In a matter of a week's time, Don Wagner went from worst to first, as he bounced back from a last-place finish to take his second Mahoning Valley Speedway Modified victory of 2016.

Wagner was lined in behind Jack Ely by lap 11 and then was a constant pressure to the upstart rookie. Bidding his time and waiting for just the right opportunity to make his move, Wagner rode to the outside of Ely on lap 27 and then kept his focus onward to the checkers.Kyle Strohl stayed within reach of the front two and was third, while last week's winner, Kris Graver, took fourth.It was indeed a close-run race and a bit of a contrast from what fans have been seeing - which was some rough-and-tumble action that has flared tempers."That's what we're here to do ... to put on a good show," said Wagner, who was in Victory Lane for the second straight time as he won the Late Model feature a week earlier. "Jack (Ely) is a great young racer and he's got a lot of years ahead of him, and I just love racing with the kid."The race got underway with Nick Baer leading with Ely in tow and Wagner holding down third. By lap three, Ely was able to take over as the front man while Baer was busy keeping Wagner at bay.After a lap 10 restart, Wagner jumped up to second and would patiently wait for the right moment to grab the lead. Once he did, there was no looking back as he drove on to his 37th career Modified win."I just had to wait him (Ely) out. I saw he was a just a little tight and he was really free coming off the corners," said Wagner.Last week Ely was leading and within feet of the checkers but was pinched from behind and spun. Although he fell short of winning, the run was no doubt a nice bit of redemption."The car just got a tick to tight near the end. Donny (Wagner) raced me clean and that's all I can ask him for, congratulations to him," said Ely.When you've won as manyLate Modelfeatures as Paul Koehler Jr., it's safe to say that a few of those victories have come under close conditions, but arguably after notching his win on Saturday, it may have well been one of the most exciting first-place runs that the seasoned 50-year old veteran has scored.Koehler had to work his tail off in holding back Mike Sweeney and Frankie Althouse en route to his fourth win of the season and 70th with a Late Model.Utilizing a lap-12 restart to assume the lead from Kenny Hein, Koehler fought hard against the non-stop efforts of Sweeney and Althouse, who ran two-wide and hovered all over his rear bumper.Within the final laps, the trio put on a display of racing talent, running within inches of each other. On the final circuit, Sweeney took his fight to the outside of Koehler while Althouse stepped in low to make it a spine-tingling run towards the checkers. At the end it was Koehler by a whisker.A week ago, Cory Edelman lost theStreet Stockfeature by inches. This week, he rallied back and, interestingly enough, it was also by mere inches.Dennis Buss was having his best night in years as he led from the outset and was holding off a lap-after-lap offensive by numerous others. In the latter half of the race it became an all-out battle between him and Edelman.Edelman was working on Buss from the high line but the leader was able to keep his top rank in check for most of that time. Coming up on the final lap Edelman let it all hang out. As they crossed the finish line it was so close that officials had to take a few moments to make certain who the winner was as the separation was just .041-seconds.Ray Deemer has been racing for close to 30 years but he never did what he accomplished in Saturday night's action, winning for a second straight week.Deemer was elevated into the lead after Ricky Yetter and Billy Lasko collided on lap 11. From there, Deemer was perfect in turning laps and held off Lasko en route to winning his first career back-to-back features.Bobby Kibler Jr., got back to his winning ways as he led every lap of thePro 4main and held off point leader Josh Scherer. It was his third win of the season and first since April and also keeps him close in the battle for the class championship.With his second victory of the season, Michael Wambold let it be known he is in theHobby Stocktitle hunt as the win kept things tight between him and the Geist brothers, Cody and Shayne, who are 1-2 in the standings.For the second straight time Kassidy Altemose raced to an inspiring victory in theJr. Endurofeature. Taking the lead from Brayden Spencer by lap six, Altemose then ran away from the rest of the pack and was five laps ahead of runner-up Hunter Iatalese when the race ended.Modified Feature Finish (35 Laps): 1. Don Wagner, 2. Jack Ely, 3. Kyle Strohl, 4. Kristopher Graver, 5. Bobby Jones, 6. Brian DeFebo, 7. Matt Wentz, 8. Eric Beers, 9. Todd Baer, 10. Lou Strohl, 11. Rob Schultz, 12. Earl Paules, 13. Danielle Paules, 14. Terry Markovic, 15. Wes Gilbert, 16. Kevin Rex, 17. Nick Baer, 18. John MarkovicLate Model Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Paul Koehler Jr., 2. Mike Sweeney, 3. Frankie Althouse, 4. Kenny Hein, 5. Don Wagner, 6. Jeremy Miller, 7. Jacob Nemeth, 8. Broc Brown, 9. Chris Anderson, 10. Jacob Kerstetter, 11. Lorin Arthofer, 12. Rick Smith, 13. George Ramos, 14. Robbie KutzStreet Stock Feature Finish (30 Laps): 1. Corey Edelman, 2. Dennis Buss, 3. Stacey Brown, 4. Jason Frey, 5. Rick Reichenbach, 6. Jon Moser, 7. Aaron Kromer, 8. Todd Ahner, 9. Zach Graver, 10. Greg Long, 11. Jason Kuhn, 12. Dan Freundt, 13. Mark Martini, 14. Lorin Arthofer, 15. Jason Ahner, 16. Josh Mooney, 17. Randy Ahner Jr., 18. Jon Tracy, 19. Jamie Smith, 20. Eric Kocher DNQ: Logan Boyer, Mike Piechota, BJ WamboldDirt Mod Feature Finish (25 Laps): 1. Ray Deemer, 2. Billy Lasko, 3. Ricky Yetter, 4. Frank ParastinoPro 4 Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Bobby Kibler Jr., 2. Josh Scherer, 3. Jake Kibler, 4. Tyler Strangle, 5. Brian Ahner, 6. Briggs Danner, 7. Chris Kuronya, 8. Kailyn Beers, 9. Bob Kibler Sr. 10. Cody Kohler, 11. John Bennett, 12. Ronald Barlow, 13. Chase HoffmanHobby Stock Feature Finish (20 Laps): 1. Michael Wambold, 2. Cody Geist, 3. Rich Mutarelli, 4. Shayne Geist, 5. Devin Schmidt, 6. Ken Reeder, 7. Ryan Berger, 8. Travis Solomon, 9. Jeff Biegley, 10. Avery Arthofer, 11. Tiffany Wambold, 12. Nicolas Kerstetter, 13. Austin Beers, 14. Jesse Strohl DNS: Arland Moyer Jr.Jr. Enduro Feature Finish (121): 1. Kassidy Altemose, 2. Hunter Iatalese, 3. Brayden Spencer, 4. Tucker Muffley, 5. Shane Aster, 6. Austin Beers, 7. Jordan Piechota, 8. Nolan Stein, 9. Skylar Piechota, 10. Dylan Piechota