Brad Sweet Puts Money Where His Mouth Is; Wins Night 1 Of Tuscarora 50 At Port Royal

Story By: BRAD STRAWSER / PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY – PORT ROYAL, PA – Leading into the night, social media was a stir as a quote from Brad Sweet circulated. “It’s really fun to go into Pennsylvania…take their money and talk a little smack,” said Sweet in an interview with FloRacing.

He backed up that statement on Thursday night by picking up the win and securing himself a starting spot in Saturday’s 57th Annual Tuscarora 50.

Sweet rolled off the A-main in the 5th starting spot while Anthony Macri and Rico Abreu would be the pair on the front row.

Aberu and Macri would trade sliders over the opening 2 laps, but Macri would bang the boards a bit too hard off of turn 2 giving Aberu a bit of a gap to lead the next handful of laps.

Macri would battle with Sweet with 16 laps remaining for the runner-up position, but Sweet would pull off the pass in turn 1, take the slider line away in turn 3, and set his sights on Rico Abreu for the lead.

Rico would continue to lead into the waning laps of the race and in lapped traffic, “The Big Cat” of Brad Sweet would begin to close the gap and look to make his move.

With 8 laps remaining, Sweet would slide in front of Aberu for the lead and attempt to run away and hide in the slower traffic.

With 2 laps to go and slower traffic in front of Sweet, Aberu was able to close the gap to just under 5-tenths of a second, but wasn’t able to fully reel him in, and Brad Sweet would claim his first victory at Port Royal Speedway since 2015 and his first win with Kubota High Limit Racing since May 16th.

The win was also worth an extra $5,000 with it being split with the Durst Dice Roll fan of the night Brock Fisher from Huntingdon, PA. Brad Sweet was selected as the Durst Dice Roll driver before the A-main when Fisher rolled the dice in victory lane to show a 5, meaning that Brad Sweet coming from the 5th starting spot would give $5,000 to be split between the driver and the fan.

Rico Abreu and Anthony Macri would round out the podium on the night.

Port Royal Speedway will be back in action on Friday night for The Night Before the 50 with Kubota High Limit Racing and the Selinsgrove Ford super late models as they race their portion of the Butch Renninger Memorial race paying $8,333 to win as the whole night is presented by Fleet Reps.

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[2]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 4. 69K-Logan Wagner[8]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[3]; 6. 13-Justin Peck[6]; 7. 9P-Parker Price Miller[12]; 8. 88-Sye Lynch[10]; 9. 21-Brian Brown[4]; 10. 67-Justin Whittall[15]; 11. 5-Spencer Bayston[9]; 12. 19-Brent Marks[25]; 13. 12H-Blane Heimbach[16]; 14. 14-Corey Day[14]; 15. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[11]; 16. 48-Danny Dietrich[21]; 17. 1Z-Chase Dietz[18]; 18. 9-Kasey Kahne[13]; 19. 55W-Mike Wagner[24]; 20. 39-Kody Hartlaub[17]; 21. 87-Aaron Reutzel[23]; 22. 55-Chris Windom[20]; 23. 83-James McFadden[19]; 24. 26-Zeb Wise[27]; 25. 35-Austin Bishop[22]; 26. 23-Devon Borden[28]; 27. 47K-Kody Lehman[26]; 28. 1A-Jacob Allen[7]

FK Rod Ends B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 48-Danny Dietrich[3]; 2. 35-Austin Bishop[1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[10]; 4. 55W-Mike Wagner[2]; 5. 26-Zeb Wise[12]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[9]; 7. 95-Garrett Bard[5]; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer[14]; 9. 12-Lance Dewease[18]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[8]; 11. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[13]; 12. 1-Brenham Crouch[7]; 13. 5C-Dylan Cisney[15]; 14. 11-TJ Stutts[11]; 15. 23-Devon Borden[17]; 16. 22-Jonathan Preston[6]; 17. 6-Ryan Smith[4]; 18. 45-Jeff Halligan[16]

C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 23-Devon Borden[1]; 2. 12-Lance Dewease[4]; 3. 47K-Kody Lehman[2]; 4. 99A-Devin Adams[3]; 5. 27H-Ryan Timms[9]; 6. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[6]; 7. 8-Cory Eliason[11]; 8. 55S-Dallas Schott[12]; 9. 10-Jake Waters[10]; 10. 2C-Vince Snyder[13]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker[7]; 12. 77-Mike Walter II[5]; 13. 27S-Robbie Kendall[8]; 14. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[14]; 15. 35K-Jake Karklin[15]

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[7]; 4. 21-Brian Brown[8]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 6. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen[6]; 8. 69K-Logan Wagner[2]

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 2. 69K-Logan Wagner[4]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1]; 4. 67-Justin Whittall[3]; 5. 83-James McFadden[6]; 6. 35-Austin Bishop[5]; 7. 95-Garrett Bard[8]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[10]; 9. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[7]; 10. 23-Devon Borden[12]; 11. 77-Mike Walter II[11]; 12. 27H-Ryan Timms[9]; 13. 2C-Vince Snyder[13]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 5-Spencer Bayston[6]; 3. 9-Kasey Kahne[3]; 4. 39-Kody Hartlaub[2]; 5. 1A-Jacob Allen[4]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[7]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch[5]; 8. 11-TJ Stutts[9]; 9. 5C-Dylan Cisney[10]; 10. 99A-Devin Adams[11]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker[13]; 12. 8-Cory Eliason[12]; 13. 35K-Jake Karklin[8]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 88-Sye Lynch[2]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 4. 14-Corey Day[3]; 5. 1Z-Chase Dietz[7]; 6. 6-Ryan Smith[6]; 7. 55W-Mike Wagner[5]; 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel[13]; 9. 51-Freddie Rahmer[9]; 10. 47K-Kody Lehman[10]; 11. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[11]; 12. 10-Jake Waters[12]; 13. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]

Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Brad Sweet[1]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[2]; 3. 13-Justin Peck[4]; 4. 12H-Blane Heimbach[3]; 5. 55-Chris Windom[5]; 6. 22-Jonathan Preston[6]; 7. 99-Skylar Gee[8]; 8. 26-Zeb Wise[7]; 9. 45-Jeff Halligan[11]; 10. 12-Lance Dewease[12]; 11. 27S-Robbie Kendall[9]; 12. 55S-Dallas Schott[10]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:15.500[18]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:15.551[2]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:15.565[14]; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 00:15.606[15]; 5. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:15.742[11]; 6. 39-Kody Hartlaub, 00:15.776[8]; 7. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:15.796[26]; 8. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:15.805[4]; 9. 35-Austin Bishop, 00:15.816[9]; 10. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:15.827[21]; 11. 83-James McFadden, 00:15.831[24]; 12. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:15.886[16]; 13. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:15.918[13]; 14. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:15.945[19]; 15. 95-Garrett Bard, 00:15.957[3]; 16. 35K-Jake Karklin, 00:15.981[1]; 17. 27H-Ryan Timms, 00:15.986[5]; 18. 11-TJ Stutts, 00:15.997[20]; 19. 19-Brent Marks, 00:16.004[12]; 20. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 00:16.021[6]; 21. 77-Mike Walter II, 00:16.034[17]; 22. 99A-Devin Adams, 00:16.248[10]; 23. 23-Devon Borden, 00:16.284[22]; 24. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:16.377[23]; 25. 2C-Vince Snyder, 00:16.386[7]; 26. 12W-Troy Fraker, 00:17.552[25]

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:15.809[20]; 2. 13-Justin Peck, 00:15.859[6]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:15.928[25]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:15.930[11]; 5. 88-Sye Lynch, 00:15.933[1]; 6. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:15.951[21]; 7. 14-Corey Day, 00:16.010[14]; 8. 12H-Blane Heimbach, 00:16.010[7]; 9. 55W-Mike Wagner, 00:16.043[10]; 10. 55-Chris Windom, 00:16.063[13]; 11. 6-Ryan Smith, 00:16.072[16]; 12. 22-Jonathan Preston, 00:16.077[4]; 13. 1Z-Chase Dietz, 00:16.091[24]; 14. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:16.118[3]; 15. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:16.139[17]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:16.209[19]; 17. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 00:16.225[8]; 18. 27S-Robbie Kendall, 00:16.237[18]; 19. 47K-Kody Lehman, 00:16.294[2]; 20. 55S-Dallas Schott, 00:16.316[5]; 21. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 00:16.366[9]; 22. 45-Jeff Halligan, 00:16.425[15]; 23. 10-Jake Waters, 00:16.844[23]; 24. 12-Lance Dewease[12]; 25. 87-Aaron Reutzel[22]

Dirt Draft Hot Laps: 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:15.322[37]; 2. 83-James McFadden, 00:15.542[24]; 3. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:15.551[26]; 4. 21-Brian Brown, 00:15.616[15]; 5. 1Z-Chase Dietz, 00:15.639[50]; 6. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:15.647[18]; 7. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:15.710[19]; 8. 88-Sye Lynch, 00:15.730[27]; 9. 2KS-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:15.740[43]; 10. 13-Justin Peck, 00:15.750[32]; 11. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:15.762[46]; 12. 14-Corey Day, 00:15.769[40]; 13. 77-Mike Walter II, 00:15.770[17]; 14. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:15.774[2]; 15. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:15.781[51]; 16. 35-Austin Bishop, 00:15.802[9]; 17. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:15.811[21]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:15.814[45]; 19. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 00:15.821[34]; 20. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:15.850[11]; 21. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 00:15.851[48]; 22. 11-TJ Stutts, 00:15.864[20]; 23. 39-Kody Hartlaub, 00:15.874[8]; 24. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:15.876[13]; 25. 45-Jeff Halligan, 00:15.913[41]; 26. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:15.935[14]; 27. 55W-Mike Wagner, 00:15.944[36]; 28. 95-Garrett Bard, 00:15.947[3]; 29. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:15.987[16]; 30. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:16.007[29]; 31. 55-Chris Windom, 00:16.031[39]; 32. 12-Lance Dewease, 00:16.045[38]; 33. 6-Ryan Smith, 00:16.051[42]; 34. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:16.068[4]; 35. 99A-Devin Adams, 00:16.086[10]; 36. 22-Jonathan Preston, 00:16.089[30]; 37. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 00:16.104[6]; 38. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 00:16.159[35]; 39. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:16.164[23]; 40. 12H-Blane Heimbach, 00:16.182[33]; 41. 27S-Robbie Kendall, 00:16.200[44]; 42. 23-Devon Borden, 00:16.209[22]; 43. 27H-Ryan Timms, 00:16.216[5]; 44. 47K-Kody Lehman, 00:16.225[28]; 45. 19-Brent Marks, 00:16.254[12]; 46. 35K-Jake Karklin, 00:16.304[1]; 47. 55S-Dallas Schott, 00:16.320[31]; 48. 10-Jake Waters, 00:16.580[49]; 49. 2C-Vince Snyder, 00:16.865[7]; 50. 12W-Troy Fraker, 00:18.069[25]; 51. 9P-Parker Price Miller[47]