Danny Dietrich pocketed $75,000 at Port Royal's Weikert Memorial Sunday (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
Sunday's Bob Weikert Memorial was one of the record books in many ways.
A stout 53-car field set a new record for most cars in event history, a cool $75,000 payday marked the richest reward in event history, and a remarkable group of PA Posse diehard fans turned Port Royal Speedway into an electric factory with the energy they brought to the crowd.
In the end, Danny Dietrich completed the storybook ending by parking the Weikert's Livestock #29 - a special paint scheme, an annual tribute he does at this race - in victory lane at the Bob Weikert Memorial.
Doing so on car owner Gary Kauffman's birthday, the duo added their second bull-head to the collection - but this time they went home with the richest win of their lives, collecting $76,500 when it was all said and done as he also hit the DURST Dice Roll bonus winning from third.
It wasn't just a great story, it was a great race as Kubota High Limit Racing debuted at the Speed Palace.
Devon Bordon controlled the opening 15 laps aboard the Stehman #23, but the right rear tire going down following the open red stoppage sent his chance at a landmark payday spiraling.
With Borden slipping, "Sunshine" Tyler Courtney seized control of the lead and paced the next 15 laps as PA Posse stars Dietrich and Anthony Macri put the pressure on him. Capitalizing on lap traffic, Dietrich took the #29 to the lead on Lap 30 and originally set sail, leaving Courtney in his dust with the win seemingly locked up.
However, a caution on Lap 36 changed the entire outlook of the race with Courtney restarting right behind Dietrich. Coming down to the final lap, fans rose to their feet when Courtney and Dietrich were side-by-side for the win down the backstretch - setting up perhaps one of the most unforgettable finishes in history - when the most ill-timed caution struck and re-racked the field for a green-white-checkered.
Rico Abreu came into play and slid Courtney on the final restart, essentially sealing the deal for Dietrich and protecting him from further attack. But the Gettysburg, PA native was still cutting it close, opting for less fuel during the open red and actually ran out coming to the checkered.
Dietrich's $76,500 victory sent Port Royal Speedway into pandemonium with one of the loudest roars in recent memory and overly jubilant victory lane ceremony.
Courtney's oh-so close moment ultimately left him finishing runner-up for a $25,000 check at the Bob Weikert Memorial. It was still a big night for the Clauson-Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #7BC team, though, as they retook the championship lead from Brad Sweet by one-point.
Rico Abreu rounded out the podium with an 8th-to-3rd drive aboard his #24.
Anthony Macri and Parker Price-Miller closed the top-five with Brent Marks, David Gravel, Chase Dietz, Logan Wagner, and Logan Schuchart closing out the top-10.
THE ALL-IN NOTEBOOK (5/26/24)
Port Royal Speedway (Port Royal, PA)
Capitol Custom Trailers QuickTime - Logan Wagner (16.866 seconds)
TJ Forged Heat One Winner - Kasey Kahne
DMI Heat Two Winner - Danny Dietrich
BR Motorsports Heat Three Winner - Jacob Allen
Winters Performance Heat Four Winner - Lucas Wolfe
FK Rod Ends Heat Five Winner - Mike Wagner
Roto-Rooter Heat Six Winner - Chase Dietz
C-Main Winner - Lance Dewease
B-Main Winner - Sye Lynch
Jake's Golf Carts Fastest Lap Award - Danny Dietrich (18.078 seconds)
Hard Charger - Brent Marks +13, 19th-to-6th
Lap Leaders - Devon Borden 1-15; Tyler Courtney 16-29; Danny Dietrich 30-40
Kubota A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 29-Danny Dietrich[3]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[8]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri[7]; 5. 9P-Parker Price Miller[5]; 6. 19-Brent Marks[19]; 7. 2-David Gravel[11]; 8. 1Z-Chase Dietz[17]; 9. 69K-Logan Wagner[9]; 10. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 11. 55W-Mike Wagner[22]; 12. 8-Cory Eliason[23]; 13. 5C-Dylan Cisney[26]; 14. 83-James McFadden[6]; 15. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[24]; 16. 13-Justin Peck[20]; 17. 21-Brian Brown[10]; 18. 49-Brad Sweet[18]; 19. 77-Michael Walter[28]; 20. 55-Chris Windom[27]; 21. 14-Corey Day[16]; 22. 9-Kasey Kahne[13]; 23. 88-Tanner Thorson[25]; 24. 23-Devon Borden[1]; 25. 26-Zeb Wise[12]; 26. 35-Austin Bishop[15]; 27. 5-Spencer Bayston[14]; 28. 42-Sye Lynch[21]
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 42-Sye Lynch[1]; 2. 55W-Mike Wagner[4]; 3. 8-Cory Eliason[3]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[2]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5]; 6. 12-Lance Dewease[17]; 7. 77-Michael Walter[10]; 8. 12H-Blane Heimbach[8]; 9. 35K-Jake Karklin[9]; 10. 5C-Dylan Cisney[13]; 11. 11-TJ Stutts[14]; 12. 33H-Derek Hauck[7]; 13. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[11]; 14. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[16]; 15. 1-Brenham Crouch[19]; 16. 55-Chris Windom[20]; 17. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[18]; 18. 1A-Jacob Allen[6]; 19. 45-Jeff Halligan[12]; 20. 51-Freddie Rahmer[15]
