FREDDIE RAHMER AND JIM SIEGEL KEEP ALL STARS WINLESS AT WILLIAMS GROVE

FREDDIE RAHMER AND JIM SIEGEL KEEP ALL STARS WINLESS AT WILLIAMS GROVE

WINNING JACK GUNN MEMORIAL TWIN 20’S

Story By: Shaun Brouse/Williams Grove Speedway

Photos By: Dan DeMarco/RacersGuide.com

MECHANICSBURG, PA – Freddie Rahmer drove by Kyle Larson in lapped

traffic and on to win the first 20-lap main event Friday night at

Williams Grove Speedway as part of the Jack Gunn Memorial sanctioned

by the All Star Circuit of Champions.

Jim Siegel inherited the lead when Chad Trout had trouble in lapped

traffic and held off Tony Stewart to win $4,000 in the second main

event.

The All Stars have never beaten the Williams Grove regulars in a

sanctioned race pushing their record to 35-0.

Rahmer’s second career All Star win was worth $4,000. It was his

second Grove win of the season.

“I knew once we got the lead it was a long way from over,” Rahmer said

referring to Larson. “We weren’t bad after the restart. I wasn’t

cutting the corners like I wish I was. Then we got to lapped cars and

made a couple good moves that probably kept him just far enough away

to get it done.”

“The whole night it wasn’t turning in like I needed it to,” Rahmer

said. “We changed the car and I knew after the first lap or so, we

were going to be okay. The car was night and day different.”

Larson and Grandview winner and All Star point leader Aaron Reutzel

shared the front row. Reutzel got the jump, but the yellow flew when

Jac Haudenschild hit the second turn fence.

Larson streaked away on the second start as third starting Rahmer

passed Reutzel for second.

Larson led by 2.663 seconds with four laps completed. He reached

slower traffic with six down and Rahmer closed.

Larson went to the bottom to try and lap cars as they raced into turn

one. Rahmer shot by on the outside taking the lead with 11 laps to go.

Larson stayed right with Rahmer as Chad Trout slowed bringing out the

yellow two laps later getting the leaders out of traffic.

“I wanted to see the caution because the track’s pretty fast and you

could easily get yourself in trouble there,” Rahmer said. “The yellow

definitely helped us. Get us into clean air. Ever since the middle of

Speedweek, we’ve been driving better and the car is a little bit

better. Everything is going good. We’re still not where I think we’re

capable of being. We’re close anyway.”

Rahmer controlled the restart and final laps through traffic beating

Larson by .347. Reutzel, Lance Dewease and Tim Shaffer completed the

top five. Brian Montieth, Lucas Wolfe, Gerard McIntyre Jr., Ryan Smith

and Chad Kemenah rounded out the top 10.

An inversion of all lead lap cars was used for the
second 20-lap main event putting Danny Dietrich on the pole and Chad

Trout second.

They traded the lead twice in the opening lap with Trout securing the

top spot over Dietrich and Jim Siegel.

The yellow flew with four laps completed when Robbie Kendall slowed in

turn four.

Close racing in the first turn on the restart resulted in Dietrich

spinning up across the turn and into the fence.

Tony Stewart passed Dave Blaney on the restart taking third as Trout

built a comfortable lead over Siegel.

At the half-way point, he led by 3.037 seconds and reached slower traffic.

That traffic cost Trout on the frontstretch on lap 11 as contact with

Tyler Esh caused him to spin bringing out the yellow.

That handed the lead to Siegel over Stewart and Blaney.

He controlled the restart and one more lap was completed before

Brandon Spithaler slowed with seven laps to go.

Siegel won by 1.118 over Stewart for his first career All Star win and

first Grove win in six seasons.

“It’s amazing,” Siegel said. “We built a couple different racecars

just trying to get me comfortable. This is a brand new RPM Chassis.

First night on it. It feels great to park it in Victory Lane. It’s my

first All Star win. It’s something I’ve been after for a long time. My

dad won one here back in ’96. He really loved following the All Stars

and it means a lot to me to get an All Star win.”

Blaney, Steve Buckwalter, and Anthony Macri completed the top five.

Larson started 21st and finished sixth. Greg Hodnett, Brock Zearfoss,

Brian Montieth rounded out the top 10. Rahmer dropped out of the main

event.

Dewease set fast time over the 35-car field with a lap of 16.584. Tim

Shaffer, Anthony Macri, Brian Montieth and Tony Stewart won the

eight-lap heat races. Larson and Reutzel won the dashes and Brock

Zearfoss the B-main.

Sprint Car Feature (20 laps): 1. Freddie Rahmer. 2. Kyle Larson. 3.

Aaron Reutzel. 4. Lance Dewease. 5. Tim Shaffer. 6. Brian Montieth. 7.

Lucas Wolfe. 8. Gerard McIntyre Jr. 9. Ryan Smith. 10. Chad Kemenah.

11. Greg Hodnett. 12. Paul McMahan. 13. Anthony Macri. 14. Brock

Zearfoss. 15. Steve Buckwalter. 16. Carson Macedo. 17. Tony Stewart.

18. Robbie Kendall. 19. Jim Siegel. 20. Dave Blaney. 21. Chad Trout.

22. Danny Dietrich. 23. Tim Wagaman. 24. Nicole Bower. 25. Brandon

Spithaler. 26. Cory Haas. 27. Rick Lafferty. 28. Jac Haudenschild.

Sprint Car Feature 2 (20 laps): 1. Siegel. 2. Stewart. 3. Blaney. 4.

Buckwalter. 5. Macri. 6. Larson. 7. Hodnett. 8. Zearfoss. 9. Montieth.

10. Smith. 11. Wolfe. 12. Shaffer. 13. Macedo. 14. McMahan. 15.

Kemenah. 16. McIntyre Jr. 17. Wagaman. 18. Esh. 19. Dewease. 20.

Spithaler. 21. Bower. 22. Trout. 23. Rahmer. 24. Conley. 25. Dietrich.

26. Kendall. 27. Haas. 28. Reutzel

Did Not Qualify: Cale Conley, Tyler Esh, Cory Haas, Mark Smith,

Brandon Spithaler, Jay Galloway, Nicole Bower, Kody Lehman, Troy

Fraker, Alan Krimes