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Lance Dewease wins Night Before the 50 for 121st career Port Royal Speedway victory

PORT ROYAL, Pa. (September 9, 2022) - It may have taken Lance Dewease nine tries to find Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane in 2022, but the National Sprint Car Hall of Famer and Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, native finally parked it, doing so in familiar territory by claiming Port Royal Speedway’s Night Before the Tuscarora 50 for a $10,000 payday. For Dewease, the Port Royal All Star win bumps his career total to 14 at the “Speed Palace” - the most ever of any All Star competitor. Impressive enough, the victory, jumping his overall Port Royal Speedway total to 121, was accomplished in dominating fashion, leading Brian Brown and Gio Scelzi to the final checkers by a margin of victory exceeding five seconds.

“We had a really good car last night, but we ended up changing motors tonight which I think helped us get a little bit better in qualifying. The car was just really good all night,” Lance Dewase said, driver of the Hess Ornamental Iron/Rapid Tire/SCA Inc./ No. 69K. “The track was really good tonight like it’s been all year. My guys did a really good job and worked their butts off. We know what we need to fix for tomorrow and hopefully be even better.”

Although starting eighth on the main event grid, Dewease was a winning threat right from the start. By lap ten, he had already powered his way to third, scooting by Gettysburg’s Danny Dietrich through the bottom of turns three and four. A restart following a lap 12 red flag, ultimately resulting in open red flag conditions, allowed Dewease to pick off second over KCP Racing’s Gio Scelzi. At the time, “Blackjack” Brian Brown was the race leader, taking command at the initial green from the pole position.

By lap 15, it was apparent that Dewease was quicker than Brown, using the bottom groove to snag the lead from the Higginsville, Missouri, native just one circuit later. Dietrich followed Dewease around Brown, settling into second on lap 17.

From that point forward, it was the “Dewease Show” at Port Royal Speedway, driving on to withstand a period of heavy pressure from Danny Dietrich, as well as an additional single-file restart after the event’s final caution on lap 23, to secure his place on the victory lane platform. Unfortunately for Dietrich, he was the reason for the caution on lap 23, slowing to a stop due to engine trouble.

Brian Brown would race on to finish second, followed by Gio Scelzi, Justin Peck, and Brent Marks.

The weekend’s headline event - the 55th running of the Tuscarora 50 - will go 50 laps in distance on Saturday night and will award a $60,000 payday. Originally paying $55,000, J&S Classics boosted the winner’s share to $60,000.

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Contingency Awards/Results: Port Royal Speedway | September 9, 2022:
The Night Before the Tuscarora 50 | $10,000-to-win
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 52
Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Sye Lynch | 16.433
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Tyler Courtney | 16.225
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Cory Eliason
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Kasey Kahne
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Lance Dewease
Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Danny Dietrich
Kistler Racing Products Heat #5 Winner: Rico Abreu
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Brain Brown
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting and Embroidery B-Main Winner: Anthony Macri
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Contingency Award: Tyler Reeser
Tezos A-Main Winner: Lance Dewease
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Justin Whittall (+16)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Gerard McIntyre

Qualifying

Group (A)
7BC-Tyler Courtney, 16.225; 2. 11-Cory Eliason, 16.269; 3. 45-Jeff Halligan, 16.345; 4. 55W-Mike Wagner, 16.369; 5. 1-Logan Wagner, 16.417; 6. 17-Tyler Reeser, 16.507; 7. 67-Justin Whittall, 16.516; 8. 4-Cap Henry, 16.611; 9. 39-Chase Dietz, 16.821; 10. 35-Zach Hampton, 16.838; 11. 12w-Troy Fraker, 17.651

Group (B)
13-Justin Peck, 16.381; 2. 11A-Austin Bishop, 16.483; 3. 11T-TJ Stutts, 16.593; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne, 16.628; 5. 23-Devon Borden, 16.741; 6. 98-Tyler Bear, 16.851; 7. 17X-Steve Buckwalter, 17.132; 8. 97-Brie Hershey, 17.240; 9. 33-Derek Hauck, 17.289; 10. 12S-Brent Shearer, 17.493; 11. 36D-Devin Brenneman, 17.587

Group (C)
19M-Brent Marks, 16.340; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.508; 3. 42-Sye Lynch, 16.591; 4. 5-Dylan Cisney, 16.749; 5. 6-Ryan Smith, 16.830; 6. 49X-Cale Thomas, 16.878; 7. 33W-Michael Walter, 16.898; 8. 19-Chris Windom, 16.905; 9. 73-Scotty Thiel, 16.919; 10. 55T-McKenna Haase, 17.113

