ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 5/31/08 - Fred Rahmer came to Lincoln Speedway on a mission Saturday night.

And when the checkered flag fell on the 25-lap Cindy Rowe Auto Glass 410 Sprint car feature, the 10-time defending track champion was in victory lane for the fourth time this season.

"We got screwed last week and I should have won that race, but that’s the way it goes," said Rahmer.

Rahmer had to outrun Cody Darrah before taking his 158th career Lincoln win. Darrah hounded the Salfordville driver over the final half of the race and fell just .344 seconds short at the checkered flag.

"Cody is a really good driver and he’s forcing me to run harder," stated Rahmer, after the $3,000 paycheck, his eighth overall in 2008 competition aboard the Chad and Jen Clemens owned, Miller Brothers Chevrolet, Materials Handling Systems, Don Ott Racing Engines No. 51.

"When you look at the lineup for the feature, you know you are driving towards a crash. Some of the guys starting up front are out of control. You try and pick your way through but Cody’s jamming it up through there and he’s still young and dumb. It just makes me step it up a little bit but he’s doing a really good job and we just gotta keep trying harder."

Adam Lawrence led the first three laps before Alan Krimes stopped in turn four.

On the restart, Jeff Busby spun coming down for the green flag resulting in TJ Stutts rolling his sprinter on the front stretch.

Lawrence stayed out front until Doug Dodson took control on lap seventh with a move off the second corner. Darrah moved by Lawrence for second spot on lap eight as Rahmer followed into third spot a lap later.

Rahmer passed Darrah in turn four on lap 12 and then inherited the lead on lap 14 when Dodson slammed into the first turn wall while leading.

Darrah applied pressure to Rahmer and despite a lap 19 caution for Krimes and Craig Keel, he was unable to make a pass and settled for the runner-up spot, a week before he graduates from Red Lion High School.

"Chad and Jen give me a great car and we’ve got a lot of good sponsors," said Rahmer. "Without them, we wouldn’t be able to do this. You have to put a whole package together and we’ve been fortunate to be with the same people for a long time and that’s what makes us successful But all I‘m worried about is winning the next race. If everybody else would come with that attitude, it would be one heck of an event."

Josh Wells crossed in the third spot with 14th starting Brian Montieth fourth and Chad Layton fifth. Layton had to start 23rd after his car wouldn’t start on the initial push off for the feature.

Completing the top 10 were Niki Young, Brian Leppo, Cory Haas, Lawrence and Jim Siegel.

Heats for the 23 "410" sprints were won by Carber, Busby and Dodson.

Danny Dietrich started 11th in the regular 20-lap 358 Sprint car feature and took the lead on the final lap and held on for his second career Lincoln win.

Dietrich, who recently turned 20 years old, blasted through the field and caught Jeff Rohrbaugh on lap 19 and made the race winning pass coming off turn four to lead the lap. Dietrich’s older brother Bill slowed on the final lap to bring out the caution but his brother was up to the challenge and held on for the win over Rohrbaugh.

Third went to Matt Boland over Nate Hammaker, Nicole Bower, Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., Ricky Stonebraker, Dale Hammaker, Adam Wilt and Scott Geesey.

Rohrbaugh, Nate Hammaker, Ricky Stonebraker and Matt Boland were heat winners for the 38 "358" Sprints. Double consolations were won by Chad Criswell and Bill Dietrich.

Sixteen-year-old Aaron Ott ran away from the field and captured his first career 20-lap 358 Sprint car feature in the Pigeon Hills. The race was a makeup from May 3.

Ott, of East Berlin held the point from the green flag and was never challenged in the win over Adam Wilt, Dale Hammaker, Ricky Stonebraker and Glenndon Forsythe.

Rounding out the top 10 were Bill Dietrich, Gerard McIntyre, Jr., Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., Bob Anderson and Eric Tomecek.

Defending track champion Duane Watson used a last lap restart to make the race winning move on the final lap for his third 20-lap thundercar feature win of the year.

When it appeared rookie driver Justin Mong would capture a career first Lincoln win, Watson made a last turn pass on Mong for the narrow win over Mong.

