Abbottstown, PA — (October 11, 2014) — Danny Dietrich found himself the leader when Brian Montieth and Glenndon Forsythe crashed into lapped cars on the fifth lap and held off repeated challenges of rookie Austin Hogue over the next 20 laps to score his fifth win of the year in the season finale at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night.
“It was a crazy race,” said Dietrich after scoring his third win in the last four Lincoln races in the Sandoe’s Fruit Market/Hickory Run Orchards/Weikert’s Livestock #48, “My brakes were so hot from running so hard. My hat’s off to Austin. He drove a hell-of-a race and kept pressure on me the whole time. That’s impressive for a kid in his first year of 410 racing on a track like this. This is a pretty tough track to be good on. He raced me real clean.”
A redraw for the feature placed Dietrich fourth for the start. Outside front-row starter Glenndon Forsythe held off polesitter Brian Montieth over the first three laps. Montieth took the lead on lap four, but then disaster struck for the two leaders when spinning lapped traffic led to a Montieth flip and Forsythe spin in turn four.
Dietrich, who running third at the time, inherited the lead and paced the field the rest of the way, but Hogue gave him everything he could handle through heavy lapped traffic.
“That one lap I got into (turn) one there, and I decided to go to the top at the last minute and he was on the outside of me,” said Dietrich, “I thought ‘Oh, man.’ I had a really had a hard time pitching my car down and I was going his direction. He did a good job moving a little bit and I did a good job of trying to keep the car down. There were a couple of moments there that I’m not sure how we made it through. Lapped traffic was tough tonight. It’s unfortunate for the 2W and the 21. There were pretty fast. I wasn’t up on the wheel yet, but those two definitely had good cars there, and it a shame for them.”
The last laps of the race were run with Hogue on Dietrich’s back bumper behind heavy lapped traffic racing for position.
The margin of victory for Dietrich’s 23rd career Lincoln win was a scant .65 seconds.
Third through fifth were eighth-starting Cory Haas, 2014 track champ Alan Krimes (who came from 12th starting spot), and Matt Boland. Sixth through tenth were Adam Wilt, Jim Siegel, 14th-starting Tyler Ross, John Rudisill, and 18th-starting Kevin Nagy.
Rookie Brandon Rahmer was uninjured in a spectacular opening lap flip up the back stretch while battling a pack of cars, eventually landing on the outside guardrail after damaging the Prospect Auto Parts billboard.
410 Sprint heats were won by Boland, Nicole Bower, and Wilt, with 358 point series champ Chase Dietz winning the consolation.
The 20-lap “358” sprint thriller saw 305 sprint car veteran John Braim lead every lap until he was caught by Dwight Leppo coming off the final turn. For Leppo, it was his first career Lincoln win, not counting his big wheel race victory several years ago as a kid.
Leppo started on the pole and chased Braim the entire way before making the race-winning pass and crossing a half car-length ahead of Braim at the end.
Third through fifth were ninth-starting Matt Campbell, seventh-starting Brad McClelland, and lady driver Brie Hershey.
358 Sprint heats were won by Jason Schultz, Kevin Nouse, and McClelland. Nouse dropped from the feature field while running third early in the race.
Harlon Leppo recognized the sprint car career of his retiring cousin Brian by changing the number of his car to 71 and then going on to win the 15-lap Central PA Legends feature.
Leppo started sixth and wrestled the lead from Lucas Montgomery in the first two turns of the final lap to claim the win in the non-stop event (timed at 5 minutes, 4.53 seconds).
Montgomery settled for second in a race that saw three different leaders in the first three laps. Polesitter Travis McClelland led the first lap, followed by third-starting Chris McKinney on lap two, and then fifth-starting Montgomery, who led until the final lap.
Third through fifth were Jason Rochelle, McKinney, and Bill Diehl.
Legend heats were won by Leppo, Montgomery, and Bob Stough, with Tim Henry winning the consolation.
Randy Doty led every lap of the non-stop 25-lap All-American Outlaw feature, crossing in 8 minutes, 15.56 seconds.
