Local Racing
Danny Dietrich Does It Again at Lincoln Speedway
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (August 8, 2020): Danny Dietrich’s 50th career victory at Lincoln Speedway will go down in the books as a controversial one. He passed Freddie Rahmer, Jr. at the exit of turn two with five to go, and there was hard contact between them. Rahmer was running the high side and Dietrich crowded him coming off the corner. Both cars bobbled and swayed, but they managed to keep going. The incident was just the latest in a series of recent events involving the two protagonists.
Dietrich acknowledged the rivalry building between the two. “Love me or hate me, I just hope the fans keep coming back. They should with action like that at this track.” He admitted to the contact, but he was unapologetic. Instead, he seemed to blame Rahmer. “We got together down there, he (referring to Rahmer) could have backed off.”
The line-up was determined using the Pennsylvania Speedweek format. That meant that the three heat winners and the fastest qualifier from each heat re-drew for the top six starting positions. Dietrich, who had to charge to get second in his heat, rolled off from the seventh position. “I knew that we would be OK starting seventh, I sure didn’t want to finish third in that heat, it would have put me in tenth.”
The top six positions belonged to Gerard McIntyre, Jr., Billy Dietrich, Rahmer, Lucas Wolfe, Tim Wagaman, and the fastest qualifier, Chad Trout. Next to Dietrich in row four was Brandon Rahmer. Then came Matt Campbell, who was subbing for vactioning Brian Montieth this night, and Jeff Halligan. Row six belonged to Adam Wilt and Jimmy Siegel.
McIntyre bolted out to the early lead, followed by Billy Dietrich, Rahmer, and Campbell. before the racers could settle in, there was a caution for Tyler Esh, who stopped in turn one with one lap complete.
On the restart, McIntyre resumed the lead, but now Rahmer was in hot pursuit. Billy Dietrich raced in third, with Wagaman and Campbell trailing him. Things remained steady until lap five, when Rahmer slid under McInityre to take the lead in turn one.
Rahmer would lead the next five laps until Jay Galloway brought out the caution. The scorers went back to the last completed lap for the restart.
Rahmer built up a considerable lead over the next eight rounds. McIntyre continued in second, but that would not last much longer. Danny Dietrich was coming. He cracked the top five on lap fifteen. Two laps later he was third and in two more circuits, he passed McIntyre for second.
While Dietrich started to close in on Rahmer, it looked like the Gettysburg driver might run out of time. He caught a break, however, when the final caution was displayed on lap 21 due to the slowing car of Tyler Ross in turn four.
Rahmer got away cleanly on the restart, but it was apparent that this had become a two-horse race. Dietrich remained close over the next couple of laps. He was moving around on the track searching for a quicker line. He found something down low, especially in turns one and two, where Rahmer was riding the rim.
Dietrich rolled in hard on the bottom and started to drift across the track. Rahmer maintained his line and did not burp the throttle. As the duo came off turn two, they touched and there was an audible gasp from the crowd. Both cars got sideways, but the skilled drivers saved them. Dietrich got going first, and he entered turn three with a lead that he would never surrender.
Rahmer followed him into the corner but he was too far back to retaliate. Dietrich completed the final five rounds without incident to get his second consecutive victory at the Pigeon Hills oval. In addition, it was his fourth in-a- row overall, as Dietrch went three-for-three the previous weekend.
“It is great to get rolling like this, we are leaving Wednesday for Knoxville,” he explained.
Following Dietrich and Rahmer across the finish line was Wagaman, who wrestled third away from McIntyre. Chase Dietz crossed in fifth. Campbell was sixth. Wilt, Billy Dietrich, Trout, and Brandon Rahmer completed the top ten.
Heat winners on Hank Gentzler memorial Manufacturers Appreciation Night were Freddie Rahmer, Jr., Wolfe, and Billy Dietrich. Brie Hershey won the B Main. Trout’s fast time was 13.271 seconds.
