From Selinsgrove Speedway
Selinsgrove, PA — (August 22, 2015) — TJ Stutts has found a lot of speed in the second half of the 2015 racing season as the Liverpool driver powered to his fourth win of the year in Saturday night’s 25-lap 360 sprint car main event at Selinsgrove Speedway following a thrilling wheel-to-wheel duel with Mark Smith of Sunbury.
Driving the Wise Motorsports No. 23, the $2,000 victory was Stutts’ 24th career at Selinsgrove in 358-360 sprint car competition.
Second-place starter Steve Collins darted into the lead at the drop of the green flag in the sprint car feature only to spin into the second turn guardrail. Original fourth-place starter Brian Nornhold restarted the race in second and drove into the lead when the race resumed.
Nornhold was trailed by polesitter John Braim and third-place starter Kevin Albert for the first five laps. On the sixth lap, 12th-place starter Mark Smith horsepowered his way into the runner-up position and started to reel in Nornhold. On the 12th circuit, Smith pulled a slider in turn four with some contact sending Nornhold into a spin.
When the race resumed, Smith had eighth-place starter TJ Stutts on his tail and the two leading feature winners this season squared off in a thrilling duel for the lead as the two see-sawed for the front spot. Once Stutts secured the lead about three laps into the duel, he stretched his lead and drove to a 3.8-second victory over Smith, Jason Schultz, Braim, and Larry Kelleher.
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 22 August 2015
360 Sprint Cars – 17 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 23 TJ Stutts 2) 1M Mark Smith 3) 29 Jason Shultz 4) 44 John Braim 5) 76 Larry Kelleher 6) 1W Eric Tomecek 7) 66 Ryan Kissinger 8) 77 Derek Locke 9) 49S Mallie Shuster 10) 3A Kevin Albert 11) 39 Eric Parker 12) C4 Jim Shuster 13) 71C Charlie Anderson 14) 33 Michael Walter II 15) 5 Brian Nornhold 16) 67 Steve Collins 17) 19 Colby Womer
Heat Winners: Steve Collins, Kevin Albert