Lupton, Swavely, Gach, Schmuck, Jr. & Maurer Score Wins In Saturday Scorcher At The Clyde

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / CLYDE MARTIN MEMORIAL SPEEDWAY – NEWMANSTOWN, PA – The calendar said it was the first weekend of summer, and it sure felt like it at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday night.

With temperatures hovering around 90 degrees, drivers and teams pushed through to try and beat the heat – and their competition.

The 600 divisions saw two first-time Lanco winners on Saturday night. In EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 competition, Michigan native Tyler Lupton traveled up from the southeast and scored an ultra-impressive victory against a full field of cars in his very first Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway start. In Hyper Racing Wingless 600 action, Trevor Gach picked up his maiden win in another rail-riding thriller at the Newmanstown bullring. Jason Swavely won two of Saturday’s six features, taking the checkers in the makeup Winged 600 feature as well as the Border Magic 270 event. After four straight third-place finishes to start the year, Corey Schmuck, Jr. finally broke through for his first win of the season in the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman class. And in the first race for the 125/4 Strokes under the Gretna Graphics title sponsorship, John Maurer kept his good times rolling with his fifth win of the year, and third in a row.

EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600

While a makeup feature from May 17 was on the docket for later in the night, 28 drivers signed in for the regularly-scheduled show of EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 competition. Among those entries was Clarkston, MI native Tyler Lupton, who was traveling to Pennsylvania for the weekend with Mike Carber.

After winning Friday night at the McGrewBid Motoplex, Lupton continued turning heads when he won his heat race earlier in the evening. And after drawing the pole position for Saturday night’s first feature, the budding micro sprint and asphalt pro late model star bested all the winners and champions of Lanco’s most experienced division, taking the checkers in his Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway debut.

Perhaps Lupton’s only miscue of the race came on the initial start, when he clipped an infield tire through turns 3 and 4 and surrendered the advantage to outside pole sitter Bradley Brown. Lupton would get an opportunity to atone for his mistake, however, when the caution waved before the first circuit could be completed. Lupton nailed the second start, and controlled the first half of the race as Brown fell out with a broken spindle and new runner-up Brian Kramer dropped several car lengths behind in lapped traffic.

A lap 14 caution reset things at the front, giving Kramer new life as he looked to park the No. 71 in victory lane again after a win on Friday at Linda’s. Kramer threw one big slider at Lupton on the restart, but the No. 4T was able to easily cross back over. From there, the teenager managed the gap, and although Kramer closed back in during the closing laps, he wouldn’t get close enough. Lupton held on for the victory by four car lengths at the finish.

Cody West got past Kramer in the final corner for a second-place finish, while Kramer came home with third. Chris Gerhart and Billy Logeman completed the top five.

After a sixth-place finish in the regular feature, Jason Swavely returned to more regular form at the end of the night, winning the Border Magic 270 feature (more on that below) and following it up with a win in the night’s second EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 race directly after.

After Tyler Lupton’s win earlier in the night, the track’s veterans responded in race number two of the evening, and the win was fought for between three former champions: Swavely, Bradley Brown, and Chris Gerhart.

Swavely started on pole and would go on to lead all 25 laps, but that wasn’t without the result being in a little bit of doubt during the second half of the race. Both Gerhart and Brown started reeling Swavely in after hitting lapped traffic, but once they got to fighting amongst themselves for second, Swavely was able to extend the lead while Brown won the fight for the runner-up position.

A caution with four laps to go gave the defending champion Brown a shot at the two-time champ Swavely in clean racetrack. But this battle among the RTS cars went the way of the Fleetwood native, as “The Rocketman” pulled away on the restart and scored the victory by five car lengths at the finish.

Despite nursing an injury suffered a few weeks ago to his right hand, Brown came home second, while Gerhart held off Brent Ely in a photo-finish for third. Rounding out the top five was Billy Logeman.

