Timmy Bitner is Victorious in Front of Hometown Crowd

Mill Hall, PA – Local driver Timmy Bitner charged his way though the field, making a late race pass to win the RaceSaver Sprint Cars opening day honors at the Clinton County Speedway located just over 10-miles from his home. Bittner also won on opening day back in 2023. AJ Hoffman won the pro stocks, Jeffrey Weaver of Lock Haven on won the 270 Micro Sprints, and Matt Weaver won the 4 Cylinder feature event.

Thirty-four Race Saver Sprint cars were signed in for competition on Friday night. Four qualifying events and a consolation qualifier were required to determine the 24starters for the 25 lap main event. Josh Beamer of Picture Rocks and Jim Pattock brought the field to the green flag. Beamer and Pattock battled for the top spot with Pattock taking command of the field by the completion of lap number four. By the completion of lap number five, Pattock was leading Beamer, Mike Koehler, Dreck Swart and Johnny Smith. On lap number 10, Bittner, who started 11th, had worked his way into the top five.

As Pattock continued to lead the field, a fierce battle for second place had developed. Beamer and 7thplace starter Mikey Smith raced side by side for several laps. As the two raced through turns three and four on lap number 16, the two touched resulting in Beamer spinning and bringing out the caution. Pattock led the field for the restart with Smith, Bittner, Koehler and John Walp running in the top five.

A four car incident on lap nineteen bunched the field up once again. With Pattock in the lead, Smith and Bittner challenged each other for the second position. On lap number 23, Bittner secured second place as Pattock was looking for his first career win. However, the caution flag waved on lap 24created a one lap shoot-out for the winner and providing Bittner with an opportunity. As the field raced back to the green flag, Bittner made his move to lead the final lap and claimed the win. Smith crossed the line second but was light at the scales, allowing Pattock to finish second followed by Walp, Jeffrey Weaver and Jacob Gomola. Sixth through tenth were Mike Koehler, Dale Schweikart, Jared Zionkowski, Kruz Kepner and John Scarborough. Heat races were won by Pattock, Zionkowski, Prettyleaf and Bittner. Kruz Kepner won the B-main.

Defending Pro Stock champion, AY Schilling of Linden started on the pole for the feature event. Schilling took the lead with fourth place starter, Cory Long of Selinsgrove moving into second by the completion of lap number 3. Sixth place starter, AJ Hoffman moved into third place by lap number four. The top three were in a competitive battle, with Hoffman moving into second on lap number12. As the laps whined down, Schilling maintained the lead until the final laps in the final turn, as Hoffman made the pass for the win over Schilling Long, Tommy Dawson and Larry Knight. Heat races were won by Hoffman and Schilling

In the 270 Micro Sprints, Alex Lukacs led the field to the green flag. On lap number 5, Jeffrey Weaver emerged as the new race leader. On lap number 6, Cory Stabley, who started sixth, took over the runner up position. Stabley would close in on Weaver and was within striking distance. The field was slowed down on lap number 12 for an incident in turn three. Following the restart, Weaver would hold off the challenges of Stabley to secure his first win of the season, over Stabley, Lukacs, Tyler Clowes and Logan Hammaker. Heats were won by Nathan Bacon, Stabley, and Zachary Glass.

Larry Beachel took the early lead in the 4-Cylinder feature event. On lap four, Matt Weaver raced his way to the front of the field with Coty Maines glued to his rear bumper, shuffling Beachel to third. The top three ran in close contention for the remainder of the event, with Weaver holding on to visit victory lane. Maines finished second, Beachel was third, followed by Kyle Strouse and Garret Lucas. Heat race winners were Zak Kline and Beachel

The Clinton County Speedway will be back in action this Friday night, April 25th featuring the Limited Late Models, Pro Stocks, 270Micro Sprints and 4-Cylinders. Gates open at 5PM, Hot laps are at 7PM and Racing Begins at 7:30. For more speedway information, visit clintoncountyspeedway.com or visit them on Facebook.

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SPRINT CARS: 1. Timmy Bittner 2. Jim Pattock 3. John Walp 4. Jeffrey Weaver 5. Jacob Gomola 6. Mike Koehler 7. Dale Schweikart 8.Jared Zionkowski 9. Kruz Kepner 10. John Scarborough 11. Johnny Smith 12. Kasey Weaver 13. Kolby Weaver 14. Kyle Hart 15. Ken Duke Jr. 16. Josh Beamer 17. Reed Thompson 18. Braeden Varner 19. Dustin Prettyleaf 20. Dustin Young 21. Derek Swartz22. Drew Young 23. Ryan Lynn DQ Mikey Smith DNS: Matt Tebbs, Mike Alleman, Austin Greenland, Zach Rhoades, Erick Knopp, Michael Petock, Dakota Schweikart, Jim Kennedy, Owen Dimm, Corey Stabley.

PRO STOCKS: 1. AJ Hoffman, 2. AY Schilling 3. Cory Long 4. Tommy Dawson 5. Larry Knight 6. Marc Bitler 7. Rich Fye 8. Jame Bilger9 Ronald Ergott III 10. Jason Koch 11. Todd Geyer DNS Denny Fourney, Jim Farley, Kris Orwig, Jesse Farley, Mike Gray

270 MICRO SPRINTS: 1. Jeffrey Weaver, 2. Cory Stabley3. Alex Lukacs, 4. Tyler Clowes, 5. Logan Hammaker, 6. Dustin Roberts, 7.Nathan Bacon 8. Cameron McClure 9. Devin Dunmire 10. Michael Petock 11. Zachary Glass 12. Mac Wert 13. Andrew Petock 14. Paris Hews 15. Matt Dixson Sr. 16.Jillian Maurer 17. Lester Stabley 18. Matthew Dixson Jr. 19. Blade Myers 20.Mason McAndrew 21. Chase

Roberts 22. Colton Guiher DNS Garrison Snook, Stacey Galanis, Deryk Jones

FOUR CYLINDERS: 1. Matt Weaver 2. Coty Maines 3. Larry Beachel 4. Kyle Strouse 5. Garrett Lucas 6. Zach Kline 7. Ken Smith 8. Brett Shirk 9. Jacob Rodola 10. Ian Heaps DNS Tim Teneyck, Anthony Potter, Alyssa Snook