The youth movement was quite evident during Saturday's Modified feature at Mahoning Valley Speedway as teenagers Nick Baer, Jack Ely and Kyle Strohl all came close to winning.

But when all was said and done, the experienced Eric Beers showed the young talent he is still the man to beat, winning for a fifth time.Not only was Beers celebrating the night's accomplishment, he was also basking in his 50th career Modified feature win at the Lehighton paved quarter-mile oval."It's really awesome," Beers said. "I have to thank the racetrack for having Modifieds here and staying with a great program, and for the fans coming out every Saturday and watching us. If it wasn't for the fans in those stands, we drivers wouldn't have anything to do."There's no doubt the young guns are rising in the Modified division. Baer was the early leader, and Ely used a restart to work his way to the front. At that point, he was holding off another veteran in the form of John Markovic.Strohl would bide his time to get by Markovic, before dueling Ely for the lead.A caution with 25 laps completed enabled Strohl to line up alongside the leader. When the race resumed, he had great forward bite that allowed him to slip by Ely. Beers, who started eighth, was in fifth behind Kris Graver, but on the same restart grabbed third. One lap later, he took over second.There would be a final caution with eight laps remaining, as Beers made a race-winning move on that restart and shot by Strohl and onto his fifth win in 10 starts this season."The future of Modified racing is very strong here," Beers said. "Kyle (Strohl) ran a heck of (a) race. Just battling there with him, Jack (Ely) and Austin (Kochenash), we were side-by-side and it was amazing," said Beers.In the Late Models, Mike Sweeney has won a lot of races in his career, but none have come like Saturday's. Sweeney pulled off a "spin and win" en route to his third win of the year.On the opening lap, he did a 360-degree spin in turn two and was relegated to the tail end of the field for the restart. Afterward, he put on a remarkable drive to the front, eventually passing Frankie Althouse with five laps to go to go on to his 31st class win."This is all about our team. We all work tirelessly night after night in the shop, and when we get to the track, this is the result," said Sweeney.In the special 50 lap Dirt Mod event, Ricky Yetter scored big, winning for the third consecutive time. Yetter took home $1,200 for his effort and moved to the top of the point standings.He took the lead after Mike Stofflet dropped out with mechanical issues on lap 11. His win tied him for most Dirt Mod victories at Mahoning at 19, sharing the mark with Randy Thomas.So far in 2016, Aaron Kromer has two top five finishes in the Street Stocks, but both have been firsts. Kromer was able to lead all 30 laps of the main. He had no problem holding off runner-up Jason Frey.Jake Kibler took his first Pro 4 win of the season, thanks to a restart pass on Kailyn Beers with five laps to go. He then held off Josh Scherer to notch his 20th career class win.For the eighth time in as many weeks, a different winner emerged in the Hobby Stocks. This time it was Michael Wambold, who started second and had to withstand early cautions and a hard-charging Rich Mutarelli.In July of 1987, Lorin Arthofer Sr. won for the first time at Mahoning Valley and began a family legacy. That heritage has carried on as his granddaughter, Avery Arthofer, won the very first Jr. Enduro event. It was the 94th time her family name has been in Victory Lane at the track.RESULTSModified Feature Finish (35 Laps): 1. Eric Beers, 2. Kyle Strohl, 3. Austin Kochenash, 4. Don Wagner, 5. John Markovic, 6. Gene Bowers, 7. Earl Paules, 8. Kris Graver, 9. Nick Baer, 10. Brian DeFebo, 11. Jack Ely, 12. Terry Markovic, 13. Lou Strohl, 14. Brian Labar, 15. Lee Sharpsteen, 16. Todd Bear, 17. Bobby Jones.Late Model Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Mike Sweeney, 2. Frankie Althouse, 3. Jeremy Miller, 4. Paul Koehler Jr., 5. Jacob Nemeth, 6. Paul Effrig, 7. Kenny Hein, 8. Lorin Arthofer, 9. Josh Oswald, 10. Jacob Kerstetter, 11. Chris Anderson, 12. Robby Kutz.Street Stock Feature Finish (30 Laps): 1. Aaron Kromer, 2. Jason Frey, 3. Zach Graver, 4. Jason Kuhn, 5. Jared Ahner, 6. Kristy Arthofer, 7. Jon Moser, 8. Randy Ahner Jr., 9. Stacey Brown, 10. Todd Ahner, 11. Mark Martini, 12. Dan Freundt, 13. Greg Long, 14. Corey Edelman, 15. Justin Mooney, 16. George Ramos, 17. Jamie Smith, 18. Dennis Buss, 19. Rick Reichenbach, 20. Mike Piechota, 21. Eric Kocher DNQ: Kevin Weierbach.Dirt Mod Feature Finish (50 Laps): 1. Ricky Yetter, 2. Frank Parastino, 3. Scott Adams, 4. Billy Lasko, 5. Ray Deemer, 6. Scott Hyland, 7. Paul Effrig, 8. Rich Coons, 9. Aleia Geisler, 10. Mike Stofflet.Pro 4 Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Jake Kibler, 2. Josh Scherer, 3. Kevin Graver Jr., 4. Bobby Kibler Jr., 5. Shawn Kistler, 6. Tyler Stangle, 7. Cody Kohler, 8. Shawn Hoffman, 9. Kailyn Beers, 10. John Bennett.Hobby Stock Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Michael Wambold, 2. Rich Mutarelli, 3. Cody Geist, 4. Tiffany Wambold, 5. Avery Arthofer, 6. Sam Ryan, 7. Travis Solomon, 8. Shayne Geist, 9. Devin Schmidt, 10. Randy Sicher, 11. Colton Perry, 12. Ryan Berger, 13. Jesse Strohl, 14. Kevin Behler, 15. Austin Beers, 16. Ken Reeder, 17. Dean Strohl Jr., 18. Kyle Scisco, 19. Waylon Speer, 20. Dean Strohl Sr. DNQ: Elmer Kennedy, Taylor Schmidt.