When Austin Beers was presented the opportunity to take over the ride of his legendary father, Eric Beers, in the infamous No. 45 for car owners Dave and Laura DeLange, there was absolutely no indecision for the 17-year-old.

In just five races since first getting into the mount on June 27 for an RoC event at Lake Erie Speedway, the second generation racer scored a fan-pleasing victory Saturday night at Mahoning Valley Speedway over seasoned veteran Rod Snyder Jr.

Beers made an impressive drive to the front too, coming from 15th to first, and in the process, pulled off his race-winning move by getting by renowned track star Snyder Jr., on lap 20. From there, on it was as if watching his father do time and again, pulling away with each passing lap and leaving the field far enough behind en route to the checkers.

“This feels amazing winning with Dave and Laura DeLange who believed in me, and I’m so glad to drive their race car and win at my home track,” Beers said. To get this win with the 45 car is a huge confidence booster.

“The track was awesome and the car was on rails. To come from 15th to first is a testament to the great team effort, and no doubt winning a Modified feature here at Mahoning Valley - this is the biggest win of my career.”

The first to congratulate Beers in Victory Lane were the DeLange’s.

“Austin is a great young talent, and I’ve had faith in him for the past two years as we watched him run these Modifieds, and this year we made the change to put him in the seat, and it’s paid off nicely,” said Dave DeLange. “We couldn’t be more proud and happy for him and his entire family.”

Eric Kocher was the Street Stock winner, but his stop in Victory Lane wasn’t without debate.

Kocher had been chasing closing behind leader Brandon Christman who was attempting to win for the second straight time.

However, with 11 laps to go and the front pair running nose-to-tail, Kocher pinched Christman in Turn 3. The slight bump caused Christman to slide out of line and spin. Officials deemed the incident as nonaggressive, and Kocher was placed as the new leader. For the rest of the way he would hold off Todd Ahner and garner his second win of 2020.

The Sportsman Modifieds were also back in action, and winning for the second time in three starts was point leader Earl Paules.

Pro 4 veteran and past champion Jake Kibler won for the first time this season, and in doing so, snapped the win streak of point leader Cody Kohler at four.

Al Arthofer pulled off a thrilling restart pass over Corey Edelman with two laps to go, and then held him off by a narrow margin for his second Hobby Stock victory of the season. And with only one point race to go, he has taken over as the standings leader.

In the Rookie Hobby Stocks, Jaden Brown slipped inside of Corey Gulich on lap 6 and then pulled away to a rousing second victory of the season to become the first driver to repeat in nine previous features.

Modified Feature Finish (35 laps)

: 1. Austin Beers, 2. Rod Snyder Jr., 3. Josh Scherer, 4. Nick Bear, 5. Jesse Strohl, 6. Eric Kocher, 7. Brian DeFebo, 8. Earl Paules, 9. Kyle Strohl, 10. John Markovic, 11. Jared Ahner, 12. Sean Verwys, 13. Terry Markovic, 14. Jacob Kerstetter, 15. Gene Bowers, 16. BJ Wambold, 17. Avery Arthofer, 18. Lou Strohl, 19. Bobby Jones

Street Stock Feature Finish (30 laps)

: 1. Eric Kocher, 2. Todd Ahner, 3. Mark Deysher, 4. Mark Martini, 5. Randy Ahner Jr. 6. TJ Gursky, 7. Randy Schlenker, 8. Rick Reichenbach, 9. Jon Moser, 10. Tucker Muffle, 11. Jill Long, 12. Matt VanSyckle, 13. Dennis Buss, 14. Rich Moser, 15. Kevin Weierbach, 16. Brandon Christman, 17. Logan Boyer, 18. Jamie Smith, 19. Kadie Pursell, Thomas Flanagan, DNQ: Randy Green

Sportsman Modified Feature (25 laps)

: 1. Earl Paules, 2. Kassidy Altemose, 3. Randy Ahner Jr., 4. Lorin Arthofer, 5. Brian Rygielski, 6. Gunner Zeiner, 7. Payton Arthofer, 8. Brenner Coulter, DNS: Stacey Brown

Pro 4 Feature Finish (20 laps)

: 1. Jake Kibler, 2. Cody Kohler, 3. Randy Schaffer, 4. Josh Kuronya, 5. Kadie Pursell, 6. Jeremy Guerra, 7. Robert Derfler, 8. Phil Sabatine, 9. Tyler Stangle

Hobby Stock Feature Finish (25 laps)

: 1. Al Arthofer, 2. Corey Edelman, 3. Tisha Connolly, 4. Jacob Boehm, 5. Nick Schaffer, 6. Cody Geist, 7. Cody Boehm, 8. James Tout, 9. Lyndsay Buss, 10. Tad Snyder, 11. Tucker Muffley, 12. Jake Oswald, 13. Terry Peters, 14. Mallory Kutz, 15, Taylor Schmidt, 16. Hunter Iatalese, 17. Jesse Bollinger, 18. Travis Solomon, 19. Nicholas Kerstetter

Rookie Hobby Stock Feature Finish (12 laps)

: 1. Jaden Brown, 2. Haley Muffley, 3. Paul French Jr., 4. Mckayla Kohler, 5. Toby Behler, 6. Corey Gulich, 7. Brody George, 8. Mia Guy, 9. Elia Tito, 10. Greyson Ahner, 11. Maggie Yeakel, 12. Zoe Kuchera.