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A story from July repeated itself in August for Lane Snook, as the team continued to race in both the Super and Limited divisions. The results sort of maintained where they were in the previous month, with speed in the Limited division and mixed results in the Super division. 

After a runner-up finish at Selinsgrove on August 1st in the Super division, Lane and team would tackle the Limited division at Port Royal on the 8th. Lane’s dominance in the division continued. He would win his heat and “then started 5th in the feature and was able to work my way up through to get the win.” Another strong run up through the field in this division for Lane and his 7th win on the year.

The following week would feature a mix of Super and Limited action, kicking off at Bedford with the Super. “We started 8th in our heat and passed a car to get to 7th. Then started 13th in the feature and passed a couple of cars, but wasn’t really going anywhere, and decided to pull off to try and save equipment, as the track was pretty demanding.” Snook would end up 12th. 

Making a late decision, the team loaded up the Limited and headed down to Hagerstown on Saturday.

“We started out the night going quick-time overall. Then started on the pole and won our heat, and also started on the pole of the feature.”

Snook would sweep the night after leading all 30 laps to grab the win, with a car that “I felt the best in the slick, that I have in a while.” This was Lane’s first win at the Maryland ½ mile and marked win 8 of the year. 

Lane and crew would switch back to the Super and head to Selinsgrove on the 21st. Snook set a new track record in qualifying and won his heat.

“I started on the pole of the feature, got out to an early lead trying to save equipment the best I could and still maintain a solid pace.”

Trouble found the 23 car as it has on several occasions this year when,  “a d-zus button came out of the MSD panel, and it flew up in front of my face, and I couldn’t see. So I pulled off, and they took the panel off.”

Snook would rejoin the feature, but outside of the top 10, and start to charge back up through the pack.

“I ran back up to 4th coming to the white flag, and something hit the lift arm side-to-side bar and broke it, which caused the lift arm to hit the driveshaft and break it, which ended our night with a DNF.” 

Lane would then hit a three-race stretch driving the Bruce Kane 15K at Port Royal. First, in a warm-up show to the Lucas Oil program, on the 22nd. Lane qualified 18th overall and then ran from 6th to 5th in the heat. In the feature, he would stay steady around his 15th-place starting spot and finish 14th. 

The following and last week of August, Snook piloted the 15K car against the Lucas Oil Late Models. The results were definitely not quite what the team was looking for. Both nights, Lane started towards the back of the heats and would need to run the B-Main. Friday, he was able to finish 6th in the B-Main, and Saturday, after starting further back, Lane “wasn’t really going anywhere again, so decided to call it a weekend and go back to the shop to try and figure out what we are missing.”

There have definitely been some growing pains with getting accustomed to the 15K, but the team is starting to figure out some areas where improvement can be made.

“I think the main difference is the shocks. We are slowly making gains on them and figuring them out. But we’re doing a couple other things that are a little different than what I’m used to, to try and help the car, but just haven’t really found a good balance for me yet.” 

In addition to the troubles of adjusting to the new car, Lane is also dealing with a bad string of luck in the family 23, on the Super side.

“Our Super car has definitely been fast at Selinsgrove. I haven’t really gotten enough chances to race it in the slow and slick as I would like. But as far as Selinsgrove is concerned, we need to find some luck, and need the driver to not mess up on the restarts. We took it to Bedford once this month and had speed but pulled a bad pill, and it was hard to pass.”

Snook is also hopeful that luck will return this upcoming weekend as they race in the Renninger Memorial. A race that is very special to his family, and he has a chance to grab both the Super & Limited checkered flags this year. 

For September, Lane plans to open the month running Jaxton Garman’s 11-car at Williams Grove, as the Limited division makes an appearance at the famed ½ mile. A double-threat night follows in the Renninger Memorial, as the 23 will compete in both divisions at Port Royal.

A quick haul over to the state of Ohio will be in order for the young racer, as he heads to Eldora in the 15K to compete in the Baltes Classic. This is all in preparation for the World 100 the following week. This will be Lane’s first attempt at the World. This lineup will get the Port Royal native through the first half of the month, with other races still to be determined. Stay tuned for updates as the month progresses.  Be sure to check the team’s website (LaneSnookRacing.com) and Facebook page for any schedule updates or changes.

With the race season already flying by in what has been a whirlwind season for the young racer, Lane would have the month of July to race all three cars he’s been running in the late model ranks. Results have been all over the board, but speed has been a consistent piece most nights.

