Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY – MECHANICSBURG, PA – The 30-lap USAC East Coast 360 Sprint Car Bill Gallagher Memorial event at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night was scored by Alex Bright for the second year in a row.
Christian Bruno took the lead at the start of the USAC East feature run in honor of former car owner Bill Gallagher.
Having just moved into the seat of Mike Heffner’s No. 27 machine within the past week, Alex Bright started 13th in the field and blasted into contention early, already up to fourth on just the second circuit.
Bright rose to second on lap four and then went to work running down Bruno’s advantage before taking the top spot on lap 13.
The rest of the event was all Bright while final starter and USAC East series point leader Briggs Danner put on a show using the high side.
Danner methodically passed car after car to eventually end up third at the finish, behind winner Bright and Chris Allen Jr.
Worth $5,000, the win was Bright’s fourth in a row in USAC East appearances at the track dating back to last season.
Bruce Buckwalter Jr. finished fourth with Steve Drevicki ending up fifth.
Sixth through 10th went to Joey Amantea, Carmen Perigo Jr., JT Ferry, Dalton Herrick and David Swanson.
Heats went to Danner, Bruno and Mike Thompson.
USAC East sprints, 30 laps: 1. Alex Bright, 2. Chris Allen Jr., 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Bruce Buckwalter, 5. Steve Drevicki, 6. Joey Amantea, 7. Carmen Perigo Jr., 8. JT Ferry, 9. Dalton Herrick, 10. David Swanson, 11. Jason Cherry, 12. Mike Thompson, 13. Bobby Butler, 14. Tim Stallings, 15. Billy Ney, 16. Austin Grabey, 17, Troy Fraker, 18. Christian Bruno, 19. Brian Nornhold,
DNS: Tommy Kunsman, Jason Cherry, Ed Aikin