Cody Darrah Sidelined with a Flat after a Dominating Performance

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 5/3/08 - A bizarre twist of fate during a mid-race
red flag gave Jeff Shepard the break he needed in the 5th Annual Weldon
Sterner Memorial for "410" sprint cars at Lincoln Speedway Saturday night.
And the Upperco, MD, sprint star took advantage, to claim his first
win in three years in the Pigeon Hills.

Shepard started fifth and was running second when a flipping Jeff
Busby stopped green flag action for the first time in the event.

During the red, Cody Darrah, who took the lead from race-long leader
T.J. Stutts on the seventh lap, was forced into the pits to change a flat
right rear. The leader change also put two lapped cars back onto the lead
lap, and put the Zemco Headers/Zemco Tool & Die #1 on the point for the
restart.
Shepard, who ran his first sprint car race at Lincoln 21 years ago,
drove away from the rest of the field to score a 3.59-second win and claim
the $5,000 top prize in the 30 lap contest.
Defending champ Fred Rahmer came from 20th starting spot to pass
Stutts for second on the 21st lap, but could not close on Shepard. In fact,
Shepard double his lead over the final nine laps.
"I love this track!" exclaimed Shepard in victory lane, "This track
is in great shape, the crowd is great, and I just enjoy racing here."
Stutts settled for third, with Lance Dewease and Alan Krimes
completing the top five. Sixth through tenth were Michael Carber,
16th-starting Cris Eash, 14th-starting Brian Leppo, 17th-starting Brian
Montieth, and 22nd-starting Chad Layton, who was sporting the Sterner Cement
top wing in honor of the memorial event.
Heats for the 410 sprints were won by Leppo, Jim Siegel and Cris
Eash, with Niki Young winning the consolation. Fast time in time trials over
the 27-car field was set by Cody Darrah with a 1-lap time of 13.875-seconds
(97.297 MPH).

Aaron Ott set a new 10-lap track record in his heat and was leading
on lap two of the "358" sprint feature when the rains came during a caution.
The remainder of the feature will be made up as an addition to a regular
three-division show on May 31st.
Ott's 10-lap record of 2 minutes, 24.16 seconds bested the old
record by more than two seconds.
Other heats for the 43 "358" sprint were won by Dale Hammaker,
Glenndon Forsythe, and Kevin Nouse. Twin consolations were won by Brian
Eichelberger and Gerard McIntyre Jr..

The thundercar feature will be made up at a date still to be
determined.
Heats for the 21 thundercars were won by Rick Weaver and Kyle
Martin.

Next Saturday night, May 10th at 7 PM, it will be York County Racing
Club Night featuring all three regular point divisions for the second week
in-a-row - the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass 410 Sprints, the Keizer Aluminum Wheels
358 Sprints and thundercars. Gates will open at 5 PM.
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 - May 3, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
5TH ANNUAL WELDON STERNER MEMORIAL
410 SPRINTS:
Feature (30 Laps) - 1. 1-Jeff Shepard ($5,000); 2. 51-Fred Rahmer; 3. 39-TJ
Stutts; 4. 30C-Lance Dewease; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 22Z-Michael Carber; 7.
17E-Cris Eash; 8. 71-Brian Leppo; 9. 21-Brian Montieth; 10. 25-Chad Layton;
11. 10N-Niki Young; 12. 30-Doug Esh; 13. 89-Cody Darrah; 14. 9-Craig Keel;
15. 6W-Josh Wells; 16. 99-Davey Sammons; 17. 26-Pat Cooper; 18. 11C-Cory
Haas; 19. 4-John Rudisill (DNF); 20. 59-Jim Siegel (DNF); 21. 47J-Jeff Busby
(DNF); 22. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr. (DNF); 23. 20-Ryan Taylor (DNF); 24.
25o-Aaron Ott (DNF). No Time

Lap Leaders - TJ Stutts (1-7), Cody Darrah (8-15), Jeff Shepard (16-30)

1st Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 71-Brian Leppo; 2. 89-Cody Darrah; 3.
22Z-Michael Carber; 4. 87-Alan Krimes; 5. 51-Fred Rahmer; 6. 21-Brian
Montieth; 7. 6W-Josh Wells; 8. 10N-Niki Young; 9. 4-John Rudisill. Time -
2:14.755

2nd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 59-Jim Siegel; 2. 38N-Nick Schlauch
Jr.; 3. 39-TJ Stutts; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 25-Aaron Ott; 6. 30C-Lance
Dewease; 7. 20-Ryan Taylor; 8. 99-Davey Sammons; DNS - 12-Mike Bittinger.
Time - 2:17.068

3rd Heat (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 17E-Cris Eash; 2. 1-Jeff Shepard; 3.
26-Pat Cooper; 4. 9-Craig Keel; 5. 25-Chad Layton; 6. 47J-Jeff Busby; 7.
30-Doug Esh; 8. 5-Adam Lawrence; 9. 3W-John Westbrook (DNF). No Time

Consolation (10 Laps/6 to qualify) - 1. 10N-Niki Young; 2. 6W-Josh Wells; 3.
20-Ryan Taylor; 4. 99-Davey Sammons; 5. 30-Doug Esh; 6. 4-John Rudisill; 7.
5-Adam Lawrence. Time - 2:18.979

Time Trials - 1. 89-Cody Darrah, 13.875 seconds (97.297 MPH); 2. 39-TJ
Stutts, 13.883; 3. 47J-Jeff Busby, 13.917; 4. 10N-Niki Young, 13.944; 5.
30C-Lance Dewease, 13.948; 6. 1-Jeff Shepard, 13.985; 7. 22Z-Michael Carber,
14.028; 8. 59-Jim Siegel, 14.048; 9. 3W-John Westbrook, 14.072; 10. 87-Alan
Krimes, 14.105; 11. 11C-Cory Haas, 14.112; 12. 9-Craig Keel, 14.172; 13.
6W-Josh Wells, 14.205; 14. 12-Mike Bittinger, 14.209; 15. 26-Pat Cooper,
14.250; 16. 71-Brian Leppo, 14.288; 17. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr., 14.358; 18.
17E-Cris Eash, 14.370; 19. 21-Brian Montieth, 14.400; 20. 20-Ryan Taylor,
14.422; 21. 30-Doug Esh, 14.586; 22. 51-Fred Rahmer, 14.684; 23. 25o-Aaron
Ott, 14.693; 24. 25-Chad Layton, 14.756; 25. 4-John Rudisill, 14.925; 26.
99-Davey Sammons, 14.973; 27. 5-Adam Lawrence, 15.031.