(Abbottstown, PA February 27, 2021): Tim Wagaman, from nearby Hanover, PA, won the $5,000 Icebreaker 30 at the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway. The triumph was just the second career 410 Sprint Car victory for the driver recognized earlier in the day as the track’s Most Improved driver.

Wagaman made a calculated, but risky, move on the outside of turns one and two on a lap 6 restart. He pulled alongside the leader, Kyle Moody, and won the drag race to turn three. Wagaman had discussed the tactic with his race team before the start of the feature event. “I tried to keep it against the curb and to roll it around there,” he explained. The move was more precarious because the racing groove was narrower than usual. “I couldn’t do it on the start but got a chance of the restart.”

Moody and Wagaman were on the front row for the season’s first event. Tim Glatfelter and Matt Campbell were in row two. Chase Dietz and Alan Krimes were paired up in the third row., with Dylan Cisney and Tyler Esh stacked up behind them. Dylan Norris and Jordan Givler were in row five. Hunter Mackison and Anthony Macri rolled off in row six. Some of the area’s top stars were even further back in the starting line-up. Defending track champion Freddie Rahmer, Jr., was scheduled to go from sixteenth, but he forfeited his position for one at the tail of the field. Arch rival Danny Dietrich was slated for twentieth, and new Posse member Tim Shaffer for twenty-fourth. Steve Buckwalter started twenty-fifth after flipping in the first heat race.

Moody got the jump on Wagaman at the drop of the green. Wagaman nestled into second, with Campbell, Glatfelter, Dietz, and Krimes fighting for third. Moody began to pull away from the pack and it looked as though the hard luck driver would get things going the right way in the new year. However, the caution for Jordan Mackison on lap five brought Moody back to the rest of the racers and set up Wagaman’s winning move on the ensuing restart.

Once Wagaman was in control, the fast lane was down on the bottom of the speedway. Moody remained in second, trailed by Campbell, Glatfelter, and Krimes. There were a pair of restarts on lap 12. While the top five remained unchanged, positions sixth though ten changed, as an incident in turn one took out a couple of the contestants. Nobody was injured, but the running order did change significantly as a result.

The racers completed the remainder of the race without incident. Wagaman continued to lead, but Moody started to reel him in. Campbell also began to make his way to the front. He took second with twenty laps in the books, but Moody came charging back. There was slight contact between them in turn one on lap 23, and Campbell went up the track, losing several positions in the process. That also gave Wagaman some needed breathing room.

While Wagaman led the way, he encountered some lapped traffic. That gave Moody a chance to close in again during the waning laps. “The car was there today, we didn’t have real good luck,” he said. “He (Wagaman) got around me. I might have had a chance in traffic,” his voice trailing off. But Wagaman was flawless and went on to the popular victory.

After Wagaman and Moody came Glatfelter. “My guys did a good job, but it got kinda one grooved out there today.” Krimes was fourth, followed by Campbell.

Macri led Brandon Rahmer, Cisney, Justin Peck, and Tyler Ross across the finish line. Shaffer was the hard charger, crossing in twelfth. Freddie Rahmer, Jr. and Danny Dietrich were early retirees.

Three heats started the day’s fun. WIns went to Cisney, Krimes, and Norris. The B Main was eliminated and all
twenty-six cars were allowed to take the green.

Another 410 Sprint Car program is on tap March 6, with racing to begin at 2 p.m. There will be open practice sessions for all divisions of racers following the conclusion of the program. Support divisions will appear on March 13, when the Central PA Legends are added; March 20, when the 358 Sprints make their first appearance; and March 27, when the 305 Sprints come to the Pigeon Hills. Evening racing will commence on March 20, with a 6 p.m. start.

GIBSONTON, FL (February 11, 2021): After suffering through two embarassing starts during last week’s Top Gun Sprint Series races held at East Bay Raceway Park, Danny Martin, Jr. dominated the action on night one of the King of the 360 Nationals. Martin spun out in the early going in two of the three races for the Limited Sprints during the 45th running of the Winternationals. However, on this night, the native of Sarasota, FL kept the car pointed in the proper direction for all 25 laps.

