ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (July 11, 2026):  Brandon Rahmer held off his brother, Freddie Jr., in the closing laps to eke out his fifth career win at the Fabulous Lincoln Speedway. Brandon’s margin of victory was a scant 0.166 seconds. His first win of the 2026 season was worth $5,000.

Florida teenager P.J. Reutimann scored his first career 358 Sprint Car triumph in the nightcap.

“I didn’t think I even won the race,” Brandon said excitedly. “I saw the two to go, and Freddie got by me and I said, ‘oh, shit.’” However, Brandon was able to fight back on the inside to reclaim the lead before they got back to the scoring loop, so Freddie was never credited as leading a lap of the race.

Brandon Rahmer took advantage of a pair of restarts with sixteen laps completed. Jordan Strickler got the jump on the first, which was called back. On the second attempt, Rahmer stayed closer and he was able to get a run on the outside to grab the lead coming off turn two. “I saw where he went (on the first try). I put the wing back in the trunkand I drove by,” he explained.

Brandon Rahmer survived two close calls with lapped cars with less than ten laps to go. First, he was crowded down on the inside coming off turn by Matthew Swift. Rahmer took responsibility for that one. “I screwed up with the 03 (Swift) down there. I thought the hole was bigger than it was.” The second incident, with Dave Grube, was not a problem of Rahmer’s own making. “Then, the 3D (Grube) got catiwampus coming off turn four.” Grube swerved back and forth but Brandon was able to get by him without any contact.

“I had a good car tonight, and I actually drove it,” Brandon summed.

The feature line-up was determined by the track’s handicapping system. The top three from each heat race were inverted based upon their earnings average.

Thus, Jordan Strickler and Brie Hershey were assigned to the front row, followed by Jude Siegel and Dave Grube. Jordan Givler and Tim Glatfelter  occupied row three, Then came Chad Trout and Matt Campbell. Freddie Rahmer, Jr. got the last of the preferred starting positions. He was flanked by his brother, Brandon. Brett Strickler and Lucas Wolfe manned row six.

Jordan Strickler shot out to the early lead over Hershey, Siegel, Grube, Brandon Rahmer, Givler, Glatfelter, Campbell, Rahmer Jr., and Trout.

Brandon Rahmer was the man on the move in the early going. He picked off Grube on lap three. Then, he took third from Siegel on lap three. Nine laps later he ducked under Hershey for second.

Meanwhile, Jordan Strickler continued with his impressive run at the front of the pack. Unfortunately, Grube spun in turn four while racing in the fourth spot.

That incident set up the pair of restarts that gave Brandin Rahmer the opportunity to size up his opponent. Brandon was able to stay close on the second attempt to get the race going again and he rolled the top side in turns one and two to take the lead from Jordan Strickler.

Behind the leaders, there was a tight three-car battle for the third position involving Hershey, Siegel and Freddie Rahmer. It took Freddie several laps to clear his way into third. When he got the position, he was over 1.7 seconds behind Jordan Strickler.

Freddie chased him for several more laps, gradually cutting the margin to about half a second before making his move into second with three to go.

Meanwhile, Brandon continued to lead the way. His two incidents with slower cars allowed Freddie to close in on him as well during the final laps of the race. That set up a battle between the Rahmer brothers for the win.

Freddie made a bid for the lead, but Brandon was able to battle back on the inside to be scored as the leader to the finish.

Campbell charged from fifth to third in the closing laps. Jordan Strickler slipped back to fourth at the finish. Siegel was fifth. Hershey, Kyle Moody, Trout, Givler, and Wolfe completed the top ten.

Jordan Strickler, Freddie Rahmer, Jr., and Hershey won the heat races. No B Main was needed to set the twenty-one car starting field.

The nightcap for the 358 Sprint Cars went non-stop. P.J. Reutimann, the grandson of Wayne Reutimann, grabbed the lead on the opening lap and he was never headed.

