Local Racing
Torgerson Disqualified, Bollinger Declared Winner at Lincoln; Kepner Cruises to PASS Victory
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (August 30, 2025): Ashton Torgerson of Glendale, AZ, was in the center of late-race and post-race drama at Lincoln Speedway on Night One of the Labor Day Duels. However, at the end of it all, he was disqualified and stripped of the apparent win. Aaron Bollinger was declared to be the winner and he received the $10,000 payday and the guaranteed starting spot for the conclusion of the two-day event, which will also offer $10,000 to the victor. If Bollinger doubles up, he would also get a $5,000 bonus.
Late-Race: Torgerson chased Anthony Macri for the first thirty laps of the twenty-sixth annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial, which was held over from its traditional Speedweek date due to inclement weather. At the start of lap thirty-one, Torgerson threw a slider at Macri in turn one. Although Torgerson moved up the track, Macri did not check up. They were side-by-side in turn two and there was contact between them. Macri got pinched off against the outside wall just past the opening at turn two. When he came off the wall, he spun to the inside of the track, coming to rest in the opening of the inside guardrail. Torgerson kept his car moving and he was installed as the leader for the restart with five laps remaining.
Post-Race: Torgerson completed the necessary tours and he kept Bollinger at bay on several occasions. Torgerson took the checkered flag first by several car lengths. When the race was over, he led the parade to the scales in the pit area. Bobby Allen’s car was weighed three times, and it was light each time by more than ten pounds. Torgerson was sent back to his trailer and Bollinger, who met the minimum weight with room to spare, was directed out to victory lane to the astonishment of the crowd.
“That was a really good race,” Bollinger said. “It’s too bad that Ashton was light.” Bollinger, who was third and closing in on Torgerson before the fateful contact between the leaders, commented that “the track was coming into play for me. I was good, and the car kept getting better.” He was able to press Torgerson several times in the final five laps but he could not draw up beside him.
With the win, Bollinger locked into the finale on Sunday night and he will be included in the redraw for preferred starting positions in the feature. “It’s definitely a relief that I’m in the redraw,” he concluded.
The Speedweek format was utilized to determine the starting order for this event. Torgerson drew the pole and Macri got the other front row starting spot. Chase Dietz and Danny Dietrich provided added firepower from row two. Bollinger drew into row three, along with Logan Rumsey. Behind them were Cameron Smith and point leader Troy Wagaman, Jr. They were the final two drivers eligible for the redraw. Then came Tyler Ross and Dallas Schott. Dylan Norris and Freddie Rahmer, Jr. were in the sixth row.
Torgerson took the lead entering turn one and he went to the cushion. Macri followed him into the corner and turned under him coming through turn two to seize control. Dietz, and Danny Dietrich were batting for third, followed by Bollinger, Wagaman, Smith, Rumsey, Norris, and Ross.
The action was halted after just one lap for the tangle between Billy Dietrich and Jude Siegel in turn one. Neither driver was injured in the incident.
On the restart, Macri retained the lead. Dietz and Torgerson began to exchange sliders, which continued for a couple of laps, allowing Macri to stretch his advantage. Torgerson prevailed over Dietz, who then had to hold off Danny Dietrich. Bollinger had several car lengths on Wagaman. Behind him, there was a good battle going on among Norris, Smith, Rumsey, and Ross.
The caution flashed on again on lap twelve when Schott slowed in turn three before stopping at the exit to turn four.
This restart was almost a replay of the prior one. Macri ran alone out front, while Dietz resumed his attack on Torgerson. This time, though, their contest did not last more than a lap, as Dietz came up short on his attempt to slide by Torgerson.
Preston Lattomus brought out another caution on lap nineteen, setting the stage for more action between Torgerson and Dietz when the race resumed. Once again, Torgerson got the advantage over Dietz. Bollinger, who took over fourth shortly before the caution, was watching them closely.
As the race progressed through the final stage, Torgerson began to reel in Macri, who was having some difficulty lapping cars that were also running in his preferred outside groove.
While things were tightening up between the leaders, Bollinger quietly moved into third.
Torgerson saw an opportunity when the five to go signal was displayed, and he dove into turn one on the inside. He was unable to complete the pass, as there was contact with Macri coming off turn two. That sent Macri into the wall and ended with the 39M spinning down to the opening on the inside of turn two. Torgerson kept rolling despite the contact.
The final restart, with five laps remaining, had Torgerson on the point, followed by Bollinger, Dietrich, Dietz, Rumsey, and Wagaman.
Over the course of the last five laps, Bollinger looked to the inside of the leader, but he was unable to get close enough to put a move on Torgerson. Torgerson took the checkers almost nine tenths of a second ahead of Bollinger, only to lose the race at the scales.
Bollinger inheritted the win, with Danny Dietrich moving up to second. Rimsey, Dietz, and Wagaman completed the top five. Smith, Norris, Matt Campbell, and Freddie Rahmer, Jr. rounded out the top ten.
Rumsey, Torgerson, Danny Dietrich, and Smith took the checkers in the heat races. The B Main winner was Kyle Moody. Macri had the quickest time overall with a lap of 13.294 seconds during Group A qualifying. Wgaman topped Group B with a time of 13.708 seconds.
Cruz Kepner went wire-to-wire in the twenty-lap feature for the PASS/IMCA Sprint Cars. He started on the outside of row one and took control at the drop of the green. Colton Hendershot ran second the entire distance after starting from the pole. Doug Dodson was third, ahead of a pair of New Jersey drivers, Rory Janney and Shelby Kelly. Mike Alleman was sixth, followed by Indiana invader Jordan Welch. Dylan Shatzer, Mike Melair, and Dylan Smith completed the top ten.
“The car was pretty good, I didn’t need to put much wheel into it,” Kepner said. He explained that he looked the track over before rolling out for the finale, and “I figured the top wouldn’t be there because it was too far around.” So, Kepner set his course in the middle and toward the inside of the track. He knew that he was going to be in good shape once he cleared Hendershot on the opening lap.
Welch, Hendershot, Dodson, and Reece Raudabaugh won their heat races. Owen Dimm was best in the B Main.
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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