Post by Kirsten Snyder on Oct 16, 2023 10:50:44 GMT
Logeman and Hartman Win Final National Open Tune-Up; Danner Dominates ARDC Last Call
By Kasey Kreider
The last race before the annual National Open at Linda’s Speedway always has a way of
establishing the favorites for what is “The Crown Jewel of Micro Sprint Racing.” Two drivers
who are no strangers to Linda’s victory lane put themselves in the winner’s circle Friday night
with hopes that they can do it again next Saturday and claim their first National Open triumphs.
40 Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprint entries came to Jonestown for the final tune-up
before the 34th running of the 270 National Open. Time trials saw Cory Myers rocket his No. 20
to the top of the board, and it looked as if he could end up dominating the night.
Once the feature began, Pat Bealer grabbed the early lead from the outside pole, but pulled in
under an early caution period, giving the lead back to Myers. The pilot from Fayetteville then
went to war with Pete Skias as the two drivers battled fiercely for the lead.
But Myers’ car began blowing up just around the halfway mark, bottling up Skias behind him
and allowing the third-place running Billy Logeman to snag the lead. The defending Hoosier Tire
Mid-Atlantic Race of Champions winner was uncontested once he got to the clean air all the way
to the checkered flag.
The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Wingless 600 Micro Sprints also put in an entertaining show on a
hammer-down quarter-mile Friday night. After starting in 12th, 2023 points champion Richie
Hartman sliced and diced his way through the pack, following Marty Brian through the field as
they drove up to the top two positions.
Brian had a lead of over two seconds in hand, but crashed while trying to get inside of a lapped
car entering turn 1. The Ephrata driver’s misfortune allowed Hartman to take the lead. Even
though the engine of the Mark Gray-owned No. 39 began laying down over the last few laps,
Hartman was able to just make it to the flag and hold off Steve Whary for the victory.
The ARDC Midgets contested their final race of the 2023 season in a rescheduled event at the
Linda’s Speedway. Troy Betts looked to be the dominant car early in the night, but once
Allentown’s Briggs Danner found the clean air early in the feature, he put an absolute clinic on
the field. The No. 98 ripped around the quarter-mile at a torrid pace, and Danner took the
checkers for the $1,000-to-win main event nearly a lap ahead of the entire field.
The Xcel 600 Modified Tour returned for their final race at Linda’s for 2023 in the annual topless
event at the speedway. For the second year in a row, Kenny Harris claimed the victory, as he got
around Tiffany Hitzler-Mays at the start and then held off Tiffany’s brother Richie to score the
final Modified win at the quarter-mile for the year.
The Lebanon Valley races for both All Star and Junior Slingshots were originally rescheduled
and on the docket for the evening, but were taken off the schedule as a result of conflicts with
other big area races. Brett Bieber officially claimed his fifth Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshot
championship at the speedway, while Chase Schott won his second title in the J&J Auto Body
Junior Slingshots.
The Charger Championship Race, also originally scheduled for September 29th, is planned to be
made up in 2024. With the points coming to an end in that division, Eric Hollenbach will claim
his fifth points championship in the Bernheisel Race Components Chargers class.
The Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints also had their season come to an end as a result
of the rainout that night. Ben Stolz will officially be crowned the champion of that class, scoring
the title by just two points over Jason Sechrist.
The 34th Running of the Linda’s Speedway National Open kicks off Friday, October 20th with
time trials, Wingless 600 Micro Sprint heat races, and the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Race of
Champions. The action continues on Saturday, October 21st with 270 Micro Sprint heat races
before the lower mains and, finally, the 40-lap A-Mains for National Open 34.
Results:
Mt Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 27O-Billy Logeman[6]; 2. 3-Pete Skias[3]; 3. 12R-Brandon Heist Sr[5]; 4. 6-Danial Boyer[7];
5. 02-Alex Swift[9]; 6. 88L-Josh Stoyer[10]; 7. 41-Mike Boyer[13]; 8. 11-Brian Heist[12]; 9.
61-Jeff Haefke[14]; 10. 8-Scott Gingrich[17]; 11. 19-Matt Fernsler[20]; 12. 23K-Courtney
Kupp[16]; 13. 08-Jason Paisley[19]; 14. 2-Jesse Snyder[24]; 15. 11R-Tommy Rinck[15]; 16.
1J-Austin Graby[18]; 17. 88X-Louden Reimert[21]; 18. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[8]; 19. 20-Cory
Myers[1]; 20. 9M-Chris Dolan[4]; 21. 16C-Pat Bealer[2]; 22. 5W-Darren Miller[11]; 23.