Group (D)
21-Brian Brown, 16.411; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.441; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, 16.551; 4. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 16.568; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 16.747; 6. 8-Freddie Rahmer, 16.799; 7. 33M-Gerard McIntyre, 16.844; 8. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 16.924; 9. 2-AJ Flick, 16.956; 10. 1M-Landon Myers, 17.139

Group (E)
18-Gio Scelzi, 16.253; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri, 16.254; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 16.311; 4. 26-Zeb Wise, 16.524; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 16.586; 6. 12-Blane Heimbach, 16.754; 7. 14T-Tyler Walton, 16.993; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody, 17.023; 9. 77-Ryan Taylor, 17.085; 10. 2C-Cory Thornton, 17.446

Heat 1 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
11-Cory Eliason [1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 3. 55W-Mike Wagner [3]; 4. 4-Cap Henry [8]; 5. 17-Tyler Reeser [6]; 6. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 7. 1-Logan Wagner [5]; 8. 35-Zach Hampton [10]; 9. 39-Chase Dietz [9]; 10. 12w-Troy Fraker [11]; 11. 45-Jeff Halligan [2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
9-Kasey Kahne [3]; 2. 11A-Austin Bishop [1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck [4]; 4. 11T-TJ Stutts [2]; 5. 17X-Steve Buckwalter [7]; 6. 98-Tyler Bear [6]; 7. 12S-Brent Shearer [10]; 8. 36D-Devin Brenneman [11]; 9. 23-Devon Borden [5]; 10. 97-Brie Hershey [8]; 11. 33-Derek Hauck [9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch [2]; 3. 19M-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 5-Dylan Cisney [3]; 5. 49X-Cale Thomas [6]; 6. 73-Scotty Thiel [9]; 7. 19-Chris Windom [8]; 8. 33W-Michael Walter [7]; 9. 6-Ryan Smith [5]; 10. 55T-McKenna Haase [10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
48-Danny Dietrich [1]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [4]; 3. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [2]; 4. 8-Freddie Rahmer [6]; 5. 33M-Gerard McIntyre [7]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog [5]; 7. 2-AJ Flick [9]; 8. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [8]; 9. 1M-Landon Myers [10]; 10. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
24-Rico Abreu [2]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [4]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise [3]; 4. 12-Blane Heimbach [6]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [5]; 6. 14T-Tyler Walton [7]; 7. 77-Ryan Taylor [9]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [8]; 9. 2C-Cory Thornton [10]; 10. 39M-Anthony Macri [1]

Dash (6 Laps)
21-Brian Brown [2]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [3]; 3. 11-Cory Eliason [1]; 4. 9-Kasey Kahne [5]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich [8]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [6]; 7. 19M-Brent Marks [9]; 8. 69K-Lance Dewease [10]; 9. 13-Justin Peck [4]; 10. 24-Rico Abreu [7]

C-main (10 Laps) - Top 2 Transfer
35-Zach Hampton [1]; 2. 99M-Kyle Moody [4]; 3. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [3]; 4. 39-Chase Dietz [7]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [11]; 6. 36D-Devin Brenneman [5]; 7. 55T-McKenna Haase [12]; 8. 2C-Cory Thornton [10]; 9. 12w-Troy Fraker [14]; 10. 1M-Landon Myers [9]; 11. 97-Brie Hershey [13]; 12. 33W-Michael Walter [2]; 13. 23-Devon Borden [6]; 14. 6-Ryan Smith [8]; 15. 33-Derek Hauck [15]

B-main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
39M-Anthony Macri [1]; 2. 33M-Gerard McIntyre [4]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [3]; 4. 67-Justin Whittall [7]; 5. 17-Tyler Reeser [2]; 6. 17X-Steve Buckwalter [6]; 7. 49X-Cale Thomas [5]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog [8]; 9. 19-Chris Windom [13]; 10. 98-Tyler Bear [9]; 11. 73-Scotty Thiel [10]; 12. 2-AJ Flick [14]; 13. 14T-Tyler Walton [11]; 14. 35-Zach Hampton [17]; 15. 99M-Kyle Moody [18]; 16. 77-Ryan Taylor [15]; 17. 12S-Brent Shearer [16]; 18. 45-Jeff Halligan [19]; 19. 1-Logan Wagner [12]

