Local Racing
Montgomery and Lynch Celebrate Holiday at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex; No Race Until June 5

MARKLEYSBURG, PA (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex held a Memorial Day doubleheader weekend. On Saturday evening, Flyin’ Ryan Montgomery had a perfect night in the Super Late Model division, setting the fastest time and sweeping his heat, the dash, and the feature event. On Sunday night, third generation driver Sye Lynch won the 410 Sprint Car race. Both drivers received $3,000 for their wins. However, after four successful programs over a three-week period, Roaring Knob will be dark this weekend, as Pennsylvania State Police asked the speedway to shut down. The track plans to resume racing on Saturday, June 5.
Other winners on Saturday included Braeden Dellinger in the Fastrak Crate Late Models and Drake Troutman in the E-mods. Joining Lynch in victory lane Sunday were Garrett Bard in the Allegheny Sprint Tour 305s and Corey Myers in the 270 Micros.
Montgomery’s Magic
Ryan Montgomery and Tyler Carpenter were on the front row for the Late Model main, with Matt Sponnaugle and Michael Lake right behind them. Brian Bernheisel and Shawn Jones were in the third row, with Andy Anderson and Doug Eck in the fourth row. Ken Schaltenbrand and Travis Stickley made up row five.
It took two tries to get the race going, but when the laps started counting, it was clear that Montgomery was the man to beat this night. While he was able to lead the way, he could never break free form Carpenter, especially in the first half of the race. Numerous cautions for minor skirmishes kept giving Carpenter opportunities to challenge but he could not cash in on any of them.
Sponnaugle raced along in third the entire distance. But, behind him, things were pretty intense.
Lake and Bernheisel were mixing things up with Stickely, Jones, and Anderson. In the middle stage of the race, Bernheisel got to the fourth position. He started to close in on Sponnaugle in the second half of the contest, but he ran out of laps.
Drake Troutman came on strong in the second half as well. Starting in row seven, it did not take the young man very long to crack the top ten. He made it up to seventh or eighth and it looked as though that would be his place in the final running order. But then he found something extra and started his march toward the front, reaching fifth by the time the checkers waived.
At the finish, it was Montgomery by several car lengths over Carpenter. Sponnaugle, Bernheisel, and Troutman rounded out the top five. Lake faded to sixth. Dylan Lewis, Stickley, Kyle Knapp, and Clinton Herst were the rest of the top ten.
Heat winners were Montgomery, Anderson, Sponnaugle, and Carpenter. Montgomery won the dash. He also turned in a lap of 15.580 to get the bonus money put up for the fast time.
Trevor Collins jumped out to an early lead from his second starting spot in the Fastrak feature. However, Breaden Dellinger moved into second and he chased Collins for the first seven or eight laps. Just before the midpoint of the race, Dellinger made his move in turns three and four. He ducked under Collins to take the lead.
Dellinger then had to fend off the challenges of two-time winner Joe Martin over the second half of the race. Logan Zarin advanced from row six to the third position. Collins held off Michael Duritsky for fourth. Steve Lowery, John Over, Ryan Frazzee, Jennae Piper, and Andy Spooner were the next five finishers.
Collins, Over, and Martin prevailed in their preliminaries.
Drake Troutman went wire to wire in the E-mod fearure. Mitch Thomas rallied from an early spin to claim the second position. Darcy Rex fell back to third in the waning laps. Greg Hauger and Amber Mills completed the top five. Troutman was the heat winner as well.
Lynch’s Luck
A draw for the first two finishers from each of the four 410 Sprint Car heats put Landon Myers on the pole with Bradley Howard next to him. Sye Lynch lined up in third, flanked by Billy Dietrich. Then came Shelby Sheffer and A.J. Flick. Tim Shaffer shared row four with Chase Dietz, while Trey Jacobs was paired up with Danny Smith in row five.
Myers got out to an early lead, followed by Howard, Flick, Lynch, and Dietz. They maintained that running order through the first five laps. That was when Tyler Ross rolled to a stop on the backstretch. That stoppage enable Lynch to bolt into second on the restart. Shaffer followed into the fourth spot.
The field completed another five rounds before Danny Smith spun in turn two. The restart saw another move in the lead group, as Shaffer passed Howard for third in turn one after taking the green flag.
