From Bill Meyer
Abbottstown, PA — (April 13, 2013) — Denver’s Alan Krimes came from seventh starting
spot to claim his first win of the year in the 25-lap “410” sprint car
feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
“We’ve been fast the last three weeks. I thought we had the car to beat last
week and the week before that,” said Krimes upon exiting his Conestoga
Valley Garage/Krimes Racing Engines #87 in victory lane, “A couple late
yellows there killed us. We were lucky enough to get to the front first
tonight.”
“The yellows were hurting us again tonight,” added Krimes, “I don’t know if
the tires were sealing over or what, but every time the yellow came out, my
car would get worse and worse. I know J.J. was behind us, and he’s been
going real good pretty much every week. I was hoping there was some lapped
cars between me and him, but apparently there wasn’t. We got a restart and I
saw his front end down in three and four. I already had the wing all the way
back, so I just ran around the top and hoped I didn’t see anybody. Luckily,
we came away with it.”
Krimes took to the high side to get around sixth-starting Adam Wilt and
fourth-starting J.J. Grasso in the first two turns and cross fifth by the
end of the first lap. He then drove by both third-starting Gerard McIntyre,
Jr. and fifth-starting Danny Dietrich to move into third following a
third-lap restart, and caught second-starting Tim Glatfelter for the
runner-up spot on lap four. Two laps later, Krimes grabbed the top spot from
polesitter and race-long leader Robbie Kendall with a low-side move in turns
three and four.
Though Krimes led the rest of the way, torrid racing between Brian Montieth,
Danny Dietrich, and Fred Rahmer for fifth had the fans on their feet between
laps nine and 12. It was on that lap that J.J. Grasso re-entered the picture
after passing Kendall for second. Caution flags on laps 16 and 18 kept
Grasso close until the end.
“There’s a lot of good guys running real good this year. I saw the 25 on the
board there, and he’s been tough. I heard he’s going to URC when they start
their season, and I’m not going to be sad to see him go!”
The 16th-lap caution involved the spinning cars of Brian Montieth, Brent
Marks, and Cole Duncan. All three of those drivers have won races at Lincoln
in 2013. Montieth and Duncan were unable to continue, and Mark joined the
rear. The 18th-lap caution was for the spinning car of Jordan Mackison in
turns one and two.
Grasso settled for second, with eighth-starting Jim Siegel coming on strong
late in the race to finish third. Rahmer and Kendall completed the top five.
Sixth through tenth were Danny Dietrich, 13th-starting Logan Schuchart,
Glatfelter, 22nd-starting Billy Dietrich, and Wilt.
Heats for the 26 “410” Sprinters were won by Marks, Duncan, and Montieth,
with Jordon Mackison winning the consolation.
Defending Lincoln/Trail-Way Precise Racing Products champion Grant Adams
held off the repeated challenges of opening night winner Gene Knaub to win a
20-lap “358” late model thriller.
An inversion of six put Adams on the pole for the start. He led the first
nine laps, while fifth-starting Knaub and third-starting Brad Shank racing
side-by-side. Shank nudged under Adams to be scored the leader at the
half-way point.
Adams reclaimed the lead in the next two turns, and both Knaub and Steve
Clabaugh caught Shank for second and third by the end of lap 11.
Knaub gave it everything he had over the final two laps, but Adams crossed
less than a car length ahead under the checkered. Clabaugh was third,
followed by Shank and Sam Gallagher.
Heats for the 16 “358” Late Models were won by Pat Beard and Knaub.
Hagerstown’s Dave Socks claimed his first-ever Lincoln win in the 25-lap
super sportsman feature. He started on the front row and chased polesitter
Steve Wilbur the first 21 laps before making the race-winning pass.
Eighth-starting Frankie Herr caught Wilbur for second with two laps to go,
but finished .84-seconds behind the winner. Wilbur crossed third, with Scott
Geesey and Scott Dellinger completing the top five.
Heats for the 34 Super Sportsman were won by Herr, Russ Mitten, Duaine
Smith, and Chad Criswell, with Stan Wanner winning the consolation.
Lincoln swings back into action next Saturday, April 20th at 7 PM with all
three point divisions in action – the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprinters,
Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints and Thundercars. Gates will open at 5 PM,
hot laps at 6:30 PM and racing action getting underway at 7 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.
Sat., April 13, 2013
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS
Feature (25-Laps) – 1. 87-Alan Krimes ($3,200); 2. 25-JJ Grasso; 3. 59-Jim
Siegel; 4. 20S-Fred Rahmer; 5. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich; 7.
1S-Logan Schuchart; 8. 50-Tim Glatfelter; 9. 8-Billy Dietrich; 10. 15-Adam
Wilt; 11. 92-Ryan Smith; 12. 14-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 13. 19M-Brent Marks;
14. 71X-Bill Stine; 15. 29-Ryan Wilson; 16. 175-Billy Pauch, Jr.; 17.
2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 18. 95-Hunter Mackison; 19. 1080-Jordon Mackison; 20.
21-Brian Montieth (DNF); 21. 22-Cole Duncan (DNF); 22. 23-Todd Rittenhouse,
Jr. (DNF); 23. 1A-Jacob Allen (DNF); 24. 4-John Rudisill (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Robbie Kendall (1-5), Alan Krimes (6-25)
1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 19M-Brent Marks; 2. 20S-Fred Rahmer; 3.
