AJ Flick Captures First Sharon Speedway 410 Sprint Car Victory Since ’22 Saturday Night

Information By: MIKE LEONE / SHARON SPEEDWAY – HARTFORD, OH – A.J. Flick got around pole sitter Ryan Smith and led to the checkered for the $4,000 score in the 410 Sprint Car A-Main Saturday night at Sharon Speedway.

The win is his fifth career at Sharon and first since 2022.

Smith stayed close throughout the race, and then fended off a late race charge from Tim Shaffer to hold on to P2.

Brandon Spithaler was the Hard Charger of the race, coming from the B-Main to finish seventh.

410 Sprints – Winged

Hovis Auto Truck Supply A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2-AJ Flick[4]; 2. 6D-Ryan Smith[1]; 3. 11-Carl Bowser[5]; 4. 22D-Cole Duncan[13]; 5. 35-Jared Zimbardi[8]; 6. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[21]; 7. 46-Michael Bauer[3]; 8. 98-Ricky Peterson[20]; 9. 13-Brandon Matus[9]; 10. 08-Danny Kuriger[11]; 11. 8-Billy Dietrich[15]; 12. 49X-Trey Jacobs[16]; 13. 38-Leyton Wagner[7]; 14. 67-JJ Loss[17]; 15. 3V-Chris Verda[24]; 16. 16-Jim Morris[19]; 17. 15T-Ryan Turner[23]; 18. 15-Mitch Harble[18]; 19. 47L-Dusty Larson[14]; 20. 10-Dale Blaney[12]; 21. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[6]; 22. 7K-Dan Shetler[22]; 23. 3-John Jerich[10]; 24. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[2]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 2. 7K-Dan Shetler[3]; 3. 15T-Ryan Turner[5]; 4. 3V-Chris Verda[7]; 5. 83X-Nate Reeser[11]; 6. 5-Jeremy Weaver[9]; 7. 21-Bryan Salisbury[15]; 8. 33-Brent Matus[2]; 9. 4W-Eric L Williams[13]; 10. 3B-Joe Butera[12]; 11. 76-Davey Jones[14]; 12. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[6]; 13. 5K-Adam Kekich[4]; 14. 21P-Carmen Perigo Jr[8]; 15. 81-Rayce Jacobs[10]; 16. (DNS) 6-Bob Felmlee; 17. (DNS) 10J-Curt Jones

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr[2]; 2. 17GP-Tim Shaffer[5]; 3. 2-AJ Flick[4]; 4. 22D-Cole Duncan[7]; 5. 67-JJ Loss[1]; 6. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[3]; 7. 15T-Ryan Turner[8]; 8. 5-Jeremy Weaver[10]; 9. 4W-Eric L Williams[9]; 10. 6-Bob Felmlee[6]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Michael Bauer[4]; 2. 3-John Jerich[3]; 3. 08-Danny Kuriger[6]; 4. 47L-Dusty Larson[1]; 5. 15-Mitch Harble[5]; 6. 33-Brent Matus[2]; 7. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[8]; 8. 81-Rayce Jacobs[7]; 9. 76-Davey Jones[9]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Jared Zimbardi[1]; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[3]; 3. 6D-Ryan Smith[4]; 4. 8-Billy Dietrich[5]; 5. 16-Jim Morris[2]; 6. 7K-Dan Shetler[7]; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[8]; 8. 83X-Nate Reeser[9]; 9. 21-Bryan Salisbury[6]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Leyton Wagner[1]; 2. 11-Carl Bowser[2]; 3. 10-Dale Blaney[4]; 4. 49X-Trey Jacobs[3]; 5. 98-Ricky Peterson[6]; 6. 5K-Adam Kekich[5]; 7. 21P-Carmen Perigo Jr[7]; 8. 3B-Joe Butera[9]; 9. (DNS) 10J-Curt Jones