Myers continued to set a torrid pace, while Shaffer began to close in on Lynch. Another caution came out just after the halfway mark, as Flick slowed. He drove off the track in turn two, ending his bid for a top ten finish.
Myers completed three more laps as the leader when he, too, suddenly slowed. He came to a stop midway down the backstretch, handing the lead over to Lynch.
Lynch held control for the remaining ten laps of the contest. Although Lynch was able to gain some separation in the race’s longest green flag run, Shaffer came storming back in the last few laps. Lynch had caught some slower traffic and that enabled the veteran to close the margin substantially.
When the lead duo took the white flag, Lynch’s lead had shrunk to just a car length or two. Shaffer tucked in behind Lynch as they raced through turns one and two, and he moved around on the backstretch searching for a spot to make a pass for the win. Shaffer dipped to the inside coming off turn four, while Lynch stayed in the middle of the track. Shaffer got to Lynch’s left rear wheel just as the checkers waived.
Behind Lynch and Shaffer was Billy Dietrich. Dietz turned in a creditable run for fourth. Fifth was Cole Duncan, who passed twelve cars to gain the hard charger bonus for the race.
Jeff Halligan was sixth, followed by Howard, Tyler Walton, Jack Sodeman, Jr., and Ross.
The heat winners were Flick, Lynch, Dietrich, and Sheffer. T.J. Michael looked like he would join that group, but a hard crash in turn one on the final lap eliminated him from further competition. he was unhurt. The pair of B Mains went to R.J. Jacobs and Dylan Cisney.
Layton Wagner and Jason Dolick also flipped in turn four in separate incidents, but neither of them were injured. Wagner was able to make repairs and started his heat and the B Main. Dolick was done after his heat race miscue.
In the Allegheny Sprint Tour feature, Bard made his big move on the opening lap wrestling the lead away from Jake Frye as they raced through turns one and two. Kyle Keen and Brandon Hawkins had ringside seats for that display of power. Kyle Colwell and Justin Clark raced along from their third row starting positions.
Bard , Frye, and Keen had a fairly easy time at the front of the field. Clark, Colwell, Hawkins, and Dave Brown were mixing things up for the next several positions. Their battle came to a halt when Colwell slowed for the second caution of the race, with just five laps to go. While the field was circulating under the yellow, Clark came to a stop as well, so two top contenders were eliminated.
Bard completed the final five rounds without incident, as did Frye and Keen. Hawkins crossed in fourth, followed by John Walp. The next five to the finish line were Brown, Larry McVey, Jacob Gomola, Tyler Cochran, and Don Melair.
The three heat winners were Frye, Hawkins, and Clark. Saban Bibent took his car back to Cincinnati with heavy damage as he crashed from the lead of the third heat. He, too, was unhurt. There was no B Main.
In the 270 Micros, Corey Myers easily outdistanced the other racers. But Brian Borawiec and Todd Ruesser put on quite a show fighting for the second spot, which ultimately went to Borawiec. Steve Dunmire was fourth and Ryan Fredericks was fifth. Federicks and Myers split the heats. There was no B Main.
Dirt Racing
Dietrich Does It Again

MECHANICSBURG, PA (July 4, 2025): Danny Dietrich picked up his second Pennsylvania Speedweek win of the 2025 season. The Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway was worth $20,000 to the driver from Gettysburg and it inched him closer to unseating Anthony Macri as the Speedweek Champion. However, Macri finished second, so he still has a twenty-three point cushion over Dietrich heading into the penultimate round at Port Royal Speedway.
Dietrich fought a tight race car for most of the thirty lap affair. “I don’t know what happened to my top wing,” he said. “It got stuck forward early in the race. I thought it had air in it (the hydraulic wing adjuster), and I jammed it back. I wanted to move it forward again, and it wouldn’t move.” So, he completed the race with the wing back.
Fortunately for Dietrich, the car performed well enough in the low groove of the race track that he was able to make some passes at critical moments. One was when he passed a lapped car and Troy Wagaman, Jr. to take over second place on lap thirteen, The other was when he took the lead from Brent Marks coming off turn two on lap twenty.
Dietrich said that he learned how to run the inside groove by watching Lance Dewease. He then added that he wasn’t sure that he could run that line for an entire race, as Dewease has been known to do.
