ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Danny Dietrich snuck by Anthony Macri on the final lap to win Saturday’s 410 winged sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway.
Dietrich started on the pole and got a jump on the start, quickly moving to the high side of the track over Macri. His lead was quickly erased when Landon Myers spun, setting up a complete restart.
Dietrich went to the high side again on the restart to take the lead. Dietrich and Macri were pulling away from the field as they hit lapped traffic on lap five. Macri got to the top of the track coming out of turn four on lap six, with Macri grabbing the lead.
Spencer Bayston brought out the second caution of the race on lap nine when he came to a stop in turn four. Macri had put two lapped cars between himself and Dietrich at the time of the caution. With the single file restart, Dietrich was right back in the race.
Racing resumed and so did the battle for the lead between Macri and Dietrich, but behind them Ryan Smith was on the move as he drove by Scott Fisher for third on lap 11. On the next lap Fisher tagged the wall in turn two, bringing out the caution flag again.
Dietrich went to the bottom of the track on the restart in an attempt to get by Macri for the lead, but it didn’t work and almost cost him second as Smith nearly got by him in turns three and four.
Dietrich started closing the gap to Macri as they caught the tail end of the field. Dietrich tried to get under Marci on lap 17 in turns three and four to no avail. As the leaders worked their way through lapped traffic Dietrich and Smith put on a great show as they battled for second.
Dietrich caught up to Macri on lap 22, with Smith joining in on the fun on lap 23. Dietrich made the move of the race with a slide job for the lead in turns one and two on the last lap. Smith followed and earned a second-place finish for the second-straight week.
Macri crossed the line third. Chase Dietz finished fourth with Freddie Rahmer completing the top five.
Harlon Leppo won the companion Central PA Legends feature.
The finish:
Danny Dietrich, Ryan Smith, Anthony Macri, Chase Dietz, Freddie Rahmer, Brian Montieth, Jimmy Siegel, Brock Zearfoss, Chad Trout, Kyle Moody, Brandon Rahmer, Cory Haas, Lucas Wolfe, Adam Wilt, Glendon Forsythe, Rick Lafferty, Dale Blaney, Justin Whittall, Landon Myers, Brent Shearer, Tim Glatfelter, Alan Krimes, Scott Fisher, Spencer Bayston.