Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native and Fully Injected star, Danny Holtgraver, finished 16th earlier this afternoon, against some tough Central Pennsylvania competition, at the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. The Western Pennsylvania hotshoe started the 25 lap/$3,200-to-win ‘410’ A-main in the seventh position, but fought an ill-handling car the entire distance; having to settle for a finish just outside the top 15.
“We missed the setup” explained Holtgraver when reviewing his afternoon in the Pigeon Hills, “we were just too tight…I fought the car the entire race.”
Although his results did not match what he intended, Holtgraver did not act discouraged:
“It’s like my fourth race of the year so I’m not going to get too worked up over this one… we still have alot to learn about this place (Lincoln Speedway)…we have a long season ahead so we’ll work on some things and hopefully improve!”
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The former Lernerville Speedway Track Champion did have an impressive run in his respective heat race earlier today; charging from a seventh place starting spot to finish third – just behind Ryan Bohlke and Aaron Ott. The Kargo Quality Cars and Trucks ‘D4’ held off Fred Rahmer and Nick Schlauch to earn a spot in the pill draw.
Next weekend – Holtgraver and the entire ‘D4’ team plan to head back east to the Pigeon Hills for another round of afternoon racing!
RACE RESULTS
Sat., March 3, 2012
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS
Feature (25-Laps) – 1. 19M-Brent Marks ($3,200); 2. 14-Kevin Nouse; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 30-Doug Esh; 7. 15-Adam Wilt; 8. 51-Fred Rahmer; 9. 89-Cody Darrah; 10. 2-Ryan Bohlke; 11. 6-Brad McClelland; 12. 4-John Rudisill; 13. 39-Greg Hodnett; 14. 92-JJ Grasso; 15. 59-Jim Siegel; 16. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 17. 85-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 18. 21K-Kyle Pruitt; 19. 77-Aaron Ott (DNF); 20. 17-Brian Leppo (DNF); 21. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr. (DNF); 22. 38N-Nick Schlauch, Jr. (DNF); 23. 8-Billy Dietrich (DNF); 24. 1S-Logan Schuchart (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Adam Wilt (1-6), Brent Marks (7-25)
1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 19M-Brent Marks; 2. 14-Kevin Nouse; 3. 15-Adam Wilt; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 85-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 6. 21K-Kyle Pruitt; 7. 175-Jeff Geiges; 8. 95-Hunter Mackison; 9. 21-Brian Montieth (DNF). No Time
2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 39-Greg Hodnett; 2. 8-Billy Dietrich; 3. 89-Cody Darrah; 4. 6-Brad McClelland; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 6. 17-Brian Leppo; 7. 20S-Derek Sell; 8. 84-Chad Criswell. Time – 2:40. 295
3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich; 2. 30-Doug Esh; 3. 4-John Rudisill; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 59-Jim Siegel; 6. 92-JJ Grasso; 7. 0-Steve Storrie; 8. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr. (DNF). No Time
4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) – 1. 77-Aaron Ott; 2. 2-Ryan Bohlke; 3. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 4. 51-Fred Rahmer; 5. 38N-Nick Schlauch, Jr.; 6. 0L-Rick Lafferty; 7. 50-Austin Reed; DNS – 27-Daryn Pittman. Time – 2:46.638
Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) – 1. 21K-Kyle Pruitt; 2. 92-JJ Grasso; 3. 17-Brian Leppo; 4. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr.; 5. 0L-Rick Lafferty; 6. 0S-Steve Storrie; 7. 20S-Derek Sell; 8. 27-Daryn Pittman; 9. 175-Jeff Geiges; 10. 50-Austin Reed; 11. 21-Brian Montieth; 12. 84-Chad Criswell; 13. 95-Hunter Mackison. Time – 2:49.908
NEXT WEEK:
Saturday – March 10, 2012
410 Sprints & 358 Sprints
Gates open @ noon
Stay Tuned!