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 Fred Rahmer called his season pathetic.

 Certainly pathetic by his standards but not by a lot of other sprint car teams in the pit area.

 And Rahmer was getting a little concerned that he might not get a win this year at Williams Grove Speedway.

 But don’t fret because the streak will continue as the Salfordville driver captured his first feature win of the season in Sunday night’s Billy Kimmel Memorial.

 Rahmer’s win continued the consecutive season win streak to 20 seasons and also moved his career win total at Williams Grove to 80.

 “Chad and Jenn (Clemens) gave us everything and  Don Ott Motors always gives us good motors but I just haven’t been getting the job done,” said the defending track champion.
“This flat wing deal, I’m not making an excuse because everybody else has them but I didn’t talk about it but I was concerned that I wasn’t gonna get a win here this year. It’s 20 years in a row and I don’t think I have another 20 to start over again so it feels good. I just have to thank Chad to putting up for what has been a pathetic year for us but not for lack of good equipment.”

 Rahmer recently made the switch to a Maxim chassis and has looked as fast as he has all season over the past two weekends.

 Steve Buckwalter grabbed the early lead from the front row as Rahmer began to make his charge to the front after starting eighth.

 Todd Shaffer brought out the yellow flag with a spin on lap eight and retired to the pits for the night.

 Buckwalter’s good run ended on lap 10 when his car went up in smoke turning the lead over to Alan Krimes with Rahmer in second.

 Krimes held a three-second advantage over Rahmer when the yellow appeared on lap 17 for a blown motor under the hood of Chad Layton’s car.

 On the restart, Rahmer drove hard into turn one, pushing Krimes to the wall but Krimes was able to grab the lead going down the backstretch just as Friday night Jack Gunn Memorial winner Daryn Pittman slowed on the front stretch with driveline issues.

 Rahmer wasted no time in driving around Krimes on the restart and never looked back in his fourth overall win this season in the Miller Brothers Chevrolet No. 51.

 “Obviously you wish there were no memorial races but I’m very proud to win this race,” Rahmer said. “I wish he was still standing here with us tonight.” He became the 13th different driver to win a feature this season at the track.

 Krimes, of Denver finished in the runner-up spot ahead of Elizabethville’s Mike Erdley, Thomasville’s Greg Hodnett and York’s Adam Wilt.

 Rounding out the top 10 were Brian Leppo, Cody Darrah, Mark Smith, Don Kreitz, and Rick Lafferty.

 With Shaffer in the pits and Smith’s eighth place finish, Shaffer’s point lead is now just 40 points over Smith with six point races remaining on the schedule. Three of the point races are sanctioned by the World of Outlaws.

 Lafferty, Buckwalter and Krimes were heat winners for the 26-car field. Keith Kauffman won the consolation.

 For the second week in a row, Camp Hill’s Rick Barr came out on top of Super Sportsman action as he led all 20 laps to win Sunday night.

 Barr won one of the two qualifying races and started on the front row and never looked back in taking the win over Scott Dellinger, Frankie Herr, Dylan Cisney, Dave Socks, Mike Enders, Russ Mitten, Chad Criswell, Jay Fannasy and Leroy Martin. Herr gained valuable points in the Sportsman Tour point battle with points leader Carmen Perigo went to the the pits with two laps remaining in the feature.

 Cory Haas won the 20-lap 358 Sprint car feature after starting in the eighth spot.

 Haas’ second win of the season came over Blane Heimbach, Mark Freeland, Chad Criswell, Billy Johns, Frankie Herr, Scott Geesey, Nicole Bower, Eric Tomecek and Pat Cannon.