A week ago during the season opener, John Markovic was qualified but missed the feature. The reason - he was rushed to Lehigh Valley Medical Center in Allentown because of an irregular heartbeat. He spent the rest of the weekend in the hospital and thankfully was released and back at work by Monday.

Returning to race this past Saturday night, Markovic's clean bill of health was put to the test. Despite having the luxury of starting from the pole, once the race got underway he competed in 35 heart pounding laps and eked out a win over Chip Santee and prior to that went head-to-head with 14-year old rookie Kyle Strohl."Last week at this time I was in the hospital with a 250-beat per minute heartbeat and my blood pressure was way high so this is a big turnaround from then to know," said the well-respected veteran Markovic.With Strohl flanked to his outside for the start, the pair quickly went into an outstanding duel for the lead with Markovic maintaining the advantage but just slightly.Markovic is over 40 years older than the upstart but the young lion, driving a Modified for just the second time, was wheeling alongside the master craftsman with precision and accuracy that only comes from years of experience."Kyle Strohl is a fantastic driver and one day maybe he can drive for me," remarked Markovic.Under a lap 28 caution any chance of winning suddenly vanished for Strohl when his car lost power and he had to be pushed behind the wall. His demise allowed Santee the runner-up spot for the restart and once the action resumed he was fast enough to surge past Markovic and take the lead.Markovic was quick to return the favor on the ensuing lap and retook his position. From there to the finish he held off Santee to claim the hard earned victory."I was just trying to take it easy. I didn't want to use up the 44 (Strohl) and I know I did with Chip (Santee). He had a little better start on that last restart," said Markovic, who garnered his 33rd track win.Graver, Nevin George and Eric Beers completed the top five.In Late Models, Earl Paules raced to his second straight win but it was no easy task as he and Frankie Althouse gave the crowd a stirring duel for the lead in the waning laps of the race.In Street Stock, Josh Mooney won the feature in a thrilling last lap pass for the lead. What was even more impressive was Mooney got into the race as a provisional and started from 21st. It was the first time a driver ever won a feature in that way. The night was perfected when his brother, Justin Mooney, was awarded second place after Steven Steigerwalt failed post-race inspection.In Dirt Modified, defending champ Jeff Parker rocketed his way around Billy Lowden, Jr., for the lead with seven laps to go and then cruised to victory.In Pro 4 Division, Jake Kibler collected his second straight win.In Hobby Stock, Corey Edelman bounced back with a flawless run, leading all laps en route to getting his first win of 2014.RESULTSModified1. John Markovic, 2. Chip Santee, 3. Kris Graver, 4. Nevin George, 5. Eric Beers, 6. Roger Coss, 7. Matt Hirschman, 8. Brandon Oltra, 9. Earl Paules, 10. Brain DeFebo, 11. Glenn Slocum, 12. Bobby Jones, 13. Brian Romig, 14. Terry Markovic, 15. Jim Bojonny, 16. Don Wagner, 17. Kyle Strohl, 18. Troy Bollinger DNS: Rick KirkendallLate Model1. Earl Paules, 2. Frankie Althouse, 3. Paul Effrig, 4. Paul Koehler, Jr., 5. George Ramos, 6. Geno Steigerwalt, 7. Mike Sweeney, 8. Kenny Hein, 9. Jeremy Miller, 10. Danielle Paules, 11. Jacob Nemeth, 12. Jacob Kerstetter, 13. Dave ImlerStreet Stock1. Josh Mooney, 2. Justin Mooney, 3. Jillian Long, 4. Lonnie Behler, Sr., 5. Jamie Smith, 6. Jason Kuhn, 7. Cody Roth, 8. Aaron Kromer, 9. Jared Ahner, 10. TJ Gursky, 11. Dennis Buss, 12. Zach Graver, 13. Willie Knappenberger, 14. Todd Ahner, 15. Stacey Brown, 16. Lonnie Behler, Jr., 17. Chip Wanamaker, 18. Gene Bowers, 19. Mark Rogers, 20. Randy Ahner, Jr., 21. Jonathan Tracey DQ: Steven Steigerwalt DNQ: Dan Freundt, BJ Wambold, Tiff Wambold, Logan Boyer, Matt WentzDirt Modified1. Jeff Parker, 2. Kevin Graver, Jr., 3. Billy Lowden, Jr., 4. Ray Deemer, 5. Aleia Geisler, 6. Mike Stofflet, 7. JP Curry, 8. Ricky Yetter, 9. Billy Lasko, 10. Jack Ely, 11. Brian FuciliPro 41. Jake Kibler, 2. Nick Baer, 3. Bobby Kibler, Jr., 4. Jason Muffley, 5. Dave Chapman, 6. Cody Kohler, 7. Jesse Snyder, 8. Tyler Stangle, 9. Chad Miller, 10. Kailyn BeersHobby Stock1. Corey Edelman, 2. Jeff Biegley, 3. Steve McDonough, 4. Colby Getz, 5. Shayne Getz, 6. Cody Geist, 7. Tim Oswald, 8. Steve Sennott, 9. Shawn Hoffman