Dirt Racing
Dewease Does It vs. All Stars; Jackson Doubles in Wingless Sportsmen
MECHANICSBURG, PA (June 6, 2025): For the 116th time in his Hall of Fame career, Lance Dewease graced victory lane at Williams Grove Speedway. It was his eleventh win at the track when sanctioned by the All Star Circuit of Champions. This one was worth $8,000.
Track and series officials waited out afternoon thunderstorms and were rewarded with a perfect surface for the night of racing action. There was a slight delay in the start of the program due to the added moisture, but the show moved along expeditiously. Forty cars checked in, thirteen of them being members of the traveling band, which was revived by Rich Farmer after a year of inactivity.
“There is some life in these old bones yet,” quipped Dewease following his popular win. He added that his car has been getting better in recent weeks and that he is expecting more from it. “We’re just getting started. We really made some strides the last month. We’re gaining on it.”
Dewease explained that his car was very maneuverable and that he felt more comfortable as the race went on. He knew that his car was coming to him, just like when he drove the 69 car so effectively. “If somebody showed me a nose, I could have moved around.” He pondered if he should have run the inside more, but he decided to stay upstairs because he was able to make good speed.
As it was, a fast-closing Danny Dietrich did get beside him in turn one with two laps to go. However, Dewease was riding the rim and he had better momentum than his challenger. He powered off of turn two several car lengths ahead of Dietrich. Dewease also put some lapped cars between his car and that of Dietrich in the closing laps to ensure the victory.
Dietrich turned in a commendable performance, coming from eleventh to second in thirty laps without the aid of any cautions. He joked that he needed Dewease to come down off the top in turns one and two because his own car was better up there. He added that Dewease had the better line on the inside of turns three and four. “I was waiting for him to make a mistake, or to get bottled up with some lapped car, but he got by them pretty quickly.”
Early leader Ryan Smith finished third. “We were too good early,” he noted. But, as the race wore on Smith began to struggle, particularly when trying to lap slower cars. Smith explained that his brakes began to fade, perhaps from dragging on them too much during the contest. He added that he made some mistakes that he needs to clean up.
The dash established the starting order for the first six cars. The All Stars’ new format used a combination of points from qualifying and heat race finishes to determine who was eligible for the dash. A dice roll fixed the inversion, in this case, all six starters were inverted. That placed Dewease and Smith on the front row, and Dewease led wire to wire to earn the pole for the feature event.
Following Dewease and Smith in the feature lineup were Chase Dietz and Justin Whittall. Freddie Rahmer, Jr. and Troy Wagaman, Jr. made up row three. Then came Chad Trout and Zane Devault. Brock Zearfoss and T.J. Stutts occupied row five. The sixth belonged to Danny Dietrich and Ashton Torgerson.
Smith entered turn one with a slight advantage over Dewease. However, Smith had the better line, on the outside, and he stretched his advantage over Dewease coming off turn two.Whittall ran third in the early going, followed by Wagaman, Trout, Rahmer, Devault, Dietrich, and Zearfoss.
Smith stretched his lead in clean air. Dewease continued in second, and a battle for third developed among Whittall, Dietz, and Rahmer. Dietz secured the position, but he was soon under attack from Rahmer and Dietrich.
When Smith entered lapped traffic, he began to struggle. He had his car pitched sideways once between turns three and four around lap ten. Smith was still leading, but his margin was shrinking as the midway signal was shown to the field.
Dewease got a good run through turns one and two on the next circuit and he chased Smith into turn three. Smith missed the bottom and Dewease was ready to pounce on the opportunity. As Smith slid up in turn four, Dewease hugged the inside line and drove off the corner with the lead as lap sixteen was logged in the record book.
Dewease then began to build upon his lead. However, Dietrich was coming. He reached second by lap twenty. Smith continued in third, with Dietz and Rahmer fighting for position.
Dewease efficiently disposed of lapped cars, but Dietrich was cutting into his lead. The suspense was mounting as the race drew to a close. Dietrich had a chance in turn one with two laps remaining, but Dewease drove away from him coming through turn two and entering the back stretch.
Dewease then used lapped cars in the final two laps to maintain his advantage over Dietrich.
Pennsylvania racers dominated the first ten positions. Dietz followed Dewease, Dietrich and Ryan Smith across the finish line. Rahmer was fifth. Zearfoss moved up to sixth, followed by Wagaman, Whittall, Trout, and Kody Hartlaub. Kalib Henry was the highest finishing All Star driver, enhancing his point lead. Cameron Smith was twelfth, with Devault, Stutts, and Devon Borden completing the top fifteen.
The four heat winners were Dietrich, Devault, Rahmer, and Whittall. Aaron Bollinger captured the B Main. Ryan Smith was the fastest qualifier, topping Group A with a lap of 16.654 seconds. Wagaman was best in Group B with a round of 16.844 seconds.
The Wingless Sportsmen provided the support this night. Tony Jackson captured both features. The fist was a make-up twenty lapper that went nonstop. The finale had a couple of cautions to break up the flow, but neither affected Jackson.
Steve Wilbur was a distant second in the first round, with Scott Smith, Kevin Guttshall, and Trent Yoder completing the top five. Brett Perigo, Brandon Shearer, Troy Rhome, Chad Thomas, and Brian Nace were sixth through tenth.
In the second go, early leader Brandon Shearer held on for second, ahead of Bill Brian, Jr., Guttshall, and Wilbur. The next five finishers were Jay Fannasy, Yoder, Cliff Brian, Jr., Luke Lenker, and Curt Stroup.
There were no heats held for the Wingless Sportsmen. Instead, timed hot laps were used to set the feature line-up for the nightcap. The fastest time of the night was registered by Cliff Brian, Jr., at 21.549 seconds.
Next week, Williams Grove Speedway will host the 410 and 358 Sprint Cars. The program will include a make-up feature for the 358 Sprints. On June 20, the USAC National Sprint Car Series
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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