RAHMER CALLS LINCOLN FINALE WIN ONE OF HIS MOST SPECIAL
Written by Jason Bly

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 10/18/08 - Every time Fred Rahmer wins he
establishes a new record at Lincoln Speedway. But when he exited his C&S
Lawn & Landscape/Miller Brothers Automotive #51 on Saturday night, he called
win number 161 one of his most satisfying.
"I knew when I left home that I was winning tonight one way or
another," said a matter-of-fact Rahmer in victory lane after scoring the win
in the 25-lap "410" sprint feature, "It's pretty neat when your 12-year-old
boy (Freddie) did 80% of the work on the car this week. I'm so proud of him,
and this is probably one of the best wins I've ever had."
An experimental qualifying format that inverted cars for their heats
based on the fastest lap they turned in five-lap warm-up periods saw Rahmer
start fourth in his heat. He went on to take the checkered in his qualifying
event, garnering him the most points in the passing points system used to
determine the starting line-up for the feature.
After drawing pill #5 for the inversion, Rahmer started fifth behind
front-row starters Chad Layton and Pat Cooper and second-row starters Todd
Hestor and Lance Dewease. Dewease and Rahmer advanced to second and third by
lap three, and followed leader Chad Layton through one caution flag over the
next three laps before Dewease drove by Layton for the top spot in turns
three and four of lap seven.
Rahmer caught Layton for second on the restart following an
eight-lap red flag for Brian Leppo, who struck the wall hard and did
everything but flip on turns three and four.
Rahmer then followed Dewease before pulling the slider on the
Advanced Settlement Services #30C exiting turn four of lap 11. Following a
14th-lap caution for a spinning Niki Young, Dewease tried the same move on
Rahmer exiting turn four. The two tapped wheels, but both drivers regained
control and Rahmer hung onto the lead.
"I'd say that with 90% of the other drivers here, we would have
crashed coming off four, but he gave me just enough room," said Rahmer, "I
hope the fans enjoyed a good race."
The ten-time Lincoln champ was never seriously challenged after
that, crossing 2.73 seconds in front of Dewease for his seventh Lincoln win
of 2008.
Dewease settled for second, with Layton third. Mark Smith came from
11th to finish fourth, and Jim Siegel was fifth. Sixth through tenth were
22nd-starting Cris Eash, 19th-starting Alan Krimes, 17th-starting Greg
Hodnett, John Rudisill, and '08 Lincoln champ Brian Montieth.
While pulling his inversion pill earlier in the evening, Rahmer
confirmed he would be back in the Chad and Jen Clemens #51 again next year.
Heats for the 29 410 Sprints were won by Hestor, Rahmer, Cooper, and
Rudisill, with Leppo winning the consolation.

Sam Gallagher capped off his championship season in style Saturday
as he claimed his series-leading fifth win of 2008 in the 20-lap Thundercar
feature.
Gallagher, who started 10th, chased early race-leaders Rick Weaver
and Danny Beard for the first seven laps before making his race-winning move
around Beard on the eighth lap.
But the race was far from over as both 2007 track champion Duane
Watson and Mike Slaybaugh closed onto the Hanover champ in a final one-lap
dash to the checkered with Gallagher holding them off to take the checkered
.41-seconds ahead for Watson to record his ninth career win at the Pigeon
Hills oval.
Slaybaugh finished third, Weaver fourth and Larry Neiderer fifth.
Completing the top-10 were Scott Fisher, Mikey Guise, Jimmy Combs, Justin
Mong, and Gino Comi.
Heats for the 28 Thundercars were won by Watson, Weaver, and
Gallagher.

Lincoln Speedway will hold there 2008 Lincoln Speedway Awards
Banquet on Saturday night, Nov. 22nd, at the Holiday Inn, 2000 Loucks Road,
York, PA 17408. Tickets are $30 each and must be purchased by November 15th.
Tickets can be ordered by sending a check made payable to Sel-Wil, Inc., 134
Sarasota Circle, Carlisle, PA 17015. If you wish to make reservations,
contact the speedway office at (717) 796-2001.
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 - October 18, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
2008 SEASON FINALE
410 SPRINTS
Feature (25 Laps) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer ($3,000); 2. 30C-Lance Dewease; 3.
25-Chad Layton; 4. 7M-Mark Smith; 5. 59-Jim Siegel; 6. 17E-Cris Eash; 7.
87-Alan Krimes; 8. 22-Greg Hodnett; 9. 4-Todd Hestor; 10. 21-Brian Montieth;
11. 11C-Cory Haas; 12. 89-Cody Darrah; 13. 10N-Niki Young; 14. 27-Sean
Michael; 15. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 16. 15-Adam Wilt; 17. 4-John Rudisill;
18. 47J-Jeff Busby; 19. 9-Craig Keel; 20. 26-Pat Cooper; 21. D4-Danny
Holtgraver; 22. 25o-Aaron Ott (DNF); 23. 71-Brian Leppo (DNF); 24. 12-Mike
Bittinger (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - Chad Layton (1-6), Lance Dewease (7-10), Fred Rahmer (11-25)

1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 4-Todd Hestor; 2. 25-Chad Layton; 3.
27-Sean Michael; 4. 59-Jim Siegel; 5. 47J-Jeff Busby; 6. 71-Brian Leppo; 7.
71X-Bill Stine (DNF); 8. 6W-Josh Wells (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 51-Fred Rahmer; 2. 15-Adam Wilt; 3.
D4-Danny Holtgraver; 4. 10N-Niki Young; 5. 89-Cody Darrah; 6. 23-Todd
Rittenhouse Jr.; 7. 55Z-Mark Zimmerman. Time - 2:19.838

3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 26-Pat Cooper; 2. 12-Mike Bittinger; 3.
25o-Aaron Ott; 4. 21-Brian Montieth; 5. 22-Greg Hodnett; 6. 17E-Cris Eash;
7. 43-Doug Dodson. Time - 2:25.471

4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 30C-Lance Dewease; 2. 4-John Rudisill;
3. 7M-Mark Smith; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 38N-Nick Schlauch,
Jr.; 7. 9-Craig Keel. Time - 2:22.221

Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 71-Brian Leppo; 2. 17E-Cris Eash; 3.
38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.; 4. 9-Craig Keel; 5. 43-Doug Dodson; 6. 23-Todd
Rittenhouse Jr.; 7. 6W-Josh Wells; 8. 55Z-Mark Zimmerman; 9. 71X-Bill Stine
(DNF). Time -2:33.415