“It went my way this time, I guess,” Reutimann said. He explained that he will remain in the area for a few more weeks before returning to the Sunshine State to complete his senior year in high school. He plans to come north again next season “to race until it gets cold.”

Andy Best, who had the pole position for the start of the twenty lapper, ran second for most of the race. He gave way to Jayden Wolf on the final lap. Wolfe had a run at the leader as well, but he could not close the gap.

As Reutimann noted, “I had to go to the bottom to protect. The top was a long way around.”

Best held on for third, followed by Justin Foster and Brock Hammaker. Nick Yinger, Tim Wagaman, II., Cody Fletcher, Cameron Merriman, and Wyatt Hinkle finished sixth through tenth.

Wolf, Wagaman, Hinkle, and best won their heat races. Ashley Cappetta prevailed in the B Main. Thirty-six cars signed in for the event.

MECHANICSBURG, PA (July 3, 2026):  Anthony Macri seemed to have complete control over the Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway. However, his defensive strategy on the final lap almost cost him the race. Chase Dietz’s charge off turn four came up just a tad short, and Macri claimed his fourth win of the Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Speedweek. Macri received the $20,000 check and added to his points lead in the quest for a fourth straight Speedweek title.

“I made the stupidest corner,” Macri said of his mistake.

The Dilsburg pilot explained, “after the caution, I didn’t have a good car. I used the left rear too hard.. I went into defensive mode. I knew if I committed to my slider line in (turns) three and four and I went low in (turns) one and two, it would be a long way around for him.”

That seemed to be a reasonable strategy. So, what went wrong on the last lap?

Macri indeed used the slider line coming through turn four on the last lap. But, he didn’t get up to the cushion the way he wanted to. Coming off the corner he was desperately looking to find some moisture so he could get a launch down the front stretch to the checkers. Instead he spun his tires. And that enabled Dietz to get a run on him.

Macri won by a scant 0.041 seconds.

Although he came up short, Dietz was happy with his performance. Once again, he was coming off a race in which he did not qualify. The first time that it happened, he reeled off three straight wins. He noted that racing every day makes for short memories.

“I was trying to pressure as much as I could,” Dietz said. “Right before the caution, I found a line in (turns) one and two about three quarters of the way up. It must have gotten a little dirty on exit because I wasn’t getting a run off the corner.” Nevertheless, he did show his nose once during the final ten laps, and that got Macri going again.

Dietz later reported to a source, “that last lap, he (Macri) actually told me, like he lost his left rear in the middle and he put himself in the dirty stuff down the straightaway there, and he gave me a run which I didn’t think was coming. Honestly, that was just an awesome race.”

Logan Schuchart took advantage of a gap in the World of Outlaws schedule to get some extra track time in advance of the upcoming Summer Nationals at Williams Grove. His strong third place run gave him some ideas of things that he can improve upon for that event during the month of money.

Schuchart was aided by the restart on lap seventeen. He got by Tanner Holmes for third and he was able to close in on the leaders. But, he couldn’t make it a three-car race.

“The restart was good. You didn’t know what to do going into one. I was dragging the brake a little too much,” he said.

Macri and Ditez manned the front row for for the thirty lap feature event. Holmes and Doug Hammaker were in row two, with Brady Bacon and Schuchart next in line. Troy Wagaman, Jr. and Ryan Newton selected the last two preferred starting spots. Brent Marks, Dylan Norris, Ryan Smith, and James McFadden got the next four positions based upon their heat race finishes.

Macri took the early lead, with Dietz, Hammaker, Holmes, Schuchart, and Bacon in tow. As Macri began to pull away from Dietz, Holmes moved into third, and Hammaker continued in fourth. However, his effort ended on lap seventeen, when his car coasted to a stop coming off turn four.

When the race resumed, Macri and Dietz went off to settle the score by themselves. Schuchart ducked under Holmes for third. But, it took the leaders getting into traffic for Schuchart to make any headway after that.

