DANNY COMES OUT ON TOP IN BATTLE OF THE DIETRICHS ON DCS SCHOOL OF DRIVING NIGHT; 358 Sprint & Classic Car Features Rained Out
Saturday, August 1, 2020
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
Saturday, August 8 (7:30) HANK GENTZLER MEMORIAL MANUFACTURERS APPRECIATION RACE PRESENTED BY PANCHO’S RACING PRODUCTS: 410 Sprints + 358 Sprints + Vintage Outlaw Series
Saturday, August 15 (7:30PM) 410 Sprints + 358 Sprints + Mid-Atlantic Modifieds
Saturday, August 22 (7:30pm) 410 Sprints + 2nd Annual Billy Vacek Memorial for Super Late Models
Abbottstown, PA (August 1, 2020) – Danny Dietrich lined up eighth for the 30-lap feature on DCS School of Driving Night. Despite a caution filled event, Dietrich worked his way through the field and caught the leader, Billy Dietrich, and took the lead from his brother with 7 laps to go. Dietrich went on to win his first feature at the track in over a month.
Glenndon Forsythe and Scott Fisher shared the front row at the head of the 25-car field on Saturday night. Forsythe shot to the lead when the green flag dropped with Dylan Norris moving into second. Fisher and Billy Dietrich drag raced down the backstretch for third with Dietrich taking the spot. Jim Siegel followed and moved into fourth sending Fisher to fifth.
The first caution of the race came on lap 2 when Alan Krimes slowed on the front stretch. Krimes rejoined the field after stopping in the work area.
Forsythe led Norris, Billy, Siegel and Fisher to the cone for the single-file restart.
Dietrich was the only driver in the top 5 to opt for the high line in turns 1 and 2 on the restart. Norris got under Forsythe coming out of turn 2 and as the two battled for the lead Billy got by both of them to take the top spot.
Siegel moved into third and the top three, Dietrich, Forsythe and Siegel, started to pull away from the rest of the field.
The leaders approached lapped traffic on lap 7.
Brian Montieth was working through the field from his ninth starting spot and was trying to get in the top 5 as he battled Fisher.
Another yellow came on lap 8 when Aaron Bollinger stopped on the front stretch.
Billy paced the field with Forsythe, Siegel, Norris and Fisher lined up behind him for the restart.
Once again Billy shot to the top going into turns 1 and 2 with Forsythe working the bottom as Siegel was all over him for the second spot.
Siegel slid Forsythe in turns 3 and 4 for second but Forsythe returned the favor in turns 1 and 2. Once again Siegel got by Forsythe in 3 and 4 with Forsythe taking second back in 1 and 2. Siegel finally held him off to take the spot on lap 11 after an intense battle.
The third caution came on lap 11 when Tony Fiore stopped on the front stretch.
The running order for the top five on the restart was Dietrich, Siegel, Forsythe, Norris and Fisher. Danny Dietrich was lurking in sixth with Montieth behind him, both wanting to get into the top five.
Danny got around Fisher earning a spot in the top five. Troy Wagaman Jr. was on the move and got by Montieth and went right to work on Fisher.
Danny got by Norris for fourth before the fourth yellow came on lap 14. Steve Surniak got turned around in turns 3 and 4.
Billy led Siegel, Forsythe, Danny and Troy on the restart. Yet another caution came on lap 15 for a three-car pile-up in turn 4 involving Alan Krimes, Chad Trout and Matt Campbell. Trout and Campbell rejoined the field.
Danny got by Forsythe for third on the restart putting Siegel in between the two Dietrich brothers.
Siegel slid Billy on lap 18 in turns 1 and 2 for the lead but it did not stick allowing Billy to hold onto the lead.
The fifth caution came on lap 18 when Trout and Brie Hershey got together in turn 4.
Another yellow came on the restart as the field stacked up behind Billy with Freddie Rahmer getting on top of Troy. Rahmer collected Fisher and Montieth. Troy was able to continue on without stopping, keeping his top five spot. Brett Michalski was also involved ending his night.
After an open red for fuel, Siegel, Danny, Forsythe and Troy lined up behind Billy for the restart.
Danny drove to the bottom into turn 1 to try and get a run on Siegel for second. Danny got by Siegel at the line on lap 19 for second.
Billy had a nearly 1.5 second lead over his brother with 10 laps to go.
Chase Dietz got under Troy coming out of turn 2 to enter the top 5 on lap 22. Wagaman got him back at the line to hold the spot but the two continued to swap back and forth for position.
Danny drove by Billy for the lead on the front stretch on lap 23 after Billy made contact with the outside wall.
Danny was catching the tail end of the field with 3 laps to go, but his lead of 2.684 seconds gave him plenty of leeway over Billy as the laps wound down.
