ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 5/2/09 - In less than a month, Fred Rahmer will be officially inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. So it was only fitting that Rahmer’s 500th career feature win would come during the month of May and it came against at stellar field of competitors in Saturday’s O’Reilly’s All Star Circuit of Champions event at Lincoln Speedway.

Rahmer started on the front row but settled into second for the first 13 laps before making the winning move and never looking back in taking his 164th career Lincoln Speedway feature win. The win was worth $5,000 to the Chad and Jen Clemens owned sprint car team.

"It’s nice to win my 500th win on an All Star show," stated Rahmer, after his third win of the 2009 season at Lincoln. "I’ve got a lot of respect for those guys. Dale Blaney, Greg Wilson, Danny Smith and the whole group of other guys are real good and it’s nice to win against them. I feel very fortunate."

Brian Leppo, who paced the 38-car field during time trials grabbed the early lead over Rahmer and All Star kingpin Dale Blaney.

Doug Esh, who started fourth was making some noise, taking third on lap three and racing his way by Rahmer on the sixth lap.

But the event’s only caution came out for Mark Smith, who was sitting against the inside guardrail in turn two. According to All Star rules, the field was reverted back to the prior lap, putting Rahmer back into the runner-up spot.

"The real race was when they put me back in front of Doug on that caution," said Rahmer, of Salfordville. "They came over the radio and said I was ahead of him the lap before."

Rahmer went on defense and turned it into another milestone win. He followed Leppo, who was tight on the bottom for several more laps before driving around Leppo off the second turn to lead lap 14.

Rahmer caught the rear of the field during the final laps of the race as Leppo, Esh and Alan Krimes began to close the gap but he never missed a beat.

"I kept waiting for Brian to move up but that’s what happens when you start on the pole," he said. "He led all those laps on the bottom so I just kept working him and working him until we finally got by. The track was really good tonight and you could move around and race. It made for good entertainment and I appreciate everyone spending their money to come watch us race."

Esh, of Lancaster was able to get around Leppo on the final lap for a runner-up finish with Leppo, of New Oxford third, Krimes of Denver fourth and Hartford, Ohio’s Blaney fifth.

Completing the top 10 were Stevie Smith, Lance Dewease, Daryn Pittman, Greg Hodnett and Niki Young.

Heats for the 38 All Star sprinters were won by Daryn Pittman, Brian Montieth, Chad Layton and Niki Young with Jim Siegel winning the B-Main. Brian Leppo paced time trials with a one lap time of 13.174 seconds. Fred Rahmer won the 6-lap Dash.

Will Walls started on the outside of row one and led all 20 laps of the thundercar feature. Walls’ win was his first career Lincoln win and came in a non stop time of six minutes 36.78-seconds.

Danny Beard grabbed the runner-up spot on lap nine and finished in the second spot over Gino Comi, Duane Watson and Sam Gallagher with Larry Neiderer, Justin Mong, Rick Weaver, Josh Ulrich and Mikey Guise rounding out the top 10 finishers.

Heats for the 21 thundercars were won by Gino Comi, Will Walls and Danny Beard.

Next Saturday night, May 9th, at 7 PM it will be York County Racing Club Night feature all three regular point divisions in action - the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprints, Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints & Thundercars. Gates open at 5 PM, with warm-ups getting underway at 6:30 PM and the first heat taking the green flag at 7 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 2, 2009
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
ALL-STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS
Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer ($5,000); 2. 39-Doug Esh; 3. 71-Brian Leppo; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 2-Dale Blaney; 6. 1-Stevie Smith; 7. 30C-Lance Dewease; 8. 25-Daryn Pittman; 9. 22-Greg Hodnett; 10. 98-Niki Young; 11. 59-Jim Siegel; 12. 89-Cody Darrah; 13. 17E-Cris Eash; 14. 4-Danny Smith; 15. 83-Tim Shaffer; 16. 55-Chad Layton; 17. 21-Brian Montieth; 18. 11C-Cory Haas; 19. 15-Adam Wilt; 20. 25o-Aaron Ott; 21. 6W-Josh Wells; 22. 22z-Justin Henderson; 23. W20-Greg Wilson; 24. 7M-Mark Smith (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Brian Leppo (1-13), Fred Rahmer (14-30)

1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 25-Pittman, 2. 2-Blaney, 3. 89-Darrah; 4. 22-Hodnett; 5. 71-Leppo; 6. 25o-Ott; 7. 92-Clayton; 8. 6R-Bunton (DNF); 9. 89G-Gravel (DNF). Time 2:20.39