C Feature (10 Laps): 1. 12-Lance Dewease[1]; 2. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[4]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 4. 55-Chris Windom[8]; 5. 66-Ryan Newton[3]; 6. 47K-Kody Lehman[7]; 7. 88-Tanner Thorson[11]; 8. 5T-Ryan Timms[12]; 9. 99-Devin Adams[6]; 10. 33W-Mark Smith[10]; 11. 17-Dylan Norris[13]; 12. 55M-Domenic Melair[9]; 13. 39-Callum Williamson[5]; 14. 97-Brie Hershey[15]; 15. 23M-Michael Millard[16]; 16. 67-Justin Whittall[17]; 17. 27S-Robbie Kendall[14]
TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Kasey Kahne[2]; 2. 39M-Anthony Macri[3]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[4]; 4. 69K-Logan Wagner[5]; 5. 5C-Dylan Cisney[6]; 6. 66-Ryan Newton[7]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer[1]
DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Danny Dietrich[4]; 2. 83-James McFadden[6]; 3. 8-Cory Eliason[3]; 4. 33H-Derek Hauck[2]; 5. 26-Zeb Wise[5]; 6. 11-TJ Stutts[1]; 7. 33W-Mark Smith[9]; 8. 55M-Domenic Melair[8]; 9. 55-Chris Windom[7]
BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1A-Jacob Allen[1]; 2. 13-Justin Peck[3]; 3. 5-Spencer Bayston[4]; 4. 12H-Blane Heimbach[2]; 5. 21-Brian Brown[6]; 6. 49-Brad Sweet[5]; 7. 47K-Kody Lehman[8]; 8. 39-Callum Williamson[7]; 9. 97-Brie Hershey[9]
Winters Performance Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[5]; 3. 14-Corey Day[3]; 4. 9P-Parker Price Miller[4]; 5. 99-Devin Adams[8]; 6. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr[6]; 7. 77-Michael Walter[2]; 8. 88-Tanner Thorson[7]
FK Rod Ends Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 55W-Mike Wagner[2]; 2. 42-Sye Lynch[3]; 3. 91-Kyle Reinhardt[1]; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[4]; 5. 35-Austin Bishop[5]; 6. 23-Devon Borden[6]; 7. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[7]; 8. 5T-Ryan Timms[8]; 9. 23M-Michael Millard[9]
RotoRooter Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 1Z-Chase Dietz[3]; 2. 2-David Gravel[4]; 3. 35K-Jake Karklin[2]; 4. 24-Rico Abreu[6]; 5. 19-Brent Marks[5]; 6. 12-Lance Dewease[7]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch[1]; 8. 17-Dylan Norris[8]
Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying: 1. 69K-Logan Wagner, 00:16.866[6]; 2. 83-James McFadden, 00:16.909[2]; 3. 21-Brian Brown, 00:16.922[5]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:16.931[23]; 5. 23-Devon Borden, 00:16.985[19]; 6. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:17.007[3]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:17.030[30]; 8. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:17.102[15]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:17.116[46]; 10. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:17.126[34]; 11. 35-Austin Bishop, 00:17.155[7]; 12. 19-Brent Marks, 00:17.188[11]; 13. 39M-Anthony Macri, 00:17.274[27]; 14. 29-Danny Dietrich, 00:17.274[26]; 15. 5-Spencer Bayston, 00:17.341[21]; 16. 14-Corey Day, 00:17.342[42]; 17. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 00:17.359[31]; 18. 2-David Gravel, 00:17.366[38]; 19. 9-Kasey Kahne, 00:17.376[16]; 20. 8-Cory Eliason, 00:17.382[48]; 21. 13-Justin Peck, 00:17.399[51]; 22. 77-Michael Walter, 00:17.416[14]; 23. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:17.429[18]; 24. 1Z-Chase Dietz, 00:17.448[37]; 25. 45-Jeff Halligan, 00:17.493[4]; 26. 33H-Derek Hauck, 00:17.499[8]; 27. 12H-Blane Heimbach, 00:17.510[10]; 28. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 00:17.512[41]; 29. 55W-Mike Wagner, 00:17.533[17]; 30. 35K-Jake Karklin, 00:17.573[28]; 31. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 00:17.576[13]; 32. 11-TJ Stutts, 00:17.629[32]; 33. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:17.668[33]; 34. 67-Justin Whittall, 00:17.672[50]; 35. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:17.675[24]; 36. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:17.724[22]; 37. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 00:17.726[45]; 38. 55-Chris Windom, 00:17.791[29]; 39. 39-Callum Williamson, 00:17.804[25]; 40. 33-Gerard McIntyre Jr, 00:17.818[44]; 41. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 00:17.880[43]; 42. 12-Lance Dewease, 00:18.071[53]; 43. 66-Ryan Newton, 00:18.075[20]; 44. 55M-Domenic Melair, 00:18.111[1]; 45. 47K-Kody Lehman, 00:18.242[39]; 46. 88-Tanner Thorson, 00:18.243[49]; 47. 5T-Ryan Timms, 00:18.251[47]; 48. 17-Dylan Norris, 00:18.275[52]; 49. 27S-Robbie Kendall, 00:18.374[9]; 50. 33W-Mark Smith, 00:18.513[35]; 51. 97-Brie Hershey, 00:18.590[36]; 52. 99-Devin Adams, 00:18.649[40]; 53. 23M-Michael Millard, 00:18.798[12]