Photo Credit: Allan Holland

Port Royal, PA — Chase Dietz has been close to Kish Bank Victory Lane at Port Royal Speedway many times in various cars for various owners, even across multiple divisions. On Saturday, May 31st, Dietz was able to park a 410 sprint car in victory lane and took home $5,000 to his credit as well.

Devin Adams and Robbie Kendall would be the pair lined up on the front row of the 25 lap A-main event, and they would battle side-by-side over the opening lap with Kendall leading the opening circuit.

Kendall would lead over the next 3 laps while Justin Whittall, who started sixth, would go past Adams to the inside to claim the runner up spot.

Adams and Whittall would battle for the second position over the next three laps all the while reeling in the leader of Robbie Kendall to make it a three car battle for the lead.

Whittall would start to make attempts at the top spot with just nineteen laps remaining and would get by Kendall for the lead coming off of turn number four with seventeen laps on the scoreboard remaining.

Just one lap later, Adams would go by Kendall for the second spot and Chase Dietz, who had fallen back as far as eighth, would work his way into the top 5 getting by Freddie Rahmer.

Lapped traffic would begin to become an issue for the top cars as Justin Whittall would struggle to dispatch two lapped cars battling for position which allowed Devin Adams to reel him back in and take the lead back over with just eleven laps remaining.

Meanwhile, Dietz had gotten by both Robbie Kendall and Michael Walter Jr. to find himself in the final podium spot and gaining ground on the top two cars.

With just ten laps remaining, Dietz worked the top side of turns one and two to get around Justin Whittall for the runner up spot and would carry that speed around turns three and four to drive to Adams’ inside and take the lead away at the start finish line.

Dietz would carry his speed around the race track over the final nine laps and navigate lapped traffic to hold on for the win, marking his first 410 sprint car win at the Port Royal half-mile.

Michael Walter would take the runner up spot and Devin Adams would round out the top three.

“We’ve been trying to inch closer and closer here,” said Dietz in victory lane. “It feels good to be here at Port Royal.”

Lance Dewease would claim the Ramsey’s Car Wash Hard Charger Award passing 13 cars for the $500 award, and Derek Hauck would win the J&S Classics Warrior Award after the 23 pill was drawn in victory lane giving the Allenwood driver an extra $1000.

In USAC East Coast wingless competition, Steven Drevicki would lead all 25 laps, fending off a challenge from Steven Miller III late to claim the $1,500 winner’s share.

Miller III would finish in the runner up spot and Cameron Smith would round out the podium.

The Penns Valley Meat Market PA Sprint Series 305 sprint cars would run double A-main events with the 50 car field split into two 25 car A-mains.

The first A-main saw John Braim and Nick Sweigart start on the front row, but it would be Timmy Bittner who started in fourth who was able to get by both and pick up his first PA Sprint Series win of his career.

Mike Melair would finish in second and Nick Sweigart would finish in third.

In the second A-main for the 305 sprint cars, Kruz Kepner would start on the pole and lead from wire to wire to pick up the win over Logan Spahr and Kenny Heffner.

Port Royal Speedway will be back in competition on Saturday June 7th for Appalachian Mountain Super Late Model Speedweek paying $5,000 to the winner and the Weikert’s Livestock 410 sprint cars will also be in competition.

For more information, visit portroyalspeedway.com or follow along on social media at Port Royal Speedway Trackside Media on Facebook or on X/Twitter @PortRoyalSpdway.

FULL RESULTS:

1. 23-Chase Dietz[5]; 2. 77-Michael Walter[3]; 3. 99-Devin Adams[1]; 4. 8E-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 5. 67-Justin Whittall[6]; 6. 55W-Mike Wagner[10]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich[16]; 8. 22E-Nash Ely[8]; 9. 51-Freddie Rahmer[7]; 10. 12D-Lance Dewease[23]; 11. 27S-Robbie Kendall[2]; 12. 12-Blane Heimbach[13]; 13. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[19]; 14. 55-Logan Wagner[11]; 15. 45-Jeff Halligan[4]; 16. 6-Ryan Smith[17]; 17. 5K-Jake Karklin[12]; 18. 2-Gerard McIntyre Jr[15]; 19. 47K-Kody Lehman[22]; 20. 22-Doug Hammaker[20]; 21. 66-Ryan Newton[14]; 22. 35-Austin Bishop[21]; 23. 33-Derek Hauck[24]; 24. 17K-Kyle Keen[18]

1. 01-Timmy Bittner[4]; 2. 36-Mike Melair[3]; 3. 89-Nick Sweigart[2]; 4. 20-Doug Dodson[6]; 5. 46-Mike Alleman[5]; 6. 44-John Braim[1]; 7. 52-Jeff Weaver[11]; 8. 25-Dustin Young[9]; 9. 4J-Jacob Gomola[7]; 10. 461-Colton Hendershot[10]; 11. 90-Mike Walter[13]; 12. 21C-Jarrett Cavalet[14]; 13. 89D-Chris Dolan[12]; 14. 2-Erin Statler[16]; 15. 88-Fred Arnold[19]; 16. 53W-Jimmy White[15]; 17. R6-Reed Thompson[24]; 18. 5V-Braeden Varner[18]; 19. 12-Roger Irvine[21]; 20. 58-Nathan Emig[22]; 21. 99S-Jonathan Swift[17]; 22. 21-Andrew Boyer[8]; 23. 67-Ken Duke Jr[25]; 24. (DNS) 69P-Landon Price; 25. (DNS) 2B-Brian Woodson

1. 19-Kruz Kepner[1]; 2. 5-Logan Spahr[4]; 3. 97-Kenny Heffner[5]; 4. 7-Drew Young[12]; 5. 5J-John Walp[8]; 6. 28R-Jason Roush[2]; 7. 42-Jim Pattock[9]; 8. 25S-Zach Rhodes[10]; 9. 4W-Kasey Weaver[7]; 10. 32A-Austin Greenland[13]; 11. 98-Croix Beasom[14]; 12. 1M-Paul Moyer[16]; 13. 85-Josh Beamer[11]; 14. 7H-Kyle Hart[20]; 15. 5W-Kolby Weaver[3]; 16. 11-Dylan Smith[6]; 17. 15-Alan Rhodes[17]; 18. 80-Dave Wickham[15]; 19. 19B-Danny Buccafusca[18]; 20. 51-Dave Graber[23]; 21. 47-Benjamin Miklos[21]; 22. 99-AJ Barton[24]; 23. 1S-Cory Stabley[25]; 24. 29-Cody Hoover[22]; 25. 07-Landon Tressler[19]