Saturday - April 12, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA

UPCOMING SHOWS:
Sat, April 19, 2008 (6 PM) - 410 Sprints, 358 Late Models & Street Stocks

Sat, April 26, 2008 (6 PM) - WILLIAMS GROVE OLD TIMERS NIGHT - 410 Sprints,
Thundercars & 305 Sprints

Sat., May 3, 2008 (7 PM) - 5TH ANNUAL WELDON STERNER MEMORIAL for 410
Sprints plus Thundercars, 358 Sprints & KIDS BIG WHEEL RACES (Time Trials @
7 PM)

RAHMER, ESH COME FROM ROW SIX FOR ONE-TWO FINISH IN LINCOLN 410'S;
Dale Hammaker wins "358" sprint feature; Watson wins second in thundercar
thriller

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 4/12/08 - "I jus t want to win every race I tow to.
I know that's not going to happen, but that's the attitude you've got to
take going to the track. There is no substitute for experience and good
equipment and I've got both."
So said defending champ Fred Rahmer after storming to his third win
of the year in the 25-lap "410" sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway
Saturday night.
Rahmer started in his traditional handicapped 12th-starting spot,
with 2006 track champ Doug Esh to his left side. Both drivers wasted no time
getting to the front.
While polesitter Cory Haas was leading the first nine laps, Esh
advanced to third by the end of lap six. Rahmer followed the Pancho's Racing
Products #30 through the early stages of the race, entering the top five
after getting around Josh Wells just before a caution came out for a
spinning Jeff Busby on lap seven.
On the restart, second-place Jim Siegel battled wheel-to-wheel with
Haas for three la ps before claiming the lead exiting turn two of lap 10. But
one lap earlier, Rahmer made a key pass by sliding under Esh exiting turn
four for third.
"It was a little dramatic getting into turn three there with Doug
when I did a flyer on him, but if he would have gotten the lead first he'd
be standing here," said Rahmer, "I couldn't allow that to happen...I bellied
up to the bar and did the best I could."
The ten-time track champ followed Siegel around Haas for second on
lap ten. The race-winning pass came as the two raced down the backstretch on
lap 13.
"Jimmy Siegel was running good around the top and the bottom just
rubbered up. And if you don't get down there if you're the leader...man,
sometimes it's better to be second moving around. I felt it starting to come
in and I knew it was only a couple laps until it locked down. After that you
couldn't even lap cars."
From there, it was all Rahmer, with Siegel finishing a di stant
second (2.74 seconds) despite a 23rd-lap caution for Cody Darrah, who came
to a stop with a flat tire in turn four. Esh crossed third, with Haas ending
a fine run in fourth and Nick Schlauch, Jr. crossing fifth. Completing the
top ten were Alan Krimes, Brian Montieth, Wells, Niki Young, and Bob Howard.
"Right now is my time. I've been through this before, and it can go away in
a heartbeat," reflected Rahmer in victory lane, "So you've got to keep it
all in perspective and keep working hard.."
"Fred (Putney) watering the track made it so you could run around on
the top a bit...it opened the track up so that Doug (Esh) and I was able to
run up top and a group of other guys," said Rahmer, "I was really surprised
it rubbered up on the bottom...I didn't think I was going to win this one
because we were way too tight at the beginning."
"But after last week I wanted to win bad," continued Rahmer, "I did
my best last week and ca me up short. Last year I didn't have the year I
should have, and I'm not going to let that happen again."


Heats for the 27 "410" sprints were won by John Rudisill, Haas and
Krimes, with Cris Eash winning the consolation.

Dale Hammaker took advantage of a second chance and claimed the
checkered flag in the 20-lap "358" sprint car feature.
Hammaker, who was handicapped to the pole after not qualifying the
first time the 358 sprints appeared at Lincoln, took the lead at the outset
and paced the field for the first 12 laps. But when he went to the outside
to get around pesky lapped traffic, sixth-starting Todd Rittenhouse, Jr.
stayed with the lapped traffic drove under Hammaker for the lead exiting
turn four of lap 13. Rittenhouse paced the field for the next five laps
before Hammaker drove up beside Rittenhouse as the two entered turn one.
That's when the two leaders tapped wheels and Rittenhouse lost the
handle, spin ning into the inside guardrail in turns one and two. Rittenhouse
went to the back and dropped from the field late.
Hammaker never gave up the bottom after that, and cruised to the win
over second-starting Bob Anderson, with eighth-starting Scott Geesey third,
10th-starting Brian Eichelberger fourth, and ninth-starting Gerard McIntyre,
Jr. fifth. Completing the top ten were 14th-starting Chad Criswell,
16th-starting Nate Hammaker, Glenndon Forsythe, 19th-starting Tim Wagaman,
and Brad McClelland.
Heats for the 39 "358" Sprints were won by Dale Hammaker, Anderson,
Geesey, and McIntyre. Twin consolations were won by Nathan Berwager and
Billy Dietrich

