In 30 years of racing, Bobby Jones has amassed 53 career wins, and rightfully ranks among the best of eastern Pennsylvania’s asphalt stars.

On Saturday at Mahoning Valley Speedway, Jones may have authored one of his most dominant drives to Victory Lane yet.

After taking the lead nine laps into the 35-lap Modified contest, he then pulled firmly ahead and easily cruised to his third win of the season.

“It was a good night. I knew we were very good, and I just drove my own lane and gave everything I had to stay at a good speed and not overdrive the car,” said Jones. “We did a lot of extra work today to be really good for tonight, and it paid off.”

A few factors played into Jones’ hands, mainly on lap three as the only caution of the race occurred when Carl Altemose spun while running second and collected several cars. Jones, though, just missed getting gathered up in the melee.

“I saw that starting to happen and it was quick, but I was in the right lane and just missed everything,” he explained.

Jones would then restart in second, and had to bide his time against a very notable effort by leader Cody Kohler.

He would eventually make the race-winning move on the outside of Kohler as they completed lap eight, and thanks to the nonstop action from then on, he continued to stretch his lead on each passing lap until reaching the finish line.

In the Late Models, it was once again Nick Ross taking the checkers. Ross went into the lead on the opening circuit, and would remain solid the rest of the way, turning in another rousing performance in what has become a breakout year.

This was his fifth win at Mahoning, and eighth of the year as he is currently undefeated at Evergreen Raceway, and is the point leader at both tracks.

In the Street Stocks, young Tobie Behler proved himself a very worthy opponent as he held off and beat a number of top notch seasoned veterans to secure a well-earned first win with the class.

For the second week in a row, Corey Edelman parked his Hobby Stock in Victory lane. Edelman’s win was his class-leading 20th and 28th overall, respectively.

Hallie Muffley hasn’t been able to race much this season because she was finishing up her studies at DeSales University. However, when Muffley does get behind the wheel, she has been fast, and showed it again by scoring her third win of the year in the Futures/Rookie Hobby Stocks.

Greyson Ahner finished second, and earned the Rookie Hobby Stock laurels for the eighth time this season.

The touring East Coast TQ Midgets where on hand, and it was Stephen Nederostek getting the victory. For Nederostek, it was a return to his roots at Mahoning, as he won here for the first time in 22 years.

Modified feature finish (35 laps)

: 1. Bobby Jones, 2. Kyle Strohl, 3. Cody Kohler, 4. Nick Baer, 5. Rod Snyder Jr., 6. Terry Markovic, 7. John Markovic, 8. Johnny Bennett, 9. Carl Altemose, 10. Mia Guy, 11. Brian DeFebo, 12. Lou Strohl

Late Model feature finish (20 laps)

: 1. Nick Ross, 2. Seth VanFossen, 3. Brandon Turbush, 4. James Yons, 5. Brooks Smith

Street Stock feature finish (30 laps)

: 1. Tobie Behler, 2. Jon Moser, 3. Jillian Snyder, 4. TJ Gursky, 5. Mark Deysher, 6. Todd Ahner, 7. Tucker Muffley, 8. Matt VanSyckle, 9. Lonnie Behler, 10. Jamie Smith, 11. Mark Martini, 12. Brandon Christman, 13. Eric Kocher, 14. Dennis Buss, 15. Thomas Flanagan DQ: Rich Moser, Randy Ahner Jr.

Hobby Stock feature finish (25 laps)

: 1. Corey Edelman, 2. Travis Solomon, 3. Devin Schmidt, 4. Tad Snyder, 5. Taylor Schmidt, 6. Trisha Connolly, 7. Cody Boehm, 8. Jacob Boehm, 9. BJ Wambold, 10. James Tout, 11. Justin Merkel, 12. Nick Schaeffer, 13. Jake Oswald, 14. Nicholas Kerstetter, 15. Terry Peters, 16. Mallory Kutz, 17. Ralph Boger Jr, 18. Dave Imler, 19. Cody Geist

Futures/Rookie Hobby Stock feature finish (12 laps)

: 1. Hallie Muffley, 2. Greyson Ahner, 3. Brody George, 4. Adam Steigerwalt, 5. Gabrielle Steigerwalt, 6. Bryce Dodig, 7. Deegen Underwood, 8. Maggie Yeakel, 9. Makayla Kohler, 10. Lexus Kutz, 11. Arland Moyer Jr., 12. Zoe Kuchera, 13. Reid Levengood DNS: Zoey Moyer

ECTQ feature finish (20 laps)

: 1. Steven Nederostek, 2. Tyler Wagner, 3. Bob Wagner, 4. Ozzie Carlino, 5. Adam Huff, 6. Vinny Testmaro, 7 Bill DiMatteo