Kyle Larson scores Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup for $25,000 payday

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Kyle Larson scores Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup for $25,000 payday

SARVER, Pa. (July 6, 2022) – Elk Grove, California’s Kyle Larson made it look relatively easy on Wednesday evening at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania, taking command from row three before driving on to score a $25,000 payday in the 31st edition of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup.

Impressive enough, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion was forced to outduel one of the hottest competitors on dirt, Brent Marks, in his Silver Cup quest, powering around the four-time PA Sprint Speedweek winner and PA Speedweek champion after a lap seven restart. The Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory was Larson’s first of the season and the 27th of his career, officially expanding his track list to 20. In addition, Larson is now a two-time Silver Cup champion.

Brent Marks held on to finish second in the Silver Cup 30-lapper, followed by Buch Motorsports’ Justin Peck, All Star Rookie of the Year contender, Chris Windom, and former Lernerville All Star winner, Hunter Schuerenberg.

“A big thanks to Paul Silva and everyone else that was here helping us tonight. There are so many people that help out Paul and this car, and it’s such a pleasure to drive,” Larson said, driver of the Folkens Brothers Trucking/FloRacing/Durst/Tarlton and Sons/No. 57. “It’s great to get back to victory lane after a few second place finishes last week. This is a special win. I like Lernerville a lot. Definitely different track conditions here tonight with a quick surface. I was able to keep a solid pace.”

Larson’s move around Marks sealed the deal, but it was his maneuver around Rico Abreu and Hunter Schuerenberg that put “Yung Money” in a position to pounce, passing each of them in the same circuit following a lap four restart.

“I knew the top was way better down in one and two,” Larson continued. “I was able to get to second then another caution came out. I was hoping Brent (Marks) wasn’t going to move up…he didn’t and I was able to get by. From that point, I was just trying to run some really hard laps out front. Our car was really good tonight.”

After an off-day on Thursday, July 7, All Star competition will resume with a two-day sweep through the Empire State, first setting aim on a visit to Ransomville Speedway in Ransomville, New York, on Friday, July 8. The Friday night showcase will award a $12,000 payday simultaneously igniting what will be the first of two New York swings for the traveling All Stars this season; the second to occur in late August.

A two-hour jaunt south will take the All Star Circuit of Champions to Stateline Speedway in Busti, New York, for a $6,000-to-win headliner on Saturday, July 9. An annual destination for “America’s Series,” Vermeer Motorsports’ Hunter Schuerenberg is the defending race winner, outrunning Zeb Wise and Justin Peck for the $6,000 share; it was Schuerenberg’s first-ever All Star victory.

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Contingency Awards/Results: Lernerville Speedway | July 6, 2022:
Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup | $25,000

Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 36

Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Brent Marks | 13.486

Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Brent Marks | 12.642

Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Logan Wagner

Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Chris Windom

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Hunter Schuerenberg

Mobil 1 Heat #4 Winner: Rico Abreu

Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Brent Marks

Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Carson Short

Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Tanner Thorson

Tezos A-Main Winner: Kyle Larson

Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Tim Shaffer (+12)

Carquest Perseverance Award: Brandon Matus

Qualifying

Group (A)
7BC-Tyler Courtney, 12.914; 2. 29-Logan McCandless, 13.138; 3. 97-Greg Wilson, 13.327; 4. 1-Logan Wagner, 13.330; 5. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr., 13.364; 6. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.371; 7. 49x-Tanner Thorson, 13.409; 8. 11B-Carl Bowser, 13.447; 9. 32-Adam Kekich, 13.529; 10. 4K-William Kiley,

Group (B)
57-Kyle Larson, 13.074; 2. 19-Chris Windom, 13.117; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.180; 4. 20B-Cody Bova, 13.320; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 13.373; 6. 12-Darin Gallagher, 13.525; 7. 38-Leyton Wagner, 13.654; 8. 23-Darren Pifer, 13.686; 9. 33M-Brent Matus, 13.857

Group (C)
19M-Brent Marks, 12.642; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 12.959; 3. 2-AJ Flick, 13.082; 4. 28-Tim Shaffer, 13.089; 5. 4-Cap Henry, 13.193; 6. O8-Dan Kuriger, 13.311; 7. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 13.363; 8. 13M-Brandon Matus, 13.403; 9. 36AU-Eddie Lumber, 13.781

