Dirt Racing
Marks Makes it at Port Royal
PORT ROYAL, PA (May 24, 2025): Brent Marks drove past early leader Lance Dewease following a lap five restart to score a $20,000 victory in the High Limit Racing Series event at the Port Royal Speedway. Following the postponement of the opening night of racing on the Weikert Memorial weekend, an anonymous sponsor doubled the winner’s share for the remaining preliminary feature. What is more, the winner’s share of the finale, to be held on Sunday night, was increased to $100,000. Making it the highest paying race in Pennsylvania history.
Marks explained that “the car just had so much stick and so much drive” that he was able to pass Dewease easily following the restart. “I was closing on him (before the caution), I knew that he was going to go to the bottom and that left the top open for me.” Once out front, Marks said, “I was able to build so much momentum (running the top) it would have been dumb to get off the top.” Marks was confident that he had a car that would be capable of hauling the added loot home to Myerstown, PA following the big dance. “It is all about putting us into position tomorrow.”
Dewease, who ran a strong second, noted “I knew from the first couple of laps that I wasn’t going to be as good as I needed to be at the end.” Dewease remarked that “this is the first night that I was able to put the whole night together.” He believed that he learned some things that will make his car better for the big event on Sunday. “We’ll be better,” he summed.
Third place finisher, Ryan Smith, was pleased with his performance. “We went fifth to first (in the heat) and eighth to third (in the feature). We just need to time better.”
The format for the program was a bit different from that used in other High Limit events. There were elements of the Knoxville Nationals, mixed in with some ASCS, and a touch of High Limits. The transfers to the A Main were based off a combination of points awarded for time trial results, plus passing points earned in the heats. The heats inverted the eight fastest qualifiers. The top twenty racers in points made the A Main, with the ten best being eligible to spin the High Limit roulette wheel to determine their starting positions.
Landing on the pole was Danny Dietrich, who, coincidentally, was the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap of 18.389 seconds. Dewease started next to him. In row two, it was Justin Whittall, who was joined by Marks. Spencer Bayston rolled off from the inside of row three, with Sye Lynch as his running mate. Anthony Macri and Smith made up row four, followed by Aaron Reutzel and Justin Peck. In row six were Tyler Courtney and Logan Wagner.
Dewease rolled the outside line to take control of the race in turn one. Dietrich ran second, followed by Marks, Lynch, Bayston, Whittall, Peck, Smith, Macri, and Wagner. Marks quickly dispatched Dietrich and ran several car lengths behind Dewease.
The only caution of the twenty-five lapper came on lap five, when Brenham Crouch spun in turn two.
Dewease was on the point for the restart, with Marks, Dietrich, Lynch, Whittall, Bayston, Peck, Smith, Wagner, and Macri making up the top ten. Although Marks got a tremendous start, Dewease still held the lead coming through turns one and two. However, Marks got a big run off the top of turn two and he was able to slide ahead of Dewease entering turn three. The rest was history, as they say.
Other than the lead change after the restart, another driver was making forward progress. That was Smith, who restarted on the inside, a line that he much preferred. He was able to pick of a few cars to enter the top five by lap ten. He moved ahead of Whittall within the next five rounds. However, he was quite a distance behind Marks and Dewease for the remainder of the race.
At the checkers, it was Marks, Dewease, and Smith as the podium finishers. Then came Peck and Wagner. Reutzel advanced to sixth, with Dietrich, Macri, Courtney, and Whittall completing the top ten.
Daison Pursley, Brad Sweet, Rico Abreu, and Smith picked up the heat wins. Gerard McIntyre, Jr. took the C Main and Lucas Wolfe won the B Main.
Brock Zearfoss was the hard charger, advancing eight positions and earning $1,100 for his effort. Dietrich picked up $500 for his quick time, and Dewease gained an extra hundred for turning the fastest lap in the feature.
It took three tries to get the Limited Late Model feature going, but once it was underway, Dilllan Stake was the class of the field. He sailed into the lead in turn one and was never headed in the twenty lap affair that went green to checkered.
Keith Walls, the pole sitter, ran second in the early going before fading to tenth at the finish. Andrew Yoder ran a steady race, taking second from Walls six laps in. However, he was several seconds off Stake’s pace.
Jaxson Garman followed Stake and Yoder across the scoring loop for the final time. Lane Snook and Casey Steinhoff rounded out the top five. Ryan Zook, George Dixon, D.J. Myers, Chase Bowsman, and Walls were the next five finishers.
Yoder, Bowsman, Stake, and Snook took the checkers in the heats. Meade Hahn won the B Main.
Danny Dietrich and Devin Hart were sporting special Weikert-themed colors and their cars were carrying the famous number 29 that adorned so many of the legendary cars fielded by the late Bob Weikert.
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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