In the 358 Sprints, Brett Strickler survived two reds and a flock of cautions to pick up his first career Sprint Car win at Lincoln Speedway. He held off veteran Doug Hammaker, who rapped the turn one wall early in the race but was able to keep the car moving. Kody Hartlaub, Jeff Rohrbaugh, and Chris Arnold rounded out the top five. Zachary Allman, Cody Fletcher, Chris Frank, Brett Wanner, and Travis Scott were the next five finishers. Scott, Rohrbaugh, Chad Criswell, and Frank were the heat winners. Zane Rudisill won the B Main.
Lincoln Speedway will be back in action Saturday with 410 and 358 Sprints, joined by the Mid Atlantic Modifieds.
On August 22, there will be twin features for the 358 Sprints and 410 Sprints. Sandwiched in between will be a special for the World of Outlaws and ULMS Late Models, the Billy Vacek and Huey Wilcoxon Memorial. The winner on August 20 will earn $12,000.
SARVER, PA (April 26, 2024) AJ Flick picked up his first Peoples Natural Gas Sprint Car win of 2024 at Lernerville Speedway on Friday night and Michael Norris made it back-to-back wins in the Late Model Division.
Flick started fourth on the grid and passed leader and pole-sitter Carl Bowser using the bottom side on lap 8 while Bowser worked the high side. Bowser wouldn’t go away easily, pulling side-by-side with Flick at the halfway mark. Flick eventually was able to hold Bowser at bay, building a three-second lead as he encountered lap traffic.
A caution flag with five-laps-to-go bunched up the field but Flick got an impressive restart and kept the field at bay to pick up the victory. Bowser finished second and Michael Bauer finished third after starting eighth.
“I didn’t expect it to slick off as much as it did,” Flick said about the track conditions. “It was odd because it wasn’t really wide but yet the actual racing groove was getting slick and starting to come in already. I missed it in the heat race, but come feature time it seems like we’re starting to dial it in a bit more.”
Norris started 10th and put on a clinic coming through the field to make it two straight at ‘The action Track.’
“Luck was on our side tonight,” Norris said. “I always seem to have late race cautions. Thanks to John Garvin for leaving me a lane, he got me pretty good on that last restart but I knew as long as I could be even with him going into turn one, the top was so good and it was.”
Erick Rudolph made the trip to Sarver from Ransomville, New York and it paid off. Rudolph took home the feature victory in the Diehl Automotive Big Block Modified main event.
“There’s something about Lernerville Speedway,” said Rudolph. “It’s one of my favorite tracks in the country and anytime we get a chance to come down here it’s always something we look forward to.”
Tyler Dietz proved to be the class of the field once again, garnering his first feature win in the Millerstown Pic-A-Part Pro Stock main event. Dietz survived a late race restart and held off front row starter Tim Bish and a hard charging Chris Schneider to grab the checkered flag.
“I kind of thought that he (Bish) was going to take the bottom,” Dietz stated, remarking about the crucial restart. “I was hoping he would go high because I think I was better up high but I just never got the chance to go up there.”
PITTSBURGH, PA (April 24, 2025) The Historic Stock Car Racing Association (HSCRA) is joining the lineup of racing groups at this year’s Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP) Historics at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. This is the first time the HSCRA will race in the PVGP Historics 3-day weekend, July 26 to 28, 2024.
“We are thrilled to welcome the HSCRA to our 2024 event,” said Dan DelBianco, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. “Their participation not only broadens the appeal of the PVGP Historics but also aligns with our mission to celebrate all automotive history. This is a fantastic opportunity for race fans of all types to witness the power and beauty of historic stock cars in action.”
The HSCRA, renowned for its commitment to preserving and celebrating the history of stock car racing, will bring a new dimension to the PVGP Historics. The group is open to all stock cars that ran in one of the major NASCAR series.
