ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Danny Dietrich added to his strong season with a victory in Saturday’s 410 sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway.
Polesitter, Joe Kata, lead the field to the green with Kyle Moody on the outside of row one. Just as Kata slid up the track to hold off Moody out of turn two, Trey Hivner landed upside down in turns one and two bringing out the red.
The field was lined up for a complete restart. This time Moody got out to the lead with Kata falling into second. The yellow came out on lap one for Jay Galloway after he spun out in turns two. Galloway rejoined the field.
This time Moody led the field for a single file restart with Kata, Cole Young, Glenndon Forsythe and Bradley Howard lined up behind him.
Moody held onto the lead running the top of the track as Brian Montieth and Cory Haas battled for fifth with Montieth taking the spot.
It only took Moody five laps to catch the tail-end of the field. Just as Moody started to work his way through lapped traffic the caution came out on lap six for Cory Haas when he got spun around in turn two.
Moody held the lead on the restart. A few laps after the restart Dietrich was working on Montieth for his fifth spot. It was a great battle with Dietrich taking over the spot-on lap 10. Moody started to work on his way through lapped traffic again on lap 10 while Young was working on Kata for second. Young took the spot on 12. Dietrich got around Forsythe for fourth on the same lap.
As Moody drove through lapped traffic Young closed in on the leader. Dietrich made his way to third on lap 18 to make it a three-way battle for the lead. With Young on the bottom of turns three and four Dietrich went high to take second on lap 19.
Dietrich went to work on Moody for the lead. Dietrich got under the leader going down the back stretch on lap 20 to take the top spot.
The red flag waved on lap 23 with Chad Trout on his side at the end of the front stretch.
Dietrich led Moody, Young, Montieth and Freddie Rahmer to the cone for a two-lap shoot-out. Dietrich went to the top of turns one and two, with Moody sliding up the track to try and take the lead.
Dietrich held onto the lead and beat Moody to the checkered flag by 1.540 seconds. Montieth crossed the line third. Rahmer finished fourth from his 13th starting spot and Young held on to finish fifth.
Other feature winners on Saturday at Lincoln Speedway included Troy Wagaman in a 358 sprint car makeup feature, Steve Owings in Saturday’s regularly scheduled 358 sprint car main, Mark Rickrode Jr. earned the victory in the PennMar Modified class and John Marks was the PennMar Modified Sportsman division winner.