2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 21-Montieth; 2. 17E-Eash; 3. 1-Smith; 4. W20-Wilson; 5. 39-Esh; 6. 19M-Marks; 7. 16-McIntyre; 8. 26-Cooper; 9. 39T-Glatfelter. Time 2:22.76

3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 55-Layton; 2. 83-Shaffer; 3. 7M-Smith; 4. 51-Rahmer; 5. 30C-Dewease; 6. 88-Dietrich; 7. 15-Wilt (DNF); 8. 4R-Rudisill. (DNF) 9. 65-Mackison (DNF). No Time

4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 98-Young; 2. 22z-Henderson; 3. 11C-Haas; 4. 6W-Wells; 5. 87-Krimes; 6. 59-Siegel; 7. 6K-Knopp; 8. 47J-Busby; 9. 56R-Myers. Time 2:28.67

B-Main (12 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 59-Siegel; 2. 25o-Ott; 3. 4-Smith; 4. 15-Wilt; 5. 16-McIntyre; 6. 19M-Marks; 7. 47J-Busby; 8. 88-Dietrich; 9. 6K-Knopp; 10. 56R-Myers; 11. 6R-Bunton; 12. 65-Mackison; 13. 26-Cooper; 14. 92-Clayton; 15. 39T-Glatfelter; 16. 89G-Gravel; 17. 4R-Rudisill (DNS). Time 3:08.09

Time Trials: 1. 71-Brian Leppo, 13.174 seconds; 2. 39-Doug Esh, 13.236; 3. 51-Fred Rahmer, 13.245; 4. 59-Jim Siegel, 13.263; 5. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.288; 6. 4-Danny Smith, 13.291; 7. 30c-Lance Dewease, 13.297; 8. 87-Alan Krimes, 13.327; 9. 22-Greg Hodnett, 13.405; 10. 1-Stevie Smith, 13.431; 11. 15-Adam Wilt, 13.455; 12. 47J-Jeff Busby, 13.476; 13. 25-Daryn Pittman, 13.479; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.485; 15. 83-Tim Shaffer, 13.503; 16. 98-Niki Young, 13.512; 17. 89-Cody Darrah, 13.534; 18. 17E-Cris Eash, 13.534; 19. 7M-Mark Smith, 13.571; 20. 11C-Cory Haas, 13.580; 21. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 13.611; 22. 21-Brian Montieth, 13.614; 23. 55-Chad Layton, 13.659; 24. 22Z-Justin Henderson, 13.668; 25. 25o-Aaron Ott, 13.13.675; 26. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr. 13.679; 27. 88-Danny Dietrich, 13.729; 28. 6W-Josh Wells, 13.753; 29. 89G-David Gravel, 13. 13.755; 30. 19M-Brent Marks, 13.845; 31. 4R-John Rudisill, 13.862; 32. 56R-Ryan Myers, 13.870; 33. 0-Brandon Wimmer, 13.884; 34. 26-Pat Cooper, 13.13.942; 35. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr.; 13.966; 36. 6K-Chris Knopp, 13.979; 37. 92-Daron Clayton, 14.117; 38. 39T-Tim Glatfelter, NT.

THUNDERCARS:
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 21-Will Walls; 2. 60-Danny Beard; 3. 33-Gino Comi; 4. 3W-Duane Watson; 5. 25-Sam Gallagher; 6. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 7. 77-Justin Mong; 8. 70-Rick Weaver; 9. 53J-Josh Ulrich; 10. 93-Mikey Guise; 11. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 12. 57-Brad Shank; 13. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 14. 1M-Duane McMillian, 15. 3-Todd Miller; 16. 1Z-Don Zechman; 17. 9-Al Crammer; 18. 2W-Brian Walls (DNF); 19. 44-Dave Mantegna (DNF); 20. 54-Kyle Martin (DNS); 21. 15X-Art Schwarz (DNS). Time 6:36.78

Lap Leaders - Will Walls (1-20)

1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 33-Gino Comi; 2. 77-Justin Mong; 3. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 4. 93-Mikey Guise; 5. 1M-Duane McMillian; 6. 54-Kyle Martin (DNF); 7. 9-Al Crammer (DNF). Time 2:35.46

2nd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 21-Will Walls; 2. 70-Rick Weaver; 3. 2W-Brian Walls; 4. 25-Sam Gallagher; 5. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 6. 1Z-Don Zechman; 7. 44-Dave Mantegna (DNF). Time 2.36.90

3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 60-Danny Beard; 2. 3W-Duane Watson; 3. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 4. 3-Todd Miller; 5. 53J-Josh Ulrich; 6. 57-Brad Shank (DNF); 7. 15X-Art Schwarz (DNF). No Time