By Bill Meyer,
Lincoln Speedway Staff

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA - Salfordsville's Fred Rahmer used his years of experience to dodge the proverbial bullet Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway.

Two red flags and five caution flags over the first three laps of the 25-lap Daryl Gohn/ Glenn Gohn Memorial had everyone on edge. Rahmer then methodically drove through the field from his 13th starting spot to chase veteran racer Craig Keel for the lead in the closing laps.

A late-race caution for a stopped Josh Wells with three laps to go was all Rahmer needed, as he slid under the Weedsport, NY racer in the first and second turns on the restart and drove away to a 1.10-second win over Cris Eash to register his milestone 160th career win at the Pigeon Hills oval.

"We changed a left rear tire just before the start, and I think that helped us," said Rahmer in victory lane, "You got those guys starting up front and that makes it tough. It's tough sleddin' right now."

A flip by former Gohn Jewelers' track champ Bobby Weaver in the third and fourth turns started the series of early-race mishaps. Then a four-car tangle on the second lap was followed by a Mike Bittinger end-over-end flip on the restart while running fourth. He collected fifth-place Jeff Busby and Brian Montieth.

Outside frontrow starter Dodson held the top-spot up until that point with polesitter Shawn Weaver in second.

Then on the fourth lap, Cody Darrah slapped the front stretch wall and slowed. The race-leading Dodson suddenly found himself closing quickly on the Red Lion racer and slammed into him in the first and second turns to bring out yet another caution.

Weaver assumed the lead for the restart and Pat Cooper brought out the caution with a spin in the first turn. On the next restart, several cars stacked up at the cone, resulting in Chad Layton and John Rudisill locking bumpers and spinning down the front stretch. Rudisill was done for the night but Layton was able to tag the rear.

The next 19 laps went non-stop, with Weaver holding off numerous challenges by Keel before the Pearl Technologies sprinter took control with a slider in turns three and four of lap 18. Three laps later, 13th-starting Rahmer made the same move in the same turns to snatch second from Weaver.

A familiar Rahmer slider on the restart sealed Rahmer's sixth Lincoln win of the year.

"Being in first on the restart...you're always in the victim's spot," said Rahmer, "I was lucky enough to get it done there. A lot of yellows came out and hurt me. I had passed cars and they didn't count the lap, and that's just the way it goes. When it's your turn it's your turn, and it was my turn tonight."

Cris Eash, who started 11th, followed Rahmer past Keel into second on lap 23 and finished there, with Keel settling for third, Doug Esh coming from the back after an early-race crash to cross fourth, and Montieth coming from the rear to finish fifth. Sixth through tenth were Weaver, Jim Siegel, 16th-starting Niki Young, Aaron Ott, and Layton.

Heats for the 26 "410" Sprints were won by Shawn Weaver, Bittinger and Scott Geesey, with Layton winning the consolation.

Aaron Ott ended a successful night of double-duty by claiming his third win of the year in the 20-lap "358" sprint car feature.

And no one was more surprised than Ott himself, who was running third when only the second caution of the race came out on lap 18.

Danny Dietrich, who started 12th and was clearly the class of the field, took the lead from race-long leader Keith Prutzman on lap 14 and was on his way to his second win of the year. But Dietrich was called for a two-row jump on the second attempt to start the race, and was penalized four spots. Ott assumed second as Prutzman was again placed in the lead.

Ott slid in front of Prutzman through turns one and two of the restart, and drove away to the victory.

Jeff Rohrbaugh caught Prutzman on the final lap four second, with Gerard McIntyre, Jr. fourth and Dietrich fifth. Completing th top ten were Eric Tomecek, Scott Geesey, Todd Rittenhouse, Jr., 21st-starting Chad Criswell, and Adam Wilt.

The only other caution of the race came out on the initial start, when Brad McClelland and the Hammakers got together in turn four. Dale Hammaker was done for the night. During the caution, polesitter Rick Horn, experiencing mechanical problems, opted for the rear, putting Prutzman on the pole for the restart.

