Post by Kirsten Snyder on Jul 31, 2023 16:18:55 GMT
Bieber Returns to Winning Ways; Bartik Uses Late Restart to Catapult to Victory on Stock Car
Friday Night at Linda’s
By Kasey Kreider
After last weekend’s “micro mania” of sorts, there was not a sprint car in sight for Linda’s
Speedway’s final race in the month of July. Six divisions of fender-car racing provided great
action and a variety of winners on Stock Car Friday Night at the track.
It had been a rough go of it in recent Linda’s Speedway races for Brett Bieber. But “The Oley
Jet” steered his No. 32 flawlessly back to Selinsgrove Ford Victory Lane to claim his third win of
the year and retain his points lead entering the month of August in the Hoffer Paving All Star
Slingshot division. Chase Schott, who started on pole for the All Star feature but slipped to sixth,
grabbed another victory earlier in the night in the J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshot A-Main.
The Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600 Modified division made its long-awaited return to the
quarter-mile and put on a show in their first race in two months. It looked as if a sibling battle for
the win was brewing in the race’s early laps between Tiffany Hitzler-Mays and Richie Hitzler.
But after Richie fell by the wayside with mechanical woes, the door opened for Tyler Bartik,
who went from fourth to first on a late restart to claim the win over Justin Schraden.
Two weeks after getting passed for the win on the penultimate lap of the A-Main, Frank Stoner
ensured that this time he would make it all the way to lap 15 with his No. 24s machine still out in
the wind. Stoner fended off Josh Michael in the early laps and Eric Hollenbach down the stretch
to score his first triumph of the season in the Bernheisel Race Components Chargers.
The Appalachian Auto Front Wheel Drive class saw its fourth different winner of the season in
just as many races, as Gary Grim took his car to the winner’s circle after holding off a last-corner
bump-and-run attempt from Rob Pyle.
The Classic Racing Series returned for their second-ever appearance at the quarter-mile and their
only scheduled one of 2023. After winning last year as well, Dylan Brown kept his perfect record
at the speedway alive by picking up the victory over Tyler Miller in the 15-lap event.
Linda’s Speedway returns to action next Friday, August 4th with a Time Trial Series Race for the
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints. The Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshots and Bernheisel
Race Components Chargers will each return for their second race in as many weeks. And the PA
Micro Midgets will be back in action for the fourth race of the division’s Speedweek.
Additionally, the ARDC Midgets will have an opportunity to shake down their cars through a
series of hot lap sessions in preparation for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by
Toyota event on August 10th.
Results:
Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshots A-Main (20 Laps):
1. 32-Brett Bieber[2]; 2. 112-Cody Kline[8]; 3. 1-Tyler Ulsh[3]; 4. 3-David Carraghan[5]; 5.
50-Tyler Hoch[7]; 6. 10S-Chase Schott[1]; 7. 42-Mason Pittenger[9]; 8. 55A-Amanda
Angstadt[4]; 9. 95-Lucas Pittenger[10]; 10. Z28-Tyler Lilick[14]; 11. 55AA-Cole Armstrong[6];
12. 349-Garrett Chillot[17]; 13. 33D-Tytan Deal[13]; 14. 5R-TJ Roswell[16]; 15. 18-CJ
Kimm[11]; 16. K33-Ryan Lutz[12]; 17. 01-Daron Repperts[15]
J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshots A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 10S-Chase Schott[4]; 2. 35A-Aubrey Romig[3]; 3. 77-Daniel Betz[2]; 4. 55B-Barry
Seaman[1]; 5. 5S-Anthony Speece[5]; 6. H1-Hayden Kimm[6]; 7. 91-Brenden Lilick[7]
Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600 Modifieds A-Main (20 Laps):
1. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[3]; 2. 88-Justin Schraden[4]; 3. 28-Raymond Gradwell[9]; 4. 8-Tiffany
Hitzler[2]; 5. 12E-Eric Whitby[10]; 6. 22-Lance Garrison[12]; 7. 13-Ed Hollenbach[13]; 8.
