Luke Horning Dominates DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Main Event Saturday At Albany-Saratoga
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Story By: TOM BOGGIE / ALBANY-SARATOGA SPEEDWAY – MALTA, NY – Luke Horning dominated the 30-lap DIRTcar Pro Stock Series feature Saturday night at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, continuing his incredible 2023 campaign.
Horning, who started third, began pressuring leader Chucky Dumblewski after just five laps, and took the low line out of the fourth turn on lap eight to get the lead.
With the race only being slowed by one caution, on lap 19, Horning was never seriously challenged and came away with his 19th overall victory of the season.
He now has three wins on the DIRTCar Pro Stock Series trail, and padded his points lead.
“We need a slick track to show what this car can do,” said Horning after his win. “When it’s hammer down, it doesn’t work, so the track tonight was good for us.”
Horning was referring the hour and a half rain delay that took place early in the card.
Kim Duell, who had started sixth, used the only restart to get around Dumblewski for the No. 2 position, but he still finished over two seconds behind Horning. Pete Stefanski, Dumblewski and Jaxson Ryan completed the top five.
DIRTcar Pro Stock Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning[3]; 2. 14-Kim Duell[6]; 3. 2-Pete Stefanski[4]; 4. 7D-Chucky Dumblewski[2]; 5. 04-Jaxson Ryan[10]; 6. 25-Chad Jeseo[20]; 7. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[1]; 8. 9-Shane Henderson[8]; 9. 9B-Slater Baker[7]; 10. 14J-Johnny Rivers Jr[5]; 11. 1X-Ian Bressette[12]; 12. 4M-Jordan Modiano[14]; 13. (DNF) 112-Christopher Wemple[16]; 14. (DNF) 28D-Phillip Defiglio[15]; 15. (DNF) 55-Dave Stckles[11]; 16. (DNF) 09J-Shawn Perez Jr[9]; 17. (DNS) 08-Doug Sheely; 18. (DNS) 711-Rich Crane; 19. (DNS) 322-Jay Casey; 20. (DNS) 324-Jason Casey
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9B-Slater Baker[4]; 2. 14-Kim Duell[1]; 3. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr[7]; 4. 14J-Johnny Rivers Jr[6]; 5. 09J-Shawn Perez Jr[9]; 6. 55-Dave Stckles[8]; 7. 08-Doug Sheely[10]; 8. (DNF) 28D-Phillip Defiglio[3]; 9. (DNS) 322-Jay Casey; 10. (DNS) 711-Rich Crane
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning[1]; 2. 7D-Chucky Dumblewski[2]; 3. 2-Pete Stefanski[7]; 4. 9-Shane Henderson[3]; 5. 04-Jaxson Ryan[9]; 6. 1X-Ian Bressette[8]; 7. 4M-Jordan Modiano[10]; 8. 112-Christopher Wemple[4]; 9. (DNS) 324-Jason Casey; 10. (DQ) 25-Chad Jeseo[6]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 14-Kim Duell, 00:18.075[9]; 2. 711-Rich Crane, 00:18.214[5]; 3. 28D-Phillip Defiglio, 00:18.268[3]; 4. 9B-Slater Baker, 00:18.324[1]; 5. 322-Jay Casey, 00:18.361[8]; 6. 14J-Johnny Rivers Jr, 00:18.410[10]; 7. 57K-Kevin Fetterly Jr, 00:18.657[7]; 8. 55-Dave Stckles, 00:18.940[4]; 9. 09J-Shawn Perez Jr, 00:19.229[6]; 10. 08-Doug Sheely, 00:19.452[2]
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 2H-Luke Horning, 00:17.807[7]; 2. 7D-Chucky Dumblewski, 00:17.890[9]; 3. 9-Shane Henderson, 00:18.176[2]; 4. 112-Christopher Wemple, 00:18.274[5]; 5. 324-Jason Casey, 00:18.356[10]; 6. 25-Chad Jeseo, 00:18.370[1]; 7. 2-Pete Stefanski, 00:18.390[4]; 8. 1X-Ian Bressette, 00:18.439[8]; 9. 04-Jaxson Ryan, 00:18.748[3]; 10. 4M-Jordan Modiano, 00:18.894[6]
