Lance Dewease won the "Night Before the 50" at Port Royal Friday (Bert Wojo Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (September 11, 2020) - Central Pennsylvania living legend, Lance Dewease, made the Pennsylvania Posse diehards extra proud on Friday night at Port Royal Speedway, not only defending home dirt against the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 during the annual Night Before the Tuscarora 50, but driving by, unarguably, the hottest open wheel ace on the planet, Kyle Larson, in the process.
The All Star victory, the 40th of Dewease’s illustrious career and 11th at the Port Royal “Speed Palace,” secured the Fayetteville, Pennsylvania-native a $6,000 payday, as well as an automatic starting position in Saturday’s 50-lap, $53,000-to-win finale.
“I wanted to beat him pretty bad,” an elated Lance Dewease said of Kyle Larson in Port Royal Speedway victory lane. “When he beat me earlier in the year here, he waved at me when he passed me coming off of four. I didn’t wave at him when I passed him tonight. Hats off to my entire crew here. Kyle (Larson) hasn’t been passed too many times this year once he’s had the lead.”
Dewease’s march to the Port Royal Speedway victory lane platform commenced from the outside of row two, and although the lead pair, Elk Grove, California’s Kyle Larson and Dillsburg, Pennsylvania’s Anthony Macri, sliced and diced for much of the 30-lapper, it was a waiting game for Dewease, not taking command for the first time until lap 25. In fact, Larson, who led the first 24 circuits, exchanged the lead with Macri on at least three occasions, all of which countered by Larson before the duo made their way back to the flagstand. In the meantime, Dewease loomed in third, maintaining a straight and steady pace around Port’s notorious bottom groove.
Lap after lap, Macri pressured Larson and the Paul Silva-owned No. 57 entry, especially utilizing lapped traffic that came into play for the first time on lap 12. The momentum change due to slower cars allowed the “Concrete Kid” to slide Larson through turns three and four on lap 14, and again through turns one and two on lap 21, each negated by “Yung Money.”
Banging the boards on both ends of the speedway, Macri gave it one final try on lap 25, but to his surprise, and Larson’s, it was Dewease who pulled the trigger, ultimately slipping by the lead pair with a power move through the bottom of turns three and four.
“That’s the only way we can beat these guys,” Lance Dewease continued, driver of the Kreitz Racing, Schannauer Plumbing and Heating, Hess Ornamental Iron, No. 69K sprint car. “Both of those guys are really good; Anthony (Macri) has come a long way and Kyle (Larson) is the best in the business right now. You don’t get to pass guys like that too often. We were good all night and we were good last night, too, we just had some issues under caution. I was able to keep pace tonight and I figured I would be able to keep a better pace once those guys got to traffic. Kyle really never got away from us. I knew I would get a shot at them as long as the cautions didn’t come out putting everyone back in clean air.
“A big thanks to all of the fans for coming out tonight. Thank you all for supporting us week in and week out.”
Macri, who finally worked his way around Kyle Larson on lap 29, chased Dewease to the final checkers, followed by Larson, Dylan Cisney and Rico Abreu.
What’s Next:
The Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will conclude Tuscarora 50 weekend at Port Royal Speedway with the 53rd running of the Tuscarora 50; 50 laps in distance awarding a $53,000 top prize. For more information, please visit Port Royal Speedway online at www.portroyalspeedway.com.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Port Royal Speedway - September 11, 2020:
Event: The Night Before the Tuscarora 50
Entries: 51
C&R Racing Warm-Ups: Anthony Macri - 16.084
Lincoln Electric Fast Qualifier: Anthony Macri - 16.442
Ford Performance Heat #1 Winner: Dylan Cisney
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #2 Winner: Rico Abreu
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #3 Winner: Lance Dewease
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Kyle Larson
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Aaron Reutzel
Kear’s Speed Shop Dash #1 Winner: Kerry Madsen
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash #2 Winner: Kyle Larson
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting & Embroidery B-Main Winner: Freddie Rahmer
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Spencer Bayston
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet A-Main Winner: Lance Dewease
Hercules Tire A-Main Hard Charger: Brock Zearfoss (+15)
Qualifying
Group (A)
