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Graver picks up fourth Modified win

One week earlier, Kris Graver took the lead from Kyle Strohl with five laps to go only to see his shot at winning slip away when Brian DeFebo passed him with two circuits remaining.

Fast-forward to this past Saturday night and the same scene was being played out, only this time, Graver was not letting either Strohl or fast-closing DeFebo spoil his night as he raced to a division-best fourth Modified win of the season."Last week I didn't have the car to win and Brian (DeFebo) has been really fast this year," said Graver."Tonight, when I got near the front I could see that Kyle was pretty much checking out and was absolutely the car to beat. I was also lucky to restart double file on a late caution, and I stayed right with him when we went back green. He was getting tight, and that played in my favor."Although he was running in the top five by lap 22, Graver was not a factor until a caution with six laps to go put an end to the fine run of Bobby Jones, who was pinched by a Joey Jarowicz and went spinning.It would be on that restart that Graver, now second, was able to make his race-winning move. For Strohl, all he could do was watch from behind as well as hold off DeFebo, who came alongside him at the checkers."I thought to not try and push the issue after that restart. He (Kr. Graver) clearly had the better car," said Strohl."We were really good and running strong, but then the last six laps of the race we just got extremely tight, and that's been a problem for us the last few weeks."Jack Ely had his fourth-straight top five in garnering fourth, while Don Wagner raced from 19th to fifth."You can tell there was a full moon, because it was a little crazy out there tonight and it was all about having patience definitely and luck on your side to try and make it through everything," noted Graver.Mike Sweeney may have picked up his seventh Late Model win of the year, but it wasn't without some debate in the process.Lorin Arthofer II had been leading the event, but was being heavily pursued by Sweeney. After several attempts to pass on the outside, Sweeney then changed to the low lane. With four laps to go, he made a squeeze play on Arthofer that had had some questioning the motive as over aggressive.As it stood, Sweeney had the win while Arthofer had to settle for his fifth runner-up and third in a row."It kind of started a few laps before that on a restart," explained Sweeney. "I knew following Lorin earlier in the race that he was tight, and I thought that he was going to give me some room on the outside on the restart but the lane wasn't there."So I figured to use the bottom to pass him and he kind of started throwing some blocks on me and I got into his quarter panel a little bit and loosened him up. We got together and both bobbled and both saved it and we went on to victory."It may have taken BJ Wambold years to get his first stock car win, but only a few weeks for victory number two.Wambold held off point-leader Jon Moser and Cody Geist en route to his second Street Stock verdict in a month's time.Mike Stofflet raced to his 10th consecutive Dirt Modified win of the season with a strong run that saw him lead 19 of 20 laps. It also marked his 30th overall win.Pro 4 point leader Kevin Stein ended a run of six runner-up finishes in the last eight starts with a stop in Victory Lane.Devin Schmidt raced to his second Hobby Stock win of the season by holding off Ryan Berger. Schmidt passed Berger four laps from the end en route to his first win since Opening Night.Modified (35 Laps)1. Kris Graver, 2. Kyle Strohl, 3. Brian DeFebo, 4. Jack Ely, 5. Don Wagner, 6. Gene Bowers, 7. Brian Labar, 8. James Pritchard Jr., 9. Joey Jarowicz, 10. Ron Haring Jr., 11. Lou Strohl, 12. Brian Romig Sr., 13. Nick Baer, 14. Terry Markovic, 15. Roger Heffelfinger Jr., 16. Bobby Jones, 17. DJ Wagner, 118. Troy Bollinger, 9. Kevin Graver Jr., 20. Eric Beers DNQ: Paul Frantz, Mike PiechotaLate Model (25 Laps)1. Mike Sweeney, 2. Lorin Arthofer II, 3. Broc Brown, 4. Jacob Nemeth, 5. Jacob Kerstetter, 6. Jeremy Miller, 7. George Ramos, 8. Eric Kocher, 9. Kenny Hein, 10. Paul Skodacek, 11. Brian Romig Jr., 12. Dylan Osborn, 13. Chris Anderson, 14. Frankie AlthouseStreet Stock (30 Laps)1. BJ Wambold, 2. Jon Moser, 3. Cody Geist, 4. Mark Deysher, 5. Corey Edelman, 6. Jamie Smith, 7. Steven Steigerwalt, 8. Todd Ahner, 9. Stacey Brown, 10. Alan Schlenker, 11. Shayne Geist, 12. Jared Ahner, 13. Jillian Long, 14. Rick Reichenbach, 15. Ken Erney Jr. DNS: Kevin WeierbachDirt Mod (20 Laps)1. Mike Stofflet, 2. Frank Parastino, 3. Denise Devine, 4. Joe CorriganPro 4 (20 Laps)1. Kevin Stein, 2. Johnny Bennett, 3. Jeremy Guerra, 4. Jake Kibler, 5. Tucker Muffley, 6. Randy SchafferHobby Stock (25 Laps)1. Devin Schmidt, 2. Ryan Berger, 3. Michael Wambold, 4. Brayden Spencer, 5. Austin Beers, 6. Justin Merkel, 7. Shawn Kistler, 8. Tiffany Wambold, 9. Travis Solomon, 10. Paul Effrig, 11. Taylor Schmidt, 12. Avery Arthofer, 13. Trisha Connolly, 14. Nicholas Kerstetter, 15. Colton Perry, 16. Al Arthofer, 17. Mark Schwalm, 18. Colton Breiner, 19. Beau Drobot DNS: Rich Mutarelli DNQ: Arland Moyer Jr.