16P-Patrick Kirn[22]; 24. 4-Dylan Pence[23]
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Wingless 600 Micro Sprints A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 39-Richie Hartman[12]; 2. 44S-Steve Whary[4]; 3. 71-Brian Kramer[2]; 4. 27-Brad
Arnold[1]; 5. 10-Adam Buchel[3]; 6. 56-Tyler Henry[7]; 7. 7L-Chase Layser[15]; 8. 4-Craig
Whitmoyer[5]; 9. 54-Dakota Bartlet[11]; 10. 44-Olivia Haworth[13]; 11. 2D-Cole Dewease[17];
12. 72-Damian Bower[10]; 13. 22H-Fred Heinly[9]; 14. 11H-Holden Eckman[14]; 15.
5A-Anthony Yerger[18]; 16. 9W-Weston Doklan[22]; 17. 28-Dustin Degler[20]; 18.
10A-Amanda Buchel[16]; 19. 114-Tyler Aleckna[21]; 20. 3C-Clayton Shaw[6]; 21.
15D-Matthew Donley[24]; 22. 16-Marty Brian[8]; 23. 69S-Jasper Ziegafuse[23]; 24. (DNS)
666-Scott Beckey Jr
ARDC Midgets A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 98-Briggs Danner[4]; 2. 22-Troy Betts[1]; 3. 24S-Rodney Westhafer[7]; 4. 76-Michael
Smith[3]; 5. 21-Kyle Herve[5]; 6. 91-Wayne Koehler[6]; 7. 5A-Ryan Ball[9]; 8. (DNF) 11-Eric
Heydenreich[2]; 9. (DNS) 24-JR Booth
Xcel 600 Topless Modifieds A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 17K-Kenny Harris[3]; 2. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[8]; 3. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[6]; 4. 127-Korey
Inglin[4]; 5. 12E-Eric Whitby[5]; 6. 5S-Geoffrey Sutton[12]; 7. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[1]; 8. 21-Mark
Bressler[11]; 9. 20K-Chad Kreiser[18]; 10. 13-Ed Hollenbach[9]; 11. 3D-Shjon Dove[16]; 12.
28-Raymond Gradwell[17]; 13. 23-Jason Mills[21]; 14. 53JR-Aiden Miller[10]; 15. 116-Gerry
Bressler[7]; 16. 69-Christian Smith[2]; 17. 22H-Andrew Hendricks[20]; 18. 10T-Tyler
Fronina[14]; 19. 22K-Brandon Kulp[13]; 20. X-Tommy Martocci[15]; 21. 5-Craig
Whitmoyer[19]
By Kasey Kreider
The last race before the annual National Open at Linda’s Speedway always has a way of
establishing the favorites for what is “The Crown Jewel of Micro Sprint Racing.” Two drivers
who are no strangers to Linda’s victory lane put themselves in the winner’s circle Friday night
with hopes that they can do it again next Saturday and claim their first National Open triumphs.
40 Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprint entries came to Jonestown for the final tune-up
before the 34th running of the 270 National Open. Time trials saw Cory Myers rocket his No. 20
to the top of the board, and it looked as if he could end up dominating the night.
Once the feature began, Pat Bealer grabbed the early lead from the outside pole, but pulled in
under an early caution period, giving the lead back to Myers. The pilot from Fayetteville then
went to war with Pete Skias as the two drivers battled fiercely for the lead.
But Myers’ car began blowing up just around the halfway mark, bottling up Skias behind him
and allowing the third-place running Billy Logeman to snag the lead. The defending Hoosier Tire
Mid-Atlantic Race of Champions winner was uncontested once he got to the clean air all the way
to the checkered flag.
The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Wingless 600 Micro Sprints also put in an entertaining show on a
hammer-down quarter-mile Friday night. After starting in 12th, 2023 points champion Richie
Hartman sliced and diced his way through the pack, following Marty Brian through the field as
they drove up to the top two positions.
Brian had a lead of over two seconds in hand, but crashed while trying to get inside of a lapped
car entering turn 1. The Ephrata driver’s misfortune allowed Hartman to take the lead. Even
though the engine of the Mark Gray-owned No. 39 began laying down over the last few laps,
Hartman was able to just make it to the flag and hold off Steve Whary for the victory.
The ARDC Midgets contested their final race of the 2023 season in a rescheduled event at the
Linda’s Speedway. Troy Betts looked to be the dominant car early in the night, but once
Allentown’s Briggs Danner found the clean air early in the feature, he put an absolute clinic on
the field. The No. 98 ripped around the quarter-mile at a torrid pace, and Danner took the
checkers for the $1,000-to-win main event nearly a lap ahead of the entire field.
The Xcel 600 Modified Tour returned for their final race at Linda’s for 2023 in the annual topless
event at the speedway. For the second year in a row, Kenny Harris claimed the victory, as he got
around Tiffany Hitzler-Mays at the start and then held off Tiffany’s brother Richie to score the
final Modified win at the quarter-mile for the year.
