First Heat Winner: Kenny Miller
E. Schneider & Sons Second Heat Winner: Cameron Smith
C & C Landscaping Hard Charger: Kenny Miller (8th to 2nd)
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Poker Chip Draw: Rich Carnathan
JPA Hard Luck Award: Rich Carnathan (motor issues after a strong run)
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY Friday Night June 6th is the next stop for the Innovative Machine Technology USAC East Coast Sprints
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