A-main (30 Laps)
69K-Lance Dewease [8]; 2. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 3. 18-Gio Scelzi [2]; 4. 13-Justin Peck [9]; 5. 19M-Brent Marks [7]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [6]; 7. 5-Dylan Cisney [18]; 8. 67-Justin Whittall [24]; 9. 39M-Anthony Macri [21]; 10. 11-Cory Eliason [3]; 11. 24-Rico Abreu [10]; 12. 17-Tyler Reeser [28]; 13. 19-Chris Windom [27]; 14. 8-Freddie Rahmer [20]; 15. 33M-Gerard McIntyre [22]; 16. 4-Cap Henry [17]; 17. 12-Blane Heimbach [19]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog [25]; 19. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [23]; 20. 26-Zeb Wise [14]; 21. 48-Danny Dietrich [5]; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne [4]; 23. 11T-TJ Stutts [16]; 24. 42-Sye Lynch [12]; 25. 55W-Mike Wagner [13]; 26. 11A-Austin Bishop [11]; 27. 3-Ayrton Gennetten [15]; 28. 1-Logan Wagner [26] Lap Leaders: Brian Brown (1-15), Lance Dewease (16-30)

2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Winners:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Tyler Courtney
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Cory Eliason
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Tyler Courtney (2)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Tyler Courtney (3)
Bloomsburg, PA (April 21): Anthony Macri
Williams Grove, PA (April 22): Brent Marks
Port Royal, PA (April 23): Anthony Macri (2)
Lernerville, PA (April 29): Hunter Schuerenberg
Sharon, OH (April 30): Cap Henry
I-96 Speedway, MI (May 13): Justin Peck
Wayne County, OH (May 14): Hunter Schuerenberg (2)
Waynesfield, OH (May 15): Justin Peck (2)
Plymouth, WI (May 21): Bill Balog
Angell Park, WI (May 22): Hunter Schuerenberg (3)
Port Royal, PA (May 28): Anthony Macri (3)
Port Royal, PA (May 29): Anthony Macri (4)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 3): Zeb Wise
Atomic Speedway, OH (June 4): Cole Duncan
SW Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 10): Danny Dietrich
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 11): Parker Price-Miller
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 12): Zeb Wise (2)
SW Wayne County, OH (June 13): Justin Peck (3)
SW Sharon Speedway, OH (June 14): Christopher Bell
SW Atomic Speedway, OH (June 15): Justin Peck (4)
SW Waynesfield, OH (June 16): Tyler Courtney (4)
SW Limaland, OH (June 17): Danny Dietrich (2)
SW Portsmouth, OH (June 18): Brent Marks (2)
Lernerville, PA (July 6): Kyle Larson
Ransomville, NY (July 8): Parker Price-Miller (2)
Stateline, NY (July 9): Hunter Schuerenberg (4)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 22): Tyler Courtney (5)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 23): Tyler Courtney (6)
I-70 Motorsports Park, MO (July 29): Anthony Macri (5)
Knoxville Raceway, IA (July 30): Rico Abreu
Outlaw, NY (August 19): Brent Marks (3)
Utica-Rome, NY (August 20): Justin Peck (5)
Bloomsburg, PA (August 24): Justin Peck (6)
Bridgeport, NJ (August 25): Justin Peck (7)
Williams Grove, PA F1 (August 26): Danny Dietrich (3)
Williams Grove, PA F2 (August 26): Danny Dietrich (4)
Lincoln Speedway, PA (August 27): Justin Peck (8)
Bedford Speedway, PA (August 28): Anthony Macri (6)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 2): Brent Marks (4)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 3): Cap Henry (2)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 8): Anthony Macri (7)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 9): Lance Dewease

2022 All Star Dixie Fast Timers:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Alex Bowman | 12.932
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Danny Dietrich | 12.747
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Brady Bacon | 13.239
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Cole Macedo | 13.961
Bloomsburg, PA (April 21): Parker Price-Miller | 13.249
Williams Grove, PA (April 22): Anthony Macri | 16.902
Port Royal, PA (April 23): Mike Wagner | 15.416
Lernerville, PA (April 29): Logan Wagner | 13.373
Sharon, OH (April 30): Tyler Courtney | 14.683
I-96 Speedway, MI (May 13): Hunter Schuerenberg | 13.377
Wayne County, OH (May 14): Zeb Wise | 14.625
Waynesfield, OH (May 15): Scott Bogucki | 10.040
Plymouth, WI (May 21): Parker Price-Miller | 10.895
Angell Park, WI (May 22): Cap Henry | 11.952
Port Royal, PA (May 28): Lance Dewease | 16.156
Port Royal, PA (May 29): Anthony Macri | 16.499
Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 3): Parker Price-Miller | 12.464
Atomic Speedway, OH (June 4): Parker Price-Miller | 11.398
SW Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 10): Justin Peck | 12.412
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 11): Justin Peck | 12.403
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 12): Craig Mintz | 12.899
SW Wayne County, OH (June 13): Zeb Wise | 14.516
SW Sharon Speedway, OH (June 14): Christopher Bell | 13.200
SW Atomic Speedway, OH (June 15): Justin Peck | 11.195
SW Waynesfield, OH (June 16): Parker Price-Miller | 10.493
SW Limaland, OH (June 17): Travis Philo | 13.101
SW Portsmouth, OH (June 18): Bill Balog | 12.816
Lernerville, PA (July 6): Brent Marks | 12.642
Ransomville, NY (July 8): Tyler Courtney | 13.371
Stateline, NY (July 9): Tyler Courtney | 16.557
Lake Ozark, MO (July 22): Ayrton Gennetten | 11.375
Lake Ozark, MO (July 23): Tyler Courtney | 11.930
I-70 Motorsports Park, MO (July 29): Justin Peck | 13.255
Knoxville Raceway, IA (July 30): Kerry Madsen | 15.716
Outlaw, NY (August 19): Danny Dietrich | 12.323
Utica-Rome, NY (August 20): Justin Peck | 14.711
Bloomsburg, PA (August 24): Tyler Courtney | 13.582
Bridgeport, NJ (August 25): Anthony Macri | 12.803
Williams Grove, PA (August 26): Zeb Wise | 17.191
Lincoln Speedway, PA (August 27): Gio Scelzi | 13.383
Bedford Speedway, PA (August 28): Justin Peck | 16.835
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 2): Brent Marks | 14.805
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 3): Justin Peck | 14.715
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 8): Tyler Courtney | 16.371
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 9): Tyler Courtney | 16.225