Danny beat his brother to the checkered flag by 1.839 seconds. Siegel finished third. Adam Wilt made a last lap pass for fourth and Forsythe crossed the line fifth.
410 heat winners were Jim Siegel, Dylan Norris and Scott Fisher.
The 358 Sprint feature was rained out and will be made up on Saturday, August 8. The Classic Car feature will be made up on a future date.
This Saturday, August 8, Lincoln Speedway is back in action with the Hank Gentzler Memorial Manufacturers Appreciation Race presented by Pancho’s Racing Products featuring 410 Sprints, 358 Sprints and the Vintage Outlaw Series. Action starts at 7:30PM with pit gates open at 5PM and grandstand gates opening at 5:30PM.
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, August 1, 2020
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
Gene Latta Ford 410 Sprints:
410 Sprint Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich ($4,000); 2. 8-Billy Dietrich; 3. 59-Jim Siegel; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 2w-Glenndon Forsythe; 6. 19-Troy Wagaman Jr.; 7. 75-Chase Dietz; 8. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 9. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 10. 5E-Tim Wagaman; 11. 24-Lucas Wolfe; 12. 44-Dylan Norris; 13. 90-Jordan Givler; 14. 55-Dallas Schott; 15. 97-Brie Hershey; 16. 1ST-Steve Surniak; 17. 51-Freddie Rahmer (DNF); 18. 21T-Scott Fisher (DNF); 19. 21-Brian Montieth (DNF); 20. 73B-Brett Michalski (DNF); 21. 16-Matt Campbell (DNF); 22. 1x-Chad Trout (DNF); 23. 87-Alan Krimes (DNF); 24. 91-Tony Fiore (DNF); 25. 16A-Aaron Bollinger (DNF)
Lap Leaders – Glenndon Forsythe (1-2), Billy Dietrich (3-22) & Danny Dietrich (23-30)
410 Sprint Heat One Finish (10 laps) – 1. 59-Jim Siegel; 2. 21-Brian Montieth; 3. 2w-Glenndon Forsythe; 4. 90-Jordan Givler; 5. 69-Tim Glatfelter; 6. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 7. 1x-Chad Trout; 8. 24-Lucas Wolfe; 9. 1st- Steve Surniak
410 Sprint Heat Two Finish (10 laps) – 1. 44-Dylan Norris; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich; 3. 8-Billy Dietrich; 4. 15-Adam Wilt; 5. 75-Chase Dietz; 6. 16-Matt Campbell; 7. 16A-Aaron Bollinger; 8. 97-Brie Hershey
410 Sprint Heat Three Finish (10 laps) – 1. 21T-Scott Fisher; 2. 91-Tony Fiore; 3. 19-Troy Wagaman Jr.; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 5E-Tim Wagaman; 7. 73B-Brett Michalski; 8. 55-Dallas Schott
Hanover Auto Team 358 Sprint Cars
358 Sprint Feature Make-up scheduled for Saturday, August 8
358 Sprint Heat 1 Finish (10 laps) 1. 91-Tyler Ross; 2. 8-Kenny Kuhn; 3. 50-Alyson Dietz; 4. 34-Mark VanVorst; 5. 12k-Kyle Rohrbaugh; 6. 2-Kody Hartlaub; 7. 11H-Hayden Miller; 8. 99-Zachary Cool; 9. 22-Jacob Balliet (DNS)
358 Sprint Heat 2 Finish (10 laps) 1. 23-Justin Foster; 2. 38-Brett Strickler; 3. 35-Steve Owings; 4. 19D-Wyatt Hinkle; 5. 5a-Zach Allman; 6. 18-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 7. 38s-Jordan Strickler; 8. 511-John Sharpe; 9. 21-CJ Tracy (DNF)
358 Sprint Heat 3 Finish (10 laps) 1. 4-Zane Rudisill; 2. 54-Brett Wanner; 3. 5-Travis Scott; 4. 21T-Scott Fisher; 5. 66a-Cody Fletcher; 6. 13-Jon Stewart; 7. 89-Ashley Cappetta; 8. 2D-Dylan Orwig; 9. U2-Billy Heltzel
Classic Cars
Classic Car Heat 1 Finish (8 laps) 1. 9-Dylan Brown; 2. 87-Roland Brown; 3. 56-Chad Stine; 4. 34-Conner Cantwell; 5. 20-Steve Cantwell; 6. 100-Jim Rost Jr. (DNF); 7. 6-Brad Shank (DNF)
Classic Car Heat 2 Finish (8 laps) 1. 17-Jim Rost Sr.; 2. 86-Wes Brown; 3. 59-Sharon Unitas; 4. 09-Ron Grove; 5. 89-Joe Broan; 6. 07-Nathan Todt (DNF); 7. 112-Steve Clemo (DNF)
