**Richie Gaines Storms Through Field, Nearly Catches Tanner Pettit at the Line** Richie Gaines arrived at Lernerville as a man on a mission. Starting deep in the field at fifteenth, he picked off cars with surgical precision, carving through the pack in a relentless charge that put the entire field on notice. By the time the checkered flag dropped, Gaines had clawed his way to second place — a thirteen-position climb that had the crowd on their feet. But here's where it got interesting: Gaines was hunting. With Tanner Pettit controlling the feature up front, the gap tightened as laps wound down. Gaines threw everything he had at the leader in the closing stages, making it a genuine dog fight down the stretch. Pettit held firm, leading nineteen laps total and crossing the line first, but Gaines made him earn every inch of that win. Trevor Royer's pole position didn't translate to feature dominance — he'd set the tempo in qualifying and won his heat, but couldn't maintain that pace when it mattered most. Bruce Clingan and Jase Shaff rounded out the top five, with Shaff having won his heat earlier in the night. It was Gaines' relentless assault that defined this one.