ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 7/11/09 - Doug Esh said he almost forgot how to get victory lane at Lincoln Speedway.

His last win came back on September 20, 2008 and even his rookie teammate beat to him to victory lane this season. But Saturday night, the Lancaster driver came from his 14th starting spot to capture the 25-lap sprint car feature.

Esh’s win came just before midnight as the speedway was hit with rain prior to the night’s events and then a few more small showers kept the track crew working hard to get the speedway into race shape. The delay was over two hours.

"We’ve been bad and I haven’t been driving real good," said Esh, after his 22nd career track win. "You get your head messed up a little bit. It feels like it’s my first win and it seems like forever since I came out here. I almost forgot where to go."

It was almost like a full moon as the Sprint car feature took the green flag at 11pm but several early yellow and red flags turned the race into a marathon.

Jim Siegel got into the first turn wall on the initial start to bring out a yellow and then on the restart, Cris Eash made contact with several cars and spun in turn four. Defending track champion Brian Montieth and one-time feature winner Danny Dietrich were both involved in the melee.

Randy Baughman set the pace on the restart but on lap two, Cody Darrah and Jeff Busby made contact in turn four resulting in a Busby flip. He was not injured.

The red flew on the next lap when Tim Glatfelter got out of shape in turn two, collecting Aaron Ott and Niki Young. Ott’s car rolled in the crash to bring out another red flag.

Baughman continued to set the pace as Esh moved into the top five early and then took third place on lap 11 from Chad Trout.

Esh was making his moves all over the speedway and after a slight bump with Ed Aiken, Esh drove past him for the runner-up spot on lap 17. He then used a slider to steal the lead from Baughman in turn two to lead lap 19.

While Esh appeared to have the race in hand, Trout’s good run ended on lap 23 when he came to a stop on the track.

This set up a two lap shootout with Esh and all-time track win leader Fred Rahmer, who originally lined up 19th in the lineup.

"I’m sure he had one out for me because we’ve been at each other alittle lately," Esh said of Rahmer. "He’s one of the best to ever come out of Central PA and I love to race with him and I love to beat him."

Rahmer didn’t have anything for Esh on the late restart as Esh easily rolled to the win aboard the Trone Outdoor Motorsports, Kinard Trucking, Leach’s Automotive, Benkowitsch Custom Counters No. 39.

"I was driving my butt off to get those guys out front tonight," Esh said. "I think I might have touched the 7 (Aiken) and I didn’t mean to but I’m coming from the back for the win. Those guys are fast up front and you drive harder and harder and you don’t catch them. But sometimes you have to slow down and use patience to catch them.

Rahmer was the runner-up with Baughman finishing third over Aiken and rookie Brent Marks with Montieth, Cory Haas, Alan Krimes, Adam Wilt and Josh Wells completing the top 10.

Heats for the 29 "410" Sprints were won by Pat Cooper, Ed Aiken and Chad Trout with Fred Rahmer winning the consolation.

Billy Dietrich became the eighth different winner in as many races in the 358 Sprint car division and took the win in dramatic fashion.

Dietrich led only one lap in the 20-lap feature and that was the final lap when he blasted around leader Brad McClelland coming off the fourth turn for the checkered flag.

Dietrich started 10th in the field and raced his way into contention late in the event as the top five cars battled hard in traffic. He took second on lap 19 and then used the exciting last lap pass to secure his eighth career track win.

McClelland finished second over Jeff Rohrbaugh, early leader Derek Sell and John Barnett.

Adrian Shaffer came from 20th to finish sixth ahead of Dale Hammaker, Tim Berkheimer, 22nd starter Glenndon Forsythe and TimWagaman.

Heats for the 29 "358" Sprints were won by Derek Sell, Jeff Rohrbaugh and Keith Prutzman with Nicole Bower winning the consolation.

Duane Watson used a three-wide pass for the lead on lap 18 to capture his fifth win of the year in the 20-lap thundercar feature.

While Watson was working his way through the field, Brian Walls set the early pace until Brad Shank and Watson moved in late in the event.

Walls, Shank and Watson went three wide on the backstretch on lap 18 with Watson emerging the winner for a 25th career time. Shank, Walls, Sam Gallagher and Danny Beard were the top five finishers.

Heats for the 21 Thundercars were won by Duane Watson, Sam Gallagher and Mikey Guise.

Next Saturday night, July 18th, at 7 PM the United Racing Company Sprints (URC)will visit Lincoln Speedway and join the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprints in a two-division show.

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., July 11, 2009
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
LAWRENCE CHEVROLET 410 SPRINTS
Feature (25 Laps) 1. 39-Doug Esh ($3,000); 2.51-Fred Rahmer, 3. 3B-Randy Baughman, 4. 7-Ed Aiken, 5. 19M-Brent Marks, 6. 21- Brian Montieth, 7. 11C-Cory Haas, 8. 87-Alan Krimes, 9. 15-Adam Wilt, 10. 6W-Josh Wells, 11. 89-Cody Darrah, 12. 71-Brian Leppo, 13. 26-Pat Cooper, 14. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF), 15. 47J-Jeff Busby (DNF), 16. 23-Todd Rittenhouse (DNF), 17. 6K-Chris Knopp (DNF), 18. 71X-Bill Stine (DNF), 19. 39T-Tim Glatfelter (DNF), 20. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF), 21. 98-Niki Young (DNF), 22. 88-Danny Dietrich (DNF), 23. 17E-Cris Eash (DNF), 24. Jim Siegel (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Randy Baughman (1-18); Doug Esh (19-25)

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) 1. 26 Pat Cooper, 2. 3B-Randy Baughman, 3. 47J-Jeff Busby, 4. 19M-Brent Marks, 5. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., 6. 98-Niki Young, 7. 15-Adam Wilt, 8. 11C-Cory Haas, 9. 87-Alan Krimes, 10. 1AU-Garry Brazier (DNF). Time 2:21.67

