7/18/2025
Clinton County Speedway
Veteran Driver Dale Schweikart Parks His Sprint in Victory Lane at Clinton County Speedway
Mill Hall; PA – On Friday night at the Clinton County Speedway, ”the wily veteran”, Dale Schweikart of Linden secured his 7th career RaceSaver feature event It was Schweikarts 41st career victory spanning eight different divisions in the speedway’s record books. AY Schilling of Linden became the Speedway’s leading Pro Stock feature winner, with 46 all-time wins. AJ Stroup of Richfield won the second Pro Stock main event as Jeff Weaver Jr. of Lock Haven won the 270 Micro Sprints and Zak Kline of Mill Hall won the 4-Cylinders.
Pole-sitter, John Walp of Wapwallopen lead the first two circuits of the 25-lap RaceSaver Sprint Car main event. Schweikart who started fourth, made a pass for the lead by the completion of lap number three. By the completion of lap number 5, Schweikart was leading Walp, his son Dakota Schweikart, Reed Thompson and Matt Tebbs.
Tebbs moved into the fourth spot on lap number ten. On lap number 13, Dakota Schweikart’s car slowed on the front straight-away to bring out the caution. Following the restart, the caution flag emerged once again, as Jeff Weaver Jr. and Timmy Bittner tangled on the back straight-away.
As the drivers came back to full speed, Schweikart was leading Walp, Tebbs, Thompson and Colby Womer. On lap 17, Womer advanced to the fourth position. As the laps wound down, Schweikart was catching the rear of the field with a sizeable lead. But cautiously approaching the lapped traffic gave Walp and Tebbs and an opportunity to change the fate of the event. Schweikart worked this way though lapped traffic and on occasions has 2 lapped cars between himself and Walp. On lap number 23, Kasey Weaver entered the top five running order. At the finish, Schweikart secured the win over Walp, Tebbs, Womer and Weaver. Sixth through tenth were Reed Thompson, Ken Duke Jr., Kolby Weaver, Ryan Lynn and Timmy Bittner. Heat races were won by Kolby Womer, John Walp and Jacob Gomola.
The Pro Stocks had double feature events on Friday. In the first event AY Schilling started on the front row with Cory Long. Schilling took the lead at the drop of the green flag with Long and Tommy Dawson in the top three. At the midway point, Schilling was leading Long, Dawson, AJ Stoup and Denny Fourney. On lap number ten, Long made a pass for the lead as the top two were quickly gaining on lapped traffic. On lap 12, the caution came out for Tommy Dawson, as Long and Stroup were battling with lapped traffic. Long tangled with the lapped car and took his car to the pit area. Schilling brought the field back to the green flag and held on for the historic win, breaking the tie with Tim Krape for the all-time pro stock win record. AJ Stroup finished second followed by AJ Hoffman, Denny Fourney and Rich Fye. Sixth through tenth were Larry Knight, Ronald Ergott III, Jim Farley, James Bilger and Jason Koch
In the second Pro Stock feature event, Denny Fourney led the first half of the race until a caution occurred for two races cars. Following the restart. AJ Hoffman made a pass for the lead. As Hoffman took the lead, the top four cars of Hoffman, Fourney, Cory Long and AJ Stroup were all in contention and had an intense battle for the lead. On lap 12, Stroup emerged as the new race leader, letting the other top four cars battle for postion. Stroup continued to hang on,, leading the final three laps to secure the victory over Hoffman, Long, Fourney and Larry Knight. Sixth through tenth were AY Schilling, Kris Orwig, Ronald Ergott III, Jason Koch and Jesse Farley. Heat races were won by Dawson and Knight.
Tyler Clowes used this front row starting spot to take the early lead of the 270 Micro Sprint feature event. Jeff Weaver Jr. quickly moved into the second position but had to contend with Mac Wert. Wert took the second spot from Weaver on lap number three, with Weaver regaining the position 2 laps later. As the leaders crossed the line to complete the fifth lap, a four-car incident occurred in turn number four to slow the field. With the restart, Clowes brought the field of Weaver, Wert, Jillian Mauer and Alex Lukacs running in the top five. On lap number nine, the red flag waved when Tom Quiggle hit the turn two wall. Quiggle was ok. Clowes again brought the field back to green flag racing conditions with Weaver in a close second. On the final lap, Weaver made a move and took the victory away from Clowes, with Brent Shearer, Mac Wert, and Jillian Maurer in the top five. Sixth through tenth were Hunter Zimmerman, Alex Lukacs, Tyler Puterbaugh, Cory Stabley and John Roberts. Heat races were won by Roberts and Wert.
Andrew Rickets led the opening laps of the Four Cylinder main event. By lap number five, Ricketts was leading, Garrett Lucas, Zak Kline, Matt Weaver and Larry Beachel. The top five ran in pack, with Kline advancing to second place by lap number 6 and taking the lead by lap number 7. Matt Weaver took the runner up post by lap number nine. Kline continued to pace the field to secure the win over Weaver, Ricketts, Garrett Lucas and Larry Beachel. Sixth through tenth were Coty Maines, Terry Karichner, Kevin Trimpey, Summer Beachel and Jolene Snook. Heats were won by Weaver and Kline.
