It was a mixture of what’s old and what’s new at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday night, as for the first time in series history, the PA Micro Midgets made an appearance at the Newmanstown bullring. While the Hyper Racing Wingless 600 competitors had the night off to continue recovering from Speedweek, four former Lanco champions all graced victory lane in the main events for the other regular points-paying divisions.
Chris Gerhart stormed to the lead just four laps into Saturday night’s EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 A-Main and never looked back en route to his first win of the year. Nick Skias and Billy Logeman put on an epic battle for the win in the Border Magic 270s, with Skias executing a last-lap pass to collect his sixth win of the season. Brandon Heist dominated the Yeti Fence Sportsmans and extended his points lead with win number five in 2026. Justin Harrington racked up his fourth win of the campaign in a nonstop Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke 25-lapper. And it was Chase Frey and Addison Noble who etched their names into history as the inaugural race winners for the PA Micro Midgets at the Clyde.
Despite being one of the most accomplished micro sprint drivers in the country for several years, Kyle Spence had filled the bridesmaid role more often than not during recent Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek events at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. After finishing third each of the last three years, the Bridgeton, NJ driver turned in perhaps his finest performance yet around the high banks of the Newmanstown oval during Sunday night’s Hyper Racing/Hoosier Tire Finale of Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek. After starting the A-Main 12th, Spence found himself in the lead by halfway, and then battled Alex Ruppert all the way to the checkered flag to record his sixth Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek victory – most of any driver in the 17-year history of the series – with four of those triumphs coming right here at the Clyde.
Meanwhile, 2025 Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway track champion Dominic Schmidt successfully defended his home turf, and wrapped up his week with a seventh-place finish to become the youngest Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek champion ever at 16 years, eight months, and 13 days old.
Hyper Racing Junior Sprint Speedweek also concluded on Sunday night with another exciting showcase of racing’s future stars. Barrett Bressler finally broke through his first Speedweek win – and his first win at the Clyde – in the 20-lap Finale. And it was Ashlyn Wittmer scoring the week-long championship, joining her brother Jax as Speedweek champions after she finished all seven races during the week inside the top six.
After roughly a 45-minute delay due to inclement weather, Checkered Flag Fan Club Night ran all the way to its conclusion on Saturday at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, with thanks again being due to the track crew along with the drivers and cars who helped to pack the track surface after a heavy rain shower hit the racetrack.
Once the bad weather cleared out, the summer stretch of racing at the speedway continued in earnest, with a mixture of young rising stars and experienced champions finding their way into the winner’s circle by night’s end. In just his third-ever EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 start at the Clyde, Jax Wittmer pocketed the victory of Saturday night’s 25-lapper following an extremely impressive drive. Three times a bridesmaid in 2026, Dominic Schmidt finally broke through for his first Lanco win of the season in Kenny Groff’s No. 3. Nick Skias put forth a strong effort to secure his fifth win of the year in Border Magic 270 action. Billy Logeman got redemption for a lapped traffic snafu two weeks prior by dominating Saturday night’s Yeti Fence Sportsman A-Main. And weeks of trials and tribulations finally turned into a checkered flag for Mike Coen, as he collected the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke main event.
It took an extra day and a Sunday afternoon finale to get the 2026 iteration of the East Coast Transponders Nationals into the books. But the wait was well worth it for Connor Gross, as the Middleton, MA-born driver – now living in Asbury, NJ – claimed the biggest individual payday of his already accomplished micro sprint career. Last year’s Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek champion made the pass for the lead on Kayden Barker just past the race’s midway point, and then channeled his quarter-midget roots by hitting his marks lap after lap on the track’s slick surface to secure the $12,000 winner’s payday.
The future stars of racing also dueled for a whopping $2,000 to win in the Storm Chassis Wingless Junior Sprint event. Elon, NC’s Wyatt Parsley – racing at the Clyde for the very first time – battled with Barrett Bressler in a thrilling race and came out on top to take the massive check back to the Tar Heel State.
With the target on his back as last year’s East Coast Transponders Nationals champion, the pressure was on Lewisberry’s Alex Ruppert to back up his dominant performance from one year ago. It may not have always been smooth sailing on Friday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, but Ruppert answered the bell once again, taking charge of the Hyper Racing Wingless 600 25-lap prelim A-Main and outdueling Trevor Cline to secure the $1,000 victory – plus a lock-in spot for Saturday night’s $12,000-to-win East Coast Transponders Nationals championship A-Main.
The Storm Chassis Junior Sprints also contested their first-ever wingless event at the Clyde in preparation for their massive $2,000-to-win finale on Saturday. It was Kunkletown’s Gage Pio who wrote his name in the history books once again, grabbing the win after an exciting 20-lap feature.