“Man, I’m getting old,” a Martin said while struggling to catch his breath. “I’m going to be 35. I need to hit the gym. That was a long green flag run on a heavy track like that,” he added. Martin, who passed up a 360 Sprint show at another Florida speedway, explained that the extra laps at East Bay, albeit in a Limited Sprint, helped him find the winning formula. “A lot of these guys were sliding up. I kinda figured out how to arc the corner and keep it low and it just worked out. I haven’t been able to do that in a long time.”

Brett Wright had the pole for round one of the 360 Sprints by virtue of his eighth to second place run in his heat race. The passing points system put Dale Howard, a heat winner, to his outside. Terry McCarl, who also excelled in his heat, started in third, next to Tyler Gunn. Jacob Karklin and Conner Leoffler were in row three, followed by ageless Terry Gray and Danny Martin, Jr. Row five paired Ben Brown and Davey Franek. Mark Smith, who battled TMac throughout their exciting heat race, was inside row six. Dustin Gates was his dancing partner for the start of the event. Tim Shaffer, making his 360 Sprint debut for the Heffner stable, started in row seven.

Howard blasted out to the lead, followed by Wright, Terry McCarl, Gray, Martin, and Gunn. Howard led the way for the first seven laps, but Martin was slicing and dicing the competition. He moved into second by lap five. He rolled the outside of turn three to sweep into the lead when Howard hesitated momentarily after closing in on a lapped car. Martin pinned Howard behind that machine and never looked back.

While Martin was getting most of the attention, Shaffer was also marching toward the front. He passed nine cars in the first five laps and he had plenty of momentum. He reached second by lap ten and he was closing in on Martin as they worked through the heavy traffic.

It appeared as though Shaffer’s only shot at the leader would have to be in traffic. However, the only caution of the race came on lap 21, when Austin McCarl pulled his sputtering car off the track at the entry to turn three. McCarl was positioned too close to the racing surface to please race control, so the yellow was displayed.

Although that eliminated Martin’s shrinking margin over Shaffer, it also gave him a clean track to work with. When the green light flashed on again, Martin took off like a startled cat. He opened a three car length advantage over Shaffer instantly and continued to pull away in the remaining laps of the race.

Meanwhile, Howard was struggling to stay ahead of Smith in the final laps. Wright and Eric Riggins, up from
nineteenth at the start, were fighting for fifth. TMac and Gunn were holding off Leoffler and Max Stambaugh.

At the checkers, it was Martin by 2.056 seconds over Shaffer. Howard prevailed over Smith, with Riggens claiming fifth. Terry McCarl, Wright, Gunn, Stambaugh, and Cale Conley completed the top ten.

Six heats were held, with the winners hailing from six different states. Leoffler, Gray, Martin, Howard, Brown, and Gunn each saw the checkers first. Stambaugh, Conley, and Riggens won their respective B Mains. Forty-nine drivers from 18 states registered for this contest.

Support races were held for the Mini Sprints and Micro Sprints. Bruce Comer topped Jim Kradel, Don Quinn, Jojo Davis, and James McNulty in the Minis. Doug Dyal survived a one-lap dash to the finish of the Micro main which was shortened to ten laps due to attrition. Paul Seburn was the other finisher. Richard Sapp, Joshua Davis, and William Burnside were scored third through fifth based on laps completed.

BARBERVILLE, FL (February 4, 2021) – Carson Macedo went wire-to-wire to take the victory in the Ollies Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Sugarlands Shine Southern Tour finale at Volusia Speedway Park.

Starting on the outside of the front row, Macedo took the lead from the start, working the high side cruising around Volusia’s half-mile. Macedo was relatively unchallenged for most of the 25-lap program.

“This team did an amazing job tonight and I’m super thrilled with how things are going,” said Macedo of the No. 41 Jason Johnson Racing team. “We were able to put ourselves in great positions during the entire program and we really executed. I’m just super grateful to be a part of this race team. To come out of the box and win the second night out is pretty incredible.”

Logan Schuchart held on to finish second, followed by Brad Sweet, David Gravel, and Danny Dietrich.

The All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will return to competition on Friday and Saturday, April 9-10, when the Series visits Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio, for the Core and Main Spring Nationals.