Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY – MECHANICSBURG, PA – The Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars will compete in a Yellow Breeches 500 race at Williams Grove Speedway coming up this Friday, May 20 at 7:30 pm.
Still trying to get their 2022 season underway, the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprint cars will also be on the racing program.
For the 410 sprints, the Yellow Breeches 500 race will pay $500 to start the 25-lap main event while offering $5,000 to the winner.
After losing a previous Yellow Breeches race to weather, Friday’s race for the 410 sprint cars will be the first of the year to offer a new twist on qualifying.
All Yellow Breeches 500 races during the season will see timed practice laps used to set the heat starting lineups.
Hot lap/qualifying groups for the shows will be established and seeded equally based on each entered drivers season earning’s average to date.
And all cars in a group will face off against the same opponents in their respective heat races.
An invert of the driver’s times after hot laps will be used to set the heat starting grids.
And then the top two or three heat finishers, based on the total number of heats contested, will be placed into the front starting spots of the night’s main event again handicapped onto the grid based on each driver’s financial earning’s average to date.
The 358 sprints will compete in a 20-lap main after qualifying heat races.
Adult general admission is set at just $15 with youth ages 13-20 admitted for just $10 while kids ages 12 and under are always admitted for FREE at Williams Grove Speedway.
Brent Marks recently became the first sprint car driver to repeat a trip to victory lane at the track in 2022 when he scored the World of Outlaws Morgan Cup on May 14.
Danny Dietrich is the current Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint car point leader although he is still seeking his first win of the season at the oval.
Randy Wolfe Tribute Race Is May 27th; Veteran Sprint Ace To Be Feted With 10K To Win All Stars Event
Williams Grove Speedway will honor veteran sprint car ace Randy Wolfe coming up on Friday, May 27 when the All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprints compete in the Randy Wolfe Tribute Race paying a hefty $10,000 to the winner.
Pre-race action in the infield will get underway at 5:45 featuring honoree Wolfe along with a number of his career car owners, spanning 1976 through 1999.
Interviews and a meet and greet will be conducted as part of a live broadcast.
Wolfe’s career is perhaps best remembered for his time spent at the wheel of the Keen Motorsports No. 5W in the 1980s.
Keen namesake Shawn Keen will attend the pre-race honors along with others such as owners Jim and Laura Allebach No. 75, Gene Jenkins No. 55, brothers Rick and Joe Woelfling No. 5W and Pat Cooper No. 25.
Currently sixth in Williams Grove points, second-generation driver Lucas Wolfe will also be on hand to honor his father with his own No. 5W machine on display.
Now 65, Wolfe amassed a total of 64 sprint car wins during his driving tenure including a lone URC victory.
At Williams Grove his career netted 11 checkered flags including victories in the Jack Gunn Memorial and the Early Bird Championship.
The All Stars will battle the Pennsylvania Posse in the 30-lap Wolfe Tribute Race as part of the 2022 Hoosier Diamond Series with action getting underway at 7:30 pm.
Gates will open at 5:30.
Fireworks will be part of the special holiday weekend program.
Adult general admission is set at $25 with youth ages 13-20 admitted for just $10 while kids ages 12 and under are always admitted for FREE at Williams Grove Speedway.