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CRYSTAL, Mi. (May 13, 2023) — Ricky Lewis completed a sweep of the Great Lakes Traditional Sprints opening weekend with his victory Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway. Lewis, from Oxnard, California, moved up from 10th starting position to back up his win Friday at I-96 Speedway. Steve Irwin, Parker Fredrickson, Keith Sheffer Jr, and Max Frank rounded out the top five.

I-96 Speedway, Friday May 12, 2023
410 Sprints - Non-Winged 16 Entries

A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:08:21.699)

1. 41-Ricky Lewis[1]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin[4]; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[7]; 4. 34-Parker Frederickson[3]; 5. 86-Keith Sheffer Jr[5]; 6. 25-Max Frank[6]; 7. 00-Mike Galadja[8]; 8. 13-Ian Hunter[15]; 9. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[9]; 10. 33P-RJ Payne[10]; 11. 10G-Kent Gardner[13]; 12. 26-Dale Hunter[11]; 13. 33-Jason Ferguson[2]; 14. 54-Joel Hummel[12]; 15. (DNS) 85-Dustin Daggett; 16. (DNS) 0C-Andrew Cockman

Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 34-Parker Frederickson[3]; 2. 41-Ricky Lewis[4]; 3. 86-Keith Sheffer Jr[2]; 4. 25-Max Frank[1]; 5. 00-Mike Galadja[5]; 6. 33P-RJ Payne[6]; 7. 54-Joel Hummel[7]; 8. (DNS) 0C-Andrew Cockman

Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 85-Dustin Daggett[3]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin[4]; 3. 33-Jason Ferguson[1]; 4. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2]; 5. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[5]; 6. 26-Dale Hunter[6]; 7. 10G-Kent Gardner[7]; 8. 13-Ian Hunter[8]

MPD Fast Qualifier 1 | 00:04:21.000

1. 41-Ricky Lewis, 00:16.049[7]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin, 00:16.078[6]; 3. 34-Parker Frederickson, 00:16.127[15]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:16.238[2]; 5. 86-Keith Sheffer Jr, 00:16.618[1]; 6. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 00:16.651[8]; 7. 25-Max Frank, 00:16.683[3]; 8. 33-Jason Ferguson, 00:16.788[16]; 9. 00-Mike Galadja, 00:17.394[14]; 10. 3A-Mike Astrauskas, 00:17.530[9]; 11. 33P-RJ Payne, 00:17.654[4]; 12. 26-Dale Hunter, 00:17.971[13]; 13. 54-Joel Hummel, 00:18.133[10]; 14. 10G-Kent Gardner, 00:18.139[12]; 15. 0C-Andrew Cockman, 00:18.705[5]; 16. 13-Ian Hunter, 00:18.712[

Crystal Motor Speedway - Saturdday, May 13, 2023
410 Sprints - Non-Winged 20 Entries

A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:25:47.339

1. 41-Ricky Lewis[10]; 2. 0-Steve Irwin[2]; 3. 34-Parker Frederickson[8]; 4. 86-Keith Sheffer Jr[4]; 5. 25-Max Frank[3]; 6. 33F-Jason Ferguson[1]; 7. 00G-Mike Galadja[14]; 8. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]; 9. 13-Ian Hunter[16]; 10. 9-Gary Hayward[13]; 11. 33-RJ Payne[19]; 12. 00-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[17]; 13. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[9]; 14. 3T-Ralph Brakenberry[15]; 15. 23T-Tank Brakenberry[20]; 16. 56-Mark Irwin[12]; 17. 10S-Jay Steinebach[11]; 18. 10G-Kent Gardner[7]; 19. 31-Terry Harrington[18]; 20. 54-Joel Hummel[6]

Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:01.000

1. 85-Dustin Daggett[2]; 2. 86-Keith Sheffer Jr[3]; 3. 10G-Kent Gardner[1]; 4. 41-Ricky Lewis[4]; 5. 9-Gary Hayward[5]; 6. 13-Ian Hunter[6]; 7. (DNS) 33-RJ Payne

Beacon & Bridge Markets Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:07:22.000

1. 25-Max Frank[3]; 2. 33F-Jason Ferguson[2]; 3. 34-Parker Frederickson[4]; 4. 10S-Jay Steinebach[7]; 5. 00G-Mike Galadja[1]; 6. 00-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[5]; 7. 23T-Tank Brakenberry[6]

Rocket Headers Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:45.000

1. 0-Steve Irwin[4]; 2. 54-Joel Hummel[2]; 3. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[3]; 4. 56-Mark Irwin[5]; 5. 3T-Ralph Brakenberry[1]; 6. 31-Terry Harrington[6]

MPD Racing Fast Qualifier 1 | 00:23:07.000

1. 41-Ricky Lewis, 00:14.915[9]; 2. 34-Parker Frederickson, 00:15.059[13]; 3. 0-Steve Irwin, 00:15.069[2]; 4. 86-Keith Sheffer Jr, 00:15.115[1]; 5. 25-Max Frank, 00:15.185[10]; 6. 3A-Mike Astrauskas, 00:15.206[12]; 7. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:15.265[20]; 8. 33F-Jason Ferguson, 00:15.308[19]; 9. 54-Joel Hummel, 00:15.744[4]; 10. 10G-Kent Gardner, 00:15.768[15]; 11. 00G-Mike Galadja, 00:15.773[3]; 12. 3T-Ralph Brakenberry, 00:16.060[5]; 13. 9-Gary Hayward, 00:16.095[11]; 14. 00-Joseph (Joey) Irwin, 00:16.200[7]; 15. 56-Mark Irwin, 00:16.226[14]; 16. 13-Ian Hunter, 00:16.287[8]; 17. 23T-Tank Brakenberry, 00:16.298[6]; 18. 31-Terry Harrington, 00:19.082[16]; 19. 33-RJ Payne, 00:19.083[17]; 20. (DNS) 10S-Jay Steinebach, 00:19.084

The next Great Lakes Traditional Sprints presented by PErfit race will be at Fremont Speedway on Saturday, May 27th followed on Sunday at Waynesfield Raceway Park on May 28th. For more on the 2023 Schedule or keeping up on all our drivers and shows, go to our website www.greatlakessprints.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and TikTok!

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• Barry Marlow on May 14, 2023
• Article Date: 5/14/2023 by TJ Buffenbarger