Justin Cullum, Brian Green, Dylan Keim, and Rick Hulson (who started 17th) completed the top five.
Lincoln Speedway will once again host its annual Lincoln Race Car Flea Market on Saturday, November 15th from 6 AM to 2 PM followed by the annual Lincoln Speedway Awards Banquet on Saturday, November 22nd from 6 PM to 12:30 AM.
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Sat., Oct. 11, 2014
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
2014 SEASON FINALE
410 SPRINTS
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich; 2. 52-Austin Hogue; 3. 11C-Cory Haas; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 22T-Matt Boland; 6. 15-Adam Wilt; 7. 59-Jim Siegel; 8. 5-Tyler Ross; 9. 4-John Rudisill; 10. 45-Kevin Nagy; 11. 35-Steve Owings; 12. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 13. 92-Niki Young; 14. 69H-Shane Hoff; 15. 2D-Tim Dietz; 16. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr. (DNF); 17. 47-Eric Riggins, Jr.; 18. 49H-Bradley Howard (DNF); 19. 21T-Scott Fisher (DNF); 20. 69-Tim Glatfelter (DNF); 21. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe (DNF); 22. 75-Nicole Bower (DNF); 23. 21-Brian Montieth (DNF); 24. 88-Brandon Rahmer (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Glenndon Forsythe (1-3), Brian Montieth (4), Danny Dietrich (5-25)
1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 22T-Matt Boland; 2. 11C-Cory Haas; 3. 59-Jim Siegel; 4. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 5. 21T-Scott Fisher; 6. 47-Eric Riggins, Jr.; 7. 2D-Chase Dietz; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 9. 88-Brandon Rahmer; DNS – 12-Mike Bittinger. Time – 2:18.108
2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 75-Nicole Bower; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich; 3. 21-Brian Montieth; 4. 52-Austin Hogue; 5. 5-Tyler Ross; 6. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 7. 69H-Shane Hoff; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard (DNF); DNS – 1*-Tim Wagaman. No Time
3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 15-Adam Wilt; 2. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 3. 87-Alan Krimes; 4. 4-John Rudisill; 5. 35-Steve Owings; 6. 45-Kevin Nagy; 7. 92-Niki Young; 8. 14X-Floyd Billington; 9. 91-David Quackenbush; 10. 1080-Jordon Mackison (DNF). Time – 2:18.749
Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 2D-Chase Dietz; 2. 92-Niki Young; 3. 69H-Shane Hoff; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 5. 49H-Bradley Howard; 6. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 8. 14X-Floyd Billington; 9. 91-David Quackenbush; DNS – 95-Hunter Mackison, 1080-Jordon Mackison, 12-Mike Bittinger. Time – 2:22.270
358 SPRINTS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 4-Dwight Leppo; 2. 44-John Braim; 3. 16-Matt Campbell; 4. 6R-Brad McClelland; 5. 97-Brie Hershey; 6. 119-Chandler Leiby; 7. 38D-Kyle Denmyer; 8. 29S-Jason Schultz; 9. 90-Jordon Givler; 10. 51N-Nick Palmerino; 11. 19-Troy Wagaman, Jr.; 12. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 13. 7-CJ Quirk; 14. 47-Maichael Hamer; 15. 00-Chris Frank; 16. 66A-Cody Fletcher; 17. 23J-Jake Eldreth; 18. 30-Seth Kerchner (DNF); 19. 11-Leah Starner (DNF); 20. 29-Chris Arnold (DNF); 21. 28-Matt Findley (DNF); 22. 4R-Kevin Nouse (DNF); 23. 66-Doug Hammaker (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – John Braim (1-19), Dwight Leppo (20)
