Tyler Ross
9/23/17
Lincoln Speedway
Abbottstown, PA
Kasey Kahne Dirt Classic
37 cars
Lincoln Speedway was in great shape tonight. Constant upgrades to the track are appreciated by fans, and another large throng was on hand.
TJ Stutts (6th car out to time) set quick time at 13.547 seconds. Jim Siegel (1st car out) was second quick, followed by Lucas Wolfe (12th), Gerard McIntyre Jr. (8th), Freddie Rahmer (10th), Lance Dewease (19th), Brian Brown (9th), Brian Montieth (7th), Dale Blaney (2nd) and Cory Haas (5th). Coming out early was a definite plus.
Heat one (started): 1. Stutts 11 (1) 2. Dewease 69K (2) 3. Greg Hodnett 27 (5) 4. Matt Campbell 16c (7) 5. Brandon Rahmer 88 (4) 6. Tim Wagaman 1* (6) 7. Eric Tomecek 1w (3) 8. Robbie Kendall 55K (8)
Two rounds of 8-lap heats were run with the first being lined up heads-up by time. It got off to a bad start for Kendall who broke a front end, and Tomecek who got upside down in turn one. Both were done. Stutts led the distance in a mostly single-file affair.
Heat two (started): 1. Brown 21B (2) 2. Chad Trout 1x (4) 3. Siegel 59 (1) 4. Danny Dietrich 48 (5) 5. Austin McCarl 17A (3) 6. Tim Glatfelter 69 (6) 7. Landon Myers 19m (7) 8. Joe Kata III 10 (8)
Brown lead the distance on the cushion. Dietrich passed A. McCarl for fourth on lap five. A. McCarl shucked a driveline after the checkers and was done for the night.
Heat three (started): 1. Wolfe 24 (1) 2. Montieth 21 (2) 3. Brock Zearfoss 3z (7) 4. Terry McCarl 24T (4) 5. Tyler Ross 5 (5) 6. Glenndon Forsythe 2w (3) 7. Randy Baughman 3B (6)
Wolfe led Montieth and T. McCarl early. Zearfoss shot from the tail to fourth by lap three. Debris on the track caused a caution with two to go. Wolfe led Montieth, T. McCarl, Zearfoss and Forsythe back to green. Zearfoss would pass T. McCarl for third on lap seven, while Ross took fifth from Forsythe.
Heat four (started): 1. McIntyre Jr. 16 (1) 2. Kerry Madsen 2m (5) 3. James McFadden 3 (4) 4. Anthony Macri 39m (3) 5. Tim Kaeding 3K (7) 6. Dale Blaney 1 (2) 7. Chris Arnold 23 (6)
McIntured led Macri and Madsen early. McFadden shot around Blaney for fourth on lap four, while Madsen took second from Macri. McFadden would explode on the low side of turn one to slide in front of Macri on lap seven to take third. Kaeding got by Dale Blaney on the last lap.
Heat five (started): 1. Rahmer 51 (1) 2. Haas 39 (2) 3. Trey Starks 44 (4) 4. JJ Grasso 37 (6) 5. Alan Krimes 87 (3) 6. Dave Blaney 71m (5) 7. Scott Fisher 21T (7)
Mostly single-file here other than a Grasso pass of Krimes for fourth on lap three.
Heat six (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Wagaman (1) 2. Hodnett (4*) 3. Campbell (2) 4. B. Rahmer (3*) 5. Dewease (5*) 6. Stutts (6*) DNS – Kendall, Tomecek
Wagaman led wire to wire. Hodnett grabbed second from Campbell at the halfway point.
Heat seven (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dietrich (4*) 2. Glatfelter (1) 3. Trout (3*) 4. Siegel (6*) 5. Brown (5*) 6. Myers (2) 7. Kata (7) DNS – A. McCarl
Glatfelter led early from Myers and Dietrich. Trout raced by Dietrich for the third spot, but Danny fired back the nexgt lap shooting around two cars to grab second. Trout recaptured third from Myers with two to go. Dietrich completed his run to the front with a pass of Glatfelter coming for the white flag.
Heat eight (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Montieth (6*) 2. Zearfoss 3z (1) 3. Ross (3) 4. T. McCarl (4*) 5. Wolfe (7*) 6. Baughman (2) 7. Forsythe (5)
T. McCarl slid in front of Baughman, who contacted his nerf bar and flipped in turn three, collecting Forsythe. Both were done for the night. Once green, Zearfoss led T. McCarl and Montieth. Montieth dominated grabbing second on lap two, and leading at the halfway point to become the high point man for the night.
Heat nine (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Madsen (3*) 2. McFadden (4*) 3. Kaeding (1) 4. McIntyre (7*) 5. Macri (5*) 6. Dale Blaney (6*) 7. Arnold (2)
Mostly single-file here most of the way, with McIntyre impressing early with passes of Blaney and Macri to move into fourth and secure a front row starting spot in the finale.
Heat ten (started): 1. Grasso (2*) 2. Starks (4*) 3. Dave Blaney (3) 4. Haas (6*) 5. F. Rahmer (7*) 6. Fisher (1) 7. Krimes (5)
Fisher led Grasso and Starks early. Grasso took the lead on lap two and pulled away. Starks followed him into second, with Blaney taking third on lap three. Krimes exited on the first lap.