ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. — Chase Dietz emerged victorious in night two of the Labor Day Duels at Lincoln Speedway for the ninth time this season.
Freddie Rahmer powered into the early lead, with Dietz and Preston Lattomus battling side-by-side for second. Lattomus initially fended off Dietz, while Logan Rumsey settled into fourth and Austin Bishop ran fifth.
Dietz was still working on Lattomus for second as they both began closing the gap on Rahmer. The leaders quickly encountered heavy lapped traffic on lap eight, but before Rahmer could make a move, the caution flew for Buddy Schweibinz, who had stopped on the frontstretch.
Rahmer led Lattomus, Dietz, Rumsey and Bishop back to the green. Troy Wagaman Jr. immediately went to work, getting underneath Bishop to move into the top five. Dietz found his way around Lattomus for second, and left him to fend off Rumsey and Wagaman.
Rumsey eventually moved into third, with Wagaman following into fourth and Danny Dietrich advancing to fifth.
By lap 15, Rahmer and Dietz had opened a sizable advantage over the field and were once again approaching slower traffic. Rahmer and Dietz were racing for the lead in turn 4, when Rahmer got out of shape which brought out the caution.
The incident handed the lead to Dietz, with Rumsey, Wagaman, Dietrich and Lattomus rounding out the top five for the restart.
Dietz got a strong restart and maintained control, while Wagaman challenged Rumsey for second. Dylan Norris soon joined the top five.
A red flag on lap 20 for Lattomus, brought another interruption to the action. Dietz again took advantage of the restart, while Danny Dietrich moved alongside Wagaman to challenge for third.
Dietz continued to run the high side of the speedway and began pulling away from the field.
With two lapped cars battling side-by-side directly ahead of the leaders, the red flag flew again on lap 28 for Lance Dewease.
When racing resumed, Norris moved past Wagaman for fourth before another caution appeared on lap 29 when Billy Dietrich slowed in turn 4.
The final restart set Dietz at the front with Rumsey, Dietrich, Norris and Wagaman making up the top five. Wagaman quickly fought back, reclaiming fourth from Norris, while Dietrich began closing in on Rumsey for second.
Stutts charged into the top five with just two laps remaining, but all eyes were focused on the battle for second.
At the checkered flag, Dietz secured the victory, while Dietrich edged Rumsey at the line for second. Wagaman finished fourth, with Stutts rounding out the top five.
Jayden Wolf raced to the front of the 358 Sprint Car feature at Lincoln Speedway, taking the lead from Tim Wagaman on lap 11 and pulling away to a commanding victory.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 23-Chase Dietz[4]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[8]; 3. 71-Logan Rumsey[5]; 4. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[7]; 5. 11-TJ Stutts[6]; 6. 17-Dylan Norris[9]; 7. 67G-Justin Whittall[10]; 8. 71S-Parker Price Miller[14]; 9. 11A-Austin Bishop[3]; 10. 99M-Kyle Moody[13]; 11. 5-Tyler Ross[17]; 12. 1A-Cameron Smith[22]; 13. 10-Matt Campbell[20]; 14. 22-Doug Hammaker[19]; 15. X-JJ Loss[12]; 16. 10X-Ryan Smith[16]; 17. 39-Lucas Wolfe[21]; 18. 88-Brandon Rahmer[23]; 19. (DNF) 8-Billy Dietrich[11]; 20. (DNF) 1X-Chad Trout[15]; 21. (DNF) 8E-Lance Dewease[24]; 22. (DNF) 51-Freddie Rahmer[1]; 23. (DNF) 91-Preston Lattomus[2]; 24. (DNF) 1W-Buddy Schweibinz[18]