2022 All Star Hercules Hard Chargers:
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 14): Terry McCarl (+12)
East Bay Raceway Park, FL (February 15): Tanner Thorson (+14)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 15): Bill Balog (+16)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (April 16): Greg Wilson (+13)
Bloomsburg, PA (April 21): Dominic Scelzi (+8)
Williams Grove, PA (April 22): Lucas Wolfe (+12)
Port Royal, PA (April 23): Danny Dietrich (+14)
Lernerville, PA (April 29): Logan Wagner (+16)
Sharon, OH (April 30): Kevin Thomas Jr. (+10)
I-96 Speedway, MI (May 13): Scott Bogucki (+11)
Wayne County, OH (May 14): Tyler Courtney (+11)
Waynesfield, OH (May 15): Cole Duncan (+16)
Plymouth, WI (May 21): Justin Peck (+13)
Angell Park, WI (May 22): Tyler Courtney (+10)
Port Royal, PA (May 28): Lucas Wolfe (+12)
Port Royal, PA (May 29): Lucas Wolfe (+15)
Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 3): Greg Wilson (+11)
Atomic Speedway, OH (June 4): Bryan Nuckles (+15)
SW Attica Raceway Park, OH (June 10): Zeb Wise (+18)
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 11): Justin Peck (+11)
SW Fremont Speedway, OH (June 12): Bill Balog (+11)
SW Wayne County, OH (June 13): Cap Henry (+12)
SW Sharon Speedway, OH (June 14): Kyle Reinhardt (+12)
SW Atomic Speedway, OH (June 15): Chris Windom (+14)
SW Waynesfield, OH (June 16): Danny Dietrich (+6)
SW Limaland, OH (June 17): Alex Bowman (+8)
SW Portsmouth, OH (June 18): Cap Henry (+12)
Lernerville, PA (July 6): Tim Shaffer (+12)
Ransomville, NY (July 8): Paulie Colagiovanni (+8)
Stateline, NY (July 9): Greg Wilson (+7)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 22): Buddy Kofoid (+10)
Lake Ozark, MO (July 23): Chris Windom (+13)
I-70 Motorsports Park, MO (July 29): Tyler Courtney (+10)
Knoxville Raceway, IA (July 30): Justin Henderson (+10)
Outlaw, NY (August 19): Paulie Colagiovanni (+7)
Utica-Rome, NY (August 20): Jordan Thomas (+7)
Bloomsburg, PA (August 24): Bill Balog (+7)
Bridgeport, NJ (August 25): Lance Dewease (+11)
Williams Grove, PA F1 (August 26): Zeb Wise (+7)
Williams Grove, PA F2 (August 26): Kyle Reinhardt (+7)
Lincoln Speedway, PA (August 27): Chase Dietz (+11)
Bedford Speedway, PA (August 28): Cap Henry (+6)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 2): Cap Henry (+11)
Sharon Speedway, OH (September 3): Dale Blaney (+7)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 8): Rico Abreu (+10)
Port Royal Speedway, PA (September 9): Justin Whittall (+16)

2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (as of September 9):
Tyler Courtney - 6020
Justin Peck - 5902
Cap Henry - 5642
Hunter Schuerenberg - 5534
Bill Balog - 5506
Zeb Wise - 5500
Chris Windom - 5232
Kyle Reinhardt - 5122
Parker Price-Miller - 4288
Cory Eliason - 3974

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