CENTRAL CITY, PA - Kyle Merkel tasted victory on Saturday night at Thunder Valley Raceway during Round No. 4 of the Steel-Block Bandits Series.
Finishing second in his heat race, Kyle charged into second by lap two of the 35-lap main. On lap 12, Kyle charged into the lead with an outside pass of Rick Singleton, who later went to the pits with a broken shock. Kyle led the remainder of the event comfortably to win over D.J. Troutman for his third Bandits victory, putting him second on the all-time win list for the series.
Sean Merkel, meanwhile, finished third in the main event in only his sixth start since returning to the Late Model division. Sean won a heat event at Thunder Valley with his No. 118.
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