2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) 1. 7-Ed Aiken, 2. 6W-Josh Wells, 3. 59-Jim Siegel, 4. 6K-Chris Knopp, 5. 39-Doug Esh, 6. 71X-Bill Stine, 7. 51-Fred Rahmer, 8. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 9. 4-John Rudisill, 10. X-Bobby Weaver (DNF). Time 2:24.25

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) 1. 7c-Chad Trout, 2. 39T-Tim Glatfelter, 3. 25-Aaron Ott, 4. 17E-Cris Eash, 5. 21-Brian Montieth, 6. 89-Cody Darrah, 7. 88-Danny Dietrich, 8. 71-Brian Leppo, 9. Gerard McIntyre, Jr. Time 2:25.34

Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify)- 1. 51-Fred Rahmer, 2. 88-Danny Dietrich, 3. 15-Adam Wilt, 4. 11c-Cory Haas, 5. 71-Brian Leppo, 6. 87-Alan Krimes, 7. 65-Johnny Mackison, Jr., 8. 4-John Rudisill, 9. X-Bobby Weaver, 10. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr., 11. Garry Brazier (DNS). Time 2:21.29

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358 SPRINTS
Feature (20 Laps) 1. 8-Billy Dietrich, 2. 6-Brad McClelland, 3. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh, 4. 20s-Derek Sell, 5. 15B-John Barnett, 6. 91-Adrian Shaffer, 7. 66-Dale Hammaker, 8. 50-Tim Berkheimer, 9. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 10. 1-Tim Wagaman, 11. 28-Keith Prutzman, 12. 45-Kevin Nagy, 13. 11T-Eric Tomecek, 14. 66H-Doug Hammaker, 15. 52-Amy Ott, 16. 99-Joe Trone, Jr., 17. 65-Cale Griffin, 18. 75-Nicole Bower, 19. 33T-Todd Spangler, 20. 27-Jay Galloway, 21,. 99M-Kyle Moody (DNF), 22. 23B-Jimmy Bewley (DNF), 23. 93-Pancho Lawler (DNF), 24. 38-Mike Ressler (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Derek Sell (1-15; Brad McClelland 16-19), Billy Dietrich (20)

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) 1. 20s-Derek Sell, 2. 15B-John Barnett, 3. 6-Brad McClelland, 4. 66-Dale Hammaker, 5. 52-Amy Ott, 6. 99M-Kyle Moody, 7. 27-Jay Galloway, 8. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 9. 6s-Bill Sherman, 10. 10-Zac Eucalano (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) 1. 7v-Jeff Rohrbaugh, 2. 65-Cale Griffin, 3. 50-Tim Berkheimer, 4,. 66H-Doug Hammaker, 5. 11T-Eric Tomecek, 6. 23B-Jimmy Bewley, 7. 75-Nicole Bower, 8. 45-Kevin Nagy, 9. 27B-Brian Suchy, 10. 97-Brie Hershey (DNF). Time 2:08.40

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) 1. 28-Keith Prutzman, 2. 99-Joe Trone, Jr. 3. 8-Bill Dietrich, 4. 1-Tim Wagaman, 5. 33T-Todd Spangler, 6. 38-Mike Ressler, 7. 91-Adrian Shaffer, 8. 93-Pancho Lawler, 9. U1-Billy Heltzel. Time: 2:32.41

Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify)- 1. 75-Nicole Bower, 2. 91-Adrian Shaffer, 3. 45-Kevin Nagy, 4. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 5. 27-Jay Galloway, 6. 93-Pancho Lawler, 7. 10-Zac Eucalano, 8. 97-Brie Hershey, 9. U1-Billy Heltzel, 10. 27B-Brian Suchy (DNF), 11. 6s-Bill Sherman (DNF). No Time

THUNDERCARS
Feature (20 Laps) 1. 3W-Duane Watson, 2. 57-Brad Shank, 3. 2W-Brian Walls, 4. 25-Sam Gallagher, 5. 60-Danny Beard, 6. 21N-Larry Neiderer, 7. 4C-Marshall McMullen, 8. 3-Todd Miller, 9. 81J-Jamie Zentmoyer, 10. 93-Mikey Guise, 11. 54J-Jimmy Combs, 12. 61-Mike Slaybaugh, 13. 33J-Jeff Wilson, 14. 70-Rick Weaver, 15. 77-Justin Mong (DNF), 16. 21W-Will Walls (DNF), 17. 33-Gino Comi (DNF), 18. 01-Tim Fake (DNF), 19. 1M-Duane McMillan (DNF), 20. D9-Bill Diehl (DNS), 21. 44-Tom Walls (DNS). No Time

Lap Leaders - Brian Walls (1-17); Duane Watson (18-20).

1st Heat (8 Laps) 1. 3w-Duane Watson, 2. 54J-Jimmy Combs, 3. 21N-Larry Neiderer, 4. 77-Justin Mong, 5. 81J-Jamie Zentmoyer, 6. 33-Gino Comi (DNF), 7. D9-Brian Diehl (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (8 Laps) 1. 25-Sam Gallagher, 2. 2-Brian Walls, 3. 57-Brad Shank, 4. 70-Rick Weaver, 5. 1M-Duane McMillian, 6. 33J-Jeff Wilson, 7. 01-Tim Fake (DNF). No Time.

3rd Heat (8 Laps) 1. 93-Mikey Guise, 2. 3-Todd Miller, 3. 21W-Will Walls, 4. 61-Mike Slaybaugh, 5. 60-Danny Beard, 6. 4C-Marshall McMullen, 7. 44-Tom Walls (DNF). Time 2:42.57