Motor issues plague Bob Lineman Jr.

After the original start of the 30-lap Mr. Sportsman Classic for the Hammer Sportsman was marred by an incident, Pat Wall grabbed the lead on the ensuing green with Jimmy Amato and Will Dupree in his tracks. Following several additional appearances of the yellow flag in the opening tours of the extra distance contest, Wall was still in the top with five laps recorded. Behind Wall, a tight battle for second between Cale Ross and Kyle Kania was occurring and Kania passed Ross on lap six for the position. With a third of the race completed, the top three of Wall, Kania, and Ross were in close quarters and Bob Lineman Jr. was trying to fend off David Burns for fourth. On lap fourteen, Lineman’s race night came to end when a mechanical issue caused him to slow and stop on the track. When action resumed, Wall maintained his lead with Kania and Ross still dueling for position. On lap seventeen, Ross slipped by Kania to regain the runner-up spot. Following a caution period for Jason Kosch on the eighteenth circuit, racing got back underway with Wall still on top as Kania worked his way past Ross to retake second. Over the final ten laps of the race, Wall survived two additional restarts and continued to use the low groove of the dirt track to win his third feature of the year. Kania finished in the runner-up spot with Ross taking third. Burns was fourth and Joe Nappi netted fifth. Billy Osmun and Cale Ross were the Hammer Sportsman heat race victors.