ST. JOHN’S, Pa. – Oxford’s Rusty Smith, coming off a track championship at Mountain Speedway and a career year for victories in 2008, won his first race of the season last weekend at Mountain Speedway.

Smith took the $3,500-to-win, 100-lap race in what was billed as the first leg of the Vacation Speedway Triple Crown. On a re-draw, Smith started in the fourth position, and he worked his way to second-place before pitting at the midway point of the race.