ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 6/27/09 - "I guess Kevin was sitting in this thing tonight," were the words from an emotional Brian Montieth after dominating opening night of the 19th annual Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway.

Montieth was referring to the late Kevin Gobrecht, who the race was run in memory as his Jerry Parrish owned team raced a car that was painted identical to the Amoco No. 93 sprint car that Gobrecht last drove before his untimely death ten years ago while racing with the World of Outlaws.

Montieth’s win was the fifth of the season at Lincoln and his 14th career win for the defending track champion. It was also Montieth’s first career Pennsylvania Speedweek feature win and puts him on top of the early Speedweek point chase.

"It was an honor to drive this car tonight," stated the Phoenixville driver following his $7,000 payday. "The Gobrecht family means a whole lot to this entire team."

Montieth made it known early that he was the car to beat.

Lining up on the pole for the 30-lap feature, he quickly jumped out front before Mike Erdley brought out a yellow with one lap complete with a spin in turn two. Two laps later, Erdley stopped again in turn three with mechanical problems while Cory Haas also stopped on the track with drive line issues.

Montieth set the pace on the restart over Brian Leppo and Greg Hodnett as 10th starting Cody Darrah began to show strength, moving into the top five by lap nine.

Darrah passed Hodnett for third place on lap 17 and drove under Leppo a lap later to move into the runner-up spot.

And like so many times this season, the Montieth-Darrah Shootout was about to begin!

With lapped traffic playing into the equation, Darrah closed on the leader with seven laps to go. Montieth got the break he needed on lap 24 when the rear end locked up in Leppo’s car sending him for a hard flip in turn three to end his great run.

It was just what Montieth needed as he drove away from Darrah over the final laps to capture the popular win n front of a packed house.

"It was mine to lose," Montieth stated. "It’s always better to run second in traffic. I thought I was gonna be going backwards. I’m sorry for Brian to bring out the red but I really needed a yellow and that’s what I got. This is all sort of a haze right now and we’ll see how long it keeps going."

Montieth’s win came in a Maxim chassis that has over 200 races on it. Parrish summed it up best in victory lane.

"I think we have the driver that best represents Kevin Gobrecht sitting in this car," Parrish said. "I told the guys today, if we can park this car in victory lane, they might tear the fence down."

It certainly was a storybook night for the Premier Motorsports team and the family of Kevin Gobrecht.

Darrah of Red Lion finished second with Thomasville’s Hodnett third.

Lancaster’s Doug Esh drove around Rahmer for the fourth spot coming off the fourth turn for the checkered flag.

Completing the top 10 were Chad Layton, Jim Siegel, Mark Smith, Johnny Mackison, Jr. and Justin Henderson.

Heats for the 37 "410" sprinters were won by Greg Hodnett, Niki Young, Danny Dietrich and Fred Rahmer with Alan Krimes winning the B-Main. Krimes paced time trials with a one lap time of 13.337 seconds. Steve Stimely of Jakes Carts presented Krimes with a $100 bonus.

Will Walls only led one lap of the 20-lap Thundercar feature but it was the one that counted. Walls got into the side of race long leader Duane McMillion on the final lap to take the lead and the win, his second win of the season. Walls started fourth in the event.

Walls won over Brad Shank, McMillion, Duane Watson and Danny Beard with Larry Neiderer, Sam Gallagher, Brian Walls, Rick Weaver and Jimmy Combs completing the top 10.

Heats for the 21 thundercars were won by Will Walls, Brian Walls and Duane Watson.

Next Saturday night, July 4th, at 7 PM it will be the Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints, Super Sportsman & 358 Late Models. 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
Sat., June 27, 2009
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
PA SPEEDWEEK OPENER
10TH ANNUAL KEVIN GOBRECHT MEMORIAL
410 SPRINTS:
Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 93-Brian Montieth ($7,000); 2. 89-Cody Darrah; 3. 22-Greg Hodnett; 4. 39-Doug Esh; 5. 51-Fred Rahmer; 6. 7-Chad Layton; 7. 59-Jim Siegel; 8. 7M-Mark Smith; 9. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr.; 10. 25-Justin Henderson; 11. 87-Alan Krimes; 12. 6K-Chris Knopp; 13. 88-Danny Dietrich; 14. 17-Daryn Pittman; 15. 17E-Cris Eash; 16. 27-Keith Kauffman; 17. 6W-Josh Wells; 18. 47J-Jeff Busby; 19. 15-Adam Wilt; 20. 98-Niki Young; 21. 71-Brian Leppo (DNF); 22. 25o-Aaron Ott (DNF); 23. 11C-Cory Haas (DNF); 24. 11-Mike Erdley DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Montieth (1-30)

1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) -1. 22-Greg Hodnett; 2. 47J-Jeff Busby; 3. 11-Mike Erdley; 4. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr. 5. 17E-Cris Eash; 6. 17-Daryn Pittman; 7. 87-Alan Krimes; 8. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 9. 33-Brian Ehrenzeller; 10.69-Shawn Weaver (DNS). Time 2:20.51

2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) 1. 98-Niki Young; 2. 89-Cody Darrah; 3. 39-Doug Esh; 4. 93-Brian Montieth; 5. 15-Adam Wilt; 6. 6K-Chris Knopp; 7. 11C-Cory Haas; 8. 4-John Rudisill; 9. 51B-Karl Baker. Time 2:23.73.

