6/21/2025
Selinsgrove Speedway
Yoder, Snook, and Frantz Hot With Wins at Selinsgrove
Written by Bert Wojcik
June 4th feels like forever ago if you're a fan of racing at Selinsgrove Speedway. Since the end of May, Selinsgrove lost 4 of the last 5 races to Mother Nature, but she wasn’t going to ruin Luau on the Susquehanna presented by High Caliber Cranes as summer finally made an appearance in Snyder County. The action was just as hot as the temperatures as Andrew Yoder of Middleburg, PA picked up his first career Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Model win. Speaking of hot, no doubt becoming one of the hottest drivers in any division of Late Models, Mifflintown’s Lane Snook scored his third straight Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models presented by Mike's Towing and Recovery win. A stout field of 48 SCDRA 4-Cylinders made their one and only stop in Snyder County in 2025. Dubois, PA’s Josh Frantz won the $2,500 to win feature event.
19 Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Models signed in for their first event since May 10th at Selinsgrove. Shermandale, PA's Shaun Jones and Dover, PA's Gene Knaub lead the field to the green flag. Jones, who finished second on May 10th, took the lead as the field sorted themselves out on Lap 1. Meanwhile, Yoder, who started 5th, was fighting for the top three with Winchester ,VA’s Trevor Feathers. Yoder would clear Feather’s just as the caution of the 1W of Mike Walls came to a stop to bring out the first caution of the feature.
On the restart, Yoder would get around Beavertown, PA's Hayes Mattern for the second spot after Mattern got Knaub before the caution. Yoder would waste no time getting to Jones for the lead, but the caution would fly once again for a three car spin involving the 119 of Bryan Bernheisel, 211 of Jason Schmidt, and the 25K of Kody Lyter. Bernheisel and Schmidt would continue but Lyter’s night would be over.
Yoder would have to fall back beside Mattern. Just like the previous restart, Yoder would be on the back of Jones and pull side by side with him. Yoder would slide Jones and take the lead momentarily. Jones turned the jets on and took the lead back. Yoder would lose momentum and Jones would pull away with 15 laps to go. 2 laps later, Yoder would try another way around Jones, but the caution would fly as Randy Christine Jr. spun in turn 3 and 4. Chase Billet would tag Christine. Billet’s evening would be done while Christine would recover for a top 10 finish.
Yoder would get the jump on Jones and take the lead before they made it off of Turn 2. Current Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Model’s Points Leader, New Oxford’s Rick Eckert, would be up into the 2nd spot after a quick battle with Jones and Knaub. Just pass the halfway point, Grand Gorge, NY's John Rohacevich came to a stop bringing out the 4th caution of the night.
Yoder would get the jump on Eckert on the restart. Eckert gave it all he had, getting close to Yoder inside 5 laps to go. Eckert slightly tagged the wall and Yoder would push up, bringing Eckert back into the fight. Slight contact between Yoder and Eckert going into three would be enough to seal the deal as Andrew Yoder picks up his first career Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Model win at Selinsgrove. Eckert would come home second. Knaub, Mattern, and Jones rounded out the top 5
“I guess we can start somewhere other than the front row and win,” Yoder said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. "I kind of knew I had to be on the bottom. I kept missing on those last two laps. I knew if I kept missing it, Eckert would drive right by me. This win is for my buddy Anthony Lane who died four years ago to the day and we’re standing in victory lane. I'm pretty sure he helped us."
18 Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models presented by Mike's Towing and Recovery signed in on Saturday night. Mechanicsburg's Daulton Bigler and Lane Snook started on the front row. It didn't take long for the 16 year old to take the lead from Bigler and get out to over a second lead. The yellow would soon come out for the 7 of Meade Hahn slowing with a flat right rear.
Snook would run away and hide on the restart. Meanwhile, Andrew Yoder, pulling double duty, started 8th and was working his way towards the front in short order, already cracking the top 5 while battling with Danville’s Steve Campbell for third. Yoder would do the complete opposite of what he did in the Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Model race and use the high side to get around Campbell with five laps down in the main event. At the front, Snook was doing what he’s done in the last two feature events at Selinsgrove, and that’s dominate. Out to a nearly a four second lead by the halfway point, Snook would see smooth sailing until Corry Gingerich would spin by himself and then the 89 of Jon Schoch would get in to him. Both drivers would be done for the evening.
A five lap shootout would wrap up the Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models presented by Mike’s Towing and Recovery. Yoder would waste little time getting around Bigler for the second spot. Yoder would the start searching around for anything to close in on Snook, but nothing was cooling off “Juice Box” as Lane Snook won his third straight Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models feature at Selinsgrove. Yoder second, Bigler Third, Campbell and Matt Murphy round out the top 5.
“We’ve been really good here as of late," Snook said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “Our cars have been running pretty stout right now. I figured Yoder was coming. I was searching around all race and decided the bottom was where I needed to be to get another win.”
48 SCDRA 4-cylinders signed in for $2500 to win the main event. Chris Anderson and Josh Frantz started on the front row. Frantz would get the early jump and lead the first lap. Anderson would get extremely loose off of turn four and somehow manage to save it. The 158 of Camden Frantz would come to a stop on the front straight away bringing out a yellow.
On the restart Frantz would get away from Anderson. But then entering turn three, two cars would get together and collect the 3H of Shawn Hadden, who would then flip down the back stretch. Hadden was uninjured. The 15M of Nick McDaniels, H14 of Tyler Watson, and 13 of Jason Porter were all involved as well. Hadden and McDaniels were done for the evening.
Multiple debris cautions would plague the next few laps before we could get going once again. Finally some green flag racing would happen. But the only real competitor for Frantz, Chris Anderson, would come to a slow running second, bringing out the caution right past the halfway point. Anderson’s night would come to an end.
Afterwards, Anderson’s teammate, Shawn Williamson's night came to an end as well. The field would finally be able to piece together the final handful of laps as Josh Frantz would pick up the $2500 pay day in the SCDRA 4-cylinders. Chaz Smith, AJ Hoffner, Eric Boozel, and Jason Porter made up the top five.
“Definitely a few more cautions than we’re used to,” Frantz said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “I actually broke my right rear suspension with 5 to go, but kept it moving. I felt really fast in one and two, making up for the lack of speed I had in three and four.”
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Submitted By: Jenna Mowery
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