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DIETRICH MAKES FIRST 2019 WIN AN EXCITING ONE; Leppo holds off Diehl for Legends Win

UPCOMING SCHEDULE:

Saturday, March 23, 2019
(6 PM) 410 Sprint Cars + 358 Sprint Cars

Saturday, March 30, 2019
(6 PM) 410 Sprint Cars + 358 Sprint Cars

Saturday, April 6, 2019 (7PM)
410 Sprints + 358 Sprints + Wingless Super Sportsman

Abbottstown, PA (March 16, 2019) â€“ Danny Dietrich wowed the crowd with a last lap pass to
earn his first victory of the young 2019 season. Dietrich started on the pole
of the 25-lap feature, but this was not an easy win for the pole-sitter.
Dietrich shared the front row with Anthony Macri. Danny got a good jump on the
start and took the high side around the track, but Landon Myers spun out in
turn one setting up the field for 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 5. Macri got to
the top of the track coming out of turn 4 on lap 6 and it was a drag race to
the flag stand for the lead with Macri as the victor.

Spencer Bayston brought
out the second caution of the race on lap 9 when he came to a stop in turn 4.
Bayston was the first driver with the opportunity to take advantage of a new rule
revealed at the driver’s meeting earlier in the afternoon. Lincoln Speedway officials
are giving driver’s two minutes in the work area after a caution in the heats, consolation
races and features, if they have not crossed the half-way point of the race.
This is on par with the regulations during World of Outlaw and All-Star Circuit
of Champions races. Bayston initially pulled parallel to his pit stall
indicating he wanted to the two minutes, but after a once over by the crew they
nosed the car in.

When the caution came
out on lap 9 Macri had put two lapped cars between himself and Dietrich. With
the single file restart, Danny was right back in the race with Anthony.

While Dietrich and Macri
were battling for the lead, Ryan Smith was making his way through the field
from his sixth starting spot. Smith got around Scott Fisher for third on lap
11. On the next lap, Fisher got into the wall in turn 2 bringing out the third
caution of the race. Fisher had extensive damage to the front and rear of his
car, ending his day.

Dietrich went to the
bottom of the track on the restart in an attempt to get by Macri for the lead,
but it did not work and almost cost him second place as Smith nearly got by him
in turns 3 and 4.

Danny 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 3 and 4 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. Danny made the move
of the race with a slide job for the lead in turns 1 and 2 on the last lap.
Smith followed and earned a second-place finish for the second week in a row.
Macri crossed the line third. Chase Dietz finished fourth with Freddie Rahmer
completing the top five.

410 Sprint Car heat
winners were Scott Fisher, Anthony Macri and Danny Dietrich. Adam Wilt won the consi.

Harlon Leppo holds off Bill
Diehl for Legends Win

Zachary Settle started on the pole of the 20-lap legend feature with Alex
Robinson on the outside. Bill Diehl and Jeremy Hahn made up the second row. Settle
led the first lap with Diehl and 5th place starter, Jeremy Ott close
behind. Diehl and Ott went three-wide with Settle for the lead with Diehl
darting out to the lead on the lap two.

With Diehl in the lead the first caution of the race came out on the
second lap as Austin Bellamere came to a stop in turn 2. Diehl held onto the lead
on the restart with the pole-sitter, Settle, getting shuffled back to 5th.
While Diehl was leading the field sixth place starter, Harlon Leppo, was
working his way to the front. Leppo nearly got around Ott for 2nd on
lap 4. Harlon made the move to take 2nd on the next lap by working
the bottom of the track.

Lap 6 saw two simultaneous drag races down the back stretch. One for 1st
between Diehl and Leppo and the other for 3rd between Ott and Mason
Chaney. The second caution flag came out on lap 7 as Travis Beck came to a stop
in turn 4.

Leppo made a run for the lead on lap 10 and almost had Diehl at the flag
stand. Harlon made it stick a lap later in turns 3 and 4 and took the lead from
Bill. Looking at the lap leaders one might assume Leppo took the lead and never
looked back, but that was not the case. Diehl stuck around and did not make it
an easy victory for Leppo.