Results:
1. 4T-Tyler Lupton[1]; 2. 117-Cody West[6]; 3. 71-Brian Kramer[3]; 4. 51-Chris Gerhart[8]; 5. 97-Billy Logeman[5]; 6. 14-Jason Swavely[7]; 7. 15P-Christopher Panczner[10]; 8. 5A-Anthony Yerger[16]; 9. 11H-Holden Eckman[13]; 10. 39-Richie Hartman[11]; 11. 17-Brent Ely[12]; 12. 41B-Brody Snyder[14]; 13. 11R-Tommy Rinck[23]; 14. 12S-Brianna Snyder[20]; 15. 9W-Weston Doklan[17]; 16. 11-Connor Fetrow[19]; 17. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[24]; 18. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[15]; 19. 51B-Amanda Onimus[22]; 20. 75-Brevan Rothermel[4]; 21. 5-Christian Bruno[9]; 22. 73-Andrew Rothermel[21]; 23. L13-Bob Potter[18]; 24. 23-Bradley Brown[2]
DNQ: 5L-Rebecca LaMothe; 55-Bob Rankin; 29-Brent Shearer; 66A-Marvin Albright

Makeup Results:
1. 14-Jason Swavely[1]; 2. 23-Bradley Brown[6]; 3. 51-Chris Gerhart[2]; 4. 17-Brent Ely[12]; 5. 97-Billy Logeman[10]; 6. 29-Brent Shearer[3]; 7. 71-Brian Kramer[20]; 8. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[9]; 9. 5A-Anthony Yerger[14]; 10. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[8]; 11. 5L-Rebecca LaMothe[7]; 12. 11-Connor Fetrow[13]; 13. 11H-Holden Eckman[18]; 14. L13-Bob Potter[23]; 15. 51B-Amanda Onimus[16]; 16. 117-Cody West[4]; 17. 15P-Christopher Panczner[24]; 18. 5-Christian Bruno[5]; 19. 3-Ryan Groff[11]; 20. 11Z-Zachary Light[15]; 21. 53S-Shannon Slaughter[17]; 22. 19C-Michael Ciccone Ch[19]; 23. 38-Isabella Landis[21]; 24. 55-Bob Rankin[22]

Points (Top 5) (After 6 of 14 Races):
1. 51-Chris Gerhart[526]; 2. 14-Jason Swavely[-15]; 3. 23-Bradley Brown[-48]; 4. 97-Billy Logeman[-70]; 5. 17-Brent Ely[-71]

Hyper Racing Wingless 600

After finishing second in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600 season-opener, it was clear that it was a matter of when, and not if, Trevor Gach would find victory lane at the Clyde. After a wildly entertaining race that saw three different leaders and a 21-lap green-flag run to the finish, the Chambersburg native held off a hard-charging Dallas Damask and Christian Bruno to score win number one.

Holden Eckman started on pole and led the first four laps of the feature ahead of Gach and Matt Warner, as those three drivers all jockeyed for position in the opening laps. The race’s only caution flag flew on the fifth lap, and the restart that ensued saw Warner vault his No. 98 car from third to first with a slick slider, while Gach bounced through the middle of Eckman and Bruno to maintain his position in second.

Warner ripped the lip for the next eight laps out in front, but as he began to struggle getting the car rotated through turns 3 and 4, Gach started eating up the four car length gap that separated the two leaders. Coming to halfway, Gach got the run he needed off turn 4 to carry forward momentum all the way past Warner’s machine, and he took over the top spot for good on lap 14.

Damask quickly followed Gach into the runner-up spot, and then began hunting the No. 16T down as the front-runners caught lapped traffic. Damask got close to a move coming to two laps to go, but couldn’t slip past the lapped car cleanly. With three more lapped cars stacked up in front of Gach coming to white flag, Damask was still within striking distance. But Gach took the middle groove in turns 1 and 2 before rolling the bottom through 3 and 4, and that was enough to win him the race by two car lengths at the finish line.

Gach parked his Hyper Chassis in the winner’s circle, while Damask came home with a close second-place for the second race in a row. Bruno fought past Warner in the closing laps for third, and behind those two, Jace Marshall completed the top five.

Results:
1. 16T-Trevor Gach[2]; 2. 3B-Dallas Damask[5]; 3. 5-Christian Bruno[7]; 4. 98-Matt Warner[4]; 5. 2J-Jace Marshall[6]; 6. 08-Dominic Schmidt[8]; 7. 16-Marty Brian[15]; 8. 26-Aidan Turner[9]; 9. 1F-James Fries[12]; 10. 96-Zach Jurcik[13]; 11. 4T-Tyler Lupton[17]; 12. 10L-Lukas Kostic[18]; 13. 15D-Matthew Donley[19]; 14. 2L-Luke Hess[22]; 15. 21G-Geoff Federspiel[21]; 16. 7-Shelby McLaughlin[20]; 17. 5X-Chase Rodgers[11]; 18. 22H-Fred Heinly[10]; 19. 11H-Holden Eckman[1]; 20. 32X-Cody Rose[23]; 21. 75X-James Hendricks[14]; 22. 17J-Josh Conover[24]; 23. 2-Jakob Stitzel[16]; 24. 5R-Alex Ruppert[3]
DNQ: 32-Justin Burr; 34-Abel Engler; 31C-Maverick Coffey; 3Y-Zachary Young; 22M-Jake Mitchell; 15H-Don Hess; 34M-Shjon Dove; 3L-Nolen Layser; 90-Trent Warner