Early leader Rick Weaver finished third over Kyle Martin, Gino Comi, Sam Gallagher, Larry Neiderer, Scott Fisher, Jimmy Combs and Bob Stough.

Heats for the 20 Thundercars were won by Rick Weaver and Danny Beard.

Next Saturday night, June 7th at 7:30 PM, the URC Sprints will be on hand on PREMIER AUTO WORKS/AUTO LOCATOR NIGHT. The Cindy Rowe Auto Glass 410 Sprints will be on hand as well running there regularly scheduled feature and the make-up from May 17th. - 410 Sprints (Regular & 5/17 Make-up Feature) & URC Sprints

Gates will open at 5:30 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.

RACE RESULTS
Saturday - May 31, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
CINDY ROWE AUTO GLASS 410 SPRINTS:
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer ($3,000), 2. 89-Cody Darrah, 3. 6w-Josh Wells, 4. 21-Brian Montieth, 5. 25-Chad Layton, 6. 10N-Niki Young, 7. 71-Brian Leppo, 8. 11C-Cory Haas, 9. 5-Adam Lawrence, 10. 59-Jim Siegel, 11. 38N-Nick Schlauch, Jr, 12. 3B-Randy Baughman, 13. 47J-Jeff Busby, 14. 4-John Rudisill, 15. 22z-Michael Carber, 16. 87-Alan Krimes, 17. 49-Bob Howard, 18. 25o-Aaron Ott (DNF), 19. 9-Craig Keel (DNF), 20. 17E-Cris Eash (DNF), 21. 43-Doug Dodson (DNF), 22. 16-Brett Schoenly (DNF), 23. 39-TJ Stutts (DNF). No Time.

Lap Leaders - Adam Lawrence (1-6), Doug Dodson (7-13), Fred Rahmer (14-25)

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 22Z-Michael Carber, 2. 4-John Rudisill, 3. 51-Fred Rahmer, 4. 3B-Randy Baughamn, 5. 9-Craig Keel, 6. 17E-Cris Eash, 7. 39-TJ Stutts, 8. 11C-Cory Haas. Time 2:22.68

2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 47J-Jeff Busby, 2. 10N-Niki Young, 3. 5-Adam Lawrence, 4. 6W-Josh Wells, 5. 21-Brian Montieth, 6. 59-Jim Siegel, 7. 71-Brian Leppo, 8. 16-Brett Schoenly. Time 2:21.25

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 43-Doug Dodson, 2. 89-Cody Darrah, 3. 25o-Aaron Ott, 4. 25-Chad Layton, 5. 87-Alan Krimes, 6. 38N-Nick Schlauch, Jr., 7. 49-Bob Howard. Time 2:20.90

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358 SPRINTS:
Regularly Scheduled Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich, 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh, 3. 22T-Matt Boland, 4. 66N-Nate Hammaker, 5. 75-Nicole Bower, 6. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., 7. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker, 8. 66-Dale Hammaker, 9. 15-Adam Wilt, 10. 91-Scott Geesey, 11. 6-Brad McClelland, 12. 55E-Brian Eichelberger, 13. 27-Jay Galloway, 14. 21-Adrian Shaffer, 15. 16M-Craig Myers, 16. 1-Tim Wagaman, 17. 81B-Bob Anderson, 18. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh, 19. 65-Cale Griffin, 20. 8D-Billy Dietrich (DNF), 21. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr. (DNF), 22. 84C-Chad Criswell (DNF), 23. 50B-Tim Berkheimer (DNF), 24. 29-Keith Prutzman (DNF). No Time

1st Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh, 2. 15-Adam Wilt, 3. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 4. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh, 5. 84C-Chad Criswell, 6. 55E-Brian Eichelberger, 7. 99-Joe Trone, Jr. 8. 65-Cale Griffin, 9. 18-Scott Lehman, 10. 34-Austin Reed (DNS). Time 2:34.25

