Breakthroughs and Continued Speed Highlight Stellar June for Lane Snook

As the summer months came into sight for the Mifflintown native Lane Snook, speed and winning ways continued. After the first day of June brought another win, Lane and team took a week off to attend Eldora Speedway’s Dirt Late Model Dream. Rain barred the team from returning to action the following week. The first full day of summer would be the next time the team would hit the track, this time at the Selinsgrove Speedway.

Showing no lack of speed in their first race in three weeks, Lane and team were able to roll out another fast car. “We had a good car all night long.” After getting a good start in the heat race and advancing from 7th to the win, Lane rolled off 2nd in the feature. “Drag raced into turn one on the start of the feature and got out front.” That move proved to be the difference maker, as, after a few restarts, Snook was able to keep the lead and grab a third triumph at the Selinsgrove half-mile.

A double-header weekend would round out the month of June. Bedford Speedway would be up first. Lane had previously won both appearances at the big half-mile fairgrounds. This time did not result in a win, but Snook was still able to show speed. Another heat win, followed by an 8th-4th run in the feature, started off the weekend on a decent note. “I stayed up till 6:30 AM working on the car after our 4th place run at Bedford,” stated Lane. This was all in preparation for the big show at Port Royal, that followed later that Saturday.

Saturday would prove to be one of the more special days in the young racer’s career. With a $6,000 payday on the line, “we knew there were going to be good cars there and that our equipment had to be in good shape.” With a special time trial format, qualifying would be important and could help or hurt your entire night. “I ran a good lap in time trials to get us quick time, and with the heads-up format, that set us up for the night.” Starting on the pole for the heat, Lane was able to seal the heat race win and the pole position for the feature. With Lane getting a good jump on the initial start, and “after a few cautions and keeping myself calm, we were able to finally get in done at Port.” Not only was this a big win from the standpoint of the monetary value, it was a personal one.

“From growing up here (Port Royal), it was a place I always wanted to win at. The big race was just a bonus,” stated Snook. Lane’s dad raced at the Speed Palace for many years, and getting to grow up on the fairgrounds during race season, having his own name on the record as a feature winner at the speedway, meant a lot. “Our car had great speed all night, and the format really helped us. Hopefully, we can get a few more since we got the first one out of the way.”

While the team will have to wait a few weeks to return to the Port Royal Speedway, they will have plenty of other tracks and nights to potentially add to the growing list of wins on the season. The 23 team plans to kick off the month of July at Dog Hollow on the 3rd and again for a makeup show on the 4th.  The next day they will venture to the Winchester Speedway in Virginia. A double-header weekend follows, with trips to Selinsgrove and Port Royal Speedway. 

Path Valley will then be on the team’s schedule for July 19th. The team plans to then round out the month with a trip to Selinsgrove on July 26th and then Clinton County on July 29th for a fair week special. A jam-packed month compared to June, and hopefully a lot more chances to show the speed and ability of the 23 car. 

Lane continues to have an impressive stat line, with all of his races, but two, resulting in top 10 finishes. Keep up to date with raceday plans and results on the team’s website all year long.