Dewease preps for incoming Outlaws with dominant win at Williams Grove
Lance Dewease served notice he is as ready now as he was in May for the impending invasion by the World of Outlaws sprint cars at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night by claiming another tune up event just one week before the outlaws hit town for the Summer Nationals. In May, Dewease won the tune up and returned a week later to thwart the outlaws at the Grove and he’s now set to defend the local turf again after his flag to flag performance on Friday night to record a $4,000 payday, the 85th victory of his career at the oval. Dewease earned the pole for the start of the 25-lap sprint car feature and was never tested for the victory. Stevie Smith tried to stay close to Dewease, but the six-time track champion steadily pulled away lap after lap to run to the win, taking the checkers by 1.4 seconds while working traffic. Smith held off a few challenges by Greg Hodnett for the second spot with Hodnett settling for third. Freddie Rahmer and Danny Dietrich rounded out the top five finishers. Sixth through 10th went to Alan Krimes, Lucas Wolfe, Doug Esh, Cory Haas and Aaron Ott. Heats went to Dewease, Wolfe and Ott.
Dewease set the fast time with a lap of 16.865 seconds and earned the pole for the main by winning the dash. Adam Wilt. Newville’s Russ Mitten, now in his 27th year of racing, ended a month-long dry spell by claiming his fourth career Lincoln win in the 25-lap super sportsman feature. Mitten started third and took the top spot away from polesitter and race-long leader Gregg Foster on lap seven. He dominated the rest of the way, taking the checkered 2.15 seconds ahead of Foster, with Doug Dodson, 11th-starting Mike Enders, and Scott Geesey rounding out the top five. Next Saturday night, July 23rd, Lincoln Speedway will be dark as the headline 410 Sprint division will be off racing the World of Outlaws at Williams Grove Then in 2 weeks, Saturday, July 30th, Lincoln will be back in action with Pepsi Night on York County Racing Club Night featuring the 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints, and 358 Late Models. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m., with racing getting underway at 7:30 p.m. was able to hold off the advances of Mike Erdley and then stay out front of Greg Hodnett just long enough to record his first ever Port Royal Speedway 410 sprint car win on Saturday night after years of trying to pick up a checkered flag.
The Crazy 8s for the Savage 61 roadrunners lived up to its name on Friday night.
Point leader Andy Fayash III scored two wins in the four, eight-lap features while Jesse Krasnitsky won the opening event and Kris Ney won the nightcap in spectacular fashion on Blyth’s Cleaning Service night.
“I was glad to be able to finish the first feature as we got caught up in the wreck and my crew did an awesome job all night,” Fayash said.
Also on Friday night, CJ’s Tire & Automotive Services 358 modifieds point leader Ryan Godown scored the 25lap feature win while Brandon Grosso notched his fifth win of the year in the U.S.S. Achey sportsman 20-lap feature.
The speedway returns to action on Friday, July 22 with the U.S.S Achey sportsman, Savage 61 roadrunners, No Sweat Service Group street stocks, 600 modifieds and the Blast from the Past Vintage cars.