From Lincoln Speedway
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 5/8/10 ‑ “Finally!,” was the first word out of Adam Wilt’s mouth following his first career 410 Sprint car feature Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway.
Wilt started eighth in the field, took the lead on lap six and checked out from the field as he took the 25-lap feature win by 2.52 seconds over runner-up Brent Marks.
“It just feels like we would never get one here,” said the young York driver after collecting the $3,000 payday in the Wide Open Motorsports owned #15 sprinter. “I mean I’ve been getting around this place pretty well and we’ve been so close. I should have had two wins at this place last year but that was just rookie mistakes. That don’t count this year.”
Wilt, the 2009 National 410 Sprint Car Rookie of the Year drove by Kevin Nagy on the fifth lap as Nagy then lost the handle to bring out a yellow flag. Wilt assumed command on the restart as young Brent Marks followed into the runner-up spot.
The final 19 laps of the event went non-stop as Wilt extended his advantage over the field despite working through heavy lapped traffic during the final laps. Wilt nearly hit the wall with five laps to go but managed to collect the car without major incident.
“I about lost it up there in turn one but whenever you are in the lead, you gotta run the car hard every lap because you have guys like Fred Rahmer coming behind you and you need to get through traffic,” Wilt stated. “My new crew chief Brian Boughter has this thing dialed in and it just rolls. We’ve been fast right off the trailer this year and it feels good to finally get a win here.”
Marks settled for the runner-up spot followed by another young racer Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 10-time track champion Fred Rahmer and Alan Krimes.
Defending champion Brian Montieth crossed in sixth ahead of Cory Haas, Doug Esh, Jim Siegel and 24th starting Tim Shaffer, the 2009 O’Reilly All Star Sprint champion.
Heats for the 30 “410” Sprints were won by Gerard McIntyre, Jr., Fred Rahmer and Josh Wells. Johnny Mackison, Jr. won the consolation.
Adrian Shaffer started on the front row of the 20-lap 358 Sprint car feature and drove off from the field to score his seventh career win in the Pigeon Hills.
After battling mechanical woes during the makeup feature earlier in the night, Shaffer was flawless in the non-stop feature that was delayed by a rain shower for about a half hour.
Derek Frohlich finished second over Mike Bittinger, Eric Tomecek, Brook Weibley, Troy Becker, Tim Wagaman, Steve Owings, Dale Hammaker and Ted Thomas, Jr.
Heats for the 33 “358” Sprint heats were won by Mike Bittinger, Adrian Shaffer, Scott Fisher and Derek Frohlich. Kyle Moody won the consolation.
After two consecutive red flags to start the makeup 20-lap 358 Sprint car feature, Hamburg’s Keith Prutzman led flag to flag to score his first career win at Lincoln.
Prutzman’s 20-lap time of 5:23.87 erased the old 20 lap track record set by Greg Leiby on June 30, 2001. The former record was 5:38.80.
Defending track champion Jeff Rohrbaugh finished second ahead of Dale Hammaker, Tim Wagaman and Nicole Bower with Glenndon Forsythe, Eric Tomecek, Ted Thomas, Troy Becker and Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. completing the top 10 finishers.
Next Saturday night, May 15th, at 7 PM, Lincoln Speedway will host a three-division, four-feature show as the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprinters will be joined the Thundercars and the 358 late models. In addition to the regularly scheduled event for the thundercars, they will also run the make-up feature for the rained-out event from April 24th.
