ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Andy Jankowiak wrestled the lead from Tanner VanDoren early on before fending off Tommy Catalano in the late stages to win Friday nights BlackJack 21, as part of the NAPA Auto Parts Atlantic City Indoor Races at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.

The victory was the Tonawanda, N.Y., natives ninth with the Indoor Auto Racing Championship Series, putting him in a tie at the top of the series all-time wins list with Ryan Flores and Erick Rudolph.

We were kind of the benefit of other peoples bad luck there, Jankowiak said. I think Tanner (VanDoren) was a little tight there, and I have to give a lot of credit to Tommy Catalano. He probably couldve roughed me up. We have some work to do for Saturday if we want to sweep the weekend because I felt like we were almost spinning in every corner.

Jankowiak started the 21-lap feature in fourth, but was quickly propelled into the runner-up spot after Ryan Flores and Anthony Sesely got together ahead of him. Seselys car flipped and slid down the frontstretch before slamming violently into the turn 1 wall. Sesely was alert and transported for further observation.

When the race restarted, Jankowiak began beating down VanDorens rear bumper for the top spot. Jankowiak saw his opportunity to pounce on lap three, when he crossed his No. 57 under VanDoren off turn four to take command.

From there, Jankowiaks performance was sensational as he left the field in the dust and looked to be on his way to victory. However, the yellow flew with two laps to go, giving Catalano, who was hungry for his first Indoor race, a chance to take a stab at Jankowiak.

Catalano tried to muster a run at the lead, but Jankowiak kept his cool under pressure and took off into the NJ night on the last lap for the $2,100 top prize. Catalano had to settle for second while Briggs Danner, Tanner VanDoren and Matt Swanson completed the top five.

Saturdays Gamblers Classic will serve as the finale for the 2025 Indoor Auto Racing Series Concrete Series championship. Andy Jankowiak, with 304 points, brings a 29-point lead into the race over Ryan Flores 275 markers.

The Dr. William Lowe sponsored the TQ Fast Time Award Friday was earned four-time Gamblers Classic winner Andy Jankowiak during a blistering session in which each driver went out once, but had the opportunity to go a second time if they were willing to sacrifice their lap from the first go around. The Tonawanda, NY drivers sizzling lap of 7.980 seconds was good enough to narrowly top Anthony Seselys 7.983 second lap. Briggs Danner (7.902), Tanner VanDoren (7.943) and Matt Janisch (7.988) completed the top five.

Jared Silfee paced the 40-car Slingshot field in time trials with a lap of 9.244 seconds. Don Boonstra sponsored the three division qualifiers, which were claimed by Louden Reimert, Cody Kline and Alex Lizotte.

Mike Perry bested the field of 39 Champ Karts in time trials by rocketing around the speedway in 8.586 seconds. Champ Kart qualifiers were won by Brandon Tiezzi, Logan Crisafulli and Steve Adams.

Kyle Lick breezed his way to the top of the leaderboard in Dirt 600 Micro time trials by turning a lap of 8.200 seconds. Lick and Scott Kreutter won both qualifiers.

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The finish:

Blackjack 21 TQ Midget A-Main (21 Laps) 1. Andy Jankowiak 2. Tommy Catalano 3. Briggs Danner 4. Tanner VanDoren 5. Matt Swanson 6. Shawn Nye 7. Tyler Catalano 8. Ryan Flores 9. Matt Janisch 10. Trevor Catalano 11. Cory DiMatteo 12. Nick Ladyga 13. Scott Kreutter 14. Joey Bailey 15. Kyle Lick 16. Billy Pauch Jr 17. Jeremy Haudricourt 18. Ryan Smith 19. Cole Mullen 20. John Barnett 21. Tim Buckwalter 22. Anthony Sesely