Dirt Racing
Peck Picks Posse’s Pockets
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (February 26, 2023): After a successful, but impromptu, opening night on Thursday, won by three-time and defending track champion Freddie Rahmer, Jr., Lincoln Speedway came back with its second show of Icebreaker Weekend. Taking the win was Justin Peck, the All Stars regular who drives for Lancaster’s Tom Buch. The $6,000 win was Peck’s first of the year and fourth in his career in the Pigeon Hills. He was second on Thursday evening.
Peck, who hails from Monrovia, IN, has made it a habit of racing and winning in the midstate area in the early season events since taking over Buch’s machine a couple of seasons back. Peck’s All Stars obligations will not kick in until April, so look for him to be in contention in the weeks ahead.
“I’ve always liked Lincoln Speedway,” Peck said. “It’s one of my favorite tracks.” He added that he “plan[s] to stick around some, and hopefully, we can pick up a couple more wins.” Peck will face some tougher competition in the weeks ahead, though, as the World of Outlaws will invade Central Pennsylvania with a doubleheader at Port Royal Speedway (March 10-11) and single events at Williams Grove Speedway (March 17) and Lincoln Speedway (March 18).
Peck rode the rim in the early going, but it was a slider in turn three that handed him the lead over Brandon Rahmer, who led from the official start of the race. After taking the lead, Peck went back to the cushion for several laps before moving down to the middle, which was taking rubber. “They watered the top and it was slick up to the cushion,” Peck explained. “It slowed down on the top,” he continued. “I tried not to think about it. I couldn’t go hard into one because of tripping over the curb.”
The top three finishers in the trio of heat races drew for the first nine starting positions. Brandon Rahmer was the lucky one, pulling the pole, with Dylan Norris outside. Anthony Macri and Peck made for a potent second row. Bevin Borden and Troy Wagaman, Jr. were behind them. Chase Dietz made his season’s debut in row four with Freddie Rahmer, Jr. as his dancing partner. Brent Marks and Tim Wagaman, last year’s Icebreaker winner, were in row five. Danny Dietrich and Riley Emig were in row six.
Norris fought off Brandon Rahmer’s charge on the initial start, but the lap did not count because Dietz and Emig tangled in turn four, cutting their day short. On the second try, Rahmer maintained control, and Norris settled into second. Peck raced along in third, followed by Macri, Marks, Troy Wagaman, Borden, F. Rahmer, D. Dietrich, and Tim Wagaman.
The first three began to separate themselves from the battle that was going on between Marks and Macri for the fourth and fifth positions. The pace was slowed on lap six when Tim Wagaman stopped in turn two.
On the restart, with Brandon Rahmer still out front, Peck looked to the inside of Norris, taking second briefly. Norris came back in turn four to regain the position for one more circuit. Peck made the pass for good on lap eight and he took off after B. Rahmer.
Withink a handful of laps, Peck closed the gap on B. Rahmer. He made a slider stick in turn three to take command on lap fourteen.
While Peck maintained his advantage for the rest of the thirty lapper, he did have one close call. With twenty-three down, Peck crowded a lapper in turns one and two. Both cars slid up the track before separating, and Peck drove away.
As the laps counted down, Macri moved into second, followed by Marks, Borden, Double D, Brandon Rahmer, Norris, Troy Wagaman, F. Rahmer, and Justin Whittal.
Matt Campbell brought out the final caution of the journey with three laps remaining. Things were a little helter-skelter on the restart, with Marks and Macri coming together in the first turn. Both racers kept going, with Marks taking the position of first chaser and Macri falling back in the running order.
Borden and Danny Dietrich benefited from Macri’s misfortune.
Peck grabbed the checkers ahead of Marks, Borden, Danny Dietrich, and Macri. Norris, B. Rahmer, F. Rahmer, Whittal, and Troy Wagaman completed the top ten.
Marks said, “we had a really good car, but we weren’t sure how to get to the front.” He added, “It was so top dominant. When I got up there, I hit the wall. I got a little too aggressive around halfway, that’s when Anthony (Macri) got by me.” Marks noted that he had a good restart at the end of the race to regain the position, however.
Borden agreed with Marks that the last restart was a key to his success. “It was a lot of wild racing (in the last three laps). It was really tight.”
There were twenty-nine cars signed in for the event. Three heats were held, with wins going to Dietz, and the Rahmer brothers. Billy Dietrich prevailed in the B Main. Mike Lutz, Jr., Michael Millard, and Glendonn Forsythe turned over during the program, but none of them were injured.
Lincoln Speedway will present its final afternoon event next Saturday, with competition starting at 3 p.m. and gates opening at 1:00. On the card will be the 410 Sprints and 358 Spec. Modifieds. Lincoln wall be dark on March 11 and it will return for its first night race with the World of Outlaws on March 18.
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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