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Central PA Weekend Racing Report
By Louis Long for Pittsburgh Racing Now
Amid speculation that the threat of caronavirus would cause a halt to dirt track racing, three Central PA speedplants completed their programs. The 410 Sprint Car division was the center of attention at all three speedways, with Super Late Models and Legends Cars in the mix as well.
Lincoln Speedway: Alan Krimes and Joe Ryan Osborne
Steady Alan Krimes was the fourth and final driver to lead the feature for the 410 Sprint Cars. He inherited the lead from Ryan Smith with five laps to go in the matinee show, when Smith tangled with a lapped car and spun to the inside of the track midway down the backstretch.
Cale Thomas led the early going and it looked as though the Indiana driver might notch his first win in Posse land. But Thomas bent his right rear wheel when he struck the wall coming through turn four with seven laps in the books. Thomas was attempting to avoid the overturned car of Dylan Norris at the time.
That handed the lead to Jimmy Siegel. Siegel led the next eleven rounds. Toward the end of his tenure as the race leader, Siegel was being chased by Smith. Siegel was using a pick maneuver to pin Smith behind a lapped car. While that strategy worked for a couple of laps, it backfired on Siegel once. The lapper came up the track a bit in turn one and that slowed his momentum in the middle groove. It also opened the inside lane for Smith, who scooted past with ease.
Smith’s misfortune came just two laps later. He was trying to put Thomas a lap down when the incident occurred.
Krimes was able to complete the rest of the race without incident. Siegel held on for second. Then came the Rahmer brothers, first Freddie and then Brandon, who sits atop the track points standings. Brian Montieth was fifth. Adam Wilt, Billy Dietrich, Scott Fisher, Chad Trout, and Tyler Walton completed the top ten.
Joe Ryan Osborne made the long tow from North Carolina pay off, as he was victorious in the Legends Car undercard. Surprisingly, it was only his fourth start on a dirt surface. Brian Racine, Bill Diehl, Zachary Settle, and Chris Transeau rounded out the top five. Chandler Pagnotta had a horrific crash on the frontstretch in his B Main, but he was unhurt.
There were 24 Sprints and 39 Legends Cars on hand.
Lincoln will return to action this Saturday with a 6 p.m. start. On the card will be 410 and 358 Sprint Cars.
Port Royal: Lance Dewease and Donnie Lingo
To the north, Port Royal dropped the green with a 4 p.m. start, making it impossible for any of the Sprint Car racers to try the double.
Lance Dewease led wire to wire in the the non-stop 25 lapper for the 410 Sprint Cars. Dewease started on the pole and had a lead of almost nine seconds late in the race. The victory was number 113 for the Hall of Fame driver. Two-time and defending track champ Logan Wagner was a distant second. Danny Dietrich, Lucas Wolfe, and Mike Wagner completed the top five. Then came Brock Zearfoss, Jeff Halligan, Brent Marks, Blane Heimbach, and Kody Lehman.
A.J. Flick was eleventh in his second start at the Port this season. George Hobaugh, Jr. retired early and was scored in twenty-second. Not making the show were Brent and Brandon Matus, and Jonathan Jones.
Donnie Lingo led his fellow first stater, Ross Robinson, to the checkers in the Late Model go. Opening day winner, Trevor Feathers, was third. Mike Lupfer and Tim Smith, Jr. were fourth and fifth. Scott Flickinger, teenager Drake Troutman, Dan Stone, Dylan Yoder, and Colton Flinner were the next five finishers.
There were 33 Sprints and 29 Late Models signed in.
Port Royal has a two-day event this coming weekend. Sprints and ULMS Late Models will be on tap Saturday at 4 p.m. The ULMS Late Models will be joined by the Short Track Super Series Modifieds Sunday, with a 2 p.m. start.
Williams Grove: Carson Macedo
For the second week in a row, a California driver reached victory lane in the midstate. This time, it was World of Outlaws driver Carson Macedo who claimed the victory, his first ever at Williams Grove Speedway. Macedo was slated to race with the WoO in Texas, but when that event was cancelled due to the caronavirus pandemic, his team headed north for some action.
Macedo took the lead away from Ryan Smith, who led from the start. Smith had some bad luck in this contest as well, getting into a slower machine and having his nose wing collapse.
Danny Dietrich chased Macedo to the finish. Lance Dewease brought his wounded car home in third. Dewease started fourteenth and had one of the fastest cars on the track in the first half of the contest. Brent Marks and Smith were the next finishers.
Freddie Rahmer, Gerard McIntyre, Jr., Brian Montieth, Anthony Macri, and Rick Lafferty held down positions six through ten.
