MALTA, N.Y. — Peter Britten became Albany-Saratoga Speedway’s first two-time DIRTcar modified winner of the season Friday with an impressive charge from the fourth row to the lead in four laps.

Equally impressive was invader Ryan Godown, who clawed his way from 15th on the grid to second, but couldn’t catch the fleet Australian.

Jessey Mueller was third, trailed by Bobby Hackel, Rocky Warner, Brett Hearn, Marc Johnson, Mike Mahaney, C.G. Morey and Jack Lehner.

“We haven’t been the best the last few weeks but we got onto something last week,” tipped Britten. “I think we’ve finally got it figured out.”

Matt Depew got a big jump over front row companion Don Ronca on the break but Britten was flying behind them and stood second when Keith Flach bicycled and went over the turn one banking on lap four to draw the 35-lapper’s first yellow.

Britten didn’t get around DePew in turn one on the restart but by the time they hit turn three, he was even and had the lead when they reached the flagstand.

From that point on, the crowd was entertained by a huge dogfight behind him as Hackel got to second, then had to fight off Warner, Mueller, Hearn and then later in the race, Godown.

Three more yellows kept the lead pack within reach and on a lap 29 restart, Godown vaulted from fifth to third.  With Mueller attempting to get around Britten on the outside, Godown finally worked under him with three to go but by then, Britten, who had been knee deep in lapped cars, took advantage of being in the open again and was long gone.

In supporting class action, Jackson Ryan and Josh Cain claimed single and double cam division wins, respectively, in the Ray Galusha Memorial for mini-stocks.  Each win was worth $1,000.

John Filarecki won the street stock feature while Robert Bublak bested Chris Johnson and Andrew Buff in the Sportsman division’s VP Racing Shootout.