After the leaders cleared the traffic, Macri switched up his line in turns one and two. He stayed low, in the rubber, giving Dietz the high line if he wanted it. Instead, Dietz found a lane a little below the cushion that seemed to work. He was able to draw clse to Macri, but the grip was somewhat better for Macri coming off turn two and he could scoot away down the backstretch.

Macri was thus able to maintain a lead of about four tenths of a second through most of the closing laps. However, he did not effectively execute his plan for the final corner and the stretch run.

Still, he got the win over Dietz, Schuchart, Marks, and McFadden. Holmes faded to sixth at the finish. Norris, Newton, Bacon, and Logan Rumsey completed the top ten.

Bacon, Macri, Hammaker, and Schuchart won the four heat races. Lance Dewease won the B Main, but he was an early retiree from the race. Dietz was the fastest qualifier again, topping Group A with a lap of 17.120 seconds. Newton was the best in Group B. His time was 17.357 seconds.

The bad luck bug bit former track champion Freddie Rahmer, Jr. this time. He had a fuel pump failure during his heat race and did not start the B Main.

HAGERSTOWN, MD (July 2, 2026):  Anthony Macri drove away from his competition at the Hagerstown Speedway. The Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek tour made its southern-most stop on a hot and steamy night.

Anthony Macri proved that he is definitely a better race car driver than a prognosticator. Just one night after he counted himself out of contention for a fourth consecutive Speedweek title, the driver from Dilsburg, PA found himself atop the standings heading into round eight at the Williams Grove Speedway. Macri’s cause was aided by the failure of Chase Dietz to qualify for a second time in seven days.

“Points aside, I knew I had a job to do, and that was to win the race,” Macri said.

Macri explained that the team made the proper adjustments for the thirty-lap feature event. “Obviously, we made the right call before the race. We were able to get through lapped traffic pretty good.” Although he moved around on the speedway, Macri made an effort to stay on the top side as much as possible.

Second place went to Aussie Ryan “Fig” Newton, who is quietly compiling a string of good finishes. Through the first seven rounds of Speedweek, Newton has a pair of top fives and four top tens to his credit.

Third place finisher, Troy Wagaman, Jr., improved one position over his Port Royal showing. “Third was pretty good here. We were just a tick off, we were better in the second half of the race.”

Wagaman and Macri shared the front row for the start of the event. Justin Whittall and Newton were in row two, with Preston Lattomus and Mike Wagner in the third. Dylan Cisney and Ryan Smith drew the final two preferred starting spots. Cameron Smith, Freddie Rahmer, Jr., Danny Dietrich, and Logan Rumsey earned the next four positions on the grid based upon their heat race finishes.

Macri rolled into turn one with the lead after the first attempt to start the race failed due to a flat tire on Cisney’s machine. Wagaman, Newton, Whittall, Wagner, Rumsey, Ryan Smith, Lattomus, Rather, and Chad Trout comprised the rest of the top ten. Newton slipped past Wagaman on lap three for second place. Meanwhile, the racers in positions six through ten were mixing things up in the first several laps.

Buddy Schweibinz slowed the pace with his spin in turn one on the sixth trip around the speedway. That turned out to be the only caution of the race.

When the action resumed, Macri easily pulled away from Newton, Wagaman, and Whittall. Rahmer cracked into the top five by lap ten, and he hovered there as the field strung out during the long green flag run.

Rumsey, Ryan Smith, and Zearfoss were the next three finishers. Wagner slipped back to ninth in the final tally, one spot ahead of Brady Bacon.

Macri, Wagner, Ryan Smith, and Lattomus scored in the heat races. James McFadden won the B Main after failing to fire for his heat race. McFadden set the quickest time during Group Aqualifications. His time was 15.499 seconds. Newton topped Group B with a time of 15.664 seconds.

Chase Dietz sustained front end damage while the field was shaping up for the start of his heat. His throttle stuck and he rammed into the rear of Wagner’s mount. Wagner’s car was unharmed, and he went on to get the win. Dietz’s woes continued in the B Main. He raced from eleventh to fifth, missing the transfer by one position.