Star Wars night at Crystal Motor Speedway featured plenty of stars in race cars, and a plentiful amount of wars on the battlefield. The first 200 kids through the gates on Saturday received lightsabers and they lit up the sky as the drivers fought through the night for a chance to go to victory lane. A massive night included the Michigan CAT Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by Engine Pro and ARP, Michigan Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, and other regular divisions.
Ryan Vanderveen rolled from the outside of the front row to collect the Michigan Late Model win, his first of the season.
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 23V-Ryan Vanderveen[2]; 2. 21N-Logan Nickerson[4]; 3. 16-Garrett Wiles[5]; 4. 4-Travis Stemler[3]; 5. 41-Mike Vandermark Jr[7]; 6. 21D-David Hilliker[6]; 7. 19-Derrick Hilliker[8]; 8. 55S-Ashlee Scott[18]; 9. 25-Jimmy Gallagher[10]; 10. 28-Sammy Epling[1]; 11. 51-Andrew Fidler[13]; 12. 11-Rachel Carpenter[16]; 13. (DNF) 7L-Logan Love[9]; 14. (DNF) 64-Luke Anstett[11]; 15. (DNF) 8-Megan Sanders[17]; 16. (DNF) 06R-Jacob Rendel[15]; 17. (DNF) 55-Michael Archer[12]; 18. (DNF) 5-Riley Bowen[14]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8-Megan Sanders[1]; 2. 55S-Ashlee Scott[9]; 3. 66-Kurt Mesman[5]; 4. 23-Mike Fritz[4]; 5. (DNF) 54-Brian Nelson[6]; 6. (DNF) 21S-Steven Hilliker[3]; 7. (DNS) 2R-Ryan Davis; 8. (DNS) 865-John Adams II; 9. (DNS) 03-JC Witherspoon; 10. (DNS) 26K-Dillion Kohn
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 41-Mike Vandermark Jr[3]; 2. 23V-Ryan Vanderveen[1]; 3. 7L-Logan Love[5]; 4. 51-Andrew Fidler[6]; 5. 8-Megan Sanders[2]; 6. 66-Kurt Mesman[4]; 7. 55S-Ashlee Scott[7]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 16-Garrett Wiles[4]; 2. 21D-David Hilliker[3]; 3. 25-Jimmy Gallagher[6]; 4. 5-Riley Bowen[5]; 5. 2R-Ryan Davis[2]; 6. 54-Brian Nelson[7]; 7. (DNF) 26K-Dillion Kohn[1]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Derrick Hilliker[1]; 2. 21N-Logan Nickerson[3]; 3. 64-Luke Anstett[5]; 4. 06R-Jacob Rendel[6]; 5. (DNF) 21S-Steven Hilliker[4]; 6. (DNF) 865-John Adams II[2]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Travis Stemler[4]; 2. 28-Sammy Epling[2]; 3. 55-Michael Archer[3]; 4. 11-Rachel Carpenter[1]; 5. (DNF) 23-Mike Fritz[6]; 6. (DNF) 03-JC Witherspoon[5]
Aj Ward, a knockout driver in recent years in the IMCA Modifieds grabbed his first win of the 2024 season on Saturday night, coming from the inside of row two for the dub.
