ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 9/20/14 – “That’s was pretty exciting.”
That understatement of the night was delivered by Danny Dietrich after scoring his fourth win of the year in the 25-lap Hank Gentzler Memorial Manufacturers Appreciation Night feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
The thriller saw Dietrich and Montieth throw slide jobs at each other in every turn over the final five laps.
“I wasn’t sure who was going to win. He got to second and I was kinda biding my time there in lapped traffic,” said Dietrich upon exiting his Sandoe’s Fruit Market/Weikert’s Livestock #48 in victory lane.
Time trials and an inversion of eight put Dietrich on the front row with polesitter Brandon Rahmer for the start. Dietrich wasted no time in grabbing the front spot in the first two turns, holding off fourth-starting Cory Haas through the middle stages of the race as Montieth was working his way to the front from sixth starting spot.
Montieth took second from Haas with five laps to go, and slid under Dietrich for the race lead exiting turn four of lap 21. But a caution for a four-car spin involving Jim Siegel, Bill Stine, Shane Hoff, and Aaron Ott in turns one and two negated the pass.
“He caught me by surprise,” said Dietrich, “I thought he was racing Cory (for second). Dietrich assumed the lead for the final restart, with Haas back in second and Montieth third.
Montieth drove around Haas immediately and started the late-race duel, taking the lead by the completion of lap 21.
From there, it was slide job heaven on each turn. Montieth was actually scored the leader of laps 21 and 22.
“It was definitely elbows up. I’m not sure who had the best line but I knew I could stick the bottom and through the middle pretty good,” said Dietrich, “The last lap I blew it into one and I figured I just needed to get to the cushion first and drive off. If I sat too long in the middle, he’d be standing here. It was good, clean, hard, fun racing. It doesn’t get any more exciting than that. My hat’s off to Montieth for a hell of-a-run he put on.”
Montieth settled for a close second .256 seconds behind Dietrich, with Haas, Austin Hogue, and Brandon Rahmer.
Sixth through tenth were Greg Hodnett, Lance Dewease, track champ Alan Krimes, Adam Wilt, and Gerard McIntyre, Jr.
Sprint heats were won by Danny Dietrich, Haas, Dewease, and Montieth, with Jordan Mackison winning the consolation. Fast time in time trials over the 45-car field was set by Krimes with one-lap time of 13.388-seconds (100.837 MPH).
More than $42,000 in manufacturers’ products and services were distributed to the 24 race teams that qualified for the feature. Thanks to the efforts of Denise Gentzler and Hank’s Performance Products, every driver received a prize package worth at least $1,600 at intermission. Bonus money was also provided to the first two alternates and the hard charger.
Mechanicsburg’s Kevin Nouse came from sixth starting spot to claim his 100th career win in the 20-lap “358” sprint car feature. Nouse took the lead from Doug Hammaker in heavy lapped traffic as the leaders came down the front stretch to begin lap 18.
Hammaker settled for second, with C.J. Tracey, Jeff Rohrbaugh, and Matt Campbell completing the top five.
Rohrbaugh’s fourth-place finish coupled with his fourth-place finish at Trail-Way back on September 5th was good enough to claim the 2014 Trail-Way/Lincoln Shootout bonus of $500, edging Mike Bittinger in a tie-breaker for having the better Lincoln finish.
Heats for the 358 Sprints were won by Bittinger, Hammaker, and Jeff Halligan, with Brad McClelland winning the consolation, and finishing third in the two-race Shootout.
Dalton Dietrich assumed the lead when Colby Dice lost a drive line on lap six, and went on to score his first career win in the PASS Racesaver 305 Sprint Car 20-lap feature event.
Scott Ellerman, 11th-starting Paul Snyder, Cale Griffin, and Mark Watkins finished second through fifth.
Heats for the 21 PASS Sprints were won by Erin Statler and Watkins.
