358 LATE MODEL POINT STANDINGS

as of 9/5/2009 - FINAL   Last Week Driver Car No. Points Points Behind Wins Top-5 Top-10 1. (1) Gene Knaub 1 2015 0 2 5 6 2. (2) Mike Walls 1W 1960 -55   4 5 3. (3) Bobby Beard 81S 1925 -90 1 3 5 4. (5) Craig Wagaman 30 1895 -120 2 3 5 5. (4) Cory Houck 96 1830 -185   2 5 6. (6) Jake Lettich 17 1805 -210   3 3 7. (7) Bernie Beard 24 1765 -250   2 4 8. (8) Chaz Walls 99W 1710 -305     1 9. (9) Mike Spangler 28 1655 -360   1 2 10. (11) John Baker 21J 1565 -450     1 11. (14) Dave Sokoloski 11 1520 -495     1 12. (15) Bob Stough 07 1495 -520   1 2 13. (17) Roy Miller 1M 1410 -605     1 14. (18) Travis Beavers 21B 1395 -620     3 15. (10) Shaun Jones 17G 1390 -625 1 3 3 16. (12) Derrick Zirkle 21 1265 -750       17. (13) Scott Lupfer 77 1260 -755     2 18. (16) Grant Adams 64 1160 -855     1 19. (21) Matt Nailor 19M 1100 -915     2 20. (19) John Moser, Jr. 4 1080 -935     1

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/5/09 - In a racing career that began as a gopher in the shop of Van May,

Shawn "Big Block" Weaver achieved a life-long goal in winning his first sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.

"That was my goal to win," said a jubilant Weaver in victory lane, "I don’t need to win a hundred of ‘em. One is probably good enough and this’ll probably be my last race this year. I figured I’d go home on a high note and we’ll see what we do next year."

After a red flag for a flipping Josh Wells on the front stretch of the initial start, Weaver grabbed the lead at the drop of the green on the restart and led every lap, crossing .75 seconds ahead of eighth-starting and fast-closing Adam Wilt in a non-stop feature that took six minutes, 46.602 seconds.

Wilt took second from polesitter Randy Baughman in turns three and four of lap 12, and at the time was more than three seconds behind the Meadowbrook Auto Sales/Neil Smith Auto Repair/Quick Fix #69. He fell to almost five seconds behind Weaver over the next four laps before beginning his late-race charge.

But Weaver held his line as he and Wilt drove away from the field over the final five laps.

"We started up front, and then Moonie (Moon Byers) told me to make smooth laps and you’re gonna’ drive away from them, and he was right," said Weaver in the middle of one of the largest victory lane crowds in recent years, "This is very special to have Van (May) here. I learned everything I know from him. I never got my picture taken with him in victory lane when he won, but tonight he can get his picture taken with me, and I appreciate it."

There was plenty of action in behind. Two-time winner Danny Dietrich came from 16^th starting spot to catch Baughman for third on the final lap, with Baughman settling for fourth and Chad Trout fifth.

Completing the top ten were 12^th-starting Brian Montieth, 24^th-starting Cody Darrah, 14^th-starting Fred Rahmer, Alan Krimes, and Mark Smith.

Montieth’s sixth-place finish combined with Krimes’ ninth-place finish gave Montieth his second straight Lincoln Speedway track title by 25 points on a season long scale of 7-thousand points.

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/29/09 - It was a tale of two races at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. And the more things changed, the more they stayed the same.

Defending track champ Brian Montieth didn’t take kindly to being edged by 23^rd-starting Fred Rahmer for sixth at the line of the first of Twin 20's for the 410 sprint cars and losing the points lead to second-place finisher Alan Krimes. So he went out and won the second feature.

The irony was that Montieth’s seventh-place finish (eight-thousandths of-a-second behind Rahmer) put Montieth up one row to sixth starting spot for the second feature event.

Montieth passed polesitter Bobby Weaver for third by the end of the fourth lap, then caught Cory Haas for second on a 10^th-lap restart. He pulled onto the back bumper of race-long leader Johnny Mackison, Jr. during a 13^th-lap caution for a spinning Brian Leppo in turn four, and chased the B&B Metal Refinishing #65 for the next two lap before making the race-winning pass under Mackison coming off turn four of lap 14.

