Hartnett Outruns Holland at Penn Can

May 19, 2025

By Nathan Aldrich

SUSQUEHANNA, PA-Kevin Hartnett collected the Modified win at the Penn Can speedway Friday Night, besting last week’s winner Justin Holland in a 30 lap battle that saw the pair start on the front row. Lapped traffic would be the deciding factor as long green flag runs have been the norm to start the season. After a jumped start and early first lap caution the Modifieds clicked off the rest of the race under the green. Hartnett led the way, ripping the heavy cushion as he and Holland drove away from third place running Brian Puckett.

As the race approached halfway Hartnett reached the tail of the field, clearing Ken Titus on the topside. Holland would be delayed trying to follow Hartnett around the topside, but quickly closed the gap as Bobby Puckett and John Michael Phillips battled for position in front of Hartnett. The leaders ran side by side behind Phillips and Puckett, each looking for a way to squeeze by. Hartnett would take a crack at it, nosing up the middle and getting pinched out. As they sailed into turn 3 Phillips cleared Puckett, leaving room for Hartnett to take the inside with Holland in tow. The loss in momentum would haunt Holland as Hartnett opened up a ten car length lead with 5 laps remaining. Hartnett took the checkered flag with Holland, Brian Puckett, Brian Malcolm and Brad Szulewski completing the top 5.

Feature winner Kevin Hartnett was quick to thank the Grammes family and drew quite the crowd in Victory Lane. Kevin wanted to thank Matt Brewer for his support Friday night and said the car is still getting dialed in early in the season. With 15.8 second lap times Friday Night Hartnett is proud of where they stand.

Youth Sports Night Results – 5–2025

Modifieds

WINNER – 5 – KEVIN HARTNETT

2.) 280-Justin Holland 3.) 41-Brian Puckett 4.) 119-Brian Malcolm 5.) 14Z-Brad Szulewski 6.) 27K-Brett Tonkin 7.) KP1-Doug Polhamous 8.) D9-Dennis Clapperton 9.) 58M-Marshall Hurd 10.) 1A-Brad Weaver 11.) 1G-Darwin Greene 12.) 23jr-John Michael Phillips 13.) 9-Ken Titus 14.) 72-Nick Petrilak 15.) 40-Bobby Puckett 16.) 17-George Konstelansky 17.) 145-Alan Rudalavage

602 Crate Sportsman

WINNER – 3R – RAY LEONARD

2.) 30+-Brandon Oleski 3.) 9G-Tyler Peet 4.) 9-Todd Titus 5.) 8-Michael Samony 6.) 56-Devon Green 7.) M7-Mike Nagel Jr. 8.) 11-Brett Wooster 9.) 349-Garrett Chillot 10.) 6X-Ralph Mele 11.) 93-Joe Novak 12.) 14K-Alex Konopka 13.) 1AK-Allen Kellogg 14.) 16-Ned Fitch 15.) 69-Jerry Roys 16.) 225-Derrick Shaffer 17.) 32-Eddie Kudrako

600cc Modifieds

WINNER – 80 – TYLER SMITH

2.) 35-Jared Green 3.) 54T-Travis Rooney 4.) 77X-Nolan Smith 5.) 101-TJ Smith 6.) 14-Jake Higley 7.) 217-Larry Furman 8.) 97X-Brandon Brown 9.) 22-Ryan David-Kadaronak 10.) 17J-James Randall 11.) 24-Talan Oliver 12.) 5-Madyson Beach 13.) 11-Brenton Payne 14.) 27J-Joey Oropallo 15.) 1JR-Darwin Greene Jr 16.) 99K-Brad Wolfe 17.) 9-Gaege Higley 18.) 30NN-Nate Oropallo 19.) 117-Jeffrey Martin 20.) 5L-Savannah Beach 21.) 67-Paige Straway 22.) 95-Alyssa Weibel 23.) 12J-John Dinniny

Tommy Boy 20 Factory Stock 5-2-25 Makeup Feature

WINNER – 14B – BRYANT BEACH

2.) 5T-Charlie Towner 3.) 35-Justin Slezak 4.) 28A-Adam Gilbert 5.) 7-Mahlon Shoemaker 6.) 3-Jason Rhodes 7.) 97-Austin Baldwin 8.) 19-Darren Davies 9.) 23S-Kyle Spoor 10.) 5MC-Shannon Hollenbeck 11.) 04-Rich Glover 12.) 57-Damon Decker 13.) 354-Andy Bolles 14.) 9J-Jordan Towner 15.) 16JR-Max Mosier 16.) 113-Jeff Hayes DNS SIX-Jim Sykes, 27M-Kevin MacDonald, M60-Luke Mills

Factory Stock

WINNER – 5T – CHARLIE TOWNER

2.) 3-Jason Rhodes 3.) 35H-Justin Slezak 4.) 23S-Kyle Spoor 5.) 19-Darren Davies 6.) 7-Mahlon Shoemaker 7.) 5MC-Shannon Hollenbeck 8.) 354-Andy Bolles 9.) 57-Damon Decker 10.) 113-Jeff Hayes 11.) 04-Rich Glover 12.) 97-Austin Baldwin 13.) 9J-Jordan Towner 14.) 14B-Bryant Beach 15.) 28A-Adam Gilbert

Spectacular Fireworks Four Cylinders

WINNER – 8W – RICH WAGNER

2.) 16-Kenny Underwood 3.) 708-Stephen Johnson 4.) 17-Mike Ferris 5.) 23-Collin Mills 6.) 56-Jeff Sterling 7.) 07 8.) G55-Dakota Fuller 9.) K9-Brandon Regal 10.) 99K-Phil Burns 11.) 8-Mike Brown 12.) 15-Mike Wilmont