Mother Nature tried her best to send everyone packing and home early on Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. But despite three separate rain delays, persistent effort from the track crew and officials – along with great cooperation from the drivers and teams – allowed for all of the scheduled racing to be completed. Finally getting things started for good just after 8:30 p.m., the entire show was run in less than three hours from the start of the first hot-lap group to the checkered flag of the final feature.
The night of racing that took place saw a first-time winner at the Clyde, as Tommy Rinck pocketed his maiden EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 victory for his first win in any division at the speedway. In the final tune-up for next weekend’s East Coast Transponders Nationals, Gunnar Pio made it two-for-two in the Tim West and Julie Sechrist-owned No. 25, claiming the checkers in Hyper Racing Wingless 600 action. Scoring his first Border Magic 270 triumph in eight years at the Clyde, Dan Lane, Jr. was the one to finally put the Kevin St. John and Joe Sanders-owned No. 16 in victory lane. Justin Harrington claimed his first Yeti Fence Sportsman win in two years. And Seth Gregory charged to his first triumph of the season in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes.
The buildup to a big month of July at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway continued on Saturday night, as the stars of all five weekly classes contested their second of three consecutive points shows on the final official day of spring.
Among the highlights of the night was Brandon Heist finally accomplishing his goal of sweeping the Border Magic 270 and Yeti Fence Sportsman A-Mains on the same night – and with the same car. Aside from Heist’s remarkable feat, three other drivers visited victory lane on Saturday night as well. After a few weeks of heartbreak, Matt Warner finally made it to the finish line and collected his first-career win at the speedway in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s. In EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 action, Chris Panczner went wire-to-wire to score his first victory in almost two years at the Clyde. And for the third time this year, it was Justin Harrington standing atop the podium at the end of the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke A-Main.
With a scheduled off week in the rearview mirror, racing returned in earnest at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday night. With the start of the summer stretch and the first of three consecutive points shows in the month of June, all the stars of the speedway were showcased on full display for a swarm of passionate race fans who braved the heat to take in an exciting night of competition.
Gunnar Pio returned to the Clyde for the first time in 2026 and gave Tim West and Julie Sechrist their first win as car owners, parking the East Coast Transponders No. 25 in victory lane after the Hyper Racing Wingless 600 feature. In EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 action, it was Jason Swavely who stormed from ninth to gather his third feature win in the last four races at the speedway. Billy Logeman shook the monkey off his back and put the Mike Rutherford-owned No. 27o in victory lane against a full field of Border Magic 270s. Brandon Heist took advantage of a wild lapped traffic moment to seize his third win of the year in the Yeti Fence Sportsmans. And Trevor Waegel parked his No. 44s in victory lane for the second time this season, claiming the checkers of the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke 25-lapper.
To say that the racing on Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was exciting doesn’t quite cover it. Simply put, the stars and cars of the Newmanstown bullring put on a show across five divisions of competition at the racetrack. The established champions and veterans of the speedway reminded the race fans – and their fellow competitors – of what makes them so good. And it’s fair to say some new stars were born as well, shining bright under the lights while making daring maneuvers and carving across the clay.
Bradley Brown bested a hungry Matt Warner and the rest of a stout field of cars to score the win of a wildly entertaining EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 feature. That race was perhaps only outdone by the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s in a 25-lap A-Main that went down as an instant classic. When the top three drivers all crashed on the final lap, Luke Hess seized the opportunity and grabbed his first Lanco win. Brent Shearer put an end to Nick Skias’ winning streak in the Border Magic 270s – but not before a great battle for the win. Former champions Billy Logeman and Bret Cronrath duked it out in the Yeti Fence Sportsmans, with Logeman coming out on top. And Justin Harrington continued his return to championship form with his second triumph of the season in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes.
It was a night to “let the good times roll” at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday evening, particularly for drivers that had already started off their 2026 racing seasons with plenty of momentum at the Newmanstown bullring.
Four of Saturday night’s five A-Main winners were drivers that had already picked up checkered flags at the Clyde throughout the opening weeks of a still youthful racing campaign. Nick Skias continued his unbeatable stretch in the Border Magic 270s, claiming his fourth consecutive win in the division in the final tune-up before next weekend’s Pistol Pete Duels. Jason Swavely and Brandon Heist also made it back-to-back victories in the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600s and Yeti Fence Sportsmans, respectively. And Christian Bruno grabbed his third win in as many attempts in 2026, rocketing up from 11th to score the Hyper Racing Wingless 600 win. The only new victor of the night was Matt Fernsler, who turned a strong start to the season into a winning one in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke A-Main.
The first Saturday in May is traditionally reserved for “the Run for the Roses” – otherwise known as the Kentucky Derby. But if you wanted to trade in horses for horsepower and witness a “chase for the checkered flag” instead, then the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was the place to be on Saturday night.
