Kevin Harvick, once a candidate for NASCAR's anger management program, picked up his first win on dirt Tuesday at Sharon Speedway.

Harvick and fellow NASCAR driver Dave Blaney, who owns Sharon Speedway, were joined by Tony Stewart and Clint Bowyer in a 25-lap e-mod feature.

Harvick drove a car owned by his Nextel Cup boss, Richard Childress. The other three raced cars belonging to local teams that compete at Sharon on a regular basis.

Bowyer started last in the 25-car field and finished seventh, Blaney started 14th and finished ninth, and Stewart finished 22nd with mechanical problems

One would have thought they would have had an advantage over Harvick because of their experience on dirt as well as knowledge of race setups on the surface.

But Harvick battled local favorite Jeff Sharp for several laps before taking the lead with two laps to go. He then put on driving clinic for the crowd of more than 5,000.

"We've raced the modified two times now and I think this is the eighth time total on dirt," Harvick said. "It says how good this car is."

Sharp was a good sport in victory lane, kidding with Harvick about the five laps added to the race after being told in the drivers meeting that the race was to be 20 laps. But Harvick showed plenty of sportsmanship, donating his winnings to Sharp.

Stewart, while not a factor in the outcome of the race, entertained the crowd afterward in his postrace interview with track announcer Jim Pollack.

"There's no excuse for me being this bad tonight," Stewart said. "I want to come back here next year and have a little better night."

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Rod George won his 113th sprint car race Saturday at Mercer Raceway Park, but it was his the first without a wing. It was the Kittanning native's eighth win of the year at MRP. Tomorrow night at Mercer, Beaver County residents receive free general admission with ID. ... George (sprints) and Doug Iorio II (pro stocks) clinched track championships at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin. ...

Kyle Lukon won his fourth crate late model feature at PPMS while Daryl Charlier won for the third time in the e-mods. Dusty Curry won his 11th in the Young Guns and Davy Lee grabbed win No. 9 in the Amateur Stocks. Danny Rich won for the second time in the pure stocks and former Pittsburgh Pa. Motor Speedway late model champ Keith Barbara won the Garin Memorial, his first win of the season at PPMS.

Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex near Uniontown gets back in action at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow after a two-week break. The first week dark was due to the Fayette County Fair and the second because of the heavy rains that hit the track. ... At Motordrome Speedway, Adam Kostelnik won both the modified and street stock features. In the American Flyers feature it was Paul Rosa, a crew member for Kostelnik and a rookie driver, leading every lap to pick up his first trophy. ... Mike Lutz of Mercer, won for the his first time in 10 years at Lernerville driving Martha Dionise's No. 15 sprint car, which has not been in victory lane at Lernerville since July 1, 1988. Kevin Schaeffer finished fifth in the sprint feature but that was enough to propel the reigning champ into the points lead over George by 13 and Ed Lynch Jr. by 26 with two races remaining. Lynch returns to Lernerville tonight after competing at the Knoxville Nationals, where he finished 19th Saturday night and pocketed more than $8,000. Dutch Davies won his first late model feature at Lernerville while Jake Ayers won his first career pure stock feature. Brian Swartzlander won the modified feature in most dramatic fashion, on three tires. Swartzlander's right rear tire was in shreds as he crossed the finish line. ... The 23rd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading runs through Sunday with more than 10 local drag racers representing Western Pennsylvania.