LEHIGHTON, Pa. — As the all-time wins leader at Mahoning Valley Speedway, Earl Paules showed his mastery of the paved quarter-mile oval yet again as the “Hurricane” cruised to his 66th overall victory, taking the checkers in the first Sportsman Modified feature of the season. This was Paules’ first start of the year at Mahoning and he began it the same way he ended last season, in victory lane. Paules started third and within three laps passed Troy Bollinger for the lead. Nick Baer was a solid second all the while Paules led, but all Baer could do was watch as there was no catching the steady-paced No. “I couldn’t catch Troy in the heat race so we made a lot of changes after that,” Paules said.

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