ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Freddie Rahmer made it two in a row with his victory at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night.
Trey Hivner and Cole Young shared the front row with Hivner on the pole. Tyler Esh and Dan Shetler made up the second row. Hivner and Young made contact on the start. As a result of the bumping on the front row, Young made contact with Esh, sending him into the wall. Esh came back down the track on the frontstretch, hitting Adam Wilt and then collecting T.J. Dehaven as they tumbled down the frontstretch. Esh landed on his side, with Dehaven’s car sitting up on its tail-end. All drivers were able to walk away from the crash.
After the red flag the field lined up for a complete restart. This time the front row made a clean start, with Young staying on the high line around the track to lead lap one. Brian Montieth made his way up to second from his fourth starting spot on lap two. Young had half a straightaway lead over Montieth before Montieth started to reel him in. Montieth tried the bottom in turns three and four on lap six but couldn’t make the pass. It didn’t take long after that for Montieth to take the lead, he passed Young in turns one and two on the next lap to find himself in the front of the field.
As Montieth was battling for first, Rahmer had made his way up to third from his ninth starting spot by lap eight. Rahmer got under Young on lap nine in turns one and two to take second.
Montieth hit lapped traffic on lap 12. Alan Krimes was up to fourth on lap 13 from his sixth starting spot.
Montieth was able to keep two lapped cars between himself and Rahmer as Rahmer struggled to get around the lapped car of Landon Myers. After getting around Myers, Rahmer was starting to close the gap between him and Montieth when the caution came out on lap 21 for Young and Jim Siegel going into turn three. Young had been running fourth when he got caught up with Siegel, who was running fifth. Both cars were unable to rejoin the field.
Rahmer got his nose under Monteith in turns one and two on the restart but was not able to complete the pass. The final caution of the race came out on the restart when Brett Michalski and Rodney Westhafer got together in turn one.
Rahemer stayed with Montieth on the restart, not letting him get too far out ahead. Rahmer nearly pulled off a slide job for the lead in turns three and four on lap 23. After coming out of turn two on the last lap, Rahmer made the pass for the lead on the back stretch and held off Monteith through turns three and four to beat him to the flag stand by .155 of a second. Alan Krimes crossed the line third. Dan Shetler finished fourth and Tim Glatfelter completed the top five.
In the 358 sprint car class, Zach Allman was slated to start on the pole of the feature but stopped on the backstretch while the field was lining up. Allman was not able to rejoin the field.
Allman’s misfortune moved Wyatt Hinkle into the pole position with Alyson Dietz starting second. Dietz took the lead coming out of turn two to lead lap one. Hinkle stayed wheel to wheel with Dietz on the next lap beating her to the flag stand to take the lead. Troy Wagaman Jr. was up to third from his sixth starting spot when Hinkle took the lead.