1st Heat (10 Laps) – 1. 29S-Jason Schultz; 2. 4-Dwight Leppo; 3. 16-Matt Campbell; 4. 119-Chandler Leiby; 5. 66-Doug Hammaker; 6. 28-Matt Findley; 7. 66A-Cody Fletcher; 8. 00-Chris Frank. Time – 2:20.31
2nd Heat (10 Laps) – 1. 4R-Kevin Nouse; 2. 97-Brie Hershey; 3. 44-John Braim; 4. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 5. 47-Michael Hamer; 6. 19-Troy Wagaman, Jr.; 7. 30-Seth Kerchner; 8. 11-Leah Starner (DNF). Time – 2:22.81
3rd Heat (10 Laps) – 1. 6-Brad McClelland; 2. 38D-Kyle Denmyer; 3. 51N-Nick Palmerino; 4. 29-Chris Arnold; 5. 90-Jordan Givler; 6. 7-CJ Quirk; 7. 23J-Jake Eldreth. Time – 2:24.31
CENTRAL PA LEGENDS
Feature (15 Laps) – 1. 71-Harlon Leppo; 2. 15-Lucas Montgomery; 3. 1-Jason Rochelle; 4. 3M-Chris McKinney; 5. 53-Bill Diehl; 6. 8CR-Mason Chaney; 7. 07-Bob Stough; 8. 5-Scott Haudeshell; 9. 13-Jacob Feltch; 10. 09-Chris Spidle; 11. 85-Chad Earnst; 12. 0-Greg Burd; 13. 51-Travis McClelland; 14. 20-Vern Houseman; 15. 14-Joe Ehrisman; 16. 18-Chris Transeau; 17. 9-Rick Hartwig; 18. 70-John Hall; 19. 19-Travis Perry; 20. 48-Tim Henry; 21. 97H-George Hanson; 22. 44-Scott Gobrecht; 23. 90-Scott Spidle; 24. X-Justice Forbes. Time – 5:04.53
Lap Leaders – Travis McClelland (1), Chris McKinney (2), Lucas Montgomery (3-14), Harlon Leppo (15)
1st Heat (6 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 71-Harlon Leppo; 2. 3M-Chris McKinney; 3. 1-Jason Rochelle; 4. 5-Scott Haudeshell; 5. 14-Joe Ehrisman; 6. 85-Chad Earnst; 7. 56-Mike Gable; 8. 9-Rich Hartwig; 9. X-Justice Forbes. Time – 2:01.16
2nd Heat (6 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 15-Lucas Montgomery; 2. .09-Chris Spidle; 3. 53-Bill Diehl; 4. 8CR-Mason Chaney; 5. 20-Vern Houseman; 6. 97-George Hanson; 7. 48-Tim Henry; 8. 19-Travis Perry; 9. 90-Scott Spidle. Time – 2:01.16
3rd Heat (6 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 07-Bob Stough; 2. 51-Travis McClelland; 3. 13-Jacob Feltch; 4. 18-Chris Transeau; 5. 0-Greg Burd; 6. 44-Scott Gobrecht; 7. 70-John Hall; 8. 33R-Andrew Robicheaux. Time – 2:00.69
Consolation (6 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 48-Tim Henry; 2. 9-Rick Hartwig; 3. 70-John Hall; 4. 90-Scott Spidle; 5. 19-Travis Perry; 6. X-Justice Forbes; 7. 56-Mike Gable; DNS – 33R-Andrew Robicheaux. No Time
ALL AMERICAN OUTLAWS
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 6-Randy Doty; 2. 95-Justin Cullum; 3. 99-Bryan Green; 4. 07-Dylan Keim; 5. 9A-Rick Hulson; 6. 1N-Hunter Nestor; 7. 59-Fred Cullum; 8. 100-Tim Fake; 9. 89-Carnie Fryfogle; 10. 71-Jim Chenoweth; 11. 00-Scott Jorda; 12. 3M-Steve Jorda; 13. 1-Jim Minter; 14. 11-Al Daniels; 15. 19R-Roy Denike; 16. 01-Brandon Beacham; 17. 53-Tony Jorda; 18. 21-Danny Gladhill. Time – 8:15.56
Lap Leaders – Randy Doty (1-25)