YORK HAVEN, Pa. — James McFadden kicked off a huge weekend of sprint car racing in Central Pennsylvania with an impressive victory in Thursday night’s Select Collision Kevin Gobrecht Classic at BAPS Motor Speedway.
Driving the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 9, McFadden started outside the front row for the 30-lap feature and held off sixth-starting Brock Zearfoss for the victory.
Cory Eliason finished third with Ryan Smith and J.J. Grasso, who started 17th, rounding out the top five.
Steve Ownings raced from sixth on the grid to win the 25-lap 358 sprint car feature.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 9-James McFadden, [2]; 2. 70-Brock Zearfoss, [6]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason, [4]; 4. 72-Ryan Smith, [5]; 5. 37-J.J. Grasso, [17]; 6. 44-Trey Starks, [11]; 7. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt, [10]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody, [15]; 9. 8-Billy Dietrich, [14]; 10. 21-Brian Montieth, [23]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, [16]; 12. 73B-Brett Michalski, [21]; 13. 4-Dwight Leppo, [24]; 14. 75-Chase Dietz, [13]; 15. 9L-Ryan Linder, [19]; 16. 11P-Greg Plank, [20]; 17. (DNF) 39M-Anthony Macri, [7]; 18. (DNF) 71-Giovanni Scelzi, [3]; 19. (DNF) 48-Danny Dietrich, [1]; 20. (DNF) 99G-George Riden III, [18]; 21. (DNF) 91-Anthony Fiore, [9]; 22. (DNF) 97-Brie Hershey, [22]; 23. (DNF) 33-Jared Esh, [12]; (DNS) 24-Lucas Wolfe