Story By: JUSTIN SNYDER / PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY – PORT ROYAL, PA – Port Royal Speedway returns this Saturday, June 10th, with another three-division spectacular. Highlighting the night’s racing activities will be the return of Appalachian Mountain Speed Week for the Super Late Model division.
The Super Late Models will compete for $5000 as part of night two of the series. The eight-race series was previously a staple for the division from 2009-17, before falling to the wayside. The revival, spearheaded by Jim Bernheisel, should attract many of the regional standouts looking for the opportunity to bring home the added dollars and prestige.
The evening will also see the Weikert’s Livestock 410 Sprint Cars compete for $5000 to win along with the Dack’s Trucking LLC Limited Late Models competing for $1500 to win.
As part of a continued effort to raise awareness for childhood cancer, there will be an auction in the commercial building to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Various door panels, wing panels, racing collectibles and more will be available for bidding. The auction starts at 5:30. Last weekend’s auction raised more than $5200 for the cause and there will be more items available for purchase this weekend.
Pit Gates Open at 4:00, GA Gates Open at 5:00 with Racing scheduled to kick off at 7:00pm
GA- $25, Students- $15, Pits- $40
Devon Borden enters the weekend as the most recent winner in Weikert’s Livestock 410 Sprint Car competition. On the strength of two victories this season, Borden holds the point lead in the division by 135 markers over second-place Mike Wagner. Dylan Cisney (-200), Jeff Halligan (-200) and Justin Whittall (-335) make up the rest of the top five.
Rick Eckert scored his 14th career victory at the Speedway last weekend in Super Late Model competition. He is the current super late model point leader by a margin of 80 over second-place Dillan Stake. Hayes Mattern (-90), Jeff Rine (-95) and Gary Suhler (-210) complete the top five.
Closing out the card is the Dack’s Trucking Limited Late Models. Devin Hart leads the point standings by a margin of 15 points over Shawn Shoemaker. Taylor Farling (-25), Trent Brenneman (-30) and Ryan Zook (-35) complete the top five.