September 5
Port Royal Speedway,
Port Royal, PA
Sanction: UFO Championship Challenge (Butch Renninger Memorial) - $3,300
Information provided by: Various reports (last updated September 6, 3:10 pm)
Yoder outduels Dickson, earns $3,960 at Port Royal
Butch Renninger Memorial
- Dylan Yoder
- Nick Dickson
- Dan Stone
- Tim Wilson
- Jeff Miller
- Jim Yoder
- Coleby Frye
- Jason Schmidt
- Trent Brenneman
- Mike Altobelli Jr.
- Mike Lupfer
- Chad Hollenbeck
- Steve Campbell
- Devin Friese
- Bryan Bernheisel
- Waylon Wagner
- Dwayne Taneyhill
- Mike Mort
- Scott Flickinger
- Jerry Bard
- Matt Parks
- Tim Smith Jr.
- Larry Baer
- Mitch Hack
Dylan Yoder picks up his paycheck at Port Royal Speedway.
What won the race: Dylan Yoder of Selinsgrove, Pa., regained the lead from Nick Dickson on a lap-20 restart at Port Royal Speedway and captured the Butch Renninger Memorial. Yoder earned $3,960 in purse and lap money for his second UFO Race Championship Series victory of the season while Dickson settled for second.
Key notes: Yoder's first UFO victory of 2015 came June 19 at Dog Hollow Speedway. ... Yoder pulled within three points of UFO leader Devin Friese, who finished 15th after being caught up in an early accident. .... Yoder got the jump on polesitter Bryan Bernheisel and led five laps before Dickson went ahead on a restart; Dickson led 14 laps before Yoder took the lead on a lap-20 restart after Tim Smith Jr. slowed on the track. ... Other cautions appeared for Jerry Bard (lap 24) and early in the race when Coleby Frye clipped the inside wall and collected the fifth-running Friese. ... The 12th annual event was part of the 161st annual Juniata County Fair. ... The race paid tribute to Renninger, a three-time Port Royal Late Model champion who died in 2004 at age 62.
On the move: Dan Stone of Thompson, Pa., started 11th and finished third.
Winner's sponsors: Yoder's MasterSbilt Race Car is sponsored by MBH Race Cars, Miller Racing Engines, S&R Repair, Towing and Recovery and Animal Graphics and Signs.
Points chase: After Port Royal, Devin Friese of Chambersburg, Pa., leads Dylan Yoder by three points with one race remaining.
Car count: 35
Polesitter: Bryan Bernheisel
Heat race winners: Jason Schmidt, Tim Wilson, Dylan Yoder, Devin Friese
Consolation race winners: Chad Hollenbeck, Mike Lupfer
Next series race: September 25, Dog Hollow Speedway (Strongstown, PA) $2,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.