Port Royal, Pennsylvania (August 17, 2024)………Christian Bruno of Deptford, New Jersey completed the clean sweep by winning both his heat race and the feature event on Saturday night at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway to score his first career Rapid Tire Service USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series Presented by Capitol Renegade feature victory.
Bruno, an accomplished 600cc sprint racer, has been having quite a successful season, amassing a number of wins in the 600 ranks this season, including securing the 2024 Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek Championship just a month ago.
Bruno was fast all night long and has been very strong throughout the 2024 season. A quick flashback to the beginning of the season saw Bruno come up just short in a fierce battle with Joey Amantea at Port Royal in April. Despite the smaller field of cars, Bruno still had to fend off heavy competition as a pair of series champions started just behind him and remained a constant during the feature event.
Current series points leader Steven Drevicki ended up in the runner-up position, moving by Alex Bright in the feature event. Drevicki has had a very consistent and strong 2024 campaign and has once again added to his series point lead.
It was good to see Alex Bright back in the series pit area once again with it being his first start since heading north to Utica-Rome Speedway in late June. Bright started second and finished third in the feature event behind the wheel of the Hummer Motorsports No. 20.
Completing the top-five were drivers who are at both ends of the spectrum as far as their careers behind the wheel. Veteran Ed Aikin, who is having his best series season to date, finished fourth. Rookie sprint car driver and former World of Outlaws crew member Ronald Helmick recorded his first career top-five effort in fifth.
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USAC RAPID TIRE EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY CAPITOL CUSTOM TRAILERS RACE RESULTS: August 17, 2024 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 17-Christian Bruno (2); 2. 20-Alex Bright (5); 3. 22R-Ronald Helmick (1); 4. 19-Steven Drevicki (3); 5. 7-Ed Aikin (6); 6. 64-Richy Carnathan (4); 7. 67-Jason Cherry (8); 8. 96-Lee Kauffman (10); 9. 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (9); 10. 5B-Bobby Butler. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Christian Bruno (1); 2. Steven Drevicki (3); 3. Alex Bright (2); 4. Ed Aikin (5); 5. Ronald Helmick (4); 6. Jason Cherry (7); 7. Richy Carnathan (6); 8. Lee Kauffman (8); 9. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (9); 10. Bobby Butler (10). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Christian Bruno.
USAC RAPID TIRE EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY CAPITOL CUSTOM TRAILERS POINTS: 1-Steven Drevicki-693, 2-Ed Aikin-565, 3-Christian Bruno-551, 4-Alex Bright-536, 5-Bobby Butler-457, 6-Briggs Danner-418, 7-Jason Cherry-367, 8-Carmen Perigo-315, 9-Matthew Swift-272, 10-Joey Amantea-242.
NEXT USAC RAPID TIRE EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY CAPITOL CUSTOM TRAILERS RACE: September 8, 2024 – Action Track USA – Kutztown, Pennsylvania
