Dirt Racing
Wilson Wins Finale
GIBSONTON, FL (February 10, 2024): Daulton Wilson picked a perfect time to score his first ever Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory. He captured the fifty lapper that closed out the Late Model portion of the 48th, and last, Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park. The win was worth $15,000, but the feelings were priceless.
It was an emotional celebration in victory lane, as Wilson shared the moment with family, friends, and numerous supporters. “I don’t know what to say, this is a dream come true.” He added, “my whole family is right here. They sacrificed everything for me, they believed in me 100%.” Wilson’s win was popular with the fans and his fellow competitors. Wilson acknowledged, and thanked, all of the pit crews and drivers who came to the tech area to congratulate him.
Wilson was worried that a mistake almost cost him the race. “I thought that I had given it away down there in turn four when I hopped the cushion before the caution ever came out.” But the second place runner at the time, Tyler Erb, was not close enough to pounce. Wilson struggled for a bit after that, but he was able to regroup under the final caution.
Brandon Sheppard, who finished second, overcame adversity in his heat race. As the field came off turn four for the green, a couple of cars up front got together and Sheppard was collected in the process. He got a flat, but was able to replace it during the clean-up. His second place finish secured a starting spot in the top ten. That was important because Sheppard had to come from the back often during the week. “Our biggest downfall this week was qualifying. We kind of struggled there all week. We just about had a catastrophic situation there in the heat race and we were able to come out of that with just a flat tire. We got it changed and came back to second in the heat. So, the way the night started and the way it ended, we couldn’t be more tickled about it.”
Tyler Erb, who finished third, was happy for Wilson. “He has been really fast and I think it’s taken him like three years and I can feel that pain, so I know what it feels like to win.” He added, “I have gotten real close to Daulton in the last three years. If there is anybody that could win, I would have liked to see him win for sure.”
There were no racers locked into the starting lineup for the final round of Late Model action based upon any points accumulated in the preliminaries.
Instead, a normal Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series format was used to determine the eligible racers and their starting positions.
The first six positions belonged to the heat race winners. Typer Erb had the pole, Boom Briggs was his running mate. Behind them were Garrett Alberson and Jenson Ford. Then came Jimmy Owens and Daulton WIlson. Mike Spatola and Garrett Smith presented for row four. Brandon Sheppard and Dennis Erb, Jr. were next in line. The sixth row paired Jonathan Davenport and Devin Moran.
Tyler Erb led the thirty thundering Late Models into the fist corner, followed by Briggs, Alberson, Ford, Owens, Wilson, Sheppard, Moran, and Dillon McCown. The leaders remained unchanged until lap five, when Alberson spun while racing in the top five. Although he restarted the race, he was never a factor again.
When racing resumed, Turbo continued to lead Briggs, Ford, Smith, and Owens. But within a few laps, changes were happening behind the leader. Ford was up to second by lap ten, Wilson was third, Smith fourth, and Sheppard was coming forward too.
Wilson moved into the second position two laps later, and he immediately closed in on Terbo. But catching the leader and passing him are two different things, as Wilson would soon learn. Ford, Sheppard, and Smith ran in the lead group. Briggs continued to hold sixth, but his time up front would soon come to an end.
Wilson passed Terbo for the lead on lap sixteen. Meanwhile, Ford kept Sheppard and Smith at bay.
A caution for Spatola on lap eighteen tightened the field once again. Ashton Winger made a strong move coming off the inside of turn two after the race resumed, and he suddenly found himself in the third spot behind Wilson and Erb. Sheppard and Smith displaced Ford.
However, Ford’s strong run ended a few laps later when he stopped in turn two. He required medical attention, so the race was stopped briefly.
Fortunately, the incident was minor, and he was able to drive to the infield after the on-track check-up.
On the ensuing restart, Winger got into the wall coming off turn two. Although he was able to gather it up, he lost several positions in the process. He, too, would no longer be a contender.
At the halfway mark, Wilson led Erb, Sheppard, Smith, and Davenport. Owens, Moran, WInger, Thornton, and Erb, Jr. were the balance of the top ten.
A quick caution on lap twenty-eight for McCown gave Terbo another shot at the leader. However, he could not take advantage of the opportunity. Smith did wrestle third away from Sheppard, and Davenport continued in fifth.
The racers reeled off nineteen laps under the green. During this extended run, Turbo closed in on the leader. Wilson got up into the fluff coming through turn four towards the end of that run, but Terbo was unable to make a bid for the lead,
Briggs coasted to a stop in turn one with three laps left in the race, giving Erb one last chance to overtake the leader.
Wilson got away cleanly on the restart. But Terbo scooted up the track and left an opening for Sheppard to take second. Smith held fourth, but Moran closed rapidly for fifth. Davenport, Owens, Thornton, Drake Troutman, and Hudson O’Neal completed the top ten.
Tyler Erb set the quick time of the night, leading Group A with a lap of 14.357. Briggs was the best Group B had to offer, clocking in at 14.410. The triple B Mains went to Blair Nothdurft, Thornton, and Mark Whitener.
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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