Nick Skias continued a dominant start to the 2026 racing season with his third consecutive victory in the Border Magic 270 division. Meanwhile, the other four classes all saw drivers break through for their first triumphs of the young season. Mason Beinhower claimed the win in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600 A-Main, while Jason Swavely parked his “Pink Panther” machine in the winner’s circle following EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 competition. Brandon Heist turned a few close calls into his first win of the year in the Yeti Fence Sportsmans. And Justin Harrington snapped a two-year winless drought when he flashed across the finish line first in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes.
It was a fast-paced Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, as threatening skies loomed over the Newmanstown area as day turned to night. Thanks to great cooperation between track staff and the competitors, all five feature events were completed prior to 9 p.m., foiling the threat of any inclement weather.
The on-track action was just as frenzied, with several highlights and hair-raising moments throughout the night. One of those highlights was a first-time winner, as Maine’s Chase Rodgers made the long travel well worth it and finally scored his first Hyper Racing Wingless 600 triumph at the track. Bradley Brown and Nick Skias each continued torrid starts to the season, as Brown claimed his third consecutive win in the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600s, while Skias made it back-to-back with the Border Magic 270s. In the first race under the “Yeti Fence” title sponsorship, defending Sportsman champion Corey Schmuck, Jr. took his No. 26 back to victory lane. And Trevor Waegel was the dominant driver of the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke feature, scoring his second career win at the track.
Saturday night marked the beginning of a new era for the Lanco Micro Midget Club’s most prestigious race – the Clyde Martin Memorial. The ground rules for the event remained the same: double points on offer and 35-lap features in honor of all former members of the Lanco Micro Midget Club who have passed on and are no longer with us. But for the very first time, “the granddaddy of them all” served as the first points race of the 2026 season. The new date and changed eligibility rules led to the highest car counts seen for the event in many years. But at night’s end, it was still some of Lanco’s brightest stars and biggest names who stood tall in the winner’s circle.
Christian Bruno finally claimed his first Clyde Martin Memorial Race win in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, beating Aiden Purdue in an epic slide-job battle in lapped traffic. Bradley Brown came to life late in Saturday night’s EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 A-Main to capture his fourth Clyde Martin Memorial Race win across three different classes. Nick Skias finally won “The Clyde” for the very first time, joining father Pete and brother Mike on the Border Magic 270 trophy. In the Sportsmans, Mike Miller turned back the clock once again, beating Brandon Heist to the line for his first Clyde Martin Memorial triumph in the division. And John Maurer made it back-to-back seasons lifting the trophy in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes.
After sitting dormant for the past six and a half months, high-speed excitement and intensity returned to the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday night, as the 69th season of racing under the Lanco Micro Midget Club banner kicked off with the annual running of the non-points “Spring Fling.” Perhaps thanks to the late Roger Martin and the other angels of the racing community watching on from above, the weather was nothing short of beautiful for the season’s first event. And even as temperatures began to cool off throughout the night, the on-track action remained red hot for the 30-lap A-Main events across each division.
Hyper Racing Wingless 600 competition saw Christian Bruno outduel Kyle Spence in a thrilling race to kick off the 2026 season. In the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 class, Bradley Brown blasted away from the rest of the field to pick up a dominant win. The Border Magic Wingless 270 race featured a first-time winner, as Jacob Neff rode the ragged edge to score a hard-earned victory. And the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke A-Main featured another clinic from John Maurer, as the defending track champion started off his year back in the winner’s circle.
The 2025 racing season at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway drew to a close on Saturday night, but not before just a few more thrills to take drivers and fans alike into the offseason. With the track’s five championships just about sewn up entering Saturday night’s feature events, the final races of the season provided the opportunity for a coronation of those who had risen above the rest to be crowned as champions of the Clyde.
Jason Swavely won the final race of the season to officially score his third EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 championship at the speedway, while Nick Skias put the finishing touches on a fourth championship in the Border Magic 270s. Dominic Schmidt, Corey Schmuck, Jr., and John Maurer were all awarded their first Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway championships, with Schmidt triumphing in the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, Schmuck, Jr. taking the top step in the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsmans, and Maurer prevailing in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes. And the last A-Mains of the year had plenty of excitement as well, as along with Swavely, Mason Beinhower, Brandon Heist, Seth Gregory, and Gage Pio all capped off the season in the winner’s circle.
The stakes were high on another beautiful Saturday night at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, as with just two races remaining in the season, the championship points puzzles were set to become much clearer in each of the five divisions of competition. In the midst of those battles, there were still races to be run, and a first-time Lanco winner joined some familiar faces in victory lane when the evening of action was all said and done.
The EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 feature went to Christian Bruno, as the Deptford, NJ driver scored his first win in the Winged car in 2025. In the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, Steven Snyder, Jr. made a moonlight appearance at the speedway and held off Gunnar Pio to take the checkers. A 10th-to-first charge saw Jason Swavely score another Border Magic 270 triumph, while Brandon Heist went from getting checked out in the hospital last Saturday to standing in victory lane seven days later with a Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman win. And Trevor Waegel finally broke through for his first-career win at the Clyde in the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes.
Meanwhile, three of the remaining four track championships yet to be spoken for at the speedway were mathematically sewn up on Saturday night. Joining John Maurer in the 125/4 Strokes, Dominic Schmidt scored another podium result to clinch his first championship in the Wingless 600s. Nick Skias used a fourth-place result to lock up back-to-back – and his fourth total – 270 championship. And even with a rough night, Corey Schmuck, Jr. kept the advantage he needed in the standings to wrap up his long-awaited first championship at the Clyde in the Sportsman class, leaving only the Winged 600s to still be decided on Championship Night next Saturday.
Saturday night’s action at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway marked the beginning of the final three-race stretch in the chase for the championship across the speedway’s five weekly classes. While some drivers entered the evening with points on their mind, many others were simply looking to carry some momentum into the season’s final races by taking home a checkered flag.
After five straight podium finishes with no wins to show for it, Dominic Schmidt finally cashed in in a big way on Saturday night, winning both the makeup feature and the regular race for the Hyper Racing Wingless 600s, and putting himself in prime position to score his first track championship. Kyle Spence took a detour into Newmanstown on Saturday night and picked up the win of the EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 race following a thrilling battle with Jason Swavely. Swavely – in the meantime – cruised away with the victory in the Border Magic 270 class. The Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman and Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke classes each saw first-time 2025 winners, as young drivers Masen Stapleton and Seth Gregory finally parked their machines in the winner’s circle. And despite a rare runner-up result, John Maurer became the first driver to mathematically lock up a 2025 championship, doing so in the 125/4 Stroke class.
Often billed as one of the most exciting micro sprint racing shows in the northeast, the “Wingless” portion of the Labor Day Shootout lived up to its reputation once again on Sunday night. An ultra-wide and ultra-racy surface greeted competitors in the three non-wing divisions, while the Junior Sprints also stepped into the spotlight and turned in exciting, wheel-to-wheel action.
Christian Bruno exacted some revenge on a near-miss in Saturday’s Winged 600 Shootout by holding off Aidan Turner to score the victory of Sunday’s $1,250-to-win Hyper Racing Wingless 600 A-Main. Jason Swavely made it a weekend sweep in the Mike Rice-owned No. 2x, as he followed up Saturday’s Sportsman win with his fourth Border Magic Wingless 270 Shootout triumph. John Maurer made it a true sweep of the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Stroke events as the Fleetwood native dominated the 30-lap Wingless feature. And the inaugural Junior Sprint “Clash at the Clyde” belonged to Gage Pio, as “The Puppy” passed more cars than anyone to win the inaugural Labor Day Shootout event for racing’s future stars.
While the Wingless Night of the Labor Day Shootout often takes well-deserved attention for the wild thrills and hair-raising moments that define the greatest racing weekend of the year, Saturday night once again spotlighted that the Winged cars are plenty capable of producing intense, hold-your-breath racing of their own. The Winged Night of the Shootout presented by Germania Band Club of Manheim saw “edge-of-your seat” racing all night long, with an instant-classic of an EVO Fuel Injection Winged 600 A-Main highlighting the night.
In that event, “The Rocketman” Jason Swavely scored his second Shootout win in the past three years, coming out on top of a dramatic battle with Christian Bruno and Aidan Turner. Swavely would also go on to take the win in the Step Brothers Concrete & Fence Sportsman class later in the evening, marking the Fleetwood native’s 12th Shootout win all-time. In the Border Magic 270s, Bridgeport, NJ’s Alex Swift finally broke through for his biggest Lanco triumph to date, winning the Shootout for the first time. And the Gretna Graphics 125/4 Strokes saw a first-time Shootout winner as well, but it was no surprise to those who have been following the class all season, as John Maurer backed up his Clyde Martin Memorial win a few weeks back with an inaugural Labor Day Shootout victory.
Saturday, August 23rd at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway was a night that offered all one could want in a racing program. There was a first-time winner, a second-consecutive Memorial Race winner, a “Days of Thunder” type of finish, and an incredible, tough-to-describe-because-there-was-so-much-action wingless 600 feature, along with two make-up features – the Clyde Martin Memorial Races for the wingless 600's and Border Magic 270's. And there were special guests, too… the Lebanon Valley College Mens Soccer Team, many of whom were attending their first racing event of any kind… and they loved it!
