5/23/09
Lincoln Speedway
Abbottstown, PA
Keystone Cup Night #4
29 cars
Brian Leppo (26th car out to time) set quick time on the 1/3 mile at 13.385 seconds. Doug Esh (19th car out) was second quick, followed by Alan Krimes (7th), Stevie Smith (21st), Cody Darrah (18th), Johnny Mackison Jr. (3rd), Brian Montieth (23rd), Doug Dodson (2nd), Adam Wilt (17th) and Pat Cannon (9th). Greg Hodnett scratched for the night after hitting the turn one wall and flipping. He was uninjured.
Heat one (started): 1. Mark Smith 7m (2) 2. Keith Kauffman 7 (1) 3. S. Smith 1 (5) 4. Montieth 21 (4) 5. Cris Eash 17E (7) 6. Cannon 17 (3) / 7. Leppo 71 (6) 8. John Rudisill 4 (8) 9. Bill Stine 71x (10) 10. Tim Glatfelter 39T (9)
M. Smith led flag to flag in the 10-lapper. Eash made a move into fifth on the first lap, leaving Leppo on the outside looking in to a transfer. S. Smith ducked under Montieth on the last lap for third.
Heat two (started): 1. Justin Henderson 22z (1) 2. Niki Young 98 (3) 3. Darrah 89 (5) 4. Esh 39 (6) 5. Josh Wells 6w (2) 6. Brent Marks 19m (7) / 7. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (9) 8. Dodson 43 (4) 9. Chad Trout 7c (8) DNS - Greg Hodnett 22
Before a lap could be completed, Trout got into the turn one wall and turned over. He was unhurt. Henderson jumped out to a lead early, but on lap two, Dodson repeated Trout's move and flipped into turn two. He was also unhurt. Henderson led Young, Wells, Darrah and true 410 rookie, Marks, back to green flag racing. Esh battled with Wells and Marks to gain fourth with two laps to go.
Heat three (started): 1. Cory Haas 11c (1) 2. Fred Rahmer 51 (2) 3. Jim Siegel 59 (3) 4. Danny Dietrich 88 (7) 5. Krimes 87 (6) 6. Adam Wilt 15 (4) / 7. Chris Knopp 6K (8) 8. Matt Lawrence 5 (9) 9. Mackison Jr. 65 (5)
Haas led throughout with Rahmer in tow. Krimes buzzed by Wilt on lap four in what was the final transfer at the time. Mackison Jr., who was running third on the white flag lap made the pass moot when he lost power and scratched for the night. Dietrich made an early low side move to a transfer.
B main (started): 1. Leppo (1) 2. Rudisill (2) 3. Knopp (4) 4. Glatfelter (3) 5. Lawrence (5) 6. McIntyre Jr. (6) / 7. Stine (7) DNS - Mackison Jr., Dodson, Trout, Hodnett
Leppo dusted the field in the 10-lapper. The top three kept their time spots for the feature, and the second half tagged the tail.
A main (started): 1. Darrah (4) 2. S. Smith (3) 3. Krimes (2) 4. Esh (1) 5. Rahmer (13) 6. Montieth (5) 7. Wilt (6) 8. Leppo (9) 9. M. Smith (11) 10. Young (8) 11. Marks (18) 12. Siegel (10) 13. Haas (16) 14. Eash (17) 15. Dietrich (19) 16. Cannon (7) 17. Kauffman (14) 18. Henderson (15) 19. Wells (12) 20. Lawrence (23) 21. Knopp (21) 22. Rudisill (20) 23. McIntyre Jr. (24) 24. Glatfelter (22)
Kauffman was late to staging after changing a motor, and started at the rear. Krimes used the low side to a slight advantage over Esh on the first lap, but it was S. Smith from row two who had the lead. On lap three, the caution came out for an incident involving Wells and Knopp. Dietrich also came to a stop. S. Smith led Krimes, Esh, Darrah and Montieth back to green flag racing on the restart. The rest of the 30-lapper went non-stop. Krimes and S. Smith battled for the lead, with the former using the low side by the wall. On lap ten, Darrah exploded to the outside around both, He pulled away from the field to win $5,000, but there was plenty of action for second. As Krimes and S. Smith continued to battle for second, Esh and Rahmer had their own battle going. Both would eventually get by Montieth. Rahmer was the hard charger for the event. S. Smith grabbed second from Krimes in the last corner.
Make-up A main (started): 1. Montieth (3) 2. Rahmer (10) 3. Darrah (7) 4. Marks (13) 5. Esh (9) 6. Wells (1) 7. Knopp (4) 8. Eash (8) 9. Krimes (14) 10. Haas (17) 11. Siegel (15) 12. Young (20) 13. Henderson (6) 14. Wilt (11) 15. Leppo (16) 16. McIntyre Jr. (19) 17. Glatfelter (12) 18. Trout (5) 19. Rudisill (2) 20. M. Smith (18) DNS - Dodson, Pat Cooper 26, Daryn Pittman 25
The feature was started with two out of 25 laps in the books. Wells led before Montieth stormed by on the high side on the fifth lap. One lap later, Glatfelter spun, brining a caution. Montieth led Wells, Darrah, Rudisill and Knopp back to green flag racing. Darrah got by Wells on the restart for second and Rahmer stormed into the top five. Wilt brought out another caution on lap 13. Montieth led Darrah, Wells, Rahmer and Knopp on the restart. Darrah got a run on the high side and passed Montieth on lap 20, but it was negated when Trout blew his right rear tire. With five laps remaining, Montieth went to the low side in one and two, a rare move, and held on for his third win of the season at Lincoln, paying $3,000. Rahmer moved by Darrah for second. Marks was impressive on the bottom, gathering hard-charger honors.