George Hobaugh, Jr. won his heat and logged a top fifteen run in the feature. Brandon Matus held off Dewease to earn a pill draw finish for his heat, but he dropped out after going a lap down in the feature. Brent Matus was sixth in the B Main and did not make the big dance.
There were 32 cars in the pits.
Williams Grove will have its first night show this Friday, with 410 Sprints and the ULMS Late Models.
MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 3, 2025) – Chase Dietz, of York, PA, led a Posse sweep of four of the top five positions on night number one of the National Open Weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. Joining Dietz on the front stretch were second place finisher, Lance Dewease, and the third place runner, Danny Dietrich. Justin Whittall was fifth in the race. The only card carrying Outlaw was Carson Macedo, who led the first twenty-one laps before fading to fourth at the finish.
“I just want to soak it in,” Dietz said as he tried to catch his beath following the exhilarating victory, his first ever against the travelling band. Although Dietz noted that he had speed all year at the Grove, his team assembled a new car this week and, in doing so, they made a lot of changes. “The car was very maneuverable.”
Although Dietz ran most of the race in the top groove, he admitted, “I knew that the bottom was going to come in. I knew that I had to get down there before Lance (Dewease) did. I saw his nose.” As it turned out, Dietz barely got to the bottom ahead of Dewease, forcing the cagy veteran to move to the middle in the closing laps.
“We’re just extremely grateful to be here, this sport can be very humbling,” Dietz added. Even last year, when he was running his own cars, Dietz explained that they fought hard to be competitive with the Outlaws. Although they were winless, they showed good speed and had a podium finish against the Outlaws in the 2024 National Open. “I looked back at the nights when we didn’t win, and I tried to figure out what we needed to do to bet better.”
Dewease, who followed Dietz into second on lap twenty-two and wh briefly challenged him for the lead, commented, “the last three or four laps I wasn’t very good. The lapped cars made it interesting.”
Dietrich, who completed the podium for the Posse, felt that he may have had the fastest car in the final laps but, he added, “things didn’t go my way.” He explained that, when he did pass Dewease, he did not get enough of a gap on him, and that let him (Dewease) get back in.”
Macedo drew the pole for the Dash and his win in that event placed him on the pole for the twenty-five lap preliminary, which paid $12,000 to the winner. Dietrich lined up on his right, Dewease and Dietz made up row two, followed by David Gravel and Buddy Kofoid. Diason Pursley and Justin Whittall stacked our row four. Then came Daryn Pittman and Bill Balog. Row six paired Kody Hartlaub with Justin Peck.
The back of the field was almost as impressive as the first six rows. Back there were racers such as Kerry Madsen (fourteenth), Giovanni Scelzi (sixteenth), Brock Zearfoss (seventeenth), Brent Marks (eighteenth), Ryan Timms (nineteenth), Freddie Rahmer, Jr. (twentieth), Sheldon Haudenschild (twenty-first), Logan Schuchart (twenty-first), and Troy Wagaman (twenty-sixth).
Macedo held off Dietrich in turn one to assume control of the race. Dietz ran in third on the opening lap, but he drove under Dietrich in turn four to take over second one lap later. Dewease ran along in fourth, followed by Kofoid, Gravel, Whittall, Pittman, Pursley, and Balog in the early going.
The running order was pretty static through the first five or six laps. The top ten had a major shake-up on lap seven, though. Something broke on Pittman’s car in turn three, and he spun wildly toward the outside wall. In the process, he collected Pursley, Balog, and Hartlaub. Pittman and Pursely retired from the race due to the damage incurred, but Balog and Hartlaub were able to rejoin the field for the restart after pitting for repairs.
That fracas was the only caution of the race.
Macedo and Dietz resumed the battle for the lead on the restart. However, one lap later, Dewease moved into third, ahead of Dietrich, Kofoid, and Gravel. Whittall, Peck, Scelzi, and Rahmer made up the balance of the top ten. At that juncture, Wagaman was about six positions behind Rahmer in their race within the race for the point championship.
Through the middle stage of the race, Dietz began to close in on Macedo. Dewease continued in third, several car lengths behind the leaders. Dietrich was about the same distance back in fourth.
Dietz caught up to Macedo with about five or six laps remaining in the contest. He managed to pass Macedo on the inside of turn three on lap twenty-one, but Macedo countered in turn four to regain the lead.
Macedo dove to the inside heading into turn one, but he scrubbed off spme speed. Dietz was able to get some momentum coming through turn two and that propelled hin down the backstretch. He slid Macedo for the lead coming through turns three and four, and Dewease followed in his tire tracks to take over second coming off turn four.
