ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Chase Dietz earned his fourth 410 sprint car victory at Lincoln Speedway and his first for new car owner Rick Lefever Saturday night.
Polesitter Bradley Howard shared the front row with Trey Hivner, with Dietz and Glenndon Forsythe making up row two.
Howard got out to the early lead with Dietz up to second on lap one. Freddie Rahmer started to work his way to the front of the field from his ninth starting spot. Rahmer was up to seventh by lap two and was running fifth on lap three when he went to work on Glenndon Forsythe for fourth. Rahmer got by Forsythe going down the backstretch on lap five.
Forsythe then found himself caught between the Rahmer brothers with Freddie in fourth and Brandon right behind him in sixth.
While Forsythe was battling the Rahmers, Dietz was tracking down Howard for the lead. Dietz tried to get under Howard on lap seven in turns one and two but couldn’t make the pass for the lead until turns three and four.
Freddie passed Hivner for third and Howard for second on lap 10. As Dietz worked his way through lapped traffic Rahmer was chasing him down.
The caution flag came out on lap 14 for debris on the backstretch.
Dietz led Freddie, Howard, Brandon and Adam Wilt to the cone for the single file restart.
Freddie went to the bottom of the track on the start to try and take the lead. He tried again with a slide job on Dietz in turns three and four, but Dietz held onto the lead, beating Freddie to the line by inches. While Freddie was battling for the lead, Brandon got around Howard for third.
The caution came out again on lap 17 for George Suprick who got turned around in turn three.
Dietz once again led the field to the cone with Freddie in second. Rahmer got up on Dietz’s right rear going into turn one on the restart. Although he was able to save the car from flipping, he still ended up turned around, bringing out the caution.
This time Dietz had Brandon Rahmer behind him for the restart followed by Howard, Wilt and Anthony Macri.
Dietz and Rahmer both chose the bottom going into turn one on the restart. Wilt pulled a slide job on Rahmer in turns three and four for second. Brian Montieth was up to fourth on lap 18 from his 14th starting spot.
Montieth tried a slide job on Brandon for third on lap 21 but couldn’t make it stick. Dietz caught the tail end of the field with one lap to go but had created enough distance that lapped traffic wasn’t a factor.
Dietz beat Wilt to the checkered flag by 1.207 seconds. Brandon Rahmer held onto third. Montieth crossed the line fourth and Macri completed the top five.
Heat winners were Bradley Howard, Trey Hivner and Chase Dietz.
Doug Hammaker won his second 358 sprint car feature of the year and his seventh at the speedway Saturday evening.
Zachary Allman started on the pole of the 20-lap feature with Kenny Kuhn to his outside. Mark Van Vorst and Brett Strickler made up row two.
Kuhn took the lead at the start with Allman and Strickler falling in line behind him. Hammaker was on the move early and was up to fourth on lap one from his eighth starting spot.
Hammaker made quick work of Strickler and Allman and was up to second on lap two. Jeff Halligan was right behind him and was up to third from his tenth starting spot.
As Kuhn approached lapped traffic, he had a nearly two-second lead. Hammaker reeled Kuhn in as he was trying to get around the first lapped car. It didn’t take long for Halligan to join in and make it a three-way battle for the lead.
Hammaker tried the top of turns three and four and took the lead coming out of turn four with two laps to go. Halligan got around Kuhn for second on the following lap.
Hammaker beat Halligan to the checkered flag by nearly a second. Kuhn held onto third. Troy Wagaman finished fourth and Brett Strickler rounded out the top five.
Wesley Bonebrake shared the front row for the 358 late model feature with polesitter Joe Westerman. Bonebrake and Westerman raced side-by-side for the first lap with Bonebrake beating Westerman to the line by a nose.
Craig Wagaman was up to third on lap three and started to go to work on Westerman for second. Wagaman got him at the flag stand on the next lap to take second, but Westerman didn’t go away quietly. Contact was made coming out of turn four on the next lap as Westerman tried to bump Wagaman out of the way. Wagaman didn’t let that phase him and he held onto the position.
Troy Miller then went to work on Westerman for third. Westerman was able to create some distance between Miller.
Bonebrake started to work through lapped traffic on lap eight and didn’t let it slow him down.
The caution flag came out on lap 15 for Bernie Beard after he got turned around coming out of turn four.
Bonebrake led the field to the cone for the restart. Wagaman tried the outside but got too high and couldn’t make the pass for the lead. Shaun Miller got around Troy for fourth.
Wagaman was getting his nose next to Bonebrake going into turn 1 but couldn’t get the car to stick through the turns to make the pass.
Bonebrake beat Wagaman to the checkered flag by 2.173 seconds. Westerman held onto third. Shaun Miller crossed the line fourth with Troy Miller rounding out the top five.