The popular Mahoning Valley Speedway Hall of Fame Series returns Saturday with the Earl Keinert Tribute.

Keinert was most notable at Dorney Park where he began in the early 1960s and spanned his career well into the 1980s. He not only raced at the park, but also at Mahoning Valley during the era of the early 1970s when the track was first paved.

Evergreen Raceway was also a regular stop for the Keinert team. Like so many others from that period, Keinert also competed on dirt, doing so at such venues as Nazareth, Reading, Grandview and more, all with the same car.

Keinert gave several top drivers the chance to race his cars, including sons Earl Jr., and Homer Keinert, Steve Drabick, Rickie Dorshimer, Dick Ruth and Bob Dresser to name a few. He also carried a variety of car numbers through the years that included 2, 02, 24, 33, 52, 75 and 89.

Earl passed away in 1991, but his legacy is still going strong with his grandson, Ryan Berger, who runs with the Hobby Stock class at Mahoning and proudly uses the No. 12.

Saturday’s Earl Keinert Tribute will be race No. 3 of the 2022 Mahoning Valley Speedway Hall of Fame Series. The Modifieds will battle in a 50-lap main.

Heading into Saturday’s event, Kyle Strohl and Earl Paules are tied for first in the MVSHoFS with the Modifieds, though Brian DeFebo, Lou Strohl and Austin Kochenash are all very close behind.

The Street Stocks will go 30 laps. TJ Gursky leads the Street Stocks over Matt Schlenker, Jon Moser and Todd Ahner.

The Hobby Stocks will be contesting in Triple 12s, and each feature will be a cone race.

The best overall finisher in the three races will be proclaimed the champion, and receive a special trophy and one-of-a-kind handmade scale replica #2 Keinert Sportsman coupe.

In the Hobby Stocks, it’s Nick Schaeffer on top over Trisha Connolly and the Boehm brothers, Cody and Jacob.

Also in action will be the Pro 4s and Futures. It’s also Checkered Flag Fan Club Night.