ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Robbie Kendall was back in action on Saturday night after taking some time away from racing, claiming victory in the 410 sprint car main event at Lincoln Speedway.
“We took three weeks off. We sucked. I went on vacation and just wanted to know if I still wanted to do this or not,” Kendall said.
The time away paid off as Kendall parked his No. 55K in victory lane to take home $4,000. The win was Kendall’s third at the track and first since May 2019. With Speedweek right around the corner Kendall’s win came at a great point in the season.
“We needed that. Hopefully this rallies into next. We’re going to run six of them,” Kendall said.
Greg Plank and Chris Arnold shared the front row for Saturday’s 30-lap feature. Plank led the field into turn one with Arnold and Austin Bishop battling wheel-to-wheel. Arnold took the second spot coming out of turn two.
Tucker Klaasmeyer used the bottom of the track to work on Bishop for third. Klaasmeyer drove under Bishop in turn three on lap three to take the spot. Bishop spun around while running four in turn 2 bringing out the caution on lap four.
Plank, Arnold, Klaasmeyer, Robbie Kendall and Jordan Givler were the top five for the single-file restart.
Klaasmeyer looked under Arnold in turns one and two on the restart. Klaasmeyer once again used turn 3 to his advantage, taking second from Arnold. Kendall was not far behind and challenged Arnold for third, taking the runner-up spot in turn two.
Klaasmeyer took the lead from Plank on lap six with Kendall once again not far behind. Kendall moved under Plank in turn three to take second on lap seven.
In addition to the action at the front of the field, Chase Dietz and Freddie Rahmer were making their way through traffic from their thirteenth and fifteenth starting spots.
Klaasmeyer had a one second advantage over Kendall as they caught the tail end of the field on lap 12.
Kendall was closing in on Klaasmeyer and looked to his outside on lap 13 in turn two. The two made contact, with Kendall saving his car from contact with the wall to maintain second.
Kendall stuck with Klaasmeyer as the two leaders made their way through heavy lapped traffic. Dietz and Rahmer continued their charge through the field and were battling for fifth.
Kendall took a peek under Klaasmeyer again with 10 laps to go. Robbie made the pass for the lead getting to the outside of Klaasmeyer in turn 2 on lap 21.
The yellow flag came out on lap 22 when Glenndon Forsythe fell off the pace on the back stretch.
Kendall led Klaasmeyer, Arnold, Dietz and Rahmer to the cone for the restart. Kendall had a solid restart with Dietz looking under Arnold for third. Dietz took the spot coming out of turn four with Rahmer right behind him. Arnold tried to reclaim the spot, but Rahmer held on.
Lapped traffic loomed ahead of Kendall when the white flag waved. Kendall took the checkered flag 1.373 seconds ahead of Klaasmeyer. Dietz finished third and Rahmer crossed the line fourth. Arnold completed the top five.
In other action, Scott Dellinger won the Super Sportsman Tour feature and Gene Knaub triumphed in the limited late model main event.