Rahmer on a Rail; Dominates Williams Grove Field
Written by Bryan Autullo
Saturday, 14 June 2008 06:48
MECHANICSBURG , PA (6-13-08) by Bryan Autullo – All Star PR Director
The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions made another pilgrimage to the home of the PA Posse – Williams Grove Speedway - on a hot, humid night to take on some of the best local competition in the country. All Star points leader Lance Dewease might have been the most comfortable All Star driver on the tour being that he is also one of the most successful central PA drivers in history. Hannagan, Wilson, McMahan, and the rest of the All Stars would try to gain valuable points on the leader as he showed them how to get around one of the most storied speedways in the country.
The A-main redraw for the Top 6 starting positions put Dewease on the front row alongside another Posse legend, Fast Freddie Rahmer. Rahmer would get the jump on the initial start and never looked back as the race went green to checkers with Rahmer setting a blistering pace. Dewease lost sight of the leader at the midpoint and had his hands full with Cody Darrah nipping at his heels.
Darrah got around Dewease as Rahmer checked out and put seven lapped cars and a straightaway between him and second place, showing once again why he is one of the winningest drivers in the sport. He went on to take the checkers on lap 30 with Darrah second followed by Dewease, Todd Shaffer, and Keith Kauffman rounding out the Top 5.
Stevie Smith and Brian Montieth put on a show for the fans coming from the back of the pack to bring home respectable finishes. Smith started 14th and crossed the finish line 6th. Monteith started 22nd and drove all the way up to 9th in what looked to be the fastest car on the track as the race went on.
Cody Darrah was the Kistler Engines Fast Qualifier for the night with a time of 17.030. Darrah has been a stand out in Central PA so far this season and has continued to impress with his performance at such a young age.
Heats were won by Dale Blaney, Cory Haas, Mark Smith, and Ryan Bohlke. Brian Leppo won the B-main. The All Star Dash was won by Dale Blaney.
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions - MSD Ignitions A-main Results (Started [x])
1. 51-Fred Rahmer[3]
2. 89-Cody Darrah[6]
3. 30C-Lance Dewease[1]
4. 88-Todd Shaffer[7]
5. 7-Keith Kauffman[2]
6. 19-Stevie Smith[14]
7. 1Z-Jeff Shepard[4]
8. 6-Sean Michael[5]
9. 21-Brian Monteith[22]
10. 71-Brian Leppo[12]
11. 2-Dale Blaney[16]
12. 69K-Donnie Kreitz[11]
13. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[8]
14. 87-Alan Krimes[15]
15. 35-Alan Cole[10]
16. 7M-Mark Smith[21]
17. 22-Greg Hodnett[23]
18. 3H-Pat Cannon[9]
19. 25-Chad Layton [24]
20. 59-Jim Siegel[18]
21. 0-Paul Mcmahan[20]
22. 18-Ryan Bohlke[19]
23. 10N-Niki Young[13]
24. 11C-Cory Haas[17]
Eash Wins The Late Show at Lincoln Speedway
Written by Bryan Autullo
Sunday, 15 June 2008 19:27
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (6-14-08) by Bryan Autullo – All Star PR Director
The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions dodged another bullet from Mother Nature in the form of rain. The skies opened up just about the time the pit gates were set to open and the rain fell just enough to be annoying, yet never enough to cancel the night’s events. As every other track in the area were calling it a night, the Lincoln Speedway track crew was hard at work to keep the track under their control as the light rains continued to fall well into the night. The hard work paid off and hot laps fired off at around 10:15 pm.There were 33 cars signed in before the rains came, but with the cancellation of other area tracks, two more teams were able to tow in for a total of 35 cars. The fans stuck it out and waited in their cars until the motors were fired and the stands filled up once again. The wait was worth it as the main event was a wild one. Cris Eash picked up the win around 1:30 am over 158 time Lincoln Speedway winner Fred Rahmer and a hard charging Brian Monteith.
The All Star Pick 6 redraw put two time All Star Champion Greg Wilson on the front row along side Rahmer who would be hard to beat starting on the front row. On the initial start, Rahmer jumped out to the lead and looked like he was shot out of a cannon, but the caution flew as Cory Haas and Paul McMahan got together on the backstretch ending both of their nights.
On the restart, Wilson was ready and jumped out in front of Rahmer to lead the first 17 laps of the 30 lap event. Wilson was running strong and was never challenged for the lead until the midway point, but the action behind him was intense. Rahmer battled Eash and Monteith as the three sliced and diced their way around the speedway with Rahmer falling back to fourth at one point and Eash ran second.As the three raced each other, they caught up to Wilson who looked to have some handling issues by mid-race. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place cars got around him as he continued to fall all the way back to 8th place.
Eash took the lead on lap 18 and held off several charges from Rahmer as Monteith gave him fits battling for second place. Eash drove to the checkers with Rahmer in tow and Monteith third. Doug Esh and Chad Layton rounded out the Top 5."Man that was awesome," said the Hanover, PA driver following his $5,000 victory. "There towards the end of the race I lost my brakes. But luckily I was running the top and I didn’t need a lot of brakes up there."
