Halligan Dominates, Finds Victory Lane at Port Royal

Just like earlier in the night, Halligan rolled to the green from the outside of row three.  This time it would be 25 laps and $5,000 to the winner.

Once again Halligan got off to a quick start, this time using the middle to move into 4th on the opening lap, then 3rd on lap two.

On lap three Halligan dove under Michael Walter in turn three and slid up into the runner-up spot.  He then began his pursuit of leader Lucas Wolfe.

Halligan entered turn one higher on lap five and cut low off turn two.  The diamond move produced a big run, which the Ephrata, PA native used to drive under Wolfe entering turn three and take the top spot.

Halligan quickly put several car lengths between himself and Wolfe.  He reached lapped traffic on lap nine but navigated it smoothly and continued to build his lead.  At the halfway mark, he held a straightaway advantage.

The first caution of the event appeared with six laps remaining.  On the ensuing restart, Halligan used the middle and low side of the speedway to put five car lengths between himself and Wolfe by the time the pair reached the middle of the backstretch.   He continued his torrid pace and won the race going away.

“I told (crew chief) Kyle (Defibaugh) that was the easiest win I’ve ever had in any division I have raced.  That car was a dream to drive.“, Halligan said in victory lane.

“The track was a lot like Weikert weekend.  We were really close then, so went off that.  We nailed it this time; we were good in dirty air; we were good everywhere“.

Halligan’s No.45 certainly was on point Saturday night.  When the caution appeared with six laps remaining, he had a 5.3 second lead and when racing resumed, he amassed a 4 second advantage over the final six circuits.

“This is a brand new HP engine.  First night out for it.  We decided to break it out and get it ready for Speedweek.  It’s a different car than last week too.  That one was junk.  We are running Panther Chassis and Shawn is here tonight, so it’s cool to have him here for a win.”, Halligan continued.

“We weren’t very good earlier tonight but Kyle and the team went to work on it and they had it perfect.  I wasn’t worried at all on the restart.  The car was so good I just thought, let’s finish this off.“, Halligan shared.

“I want to thank Brent and Debbie Risser, Jake’s Carts and Victory Auto for starters.  We could not do this without them.  Thanks to TheTreeCenter.com, EMM Sales and Service, Panther Frameworx, Pine Hill Trailers, Keystone Ag Spraying, RV 4-Wheel Drive, Newlin Bar Service, Jim Haller’s Maple Syrup, Alloy Wheel Repair and all our partners.  Zach (Newlin) and Jim (Haller) are here tonight too, so it’s great to win with so many of these folks in attendance.  Thanks to my crew.  This is on them.  This is their win.“