The Headline(s)
A dominant Andy Bachetti’s transmission failure handed LJ Lombardo the King of Spring 100 at Lebanon Valley, one of the biggest wins of his career.
How It Happened
2022 King of Spring 100 (Super DIRTcar Series)
Where: Lebanon Valley Speedway – West Lebanon, N.Y. (streamed on DirtVision)
Winner’s Purse: $13,500
Lebanon Valley Speedway devoured a number of contenders in the top five over the course of the King of Spring 100 feature, but it couldn’t devour LJ Lombardo, who led the final 31 laps of Monday’s feature to score $13,500 and a guaranteed spot in the Super DIRT Week feature at Oswego later this fall.
. @dirtvision REPLAY: @LJ_Lombardo35 drives a perfect race to win a wild one at Lebanon Valley Speedway tonight! pic.twitter.com/Ltn8pF3u1l
— Super DIRTcar Series (@SuperDIRTcar) May 31, 2022
Polesitter Peter Britten led the opening 17 laps despite heavy pressure from Lombardo from lap 10 on, eventually conceding the lead on lap 18. Britten would then bow out on lap 24, with second-place Brett Haas cutting a tire two laps later to bring out the yellow.
The lap 26 restart saw Andy Bachetti blow past Lombardo to the race lead, a lead that he would hold for the next 44 laps until the caution flew on lap 70 for Brian Berger slowing on the frontstretch. Under that yellow flag, Bachetti suddenly came to a stop on the frontstretch, diagnosed with a terminal transmission failure that handed the lead back to Lombardo for good.
Monday’s race caused complete chaos in the series points race, with Mat Williamson proving the big winner after a fourth-place run; points leader Stewart Friesen ended up a distant 19th after cutting a tire early in the feature and failing to finish the race. Defending series champion Matt Sheppard cut a tire with less than 10 laps to go while running fifth.
KING OF SPRING 100 RACE RESULTS
Success Stories
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