Rahmer Tops Lincoln Field For 152nd Win

ABBOTTSTOWN

Fred Rahmer used a lap 13 restart to his advantage and then raced Doug Esh hard for a lap before taking control of the race and driving away from Esh to score the 25-lap 410 Sprint car win Saturday at Lincoln Speedway.

The win was the second straight night the Salfordville racer won despite a tailbone injury suffered last weekend in Knoxville, Iowa. Rahmer won the first Triple 20 feature on Friday at Williams Grove Speedway.

Rahmer’s fourth win of the season at Lincoln solidified his hold on the track point battle with just a few points races remaining. His title will be his 10th career in the Pigeon Hills.

“I want to win the points so I gotta do what I gotta do,” said Rahmer following his 152nd career Lincoln win. “It would mean a lot to get the title again.”

Young Aaron Ott led the first six laps before AJ Michael spun in turn one.

Ryan Taylor, another young gun in the 410 ranks drove by Ott on the restart for the top spot as 10th starting Esh moved into the runner-up spot on lap eight.

Esh pressured Taylor before making his move on the 11th lap, when he drove Taylor high in turn four, resulting in Taylor spinning out and rejoining the rear of the field.

Rahmer, who started 11th was third on the restart and then when Ott spun on lap 12, Rahmer moved right on Esh’s bumper.

Greg Hodnett moved alongside Rahmer going down the backstretch on lap 13 but was pinched in the third turn by Rahmer, resulting in Hodnett spinning and also collecting Brian Leppo, who had moved from 18th into fifth.

Rahmer and Esh raced hard for the top spot on lap 14 with Rahmer going out front on lap 15 and never looking back. Esh never managed a challenge on Rahmer and finished a distant second.

“I never figured I’d be able to get to him and I didn’t think I’d be able to hold up on the rough track, but we were able to get the job done,” he said. “I had a run on Doug in one and was able to get by him and I just ran as hard as I could.”

Steve Buckwalter finished in the third spot ahead of Alan Krimes and Cris Eash.

Jim Siegel finished sixth ahead of TJ Stutts, Niki Young, Brian Montieth with Hodnett rebounding for a 10th place finish.

Gene Knaub took the lead from Jake Lettich during the late stages of the 25-lap 358 late model feature and drove to his second straight win in the Pigeon Hills.

Lettich held on for the runner-up spot ahead of Mike Spangler, Dave Sokoloski and Travis Mease.

Completing the top 10 finishers were Tyler Hershey, Bobby Beard, Shaun Jones, Daryl Burkholder and Mike Walls.

Heats for the 29 410 Sprints were won by Johnny Mackison, Jr., Greg Hodnett and Doug Esh. Steve Clabaugh actually won the second heat but was disqualified due to not having the track spec tire mounted on the car. The consolation was won by Joe Ilg.

Tyler Armstrong, Jake Lettich and Dave Sokoloski won the heats for the 28 358 late models with Bernie Beard winning the consolation.
There were 410 INEX Legend cars pitside.

Lincoln returns to action next Saturday night with Twin 20’s for 410 Sprints on Central Maryland Pools night along with the 358 sprints and thundercars. It will be the final 7:30pm start of the season in the Pigeon Hills.

LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
25-lap 410 Sprint Feature
1. Fred Rahmer, 2. Doug Esh, 3. Steve Buckwalter, 4. Alan Krimes, 5. Cris Eash,
6. Jim Siegel, 7. TJ Stutts, 8. Niki Young, 9. Brian Montieth, 10. Greg Hodnett,
11. Steve Clabaugh, 12. Chris Knopp, 13. Brian Leppo, 14. Jonathon Eriksen,
15. Ryan Taylor, 16. Aaron Ott, 17. Joe Ilg, 18. Bill Kimmel, 19. Pat Cooper,
20. Nick Schlauch, Jr., 21. Don Slack, 22. Todd Zinn, 23. AJ Michael,
24. Johnny Mackison, Jr.

Did Not Qualify: Bobby Weaver, Danny Murray, Josh Wells, Randy Baughman, Jeff Busby.