Next Saturday night, September 27th, Lincoln will host the $20,000-to-win “DIRT CLASSIC PRESENTED BY KASEY KAHNE” for the 410 Sprints. Time trials will start at 7:00 PM, with gates opening at 4:00 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.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
2014 HANK GENTZLER MEMORIAL MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATION RACE
410 SPRINTS
Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich ($4,000); 2. 21-Brian Montieth; 3. 11C-Cory Haas; 4. 52-Austin Hogue; 5. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 6. 27-Greg Hodnett; 7. 14-Lance Dewease; 8. 87-Alan Krimes; 9. 15-Adam Wilt; 10. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 11. 92-Niki Young; 12. 94-Ryan Smith; 13. 8-Billy Dietrich; 14. 59-Jim Siegel; 15. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 16. 95-Hunter Mackison; 17. 99M-Kyle Moody; 18. 71X-Bill Stine (DNF); 19. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF); 20. 69H-Shane Hoff (DNF); 21. 22. 2-Ryan Wilson (DNF); 23. 35-Steve Owings (DNF); 24. 55K-Robbie Kendall (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Danny Dietrich (1-20), Brian Montieth (21-22), Danny Dietrich (23-25)
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS HEAT 1 (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich; 2. 87-Alan Krimes; 3. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 4. 52-Austin Hogue; 5. 8-Billy Dietrich; 6. 2A-Doug Esh; 7. 5-Tyler Ross; 8. 8C-Brian Carber; 9. 2D-Tim Dietz; 10. 7-Ed Aikin; 11. 75-Nicole Bower; 12. 14X-Floyd Billington. Time – 2:28.443
IN MEMORY OF JIM WICKARD & HANK GENZLER HEAT 2 (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 11C-Cory Haas; 2. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 3. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 4. 94-94-Ryan Smith; 5. 69H-Shane Hoff; 6. 37-JJ Grasso; 7. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 8. 4-John Rudisill; 9. 45-Kevin Nagy; 10. 49H-Bradley Howard; 11. 12-Mike Bittinger (DNF). Time – 2:30.236
GARY KAUFFMAN RACING HEAT 3 (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 14-Lance Dewease; 2. 25-Aaron Ott; 3. 27-Greg Hodnett; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 59-Jim Siegel; 6. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 7. 747-Davey Sammons; 8. 71X-Bill Stine; 9. 0-Rick Lafferty; 10. 22T-Matt Boland; 11. 91-David Quackenbush. No Time
HANKS PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT 3 (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1.21-Brian Montieth; 2. 99M-Kyle Moody; 3. 92-Niki Young; 4. 35-Steve Owings; 5. 2-Ryan Wilson; 6. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 8. 21T-Scott Fisher; 9. 95-Hunter Mackison; 10. 1080-Jordon Mackison; 11. 10-Joe Kata. Time – 2:31.923
410 Sprint Consolation WINNER – Jordan Mackison
Time Trials – 1. 87-Alan Krimes, 13.388 seconds (100.837 MPH); 2. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 13.526; 3. 71X-Bill Stine, 13.584; 4. 21-Brian Montieth, 13.603; 5. 52-Austin Hogue, 13.607; 6. 11C-Cory Haas, 13.668; 7. 14-Lance Dewease, 13.673; 8. 1080-Jordon Mackison, 13.682; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich, 13.687; 10. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 13.732; 11. 27-Greg Hodnett, 13.750; 12. 92-Niki Young, 13.809; 13. 69-Tim Glatfelter, 13.821; 14. 69H-Shane Hoff, 13.824; 15. 25-Aaron Ott, 13.841; 16. 95-Hunter Mackison, 13.851; 17. 75-Nicole Bower, 13.851; 18. 12-Mike Bittinger, 13.880; 19. 15-Adam Wilt, 13.898; 20. 2-Ryan Wilson, 13.911; 21. 5-Tyler Ross, 13.913; 22. 94-Ryan Smith, 13.930; 23. 0-Rick Lafferty, 13.947; 24. 99M-Kyle Moody, 13.959; 25. 8-Billy Dietrich, 13.976; 26. 4-John Rudisill, 13.979; 27. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 13.980; 28. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 13.988; 29. 2D-Tim Dietz, 14.009; 30. 1*-Tim Wagaman, 14.013; 31. 22T-Matt Boland,; 14.025; 32. 35-Steve Owings, 14.131; 33. 2A-Doug Esh, 14.134; 34. 45-Kevin Nagy, 14.137; 35. 59-Jim Siegel, 14.146; 36. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe, 14.196; 37. 8C-Brian Carber, 14.232; 38. 37-JJ Grasso, 14.317; 39. 747-Davey Sammons, 14.354; 40. 21T-Scott Fisher, 14.445; 41. 7-Ed Aikin, 14.534; 42. 49H-Bradley Howard, 14.561; 43. 91-David Quackenbush, 14.615; 44. 10-Joe Kata, 15.135; 45. 14X-Floyd Billington, 15.262.
