What won the race: Seventh-starting Travis Stemler of Ionia, Mich., executed two perfect restarts with less than 10 laps remaining tto lead the final six laps of the Dan Salay Memorial at Crystal (Mich.) Motor Speedway, good for $11,000 in the track's richest-ever race. Stemler won by 1.609 seconds over Dona Marcoullier, who took control on a lap-44 restart from Stemler before the winner regained the lead on the next lap's restart.

Quotable: "I mean, when this track gets like this, this car really loves it. Once I found that little groove, everybody kept using up the cushion and I dropped down a little bit," Stemler said. "I could feel the time getting better and better, and those guys were tight and loose. I said, 'Man, for $11,000, you have to go for it.' It was a heck of a race between me and Dona at the end."

Key notes: Devin Shiels, winner of Friday's 30-lap qualifier, led the opening 40 laps, but slipped off the turn-two banking on the lap-41 restart as Stemler made his first pass for the lead. Shiels dropped down the leaderboard to 14th until he spun in turn four on the 44th lap. He was credited with 14th. … Saturday’s main event started with a six-car pileup that resulted in a 17-minute red flag when Rylee Knoll got turned around on the initial start, collecting Chad Finley, Garrett Wiles, Derrick Hilliker, Brenten DeYoung and Jimmy Gallagher. Hilliker, the reigning track champ, flipped over and couldn’t continue. DeYoung won Thursday's $2,000 Thirlby Throwdown. … Three additional cautions slowed the 50-lap feature, including a lap-13 spin for seventh-running Cody Bauer and Shiels's lap-43 spin. Bauer spun again on lap 44 while running 14th. … The race lasted 46 minutes, with 11 drivers running at the finish.

On the move: Rich Neiser of Fruitport, Mich., started 20th and finished eighth.

Winner's sponsors: Stemler's Anklam Racing Infinity Race Car has a Pro Power Racing Engine and sponsorship from Cusack Collision, Great Lakes Directional Drilling, AP Smillie Contracting, Fisk Trucking, C&L Trucking, Nortan Equipment Sales, Summit Health Club, MacAllister CAT Rentals, Gary And Sharon Roberts-Patrick, Rod N Kim, Clyde Kinne, Tim and Jody Hall, Nash Akin’s Beef Farm, Positive Cleaning, Budda’s Drinking Team and Shirley’s Chuck Wagon.

Points chase: Crystal points before Saturday: 1. Derrick Hilliker (339); 2. David Hilliker (290); 3. Jimmy Gallagher (273); 4. Brenten DeYoung (265); 5. Logan Nickerson (260).

Current weather: Clear, 86°F

Car count: 41

Fast qualifier: Logan Nickerson

Time: 13.567 seconds

Polesitter: Logan Nickerson

Heat race winners: Logan Nickerson, Mike Vandermark, Devin Shiels, Brandon Thirlby

Consolation race winners: Chad Finley, Rylee Knoll

Provisional starters: Curtis Roberts, J.C. Witherspoon, Brenten DeYoung