Newberrytown, Pa. Steve Buckwalter earned the nickname "The Royersford Rocket" enroute to claiming 13 career feature wins in ARDC competition prior to Saturday nights racing program at Susquehanna Speedway Park. Well, Buckwalter looked like he was driving a rocket in his Buckwalter Roofing no. 0 machine as he chalked up career win number 14 at Susky by over a straightaway over his nearest competitor in the 20-lap ARDC main.

Want more bad news for his ARDC competitors? Look no further than Buckwalter''s statement in victory lane when asked about how he was able to pull off such a dominant win. "The motor in this car is probably down 30 horsepower to some of the others here," Buckwalter said. "We''ve just managed to get it really hooked up, and we just needed the kind of track we had tonight to take advantage of it." Heavy watering and a humid, overcast evening led to an extremely tacky surface that evidently suited Buckwalter''s setup perfectly.

Scott Zipp and Bobby Goerner driving Fred Schell''s no. 75 led the 26 car field to the green flag. Zipp was able to pull out to an early lead over Steve Lenig of Selinsgrove who jumped into the second spot. Buckwalter started in the tenth spot and was already on the move, cracking the top five by lap four. His amazing charge continued and he was up to second, sweeping by Steve Lenig on the inside on the following lap. He then attacked Zipp for the lead and was around him when the caution came out for Billy Pauch, Jr. who came to a stop on the frontstretch.

The restart order put Zipp back up front with Buckwalter second. It was a mere formality as Buckwalter charged around Zipp in turn 2 and into the lead. He immediately began to pull away from the field. The next big mover was Drew Heistand who was on his way up from 12th starting spot and swept into third spot on lap 6.

Buckwalter may have pulled a huge lead, but the battle throughout the top five going on behind him was fast and furious -- with the tacky Susky surface providing some great racing. First Drew Heistand got second from Zipp on lap 7. Then Frank Polimeda wrestled 2nd from Heistand on lap 10. Then Nick Wean, who started 11th, charged into third on lap 11. Then on lap 16 Polimeda and Wean put on the move of the night, splitting around a lapped car coming off of turn four. Wean eventually swept around Polimeda on the outside groove of turn one to complete the pass for second. "It was kind of unusual for this place to be able to go up there," Wean said with a grin in victory lane. "But the way the track was tonight I was able to get it done."

While disappointed over losing the spot to Wean, Polimeda was still impressed with the track surface. "I just want to thank everyone here for giving us a great track to race on." He said from victory lane.

Tracy Readinger just missed out on the top three celebration, but he had a phenomenal run as well charging from 15th spot to finish fourth, while Steve Lenig had a strong run to complete the top five.

Pit Notes: Two time and defending ARDC Champion Andy Martin was a scratch from the consi when what was thought to be just a broken spark plug turned out to be a more serious engine problem. Steve Craig saw a strong heat race run nullified when a broken mag rotor knocked him from the race lead. Mark Lawshe apparenty lost an engine on his TCR chassis no. 95 when he left the speedway trailing heavy smoke.

28 ARDC Midgets signed in for competition with heat race wins going to Steve Lenig, Steve Buckwalter and AJ Ernesto. The consolation went to Stephanie Stevens.

20 Lap ARDC Feature: 1) 0-Steve Buckwalter 2) 77-Nick Wean 3) 44-Frank Polimeda 4) 2-Tracy Readinger 5) 9-Steve Lenig 6) 27-Randy Monroe Jr. 7) 46-Brett Arndt 8) 11-Eric Heydenreich 9) 54-Ryan Smith 10) 83-Bruce Buckwalter 11)14 AJ Ernesto 12) 29-Zack Martini 13) 26-Stephanie Stevens 14) 20-Carey Becker 15) 51-PJ Gargiulo 16) 16-Dave Shirk 17) 55-Steve Craig 18) 34-Shane Penny 19) 25-Chris Zrinski 20) 75-Bobby Goerner 21) 64-Brett Conkling 22) 33-Lew Blair 23) 17-Donnie Hoffman 24) 12 Drew Heistand 25) 99-Scott Zipp 26) 49-Billy Pauch