Points (Top 5) (After 5 of 14 Races):
1. 16-Marty Brian[409]; 2. 2J-Jace Marshall[-5]; 3. 08-Dominic Schmidt[-43]; 4. 98-Matt Warner[-45]; 5. 1F-James Fries[-67]

Border Magic 270

The first of Jason Swavely’s two feature victories on Saturday night came in Border Magic 270 competition, as the 2023 track champion hopped back into Bill Schenck’s No. 92 and claimed his second win of the 2025 season.

It was no easy feat for Swavely, as he had to come from ninth on the grid while Isaac Graby started from the front and led for the first 11 laps. Graby had to fend off John Maurer for the top spot while Swavely climbed through the pack.

By this point of the night, Maurer had already won the 125/4 Stroke feature and was looking to complete a perfect night with his first 270 win. On lap 12, Maurer ducked low for the lead entering turn 1, and grabbed the position away. But Swavely soon found himself in second, and a caution on lap 15 set the veteran up for an opportunity to take the lead for himself on a restart.

Swavely actually had to make the pass not once, not twice, but three times on the No. 82. But the restart that finally stuck was Swavely’s best, as he wrapped the bottom through turns 1 and 2 while Maurer stayed on the high side. Maurer didn’t have enough forward momentum to try and reclaim the advantage into turn 3, and from that point, Swavely sped off on his way to victory.

As Maurer fell out of the race with a mechanical issue, Chris Dolan elevated up into the second spot and finished there just ahead of Billy Logeman. Graby fought for a podium but settled for fourth, and Anthony Yerger finished off the top five. Nick Skias drove from 18th up to sixth to pick up the Border Magic Hard Charger Bonus.

Results:
1. 92-Jason Swavely[9]; 2. 7D-Chris Dolan[4]; 3. 27O-Billy Logeman[6]; 4. 77G-Isaac Graby[1]; 5. 10A-Anthony Yerger[5]; 6. 3-Nick Skias[18]; 7. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[7]; 8. 1L-Logan Hess[8]; 9. 96W-Chase Walker[21]; 10. 4S-Kiptyn Stratton[22]; 11. 11R-Tommy Rinck[16]; 12. 28S-Brian Sholley[19]; 13. 4-Dylan Pence[17]; 14. 1J-Toby Blumenshine[12]; 15. 94-Dallas Sanders[20]; 16. 48-Jonah Meck[2]; 17. 81-Dylan Holmes[11]; 18. 11H-Chason Hauck[23]; 19. 82-John Maurer[3]; 20. 6-Danial Boyer[10]; 21. 34-Christi Sweigart[24]; 22. 41-Mike Boyer[14]; 23. 747-Richie Hartman[15]; 24. 31C-Conner Metheny[13]
DNQ: 21D-Dave Williams; 16X-Dan Lane Jr; 8S-Mike Skias

Points (Top 5) (After 6 of 14 Races):
1. 3-Nick Skias[546]; 2. 27O-Billy Logeman[-29]; 3. 747-Richie Hartman[-86]; 4. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[-144]; 5. 92-Jason Swavely[-161]

Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman

In four Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman A-Mains this season, Corey Schmuck, Jr. had finished third in every single one of them. It was a run of remarkable consistency that had given him an early-season points lead. But on Saturday night, Schmuck, Jr. finally made a big statement, going from eighth to first to claim his first win of 2025.

The first portion of the race was led by Matt Fernsler, competing in the No. 23K usually piloted by Courtney Kupp and looking to end a winless drought of his own. Fernsler kept Mike Skias and the rest of the field at bay in the race’s first half. But with each passing restart, Schmuck, Jr. crawled closer toward the front, and by the end of lap 10, he was into second place.