Abbottstown's Duane Watson became a two-time winner in thundercars
in thrilling fashion by holding off a determined Mike Slaybaugh and then Sam
Gallagher to earn the hard-fought win.
Polesitter Bob Bare led the first seven laps of the 20-lap feature,
yielding to the sixth-sta rting Watson on the eighth lap. But, an even more
determined Slaybaugh, who started 11th, came charging through the field and
began to press Watson on lap 13.
Slaybaugh squeezed under Watson on lap 17 to take the lead, only to
lose it back to Watson on lap 18. Then an incident between Bare and
Slaybaugh ended Slaybaugh's run with Bare being put to the rear on the 19th
lap.
It then came down to a two-lap shoot-out between Watson and
12th-starting Sam Gallagher with Watson holding on to take the checkered
one-half second over Gallagher to register his 19th career win.
Scott Fisher, Hurricane Menges and 22nd-starting Ronnie Thomas
completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Al Crammer, Larry
Neiderer, Rick Weaver, Barry Rinehart and Justin Mong.
Heats for the 24 Thundercars were won by Gallagher, Larry Niederer
and Bare.

Next Saturday night, April 19th at 6 PM, the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass
410 Sprints will be ba ck in action with the MALCO Landscaping 358 Late
Models and Street Stocks. Gates for the three-division show will open at 4
PM, with hot laps get underway at 5:30 PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule
changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com
to stay up-to-date on all the action or pending weather conditions at
Central Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night race track - The Fabulous
Lincoln Speedway.

RACE RESULTS
Saturday - April 12, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
CINDY ROWE AUTO GLASS
410 SPRINTS:
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer ($3,000); 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 30-Doug
Esh; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 6. 87-Alan Krimes; 7.
21-Brian Montieth; 8. 6W-Josh Wells; 9. 10N-Niki Young; 10. 49-Bobby Howard;
11. 17E-Cris Eash; 12. 39-TJ Stutts; 13. 45-AJ Michael; 14. 22Z-Michael
Carber; 15. 25-Chad Layton; 16. 20-Ryan Taylor; 17. 71-Brian Leppo; 18.
12-Mike Bittinger; 19. 25O-Aaron Ott; 20. 43-Doug Dodson; 21. 89-Cody Darrah
(DNF); 22. 9-Craig Keel (DNF); 23. 4-John Rudisill (DNF); 24. 47J-Jeff Busby
(DNF); DNS -

Lap Leaders - Cory Haas (1-9), Jim Siegel (10-12), Fred Rahmer (13-25)

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 4-John Rudisill; 2. 47J-Jeff Busby; 3.
59-Jim Siegel; 4. 49-Bobby Howard; 5. 10N-Niki Young; 6. 20-Ryan Taylor; 7.
43-Doug Dodson; 8. 21-Brian Montieth; DNS - 5-Adam Lawrence. Time - 2:49.561

2nd Heat (10 Lap/6 to qualify) - 1. 11C-Cory Haas; 2. 39-TJ Stutts; 3.
38N-Nick Schauch Jr.; 4. 6W-Josh Wells; 5. 25-Chad Layton; 6. 22Z-Michael
Carber; 7. 17E-Cris Eash; 8. 9-Craig Keel; 9. 3W-John Westbrook (DNF). Time
- 2:50.171

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 87-Alan Krimes; 2. 45-A.J. Michael; 3.
51-Fred Rahmer; 4. 30-Doug Esh; 5. 89-Cody Darrah; 6. 12-Mike Bittinger; 7.
71-Brian Leppo; 8. 26-Pat Cooper; 9. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF). No Time

Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 17E-Cris Eash; 2. 21-Brian Montieth;
3. 71-Brian Leppo; 4. 43-Doug Dodson; 5. 25O-Aaron Ott; 6. 9-Craig Keel; 7.
26-Pat Cooper; 8. 5-Adam Lawrence (DNF); 9. 3W-John Westbrook (DNF). Time -
2:44.810

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS
358 SPRINTS:

Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 81B-Bob Anderson; 3. 91-Scott
Geesey; 4. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 5. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 6. 84C-Chad
Criswell; 7. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 8. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 9. 1-Tim Wagaman;
10. 6-Brad McClelland; 11. 34-Austin Reed; 12. 28-Keith Prutzman; 13.
8D-Billy Dietrich; 14. 55-Jimmy Layton; 15. 67-Jason Cherry; 16. 4U-Nathan
Berwager; 17. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 18. 15B-John Barnett; 19. 99-Joe Trone Jr.;
20. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF); 21. 88-Danny Dietrich (DNF); 22. 23-Todd
Rittenhouse, Jr. (DNF); 23. 17-Matt Beasley (DNF); 24. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh
(DNF). No time.