Macri also made an important move at a key moment in the race. He took over second with a well-executed slide job on Brent Marks following the fuel stop on lap twenty-five. “I knew we were really good on restarts,” Macri said. He explained, “with these new tires, you have one or two good laps after a restart.”
Marks, who led two-thirds of the race before finishing third, commented, “it was hard to run the rim late in the race.” He added that, after Macri passed him, he lost his rhythm. “I wasn’t making good laps after the restart.”
Marks sat on the pole as a result of the redraw for the heat winners and fast qualifiers. Next to him was Ryan Smith. Beyond that duo was Dietrich and Lance Dewease. Chase Dietz and Wagaman manned row three. Anthony Macri and T.J. Stutts were the final drivers eligible for the redraw. Justin Whittall and Kody Hartlaub set out from row five, with Lucas Wolfe and Ashton Torgerson in row six.
Logan Schuchart and Brock Zearfoss were relegated to row seven,, with current track points leader Freddie Rahmer, Jr. two rows behind them. Recent winner Chad Trout started shotgun in this event.
Marks powered to the early lead, followed by Ryan Smith, Wagaman, Dietrich, Dewease, and Macri. Wagaman showed early speed, taking third by lap five, and second just four laps after that. Wagaman was using the inside line very effectively. However, as he was chasing Marks, he had to leave the bottom to lap some cars, and his forward progress was gone.
In the middle stage of the race, Macri picked up the pace. He gained two positions following the restart on lap fourteen that resulted from a spin by Steve Buckwalter. He was closing in on Dietrich and Marks, the leaders, when the second caution came out for Brady Bacon who stopped at the exit of turn four. That caution was converted to an open red to allow teams to add fuel for the final five laps.
When the race resumed, Dietrich drove hard into turn one on the low side. Marks tried the cushion, but he could not draw up beside Dietrich. Macri shot the gap, and his slider moved him into second.
Dietrich continued in the low groove and he maintained his advantage over Macri to the finish of the race. Third went to Marks, with Wagaman holding off Dewease for the fourth position. Ryan Smith, Torgerson, Schuchart, Wolfe, and Dietz rounded out the top ten.
Marks, Dietrich, Stutts, and Ryan Smith scored heat race victories. Tyler Ross took the honors in the B Main. Macri was the evening’s fastest qualifier. His time of 15.732 was the best in Group A. Wagaman was tops in Group B with a lap of 17.076 seconds.
Macri has 747 points to Dietrich’s 724 heading to Port Royal Speedway. Wagaman has moved into third in the Speedweek standings and assumed the lead in track points as well. Dietz and Rahmer are fourth and fifth, respectively. Cameron Smith, Wolfe, Zearfoss, Ryan Smith, and Dewease are the next five in Speedweek rankings.
Williams Grove Speedway will be dark next Friday. The 410 Sprints will return to action on July 18, with support from the 358 Sprint cars. Then, the World of Outlaws will invade Williams Grove on July 25 and 26.
Dirt Racing
Improved Larson Gets Redemption at Hagerstown

HAGERSTOWN, MD (July 3, 2025): Kyle Larson thrilled a packed house at Hagerstown Speedway to win round four of Pennsylvania Speedweek. The $10,000 victory will go into the books as his only series win this season for the former Speedweek champion. However, it was an important win for Larson and his team, who rebounded from a disappointing second the night before at Port Royal Speedway. Larson and company have been struggling to get back on track for some higher paying events in the coming months.
“My car was much better tonight, finally,” Larson said with a sigh of relief. “We’ve worked real hard in the last two weeks to get it where we wanted it.”
Larson was able to keep pace with the leader, Danny Dietrich, throughout the race, but the difference was apparent after the fuel stop which came on lap twelve. “I actually thought I was quite a bit better that him (Dietrich) but the red played into his favor.” When the race resumed, Larson stalked him for fifteen more laps until the opportunity presented itself for Larson to shoot past Dietrich coming off turn two. He immediately opened a lead of several car lengths and maintained that advantage to the checkers.
Dietrich, who finished second, explained that he got held up by a slower car when Larson surged ahead. “We just got caught up behind a lapped car.” He added that he was searching for a better line, but Larson had “a better car.” He summed, “that was a frustrating night. I really wanted to win at Hagerstown. Maybe next year.”