48-Danny Dietrich; 4. 14-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 6.
71X-Bill Stine; 7. 1080-Jordon Mackison; 8. 175-Billy Pauch, Jr.; 9.
2W-Glenndon Forsythe. Time – 2:13.68
2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 22-Cole Duncan; 2. 15-Adam wilt; 3.
59-Jim Siegel; 4. 50-Tim Glatfelter; 5. 29-Ryan Wilson; 6. 23-Todd
Rittenhouse, Jr.; 7. 95-Hunter Mackison; 8. 8-Billy Dietrich (DNF); 9.
21A-Will Rose (DNF). No Time
3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 21-Brian Montieth; 2. 87-Alan Krimes;
3. 25-JJ Grasso; 4. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 5. 92-Ryan Smith; 6. 4-John
Rudisill; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen; 8. 11C-Cory Haas (DNF). No Time
Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 1080-Jordon Mackison; 2. 1A-Jacob
Allen; 3. 95-Hunter Mackison; 4. 8-Billy Dietrich; 5. 175-Billy Pauch, Jr.;
6. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 7. 21A-Will Rose; DNS – 11C-Cory Haas. Time –
2:41.330
PRECISE RACING PRODUCTS 358 LATE MODELS
Feature (20-Laps) – 1. 64-Grant Adams ($700); 2. 1-Gene Knaub; 3. 29-Steve
Clabaugh; 4. 57-Brad Shank; 5. 25-Sam Gallagher; 6. 116-Travis Mease; 7.
7-Pat Beard; 8. 72-Ron Coleman; 9. 14-Tyler Horst; 10. 62-Devin Frey; 11.
25-Jed Latshall; 12. 21Z-Can Zeigler (DNF); 13. X-Bernie Beard(DNF); 14.
01-Gary DeHart(DNF); 15. 68-Carl Leach(DNF); DNS – 121-Larry Neiderer. No
Time
Lap Leaders – Grant Adams (1-9), Brad Shank (10), Grant Adams (11-20)
1st Heat (8 Laps) – 1. 7-Pat Beard; 2. 72-Ron Coleman; 3. 29-Steve Clabaugh;
4. X-Bernie Beard; 5. 25-Sam Gallagher; 6. 116-Travis Mease; 7. 121-Larry
Neiderer; DNS – 68-Carl Leach. Time – 2:20.69
2nd Heat (8 Laps) – 1. 1-Gene Knaub; 2. 57-Brad Shank; 3. 64-Grant Adams; 4.
62-Devin Frey; 5. 14-Tyler Horst; 6. 21Z-Can Zeigler; 7. 25-Jed Latshall
(DNF); 8. 01-Gary DeHart (DNF). Time – 2:13.68
SUPER SPORTSMAN
Feature (25-Laps) – 1. 45-Dave Socks; 2. 99-Frankie Herr; 3. 9K-Steve
Wilbur; 4. 33-Scott Geesey; 5. 30-Scott Dellinger; 6. 11-Steve Fannasy; 7.
93-Carmen Perigo, Jr.; 8. 222-Jay Fannasy; 9. 25-Bobby Hockenberry; 10.
88W-Eric Walker; 11. 32-Gregg Foster; 12. 21-Leroy Martin; 13. 64-Stan
Wanner; 14. 3B-Mike Enders; 15. 20-Eric Eckert; 16. 77-Russ Mitten; 17.
00-Rick Barr; 18. 77W-Tom Wyckoff; 19. 888-John Wolfe; 20. 1-Paul Miller
(DNF); 21. 55C-Chad Criswell (DNF); 22. 29-Duaine Smith (DNF); 23. 8-Rich
Eichelberger (DNF); 24. 2-Ken Keyton (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Steve Wilbur (1-21), Dave Socks (22-25)
1st Heat (8 Laps/4 to qualify) – 1. 99-Frankie Herr; 2. 11-Steve Fannasy; 3.
30-Scott Dellinger; 4. 222-Jay Fannasy; 5. 20-Eric Eckert; 6. 16-Jeff
Leissy; 7. 7-Todd Leonard; 8. 69-Mallie Shuster (DNF); 9. 75-Kenny Edkin
(DNF). No Time
2nd Heat (8 Laps/4 to qualify) – 1. 77-Russ Mitten; 2. 8-Rich Eichelberger;
3. 45-Dave Socks; 4. 2-Ken Keyton; 5. 888-John Wolfe; 6. 22-Jaremi Hanson
(DNF); 7. 77W-Tom Wyckoff (DNF); 8. 318-Chris Meleason (DNF); 9. 83-Cody
Fairchok (DNF). Time – 2:15.80
3rd Heat (8 Laps/4 to qualify) – 1. 29-Duaine Smith; 2. 93-Carmen Perigo,
Jr.; 3. 9K-Steve Wilbur; 4. 3B-Mike Enders; 5. 32-Gregg Foster; 6. 21-Leroy
Martin; 7. 17-Brian Gontz; 8. 91-Lanny Hake. Time – 2:15.80
4th Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) – 1. 55C-Chad Criswell; 2. 33-Scott Geesey;
3. 1-Paul Miller; 4. 25-Bobby Hockenberry; 5. 88W-Eric Walker; 6. 64-Stan
Wanner; 7. 99G-Scott Grace; 8. 00-Rick Barr. Time – 2:13.56
1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) – 1.64-Stan Wanner