22K-Brandon Kulp[18]; 9. 10T-Tyler Fronina[15]; 10. 33-Ryan Heckman[17]; 11. 21-Mark
Bressler[1]; 12. 78-Josh Bewley[8]; 13. 69-Christian Smith[21]; 14. 61D-Christian Donati[11];
15. 23-Jason Mills[19]; 16. 4M-Steven McLaughlin[7]; 17. 3D-Shjon Dove[20]; 18.
22H-Andrew Hendricks[14]; 19. 61S-Kyle Donati[16]; 20. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[5]; 21.
17K-Kenny Harris[6]
Bernheisel Race Components Chargers A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 24S-Frank Stoner[1]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[9]; 3. 2M-Josh Michael[2]; 4. 27-Austin
Webster[8]; 5. 33-Scott Lutz[7]; 6. 8-John Hall[12]; 7. 100-Ronnie Buck[6]; 8. 30PK-Chris
McCarr[11]; 9. 10-Chucky Kimmel[10]; 10. 00-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 11. 15-Butch Helsel[5]; 12.
21-Ian Herr[3]; 13. 53K-Bryan Keller[13]
Appalachian Auto Front Wheel Drive A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 127-Gary Grim[2]; 2. 55J-Rob Pyle[4]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[8]; 4. 11-Bill Sherwood[3]; 5.
97-Justin Riegel[5]; 6. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[6]; 7. 97X-Heidi Riegel[11]; 8. 80-Jasen
Geesaman[7]; 9. 71-Daniel Eitnier[10]; 10. 72-David Eitnier[1]; 11. 18-Shane Flaherty[9]
Classic Racing Series A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 9-Dylan Brown, 2. 8-Tyler Miller, 3. 89-Joe Brown, 4. 20-Steven Cantwell, Jr., 5. 07-Nate
Todt, DNF: 15-Logan Miller, 55-Mark Shorb, DNS: 27-Connor Cantwell
Friday Night at Linda’s
By Kasey Kreider
After last weekend’s “micro mania” of sorts, there was not a sprint car in sight for Linda’s
Speedway’s final race in the month of July. Six divisions of fender-car racing provided great
action and a variety of winners on Stock Car Friday Night at the track.
It had been a rough go of it in recent Linda’s Speedway races for Brett Bieber. But “The Oley
Jet” steered his No. 32 flawlessly back to Selinsgrove Ford Victory Lane to claim his third win of
the year and retain his points lead entering the month of August in the Hoffer Paving All Star
Slingshot division. Chase Schott, who started on pole for the All Star feature but slipped to sixth,
grabbed another victory earlier in the night in the J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshot A-Main.
The Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600 Modified division made its long-awaited return to the
quarter-mile and put on a show in their first race in two months. It looked as if a sibling battle for
the win was brewing in the race’s early laps between Tiffany Hitzler-Mays and Richie Hitzler.
But after Richie fell by the wayside with mechanical woes, the door opened for Tyler Bartik,
who went from fourth to first on a late restart to claim the win over Justin Schraden.
Two weeks after getting passed for the win on the penultimate lap of the A-Main, Frank Stoner
ensured that this time he would make it all the way to lap 15 with his No. 24s machine still out in
the wind. Stoner fended off Josh Michael in the early laps and Eric Hollenbach down the stretch
to score his first triumph of the season in the Bernheisel Race Components Chargers.
The Appalachian Auto Front Wheel Drive class saw its fourth different winner of the season in
just as many races, as Gary Grim took his car to the winner’s circle after holding off a last-corner
bump-and-run attempt from Rob Pyle.
The Classic Racing Series returned for their second-ever appearance at the quarter-mile and their
only scheduled one of 2023. After winning last year as well, Dylan Brown kept his perfect record
at the speedway alive by picking up the victory over Tyler Miller in the 15-lap event.
