Joe Pavia Jr. drove his 4,000th career winner at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Monday afternoon when he scored with Frontier in the sixth race. It was his third win on the card. Pavia, a native of eastern Pennsylvania, got his start in harness racing at Vernon Downs and began driving in 1981 and won his first driving dash title in 1989 at Pompano Park. During his career he’s won the American National, Matron, Garnsey Memorial, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Mistletoe Shalee with such notables as Ruler’s Chippie, Smasher, Easy Goer and Dolce. Today
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