ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 4/12/08 - "I just want to win every race I tow to. I know that’s not going to happen, but that’s the attitude you’ve got to take going to the track. There is no substitute for experience and good equipment and I’ve got both."

So said defending champ Fred Rahmer after storming to his third win of the year in the 25-lap "410" sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.

Rahmer started in his traditional handicapped 12^th-starting spot, with 2006 track champ Doug Esh to his left side. Both drivers wasted no time getting to the front.

While polesitter Cory Haas was leading the first nine laps, Esh advanced to third by the end of lap six. Rahmer followed the Pancho’s Racing Products #30 through the early stages of the race, entering the top five after getting around Josh Wells just before a caution came out for a spinning Jeff Busby on lap seven.

On the restart, second-place Jim Siegel battled wheel-to-wheel with Haas for three laps before claiming the lead exiting turn two of lap 10. But one lap earlier, Rahmer made a key pass by sliding under Esh exiting turn four for third.

"It was a little dramatic getting into turn three there with Doug when I did a flyer on him, but if he would have gotten the lead first he’d be standing here," said Rahmer, "I couldn’t allow that to happen...I bellied up to the bar and did the best I could."

The ten-time track champ followed Siegel around Haas for second on lap ten. The race-winning pass came as the two raced down the backstretch on lap 13.

"Jimmy Siegel was running good around the top and the bottom just rubbered up. And if you don’t get down there if you’re the leader...man, sometimes it’s better to be second moving around. I felt it starting to come in and I knew it was only a couple laps until it locked down. After that you couldn’t even lap cars."

From there, it was all Rahmer, with Siegel finishing a distant second (2.74 seconds) despite a 23^rd-lap caution for Cody Darrah, who came to a stop with a flat tire in turn four. Esh crossed third, with Haas ending a fine run in fourth and Nick Schlauch, Jr. crossing fifth. Completing the top ten were Alan Krimes, Brian Montieth, Wells, Niki Young, and Bob Howard. "Right now is my time. I’ve been through this before, and it can go away in a heartbeat," reflected Rahmer in victory lane, "So you’ve got to keep it all in perspective and keep working hard.."

"Fred (Putney) watering the track made it so you could run around on the top a bit...it opened the track up so that Doug (Esh) and I was able to run up top and a group of other guys," said Rahmer, "I was really surprised it rubbered up on the bottom...I didn’t think I was going to win this one because we were way too tight at the beginning."

"But after last week I wanted to win bad," continued Rahmer, "I did my best last week and came up short. Last year I didn’t have the year I should have, and I’m not going to let that happen again."

Heats for the 27 "410" sprints were won by John Rudisill, Haas and Krimes, with Cris Eash winning the consolation.

Dale Hammaker took advantage of a second chance and claimed the checkered flag in the 20-lap "358" sprint car feature.

Hammaker, who was handicapped to the pole after not qualifying the first time the 358 sprints appeared at Lincoln, took the lead at the outset and paced the field for the first 12 laps. But when he went to the outside to get around pesky lapped traffic, sixth-starting Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. stayed with the lapped traffic drove under Hammaker for the lead exiting turn four of lap 13. Rittenhouse paced the field for the next five laps before Hammaker drove up beside Rittenhouse as the two entered turn one.

That’s when the two leaders tapped wheels and Rittenhouse lost the handle, spinning into the inside guardrail in turns one and two. Rittenhouse went to the back and dropped from the field late.

Hammaker never gave up the bottom after that, and cruised to the win over second-starting Bob Anderson, with eighth-starting Scott Geesey third, 10^th-starting Brian Eichelberger fourth, and ninth-starting Gerard McIntyre, Jr. fifth. Completing the top ten were 14^th-starting Chad Criswell, 16^th-starting Nate Hammaker, Glenndon Forsythe, 19^th-starting Tim Wagaman, and Brad McClelland.

Heats for the 39 "358" Sprints were won by Dale Hammaker, Anderson, Geesey, and McIntyre. Twin consolations were won by Nathan Berwager and Billy Dietrich

Abbottstown’s Duane Watson became a two-time winner in thundercars in thrilling fashion by holding off a determined Mike Slaybaugh and then Sam Gallagher to earn the hard-fought win.

