Rahmer rolls to victory at Williams Grove
Freddie Rahmer stole the show late on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, coming forward from the ninth starting spot to record the 410 sprint car win over Cory Haas, who led all but the final two laps. And in the 358 sprint car main, Kevin Nouse pulled off the same feat, leading only the last two laps, to pick up the feature event. Cory Haas and Matt Campbell started on the front row of the 410 sprint car feature and Haas took the lead at the start, chased closely by Campbell. Only one caution flag on the final lap would slow the hectic pace in the feature and before that, both Campbell and Lucas Wolfe took their shots at the win. Cory Hass was second and Matt Campbell rode home third followed by Rick Lafferty and 11th starter Brian Montieth. Sixth through 10th went to Danny Dietrich, Brock Zearfoss, Greg Hodnett, Doug Esh and Alan Krimes. The win was the seocond of young Rahmer’s career at the oval and it was worth $4,100 including a $500 bonus for winning from the fifth row. Dueing the week Rahmer is a 3.8 student at Penn State Berks Sprint cars (25 laps): 1. Freddie Rahmer, 2. Cory Haas, 3. Matt Campbell, 4. Rick Lafferty, 5. Brian Montieth, 6. Danny Dietrich, 7. Brock Zearfoss, 8. Greg Hodnett, 9. Doug Esh, 10. Alan Krimes, 11. TJ Stutts, 12. Dale Blaney, 13. Anthony Macri, 14. Brandon Rahmer, 15. Eric Tomecek, 16. Nicole Bower, 17. Daryl Stimeling, 18. George Streaker Jr., 19. Eric Riggins Jr., 20. Lucas Wolfe, 21. Troy Fraker, 22. Mike Walter II., 23. Kyle Pruitt, 24. Aaron Ott 358 Sprints (20 laps): 1. Kevin Nouse, 2. Eric Parker, 3. Phil Walter, 4. Jared Esh, 5. Doug Hammaker, 6. Brie Hershey, 7. Adrian Shaffer, 8. Scott Fisher, 9. Jordan Givler, 10. Dave Thrush, 11. Troy Wagaman Jr., 12. Chris Frank, 13. Matt Findley, 14. Brett Wanner, 15. TJ Dehaven, 16. Rich Eichelberger, 17. Jeff Halligan
Last season, in his first year of USAC All Pro SpeedSTR competition, Steve Drevicki served notice that he would be among the top contenders each time his RoadRunner Race Fuels/VP Race Fuels No. 19s took the green flag. On Friday night at Linda’s Speedway, in the first Action Track Takeover Night of the new campaign, Drevicki became the year’s first winner of a SpeedSTR main event.
The Reading driver, who notched one triumph at Action Track USA in Kutztown during the 2016 season, spent the early part of the race dueling with polesitter Doug Manmiller while being tailed by defending National SpeedSTR Champion and a fourtime winner at Linda’s in 2016, Pottstown’s Tim Buckwalter.
Drevicki darted back in front of Manmiller on lap 22 before the Hamburg racer ran into trouble and bowed out. At the finish, it was Drevicki by 1.362-seconds over Jeff Hartman, whose car would not pass post-race tech inspection, resulting in a DQ for the Jersey driver. That moved Bednar to second in the final rundown, with Steven Nederostek rallying late for what became a third place finish. Tim Iulg and Matt Janisch completed the top five.