3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich; 2. 7-Chad Layton; 27-Keith Kauffman; 4. 25-Justin Henderson; 5. 25o-Aaron Ott; 6. 43-Doug Dodson ; 7. 7C-Chad Trout; 8. 3B-Randy Baughman; 9. 19M-Brent Marks. Time 2:25.26

4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 71-Brian Leppo; 4. 7M-Mark Smith; 5. 6W-Josh Wells; 6.16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 7.-23-Todd Rittenhouse; 8. 17B-Steve Buckwalter; 9. 23Z-Todd Zinn. No Time

B-Main (12 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 87-Alan Krimes; 2. 6K-Chris Knopp; 3. 17-Daryn Pittman; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 19M-Brent Marks; 6. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 7. 3B-Randy Baughman; 8. 39T-Tim Glatfelter; 9. 4-John Rudisill; 10. 7C-Chad Trout; 11. 51B-Karl Baker; 12. 33-Brian Ehrenzeller; 13. 23-Todd Rittenhouse (DNF); 14. 17B-Steve Buckwalter (DNF); 15. 43-Doug Dodson (DNF); 16. 23Z-Todd Zinn (DNS); 17. Shawn Weaver (DNS). No Time

Time Trials - 1. 87-Alan Krimes, 13.337 seconds; 2. 93-Brian Montieth, 13.349; 3. 25o-Aaron Ott, 13.444; 4. 71-Brian Leppo, 13.450; 5. 22-Greg Hodnett, 13.474; 6. 39-Doug Esh, 13.504; 7. 7-Chad Layton, 13.560; 8. 7M-Mark Smith, 13.613; 9. 65-Johnny Mackison Jr., 13.640; 10. 89-Cody Darrah, 13.646; 11. 25-Justin Henderson, 13.665; 12. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr., 13.665; 13. 11-Mike Erdley, 13.668; 14. 6K-Chris Knopp, 13.685; 15. 88-Danny Dietrich, 13.691; 16. 59-Jim Siegel, 13.725; 17. 47J-Jeff Busby, 13.733; 18. 98-Niki Young, 13.741; 19. 27-Keith Kauffman, 13.748; 20. 51-Fred Rahmer, 13.750; 21. 17-Daryn Pittman, 13.760; 22. 15-Adam Wilt, 13.767; 23. 43-Doug Dodson, 13.777; 24. 6W-Josh Wells, 13.803; 25. 17E-Cris Eash, 17.811; 26. 11C-Cory Haas, 13.832; 27. 3B-Randy Baughman, 13.954; 28. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 13.971; 29. 69-Shawn Weaver, 14.008; 30. 4-John Rudisill, 14.047; 31. 7C-Chad Trout, 14.076; 32. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, 14.138; 33. 39T-Tim Glatfelter, 14.138; 34. 51B-Karl Baker, 14.210; 35. 19M-Brent Marks, 14.316; 36. 23Z-Todd Zinn, 14.413; 37. 33-Brian Ehrenzeller, 15.299.

THUNDERCARS:
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 21-Will Walls; 2. 57-Brad Shank; 3. 1M-Duane McMillion; 4. 3W-Duane Watson; 5. 60-Danny Beard; 6. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 7. 25-Sam Gallagher; 8. 2W-Brian Walls; 9. 70-Rick Weaver; 10. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 11. 61-Mike Slaybaugh; 12. 92-Scott Yount; 13. 33J-Jeff Wilson; 14. 77-Justin Mong; 15. 93-Mikey Guise; 16. 33-Gino Comi (DNF); 17. 18-Bob Johnson (DNF); 18. 3-Todd Miller (DNF); 19. 53J-Josh Ulrich (DNF); 20. 9-Al Cramer (DQ). No Time

Lap Leaders - Duane McMillion (1-19), Will Walls (20)

1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 21W-Will Walls; 2. 25-Sam Gallagher; 3. 92-Scott Yount; 4. 57-Brad Shank; 5. 3-Todd Miller; 6. 33J-Jeff Wilson; 7. 61-Mike Slaybaugh (DNF). Time 2:38.31.

2nd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 2W-Brian Walls; 2. 60-Danny Beard; 3. 9-Al Crammer; 4. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 5. 53J-Josh Ulrich; 6. 18-Bob Johnson; 7. 44-Dave Montagna (DNS). Time 2:41.54

3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 3W-Duane Watson; 2. 1M-Duane McMillion; 21-Larry Neiderer; 4. 70-Rick Weaver; 5. 93-Mikey Guise; 6. 77-Justin Mong; 7. 33-Gino Comi (DNF). Time 2:38.59