Winding up the No. 26 Viper Chassis and running it at full song around the top of the speedway, Schmuck, Jr. quickly erased the gap between himself and Fernsler at the front. The race-winning maneuver came on lap 15, as Schmuck, Jr. shot to the bottom of Fernsler’s machine down the homestretch, and completed the move into turn 1.

Schmuck, Jr. wasn’t challenged from that point forward, even with a three-lap dash to the finish. On the final restart, Skias moved past Fernsler to pick up a second-place result, while Brandon Heist followed through as well and came home third. Fernsler held on for fourth, and Justin Harrington finished fifth.

Results:
1. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[8]; 2. 15-Mike Skias[2]; 3. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[6]; 4. 23K-Matt Fernsler[1]; 5. 1J-Justin Harrington[10]; 6. 75-Pat Bealer[19]; 7. 77J-Jade Smith[3]; 8. 20-Max Fasnacht[16]; 9. 21D-Dave Williams[15]; 10. 77-Michael Kreiser[5]; 11. 28-Kyle Lindsey[4]; 12. 31-Tyler Martin[14]; 13. 19-Wes Fasnacht[11]; 14. 17-Masen Stapleton[7]; 15. 30-Ryan Heckman[9]; 16. 27-Dylan Pennypacker[13]; 17. 8-Michael Spadafora[12]; 18. 05-Evan Lawrence[17]; 19. 9R-Mason Ruffner[18]

Points (Top 5) (After 5 of 14 Races):
1. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[460]; 2. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[-43]; 3. 20-Max Fasnacht[-60]; 4. 28-Kyle Lindsey[-86]; 5. 77-Michael Kreiser[-116]

Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke

Despite new title sponsor Gretna Graphics hopping aboard for the remainder of the 2025 season, it was still the same old song and dance in 125/4 Stroke competition for John Maurer. The Fleetwood driver used some good driving and a little bit of luck to elevate himself from sixth to first, scoring his third consecutive 125/4 Stroke win and his fifth in six points races so far in 2025.

A frantic few laps saw pole sitter Dylan Yeingst lead the way while several drivers – including Maurer – scrapped for spots. Seth Gregory moved into second, but then slowed on the backstretch with a problem in front of the pack of cars behind him. Running the top groove, Maurer advanced past all of those drivers and into second. Then under the caution flag on lap 4, Yeingst’s No. 112 broke and came to a stop, putting Maurer quickly out in clean air.

A smooth and steady 22 laps ahead of the pack is what followed for Maurer, as he racked up another win 2.245 seconds ahead of runner-up Mike Coen. After briefly holding second, Dave Schroeder made it two Mongoose cars on the podium with a third-place finish. Pat Bealer drove up from last to fourth aboard the Harrington Motorsports No. 76, and Corey Harting brought home the final spot in the top five.

Results:
1. 82-John Maurer[6]; 2. 26C-Michael Coen[5]; 3. X-Dave Schroeder[8]; 4. 76-Pat Bealer[19]; 5. 3H-Corey Harting[3]; 6. 75-Brent Shearer[17]; 7. 44S-Trevor Waegel[9]; 8. 19-Matt Fernsler[12]; 9. 78C-Justin Harrington[11]; 10. 04-Steve Simmons[7]; 11. 15-Alyssa Holmes[10]; 12. 23-Asher Kempton[2]; 13. 4W-Brandon Worthington[14]; 14. 5-Keegan Stratton[16]; 15. 74-Paige Rothermel[15]; 16. 3H2-Holly Harting[13]; 17. 112-Dylan Yeingst[1]; 18. 14-Seth Gregory[4]; 19. 8-Michael Spadafora[18]

Points (Top 5) (After 6 of 14 Races):
1. 82-John Maurer[595]; 2. 75-Brent Shearer[-93]; 3. X-Dave Schroeder[-127]; 4. 04-Steve Simmons[-136]; 5. 26C-Michael Coen[-151]

Next Saturday, June 28, the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway closes out the month with a massive, seven-feature night of racing. The Hyper Racing Wingless 600s and the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman division will each run doubleheaders, with a makeup feature from May 17 along with a complete, regular show. The EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600s, Border Magic 270s, and the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes will all compete in a points-paying event as well. Additionally, it will be “Bike Night” for all kids in attendance courtesy of the Kids in Dirt Club. Gates will open at 4 p.m., with hot laps and racing beginning at 5:30 p.m.