Other winners were Bethlehem’s Tommy Kunsman, Shillington’s Seth Spayd and Logan Diehl. USAC All Pro SpeedSTR Finish, 30 laps: 1.Steve Drevicki, 2.Mike Bednar, 3.Steven Nederostek, 4.Tim Iulg, 5.Matt Janisch, 6.John Bockhorn, 7.Ray Nemeth, 8.Jason Miller, 9.Ed Kenderdine, 10.Briggs Danner, 11.Joe Vacarro, 12.Dylan Hoch, 13.Tyler Ross, 14.Doug Manmiller, 15.Tim Buckwalter, 16.Jason Rochelle, 17.Keith Prutzman, 18.TJ Mayberry, 19.Matt Westfall, 20.Brandon Auman, 21.Phil Meisner, 22.Tom Mayberry. DQ: Jeff Hartman. DNS: Jay Hartman, Jason Musser, James Morris, Earl Paules. Hyper Racing Wingless 600 Sprints Finish, 25 laps: 1.Tommy Kunsman Jr., 2.James Morris, 3.Mike Rutherford, 4.Brandon Azzalina, 5.Damon Paul, 6.Robbie Hocker, 7.Jesse Maurer, 8.Brooklyn Gable, 9.Dustin Stoltzfus, 10.Devin Gundrum, 11.Ben McGowan, 12.Mike Thompson, 13.Kayla Stoltzfus, 14.Keith Heist, 15.Billy Koch, 16.BJ Antonio, 17.Cale Mutter, 18.Tim Buckwalter, 19.Mike Linderman, 20.Matt Swift, 21.Jim Radney, 22.Steve Whary, 23.Joe Plunkett, 24.Danny Stratton. All Star Slingshot National Tour Race, 25 laps: 1.Seth Spayd, 2.Brett Bieber, 3.Dave Carraghan, 4.Tyler Peet, 5.Lindsey Garl, 6.Hunter Zimmerman, 7.Dakota Kohler, 8.Samantha Muller, 9.Kyle Herve, 10.Cole Stangle, 11.Joe Toth, 12.Henry Anderson, 13.Austin Daniels, 14.Scott Gray, 15.Alex Yankowski, 16.Lee Schantzenbach, 17.Emily Fleming, 18.Dylan Hoch, 19.Brianna James, 20.Austin Stufflet, 21.Tess Horvath, 22.Kyle Smith, 23.Mike Glass, 24.Anthony Raisner. Winged 270cc Micro-Sprint Finish, 25 laps: 1.Logan Diehl, 2.Tommy Kunsman Jr., 3.Mason Peters, 4.Scott Gingrich, 5.Mike Boyer, 6.Stone Keller, 7.Ken Miller, 8.Jason Swavely, 9.Brandon Firestine, 10.Devin Adams, 11.Ben Stolz, 12.Christi Sweigart, 13.Ashley Sullivan, 14.Morgan Rochelle, 15.Adam Harnish, 16.Dallas Schott, 17.Todd Bolton, 18.Kyle Weiss, 19.Devin Harron, 20.Josh Stoyer, 21.Dylan Adams, 22.Jonathan Swift, 23.Dan Lane Jr., 24.Mike Rutherford.
Brent Marks of Myerstown took advantage of an unexpected break in his World of Outlaws sprint car schedule to invade Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night and ended up pealing some seven seconds off of the 25-lap track record on his way to a $3,200 payday. Marks pulled away to the eighth win of his career at the track, taking the checkers 1.266 seconds ahead of Dale Blaney to set a new 25-lap track record of 7:32.949, overtaking the old mark held by Lance Dewease since 1992. Curt Stroup held on for third followed by TJ Stutts and Ryan Taylor. Sixth through 10th went to Brock Zearfoss, Doug Esh, Danny Dietrich, Dylan Cisney and Lucas Wolfe. Kassidy Kreitz, daughter of Donnie Kreitz, won the eight-lap nonqualifiers Founder’s Cup race for the IMCA 305 sprints, earning a guaranteed starting spot in the upcoming 2017 RaceSaver Challenge in October. Sprint Cars, 25 laps: 1. Brent Marks, 2. Dale Blaney, 3. Curt Stroup, 4. TJ Stutts, 5. Ryan Taylor, 6. Brock Zearfoss, 7. Doug Esh, 8. Danny Dietrich, 9. Dylan Cisney, 10. Lucas Wolfe, 11. Nicole Bower, 12. Logan Wagner, 13. Carl Bowser, 14. Matt Campbell, 15. Mike Wagner, 16. Rick Lafferty, 17. Kody Lehman, 18. Blane Heimbach, 19. Kevin Nouse, 20. Tyler Bear, 21. Danny Massey, 22. Eric Riggins Jr., 23. Daryl Stimeling, 24. James Pryde, 25. Anthony Fiore