358 SPRINTS
Feature (20 laps) – 1. 4R-Kevin Nouse; 2. 66-Doug Hammaker; 3. 21-CJ Tracey; 4. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 5. 16-Matt Campbell; 6. 1B-Mike Bittinger; 7. 119-Chandler Leiby; 8. 6R-Brad McClelland; 9. 90-Jordon Givler; 10. 47K-Kody Lehman; 11. 29-Chris Arnold; 12. 00-Chris Frank; 13. 89-Ashley Cappetta; 14. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 15. 10-Zach Euculano; 16. 7-CJ Quirk; 17. 3W-Steve Story; 18. 47-Michael Hammaker; 19. 28-Matt Findley; 20. 4-Dwight Leppo; 21. 5A-Brian Allman; 22. 23J-Jake Eldreth; 23. 51N-Nick Palmerino (DNF); 24. 66A-Cody Fletcher (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Matt Findley (1), CJ Tracey (2-3), Doug Hammaker (4-17), Kevin Nouse (18-20)
1st 358 Sprint Heat Finish (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 1B-Mike Bittinger; 2. 16-Matt Campbell; 3. 66A-Cody Fletcher; 4. 47K-Kody Lehman; 5. 89-Ashley Cappetta; 6. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 7. 7-CJ Quirk; 8. 6-Brad McClelland (DNF); 9. 7M-Tyler Buchenauer (DNF); 10. 38D-Kyle Denmyer (DNF). No Time
2nd 358 Sprint Heat Finish (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 66-Doug Hammaker; 2. 21-CJ Tracy; 3. 119-Chandler Leiby; 4. 00-Chris Frank; 5. 4-Dwight Leppo; 6. 29-Chris Arnold; 7. 10-Zach Euculano; 8. 51N-Nick Palmerino; 9. 97-Brie Hershey (DNF); DNS – 19-Troy Wagaman, Jr. No Time
3rd 358 Sprint Heat Finish (10 Laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 45H-Jeff Halligan; 2. 4R-Kevin Nouse; 3. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 4. 28-Matt Findley; 5. 90-Jordon Givler; 6. 47-Michael Hamer; 7. 5A-Brian Allman; 8. 23J-Jake Eldreth; DNS – 3W-Steve Story. No Time
358 Sprint Consolation Finish (5 Laps/7 to qualify) – 1. 6R-Brad McClelland; 2. 7-CJ Quirk; 3. 5A-Brian Allman; 4. 51N-Nick Palmerino; 5. 3W-Steve Story; 6. 10-Zach Euculano; 7. 23J-Jake Eldreth; 8. 7M-Tyler Buchenauer (DNF); DNS – 97-Brie Hershey, 38D-Kyle Denmyer, 19-Troy Wagaman, Jr. Mo Time
PASS 305 RACESAVER SPRINTS
Feature (20 laps) – 1. 9-Dalton Dietrich; 2. 8D-Scott Ellerman; 3. 33-Paul Snyder; 4. 65-Cale Griffin; 5. 36-Mark Watkins; 6. 11Z-Zach Newlin; 7. 24-Lance Newlin; 8. 8-Randy Kaylor; 9. 2-Erin Statler; 10. 91-Anthony Fiore; 11. 18-Ian Detweiler; 12. 51-Dave Graber; 13. 2C-Cory Thorton; 14. 56-John Bordlemay; 15. 31-Donnie Hendershot (DNF); 16. 39-Eric Parker (DNF); 17. 17A-Colby Dice (DNF); 18. 70L-Kyle Lloyd (DNF); 19. 35-Tyler Lebo (DNF); 20. 66R-Russell Hammaker (DNF); DNS – 5T-Tyler Reeser. No Time
Lap Leaders – Colby Dice (1-5), Dalton Dietrich (6-20)
1st 305 Sprint Heat Finish (8 Laps) – 1. 2-Erin Statler; 2. 35-Tyler Lebo; 3. 11Z-Zach Newlin; 4. 17A-Colby Dice; 5. 65-Cale Griffin; 6. 33-Paul Snyder; 7. 51-Dave Graber; 8. 56-John Bordlemay; 9. 91-Anthony Fiore; 10. 8-Randy Kaylor (DNF); 11. 66R-Russell Hammaker (DNF). No Time
2nd 305 Sprint Heat Finish (8 Laps) – 1. 36-Mark Watkins; 2. 39-Eric Parker; 3. 70L-Kyle Lloyd; 4. 9-Dalton Dietrich; 5. 8D-Scott Ellerman; 6. 24-Lance Newlin; 7. 31-Donnie Hendershot; 8. 18-Ian Detweiler; 9. 2C-Cory Thornton; 10. 5T-Tyler Reeser. No Time