ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. — Chase Dietz made the most of a front-row starting spot on Sunday night at Lincoln Speedway, holding off a host of challengers and mastering lapped traffic to score the $10,000-to-win 35-lap feature event.
Dietz lined up on the pole alongside Freddie Rahmer, with Saturday night’s winner Aaron Bollinger starting third and eyeing a $5,000 bonus if he could sweep the weekend.
Dietz surged ahead at the drop of the green, leading Rahmer and Ashton Torgerson into turn one. Behind them, a three-car battle for fourth quickly developed between Ryan Newton, Ryan Smith, and Danny Dietrich.
Torgerson made his move early, sliding under Rahmer to take over second, while Newton settled into fourth with Dietrich hot on his heels.
By lap six, Dietz was already into lapped traffic, holding just over a half-second advantage as Torgerson closed the gap. Working through heavy traffic, Dietz showed poise, maintaining control while Torgerson stayed within striking distance.
The race’s first caution came on lap 11 for an inadvertent yellow, resetting the field with Dietz leading Torgerson, Newton, Rahmer, and Dietrich. Rahmer pounced on the restart, taking third from Newton, but Newton didn’t go quietly, battling back as Dietrich also entered the fray. Dietrich powered into fourth, shuffling Newton to fifth.
At the halfway point, Dietz stretched his lead to nearly two seconds while carving through traffic with precision. Rahmer began pressuring Torgerson for the runner-up spot as Ryan Smith found his way back into the top five. Further back, Bollinger looked to keep his bonus hopes alive, closing in on Smith for fifth. Bollinger briefly took the spot before Smith regained it as the laps wound down.
Through it all, Dietz never faltered, steadily building his advantage and navigating lapped cars flawlessly to secure the $10,000 payday. Torgerson finished second, Rahmer was third, Dietrich crossed the line fourth and Ryan Smith completed the top five.
Adam Carberry topped the 358 sprint car main event.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 23-Chase Dietz[1]; 2. 1A-Ashton Torgerson[4]; 3. 51-Freddie Rahmer[2]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]; 5. 6D-Ryan Smith[8]; 6. 5E-Aaron Bollinger[3]; 7. 66-Ryan Newton[5]; 8. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]; 9. 20-Brady Bacon[14]; 10. 75-Cameron Smith[10]; 11. 99M-Kyle Moody[13]; 12. 1X-Chad Trout[9]; 13. 5R-Tyler Ross[20]; 14. 88-Brandon Rahmer[18]; 15. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[22]; 16. 17-Dylan Norris[16]; 17. 38-Brett Strickler[11]; 18. 41-Logan Rumsey[15]; 19. X-Matt Campbell[19]; 20. 38S-Jordan Strickler[17]; 21. 91-Preston Lattomus[23]; 22. (DNF) 12-Mike Bittinger[12]; 23. (DNF) 55S-Dallas Schott[25]; 24. (DNF) 2D-Jordan Givler[24]; 25. (DNF) 69-Tim Glatfelter[21]
