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Danny Garrett Memorial Race Night

Kyle Lee of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania made his first ever appearance at Potomac Speedway a memorable one, piloting the Bruce Kane #15K racing entry to victory lane in the 4th edition of the Danny Garrett Memorial, in the process, pocketing a cool $3,699 for his efforts in the 39-lap event for Limited Late Models Saturday. Starting 5th, Lee grabbed the lead from Kyle Lear on the second restart of the night, eventually surviving several restarts and challenges in the caution marred event. “This track is different than any track we have ever run” stated Lee in victory Lane. “The Dirt is a little different down here, and we were a little nervous with regards to all the cautions, hoping we were good on fuel”. Lee’s winning performance came on the heels of a third place run the week before at Hagerstown in his first season with team owner Bruce Kane. Opening night winner Ed Pope III challenged Lee on several restarts, eventually settling for second, with Jeff King, Scooter Tippett, and DJ Garrett rounding out the top 5. Lee also picked up the evenings Fast Time Award and also earned additional bonus money for being the driver hauling from the longest distance, courtesy of Quade Performance and the Garrett Family. Heats for the 20 cars on hand went to Jeremy Pilkerton, Kyle Lear, and Jonathan Raley.
In the 15- lapper for the Street Stocks, PJ Hatcher celebrated his birthday in fine fashion, taking his first win of the season, staving off Kyle Randall, Bobby Meixsell, Wyatt Hanson, and Deuce Wright. Heats went to Tyler Alton and Greg Morgan.
Opening night Hobby Stock winner Justin Hatcher earned his second straight victory, winning a hard-fought dual with early leader Trent Clemens, taking the 15-lap event. Following the lead duo were Richie Gibson, Rusty Alton, and James Rainey Jr.
In the 15-lap event for the Strictly Stocks, 2024 champion Nabil Guffey took advantage of race leader John Hardesty’s misfortunes, then staved off 2025 champ Greg Mattingly for his first win of the season. Mattingly spun on the final lap, giving Mason Foster his best finish of the season for second, with Will Mayhew earning a career best third, followed by Shawn Howsare, and Sarah Culver.
In the 15- lapper for U Cars, Adam Suda, in just his second career race, earned his first ever win, holding off Thomas Windsor, Nikolas Weber, Travis Dye, and Ben Pirner.
Potomac will return to action this Saturday, as the Crate Late Models make their first appearance of the season, along with the Roadster Division, with the Streets, Hobby's, and Strictly Stocks joining the 5-card program.

LLM Finish: (39 Laps)
1: #15K Kyle Lee, 2: #11P Ed Pope III, 3: #24K Jeff King, 4: #37 Scooter Tippett, 5: #81 DJ Garrett, 6: #6 Austin Lathroum, 7: #38 Nick Love, 8: #2D Josh Dotson, 9: #2 Deuce Wright, 10: #36 Sam Archer, DNF: #21 Eric Hanson, #08 John Love, #33 Scotty Nelson, #22 Ryan Mann, #18 Rick Hulson, #151 Kyle Lear, #8 Jeremy Pilkerton, #25 Jonathan Raley, #49 Ray Ciccarelli, #14C Chuck Bowie

Street Stock Finish: (15 Laps)
1: #777 PJ Hatcher, 2: #12X Kyle Randall, 3: #19M Bobby Meixsell, 4: #25 Wyatt Hanson, 5: #2 Deuce Wright, 6: #19 Ronnie Dennis, 7: #93 Tyler Alton, 8: #53 Greg Morgan, 9: #23W Billy Wroble, DNF: #03x John Cobb, #26X Robert Martin

Hobby Stock Finish: (15 Laps)
1: #77 Justin Hatcher, 2: #01 Trent Clemens, 3: #RG3 Richie Gibson, 4: #93 Rusty Alton, 5: #14 James Rainey Jr, 6; #34 Ken Ellis, 7: #42 Daniel Byrd, 8: #6 Connor Cheseldine, 9: #27 Brandon Crenshaw, DNF; #23b Brian Hubbard, #89 Craig Newcomb, #59 Nicholas Burton, #92 Kacey Gordon, #78 Mikey Latham, DNS #7H Jayden Hatcher

Strictly Stock Finish: (15 Laps)
1: #90 Nabil Guffey, 2: #96 Mason Foster, 3: #519 Will Mayhew, 4: #55 Shawn Howsare, 5: #6 Sarah Culver, 6: #88 Greg Mattingly, 7: #56 Ed Pope Sr, 8: #3X Garrett Cobb, 9: #69 George Burch, DNF: #27 John Hardesty Jr, #7 Daniel Kanodle, #20 Jack Regier, #23 Joshua Blocker, #610 James Stone Jr

U Car Finish: (15 Laps)
1: #54 Adam Suda, 2; #89 Thomas Windsor, 3: #7 Nikolas Weber, 4: #23 Travis Dye, 5: #69 Ben Pirner, 6: #12J Andrew Robinson, 7: #99 Brody Guy, DNF: #222 Serenity Schwartz, #777 Keith Brown, #23W Billy Wroble III, #15 Ryan Martin

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