ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. — Brandon Rahmer used a strong second-half charge to capture Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at Lincoln Speedway, overcoming early leader Jordan Strickler before holding off his brother, Freddie Rahmer, in the closing laps.
Jordan Strickler and Brie Hershey led the field to the green flag, with Strickler taking command while Hershey settled into second. Brandon Rahmer quickly moved into third, followed by Jude Siegel and Dave Grube.
As the field settled into a rhythm, Siegel found himself under pressure from Jordan Givler while Freddie Rahmer joined the battle, eventually taking over fifth position. Up front, Brandon Rahmer steadily reeled in Hershey before making the pass for second and setting his sights on Strickler.
With Strickler navigating lapped traffic by lap 14, the battle behind him intensified. Grube worked his way around Hershey for third, but before the race could fully develop, caution flew on lap 16 when Grube spun in turn four while running in third.
The restart lineup featured Strickler, Brandon Rahmer, Hershey, Freddie Rahmer, and Siegel in the top five.
Brandon Rahmer wasted little time making his move, driving around the outside of Strickler on the restart to take over the lead. Behind them, an exciting three-wide battle for third unfolded between Freddie Rahmer, Siegel, and Hershey, with Freddie emerging with the position. Matt Campbell also worked his way into the top five during the closing laps.
Rahmer appeared to have the race in hand as he built a 1.7-second advantage with seven laps remaining before lapped traffic tightened the front of the field. Contact between Rahmer and a slower car on the frontstretch allowed Strickler to close to within a quarter-second with five laps to go, bringing both Freddie Rahmer and Strickler back into contention.
Freddie Rahmer made his decisive move with three laps remaining, slipping past Strickler for second at the stripe and setting his sights on his brother. The brothers raced through the final circuits with Brandon hugging the bottom groove and Freddie searching for speed around the top.
Despite the late challenge, Brandon Rahmer remained composed and crossed the finish line just 0.166 seconds ahead of Freddie Rahmer to score the victory. Matt Campbell completed the podium after charging through the field. Jordan Strickler and Jude Siegel rounded out the top five.
PJ Reutimann made the most of just his third career appearance at Lincoln Speedway, driving to an impressive 358 sprint car victory in Saturday night’s feature after fending off multiple late-race challenges in traffic.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 88-Brandon Rahmer[10]; 2. 51-Freddie Rahmer[9]; 3. 10-Matt Campbell[8]; 4. 38S-Jordan Strickler[1]; 5. 2-Jude Siegel[3]; 6. 97-Brie Hershey[2]; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody[13]; 8. 1X-Chad Trout[7]; 9. 2D-Jordan Givler[5]; 10. 39-Lucas Wolfe[12]; 11. 38-Brett Strickler[11]; 12. 17-Dylan Norris[14]; 13. 75-Aaron Bollinger[17]; 14. 69-Tim Glatfelter[6]; 15. 5-Tyler Ross[18]; 16. 4-Ayden Hare[21]; 17. 91-Preston Lattomus[15]; 18. 23A-Chris Arnold[19]; 19. 6-Cole Knopp[16]; 20. 3D-Dave Grube[4]; 21. 03-Matthew Swift[20]