2nd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 66n-Nate Hammaker, 2. 66-Dale Hammaker, 3. 75-Nicole Bower, 4. 16M-Craig Myers, 5. 55-Jimmy Layton, 6. 32-Chad Myers (DNF), 7. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF), 8. 6-Brad McClelland (DNF), 9. Steve Owings (DNS). Time 2:33.19

3rd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker, 2. 28-Keith Prutzman, 3. 88-Danny Dietrich, 4. 81B-Bob Anderson, 5. 1-Tim Wagaman, 6. 8D-Bill Dietrich, 7. 01A-Denny Gross, 8. 17-Matt Beasley, 9. 6S-Bill Sherman, 10. 4R-Kevin Nouse (DNS). No Time

4th Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 22T-Matt Boland, 2. 27-Jay Galloway, 3. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., 4. 91-Scott Geesey, 5. 21-Adrian Shaffer, 6. 50-Tim Berkheimer 7. 77-Derek Lock, 8. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 9. 11T-Eric Tomecek. No Time

1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1. 84C-Chad Criswell, 2. 6-Brad McClelland, 3. 55E-Brian Eichelberger, 4. 65-Cale Griffin, 5. 18-Scott Lehman, 6. 99-Joe Trone, Jr. (DNF), 7. 55-Jimmy Layton (DNF). Did Not Start: Chad Myers, Aaron Ott, Steve Owings, Austin Reed. No Time

2nd Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 8D-Bill Dietrich, 2. 21-Adrian Shaffer, 3. 1-Tim Wagaman, 4. 50-Tim Berkheimer, 5. 77-Derek Lock, 6. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 7. 11T-Eric Tomecek, 8. 01a-Denny Gross, 9. 6S-Bill Sherman, 10. 17-Matt Beasley (DNF). Did Not Start: 4R-Kevin Nouse. No Time

May 3^rd Make-up Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 25-Aaron Ott, 2. 15-Adam Wilt, 3. 66-Dale Hammaker, 4. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker, 5. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 6. 8D-Bill Dietrich, 7. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 8. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., 9. 81B-Bob Anderson, 10. 11T-Eric Tomecek, 11. 88-Danny Dietrich, 12. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh, 13. 35-Steve Owings, 14. 27-Jay Galloway, 15. 1-Tim Wagaman, 16. 16M-Craig Myers, 17. 91-Scott Geesey, 18. 55-Jimmy Layton, 19. 55E-Brian Eichelberger, 20. 65-Cale Griffin, 21. 99-Joe Trone, Jr. (DNF), 22. 34-Austin Reed (DNF), 23. 4R-Kevin Nouse (DNF), 24. 15B-John Barnett (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Aaron Ott (1-20)

THUNDERCARS:
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 3W-Duane Watson, 2. 77-Justin Mong, 3. 70-Rick Weaver, 4. 54-Kyle Martin, 5. 33-Gino Comi, 6. 25-Sam Gallagher, 7. 21N-Larry Neiderer, 8. 20-Scott Fisher, 9. 54J-Jimmy Combs, 10. 07-Bob Stough, 11. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh, 12. 19-Steve Marshall, 13. 1-Neil Smith, 14. 57-Brad Shank (DNF), 15. 61-Sleeper Miller (DNF), 16. 1E-Greg Emlet (DNF), 17. 15-Dave Reever, Jr. (DNF), 18. 83-Mike Guise (DNF), 19. 60-Danny Beard (DNS), 20. 53-Josh Ulrich (DNS). No Time

1st Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 70-Rick Weaver, 2. 77-Justin Mong, 3. 21N-Larry Neiderer, 4. 25-Sam Gallagher, 5. 07-Bob Stough, 6. 20-Scott Fisher, 7. 15-Dave Reever, Jr., 8. 57-Brad Shank, 9.53-Josh Ulrich, 10. 1E-Greg Emlet (DNF). Time 2:38.46

2nd Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 60-Danny Beard, 2. 1-Neil Smith, 3. 33-Gino Comi, 4. 54-Kyle Martin, 5. 3W-Duane Watson, 6. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh, 7. 54J-Jimmy Combs, 8. 61-Sleeper Miller, 9. 19-Steve Marshall, 10. 83-Mike Guise. Time 2:38.40