Heat Races were won by Layton, “Big Block” Weaver, Jim Seigel, and Alan Krimes.Paul McMahan won the O’Reilly All Star dash followed by Layton, Wilson, Rahmer, and Brandon Martin. Dale Blaney was scheduled to start, but was changing a rear end.Lance Dewease, who suffered mechanical failure in his heat race sending him into the turn 4 wall was forced to run the B-main. Brian Leppo picked up the win with Dewease second. Craig Keel and Randy Hannagan picked up the last two transfer spots.
"Darren had this car really good tonight," Eash said of car owner/brother who owns the E & G Classics, Macri Concrete No. 17E. "We’re really on to something. Anytime you beat Fred Rahmer, you feel like you’ve done something."
Kister Engines Fast Qualifier was Fred Rahmer with a time of 13.252.
Lincoln Speedway (6-14-08) - All Star Circuit of Champions full results
Kistler Engines Qualifying
1. 51-Fred Rahmer, 13.252; 2. 30-Doug Esh, 13.269; 3. 30C-Lance Dewease,
13.309; 4. 89-Cody Darrah, 13.384; 5. 17E-Cris Eash, 13.391; 6. 71-Brian
Leppo, 13.433; 7. 21-Brian Monteith, 13.441; 8. 43-Doug Dodson, 13.454;
9. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.476; 10. 25-Chad Layton, 13.480; 11. 11C-Cory
Haas, 13.483; 12. 22-Greg Hodnett, 13.497; 13. 9-Craig Keel, 13.510; 14.
45-Aj Micheal, 13.533; 15. 0-Paul Mcmahan, 13.534; 16. 45L-Scott Geesy,
13.538; 17. 25X-Aaron Ott, 13.547; 18. 22Z-Michael Carber, 13.548; 19.
59-Jim Siegel, 13.557; 20. 87-Alan Krimes, 13.561; 21. 6W-Josh Wells,
13.567; 22. 69-Big Block Weaver, 13.587; 23. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.601; 24.
19-Stevie Smith, 13.603; 25. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 13.647; 26. 10N-Niki
Young, 13.662; 27. 47J-Jeff Busby, 13.701; 28. 17B-Steve Buckwalter,
13.780; 29. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 13.786; 30. 11M-Brandon Martin,
13.800; 31. 12-Mike Bittinger, 13.886; 32. 4-John Rudisill, 13.979; 33.
56R-Ryan Myers, 14.172; 34. 16-Lee Stark, 14.207; 35. 38N-Nick Schlauch
Jr., 14.236
All Pro Heads Heat #1
1. 25X-Aaron Ott; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 6W-Josh Wells; 4. 51-Fred
Rahmer; 5. 17E-Cris Eash; 6. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 7. 9-Craig Keel; 8.
20E-Brian Ellenberger; 9. 56R-Ryan Myers
Engler Machine & Tool Heat #2
1. 69-Big Block Weaver; 2. 22Z-Michael Carber; 3. 25-Chad Layton; 4.
30-Doug Esh; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6. 10N-Niki Young; 7. 16-Lee Stark;
8. 45-Aj Micheal; 9. 71-Brian Leppo;
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat #3
1. 59-Jim Siegel; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 11C-Cory Haas; 4. 0-Paul Mcmahan;
5. 21-Brian Monteith; 6. 47J-Jeff Busby; 7. 12-Mike Bittinger; 8.
30C-Lance Dewease; 9. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.;
Hank's Performance Products Heat #4
1. 87-Alan Krimes; 2. 19-Stevie Smith; 3. 22-Greg Hodnett; 4. 89-Cody
Darrah; 5. 45L-Scott Geesy; 6. 43-Doug Dodson; 7. 4-John Rudisill; 8.
17B-Steve Buckwalter;
O'Reilly Auto Parts Dash
1. 0-Paul Mcmahan; 2. 25-Chad Layton; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 51-Fred
Rahmer; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin;
University of Northwest Ohio B-Main
1. 71-Brian Leppo; 2. 30C-Lance Dewease; 3. 9-Craig Keel; 4. 1X-Randy
Hannagan; 5. 45-Aj Micheal; 6. 10N-Niki Young; 7. 43-Doug Dodson; 8.
47J-Jeff Busby; 9. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 10. 4-John Rudisill; 11.
12-Mike Bittinger; 12. 16-Lee Stark; 13. 56R-Ryan Myers; 14. 17B-Steve
Buckwalter; 15. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.;
MSD Ignition A-Main - Starting Position [x]
1. 17E-Cris Eash[3]; 2. 51-Fred Rahmer[2]; 3. 21-Brian Monteith[5]; 4.
30-Doug Esh[6]; 5. 25-Chad Layton[7]; 6. 71-Brian Leppo[12]; 7.
19-Stevie Smith[22]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[1]; 9. 22-Greg Hodnett[9]; 10.
59-Jim Siegel[17]; 11. 25X-Aaron Ott[15]; 12. 30C-Lance Dewease[11]; 13.
89-Cody Darrah[4]; 14. 6W-Josh Wells[19]; 15. 1X-Randy Hannagan[23]; 16.
2-Dale Blaney[21]; 17. 22Z-Michael Carber[16]; 18. 87-Alan Krimes[18];
19. 45L-Scott Geesy[14]; 20. 11M-Brandon Martin[24]; 21. 69-Big Block
Weaver[20]; 22. 11C-Cory Haas[8]; 23. 9-Craig Keel[13]; 24. 0-Paul
McMahan[10];