The Clinton County Speedway be off this week to allow the annual Clinton County Fair to prepare for Fair festivities. The next events as the Speedway will be during the Clinton County Fair with 2 special events. Tuesday, July 29th the Limited Late Models, Pro Stocks, 270 Micros and 4 Cylinders will be on the program. And on Friday, August 1st the Race Saver Sprints Cars, Pro Stocks, 270 Micros, and 4 Cylinders will be on the card presented by River Valley Builders. Friday Night will also be photo and autograph night allowing fans the opportunity at intermission to come onto the front stretch and meet their favorite drivers. Gates for each night will open at 5PM; Hot laps are at 7PM and Racing Begins at 7:30. For more speedway information, visit clintoncountyspeedway.com or visit us on Facebook.
RaceSaver Sprints
A-Main 1. 78-Dale Schweikart[4]; 2. 5-John Walp[1]; 3. 15-Matt Tebbs[3]; 4. 92C-Colby Womer[5]; 5. 4W-Kasey Weaver[7]; 6. R6-Reed Thompson[2]; 7. 67-Ken Duke Jr[12]; 8. 5W-Kolby Weaver[15]; 9. 26-Ryan Lynn[13]; 10. 01-Timmy Bittner[11]; 11. 52-Jeff Weaver Jr[8]; 12. 4J-Jacob Gomola[10]; 13. 44-John Braim[9]; 14. 32A-Austin Greenland[21]; 15. 22-Dillon Beadle[14]; 16. 1S-Cory Stabley[17]; 17. 61P-Michael Petock[18]; 18. 07-Landon Tressler[23]; 19. 19C-Mark Connoly Jr[19]; 20. (DNF) 36H-Seth Harrelson[16]; 21. (DNF) 78C-Dakota Schweikart[6]; 22. (DNF) 50-Mike Murphy[24]; 23. (DNF) 7-Jim Kennedy[20]; 24. (DNF) 77M-Wes Matthews[25]; DNS 21C-Jarrett Cavalet
Heat Races: 92C-Colby Womer, 5-John Walp & 4J-Jacob Gomola
Pro Stocks
A-Main #1 1. 28- AY Schilling 2. 26-AJ Stroup 3. 6C AJ Hoffman 4. 99- Denny Fourney 5. 25-Rich Fye 6. 7-Larry Knight 7. 20 Ronald Ergott III 8. 17A Jim Farley 9. 18-James Bilger 10. 01X-Jason Koch 11. 00-Cory Long 12. 16-Tommy Dawson 13. 33-Marc Bitler 14. 15-Michael Barrett
A-Main #2 1. 26-AJ Stroup[8]; 2. 6C-AJ Hoffman[6]; 3. 00-Cory Long[7]; 4. 99-Denny Fourney[3]; 5. 7-Larry Knight[4]; 6. 28-AY Schilling[5]; 7. 556-Kris Orwig[1]; 8. 20-Ronald Ergott III[2]; 9. 01X-Jason Koch[15]; 10. 12F-Jesse Farley[14]; 11. X-Rodney Wagner[10]; 12. (DNF) 27-Logan Hile[9]; 13. (DNF) 18-James Bilger[13]; 14. (DNF) 17A-Jim Farley[17]; 15. (DNF) 16-Tommy Dawson[16]; (DNS) 25-Rich Fye; DNS) 8M-Brandon Moser
Heat Races: 00-Cory Long & 7- Larry Knight
270 Micro Sprints:
A-Main: 1. 92-Jeff Weaver Jr[4]; 2. 76-Tyler Clowes[2]; 3. 1J-Brent Shearer[8]; 4. 44-Mac Wert[5]; 5. 25-Jillian Maurer[11]; 6. 71-Hunter Zimmerman[12]; 7. 32-Alex Lukacs[3]; 8. 4T-Tyler Puterbaugh[7]; 9. 1S-Cory Stabley[10]; 10. 74-John Roberts[6]; 11. 3-Colton Guiher[14]; 12. 2S-Lester Stabley[1]; 13. (DNF) 23-Tom Quiggle[13]; 14. (DNF) 18-Garrison Zook[17]; 15. (DNF) 61-Michael Petock[9]; 16. (DNF) 08-Jason Paisley[15]; 17. (DNF) 18M-Blade Myers[18]; 18. (DNS) 22H-Logan Hammaker
Heat Races: 74-John Roberts, 44-Mac Wert & 1J-Brent Shearer
4-Cylinders 1. 12K-Zakery Kline[4]; 2. 73-Matt Weaver[2]; 3. 7R-Andrew Ricketts[1]; 4. 19G-Garrett Lucas[3]; 5. 8L-Larry Beachel[5]; 6. 03C-Coty Maines[6]; 7. 417-Terry Karichner[9]; 8. 33K-Kevin Trimpey[7]; 9. 10-Summer Beachel[11]; 10. 11-Jolene Snook[8]; 11. (DNF) 84-Cody Wiles[10]; 12. (DNS) 757-Conner Cupp
Heat Races 73-Matt Weaver & 12K-Zak Kline
Submitted By: Jason McCahan