Heats for the 37 "358" Sprints were won by Rick Horn, Tomecek, Ott, and Cale Griffin, with Criswell winning the consolation.

Gettysburg's Brian Walls continued his winning ways by leading all 20-laps to earn his third thundercar victory in 2008. Walls, who was scheduled to start fourth, moved up into the outside front row starting spot when Jamie Zentmyer failed to report out for the feature. Walls immediately jumped out into the lead at the drop of the green bringing last-week's first time winner Ronnie Thomas and Larry Niederer along.

Thomas ran second the entire distance with Kyle Martin coming on strong in the closing laps to finish third. Points leader Sam Gallagher came back from a fourth lap spin to finish fourth and Danny Beard fifth. Completing the top-10 were Scott Fisher, Jimmy Combs, Brad Shank, Josh Ulrich and Al Crammer.

Heats for the 21 thundercars were won by Walls and Barry Rinehart.

Next Saturday night, August 2nd Lincoln Speedway will once again host it's Annual KIDS NIGHT with hundreds of prizes available for the children in attendance.

The three division show will feature the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass 410 Sprints, the Kreizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints and Thundercars. Racing action will get underway at 7:30 PM with gates opening at 5:30 PM.

To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at 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.

RESULTS

CINDY ROWE AUTO GLASS 410 SPRINTS

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 69-Shawn Weaver; 2. 43-Doug Dodson; 3. 47J-Jeff Busby; 4. 30-Doug Esh; 5. 51-Fred Rahmer; 6. 10N-Niki Young; 7. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 8. X-Bobby Weaver; 9. 71-Brian Leppo (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 12-Mike Bittinger; 2. 9-Craig Keel; 3. 59-Jimmy Siegel; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 5-Adam Lawrence; 6. 6W-Josh Wells; 7. 25-Chad Layton; 8. 3B-Randy Baughman; 9. 23-Todd Zinn. Time - 2:25.179

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 45-Scott Geesey; 2. 25O-Aaron Ott; 3. 17E-Cris Eash; 4. 89-Cody Darrah; 5. 21-Brian Montieth; 6. 11C-Cory Haas; 7. 4-John Rudisill; 8. 26-Pat Cooper. Time - 2:23.378

Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 25-Chad Layton; 2. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 3. 4-John Rudisill; 4. X-Bobby Weaver; 5. 3B-Randy Baughman; 6. 26-Pat Cooper; 7. 23-Todd Zinn; DNS - 71-Brian Leppo. Time - 2:21.534

DARYL GOHN/GLENN GOHN SR. MEMORIAL Feature (25 Laps)
1. 51-Fred Rahmer ($3,000); 2. 17E-Cris Eash; 3. 9-Craig Keel; 4. 30-Doug Esh; 5. 21-Brian Montieth; 6. 69-Shawn Weaver; 7. 59-Jim Siegel; 8. 10N-Niki Young; 9. 25O-Aaron Ott; 10. 25-Chad Layton; 11. 11C-Cory Haas; 12. 47J-Jeff Busby; 13. 3B-Randy Baughman; 14. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 15. 45-Scott Geesey (DNF); 16. 5-Adam Lawrence (DNF); 17. 6W-Josh Wells (DNF); 18. 26-Pat Cooper (DNF); 19. 4-John Rudisill (DNF); 20. 43-Doug Dodson (DNF); 21. 89-Cody Darrah (DNF); 22. 12-Mike Bittinger (DNF); 23. 87-Alan Krimes (DNF); 24. X-Bobby Weaver (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Doug Dodson (1-3), Shawn Weaver (4-17), Craig Keel (18-22), Fred Rahmer (23-25)

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358 SPRINTS

1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 01-Rick Horn; 2. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 3. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 4. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 5. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 6. 27-Jay Galloway; 7. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 8. 45N-Kevin Nagy; 9. 28H-Billy Heltzel Jr..
Time - 2:30.28

