Brian DeFebo put on an exciting drive in coming from 15th to first and in doing so won for a second straight week and third time this season at Mahoning Valley Speedway.

DeFebo pulled off a thrilling outside pass on Kris Graver with two laps to go in taking the popular verdict, which comes as an important factor in his quest for a possible championship. He is currently in a tight battle at the top of the standings with Graver and Eric Beers."We're definitely having fun right now and we take every race as it comes. The best way to overcome our point deficit that we're at is be the leader at all times. So with that we're not going to worry about what everyone else is doing. We'll keep going out and try to win heat races and win features, and the points will play out," said DeFebo.DeFebo had his work cut out for him for much of the 35-lap run. Starting so deep in the pack he had to bide his time but with the first 18 laps going nonstop it was a challenge in passing cars."When the races here run nonstop like it was going, you just have to stay in line and play the chess game as best you can. You think you make the right move and then you don't. In the beginning it was tough because everyone was stacked up. I had a faster car then I was able to run because everyone was side-to-side," he said.Graver was in charge on a late restart, with DeFebo second. But DeFebo had his mindset on victory and shot to the outside for the race winning pass."I'm not content to finish second and it goes back to points don't matter but they do matter so I had no choice but to go to the outside," said DeFebo.Late Model FeatureMike Sweeney scored his sixth Late Model win in 11 starts this season."It's a testament to my team. Last night at Evergreen we finished second but when we got home we ended up cutting half the chassis up because of a few things we found broke. We worked on the car until after 4 o'clock this afternoon," said Sweeney. "Then after our heat race we found some bent parts in the front that we ended up changing and we really didn't know how the feature would play out."There would be no worries for Sweeney as he was able to pull to a three car length advantage at the checkers.Street Stock FeatureAlan Schlenker is racing full time at Mahoning for the first time in nearly 10 years but despite the hiatus he never lost his knack for getting around the tight bullring, as he won for the first time since 2008.Pro 4 FeatureIn another strong effort, Cody Kohler reeled off his fifth Pro 4 win of the season in just six starts.Hobby Stock FeatureThe Hobby Stocks ran a special 40 lap feature and Paul Effrig won the exhausting main that was all side-by-side for the lead from start to finish.Modified Feature Finish (35 Laps): 1. Brian DeFebo, 2. Kris Graver, 3. Jack Ely, 4. Eric Beers, 5. Nick Baer, 6. John Markovic, 7. Roger Heffelfinger, 8. Gene Bowers, 9. Troy Bollinger, 10. Brian Romig, 11. Brian Labar, 12. Kyle Strohl, 13. Joey Jarowicz, 14. Lou Strohl, 15. Terry Markovic, 16. Paul Frantz, 17. Wes gilbert, 18. Kevin Graver, 19. Ron Haring Jr.Late Model Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Mike Sweeney, 2. Lorin Arthofer, 3. Jacob Nemeth, 4. Frankie Althouse, 5. Jeremy Miller, 6. Geno Steigerwalt, 7. George Ramos, 8. Broc Brown, 9.Kenny Hein, 10. Eric Kocher, 11. Chris Anderson, 12. Jacob Kerstetter, 13. Paul Skodacek, 14. Dylan OsbornStreet Stock Feature Finish (30 Laps): 1. Alan Schlenker, 2. Jill Long, 3. Rick Reichenbach, 4. Stacey Brown, 5. Jared Ahner, 6. Shaye Geist, 7. Todd Ahner, 8. Steven Steigerwalt, 9. Jamie Smith, 10.Mark Deysher, 11. BJ Wambold, 12. Cody Geist, 13.Ken Erney, 14. Kevin Weierbach, 15. Josh Huber, 16. Eric Kocher, 17. Jon Moser, 18. Corey EdelmanPro 4 Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Cody Kohler, 2. Jake Kibler, 3. Ken Reeder, 4. Randy Schaffer, 5. Kevin Stein, 6. Tucker Muffley, 7. Jeremy Guerra, 8. Johnny Bennett DNS: Jason FinkenHobby Stock Feature Finish (40 Laps): 1. Paul Effrig, 2. Austin Beers, 3. Shawn Kistler, 4. Rich Mutarelli, 5. Tiffany Wambold, 6. Cody Geist, 7. Al Arthofer, 8. Beau Drobot, 9. Trisha Connolly, 10. Travis Solomon, 11. Taylor Schmidt, 12. Justin Merkel, 13. Colton Perry, 14. Brayden Spencer, 15. Ryan Berger, 16. Steven McDonough, 17. Michael Wambold, 18. Colton Breiner, 19. Avery Arthofer, 20. Devin Schmidt, DNS: Todd Geist