“The HSCRA is anxious to bring NASCAR to Pittsburgh,” said Carlus Gann of HSCRA. “We look forward to making this a regular stop on our tour. Western Pennsylvania has deep roots in racing, and building a world-class track at Pitt Race in Beaver County makes it a perfect fit.”
The most popular class is Generation 4 Cup cars built for the 1992-2007 seasons. During this era, teams built a few cars for the two road courses on the schedule.
“We are hoping for a full field of meticulously restored stock cars,” added Chris Evans of the HSCRA. “Former NASCAR winners like Joe Nemechek and a competitive lineup of today’s top historic stock car drivers will be on hand.”
Gary Moore, a seasoned participant in over a dozen PVGP races, knows the intricacies and challenges of the Pitt Race track. Moore will be showcasing his 1969 Mercury Cyclone (right), victoriously driven by Cale Yarborough, exclaiming, “It’s quite the adventure behind the wheel!”
The HSCRA will have a practice session in the morning and a qualifying race in the afternoon on Friday, July 26. A morning and afternoon practice session on Saturday, July 27. Sunday, July 28 will see the HSCRA have a short morning warm-up prior to being one of the featured Sunday afternoon races.
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Motorsport Festival features two weekends of racing action. The first weekend is the PVGP Historics at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. The second weekend is racing through a 2.33-mile road course set on the streets of Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park. In addition to the race weekends, the PVGP stages car shows, parties, road rallies, and a black-tie formal. The PVGP’s mission is to provide residential care, treatment and support for people with autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities – donating $6.7 million to charity since 1983.
IMPERIAL, PA (April 20, 2024) Aliquippa’s Tim Shaffer started on the pole position and survived several caution flags and restarts to win the Herb Scott Memorial Saturday night at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (PPMS).
“Boy I earned that one huh,” said Shaffer following the race. “These wins just keep getting better and better. Herb Scott won a lot of features and I have a long way to go to catch him, but my career went on the road and it became hard to win races. It’s kind of back home racing now for me and it’s a lot of fun.”
Brock Pinkerous and Dave Hess Jr. staged an epic battle over the last several laps with Pinkerous scoring an emotional runner-up finish.
“Congrats to Tim on the win,” said Pinkerous, who hails from Ellenville, NY. “He’s really good at this track. Him and Dave are legends around this area. It’s really cool to battle with them; they raced me clean and I raced them clean. Even though we didn’t win tonight, this is for my uncle tonight who passed away about a month ago. I hope he’s watching over us tonight, and I really love you uncle Chris.”
“We were really good on those restarts,” said Hess, the 39-year-old Waterford, Pa. driver. “A little tweak to the car and maybe a gear change and we could have had something for the leaders. Once those two (Shaffer and Pinkerous) got rolling, they were a little better than I was.”
Kyle Lukon finished fifth and Logan Roberson rounded out the Top 5.
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 45-Tim Shaffer[1]; 2. 555-Brock Pinkerous[4]; 3. 44-Dave Hess Jr[21]; 4. 184-Kyle Lukon[5]; 5. 17R-Logan Roberson[19]; 6. 10S-Joe Martin[16]; 7. 36-Cody Dawson[7]; 8. 3J-Jeremy Wonderling[10]; 9. 42-Daryl Charlier[6]; 10. 184C-Justin Chance[13]; 11. 21J-Jim Rasey[24]; 12. 184P-Cole Petrelle[20]; 13. 77-Tom Klein[23]; 14. 57-Charlie Sandercock[11]; 15. 36B-Colby Beighey[15]; 16. 18-Mike Wonderling[25]; 17. 29-Ryan Hare[17]; 18. 60H-Brian Huchko[22]; 19. 9R-Mike Reft[14]; 20. 25-Zachary Kane[9]; 21. 72B-Kassidy Kamicker[18]; 22. 75-Jared Miley[3]; 23. 60-Brandon Burgoon[2]; 24. 14AJ-AJ Miller[8]; 25. 14G-Jake Gunn[12]
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