Horan Beats The Rain For Lincoln Score

ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Travis Horan outran the rain to win the 20-lap Extreme Stock feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday evening.

Donnie Broderick shared the front row of the 20-lap feature with polesitter Alex Updegraff. Broderick got out to the early lead as Powell and Horan started to make their way through the field. Powell nearly had Michael Smith beat to the line for third on the first lap after starting sixth but settled for fourth. Powell got by Smith for second on the next lap and got around Broderick for the lead on lap three.

With Powell in the lead, Horan started to go to work on Broderick for second. Horan took the spot from Broderick on lap five. Smith and Broderick went to battle for third with Smith getting loose out of turn four on lap 11. Smith got spun around on the front stretch bringing out the caution.

Powell lead the field to the cone on the restart with nine laps to go. Horan tried the bottom of turns three and four but couldn’t steal the lead from Powell. Don Murphy fell off the pace with a flat tire that left debris on the track bringing out the caution.

Andrew Hogue was up to fourth on the restart and was working on Broderick down the backstretch for third. Updegraff entered the picture and got under Hogue for fourth on lap 13. Two laps latter Updegraff got under Broderick for third in turns one and two.

Powell and Horan had separated from the rest of the field when a smoking Powell pulled into the infield on lap 17. Horan inherited the lead and held onto it until the checkered flag waved. Updegraff held onto second. Broderick crossed the line third. Hogue beat Smith to the stand by inches to finish fourth. Smith rounded out the top five.

While the Extreme Stock field beat the rain, the 410 and 358 sprint car divisions did not.The 410 sprint car feature is slated to be made up May 11 after the completion of the regularly scheduled program. The make-up feature for the 358 sprint cars is scheduled for June 1.

Before the rain came the 410 sprint car heats were won by Robbie Kendall, Cole Young and Scott Fisher. Steve Owings, Jeff Halligan and Tyler Walton won the 358 sprint car heat races.