FASTonDIRT 410 Sprints Return To Michaels Mercer Raceway For $4K-To-Win Event Saturday

Story By: JIM BALENTINE / MICHAELS MERCER RACEWAY – MERCER, PA – The methanol breathing 900 hp Aaron Fry-led Honest Abe roofing FASTonDIRT 410 sprint cars presented by Ti-22 performance will make it debut appearance of 2025 at Michaels Mercer raceway presented by Sunbelt Reynolds in a $4000 to win contest.

The Penn/Ohio pro stocks will compete in a touring race paying $1000 to win along with our regular three classes of IMCA racesaver 305 sprints, DIRT602 crate sportsman modified and SCDRA mini stocks will also be in competition for a fantastic five division evening.

Points will begin Saturday. Pits will open at 4 pm.Grandstands will open at 5 pm. Drivers meeting will be at 5:30. Hot laps will be at 6 with FASTonDIRT sprint qualifying to follow. Racing will begin at 7 pm.

• Grandstands :$20 adults ;$18 seniors; 13 and under free
• Pit passes:$35 adults; $30 seniors; Kids 10 under 30

The past two FASTonDIRT sprint shows at Mercer have had over 30 cars at both events. AJ flick picked up the Jeff Gilliland memorial last season winning over $9000 and Bob Felmlee picked up the western Pennsylvania sprint car championship in 2023. Last year‘s point champion for the FAST series Brandon Spithaler will be on hand to defend his title.

For race teams planning to attend, the standard FAST payout for the main event is as follows: 4000, 2000, 1500, 1200, 1000, 800, 700, 600, 550, 500, 480, 460, 440, 420, 410, 400, 400, 400, 400, 400. Heat races will pay: 40, 30, 20, 10 thanks to the help of Patriot Capital Financial, All Pro Cylinder Heads, Inc., JLT Enterprises, and Victory Fuel. Bonus awards for “hard luck” and “hard charger” are supplied by Helms & Sons Construction and Excavation.There are NO membership, registration or entry fees to race with FAST.

All cars must be on 4 corner Hoosier Racing Tires with the right rear a choice of the following spec compounds: D15A, H15, Medium or Medium 1. The left rear must be a D12A or H12. They do not require teams to run the same right rear tire all night.FAST will have tires available at the track.Wings must be flat top with a maximum 2″ wicker bill.Cars must weigh 1,425 pounds, with driver, after qualifying and after racing events.

The pro stocks once a regular weekly class will run a Penn/Ohio sanctioned touring race paying $1000 to win and $150 to start. Joey Zambotti won last years little guy nationals and the chiller thriller this March. Curt J. Bish, and Jacob Wheeler have been the most recent winners but long time competitors such as Bobby Whitling, Josh Sieppel, and Chris Withers are always a threat to win. Every pro stock driver not at our opener must pay a $25 one time registration fee for the season. To be eligible for touring points and series money, you must register with the Penn/Ohio series.

The IMCA racesaver 305 sprint cars should have a larger field on Saturday as more drivers are putting their finishing touches on the cars and many rookie drivers are expected to make their debut. Opening night special dash winners were Jeremy Kornbau and Jarrett Rosencrance, both former track champions.

The DIRT 602 crate sportsman modified class sponsored by Top Shelf trucking should have another great field of cars as all local crate modified are permitted to compete with only minor rule modifications with no GM bottle cap seals. On opening night, Todd English based out of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, who has won many races at hidden Valley. Speedway drove the Russ King racing modified to victory. Last year‘s winners, Garrett Krummert, Pat Lane, Ayden Cipriano, and track champion Eric Gabany should be back along with former champion Brian Schaffer and others.

The SCDRA mini stocks sponsored by King Forestry will now be able to compete for a national championship and point money running weekly at Mercer. Former track champion Andy Thompson was in the right place at the right time on opening night picking up his 21st career win in the division. Devin Haley who won his first career last year will be looking to pick up another feature win along with former track champions Carl Ealy, Tim Callahan among others.

A reminder, all drivers except for the FASTonDIRT sprints competing who did not race on opening night must pay the division registration fee at the pit gate where they sign in at for a pit pass. The yellow and the red AMBIT transponders can both be used now at the speedway. All cars must have a transponder and none are available to rent.. raceivers are mandatory default channel 454.000.