Lucas Wolde turned in his best run of Speedweek. “It was a good overall night,” the third place finisher said modestly. “We were making good laps and we were able to stay up front.”
Dietrich drew the pole in the redraw for the four heat winners and three fast cars that transferred into the A Main. Missing from the redraw was the evening’s fastest qualifier, Ryan Smith, who did not finish his heat race due to a mechanical issue.
Wolfe was next to Dietrich on row one, with Brock Zearfoss and Logan Wagner in the second row. Anthony Macri was inside of Larson in row three. They were followed by Troy Wagaman, Jr. and Brady Bacon. Justin Whittall and Chase Dietz made up row the fifth row. Ryan Newton and J.J. Loss completed the first half of the starting grid.
Further back in the line-up were Freddie Rahmer, Jr. and Lance Dewease, in row seven; Ashton Torgerson, in row nine; Kody Hartlaub, in row ten; and Smith, in row ten.
Dietrich sailed into the lead on the opening lap, followed by Wolfe, Larson. Macri, and Wagner. However, on the next round, Tyler Walker tipped his car over in turn two for a red flag. He was unhurt, and returned to action following a pit stop for some minor repairs.
The front runners stayed in formation for several laps after the restart. However, positions in the back half of the top ten were changing, with Wagaman and Rahmer joining the group and Dewease lurking just outside the top ten.
Larson moved into second seven laps into the contest and he began to close in on Dietrich. His pursuit was temporarily stopped on lap twelve, when T.J. Stutts stopped between turns three and four.
Officials took the opportunity to convert the caution into an open red to ensure that the racers would have enough fuel to go the thirty lap distance.
During the red, Dietrich added fuel and adjusted tire pressures. Paul Silva tweaked the left front shock in addition to dumping some fuel.
The final eighteen laps were run without any additional incidents.
Dietrich led the way, with Larson on the prowl. Wolfe continued in third, with Macri moving into fourth, and Zearfoss holding down fifth. Wagaman reached sixth, chased by Dewease, as they climbed ahead of Bacon, Whittall, and Wagner.
Larson scooted by Dietrich coming off turn two with three laps remaining in the contest. He easily completed the appointed rounds.
Dietrich ran second, followed by Wolfe, Macri, and Zearfoss. Wagaman, Dewease, Whittall, Cameron Smith, and Rahmer were sixth through tenth.
Dietrich, Zearfoss, Macri, and Wagner captured the preliminaries. Ryan Smith prevailed in the B Main after repairs were made to his mount. Smith was the fastest overall qualifier and the best in Group B with a lap of 15.199 seconds. Wolfe topped Group A with a quick time of 15.528 seconds.
Macri retained the Speedweek point lead, but his margin shrank a bit. He leads Dietrich 595 to 550 heading into the Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway. Rahmer remains in third, followed by Larson and Cameron Smith. Dietz, Wagaman, Zearfoss, Wolfe, and Ryan Smith round out the top ten with three races left to go.
Dirt Racing
Macri Had Luck on his Side at Port Royal; Dietz Dominates URC Test Session

PORT ROYAL, PA (July 2, 2025): Anthony Macri led every lap at Port Royal Speedway, but he still needed some good luck to ensure his Speedweek victory. Macri spun to avoid a wreck in turn four and retained his starting position. Then, late in the race, he ran out of fuel under a caution that was converted to an open red, again retaining his position at the head of the line.
Chase Dietz, who was doing double duty, dominated the URC 360 Sprint race, which he regarded as a test session for the upcoming Knoxville 360 Nationals.
“I don’t know who was looking out for us,” Macri observed before expressing his thanks for the good fortune. He added that the win was a confidence boost, but could not rely on that with the bulk of Speedweek still remaining.
Second place finisher, Kyle Larson, admitted that he made too many mistakes while chasing Macri. Most notable was his spin in turn two. “I was trying to diamond the corner, and I hit a hole,” he explained. Larson was critical of the late race fuel stop, noting that he always has a larger fuel tank than most of his competitors, and he added that perhaps rules makers should consider some standardization to reduce the need for fuel stops to accommodate racers using smaller fuel tanks.
Third place finisher, Dietz, made a bid for second on the final restart, but he knew that he could not pass Larson, who had momentum in his favor on the high side of turn one.