Gates will open at 5 PM and hot laps get underway around 6:30 PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway’s website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the action or pending weather conditions at Central Pennsylvania’s “Premier” Saturday night race track – The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS
Sat., May 8, 2010
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS
Feature (25‑Laps) ‑ 1. 15-Adam Wilt ($3,000); 2. 19M-Brent Marks; 3. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 4. 51-Fred Rahmer; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 21-Brian Montieth; 7. 11C-Cory Haas; 8. 39-Doug Esh; 9. 59-Jim Siegel; 10. 83-Tim Shaffer; 11. 6-Brad McClelland; 12. 71-Brian Leppo; 13. 48-Danny Dietrich; 14. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 15. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr.; 16. 14-Doug Dodson; 17. 49-Bob Howard; 18. 3B-Randy Baughman; 19. 3W-Chris Shuttlesworth; 20. 4-John Rudisill; 21. 747-Kevin Nagy; 22. 7M-Mark Smith (DNF); 23. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF); 24. 6W-Josh Wells (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Kevin Nagy (1-5), Adam Wilt (6-25)
1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 2. 19M-Brent Marks; 3. 25-Aaron Ott; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 7. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr.; 8. 9-Bob Howard; 9. 38N-Nick Schlauch, Jr.; 10. 22-Bryn Gohn. No Time
2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) ‑ 1. 51-Fred Rahmer; 2. 15-Adam Wilt; 3. 39 Doug Esh; 4. 747- Kevin Nagy; 5. 14-Doug Dodson; 6. 71-Brian Leppo; 7. 7M-Mark Smith; 8. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr.; 9. 26-Pat Cooper; 10. 21K-Kyle Pruitt. No Time
3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) ‑ 1. 6W-Josh Wells; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3-11C-Cory Haas; 4. 21-Brian Montieth; 5. 4-John Rudisill; 6. 6-Brad McClelland; 7. 3B-Randy Baughman; 8. 3W-Chris Shuttlesworth; 9. 56-Dave Wilson; 10. 83-Tim Shaffer (DNS). No Time
Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify)- 1. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr.; 2. 7M-Mark Smith; 3. 3W-Chris Shuttlesworth; 4. 3B-Randy Baughman; 5. 49-Bob Howard; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer; 7. 26-Pat Cooper; 8. 38N-Nick Schlauch; Jr. 9. 22-Bryn Gohn; 10. 21K-Kyle Pruitt; 11. 56-Dave Wilson; 12. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. (DNF). No Time
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358 SPRINTS
Feature (20‑Laps) ‑ 1. 91-Adrian Shaffer; 2. 99F-Derek Frohlich; 3. 12- Mike Bittinger; 4. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 5. B52-Brook Weibley; 6. 98-Troy Becker; 7. 1-Tim Wagaman; 8. 35-Steve Owings; 9. 66-Dale Hammaker; 10. 94-Ted Thomas, Jr.; 11. 97-Brie Hershey; 12. 99M-Kyle Moody; 13. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 14. 7C-Chad Trout; 15. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 16. 66K-Ryan Kissinger; 17. 21-Scott Fisher; 18. 65-Cale Griffin; 19. 67-Jason Cherry; 20. 33-Billy Heltzel; 21. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp (DNF); 22. 28-Keith Prutzman (DNF); 23. 50-Tim Berkheimer (DNF); 24. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh (DNF). Time – 5:37.31
Lap Leaders – Adrian Shaffer (1-20)
1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) ‑ 1. 12-Mike Bittinger; 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp; 4.1-Tim Wagaman; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 6. 65-Cale Griffin; 7. 75-Nicole Bower (DNF); 8. 0-Steve Storrie (DNF); 9. 6-Bill Sherman (DNS). No Time
2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify)- 1.91-Adrian Shaffer; 2. 98-Troy Becker; 3. 97-Brie Hershey; 4. 35-Steve Owings; 5. 7C-Chad Trout; 6. 99M-Kyle Moody; 7. 28-Keith Prutzman; 8. 5-Ricky Stonebraker (DNS). Time – 2:56.87
3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) ‑ 1. 21-Scott Fisher; 2. 66-Dale Hammaker; 3. 50-Tim Berkheimer; 4. 94-Ted Thomas, Jr.; 5. 66-Ryan Kissinger; 6. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 7. 59T-Tim Stallings; 8. 63-Stan Campbell (DNF). No Time
4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify)- 1.99F-Derek Frohlich; 2. B52-Brook Weibley; 3. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 4. 67-Jason Cherry; 5. 33-Billy Heltzel; 6. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF); 7. 23B-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. (DNF); 8. 08-Jason Clauss (DNF). Time – 2:51.56
Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1.99M-Kyle Moody; 2. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 3. 65-Cale Griffin; 4. 28-Keith Prutzman; 5. 27-Jay Galloway; 6. 63-Stan Campbell (DNF); 7. 59T-Tim Stallings (DNF); 8. 0-Steve Storrie (DNF); 9. 75-Nicole Bower (DNS); 10. 23B-Todd Rittenhouse; Jr. (DNS); 11-08 Jason Clauss (DNS). Time – 2:51.06