Dirt Racing
Peck and Blair Dominate at Williams Grove
WILLIAMS GROVE, PA (March 26, 2021): Justin Peck, of Monrovia, IN, and Max Blair, of Titusville, PA, scored their first career victories at the venerable William Grove Speedway. Peck’s 410 Sprint car win was his second of the season in the mid-state area, while Blair’s ULMS Late Model triumph was his 31st with the traveling band.
Peck was happy to throw a monkey off his back at Williams Grove. “It feels real good because I was here a few times last year and I really sucked.” At the time, Peck was driving for veteran car owner John Trone, and things just did not work out for the team. Now Peck is the hired gun for the Pennsylvnia-based All Star team fielded by Tom Buch, and he couldn’t be happier. “We’ve seemed to hit it pretty well, We’ve been fast every time we hit the track.” Peck’s other win came at Port Royal Speedway. He also has a second to his credit at Lincoln Speedway. His overall performances have put him atop the prestigious Central Pennsylvania overall standings, a spot that he will relinquish when the All Stars northern schedule kicks off in a few weeks time.
Peck was fortunate in drawing good starting positions this night. He started on the pole and dominated his heat race. He lined up second for the feature event. Veteran T.J. Stutts snookered him on the initial start, but Peck got a second chance when Hunter Mackison brought out the first caution of the event. Peck was better prepared on the second try and he powered off turn four with a scant lead that he stretched over the first half of the race.
Behind Stutts and Peck for the start of the race were Steve Buckwalter and Mackison. Kyle Reinhardt and Ryan Taylor were in row three. The luck of the draw assigned a pair of 39s to row four, with Tyler Dietz on the inside and Anthony Macri on the outside. Kerry Madsen and Freddie Rahmer, Jr. occupied row five, with Justin Henderson and Brandon Rahmer pulling the two worst pills available. Tim Shaffer took off from position 14, while Matt Campbell departed from position 17. In the very last starting position was Danny Dietrich, who made the race as an alternate when Brett Shearer scratched from the event.
Peck sailed into the first turn with a two car length advantage over Stutts when the race was officially underway. Buckwalter and Reinhardt led Dietz and Taylor in the early going. A bobble by Reinhardt allowed Dietz to move ahead with three laps in the books.
The top five ran in order, but the margins grew, especially for Peck and Stutts. However, racers were making moves to gain entry into the top ten. Rahmer Jr. and Shaffer were showing th emost progress, while Macri was able to crack into the top ten by the time the halfway sign was shown to the field.
Tyler Courtney was challenging Macri for the position when he looped it in turn four with fourteen laps completed. While there were no changes up front on the restart, Shaffer quickly picked off two cars in turn one to snag fifth spot. Shaffer passed Buckwalter for fourth just as the second caution flag waived on lap 15. This time, it was for Robbie Kendall stopping on the front stretch. So, Shaffer had to surrender the position for the restart.
It took Shaffer two more trips around the old half mile to regain the fourth position. While he drew close to Dietz over the remainder of the race, he could not pull off the pass. Meanwhile, Peck and Stutts were gone.
A final caution appeared on lap 24 when Macri stopped in turn four, which set up a one lap dash for the cash. Peck blasted away from Stutts and corssed under the checkers for a $5,500 pay day. Stutss was second, followed by Dietz and Shffer. Buckwalter held on for fifth. Then came Rahmer, Jr., Reinhardt, Taylor, Dietrich and Madsen.
Heat wins were chalked up by Peck, Stutts, and Macri. The B Main went to Lucas Wolfe. Fan favorite Lance Dewease scratched from the B Main.
In the ULMS Late Models, Blair earned the pole position by setting the fast time in the pole scamble. Next to him was Andy Haus. Coleby Frye and Mike Lupfer made up the second row. The other scramble participants, Dylan Yoder and Kyle Lee had the third row. Drake Troutman and Gene Knaub were in the fourth row, with Jason Covert and Shaun Jones in row five. Ryan Scott and Gary Stuhler rolled away from the sixth row.
Blair, pictured above after his Firecraker 100 win at Lernerville last year, took command from the start and Haus raced along in second. Frye was a close third, with Lee, Yoder, Covert, and Troutman following. The field got strung out, but Troutman was able to capitalize upon an error by Covert.
As in the Sprint Car feature, the caution was displayed on lap 14 when Deshawn Gingerich spun in turn one. On the restart, Covert slipped by the teenager, Troutman, and he began to press Yoder for fifth. Covert gained the position and soon thereafter he began to work on Lee for fifth.
With 18 laps completed, that battle was getting hotter. There as slight contact between Lee and Covert in turn four, but they were able to keep moving. Troutman was not as fortunate, as he spun to avoid contact with Lee and Covert.
Blair went on to complete the remaining dozen laps without incident. Frye and Covert worked by Haus, who started to fade with just a few laps left in the race. Yoder crossed in fifth. Lee, Jones, Knaub, Justin Weaver, and Scott completed the top ten.
Heat wins went to Lupfer, Blair, and Yoder. There was no B Main. Brian Bernheisel sailed out of the park in his heat race and had to be extricated from his car. Bernheisel was taken to a local hospital complaining of back pain, but no word of his condition was released by the conclusion of the program.
Blair’s win was quite a relief. He spent most of the week with his son at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. The youngster returned home and remained with his mother to watch the race. They had to relocate to a friend’s home though because the high winds knocked out the power to the Blair homestead. It feels really cool to win a race here,” Blair noted. “We’ve been here a few times before and now I will look forward to coming back.”
The ULMS Late Models will be back on the card in two weeks, along with the 410 Sprints. On Good Friday, Williams Grove will host a Sprint Car triple header. Joining the 410 Sprints will be the USAC East Coast traditional (non-wing) Sprints and the PASS/IMCA 305 Sprints. Coming up on April 16 will be the first visit of the All Stars Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars for the annual Tommy Classic. That race honors the late Hall of Famer, Tommy Hinnershitz.
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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