KEVIN DARLING HOLDS OFF LATE RACE CHARGE FROM RANDY WEST TO SCORE RISLONE URC SPRINT WIN SATURDAY NIGHT AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY

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KEVIN DARLING HOLDS OFF LATE RACE CHARGE FROM RANDY WEST TO SCORE RISLONE URC SPRINT WIN SATURDAY NIGHT AT NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY

Kevin Darling of Wyoming, DE enjoyed a great night at the New Egypt Speedway on Saturday night winning the twenty-five lap Rislone URC Sprint Series feature event. Darling earned the victory and collected $2,000 for the first place prize. Darling also was a heat race winner and earned an additional $50 for setting fast time of the night.

Three sprint heat race events were presented for the field of twenty-three cars with victories going to Randy West, Kevin Darling and Art Liedl.

In the twenty-five lap feature, Kevin Darling took immediate control of the lead with Randy West maintaining a close second as Dan Mazy and Art Liedl followed with Davie Franek making up the top five. At numerous times throughout the race, Randy West would catch the leader but with each challenge, Darling managed to hold off the Boyertown, PA driver.

On lap ten, the one and only caution of the night was displayed for defending champion and current point leader Robbie Stillwaggon. A flat tire sent Stillwaggon to the pits ending his chances to challenge for the win.

The green flag dropped to restart the race and Darling, West and Franek were the top three. West once again took a run for the lead but Darling again fought back to hold the top spot.

At the halfway point of the race, Darling, West, Franek, Dan Mazy and Art Liedl were the top five with JJ Grasso, driving the Eldreth Construction sprinter to the sixth spot.

With the race going caution free since lap ten, the leaders were now in lapped traffic and once again West moved in on Darling to offer a challenge for the lead. Darling again kept solid control of the lead.

For the final five laps, Darling was not going to shake West as Franek began catching the leaders. With two laps to go, West again offered a run at the lead but again, Darling prevailed.

For the final lap, West pulled wheel-to-wheel with Darling in turns one and two. For the run down the backstretch, Darling held the top spot. Charging off turn four, Darling took the low lane as West when to the high side of the speedway. With the checker flag waiving, Darling took the win with West second, Davie Franek third, JJ Grasso fourth and Art Liedl fifth.

FEATURE FINISH: Kevin Darling, Randy West, Davie Franek, JJ Grasso, Art Liedl, Brian Carber, Dan Mazy, Tim Kelly, Josh Weller, Ed Aikin, Troy Betts, Joe Zuczek, Jimmy Stitzel, Keith Prutzman, Jonathan Swanson, Andy Best, Steve Downs, Scott Lutz, JR Berry, Jeff Fifthian, Robbie Stillwaggon, Cameron Darling, David Swanson.

Fred’s Trailer Parts Hard Charger: Josh Weller- - advanced 12 spots

LikeWise Construction Fast Time of the Night- - Kevin Darling

APRIL 26* Big Diamond Robbie Stillwaggon
MAY 11 Selinsgrove Jack Gunn JJ Grasso
JUNE 1 New Egypt Art Liedl
JUNE 15 Grandview Robbie Stillwaggon
JUNE 21* Bedford Robbie Stillwaggon
JUNE 22 Winchester, VA Dave Ely
JULY 6 New Egypt Kevin Darling
JULY 20 Delaware International $2,000 To Win
JULY 26* Potomac $2,000 To Win
AUG 2* Williams Grove--Rislone $4,000 To Win
AUG 3 Lincoln $2,000 To Win
AUG 9* Black Rock $4,000 To Win
AUG 10 Selinsgrove $2,000 To Win
AUG 23* Williams Grove $2,200 To Win
AUG 24 Port Royal $2,000 To Win
AUG 31 Delaware International $2,000 To Win
SEPT 7 Utica Rome--non-points $7,000 To Win
SEPT 14 New Egypt $2,000 To Win
SEPT 28 Selinsgrove 40 Laps $8,000 To Win
OCT 4* Carolina Gastonia, NC $2,000 To Win
OCT 5 Cherokee, Gafney, SC $2,000 To Win
OCT 19 Grandview $2,000 To Win

* Indicates Friday Night

URC FACTS: (Statistics maintained by Steve Barrick)

65 URC Seasons beginning in 1948 – 2012
Presented 1,500 Feature events
Visited 137 Different Speedway
Delivered 257 Different Feature Winners
Single season with the most different feature winners: 2007 (20 different winners)
Driver with the most URC feature wins: Glenn Fitzcharles (81)
Track Hosting the Most URC events: Delaware International (176), Bridgeport (145), Flemington (113) Grandview (87), Middletown (68)
Driver with the most consecutive URC feature wins: Hank Rogers (9) 1961-1962
There have been 4 Photo Finishes: 7-3-54 Hatfield, PA Bert Brooks/Tony Romit (T)
9-12-59 Selinsgrove, PA Al Chamberlain/Dave Humphrey (T)
7-29-61 Owego, NY Jim Maguire/Don Gillette (T)
9-1-69 Flemington, NJ Dick Tobias/Earl Halaquist (T)
Longest Running Tour Sponsor: Bar’s Leaks 18 years