Brian Ellenberger winning a sprint car race wasn't surprising; winning it at a place he had never seen was.

The Butler native finally picked up a win Saturday with the O'Reilly All Stars in, of all places, West Memphis, Ark.

Ellenberger, fifth in All Star points, knew he would win a race somewhere, but he never thought it would be at Riverside International Raceway, nicknamed, "the Ditch."

When asked if he thought his first All Star win would come at the Ditch, Ellenberger laughed. "No, nope, it wasn't. There were 10 other tracks where I thought I'd get my first win, but not there."

He started on the inside of the first row alongside Tim Shaffer of Aliquippa. Shaffer raced at Riverside many times with the World of Outlaws, while this was Ellenberger's first visit to the West Memphis track.

"It was one of those nights where everything went well," Ellenberger said. "It was a slick track and to start on the pole was huge. It was the luck of the draw to get the pole and to hold off Shaffer going into turn one."

Ellenberger said it was about time he finally picked up his first win with the All Stars.

"You know, we've been close so many times ... ," Ellenberger said. "It feels great; I couldn't be any more excited to wear the crown, King of the Ditch."

• Last Friday at Motordrome Speedway, Adam Kostelnik started 12th and finished first for the eighth consecutive time this season in the modifieds.

• Alex Ferree has won the UMP DIRTcar Super Late Model title and Brian Swartzlander is the DIRTcar Modified champ at Lernerville. Tonight, Kevin Schaeffer can win his third consecutive track title in the sprint cars if he can hold off Rod George, who is only 26 points back. Bob Felmlee sits third but hasn't raced since a fire where he received second-degree burns after a fuel nozzle failed, igniting the driver's area. In the UMP DIRTcar Street Stocks, Bob Egley has a 14-point lead over Wayne Carbo and a 21-point margin over Jason Fosnaught in the tightest point battle at Lernerville. Both the sprint and the street stock champion will be decided tonight.

• Pittsburgh attorney Louis Long was re-elected vice president of the board of directors of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum Foundation, located in Knoxville, Iowa.

• Travis Geisler, son of late model champion Lynn Geisler, has been named crew chief for the 77 driven by Sam Hornish in NASCAR's Sprint Cup.