Montieth pulled away to a two and-a-half second lead on lap 17 before entering lapped traffic on the final lap and crossing .81 seconds ahead of Rahmer, who caught Mackison for second on lap 17.

Ninth-starting Cody Darrah got by Mackison for third at the finish line, with Krimes coming from 11^th to finish fifth.

The win put Montieth and Krimes back where they started in points at the beginning of the night, with Montieth holding a narrow 10-point lead heading into the final points race of the season next Saturday night.

18-year-old Gerard McIntyre, Jr. scored his first career win in the crash-marred opener.

The crashes started early, with Jim Siegel flipping in turns three and four of the first lap. Siegel collected Rahmer, who tipped onto his side. The crash also took out the Racers Used Part Warehouse #88 of Danny Dietrich, who needed brief medical attention before walking to the pits.

Rahmer was able to return to the starting grid, and came through the field to edge Montieth for sixth at the line. That gave Krimes a brief 15-point lead entering the second feature of the night.

McIntyre, who started sixth, grabbed the lead from polesitter and race-long leader Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. coming off turn two of an 11^th-lap restart.

That pass came just before a spectacular crash which saw third-place Doug Esh vault higher than the catch fence in turn two, bringing out the red. Though he was conscious and talking to emergency crews, Esh was taken to York Hospital with an unspecified back injury.

Ott assumed third after the crash. But on the restart, second-place Rittenhouse did a wheelie coming off turn four and came down on Ott, sending the Miller Automotive/Don Ott Racing Engines #25 into a series of flips on the frontstretch, bringing out the red again. Ott was uninjured in the crash.

That put 11^th-starting Krimes in the runner-up spot for the restart, but McIntyre was up to the challenge, driving flawlessly over the remaining eight non-stop laps to cross .63 seconds ahead Krimes. Mark Smith, Darrah, and 18^th-starting Daryn Pittman completed the top five. Sixth through tenth were Rahmer, Montieth; Rittenhouse , Brent Marks and Haas.

We would like to let everyone know that we inviting the 358 Sprint Teams that had originally committed to taking part in the Kids Night Autograph session last week to be a part of this week's rain-postponed Kids Night activities.

We realized that several 358 Sprint Teams and drivers were very supportive of this special night for the kids. Though our schedule does not accommodate all 3 divisions (410 Sprints, 358 Sprints & Thundercars) in the same night for the remainder of the season, we wanted to extend an invitation to those teams who had previously committed themselves and additional resources for the event.

Once agian, any race driver interested, or is planning to take part in the special autograph session this Saturday night, August 29th, for Kids Night is asked to contact Jenn Heintzelman at tlheintz@tricountyi.net or 570-204-3374 so proper accomodations can be made for your appearance. We thank all of you for taking the time to make this a special night for all the kids in attendance that night!

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/21/09 - After reeling off 22 straight racing programs, Lincoln Speedway was forced to bow to the weather Saturday night, August 22^nd. With the threat of rain all around the Central Pennsylvania area, Lincoln Speedway promoters Bob and Don Leiby, along with Alan Kreitzer, were hopeful as the a light drizzle began to fall just 15 minutes before the gates were scheduled to open.

With no significant change in the radar after two hours of watching and waiting, the promoters were forced to cancel the racing program.

"Kids Night" has been rescheduled for next Saturday, August 29^th. It was also the second of two York County Racing Club Nights on the season, and promoters will check with the club before rescheduling the next club night before season’s end.

The cancellation now reduces the number of 410 sprint car point races remaining in ‘09 to three, two of which will be the "Twin 20's" next Saturday night.

That points chase will likely go down the final laps of the last points race on Fisher Auto Parts Night September 5^th. Defending champ Brian Montieth holds a ten-point lead over Alan Krimes entering next Saturday’s Twin 20's.

The 358 sprint cars now have just one event remaining on the season, the 358 Sprint Car Championship to be held on Saturday, September 12^th. That puts Dale Hammaker in the driver’s seat for the 2009 "358" sprint point championship. He has a 165 point lead on Glenndon Forsythe heading into the final event. The only other driver who has a mathematical shot at the point title is defending champ Jeff Rohrbaugh, who is 180 points behind Hammaker.

