MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Between this week and next, Williams Grove Speedway will be full of sprint car action.
The Grove will honor veteran sprint car driver Randy Wolfe coming up this Friday, July 15 when the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars compete in the Randy Wolfe Tribute World of Outlaws Tune Up Race.
Now age 65, Wolfe got his start in racing by tagging along with his childhood neighbors to the races.
In 1977, Wolfe moved up to the regular sprint car division at Williams Grove Speedway and earned rookie of the year honors at the track before going on to log a total of 11 wins at the historic oval.
His first Williams Grove win came in his rookie season.
In total, Wolfe wrapped up his driving tenure with a total of 64 career sprint car wins including All Stars victories not the least of which was the East Bay Winternationals in 1990 at the wheel of the Wintermyer No. 1W.
Wolfe can still be found in the Williams Grove pits many nights, taking in all the action while watching his track titlist son Lucas Wolfe tour the speedway in that familiar No. 5W.
The event will include the H.J. Towing & Recovery 358 sprint cars.
Pre-race action in the infield will get underway at 5:45 featuring honoree Wolfe along with a number of his career car owners, spanning 1976-1999.
Lucas Wolfe will help honor his father Randy by having his familiar No. 5W machine on display.
Racing action will find the 410 sprint cars competing in a $6,000-to-win main event as the World of Outlaws tune up race.
One week later, the Champion Racing Oil World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Series Summer Nationals arrive at Williams Grove, slated for Friday and Saturday, July 22-23.The outlaws sprint cars will invade the Grove for the two-day summer stand to battle the Pennsylvania Posse sprint car stars for what will be the second match-up of the 2022 season.The modern-day, consecutive-year history of the Summer Nationals dates back to 2002 when the show was a three-day event with Danny Lasoski, Joey Saldana and Greg Hodnett taking wins.Both nights of this year’s Summer Nationals shows will include full programs of time trials, heats and feature events.
The July 22 outlaws-posse match will feature a 25-lap main paying $10,000-to-win and $1,000 to start, while the July 23 Saturday finale Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals feature will offer $20,000 to the winner while paying $1,100 to start.
Last year, Sheldon Haudenschild and Brent Marks split Summer Nationals winning laurels with Marks scoring the big 20K in the Saturday finale.
California’s Brad Sweet is the current outlaws point leader over Ohio’s Haudenschild.
Sweet has just one win on the season to date while Haudenschild has posted eight.
Haudenschild’s win at the track last July was the first of his career there while Sweet is still in search of a career first win at Williams Grove.
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