Local Racing
Dietrich Doubles at Lincoln
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (September 5, 2020): Danny Dietrich swept both ends of the Twin Twenties comprising the Bob Leiby Memorial at the Lincoln Speedway. The victories raised Dietrich’s career total to 53 at the track. He carried $5,750 dollars back to his Gettysburg home.
“We had a really good car and we set it up for the end of the race,” Dietrich said. “Starting fourteenth, I knew that I had to go. I was able to pick up a row at the start.” Although he met his goal of cracking the top ten quickly (he was ninth after one lap was complete), it took him a bit longer to reach the top five. That milestone was achieved soon after the halfway mark. Dietrich made the most progress in the final five laps, though. He was fourth at lap 15, third on lap 16, second on lap 18, and the leader on lap 19.
Brie Hershey and Brett Michalski paced teh field for the opening round. Scott Fisher and Alan Krimes were in row two, with Gelendon Forsythe and Adam Wilt in row three. Tim Glatfelter and Brian Montieth had row four and Matt Cambell and Aaron Bollinger were in row five. Dietrich was on the outside of row seven. Missing from the field was points leader Freddie Rahmer, Jr. Rahmer crashed in turn one after reaching a transfer spot in his heat race and he was unable to make the call fro the B Main.
Michalski led the way in the early part of the race, with Krimes, Forsythe, and Wilt chasing him. Krimes stayed close through the first half of the contest, but he did not make a bid for the lead. That came with twelve laps in the books when he and Wilt took runs at the leader. Soon, it was a four car battle for the top spot, as Montieth joined the action at the front of the pack.
Michalski held his own for several laps despite the withering pressure. Wilt dropped to the inside to try to pick him off on lap 16, and there was contact. Michalski slowed, but was able to keep moving, but Wilt was stopped sideways in turn four.
That moved Montieth into second and Dietrich into third for the restart. Montieth executed a slider in turn one to grab the lead and Dietrich followed him into second. Michalski was showing signs of damage from the shunt with Wilt, as he was no longer able to maintain pace with the leaders. He lost another position to Campbell by lap 18.
Brandon Rahmer spun in turn two to bring out the final caution. That set up Dietrich to power around the top of turns one and two to assume command on the restart.
At the checkers, it was Dietrich over Montieth, Campbell , Krimes, and Jimmy Siegel. Michalski held on for sixth. Justin Peck was seventh, followed by Glatfelter, Forsythe, and Billy Dietrich.
In the second feature, the top eight cars were inverted for the start. That gave Glatfelter the pole with Peck beside him. The two heavy hitters, Montieth and Dietrich, were in row four.
Glatfelter took advantage of the great starting position and he led the first seven laps. On the restart, Peck stayed close and he took a shot at the lead with a slider in turn four. However, Glatfelter anticipated the move and turned back under Peck to maintain the lead as they thundered down the front stretch.
Glatfelter maintained control through the middle stage of the race. However, Dietrich was on the charge again. He was in the top five with nine laps complete and third by lap 15. He slid into second with 18 down and still had a way to go to catch Glatfelter.
Glatfelter was slowed by some lapped cars running the top line. But Dietrich saw an opening on the bottom and he went for it. Dietrich was closing fast, The question was would he get to Glatfelter before the checkers. He did, with a masterful slide in turn four to power off the corner to see the finish line first.
“I wasn’t sure if I was going to get it (the win),” Dietrich said. He remarked that he thought that he had gotten as far as he could when he reached third. “But I drove really hard the last two laps. I got a good run on him (Glatfelter) down the back on the last lap. I thought that he would hear me and that he would turn down on me, but he left the bottom open.”
Following Dietrich and Glatfelter were Peck, Siegel, and Campbell. Montieth was sixth, then came Krimes, Billy Dietrich, Tim Wagaman, and Kyle Moody.
Scott Fisher,, Hershey, and Michalski were the winners of the three heat races. Chad Trout captured the B Main.
Lincoln Speedway will host a Super Late Model special next Saturday, allowing the Sprint Cars to journey north to Port Royal Speedway for the Tuscarora 50. However, there will be a pair of Sprint Car events the following week. On Wednesday, September 16, the track will make up the Weldon Sterner Memorial. Then, on Saturday, September 19, it will present Dirt Classic VII, with a whopping $20,000 to the winner. That race will be sanctioned by the All Stars Circuit of Champions.
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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