Next Saturday night, August 29th, Lincoln Speedway will hold Twin 20's for the 410 Sprints in the next to last point event in the season-long battle for the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprint Championship. Rounding out the evening’s racing program will be the always thrilling thundercars. It’ll also be Kids Night, with prizes for the kids one-week later than planned. Racing action will get underway at 7 PM, with gates opening at 5 PM and hot laps taking to the track at 6:30 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.

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/15/09 - He might have not know where he was, but the fans did.

And Danny Dietrich took advantage of a late caution to win a three-car battle for the lead and claim his second win of the year in the 25-lap "410" sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.

" I don’t even know where I came from," said Dietrich jokingly in victory lane. "At the beginning I thought we were going to be in trouble. We went back and Cory (Haas) and Cris (Eash) passed up like we were sitting still and the next thing you know here comes Alan (Krimes) and the caution comes out. I’m sitting in 10^th and thinking we’ll just salvage something out of this. I didn’t feel good at all."

"We went back green and it seems like I was racing with Cris and Alan the whole time and the next thing you know the caution comes out and I’m sitting in third," said Dietrich, "I couldn’t believe it! I didn’t realize where I was."

Actually, Dietrich was in third by the time the final caution of the race came out for a stopped Doug Esh on the backstretch of lap 20. The caution was a bad break for tenth-starting Cory Haas, who had chased down Big Block Weaver and took the lead exiting turn two as the caution flag waved, forcing Haas back to second for the restart.

One lap later, Weaver, Haas, and Dietrich raced three-wide into turn one, with Haas doing a ‘360' and continuing but losing several spots. At the same time, Dietrich took to the cushion to drive around Weaver for the race lead. From there, he drove away to a 2.58-second win over Cris Eash, who passed Weaver for the runner-up spot on the last lap.

Weaver settled for third, with 12^th-starting Alan Krimes fourth and 14^th-starting Jim Siegel fifth. Completing the top ten were 22^nd-starting Brian Montieth, polesitter Ed Aiken (who led the first 10 laps before yielding to Weaver), Haas, Brian Leppo, and Brent Marks.

Heats for the 26 "410" Sprints were won by Todd Rittenhouse Jr., Aikin, and Big Block Weaver, with Esh winning the Consolation.

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/12/09 - Lincoln Speedway is Rick Eckert’s house. And he proved it again Wednesday night, even with throttle problems.

Hometown hero Rick Eckert of York helped the Grinestaff family celebrate the race’s namesake by leading all 40-laps of the $7,000-to-win Second Annual Chargin’ Charlie Grinestaff Memorial at Lincoln Speedway Wednesday night.

"I love coming here and watching my nephew (Cody Darrah) run sprint cars," said Eckert after pulling the Raye Vest Racing #24 into victory lane, "I don’t know what happened, but during that first caution, I don’t know if something broke in the throttle linkage in the secondary got stickin’. They were wanting me to slow down during those caution flags, but I was burning the brakes out trying to slow down!"

The Grinestaff Memorial was originally scheduled as race five of seven of the Inaugural Appalachian Mountain Dirt Late Model Speedweek series back on June the 10^th, but was postponed due to rain after all the heats and one consolation were in the book.

And with only three cars on hand for the continuation of the second consolation, the consolation was not needed and all that remained was the big 40-lap feature.

Eckert drove from his outside front row starting position into the lead over polesitter Jeff Rine at the drop of the green. Fourth-starting Jason Covert got around Rine for second before the first lap was complete, with third-starting DJ Myers and sixth-starting Booper Bare running fourth and fifth respectively by the end of the opening lap.

Eckert opened up a slim .72-second lead as he was about to enter lapped traffic on the seventh lap when the caution waved for Steve Francis who stopped on the frontstretch.

Eckert continued to lead Covert and Rine through a series of cautions on lap nine for a slowing Scotty Haus and on lap 15 for a stopped DJ Myers, who was running fourth at the time.

Eckert entered lapped traffic on lap 23 as he continued to lead Covert by 1.79-seconds, with Rine still in third. Seventh-starting Josh Richards began pressuring Rine for third on the 20^th-lap and on the 23^rd lap "Kid Rocket" made the pass to enter the top-three.

The race’s final caution with 15 laps to go for a stopped Jason Miller allowed Covert and Richards one last chance to catch Eckert.