The Lebanon Valley races for both All Star and Junior Slingshots were originally rescheduled
and on the docket for the evening, but were taken off the schedule as a result of conflicts with
other big area races. Brett Bieber officially claimed his fifth Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshot
championship at the speedway, while Chase Schott won his second title in the J&J Auto Body
Junior Slingshots.
The Charger Championship Race, also originally scheduled for September 29th, is planned to be
made up in 2024. With the points coming to an end in that division, Eric Hollenbach will claim
his fifth points championship in the Bernheisel Race Components Chargers class.
The Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints also had their season come to an end as a result
of the rainout that night. Ben Stolz will officially be crowned the champion of that class, scoring
the title by just two points over Jason Sechrist.
The 34th Running of the Linda’s Speedway National Open kicks off Friday, October 20th with
time trials, Wingless 600 Micro Sprint heat races, and the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Race of
Champions. The action continues on Saturday, October 21st with 270 Micro Sprint heat races
before the lower mains and, finally, the 40-lap A-Mains for National Open 34.
Results:
Mt Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 27O-Billy Logeman[6]; 2. 3-Pete Skias[3]; 3. 12R-Brandon Heist Sr[5]; 4. 6-Danial Boyer[7];
5. 02-Alex Swift[9]; 6. 88L-Josh Stoyer[10]; 7. 41-Mike Boyer[13]; 8. 11-Brian Heist[12]; 9.
61-Jeff Haefke[14]; 10. 8-Scott Gingrich[17]; 11. 19-Matt Fernsler[20]; 12. 23K-Courtney
Kupp[16]; 13. 08-Jason Paisley[19]; 14. 2-Jesse Snyder[24]; 15. 11R-Tommy Rinck[15]; 16.
1J-Austin Graby[18]; 17. 88X-Louden Reimert[21]; 18. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[8]; 19. 20-Cory
Myers[1]; 20. 9M-Chris Dolan[4]; 21. 16C-Pat Bealer[2]; 22. 5W-Darren Miller[11]; 23.
16P-Patrick Kirn[22]; 24. 4-Dylan Pence[23]
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Wingless 600 Micro Sprints A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 39-Richie Hartman[12]; 2. 44S-Steve Whary[4]; 3. 71-Brian Kramer[2]; 4. 27-Brad
Arnold[1]; 5. 10-Adam Buchel[3]; 6. 56-Tyler Henry[7]; 7. 7L-Chase Layser[15]; 8. 4-Craig
Whitmoyer[5]; 9. 54-Dakota Bartlet[11]; 10. 44-Olivia Haworth[13]; 11. 2D-Cole Dewease[17];
12. 72-Damian Bower[10]; 13. 22H-Fred Heinly[9]; 14. 11H-Holden Eckman[14]; 15.
5A-Anthony Yerger[18]; 16. 9W-Weston Doklan[22]; 17. 28-Dustin Degler[20]; 18.
10A-Amanda Buchel[16]; 19. 114-Tyler Aleckna[21]; 20. 3C-Clayton Shaw[6]; 21.
15D-Matthew Donley[24]; 22. 16-Marty Brian[8]; 23. 69S-Jasper Ziegafuse[23]; 24. (DNS)
666-Scott Beckey Jr
ARDC Midgets A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 98-Briggs Danner[4]; 2. 22-Troy Betts[1]; 3. 24S-Rodney Westhafer[7]; 4. 76-Michael
Smith[3]; 5. 21-Kyle Herve[5]; 6. 91-Wayne Koehler[6]; 7. 5A-Ryan Ball[9]; 8. (DNF) 11-Eric
Heydenreich[2]; 9. (DNS) 24-JR Booth
Xcel 600 Topless Modifieds A-Main (25 Laps):
1. 17K-Kenny Harris[3]; 2. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[8]; 3. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[6]; 4. 127-Korey
Inglin[4]; 5. 12E-Eric Whitby[5]; 6. 5S-Geoffrey Sutton[12]; 7. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[1]; 8. 21-Mark
Bressler[11]; 9. 20K-Chad Kreiser[18]; 10. 13-Ed Hollenbach[9]; 11. 3D-Shjon Dove[16]; 12.
28-Raymond Gradwell[17]; 13. 23-Jason Mills[21]; 14. 53JR-Aiden Miller[10]; 15. 116-Gerry
Bressler[7]; 16. 69-Christian Smith[2]; 17. 22H-Andrew Hendricks[20]; 18. 10T-Tyler
Fronina[14]; 19. 22K-Brandon Kulp[13]; 20. X-Tommy Martocci[15]; 21. 5-Craig
Whitmoyer[19]