Travis Beck fell off the pace of the field with a spin out in turn 4 but
was able to keep his car running. As the leaders caught Beck, Diehl took the
lead back from Leppo on lap 15 as Leppo got caught behind Beck going down the
front stretch. Diehl and Leppo were racing wheel to wheel on lap 16 for the lead
with Leppo finally getting the advantage off turn 4.

Diehl was still sticking around. Leppo blocked Diehl’s line coming out of
turn 2 with two laps to go, preventing Diehl from taking the lead back. The
final caution of the race came on lap 18 for a four-car pile up in turn 4. Chuck
Dell, Chandler Pagnotta, Tim O’Sheehan and Zach Smith were involved.

Diehl tried the top line on the restart but could not get around Leppo
for the lead. It was a drag race to the finish with Leppo edging out Diehl by
.463 seconds for the victory. Ott finished third. Chaney crossed the line fourth
with Settle rounding out the top five.

Legend heats were won by Bill Diehl, Jeremy Ott, Alex Schmiedel and Mason
Chaney. Josh Schrum and Austin Bellamere each earned a Legend consi win.

Next Saturday, March 23, Lincoln Speedway is back in action with 410 & 358 Sprint Cars. Racing starts at 6PM with pit gates opening at 3:30PM and grandstand gates opening at 4PM.

To get all the latest
news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's
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Saturday night race track - The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.

RACE RESULTS

Saturday, March 16, 2019

LINCOLN SPEEDWAY

Abbottstown, PA

Gene Latta Ford 410
Sprints:

410 Sprint Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich ($3,500);
2. 72-Ryan Smith; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri; 4. 75-Chase Dietz; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer;
6. 21-Brian Montieth; 7. 59-Jim Siegel; 8. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 9. 1X-Chad Trout;
10. 99-Kyle Moody; 11. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 12. 39-Cory Haas; 13. 24-Lucas Wolfe;
14. 15-Adam Wilt; 15. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 16. 0-Rick Lafferty; 17. 11-Dale
Blaney; 18. 67-Justin Whittall; 19. 19m-Landon Myers; 20. 12-Brent Shearer
(DNF); 21. 69-Tim Glatfelter (DNF); 22. 87-Alan Krimes (DNF); 23. 21T-Scott Fisher
(DNF); 24. 70X- Spencer Bayston (DNF) No Time. 

Lap Leaders â€“ Danny Dietrich (1-5, 25), Anthony Macri
(6-24)

410 Sprint Heat One
Finish (10 laps) - 1. 21T-Scott
Fisher; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 75-Chase Dietz; 4. 70-Brock Zearfoss; 5. 19m-Landon
Myers; 6. 24-Lucas Wolfe; 7. 15-Adam Wilt; 8. 70X-Spencer Bayston; 9.17-Cole Young;
10. 73B-Brett Michalski

410 Sprint Heat Two
Finish (10 laps) - 1. 39M-Anthony
Macri; 2. 22-Cole Duncan*; 3. 72-Ryan Smith; 4. 12-Brent Shearer; 5. 51-Freddie
Rahmer; 6. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 7. 21-Brian Montieth; 8. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 9.
87-Alan Krimes; 10. 67-Justin Whittall (DNF)

*Cole Duncan failed to
go to the scales after the heat race and was credited with a 10th
place finish in the heat

410 Sprint Heat Three
Finish (10 laps) - 1.48-Danny
Dietrich; 2. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 3. 99-Kyle Moody; 4. 1X-Chad Trout; 5. 39-Cory Haas;
6. 0-Rick Lafferty; 7. 11-Dale Blaney; 8. 7-Trey Hivner; 9. 10-Joe Kata III
(DNS)

410 Sprint Consi (10 laps) - 1.15-Adam Wilt; 2. 69-Tim
Glatfelter; 3. 70X-Spencer Bayston; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 11-Dale Blaney; 6. 67-Justin
Whittall; 7. 22-Cole Duncan; 8. 7-Trey Hivner; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski; 10.
17-Cole Young (DNS); 11. 10-Joe Katta III (DNS)

Pizza Shop of Etters
Central PA Legends:

