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THREE FIRST TIME LINCOLN CHAMPIONS CROWNED
MONTIETH CLAIMS FIRST CAREER TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP;
Jeff Rohrbaugh 358 Sprint Champ; Gallagher Thundercar Titleist
YORK, PA, 11/22/08 - Lincoln Speedway track champions and special year-end awards were handed out at the Holiday Inn in York Saturday night, November 22nd. Close to 400 people were in attendance to watch the crowning of the 410 sprint, 358 sprint, thundercar, and 358 late model champions for 2008. The top ten finishers in the season -long point series for all four divisions were honored as well as special awards.
MONTIETH CLAIMS CAREER FIRST CINDY ROWE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
Sheer determination and year-long consistency was the formula which helped Phoenixville’s Brian Montieth dethrone all-time winner Fred Rahmer en route to his first-ever Cindy Rowe Auto Glass 410 sprint car championship at Lincoln Speedway in 2008.
Despite racing an entire season without winning a race, the driver known as "the Edge" thrilled the fans by passing hundreds of cars on his way to 10 top-five and 22 top-ten finishes in 22 races during the season.
It was also the first-ever track title for car owner Jerry Parrish and sponsors Premiere Auto Works and Auto Locator. Montieth’s title also secured the mechanic of-the-year award for chief wrench Scott Zellers.
Sportsmanship award winner Cris Eash of Hanover completed a comeback from retirement to pick up four wins, nine top-five, and 19 top-ten finishes. In the process, Eash climbed to sixth on the all-time Lincoln win list with 42 career wins.
Salfordville's Fred Rahmer, driving the Chad and Jenn Clemens-owned C&S Lawn & Landscaping/Miller Brothers Automotive/Bair’s Tree Service/Materials Handling Systems/Media Camping Center No.51 sprinter, finished third in season points. Though finishing with a season-leading seven wins, 19 top five, and 22 top-ten finishes, the ten-time track champ could not repeat after missing several shows during the course of the season. He continued to rewrite the Lincoln Speedway record-books by upping his all-time Lincoln win total to 161.
Spring Grove’s Niki Young completed his final season with the Neiderer Sanitation team by picking up the season opener (his only win of the season) and scoring four top-five and 17 top-ten finishes.
Alan Krimes of Denver scored two wins en route to a fifth-place finish in season points. He also had 11 top-five and 19 top-ten finishes during the season.
Completing the top ten in season points were Chad Layton, four-time winner and 2006 track champ Doug Esh, Nick Schlauch, Jr., one-time winner Jim Siegel, and Aaron Ott.
Other Lincoln winners included 2008 Most Improved Driver Cody Darrah (who picked up his first career win on a two-win night and added a third win later in the season), Stevie Smith (two wins), Lance Dewease, Greg Hodnett, Jeff Shepard, Jim Siegel, and first-time winner Mike Bittinger.
The rookie of-the-year was teenager Adam Lawrence, who moved up from the 358 sprint division to compete regularly in 2008. He recorded one top five and three top-ten finishes at one of the most competitive Saturday night tracks in the nation.
Nov 22, 2008, 21:00
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RAHMER CALLS LINCOLN FINALE WIN ONE OF HIS MOST SPECIAL
Sam Gallagher caps-off championship season with fifth win of year
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 10/18/08 - Every time Fred Rahmer wins he establishes a new record at Lincoln Speedway. But when he exited his C&S Lawn & Landscape/Miller Brothers Automotive #51 on Saturday night, he called win number 161 one of his most satisfying.
"I knew when I left home that I was winning tonight one way or another," said a matter-of-fact Rahmer in victory lane after scoring the win in the 25-lap "410" sprint feature, "It’s pretty neat when your 12-year-old boy (Freddie) did 80% of the work on the car this week. I’m so proud of him, and this is probably one of the best wins I’ve ever had."
An experimental qualifying format that inverted cars for their heats based on the fastest lap they turned in five-lap warm-up periods saw Rahmer start fourth in his heat. He went on to take the checkered in his qualifying event, garnering him the most points in the passing points system used to determine the starting line-up for the feature.
After drawing pill #5 for the inversion, Rahmer started fifth behind front-row starters Chad Layton and Pat Cooper and second-row starters Todd Hestor and Lance Dewease. Dewease and Rahmer advanced to second and third by lap three, and followed leader Chad Layton through one caution flag over the next three laps before Dewease drove by Layton for the top spot in turns three and four of lap seven.
Rahmer caught Layton for second on the restart following an eight-lap red flag for Brian Leppo, who struck the wall hard and did everything but flip on turns three and four.
Rahmer then followed Dewease before pulling the slider on the Advanced Settlement Services #30C exiting turn four of lap 11. Following a 14th-lap caution for a spinning Niki Young, Dewease tried the same move on Rahmer exiting turn four. The two tapped wheels, but both drivers regained control and Rahmer hung onto the lead.
"I’d say that with 90% of the other drivers here, we would have crashed coming off four, but he gave me just enough room," said Rahmer, "I hope the fans enjoyed a good race."
Oct 18, 2008, 21:42
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DEWEASE WINS 12TH ANNUAL KENNY WELD MEMORIAL
Mike Walls wins 21st career in Thundercars; Sam Gallagher Clinches 2008 Thundercar Track Championship
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 10/4/08 - After a successful season that included both World of Outlaw and All-Star Circuit of Champions wins and a second-place finish in the All-Star point standings, Lance Dewease says there is still no place like home.
"I’ve said all along, I’m a Pennsylvania driver racing with the All-Stars," said Dewease after scoring the win in the 40-lap 12th Annual Kenny Weld Memorial for 410 sprint cars Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway, "I’ll be a member of the PA Posse my whole life, and that won’t ever change no matter what we do." Dewease was a heat win away from a perfect night after setting fast time and winning the 12th Annual Kenny Weld Memorial for 410 sprint cars at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night. Counting the $300 from Don Ott Racing Engines for setting fast time and feature lap money, Dewease’s first Lincoln win of the year was worth $6,480.
After a feature win at Williams Grove the night before, Dewease was fast out of the box, becoming the first driver since the 1,375-pound weight rule took effect to break 13 seconds for a lap in the Pigeon Hills.
Alan Krimes also broke the 13-second barrier with second-quick time, and later claimed the $500 bonus from Kenny Weld’s wife Mary Etta for being the first car with Weld Tech cylinder heads to cross the finish line.
Dewease drew a "six" pill for the inversion, and started fifth when Doug Esh failed to qualify in his heat. Esh qualified in the B main, but by race rule had to start ninth and dropped out late in the feature.
2008 track champ Brian Montieth started on the pole, but it was outside front row starter Craig Keel who grabbed the lead at the start. Keel and Montieth ran first and second for the first 11 laps before Alan Krimes took second from Montieth in a wild three-car battle for the runner-up spot between those two and Dewease.
Krimes ran second from laps 12 through 15 until Dewease took the spot in heavy lapped traffic on lap 16.
Dewease went to the cushion to drive around Keel for the lead in turns three and four of lap 20. He led the rest of the way, crossing .81-seconds ahead of Montieth for his 31st career Lincoln win.
"We’ve had a problem finishing races here," said Dewease, "Heck, we couldn’t even make it through time trials the one night here. Last time here, we were pretty decent and I messed up for a lap and-a-half at the start and killed it."
Oct 4, 2008, 23:10