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 20W-AJ Ward[3]; 2. 12-Jeff Reay[7]; 3. 39-Chad Spencer[4]; 4. 18R-Richie Haynes[1]; 5. 04-Aaron Raby[5]; 6. 17R-Chase Rosebrugh[6]; 7. 7D-Myron DeYoung[8]; 8. 21-Casey Tasker[9]; 9. 15-Austin Harnick[10]; 10. 19JR-Kody Johnson[11]; 11. 71D-Brenten Deyoung[12]; 12. 26P-Nathan Patrick[15]; 13. 83-Casey Smith[13]; 14. 615-Chad Wernette[17]; 15. 19H-Oliver Hilliard[19]; 16. 18G-Zac Gilliland[20]; 17. 11W-Dan Wiggins II[14]; 18. (DNF) 98-Austin Wonch[16]; 19. (DNF) 10-Bree Wonch[18]; 20. (DNF) 94J-Jack Dalman[2]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 98-Austin Wonch[2]; 2. 615-Chad Wernette[4]; 3. 10-Bree Wonch[1]; 4. 19H-Oliver Hilliard[8]; 5. 18G-Zac Gilliland[3]; 6. 9X-Cody Goodwin[7]; 7. 88-Stan Sutten[9]; 8. B44-Richard Gokee Jr[13]; 9. 2-Brandyn Ciganik[12]; 10. 44-Blake Gokee[11]; 11. 91H-Terry Hilliard[5]; 12. (DNF) 80-Jeramie Raby[15]; 13. (DNF) 61-Robert Goodrich[10]; 14. (DNF) 06-Jacob Raby[16]; 15. (DNF) 71-Don Proctor Jr[6]; 16. (DNS) 7-Bryan Hofbauer
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Jeff Reay[5]; 2. 39-Chad Spencer[4]; 3. 21-Casey Tasker[6]; 4. 71D-Brenten Deyoung[7]; 5. 10-Bree Wonch[2]; 6. 91H-Terry Hilliard[8]; 7. (DNF) 88-Stan Sutten[3]; 8. (DNF) 2-Brandyn Ciganik[1]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 77-Jimmy Hale Jr[2]; 2. 04-Aaron Raby[4]; 3. 7D-Myron DeYoung[5]; 4. 83-Casey Smith[6]; 5. 98-Austin Wonch[7]; 6. 71-Don Proctor Jr[3]; 7. 61-Robert Goodrich[1]; 8. B44-Richard Gokee Jr[8]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 94J-Jack Dalman[2]; 2. 15-Austin Harnick[6]; 3. 20W-AJ Ward[3]; 4. 11W-Dan Wiggins II[4]; 5. 18G-Zac Gilliland[5]; 6. 9X-Cody Goodwin[7]; 7. 44-Blake Gokee[8]; 8. (DNF) 7-Bryan Hofbauer[1]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 17R-Chase Rosebrugh[4]; 2. 18R-Richie Haynes[1]; 3. 19JR-Kody Johnson[6]; 4. 26P-Nathan Patrick[3]; 5. 615-Chad Wernette[5]; 6. 19H-Oliver Hilliard[7]; 7. 06-Jacob Raby[8]; 8. (DNF) 80-Jeramie Raby[2]
Great Lakes Super Sprints new comer, Kasey Jedrzejek came from the outside of row three to pick up his first career GLSS win.
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[6]; 2. 7C-Phil Gressman[1]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[2]; 4. 71H-Max Stambaugh[7]; 5. 27-Brad Lamberson[4]; 6. 85-Dustin Daggett[9]; 7. 16-Ryan Ruhl[12]; 8. 17-Jared Horstman[5]; 9. 70-Eli Lakin[11]; 10. 49T-Gregg Dalman[3]; 11. 01-Chase Ridenour[10]; 12. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[8]; 13. 88N-Frank Neill[14]; 14. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[17]; 15. 10S-Jay Steinebach[15]; 16. 38-Max Frank[19]; 17. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[16]; 18. 27K-Zac Broughman[18]; 19. 67-Kevin Martens[21]; 20. 31N-Jac Nickles[13]; 21. 54-Joel Hummel[20]; 22. 31-Jim Girard[22]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Phil Gressman[1]; 2. 71H-Max Stambaugh[2]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[4]; 4. 16-Ryan Ruhl[3]; 5. 88N-Frank Neill[6]; 6. 11A-Abby Hohlbein[5]; 7. 38-Max Frank[7]; 8. 31-Jim Girard[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[2]; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1]; 3. 01-Chase Ridenour[5]; 4. 31N-Jac Nickles[3]; 5. 49T-Gregg Dalman[4]; 6. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[6]; 7. 54-Joel Hummel[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Jared Horstman[2]; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett[1]; 3. 70-Eli Lakin[3]; 4. 27-Brad Lamberson[4]; 5. 10S-Jay Steinebach[6]; 6. 27K-Zac Broughman[5]; 7. 67-Kevin Martens[7]
Photo - Chris Johnston