Kicking off the month of July, Lane would get to wheel the Bruce Kane 15K at Bedford Speedway. The pairing of Kane and Lane was still very new, and the package was still lacking a little speed. Snook would go 8th to 7th in the heat, and the 13th to 12th in the feature. “Car was handling good, just had no speed.” This would be the only start in the 15K for the month.

Moving onto the next night of competition on the 10th, Lane went to Selinsgrove in the limited late model division. Lane nearly won his heat from 5th and then started in the 5th spot in the feature. As the green flew, he would drop back a few spots at the beginning of the feature. 

Snook started to search around the track for speed and, “ran the very top to make our way back to 4th with a restart with 6 to go.” That was a timely caution for Snook. He “was able to get to third off the restart, then get by the two leaders coming to 2 to go, for the win.” A great performance and certainly showed the continued speed of the limited program that fans witnessed park in victory lane a lot in 2025.

The following evening, the team had a home game at the Port Royal Speedway in the limited car. Lane would win his heat and then start on the pole of the feature.

“Didn’t get a good enough start to get to the top early and lost a few spots. Ended up running 4th most of the race, then with a car breaking and a couple restarts we ended up 3rd. I just felt like our car wasn’t very balanced.”

After taking a little damage at the end of the race and getting that fixed up, the team also decided to drop a super motor in the car and head over to Path Valley the following weekend.

Against ULMS at the small ¼ mile of Path Valley, Lane would have a very solid evening, timing in 2nd in his group and winning his heat. The track would make it a little tricky for Lane in the feature. After starting 3rd, Lane “got stuck on the bottom again early and lost a few spots. It was a little tight at the beginning, but the car was good at the end of the race, but with there being little passing, we ended up 6th.”

Snook would then go to Hagerstown to once again race with ULMS. The car was just a little off all night by the driver and team’s standards. “Qualified 11th in our group. Started 6th and ran 5th in our heat, which put us on the pole of the B-Main, where we finished 2nd. Then started 20th in the feature and finished 17th. Just kind of struggled to find speed all night.” 

Aside from races that featured mechanical issues, this was Lane’s worst finish of the season in the 23 car with the super under the hood. The team would, however, turn things around the rest of the month and pick up momentum.

Traveling back over to Selinsgrove in the super the next week, Lane qualified 2nd overall and won his heat. After rolling from the pole in the feature, Snook “led the first 19 laps, dicing through traffic, until we blew a right rear tire.”

An unfortunate moment for the young racer. “I lapped to 12th, so I got back to 10th in the remaining 6 laps after changing the tire.” The first super late model triumph would have to wait for another time.

In the final show of the month, Lane would travel west to Bedford Speedway as the fair and races took center stage. Lane started 6th in his heat and had a little hiccup and tagged the wall, but still managed a 4th place finish.

“After the crew and I got the car fixed, we started 11th in the feature. The car in front of me broke on the first lap in 1-2, and I had nowhere to go, and ended up falling back to 15th. I ran the top to get back to 9th, then with another car breaking, I got to 8th and finished there,” Snook explained.

“I felt we had a much better car than the results showed, but it was hard to pass once everyone moved to the top.” It was a good bounce-back after early misfortune, and showed the car could move forward even with a tricky track surface.

The next night, Snook would travel back over to Selinsgrove to open the month of August. Lane started off the night strong and timed in 2nd and then won his heat. With a front row starting spot in the feature, Lane would be in a good position to potentially win. Lane once again took the lead at the drop of the green. He was able to maintain the top spot until a restart with about 10 laps to go, where he got passed. Snook held on to finish second and tie his best finish of the season in the super late division.

Overall, the month of racing was nothing super special in terms of results, but the speed the team and driver were able to find at times shows that the package is coming together on a wide variety of tracks. Netting a win and strong podium with the limited, and accruing several top 10 finishes in the super, Lane looks to keep the positives coming in August.

As of now, the 23 car will be in action at the big half-miles of Selinsgrove and Hagerstown on August 7th and 8th. Then it will head to Bedford on the 14th. Snook also plans to run at Port Royal on the 22nd, in either the 23 or the 15K.

The last weekend of the month, the 15K will come out to race against the Lucas Oil Late Models in the Rumble By The River at Port. Lane will be getting that car ready this week.

“We took the car I ran at Lernerville and Bedford to Rocket. It was bent in the front end; got that all fixed now, gonna go put it together this week.”

Snook also mentioned he is “very excited to test in the next couple of weeks coming up” as they prepare for some big shows in the coming months.

Make sure to check the team’s website (LaneSnookRacing.com) and Facebook page for any schedule updates or changes.