1. 70-Cale Thomas, 16.537; 2. 98-Jared Esh, 16.541; 3. 21-Brian Brown, 16.575; 4. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 16.669; 5. 1-Logan Wagner, 16.686; 6. 99-Skylar Gee, 16.796; 7. 14-Tony Stewart, 16.831; 8. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 16.903; 9. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 17.070; 10. 99M-Kyle Moody, 17.073; 11. 73B-Brett Michalski, 17.073
Group (B)
1. 24-Rico Abreu, 16.464; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 16.667; 3. 11T-TJ Stutts, 16.769; 4. 39T-Justin Peck, 16.822; 5. 12-Blane Heimbach, 16.935; 6. 87k-Alan Krimes, 16.941; 7. 6-Ryan Smith, 17.010; 8. 14T-Tyler Walton, 17.015; 9. 17M-Kyle Smith, 17.139; 10. 12w-Troy Fraker, 18.788
Group (C)
1. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.573; 2. 17-Ian Madsen, 16.605; 3. 39-Spencer Bayston, 16.716; 4. 2F-AJ Flick, 16.760; 5. 11-Zeb Wise, 16.844; 6. 9-James McFadden, 16.876; 7. 42-Sye Lynch, 17.142; 8. 75-Nicole Bower, 17.601; 9. 880-Drew Ritchey, 17.738; 10. W20-Greg Wilson, 17.987
Group (D)
1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 16.442; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 16.600; 3. 57-Kyle Larson, 16.643; 4. 18-Gio Scelzi, 16.781; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 16.825; 6. 13-Paul McMahan, 16.895; 7. 33W-Michael Walter, 16.953; 8. 91r-Kyle Reinhardt, 17.082; 9. 25-Tyler Bear, 17.169; 10. 91-Tony Fiore, 17.687
Group (E)
1. 26-Cory Eliason, 16.535; 2. 5-Brent Marks, 16.593; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 16.652; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.736; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 16.889; 6. 72-Shane Stewart, 17.044; 7. 55-Mike Wagner, 17.276; 8. 24w-Lucas Wolfe, 17.442; 9. 21m-Brian Montieth, 17.525; 10. 19m-Landon Myers, 17.840
Heat #1 - Group (A) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 5C-Dylan Cisney [1]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee [6]; 3. 70-Cale Thomas [4]; 4. 1-Logan Wagner [5]; 5. 98-Jared Esh [3]; 6. 14-Tony Stewart [7]; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody [10]; 8. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [8]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [11]; 10. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 11. 55K-Robbie Kendall [9]
Heat #2 - Group (B) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 2. 11T-TJ Stutts [2]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen [3]; 4. 39T-Justin Peck [1]; 5. 12-Blane Heimbach [5]; 6. 6-Ryan Smith [7]; 7. 14T-Tyler Walton [8]; 8. 87K-Alan Krimes [6]; 9. 12W-Troy Fraker [10]; 10. 17M-Kyle Smith [9]
Heat #3 - Group (C) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 69K-Lance Dewease [4]; 2. 17-Ian Madsen [3]; 3. 11-Zeb Wise [5]; 4. 42-Sye Lynch [7]; 5. 39-Spencer Bayston [2]; 6. 9-James McFadden [6]; 7. 880-Drew Ritchey [9]; 8. 75-Nicole Bower [8]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [10]; 10. 2F-AJ Flick [1]
Heat #4 - Group (D) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 57-Kyle Larson [2]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [1]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri [4]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer [5]; 6. 25-Tyler Bear [9]; 7. 91-Tony Fiore [10]; 8. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt [8]; 9. 13-Paul McMahan [6]; 10. 33W-Michael Walter [7]
Heat #5 - Group (E) (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 87-Aaron Reutzel [2]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich [1]; 3. 5-Brent Marks [3]; 4. 26-Cory Eliason [4]; 5. 55-Mike Wagner [7]; 6. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [5]; 7. 24W-Lucas Wolfe [8]; 8. 72-Shane Stewart [6]; 9. 21M-Brian Montieth [9]; 10. 19M-Landon Myers [10]
Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri [2]; 3. 5-Brent Marks [5]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 5. 70-Cale Thomas [3]; 6. 17-Ian Madsen [6]
Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 57-Kyle Larson [1]; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease [5]; 3. 26-Cory Eliason [2]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 5. 5C-Dylan Cisney [6]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu [4]
C-Main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer
1. 87K-Alan Krimes [2]; 2. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt [4]; 3. 72-Shane Stewart [3]; 4. 75-Nicole Bower [5]; 5. 13-Paul McMahan [6]; 6. 73B-Brett Michalski [7]; 7. 55K-Robbie Kendall [15]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson [9]; 9. 21M-Brian Montieth [8]; 10. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [1]; 11. 12W-Troy Fraker [10]
B-Main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
