Local Racing
Cisney and Rittenhouse Win Again at Lincoln Speedway
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (Pittsburgh Racing Now) – Dylan Cisney and Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. each picked up their second victories of the season at Lincoln Speedway, becoming the first drivers in their respective classes to score again.
Despite his uncharacteristic success at Lincoln Spedway, Cisney announced that he will be returning to his home track, Port Royal Speedway, for a doubleheader to be held June 13 and 14. Cisney lives within walking distance of that track. He plans to return to Lincoln Speedway for the pair of shows to be held during Speedweek and for other special events over the remainder of the season.
Cisney had the benefit of starting on the front row of the feature event for the 410 Sprint Cars. He was paired up with Glenndon Forsythe. Dalton Dietrich and Kyle Norris lined up behind them. Troy Wagaman, Jr. and Kyle Moody were in the thrird row, followed by Tyler Dalton and Tim Wagaman. Brandon Rahmer and Tim Glatfelter had dibs on row five.
Cisney bolted out to the lead over Forsythe, Dietrich, and Troy Wagaman, but the first lap did not count as there was a massive pile-up at the rear of the field when the leaders were crossing the line. Last week’s winner, Brian Motieth was involved, along with Scott Fisher, Jim Siegel, Freddie Rahmer, Jr., and Chad Trout. All but Trout were able to continue.
On the second attempt to go green, Cisney took command. Forsythe trailed him. Dalton Dietrich again rode along in third, but Norris moved ahead of Troy Wagaman. Moody, Walton, Tim Wagaman, Brandon Rahmer, and Billy Dietrich were also in the hunt.
Cisney stretched out his lead to more than two seconds before reaching the slower cars on lap nine. Forsythe continued in second, but Moody had moved into third by that time. Tim Wagaman, Troy Wagaman, and Brandon Rahmer were fighting for fourth and fifth.
Although the race stayed green until lap 18, Cisney’s forward progress was slowed. “It’s such a tough place here working traffic,” Cisney noted. “We caught lapped traffic and got by one, but then we had trouble moving forward.” Forsythe began to close in, but he could not get close enough to the leader to make a move. Fortunately for Cisney, Freddie Rahmer and Siegel tangled while racing for positions in the middle of the pack. “The yellow came out and I was able to get back down to the rubber.” Cisney continued, “I dropped down and I figured nobody was going to get around me and it worked out.”
Forsythe would get one more shot at the leader, on a lap 20 restart, but Cisney was up to the challenge. He stayed in the low groove and was able to build a comfortable margin over the final ten laps.
After Cisney and Forsythe came Moody, Tim and Troy Wagaman, Brandon Rahmer, Lucas Wolfe, Chase Dietz, Walton, and Billy Dietrich.
Heat wins for the 34 410 Sprints went to Cisney, Dalton Dietrich, Forsythe, and Walton. The B Main belonged to Trout.
In the 358 Sprint undercard, Todd Rittenhouse worked the outside line to move from fourth to the lead over the first ten laps of the contest. Then, he too moved down to the rubber to finish things out.
Tim McClelland was fighting off Doug Hammaker for second. Hammaker made a desperation move coming through turns three and four on the last lap, but he spun, bringing out the yellow after Rittenhouse took the checkers. So, the rest of the field was scored as they were running on lap 19, with the exception of Hammaker of course.
So, that placed McClelland in second,Zachary Newlin third, Matt Findley fourth, and Cody Fletcher fifth. Positions Six through ten went to Wyatt Hinkle, Scott Fisher, Tyler Ross, Steve Owings, and Chris Frank.
Findley, Ross, Dave Brown, and Hammaker triumphed in the quartet of heats. Brett Wanner scored in the B Main, but he was eliminated early in the A when he flipped in turn one. He was unhurt.
Lincoln Speedway will be in action Saturday, June 13, with the Fallen Firefighters Night in memory of Brandon Little. Extra money will be on the line for both divisions of Sprint Cars. There will be a twist to the program as the 410 Sprints will run a double set of heat races with passing points awarded for each to determine the starting line-up for the A Main.
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 3, 2024) Rain is forcing local tracks to cancel their events this weekend.
Lernerville Speedway was the first to pull the plug on Friday’s program after late afternoon showers and an ominous forecast forced the tracks hand. Racing returns to ‘The Action Track’ on Friday, May 10 as the Jay’s Automotive ULMS Late Models take center stage, complemented with the remaining Fab4 racing divisions.
Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway was next to throw in the towel. PPMS and BRP Modified Tour officials made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the BRP Big Block Modifieds + Cinco De Mayo Fiesta event. The event will not be rescheduled. All tickets purchased online will be fully refunded. PPMS and BRP look forward to scheduling a 2025 date! PPMS hopes to be able to get in Nostalgia Night and Action Event next Saturday.
Rain late Friday evening and through the early morning hours on Saturday brought over a half-inch (0.51) of rain to Latrobe Speedway, forcing the cancellation of Saturday’s (May 4) FAST-Five racing program. The rain gauge at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, just 2 miles away, continues to record the rain. The airport forecast calls for an 80 % chance of showers, mainly before 1 pm, and a 100% chance of showers continuing again tonight.
Next Saturday, May 11, Latrobe plans to hold the Dave Kittey Memorial ULMS Super Late Models. The 30-lap $4,000-to-win feature also offers bonuses for ULMS racers. The FASTrak Pro Late Models, the Joe’s Body Shop & Towing Pure Stocks, the Special T Metals LLC Modified 4 Cylinders, and the Marilungo Disposal LLC Strictly Stock 4 Cylinders will also be on the card.
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.
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