Davie Franek of Sussex, N.J., scored the $2,500 win over a talented 360 sprint car field in the 30-lap 37th annual Jack Gunn Memorial Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway. The victory was Franek’s second in a row at the track this season, 13th career, and first in the Gunn race. Hayes Mattern of Beavertown powered to a convincing win in the 25-lap super late model feature. The win was Mattern’s first of the season and third career in super late model racing at Selinsgrove Franek crossed the line to claim his first Jack Gunn Memorial race. Franek said in victory lane he was not sure what to expect after the fuel stop because he didn’t feel his car was good on a full fuel load. It made no difference on this night though with Franek winning for the second week in a row. Greg Hodnett, Curt Michael, Robbie Stillwagon, and Adam Carberry were the top five across the line. Kevin Nagy led the charge for sixth through tenth ahead of Coyle, Josh Weller, Derek Locke, and Larry Kelleher. 30-Lap Jack Gunn Memorial: 1) 28F Davie Franek 2) 27 Greg Hodnett 3) 5G Curt Michael 4) 89 Robbie Stillwaggon 5) 47 Adam Carberry 6) 45 Kevin Nagy 7) 56C Chris Coyle 8) Josh Weller 9) 77 Derek Locke 10) 76 Larry Kelleher 11) 56 Nate Snyder 12) 29 Jason Shultz 13) 99K Cody Keller 14) 3Z Colby Womer 15) 66 Ryan Kissinger 16) 22 Troy Betts 17) 49S Mallie Shuster 18) 7A Ed Aikin 19) 73B Brett Michaski 20) 10 Joe Kata 21) M1 Mark Smith 22) 35 Chad Layton 23) 67W Justin Whittall 24) 33 Michael Walter 25) 08 Jason Clauss 26) 706 Mark Sasso Time Trial Results: 1) 56 Nate Snyder 17.346 2) 29 Jason Shultz 17.375 3) 1 Mark Smith 17.377 4) 28F Davie Franek 17.445 5) 63 Josh Weller 17.518 6) 35 Chad Layton 17.529 7) 5G Curt Michael 17.576 8) 27 Greg Hodnett 17.607 9) 47 Adam Carberry 17.652 10) 67W Justin Whittall 17.687 11) 89 Robbie Stillwaggon 17.737 12) 77 Derek Locke 17.746 13) 45 Kevin Nagy 17.817 14) 56C Chris Coyle 17.892 15) 3Z Colby Womer 17.894 20) 20 C4 Jim Shuster 18.089 21) 66 Ryan Kissinger 18.110 22) 08 Jason Clauss 23) 10 Joe Kata 18.145 24) 99K Cody Keller 18.158 25) 7A Ed Aikin 18.265 26) 33 Michael Walter 18.357 27) 7K Kris Lilick 18.422 28) 5 Cory Thorton 18.651 29) 12 Brent Shearer 18.690 30) 33U Bill Unglert 18.854 31) 2T Michael Thomas 19.091 32) 706 Mark Sasso 19.520 Late Models -23 Entries: 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 9 Hayes Mattern 2) 88 Tony Adams 3) 24 Dylan Yoder 4) 99 Kyle Hardy 5) 4D Chad Hollenbeck 6) 76 Andy Haus 7) 2 Steve Campbell 8) 119B Bryan Bernheisel 9) 27 Jim Yoder 10) 2Y Andrew Yoder 11) 24M Kenny Moreland 12) 3 Tim Wilson 13) 15 Luke Hoffner 14) Z14 Dave Brouse Jr. 15) 63 Nathan Long 16) 6 Donnie Schick 17) 99Z Dave Zona 18) 0 Larry Baer 19) 2J Jeff Rine 20) 20 John Myers 21) 77D Dick Houtz 22) 0V Coleby Frye 23) 7M Meade Hahn
Big Diamond, Grandview, Lincoln and Susquehanna all cancelled last week because of rain