But Eckert got a good restart and gradually began to pull away as the laps wound down. He took the checkered 1.32-seconds ahead of Covert for the $7,000 win, $2,000 of which was added by the Grinestaff family.

358 SPRINT POINT STANDINGS

as of 8/8/2009 - FINAL   Last Week Driver Car No. Points Points Behind Wins Top-5 Top-10 1. (1) Dale Hammaker 66 3515 0 1 5 10 2. (2) Glenndon Forsythe 5T 3350 -165 1 2 7 3. (3) Jeff Rohrbaugh 7V 3335 -180 1 9 10 4. (5) Kevin Nagy 45 3250 -265   1 5 5. (4) Billy Dietrich 8 3080 -435 1 5 7 6. (7) Brad McClelland 6 2985 -530 2 5 7 7. (8) Tim Berkheimer 50 2855 -660   2 6 8. (9) Tim Wagaman 1 2855 -660   2 6 9. (6) Eric Tomecek 11T 2835 -680   1 5 10. (11) Kyle Moody 99M 2640 -875 2 3 3 11. (10) Joe Trone, Jr. 99 2605 -910       12. (13) Austin Reed 34 2540 -975   1 3 13. (14) Keith Prutzman 28 2465 -1050   1 1 14. (12) Nicole Bower 75 2395 -1120   2 3 15. (16) Jay Galloway 27 2350 -1165     2 16. (17) Doug Hammaker 66H 2280 -1235   1 2 17. (18) Adrian Shaffer 91 2200 -1315 1 3 5 18. (19) Logan Schuchart 1S 2160 -1355     2 19. (15) Gerard McIntyre, Jr. 16 2120 -1395 1 2 4 20. (22) Matt Boland 22T 2110 -1405 1 2 3

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 8/8/09 - "That guy’s an animal."

So said car owner Jerry Parrish as his driver Brian Montieth pulled into victory lane after claiming his sixth Lincoln win of the year in the Sixth Annual Weldon Sterner Memorial for "410" sprint cars Saturday night.

Lincoln’s defending champ reclaimed the points lead after winning a dual with Alan Krimes over the final laps of a thrilling 30-lap feature event.

An inversion of eight following time trials put Montieth in seventh for the start. He advanced to fifth by the end of the first lap and got by fourth-starting Aaron Ott for third on lap four. He was still running there when Aaron Ott struck the outside wall, spun, and collected Doug Esh in turn two of lap nine.

At the time, polesitter Jim Siegel had led every lap and Krimes was running second after spotting the runner-up spot to Ott for the first lap and then reclaiming second on lap two.

Siegel, Krimes, and Montieth ran first through third until lap 16, when Siegel dove low as the leaders were racing through lapped traffic in turns one and two and struck the 11C of Cory Haas, resulting in a Haas flip and a Siegel spin. Also collected in the crash were Mark Smith and Shawn Weaver, who were running fourth and fifth.

"I had a good start," said Montieth in victory lane, "Unfortunately, traffic bit Jimmy this time. I don’t know if Alan was running conservative because of where we are in points, but I learned from Cris (Eash) last year that you just go. I had nothing to lose at that point."

Krimes assumed the lead for the restart, with Montieth on his rear bumper and fast time timer and eighth-starting Brian Leppo third. Though Montieth challenged the leader several times, those three were scored first through third for the next nine laps.

The driver known as "The Edge" stayed on the cushion through the middle of turns three and four, and dove low off turn four to grab the race lead from Krimes as the leaders exited turn four to complete lap 25. Krimes came back to drive alongside the Premier Auto Works/Auto Locator/EZ Go/Bricker’s Fries #21 as the two completed lap 26, and the two passed each other several times in lapped traffic over the next two laps before Montieth finally took charge with two laps to go.

Leppo caught Krimes for second coming off the final turn to the finish, with Krimes settling for third, Cris Eash coming from 16^th to finish fourth, and Josh Wells fifth.

Danny Dietrich won the Brian Brenneman Painting and Wallpapering $200 hard charger award, coming from 21^st starting spot to cross sixth. Mark Smith came from the back to finish seventh, with Doug Dodson, Johnny Mackison, Jr., and Niki Young completing the top ten.

Montieth’s 15^th career Lincoln win was worth $4,000, part of which came from numerous sponsors who worked with Pat Sterner and Don Althoff to organize the Sterner Memorial event.