ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. — Freddie Rahmer won the annual Icebreaker sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway for the second consecutive year on Thursday night.
With two days of racing scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, but excellent weather forecast for Thursday, Lincoln Speedway officials opted to move the Icebreaker to Thursday to take advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures.
Twenty-six cars and a hearty crowd took advantage of the event and Rahmer banked $5,000 in a 30-lap affair.
Tyler Ross and Freddie Rahmer shared the front row for the start of the first feature of the year. Ross took the lead and went high into turn one with Rahmer opting for the bottom line in the turns.
Rahmer was keeping pace with Ross and despite doing a wheelie on the front stretch on lap two, Ross held the lead. Ross and Rahmer were wheel to wheel at the line on lap 3 with Ross holding onto the top spot by inches. Rahmer took the lead in turn one and Ross spun in turn two in an attempt to reclaim first. Ross’ spin brought out the first and only caution of the night.
Rahmer led Brent Marks, Kyle Moody, Danny Dietrich and Justin Peck on the restart.
Rahmer went high in turn one and pulled away form Marks. Dietrich looked to the outside of Moody as the two raced for third with Dietrich taking the spot at the line. Peck followed and worked on Moody to take fourth on lap six.
Rahmer entered lapped traffic on lap 8 as the lapped car of Trey Hivner got out of shape in front of him. Rahmer got by Hivner unscathed.
Peck and Marks raced side by side down the back stretch as they worked through lapped traffic. Dietrich got up to second and was using lapped cars to reel in Rahmer. Peck moved up to third and was closing in on the leaders.
Peck was nearly side by side with Danny for second on lap 15 at the line. Peck made the pass for second after making slight contact in turn 4 with Dietrich.
With 10 laps to go Rahmer had two lapped cars between him and Peck. Peck was doing everything he could to close in on Rahmer as the lapped counted down, but Rahmer was too good in lapped traffic.
Rahmer crossed the line 1.391 seconds ahead of Peck. Dietrich was third after holding off a late charge by Devon Borden who finished fourth. Matt Campbell completed the top five.
The finish:
Freddie Rahmer, Justin Peck, Danny Dietrich, Devon Borden, Matt Campbell, Brent Marks, Anthony Macri, Kyle Moody, Cameron Smith, Zane Rudiseill, Billy Dietrich, Dylan Norris, Tim Glatfelter, Troy Wagaman, Brandon Rahmer, Riley Emig, Cole Young, Michael Millard, Rick Lafferty, Tyler Ross, Trey Hivner, Tim Wagaman, Chad Trout, Alan Krimes, Mike Lutz.