1. 51-Freddie Rahmer [4]; 2. 55-Mike Wagner [6]; 3. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 4. 98-Jared Esh [1]; 5. 39-Spencer Bayston [3]; 6. 6-Ryan Smith [10]; 7. 12-Blane Heimbach [5]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [9]; 9. 9-James McFadden [8]; 10. 25-Tyler Bear [11]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart [7]; 12. 24W-Lucas Wolfe [14]; 13. 880-Drew Ritchey [16]; 14. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt [18]; 15. 99M-Kyle Moody [13]; 16. 91-Tony Fiore [15]; 17. 14T-Tyler Walton [12]
A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 69K-Lance Dewease [4]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri [3]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson [2]; 4. 5C-Dylan Cisney [10]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu [12]; 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 7. 26-Cory Eliason [6]; 8. 5-Brent Marks [5]; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich [13]; 10. 17-Ian Madsen [11]; 11. 70-Cale Thomas [9]; 12. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss [27]; 13. 51-Freddie Rahmer [21]; 14. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [8]; 15. 87-Aaron Reutzel [7]; 16. 1-Logan Wagner [18]; 17. 98-Jared Esh [24]; 18. 99-Skylar Gee [16]; 19. 11T-TJ Stutts [14]; 20. 11-Zeb Wise [17]; 21. 55-Mike Wagner [22]; 22. 39T-Justin Peck [19]; 23. 21-Brian Brown [23]; 24. 42-Sye Lynch [20]; 25. 13-Paul McMahan [25]; 26. 18-Gio Scelzi [15]; 27. 25-Tyler Bear [26] Lap Leaders: Kyle Larson (1-24), Lance Dewease (25-30)
2020 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings: (As of September 11, 2020)
1. Aaron Reutzel - 5236
2. Cory Eliason - 5154
3. Zeb Wise - 4814
4. Paul McMahan - 4664
5. Skylar Gee - 4556
6. Greg Wilson - 4396
7. Josh Baughman - 3858
8. Danny Dietrich - 2992
9. Brock Zearfoss - 2896
10. Kyle Larson - 2888
2020 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
Volusia Speedway Park, Fla. (2/5/2020): Brad Sweet
Volusia Speedway Park, Fla. (2/6/2020): Aaron Reutzel
East Bay Raceway Park, Fla. (2/10/2020): Aaron Reutzel (2)
East Bay Raceway Park, Fla. (2/11/2020): Kyle Larson
Park Jefferson International Speedway, S.D. (5/29/2020): Aaron Reutzel (3)
Park Jefferson International Speedway, S.D. (5/30/2020): Austin McCarl
Red Dirt Raceway, Okla. (6/5/2020): Aaron Reutzel (4)
81 Speedway, Kan. (6/7/2020): Kyle Larson (2)
Lawton Speedway, Okla. (6/8/2020): Kyle Larson (3)
Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Texas (6/10/2020): Kyle Larson (4)
Southern Oklahoma Speedway, Okla. (6/11/2020): Brock Zearfoss
Monarch Motor Speedway, Texas (6/12/2020): Danny Dietrich
Lonestar Speedway, Texas (6/13/2020): Aaron Reutzel (5)
Chatham Speedway, Louisiana (6/14/2020): Dominic Scelzi
Port Royal Speedway, Pa. (6/24/2020): Anthony Macri
Volunteer Speedway, Tenn. (6/27/2020): Aaron Reutzel (6)
SW: Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (7/3/2020): Cap Henry
SW: Fremont Speedway, Ohio (7/4/2020): Buddy Kofoid
SW: Fremont Speedway, Ohio (7/5/2020): Aaron Reutzel (7)
SW: Wayne County Speedway, Ohio (7/6/2020): Cap Henry (2)
SW: Brushcreek Motorsports Complex, Ohio (7/8/2020): Kyle Larson (5)
SW: Muskingum Co. Speedway, Ohio (7/9/2020): Rico Abreu
SW: Portsmouth Raceway Park, Ohio (7/10/2020): Kyle Larson (6)
SW: Sharon Speedway, Ohio (7/11/2020): Cale Conley
SW: Sharon Speedway, Ohio (7/12/2020): Kyle Larson (7)
Williams Grove Speedway, Pa. (7/17/2020): Kyle Larson (8)
Port Royal Speedway, Pa. (7/18/2020): Kyle Larson (9)
Port Royal Speedway, Pa. (7/19/2020): Kyle Larson (10)
Plymouth Dirt Track, Wis. (7/30/2020): Kyle Larson (11)
34 Raceway, Iowa (7/31/2020): Kyle Larson (12)
Knoxville Raceway, Iowa (8/1/2020): Kyle Larson (13)
Huset’s Speedway, S.D. (8/2/2020): Cory Eliason
Wilmot Raceway, Wis. (8/21/2020): Cory Eliason (2)
Plymouth Speedway, Ind. (8/22/2020): Aaron Reutzel (8)
Grandview Speedway, Pa. (8/27/2020): Danny Dietrich (2)
Lincoln Speedway, Pa. (8/29/2020): Spencer Bayston
Bedford Speedway, Pa. (8/30/2020): Aaron Reutzel (9)
Attica Raceway Park, Ohio (9/4/2020): Tim Shaffer
Port Royal Speedway, Pa. (9/10/2020): Cory Eliason (3)
Port Royal Speedway, Pa. (9/11/2020): Lance Dewease
About the All Star Circuit of Champions:
All Star Enterprises, LLC, wholly owned by Tony Stewart, d/b/a the All Star Circuit of Champions, is a winged sprint car series. The All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is one of the oldest traveling 410 sprint car organizations and is a staple of grassroots, open-wheel racing. Formed in 1970 by Bud Miller, the series has largely been considered the first 'outlaw' Sprint Car organization of the modern era. Motorsports entrepreneur Tony Stewart agreed to terms with Guy Webb to become the sole owner of the original winged sprint car tour in January of 2015.
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