Central PA Legends
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 15H-Harlon
Leppo ($300); 2. 53-Bill Diehl; 3. 10-Jeremy Ott; 4. 8CR-Mason Chaney; 5. 58Z-Zachary
Settle; 6. 5-Scott Houdeshell; 7. 19-Travis Perry; 8. 18H-Jeremy Hahn; 9. 95-Alex
Schmiedel; 10. 30-Alex Robinson; 11. 93-Brent Marquis; 12. 94-Greg Burd; 13. 5C-Josh
Schrum; 14. 26-Shaun Abney; 15. 18J-Jorjie Sweger; 16. 31-Travis Beck; 17. 75-Chandler
Pagnotta (DNF); 18. 41-Chuck Dell (DNF); 19. 00-Tim O’Sheehan (DNF); 20. 78-Zach
Smith (DNF); 21. 0-Blaine Leppo (DNF); 22. 30K-Seth Kerchner (DNF); 23. 51-Travis
McClelland (DNF); 24. 8A-Austin Bellemare (DNF) No Time. 

Lap Leaders â€“ Bill Diehl (1-10, 15), Harlon Leppo (11-14, 16-20)

Central PA Legends Heat
One Finish (8 laps) - 1. 53-Bill
Diehl; 2. 58Z-Zachary Settle; 3. 19-Travis Perry; 4. 00-Tim O’Sheehan; 5. 75-Chandler
Pagnotta; 6. 61-Shaun Miller; 7. UGLY-Mike McClane; 8. 43-Brandon Reiblich; 9.42-Scott
Lee; 10. 14H-Mike Howard Jr.; 11. 4-Eli Dodge (DNS) Time: 2:43

Central PA Legends Heat
Two Finish (8 laps) - 1. 10-Jeremy
Ott; 2. 5-Scott Houdeshell; 3. 15H-Harlon Leppo; 4. 94-Greg Burd; 5. 5C-Josh
Schrum; 6. 18J-Jorjie Sweger; 7. 41-Chuck Dell; 8. 8-Robert Shaw; 9. 9-Justin
Cunningham; 10. 85-Michael Goldsmith Time: 2:39

Central PA Legends Heat
Three Finish (8 laps) - 1.95-Alex
Schmiedel; 2. 93-Brent Marquis; 3. 30-Alex Robinson; 4. 30K-Seth Kerchner; 5. 31-Travis
Beck; 6. 88-Don Butler; 7. 1-Eugene Drew; 8. 83J-James Snow; 9. 0-Blaine Leppo;
10. 77A-Don Butler; 11. 13-Ron Blizzard Jr.

Central PA Legends Heat Four
Finish (8 laps) - 1.8CR-Mason
Chaney; 2. 78-Zach Smith; 3. 18H-Jeremy Hahn; 4. 51-Travis McClelland; 5. 8A-Austin
Bellemare; 6. 26-Shaun Abney; 7. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer; 8. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 9. 77-Rick
Blizzard; 10. 39-Bonnie Lee

Central PA Legends Consi #1 (8
laps) - 1.5C-Josh Schrum; 2. 18J-Jorjie Sweger; 3. 75-Chandler Pagnotta; 4. 41-Chuck
Dell; 5. 61-Shaun Miller; 6. 8B-Robert Shaw; 7. 9-Justin Cunningham; 8. 4-Eli
Dodge; 9. UGLY-Mike McClane; 10. 85-Michael Goldsmith; 11. 43-Brandon Reiblich;
12. 14H-Mike Howard Jr. (DNF); 13. 42-Scott Lee (DNF)Central PA Legends Consi#2 (8 laps) - 1. 8-Austin Bellemare; 2. 26-Shawun Abney; 3. 0-Blaine
Leppo; 4. 31-Travis Beck; 5. 14W-Stephen Wurtzer; 6. 91-Ben Goldsmith; 7. 77-Rick
Blizzard; 8. 1-Eugene Drew; 9. 39-Bonnie Lee; 10. 88-Don Butler (DNF); 11. 83J-James
Snow (DNF); 12. 77A-Rick Blizzard (DNF); 13. 13-Ron Blizzard Jr. (DNF)

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