(Port Royal) Keith Kauffman of Mifflintown won the 129th sprint car feature of his career at Port Royal Speedway Saturday night beating Justin Henderson across the finish line for the $3,000 payday.
In 358 sprint feature action, Billy Dietrich held off Pat Cannon for his second win of the season at the track; while Logan Wagner won for the second time of the season at the oval in 305 sprint action, respectively.
Kauffman led every lap of the 25-lap 410 sprint main but it wasn’t easy. It was his first win with the team since partnering with Gary Heckman after the 2010 season.
As Kauffman worked lapped traffic, all eyes turned to one-time 2011 winner Justin Henderson who went to the rear early after fixing a tire.
Henderson mowed down the likes of Chad Layton, Todd Shaffer, Rick Lafferty, Ryan Taylor and Erdley to put himself into second with a lap to go before finishing there. Erdley was third followed by Taylor and Layton.
Dietrich of Aspers started second on the 358 sprint field and -- like Kauffman -- led flag to flag; but that’s not to say he didn’t have company. Liverpool’s T.J. Stutts trailed Dietrich with Pat Cannon up to third by the 14th lap when the red flag appeared for a fire aboard Logan Schuchart’s machine.
Cannon disposed of Stutts with three laps left and just when Dietrich thought he would see the checkers a yellow flag appeared for debris. Cannon gave it a run on the final lap but fell well short of Dietrich at the line. Stutts was third followed by Nate Snyder and Blane Heimbach.
Logan Wagner of Harrisonville won his second 305 main of the year at the track by tracking down and passing Randy Kaylor with four laps to go in the 20-lapper. Kaylor had led from the outset but ended up second. Matt Mountz was third with Tyler Beard fourth and Brian Walker fifth.
Port Royal Speedway returns with racing on June 18 at 7:30 P.M.
Information used in this story was provided by Port Royal Speedway. Video used in this report is courtesy of www.SportsPlusVideo.com and Lynn Schaeffer Productions.