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Qualifying 1: 1. 2-AJ Flick, 00:13.729[8]; 2. 32B-Brandon Spithaler, 00:13.963[2]; 3. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr, 00:14.402[1]; 4. 67-JJ Loss, 00:14.466[9]; 5. 17GP-Tim Shaffer, 00:14.535[5]; 6. 6-Bob Felmlee, 00:14.746[4]; 7. 22D-Cole Duncan, 00:14.781[3]; 8. 15T-Ryan Turner, 00:14.871[6]; 9. 4W-Eric L Williams, 00:15.661[7]; 10. 5-Jeremy Weaver, 00:16.814[10]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Qualifying 2: 1. 46-Michael Bauer, 00:14.364[7]; 2. 3-John Jerich, 00:14.418[9]; 3. 33-Brent Matus, 00:14.846[8]; 4. 47L-Dusty Larson, 00:15.136[4]; 5. 15-Mitch Harble, 00:15.150[3]; 6. 08-Danny Kuriger, 00:15.151[1]; 7. 81-Rayce Jacobs, 00:15.241[6]; 8. 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer, 00:15.439[5]; 9. 76-Davey Jones, 00:15.768[2]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Qualifying 3: 1. 6D-Ryan Smith, 00:14.050[3]; 2. 13-Brandon Matus, 00:14.092[1]; 3. 16-Jim Morris, 00:14.399[5]; 4. 35-Jared Zimbardi, 00:14.549[2]; 5. 8-Billy Dietrich, 00:14.590[6]; 6. 21-Bryan Salisbury, 00:14.670[4]; 7. 7K-Dan Shetler, 00:14.859[7]; 8. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:15.032[8]; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser, 00:15.039[9]

Hovis Auto Truck Supply Qualifying 4: 1. 10-Dale Blaney, 00:14.095[4]; 2. 49X-Trey Jacobs, 00:14.108[1]; 3. 11-Carl Bowser, 00:14.180[9]; 4. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:14.380[8]; 5. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:14.653[6]; 6. 98-Ricky Peterson, 00:15.005[3]; 7. 21P-Carmen Perigo Jr, 00:15.266[5]; 8. 10J-Curt Jones, 00:15.800[7]; 9. 3B-Joe Butera, 00:16.264[2]

Stock Cars

Gibson Insurance Agency A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 55-Chris Schneider[5]; 2. 3-Paul Davis[18]; 3. 84-Steve D’Apolito[2]; 4. 25-Jason Fosnaught[4]; 5. 7W-Bobby Whitling[6]; 6. 51-Michael Miller[12]; 7. 2K-Jonathan Koteles[13]; 8. 29-Curt J Bish[3]; 9. 0-Larry Kugel[11]; 10. 13J-Jordan Perkins[16]; 11. 97-Tony Bruno[19]; 12. 44-Jacob Wheeler[9]; 13. 1K-Cody Koteles[8]; 14. 14-Scott Stiffler[1]; 15. 7-Coleton Longwell[7]; 16. 1-Rusty Wheeler[10]; 17. 81J-Jason Jones[14]; 18. 11S-Jamie Scharba[15]; 19. (DNS) 12M-Scott Malone

Gibson Insurance Agency Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7W-Bobby Whitling[2]; 2. 25-Jason Fosnaught[6]; 3. 84-Steve D’Apolito[9]; 4. 7-Coleton Longwell[7]; 5. 44-Jacob Wheeler[5]; 6. 0-Larry Kugel[4]; 7. 2K-Jonathan Koteles[1]; 8. 11S-Jamie Scharba[8]; 9. 12M-Scott Malone[10]; 10. 97-Tony Bruno[3]

Gibson Insurance Agency Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Chris Schneider[2]; 2. 29-Curt J Bish[4]; 3. 14-Scott Stiffler[5]; 4. 1K-Cody Koteles[8]; 5. 1-Rusty Wheeler[1]; 6. 51-Michael Miller[6]; 7. 81J-Jason Jones[9]; 8. 13J-Jordan Perkins[7]; 9. 3-Paul Davis[3]

Gibson Insurance Agency Hot Laps: 1. 55-Chris Schneider, 00:17.902[4]; 2. 7W-Bobby Whitling, 00:17.913[3]; 3. 84-Steve D’Apolito, 00:18.030[17]; 4. 1K-Cody Koteles, 00:18.057[16]; 5. 7-Coleton Longwell, 00:18.321[13]; 6. 11S-Jamie Scharba, 00:18.519[15]; 7. 13J-Jordan Perkins, 00:18.616[14]; 8. 1-Rusty Wheeler, 00:18.691[2]; 9. 44-Jacob Wheeler, 00:18.879[9]; 10. 81J-Jason Jones, 00:19.008[18]; 11. 2K-Jonathan Koteles, 00:19.030[1]; 12. 25-Jason Fosnaught, 00:19.038[11]; 13. 0-Larry Kugel, 00:19.146[7]; 14. 12M-Scott Malone, 00:19.389[19]; 15. 97-Tony Bruno, 00:20.150[5]; 16. (DNS) 3-Paul Davis; 17. (DNS) 29-Curt J Bish; 18. (DNS) 14-Scott Stiffler; 19. (DNS) 51-Michael Miller