Larson drew the pole in the redraw for the four heat winners and fast qualifiers. Macri nabbed the number two pill, which may have been the preferred spot given the dominant top groove at the Speed Palace. Justin Whittall, the current track points leader, was inside row two, with Lance Dewease alongside. Dietz and Ryan Smith were in row three, with Brock Zearfoss inside row four as the final driver eligible for teh redraw. His partner was Devin Adams. Then came Logan Wagner and Lucas Wolfe. Behind them were Steve Buckwalter and Mike Walter, Jr.
Speedweek contenders Danny Dietrich and Freddie Rahmer, Jr. were in thirteenth and twenty-third, respectively.
Macri won the race to the topside of turn one, with Larson in hot pursuit. Whittall, Dietz, Dewease, Adams, Buckwalter, Logan Wagner, and Zearfoss followed.
On lap two, Adams spun in between turns three and four while racing in the seventh position.
On the ensuing restart, Macri led Larson, Ryan Smith, Whittall. Dietz, and Dewease. However, Logan Wagner and Danny Dietrich were making some progress. Soon, they were up to sixth and seventh, respectively.
Larson’s spin on lap twenty-two shook up the running order, as Whittall moved up to second, with Dietz, Smith, Dietrich making up the top five. That incident interrupted a good battle among Logan Wagner, Dewease, and Zearfoss for positions in the top ten.
On the next completed lap, Zearfoss flipped in turn four. Zearfoss landed in the high groove, and Macri had to spin to avoid impact with him. The officials ruled that Macri was not part of the incident, so he resumed the point for the restart.
Just a few rounds later, on lap twenty-five, Danny Dietrch coasted to a stop on the backstretch. He was out of fuel. He made a quick trip to the pits, and returned to the fray.
Macri was still the leader for the restart, followed by Whittall and Dietz. Larson raced back up to the fourth spot, with Smith holding fifth. Dewease, Logan Wagner, Ryan Newton, T.J. Stutts, Buckwalter, and A.J. Flick.
The field completed one more lap under green before Whittall and others began to slow for lack of fuel. Larson was on the charge, reaching second.
To Whittall’s chagrin, he was charged with the caution. Macri, who was sputtering, was still moving when the caution was called, so he was not deemed to be part of the caution. Again, he resumed his position for the restart.
The final restart had Macri on the point, followed by Larson, Dietz, Smith, and Logan Wagner.
The last four laps were run without any further incidents. The first five were unchanged. A.J. Flick raced up to sixth, followed by Dewease, Dietrich, Stutts, and Whittall.
The heat winners were Whittall, Smith, Macri, and Dewease. Troy Wagaman, Jr. captured the B Main. Dietz set the mark in Group A qualifications with a lap of 15.859 seconds. Larson was best in Group B with a time of 16.073 seconds.
In the URC nightcap, a redraw for the three top finishers in the heat races determined the front of the starting field. Adam Carberry drew the pole, with Josh Weller in second. Dylan Cisney and Hayden Miller were in row two, followed by Cody Fletcher and Dietz. Mark Smith and Buddy Schweibinz claimed row four. Tyler Ulrich and Cole Young were next. Logan Rumsey and Derek Locke departed from row six.
Carberry bolted out to the early lead, with Fletcher, Weller, Dietz, and Cisney in tow. Before the racers could start to make moves, a caution was called for debris on the track.
On the ensuing restart, Dietz moved into third. On the next trip around, he was second. He slid by Carberry in turn one to gain the lead on lap four.
Over the course of the next eleven laps, Dietz built a lead of nearly five seconds. A caution for Jacob Galloway erased that advantage, but Dietz raced out to an advantage of almost four seconds before a flip by Wyatt Walizer stopped the action with two laps remaining.
At the end of twenty-five laps, the winner was Dietz, followed by Fletcher, Rumsey, Mark Smith, and Carberry. Schweibinz, Weller, Ryan Smith, Seth Schnoke, and Cisney completed the top ten.
The preliminaries for the URC Sprints went to Mark Smith, Cisney, and Schweibinz. No B Main was run, as all twenty-six entrants were allowed to start the A Main.
Port Royal will present the penultimate round of Speedweek on Saturday, July 5, with support from the Super Late Models. On July 12, the 410 and 305 Sprints will be joined by the Limited Late Models. Then, July 19 will feature three divisions of Sprint Cars, the 410, 358, and 305 winged warriors will be in action.