Dirt Racing
Danny Dietrich Turns the Tables on Chase Dietz at Lincoln Speedway
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (March 9, 2025): Danny Dietrich passed Chase Dietz in traffic early in the second half of the contest and he cruised to an easy victory in the final afternoon show at the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
For Danny Dietrich, it was all a matter of patience on a surface made more difficult by high winds and sunny skies. “It was pretty greuling out there,” he said. Elaborating on the point, he added, “it was a matter of being patient, especially on (turns) one and two.’
Dietrich was certain that he had the car for the tricky conditions, but he was unsure when he wanted to make a bid for the lead. “We got our butts kicked by getting the lead too early (two weeks ago).” He was referring to the the fact that Dietz was able to drive by him in the Icebreaker. This time, he was able to get past Dietz in traffic in turn two soon after the crossed flags were displayed.
Dietrich’s win was his first in the Pigeon Hills in almost a year. He explained, “I got too lazy with set-ups, I gotta be more aggressive.”
The luck of the draw determined the starting order for the first three finishers in the heat races. Pulling the pole was defending track champion, Troy Wagaman, Jr. Next to him was Chad Trout. Danny Dietrich and Chase Dietz made up row two. The third belonged to Matt Campbell and Brock Zearfoss, who was making his first start in Rich Eichelberger’s machine. Chris Frank, now in bright yellow livery, was inside row four, with Tyler Ross to his right. Logan Rumsey and Lucas Wolfe were in row five. The sixth paired J.J. Loss and T.J. Stutts.
Wagaman entered turn one on the inside to grab the early lead. Trout tucked in behind him, Dietz sailed into turn one on the outside, taking advantage of some moisture applied before the feature started. Dietz took over second, and attempted to slingshot off turn two, but Wagaman made his car a little wide to maintain his advantage.
On the opening lap, Danny Dietrich worked inside of Trout coming off turn two to take third. Then came Trout, Zearfoss, Campbell, Ross, Rumsey, and Frank.
The leaders got into single file formation, with the exception of Dietz, who continued to try the outside without further success.
On lap six, Jordan Givler spun in turn two, setting up the first restart of the thirty lap event. Dietz again tried an unsuccessful outside run on Wagaman in turn one, but it was all of naught, as a multi-car tangle in the middle of the pack required a red. Freddie Rahmer, Jr. got the worst of the incident, getting upside down. His brother, Brandon, was also involved, along with Wolfe and Loss. None of the drivers were hurt.
On the second attempt, Dietz again went to the outside of turns one and two, but he changed jis approach to turn three. He aggressively slid in front of Wagaman to take the lead for lap seven.
On the next trip around, Danny Dietrich worked under Wagaman in turns three and four to take over second.
Over the next nine laps, Dietz, Dietrich, Wagaman, and Zearfoss pulled away from the other competitors.
Dietz caught the rear of the field around the halfway mark, allowing Dietrich to draw close. Dietrich stayed on the top, and Dietrich was searching for a better line as he picked his way through the slower cars.
Dietrich found the middle more to his liking and he was able to get under Dietz in turn two on lap seventeen. He opened up a two car length advantage almost immediately. Dietz came down to the inside, but he could not maintain pace with Double D.
A caution on lap nineteen gave Dietz a chance to roll the top, but there was no moisture up there any longer. So, he reverted to the bottom.
Dietrich had a lead of more than a second when the final caution was displayed on lap twenty-three. Zearfoss coasted to a stop between turns one and two, forfeiting the fourth position.
The seven lap dash to the checkers had Danny Dietrich on the point, followed by Dietz, Wagaman, Ross. Campbell, Trout, Aaron Bollinger, Rumsey, Billy Dietrich, and Jeff Halligan.
Danny Dietrich led the last seven laps without any challenges from Dietz. The next seven or eight cars also maintained formation. Halligan tried the top of one and two in desperation to pick up a position. However, his efforts were not rewarded.
After Dietrich and Dietz took the checkers, the red was shown for a crash by Justin Whittal in turn two. He was not injured, but the race ws declared to be official.
Wagaman was called for third, followed by Ross and Campbell. Bollinger, Trout, Rumsey, Dylan Norris, and Stutts completed the top ten. Norris was identified as the hard charger, picking up thirteen spots on the day.
There were three heat races, won by Danny Dietrich, Zearfoss, and Wagaman, Whittal took the B Main. Jacob Allen went over a wheel and flipped several times in his heat race. He was not injured, but he scratched for the rest of the program.
Lincoln Kearchner led wire to wire in the East Coast Legends race. The contest was marred by an eight car wreck in turn three on the openng lap, with no injuries sustained.
Jeremy Ott was second, followed by Seth Kearchner, Chris Transeau, and Bill Diehl. Mike Racine, Travis McClelland, Logan Carbaugh, Shaurn Abney, and Kelby Friese rounded out the top ten.
Scott Houdeshell, Seth Kearchner, Carbaugh, and Transeau prevailed in the preliminaries. Scott Musselman took the honors in the B Main.
Lincoln Speedway will go under the lights for the first time in 2025 on March 15, with a 6:00 p.m. start for the 410 and 358 Sprint Cars. The same program will be repeated on March 22. The month will close on March 29, with the Wingless Sportsmen supporting the 410 Sprints.
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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