B Modifieds

Alcon Mechanical A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12C-Garrett Calvert[4]; 2. 64-Jacob Eucker[5]; 3. 56-Bryan Wagner[9]; 4. 12*-Brendan Warner[2]; 5. 36-Cody Stronghart[6]; 6. 4RJ-Robert Simmons[14]; 7. 17-Dennis Dellinger[11]; 8. 71A-Don Watson[15]; 9. 31-Seth Brenot[17]; 10. 10-Derek Tessean[19]; 11. 17D-Alan Dellinger[1]; 12. 83-Jeremy Double[10]; 13. 26X-Carter Bidwell[8]; 14. 55H-Chas Wolbert[7]; 15. 14-Dan McEwen[3]; 16. 16C-Amelia Clay[13]; 17. 44R-Gary Robinson II[18]; 18. 212-Luciano Deforest[23]; 19. 8-Jonathan Davis[16]; 20. (DNS) 89C-Travis Carothers; 21. (DNS) 7-Coleton Longwell; 22. (DNS) 51-Brian Lacey; 23. (DNS) 15-Eric Nellis II; 24. (DNS) 25-Chris Peterson; 25. (DNS) 8B-Brian Toto

Alcon Mechanical Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Cody Stronghart[7]; 2. 14-Dan McEwen[9]; 3. 55H-Chas Wolbert[5]; 4. 83-Jeremy Double[1]; 5. 16C-Amelia Clay[3]; 6. 8-Jonathan Davis[6]; 7. 10-Derek Tessean[8]; 8. 8B-Brian Toto[2]; 9. 7-Coleton Longwell[4]

Alcon Mechanical Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Jacob Eucker[5]; 2. 12*-Brendan Warner[1]; 3. 26X-Carter Bidwell[6]; 4. 17-Dennis Dellinger[7]; 5. 4RJ-Robert Simmons[4]; 6. 31-Seth Brenot[2]; 7. 89C-Travis Carothers[8]; 8. 212-Luciano Deforest[3]

Alcon Mechanical Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12C-Garrett Calvert[5]; 2. 17D-Alan Dellinger[8]; 3. 56-Bryan Wagner[4]; 4. 25-Chris Peterson[3]; 5. 71A-Don Watson[1]; 6. 44R-Gary Robinson II[6]; 7. 51-Brian Lacey[7]; 8. 15-Eric Nellis II[2]

Alcon Mechanical Hot Laps: 1. 56-Bryan Wagner, 00:18.712[12]; 2. 12*-Brendan Warner, 00:18.714[2]; 3. 7-Coleton Longwell, 00:18.726[10]; 4. 36-Cody Stronghart, 00:18.732[19]; 5. 12C-Garrett Calvert, 00:19.057[15]; 6. 17D-Alan Dellinger, 00:19.156[24]; 7. 8-Jonathan Davis, 00:19.368[16]; 8. 89C-Travis Carothers, 00:19.531[23]; 9. 4RJ-Robert Simmons, 00:19.584[11]; 10. 26X-Carter Bidwell, 00:19.599[17]; 11. 51-Brian Lacey, 00:19.621[21]; 12. 15-Eric Nellis II, 00:19.836[6]; 13. 31-Seth Brenot, 00:19.884[5]; 14. 25-Chris Peterson, 00:19.900[9]; 15. 14-Dan McEwen, 00:19.908[25]; 16. 71A-Don Watson, 00:19.932[3]; 17. 16C-Amelia Clay, 00:20.158[7]; 18. 83-Jeremy Double, 00:20.159[1]; 19. 10-Derek Tessean, 00:20.696[22]; 20. 44R-Gary Robinson II, 00:21.251[18]; 21. (DNS) 8B-Brian Toto; 22. (DNS) 212-Luciano Deforest; 23. (DNS) 55H-Chas Wolbert; 24. (DNS) 64-Jacob Eucker; 25. (DNS) 17-Dennis Dellinger