Polesitter Bob Bare led the first seven laps of the 20-lap feature, yielding to the sixth-starting Watson on the eighth lap. But, an even more determined Slaybaugh, who started 11^th, came charging through the field and began to press Watson on lap 13.

Slaybaugh squeezed under Watson on lap 17 to take the lead, only to lose it back to Watson on lap 18. Then an incident between Bare and Slaybaugh ended Slaybaugh’s run with Bare being put to the rear on the 19^th lap.

It then came down to a two-lap shoot-out between Watson and 12^th-starting Sam Gallagher with Watson holding on to take the checkered one-half second over Gallagher to register his 19^th career win.

Scott Fisher, Hurricane Menges and 22^nd-starting Ronnie Thomas completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Al Crammer, Larry Neiderer, Rick Weaver, Barry Rinehart and Justin Mong.

Heats for the 24 Thundercars were won by Gallagher, Larry Niederer and Bare.

Next Saturday night, April 19th at 6 PM, the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass 410 Sprints will be back in action with the MALCO Landscaping 358 Late Models and Street Stocks. Gates for the three-division show will open at 4 PM, with hot laps get underway 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 - April 12, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
CINDY ROWE AUTO GLASS
410 SPRINTS:
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer ($3,000); 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 30-Doug Esh; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 6. 87-Alan Krimes; 7. 21-Brian Montieth; 8. 6W-Josh Wells; 9. 10N-Niki Young; 10. 49-Bobby Howard; 11. 17E-Cris Eash; 12. 39-TJ Stutts; 13. 45-AJ Michael; 14. 22Z-Michael Carber; 15. 25-Chad Layton; 16. 20-Ryan Taylor; 17. 71-Brian Leppo; 18. 12-Mike Bittinger; 19. 25O-Aaron Ott; 20. 43-Doug Dodson; 21. 89-Cody Darrah (DNF); 22. 9-Craig Keel (DNF); 23. 4-John Rudisill (DNF); 24. 47J-Jeff Busby (DNF); DNS -

Lap Leaders - Cory Haas (1-9), Jim Siegel (10-12), Fred Rahmer (13-25)

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 4-John Rudisill; 2. 47J-Jeff Busby; 3. 59-Jim Siegel; 4. 49-Bobby Howard; 5. 10N-Niki Young; 6. 20-Ryan Taylor; 7. 43-Doug Dodson; 8. 21-Brian Montieth; DNS - 5-Adam Lawrence. Time - 2:49.561

2nd Heat (10 Lap/6 to qualify) - 1. 11C-Cory Haas; 2. 39-TJ Stutts; 3. 38N-Nick Schauch Jr.; 4. 6W-Josh Wells; 5. 25-Chad Layton; 6. 22Z-Michael Carber; 7. 17E-Cris Eash; 8. 9-Craig Keel; 9. 3W-John Westbrook (DNF). Time - 2:50.171

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 87-Alan Krimes; 2. 45-A.J. Michael; 3. 51-Fred Rahmer; 4. 30-Doug Esh; 5. 89-Cody Darrah; 6. 12-Mike Bittinger; 7. 71-Brian Leppo; 8. 26-Pat Cooper; 9. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF). No Time

Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 17E-Cris Eash; 2. 21-Brian Montieth; 3. 71-Brian Leppo; 4. 43-Doug Dodson; 5. 25O-Aaron Ott; 6. 9-Craig Keel; 7. 26-Pat Cooper; 8. 5-Adam Lawrence (DNF); 9. 3W-John Westbrook (DNF). Time - 2:44.810

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS
358 SPRINTS:
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 81B-Bob Anderson; 3. 91-Scott Geesey; 4. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 5. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 6. 84C-Chad Criswell; 7. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 8. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 9. 1-Tim Wagaman; 10. 6-Brad McClelland; 11. 34-Austin Reed; 12. 28-Keith Prutzman; 13. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 14. 55-Jimmy Layton; 15. 67-Jason Cherry; 16. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 17. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 18. 15B-John Barnett; 19. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 20. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF); 21. 88-Danny Dietrich (DNF); 22. 23-Todd Rittenhouse, Jr. (DNF); 23. 17-Matt Beasley (DNF); 24. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh (DNF). No time.

