Blane Heimbach Wins at Selinsgrove

From Selinsgrove Speedway SELINSGROVE, Pa. (August 5, 2017) — Saturday was the rescheduled Firecracker 30 for the 360 Sprint Cars from July 1 at Selinsgrove Speedway. Coming into the night no driver had won the event more than two times. Hometown driver Blane Heimbach was in search of his third win when he drove by early race leader Jason Shultz on lap four of the 30-lap, $3,000-to-win event. Shultz immediately began to pressure Heimbach as he tried to take the spot back. That pressure was short lived as Heimbach pulled away from Shultz and Selinsgrove Speedway point leader Davie Franek. By the halfway mark Heimbach’s lead was comfortable, but he was working into lap traffic. Shultz wasted no time beginning his charge back to the rear bumper of the race leader’s car. As Heimbach tiptoed his way through lap traffic Shultz quickly made up ground. The leaders, although battling each other, extended their lead over Franek to nearly half the race track. The blistering pace continued as Shultz made his best bid for the win diving to the inside of a lap car and Heimbach at the same time. Heimbach was able to power around on the top back into [...]