2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 2. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 1-Tim Wagaman; 6. 84C-Chad Criswell; 7. U1-Denny Gross; 8. 6S-Bill Sherman; 9. 22E-Kevin Eshelman; 10. 51N-Nick Palmerino (DNF). Time - 2:27.19

3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 25O-Aaron Ott; 2. 15B-John Barnett; 3. 91-Scott Geesey; 4. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 5. 6-Brad McClelland; 6. 22T-Matt Boland; 7. 45-Colt White; 8. 13-Jen Yinger; 9. 75-Nicole Bower (DNF). No Time

4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 65-Cale Griffith; 2. 81B-Bob Anderson; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 5. 66-Dale Hammaker; 6. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 7. 34-Austin Reed; 8. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 9. 2-Paul Hively; DNS - 9-Craig Laudermilch. Time - 2:32.93

Consolation (12 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 84C-Chad Criswell; 2. 22T-Matt Boland; 3. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 4. 34-Austin Reed; 5. 45N-Kevin Nagy; 6. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 7. 27-Jay Galloway; 8. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 9. U1-Denny Gross; 10. 45-Colt White; 11. 6-Bill Sherman; 12. 28H-Billy Heltzel Jr. (DNF); 13. 22E-Kevin Eshelman (DNF); 14. 9-Craig Laudermilch (DNF); 15. 13-Jen Yinger (DNF); 16. 51N-Nick Palmerino (DNF); DNS - 75-Nicole Bower, 2-Paul Hively III. No Time

Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 25-Aaron Ott; 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman; 4. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 5. 88-Danny Dietrich; 6. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 7. 91-Scott Geesey; 8. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 9. 84C-Chad Criswell; 10. 15-Adam Wilt; 11. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 12. 22T-Matt Boland; 13. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 14. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 15. 6-Brad McClelland; 16. 65-Cale Griffin; 17. 34-Austin Reed; 18. 15B-John Barnett; 19. 1-Tim Wagaman; 20. 8D-Billy Dietrich (DNF);
21. 81B-Bob Anderson (DNF); 22. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker (DNF); 23. 01-Rick Horn (DNF); 24. 66-Dale Hammaker (DNF). No time.

Lap Leaders - Keith Prutzman (1-13), Danny Dietrich (14-18), Aaron Ott (19-20)

THUNDERCARS

1st Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 2W-Brian Walls; 2. 21N-Denny Neiderer; 3. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 4. 25-Sam Gallagher; 5. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh; 6. 53-Josh Ulrich; 7. 21W-Will Walls; 8. 93-Mikey Guise; 9. 1E-Greg Emlet, Jr.; 10. 15-Dave Reever, Jr. Time - 2:37.07

2nd Heat (8 Laps) - 1. 00-Barry Rinehart; 2. 60-Danny Beard; 3. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer; 4. 54-Kyle Martin; 5. 21-Ronnie Thomas; 6. 20-Scott Fisher; 7. 33-Gino Comi; 8. 9-Al Crammer; 9. 61-Shawn Miller; 10. 57-Brad Shank (DNF); DNS - 41-Nick McDaniels. Time - 2:41.15

Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 2W-Brian Walls; 2. 21-Ronnie Thomas; 3. 54-Kyle Martin; 4. 25-Sam Gallagher; 5. 60-Danny Beard; 6. 20-Scott Fisher; 7. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 8. 57-Brad Shank; 9. 53-Josh Ulrich; 10. 9-Al Crammer; 11. 21W-Will Walls; 12. 93-Mikey Guise; 13. 15-Dave Reever, Jr.; 14. 1E-Greg Emlet, Jr.; 15. 33-Gino Comi (DNF); 16. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh (DNF); 17. 00-Barry Rinehart (DNF); 18. 21N-Larry Neiderer (DNF); 19. 41-Nick McDaniel (DNF); 20. 81J-Jamie Zentmyer (DNS); 21. 61-Shawn "Sleeper" Miller (DNS). No Time

Lap Leaders - Brian Walls (1-20)



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