Group (D)
17-Carson Short, 12.928; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 12.934; 3. 13-Justin Peck, 12.982; 4. 10-Zeb Wise, 12.988; 5. 91T-Cale Thomas, 13.014; 6. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny, 13.026; 7. 11-Parker Price Miller, 13.152; 8. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.167; 9. 101-Lachlan McHugh, 13.173

Heat 1 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1-Logan Wagner [3]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 3. 42-Sye Lynch [6]; 4. 97-Greg Wilson [2]; 5. 29-Logan McCandless [1]; 6. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [5]; 7. 49x-Tanner Thorson [7]; 8. 32-Adam Kekich [9]; 9. 4K-William Kiley [10]; 10. 11B-Carl Bowser [8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
19-Chris Windom [1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson [4]; 3. 20B-Cody Bova [3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [2]; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler [5]; 6. 12-Darin Gallagher [6]; 7. 38-Leyton Wagner [7]; 8. 33M-Brent Matus [9]; 9. 23-Darren Pifer [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
55-Hunter Schuerenberg [1]; 2. 2-AJ Flick [2]; 3. 19M-Brent Marks [4]; 4. 4-Cap Henry [5]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [7]; 6. 28-Tim Shaffer [3]; 7. 13M-Brandon Matus [8]; 8. 36AU-Eddie Lumber [9]; 9. O8-Dan Kuriger [6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
24-Rico Abreu [1]; 2. 13-Justin Peck [2]; 3. 10-Zeb Wise [3]; 4. 91T-Cale Thomas [5]; 5. 11-Parker Price Miller [7]; 6. 17-Carson Short [4]; 7. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny [6]; 8. 81-Lee Jacobs [8]; 9. 101-Lachlan McHugh [9]

Dash (6 Laps)
19M-Brent Marks [2]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [4]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu [1]; 5. 19-Chris Windom [5]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson [7]; 7. 13-Justin Peck [8]; 8. 1-Logan Wagner [6]

B-main (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
17-Carson Short [1]; 2. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny [2]; 3. 28-Tim Shaffer [3]; 4. 13M-Brandon Matus [6]; 5. 49x-Tanner Thorson [7]; 6. 101-Lachlan McHugh [13]; 7. 32-Adam Kekich [10]; 8. 38-Leyton Wagner [8]; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs [9]; 10. 11B-Carl Bowser [17]; 11. 23JR-Jack Sodeman Jr. [4]; 12. 33M-Brent Matus [12]; 13. 4K-William Kiley [16]; 14. 36AU-Eddie Lumber [11]

A-main (30 Laps)
57-Kyle Larson [6]; 2. 19M-Brent Marks [1]; 3. 13-Justin Peck [7]; 4. 19-Chris Windom [5]; 5. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [2]; 6. 10-Zeb Wise [10]; 7. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 8. 4-Cap Henry [15]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog [14]; 10. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [3]; 11. 28-Tim Shaffer [23]; 12. 2-AJ Flick [9]; 13. 11-Parker Price Miller [18]; 14. 1AU-Marcus Dumesny [22]; 15. 22-Brandon Spithaler [20]; 16. 17-Carson Short [21]; 17. 97-Greg Wilson [16]; 18. 12-Darin Gallagher [25]; 19. 20B-Cody Bova [11]; 20. 29-Logan McCandless [17]; 21. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [19]; 22. 91T-Cale Thomas [13]; 23. 13M-Brandon Matus [24]; 24. 1-Logan Wagner [8]; 25. 42-Sye Lynch [12]

Lap Leaders: Brent Marks (1-6), Kyle Larson (7-30)

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

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

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)

2022 All Star Circuit of Champions Driver Standings (as of July 6):
Tyler Courtney – 3618
Justin Peck – 3594
Cap Henry – 3462
Parker Price-Miller – 3452
Zeb Wise – 3402
Hunter Schuerenberg – 3388
Bill Balog – 3334
Cory Eliason – 3184
Chris Windom – 3126
Kyle Reinhardt – 3106