Flick Finds Victory In POWRi Fast On Dirt
Written by I Dig Sports
IMPERIAL, Pa. Meeting the demand of on-track battles of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway Speedway, the POWRi Honest Abe Roofing FAST on DIRT Sprint Series presented by Ti Performance would witness A.J. Flick claiming the victory in rousing feature action in the opening weekend.
Starting the first night of seasonal competition action with twenty entries among the POWRi FAST on DIRT competitors, Cole Duncan set a qualifying quick time of 15.021 seconds.
Ricky Peterson, Flick and Matt Farnham each earned heat racing victories as Brandon Spithaler attained the high-point qualifier award.
Sailing into wing sprint feature green flag racing would find front-starting Spithaler out-duel the field out of the first pair of corners as Spithaler would shoot to the preferred position for the first eleven laps.
Overtaking for the top spot just after the mid-point of the event, Flick would earn his first career-sanctioned victory in the POWRi FAST while outrunning pole-starter and runner-up placement Spithaler to capture the feature win in an epic final lap.
Speedy Farnham would clinch third as Peterson finished fourth with Michael Bauer rounding out the top-five finishers.
Feature Finish (20 Laps)
1. 2-AJ Flick[3]; 2. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 3. 7NY-Matt Farnham[5]; 4. 98-Ricky Peterson[4]; 5. 46-Michael Bauer[6]; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[12]; 7. 6-Bob Felmlee[11]; 8. 20B-Cody Bova[8]; 9. 13-Brandon Matus[9]; 10. 25R-Jordan Ryan[10]; 11. 11-Carl Bowser[18]; 12. 3-John Jerich[7]; 13. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[13]; 14. 33H-Derek Hauck[15]; 15. 9-Lance Heinberger[14]; 16. 5-Jeremy Weaver[17]; 17. 33-Brent Matus[16]; 18. 08-Danny Kuriger[2]; 19. 86-Micheal Lutz[19]; 20. 22-Cole Duncan[20].