Reed Thompson picked up his first win Friday at Clinton County Speedway. Thompson paced early leader Mark Watkins and made his move on the high side around a lapped car and held on for the victory. Kody Lehman,Nathan Gramley and Jeff Taylor rounded out the top 5.
Dotterer 305 Sprints – (13 Entries) – R6 Reed Thompson, 36 Mark Watkins, 47K Kody Lehman, 23 Nathan Gramley, 17T Jeff Taylor, 76 Jim Kennedy, 39 Eric Parker, 12R Rod Shelly, 29 Derek Steward, 5B Chuck Brion, 31 Sean Campbell, 4 Rodney Peters, 22K Mike Koehler

Heat Winners – Reed Thompson, Mark Watkins

Lap Leaders – Mark Watkins 1-14, Reed Thompson 15-20

After numerous rainouts and weather concerns this spring the weather finally looks great for Clinton County Friday night. The series will be on hand for just their second appearance of the season at Clinton County this year. Teams are anxious to get back on track this weekend with a big weekend planned for next week featuring Williams Grove and Port Royal. The following weekend Clinton County will showcase a 50 lap feature on June 1st with an increased purse.

Meanwhile the Regional race for Port Royal scheduled for October 6th is taking shape. Details are being worked out with Port Royal to establish a significant annual event that will showcase the RaceSaver series in the northeast. The event will be open to all RaceSaver registered teams and a purse is being established that will make travel for all teams more affordable. Look for an announcement and more news next week.

Tyler Bear is two-for-two at Path Valley in 2012 after winning the PA Sprint Series 305 Sprint Car feature. Bear started first and was leading by a few seconds until he had to slow when he caught the back end of the field. Ryan Lynn closed in, even getting beside Bear on one occasion. After the final restart on lap seventeen, Bear powered away to win by several car lengths over Lynn. Tim Dietz made the biggest move, starting eighth and finishing third. Marcus Defreitas finished fourth and Scott Ellerman fifth. Heat race wins went to Bear and Lynn.

305 Sprint: 1.Tyler Bear (Elliottsburg, PA), 2.Ryan Lynn, 3.Tim Dietz, 4.Marcus Defreitas, 5.Scott Ellerman, 6.Tyler Lebo, 7.Kyle Lloyd,
8.Jake Waters, 9.Craig Myers, 10.Jeff Miller, 11.Mark Watkins DNS:
Jim Kennedy
Lap Leaders: Tyler Bear (1-20)
Heats: Tyler Bear, Ryan Lynn

Races for Friday, May 4th have been rained out.

Races for Sunday, April 29th have been postponed due to anticipated freezing weather at race time.

A make-up date is currently in the works and will be announced at a later date.