Lap Leaders - Dale Hammaker (1-12), Todd Rittenhouse Jr. (13-17), Dale Hammaker (18-20)

1st Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 34-Austin Reed; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 27-Jay Galloway; 5. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 6. 38-Mike Ressler; 7. 75-Nicole Bower; 8. 15-Adam Wilt (DNF); 9. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF); 10. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF). Time - 2:36.43

2nd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 81B-Bob Anderson; 2. 67-Jason Cherry; 3. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 4. 84C-Chad Criswell; 5. 1-Tim Wagaman; 6. 28-Keith Prutzman; 7. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 8. 17-Matt Beasley; 9. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 10. 4R-Kevin Nouse (DNF). No Time

3rd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 91-Scott Geesey; 2. 6-Brad McClelland; 3. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 4. 55-Jimmy Layton; 5. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 6. 15B-John Barnett; 7. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 8. 65-Cale Griffin; 9. 01A-Denny Gross; DNS - 7M-Mike Mansfield. Time - 2:46.90

4th Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 2. 23-Todd Rittenhouse; 3. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 4. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 5. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 6. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 7. 45-Colt White; 8. 6S-Bill Sherman; 9. 18-Scott Lehman; 10. 11D-Mike Duncan (DNF). No Time

1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 2. 1-Tim Wagaman; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman; 4. 17-Matt Beasley; 5. 75-Nicole Bower; 6. 15-Adam Wilt; 7. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 8. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 9. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF); 10. 38-Mike Ressler (DNF); DNS - 4R-Kevin Nouse. Time- 2:53.37

2nd Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 4. 15B-John Barnett; 5. 11D-Mike Duncan; 6. 01A-Denny Gross; 7. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 8. 45-Colt White; 9. 6S-Bill Sherman; 10. 7M-Mike Mansfield; 11. 18-Scott Lehman; 12. 65-Cale Griffin. No Time

THUNDERCARS:
Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 3W-Duane Watson; 2. 25-Sam Gallagher; 3. 20-Scott Fisher; 4. 61-Hurricane Menges; 5. 21-Ronnie Thomas; 6. 9-Al Crammer; 7. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 8. 70-Rick Weaver; 9. 00-Barry Rinehart; 10. 77-Justin Mong; 11. 60-Danny Beard; 12. 93-Mikey Guise; 13. 15-Dave Reever; 14. 54-Kyle Martin; 15. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh; 16. 57-Brad Shank; 17. 76-Bob Bare; 18. 1-Neil Smith (DNF); 19. 33-Gino Comi (DNF); 20. 8-Bob Allen (DNF); 21. 1E-Greg Emlet (DNF); 22. 44-Tom Walls (DNF); 23. 54J-Jimmy Combs (DNF); 24. 7M-Doug Bennett (DNF).

Lap Leaders - Bob Bare (1-7); Duane Watson (8-16); Mike Slaybaugh (17); Duane Watson (18-20)

1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 25-Sam Gallagher; 2. 3W-Duane Watson; 3. 60-Danny Beard; 4. 61-Hurricane Menges; 5. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 6. 93-Mikey Guise; 7. 1-Neil Smith (DNF); 8. 21-Ronnie Thomas (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (8 Lap/6 to qualify) - 1. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 2. 20-Scott Fisher; 3. 54-Kyle Martin; 4. 9-Al Crammer; 5. 77-Justin Mong; 6. 1E-Greg Emlet; 7. 00-Barry Rinehart; 8. 15-Dave Reever. No Time

3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 76-Bob Bare; 2. 33-Gino Comi; 3. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh; 4. 8-Bob Allen; 5. 44-Tom Walls; 6. 57-Brad Shank; 7. 70-Rick Weaver (DNF); 8. 7M-Doug Bennett (DNF). No Time