Port Royal Speedway Opening Day All-Time Win List
Port Royal Speedway Opening Day All-Time Win List
Port Royal Speedway Opening Day All-Time Win List
Fayetteville, PA's Lance Dewease has won opening day at Port Royal Speedway in each of the past three decades (1994, 2003, 2018) and will attempt to add a fourth this Sunday at the 79th annual opener at the "Speed Palace".
In last year's opener, it was All Star Circuit of Champions invader, Cory Eliason, who picked up his first ever win at Port Royal.
Todd Shaffer remains the all-time king on opening day with three-win streaks in 1995-1997 and 2007-2009 giving "Mr. Excitement" a record tally of six.
Semi-active Dave Blaney holds the distinction of the having the longest gap between opening day wins, claiming his first 1984 and waiting 29 years before returning to victory lane in 2013.
The weekly Super Late Model division joined the opening day card in 2013 with Andy Haus victorious. Haus won again in 2016 and remains tied with Jason Covert (2017, 2019) with most SLM wins on opening day.
Check out the list of Port Royal opening day winners and watch the 2021 Opening Day at Port Royal Speedway this Sunday, March 7 live on FloRacing at 2:00 PM ET.
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Port Royal Speedway All-Time Opening Day Win List
| 1950 | Elmer Gray |
| 1951 | Curt Zook |
| 1952 | Eddie McCardle |
| 1953 | Carl Vogt |
| 1954 | Luke Gutshall |
| 1955 | Jimmy Gibbons |
| 1956 | Eddie McCardle (2) |
| 1957 | Eddie McCardle (3) |
| 1958 | Al Chamberlain |
| 1959 | Dick Tobias |
| 1960 | Dick Tobias (2) |
| 1961 | Sonny Kratzer |
| 1962 | Bryan Osgood |
| 1963 | Roger Sowers |
| 1964 | Henry Jacoby |
| 1965 | Dick Swarmer |
| 1966 | Mitch Smith |
| 1967 | Mitch Smith (2) |
| 1968 | Milt Miller |
| 1969 | Johnny Grum |
| 1970 | Mitch Smith (3) |
| 1971 | Mitch Smith (4) |
| 1972 | Jan Opperman |
| 1973 | Jan Opperman (2) |
| 1974 | Lynn Paxton |
| 1975 | Johnny Grum (2) |
| 1976 | Jay Myers |
| 1977 | Jay Myers (2) |
| 1978 | Jay Myers (3) |
| 1979 | Lynn Paxton (2) |
| 1980 | Lynn Paxton (3) |
| 1981 | Keith Kauffman |
| 1982 | Steve Smith |
| 1983 | Bobby Davis Jr. |
| 1984 | Dave Blaney |
| 1985 | Keith Kauffman (2) |
| 1986 | Doug Wolfgang |
| 1987 | Stevie Smith |
| 1988 | Dan Dietrich |
| 1989 | Joey Gravino |
| 1990 | Dave Kelly |
| 1991 | Jeff Swindell |
| 1992 | Joey Kuhn |
| 1993 | Keith Kauffman (3) |
| 1994 | Lance Dewease |
| 1995 | Todd Shaffer |
| 1996 | Todd Shaffer (2) |
| 1997 | Todd Shaffer (3) |
| 1998 | Fred Rahmer |
| 1999 | Kevin Gobrecht |
| 2000 | Skip Jackson |
| 2001 | Alan Cole |
| 2002 | Keith Kauffman |
| 2003 | Lance Dewease (2) |
| 2004 | Mark Smith |
| 2005 | Mark Smith (2) |
| 2006 | Todd Shaffer (4) |
| 2007 | Todd Shaffer (5) |
| 2008 | Todd Shaffer (6) |
| 2009 | Chad Layton |
| 2010 | Rick Lafferty |
| 2011 | Blaine Heimbach |
| 2012 | Greg Hodnett |
| 2013 | Dave Blaney-410 (2) Andy Haus-SLM |
| 2014 | Blane Heimbach-410 (2) Tim Wilson-SLM |
| 2015 | Aaron Ott-410 Mike Lupfer-SLM |
| 2016 | Greg Hodnett-410 (2) Andy Haus-SLM |
| 2017 | Lynton Jeffery-410 Jason Covert-SLM |
| 2018 | Lance Dewease-410 (3) Jeff Rine-SLM |
| 2019 | Dylan Cisney-410 Jason Covert-SLM (2) |
| 2020 | Cory Eliason-410 Trever Feathers-SLM |