Dietz missed the bottom entering turn one, and Dewease poked his nose under him going through the turn, Dietz recovered, and he got a good run off turn two to preserve his lead. Dietz then committed to the low line for the final laps, requiring Dewease to move more toward the middle of the track.
Dietrich dispatched Macedo and he got a run on Dewease near the end of the race. However, Dewease was able to reclaim second soon thereafter.
At the finish, it was Dietz by a tad under eight tenths of a second over Dewease. Dietrich was third, followed by Macedo and Whittall. Kofoid, Gravel, Scelzi,Peck, and Marks completed the top ten.
Rahmer was eleventh, and Wagaman sixteenth. Although Wagaman was the hard charger at plus ten, he lost valuable points to Rahmer. The two racers will be separated by 125 points, unofficially, heading into Saturday’s season finale.
Heat wins were scored by Gravel, Kofoid, Dewease, and Pursley. Ryan Newton won the non-qualifiers race. Kyle Spence recovered from a tipover in his heat race to capture the C Main. The B Main went to Haudenschild. Gravel was the evening’s fastest qualifier, with a lap of 16.409 seconds topping Group A. Dewease timed the best in Group B, with a lap of 16.760 seconds. Fifty-six cars participated in the event.
HARTFORD, OH (September 27, 2025) – Dale Blaney had the hometown crowd on their feet and screaming after winning the World of Outlaws feature Saturday Night at Sharon Speedway, the track owned for years by the Blaney family.
Blaney started fifth and passed Cole Macedo on lap 11 for the lead then held off a furious last lap charge by Buddy Kofoid to win by just 0.136 seconds for the $12,000 payday!
The victory was Blaney’s first World of Outlaws victory in 10-years, becoming the oldest winner in Series history at 61 years 7 months and 28 days. Blaney broke the previous record set by his older brother Dave when he won at 58 years of age in 2021 at Sharon.
“There’re so many good young race car drivers out here, but to win a race at 61 (years old) is awesome,” said Blaney. ““I had the feeling that I was never going to win an Outlaw race ever again. I don’t race much. This is our sixth race this year. I haven’t run in seven weeks. The car was awesome. We just got it back together this week. I don’t know what to say. It’s great and cool to win this at Sharon Speedway- it’s the only place I’ve run this year. This is a special freaking night. I know that.”
“I wanted traffic,” said Kofoid. “My car is usually amazing in traffic. He slipped up, and then I kind of got in his air and got me slipped up. And then I hit the wall coming to the checkered, and it shot me down the track. I tried to send it and was close. I’m just happy for Dale and Dave.”
Sheldon Haudenschild finished third follow by WoO points leader David Gravel in fourth. Logan Schuchart rounded out the Top 5.
The night however belonged to the Blaney family, who fittingly closed out the the first year of the new ownership group of Dave Blaney, Ryan Blaney, and Will Thomas III in Victory Lane.
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (September 27, 2025): A persistent, localized drizzle forced a stoppage of the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Lincoln Speedway. The event, which was originally dubbed the Fallen Firefighters Memorial, was expanded to give tribute to the three York County police officers recently slain while serving a subpoena.
Brett and Jordan Strickler, policemen in the area, honored the fallen officers on the wings of their 410 Sprint Cars.
The 410 Sprint Cars were ready to take to the track for their feature event when the rain set in for the second time of the night. A brief shower interrupted the heat races for the 358 Sprint Cars. However, after the rain stopped, the track crew and push truck operators quickly prepared the surface so that all qualifications could be completed.
The line-ups for both feature races are set, and the events will be completed on October 18, along with the full program for both divisions in the Final 50. So, fans will be treated to four features that evening.
The point races in both divisions will conclude on October 18.
Dallas Schott, Kyle Moody, and Billy Dietrich won the heat races for the 410 Sprinters. Ryan “Fig” Newton prevailed in the B Main. Troy Wagaman, Jr. was the fastest qualifier of the twenty-nine cars on hand. His time was an astonishing 12.855 seconds. He was one of four racers to turn sub-thirteen second laps.
In the 358 Sprint Car preliminaries, the checkers waved for Cameron Merriman, Logan Spahr, and Cody Fletcher. There were twenty-one 358 Sprints checked in for the contest.
On October 4, Lincoln Speedway will present AMA Flat Track Motorcycles and Quads. There will be no auto races in consideration of the National Open to be held at Williams Grove Speedway. The World of Outlaws will take on the Pennsylvania Posse on October 11. The Lincoln season will conclude with the blockbuster event, the Final 50 plus the held over features.
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