Lap Leaders - Dale Hammak er (1-12), Todd Rittenhouse Jr. (13-17), Dale
Hammaker (18-20)

1st Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 34-Austin Reed; 3.
88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 27-Jay Galloway; 5. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 6. 38-Mike
Ressler; 7. 75-Nicole Bower; 8. 15-Adam Wilt (DNF); 9. 25-Aaron Ott (DNF);
10. 7C-Chad Trout (DNF). Time - 2:36.43

2nd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 81B-Bob Anderson; 2. 67-Jason Cherry;
3. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 4. 84C-Chad Criswell; 5. 1-Tim Wagaman; 6. 28-Keith
Prutzman; 7. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 8. 17-Matt Beasley; 9. 50-Jimmy
Strausbaugh; 10. 4R-Kevin Nouse (DNF). No Time

3rd Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 91-Scott Geesey; 2. 6-Brad McClelland;
3. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 4. 55-Jimmy Layton; 5. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 6. 15B-John
Barnett; 7. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 8. 65-Cale Griffin; 9. 01A-Denny Gross; DNS
- 7M-Mike Mansfield. Time - 2:46.90

4th Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr.; 2. 23-T odd
Rittenhouse; 3. 55-Brian Eichelberger; 4. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 5. 7V-Jeff
Rohrbaugh; 6. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 7. 45-Colt White; 8. 6S-Bill Sherman; 9.
18-Scott Lehman; 10. 11D-Mike Duncan (DNF). No Time

1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1. 4U-Nathan Berwager; 2. 1-Tim
Wagaman; 3. 28-Keith Prutzman; 4. 17-Matt Beasley; 5. 75-Nicole Bower; 6.
15-Adam Wilt; 7. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 8. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 9. 7C-Chad
Trout (DNF); 10. 38-Mike Ressler (DNF); DNS - 4R-Kevin Nouse. Time- 2:53.37

2nd Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 2. 7V-Jeff
Rohrbaugh; 3. 99-Joe Trone Jr.; 4. 15B-John Barnett; 5. 11D-Mike Duncan; 6.
01A-Denny Gross; 7. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 8. 45-Colt White; 9. 6S-Bill
Sherman; 10. 7M-Mike Mansfield; 11. 18-Scott Lehman; 12. 65-Cale Griffin. No
Time

THUNDERCARS:

Feature (20-Laps) - 1. 3W-Duane Watson; 2. 25-Sam Gallagher; 3. 20-Scott
Fisher; 4. 61-Hurricane Menges; 5. 21-Ronnie Thomas; 6. 9-Al Crammer; 7.
21N-Larry Neiderer; 8. 70-Rick Weaver; 9. 00-Barry Rinehart; 10. 77-Justin
Mong; 11. 60-Danny Beard; 12. 93-Mikey Guise; 13. 15-Dave Reever; 14.
54-Kyle Martin; 15. 61M-Mike Slaybaugh; 16. 57-Brad Shank; 17. 76-Bob Bare;
18. 1-Neil Smith (DNF); 19. 33-Gino Comi (DNF); 20. 8-Bob Allen (DNF); 21.
1E-Greg Emlet (DNF); 22. 44-Tom Walls (DNF); 23. 54J-Jimmy Combs (DNF); 24.
7M-Doug Bennett (DNF).

Lap Leaders - Bob Bare (1-7); Duane Watson (8-16); Mike Slaybaugh (17);
Duane Watson (18-20)

1st Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 25-Sam Gallagher; 2. 3W-Duane Watson; 3.
60-Danny Beard; 4. 61-Hurricane Menges; 5. 54J-Jimmy Combs; 6. 93-Mikey
Guise; 7. 1-Neil Smith (DNF); 8. 21-Ronnie Thomas (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (8 Lap/6 to qualify) - 1. 21N-Larry Neiderer; 2. 20-Scott Fisher;
3. 54-Kyle Martin; 4. 9-Al Crammer; 5. 77-Justin Mong; 6. 1E-Greg Emlet; 7.
00-Barry Rinehart; 8. 15-Dave Reever . No Time

3rd Heat (8 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 76-Bob Bare; 2. 33-Gino Comi; 3.
61M-Mike Slaybaugh; 4. 8-Bob Allen; 5. 44-Tom Walls; 6. 57-Brad Shank; 7.
70-Rick Weaver (DNF); 8. 7M-Doug Bennett (DNF). No Time