Linda’s Speedway returns to action next Friday, August 4th with a Time Trial Series Race for the
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints. The Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshots and Bernheisel
Race Components Chargers will each return for their second race in as many weeks. And the PA
Micro Midgets will be back in action for the fourth race of the division’s Speedweek.
Additionally, the ARDC Midgets will have an opportunity to shake down their cars through a
series of hot lap sessions in preparation for the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by
Toyota event on August 10th.
Results:
Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshots A-Main (20 Laps):
1. 32-Brett Bieber[2]; 2. 112-Cody Kline[8]; 3. 1-Tyler Ulsh[3]; 4. 3-David Carraghan[5]; 5.
50-Tyler Hoch[7]; 6. 10S-Chase Schott[1]; 7. 42-Mason Pittenger[9]; 8. 55A-Amanda
Angstadt[4]; 9. 95-Lucas Pittenger[10]; 10. Z28-Tyler Lilick[14]; 11. 55AA-Cole Armstrong[6];
12. 349-Garrett Chillot[17]; 13. 33D-Tytan Deal[13]; 14. 5R-TJ Roswell[16]; 15. 18-CJ
Kimm[11]; 16. K33-Ryan Lutz[12]; 17. 01-Daron Repperts[15]
J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshots A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 10S-Chase Schott[4]; 2. 35A-Aubrey Romig[3]; 3. 77-Daniel Betz[2]; 4. 55B-Barry
Seaman[1]; 5. 5S-Anthony Speece[5]; 6. H1-Hayden Kimm[6]; 7. 91-Brenden Lilick[7]
Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600 Modifieds A-Main (20 Laps):
1. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[3]; 2. 88-Justin Schraden[4]; 3. 28-Raymond Gradwell[9]; 4. 8-Tiffany
Hitzler[2]; 5. 12E-Eric Whitby[10]; 6. 22-Lance Garrison[12]; 7. 13-Ed Hollenbach[13]; 8.
22K-Brandon Kulp[18]; 9. 10T-Tyler Fronina[15]; 10. 33-Ryan Heckman[17]; 11. 21-Mark
Bressler[1]; 12. 78-Josh Bewley[8]; 13. 69-Christian Smith[21]; 14. 61D-Christian Donati[11];
15. 23-Jason Mills[19]; 16. 4M-Steven McLaughlin[7]; 17. 3D-Shjon Dove[20]; 18.
22H-Andrew Hendricks[14]; 19. 61S-Kyle Donati[16]; 20. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[5]; 21.
17K-Kenny Harris[6]
Bernheisel Race Components Chargers A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 24S-Frank Stoner[1]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[9]; 3. 2M-Josh Michael[2]; 4. 27-Austin
Webster[8]; 5. 33-Scott Lutz[7]; 6. 8-John Hall[12]; 7. 100-Ronnie Buck[6]; 8. 30PK-Chris
McCarr[11]; 9. 10-Chucky Kimmel[10]; 10. 00-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 11. 15-Butch Helsel[5]; 12.
21-Ian Herr[3]; 13. 53K-Bryan Keller[13]
Appalachian Auto Front Wheel Drive A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 127-Gary Grim[2]; 2. 55J-Rob Pyle[4]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[8]; 4. 11-Bill Sherwood[3]; 5.
97-Justin Riegel[5]; 6. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[6]; 7. 97X-Heidi Riegel[11]; 8. 80-Jasen
Geesaman[7]; 9. 71-Daniel Eitnier[10]; 10. 72-David Eitnier[1]; 11. 18-Shane Flaherty[9]
Classic Racing Series A-Main (15 Laps):
1. 9-Dylan Brown, 2. 8-Tyler Miller, 3. 89-Joe Brown, 4. 20-Steven Cantwell, Jr., 5. 07-Nate
Todt, DNF: 15-Logan Miller, 55-Mark Shorb, DNS: 27-Connor Cantwell