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PUTNAMVILLE — A long, chilly winter gave way to beautiful sunny skies for the opening night of racing season at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday night.

On tap for a great crowd was some of the top names in all four classes as the IndianaOpenwheel.com, D.O. Racin’ Fest put a big payday on the line for hotshoes in sprint cars, modifieds, super stocks and bombers.

The action didn’t disappoint with both the sprint car and UMP Modified features coming down to the wire as Tony Stewart Racing’s Levi Jones making a last lap pass of Scotty Weir for the sprint feature win. Chad Kinder and Brian Hayden battled their way into a last lap dash as well before Kinder squeezed out a thrilling modified victory.

The chance at $2,000-to-win plus lap money and qualifying cash brought out a field of 37 sprint cars with a talented field that included a wealth of talented veterans and youngsters. Saturday night’s pits included Jones as well as Jon Stanbrough, Dickie Gaines, Scott Weir, Kent Christian and Jon Sciscoe to name a few.

Heat races were claimed by Kurt Cross, Thomas Meseraull, Jones and Caleb Armstrong with Shane Hollingsworth taking the first B-Main and Justin Marvel taking the second to reach the A-Main.

As the feature lined up, Kurt Gross was on the pole inside Meseraull followed by Jones and Armstrong in row two.

As the green flew, Meseraull and Weir set the pace and put on a spirited battle over the opening laps. With Meseraull holding the top line, the two swapped positions heading into lapped traffic. Weir was briefly held up by a lapped car as Meseraull nearly made the pass for the lead before a caution for a spin by Blake Fitzpatrick.

On the re-start, Weir was able to build a small cushion as Jones was closing quick and was able to slip by Meseraull for second as Caleb Armstrong snapped up third ahead of Stanbrough and Meseraull.

Weir held a tentative lead in the middle lane of the track as Jones tried to reel him in as the laps ticked up in the 30-lap main event. Armstrong held onto third followed by Stanbrough, Meseraull, Gross and Sciscoe as the caution flew for a 25-lap break to send the lapped cars to the tail.

The caution set up a thrilling finish to the race as Jones set himself right on the tail tank of Weir, who was hoping to build off a strong second-place run at Gas City on Friday night. Jones would have other ideas however as with two laps to go, the TSR leadfoot made his move coming off the top of turn two and pulled even with Weir. As the two rocketed off turn four it was Jones who had the momentum and made the pass for the lead.

With the white flag waving, Jones held on to the position as Weir settled into second ahead of Stanbrough, Meseraull and Armstrong, which would be the way they finished.

Marvel was able to blast his way through the field after winning his B-Main and take sixth-place ahead of Gross, Christian, Sciscoe and Hollingsworth.