Sheppard and Ward Win RoC Opener at Selinsgrove

Pat Ward took the lead away from Ray Swinehart early in Friday's small block feature and held off a charge from Duane Howard to collect the $2,200 feature win at Selinsgrove Speedway. Howard cut a tire late, which allowed Doug Manmiller to finished 2nd, rounding out the top 5 were Ronnie Johnson, Danny Johnson, and Ryan Godown.

In Saturday's feature, Matt Sheppard and Ryan Godown swapped the lead multiple times until Godown had problems with the front end, ending his night. Duane Howard made a late run, but it was Sheppard who picked up the $4,000 RoC big block feature. Howard ended up second, Pat Ward, Brett Hearn, and Danny Johnson rounded out the top 5.

Ryan Godown is now officially in the Norm Hansell Motorsports 357, and will run the car weekly at Big Diamond and Grandview. He was in the car at Selinsgrove both nights.

Tom Hager will return to the seat of a big block modified in 2010 after losing his leg, below the knee, to diabetes. Hager will run weekly at New Egypt.