Dan Boyer Breaks Through For First Linda’s Speedway Win; Hartman Wrestles Winged 600 Triumph

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – Long-time Linda’s Speedway race fans are used to seeing a Boyer in victory lane after a 270 Micro Sprint feature event.

Prior to Friday night, it had always been Mike Boyer, a three-time champion and one of the all-time winningest 270 drivers at the track. But this time, it was Mike’s older brother, Dan, who finally captured his first victory at the Jonestown quarter-mile.

A long-time micro sprint competitor who made his return to racing a few years ago, the native of Elizabethtown piloted his No. 6 to a wire-to-wire win on Friday night. Boyer survived lapped traffic and then a late restart to keep Brandon Heist and Ben Stolz at bay. Boyer’s victory made him the second-straight first-time winner in 270 competition, following up Jason Paisley’s win from two weeks prior.

Heist followed up his win at the Kutztown Fair Nationals with a runner-up result. That coupled with an early retirement from Brayden Spencer erased the 23-point deficit that faced Heist entering the evening and put the two drivers level at the top of the standings entering next Friday’s event.

The other micro sprint race on the evening belonged to Richie Hartman, as the current Wingless 600 points leader bolted the wings on Mark Gray’s No. 39 and gave his car owner a belated birthday present with a win in the Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 event. Hartman lost the lead on the initial start to Brian Kramer, but got a second chance when the yellows waved before the first lap was completed. Hartman took advantage of the do-over and never lost the lead again en route to the win.

The Bernheisel Race Components Chargers turned in another exciting A-Main, as Ronnie Buck held off both of the Hollenbach brothers to score his second win of the season. The emotional win for Buck also gave him the points lead entering the Chargers’ next race on September 1st.

Tyler Bartik continued his winning ways at Linda’s by picking up his third win of the season in the Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600 Modifieds. Bartik pounced on early leader Josh Bewley on a restart and took away an advantage that he would not relinquish. Bartik’s win moved him to second in the points behind Richie Hitzler. And after Friday night’s event, the top six in the standings are separated by a mere nine points.

Linda’s Speedway returns to action on August 25th with a five-division show of racing. The Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints and Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600 Modifieds return to the track. Joining them will be the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Wingless 600 Micro Sprints and the Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshots. And the Appalachian Auto Front Wheel Drive division will run their penultimate race of the 2023 season next Friday night as well.

RESULTS-

Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 20 Entries

Feature 25 Laps

1. 6-Danial Boyer[1]; 2. 12R-Brandon Heist Sr[7]; 3. 77S-Ben Stolz[2]; 4. 8-Scott Gingrich[6]; 5. 41-Mike Boyer[9]; 6. 11-Brian Heist[8]; 7. 5W-Darren Miller[11]; 8. 747-Richie Hartman[3]; 9. 23K-Courtney Kupp[13]; 10. 16P-Patrick Kirn[15]; 11. 19-Matt Fernsler[16]; 12. 08-Jason Paisley[10]; 13. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[17]; 14. 34-Christi Sweigart[18]; 15. 88-Nolan Higgins[19]; 16. 71-Scott Zimmerman[12]; 17. 56-Bryan Earnst[20]; 18. 2-Jesse Snyder[4]; 19. 88J-Jason Klinger[5]; 20. 27-Brayden Spencer[14]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 11-Brian Heist[1]; 2. 88J-Jason Klinger[3]; 3. 8-Scott Gingrich[6]; 4. 6-Danial Boyer[4]; 5. 41-Mike Boyer[5]; 6. 5W-Darren Miller[7]; 7. 23K-Courtney Kupp[8]; 8. 16P-Patrick Kirn[10]; 9. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[2]; 10. (DNF) 88-Nolan Higgins[9]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 12R-Brandon Heist Sr[1]; 2. 77S-Ben Stolz[2]; 3. 747-Richie Hartman[3]; 4. 2-Jesse Snyder[4]; 5. 08-Jason Paisley[8]; 6. 71-Scott Zimmerman[6]; 7. 27-Brayden Spencer[7]; 8. 19-Matt Fernsler[5]; 9. 34-Christi Sweigart[9]; 10. (DNS) 56-Bryan Earnst

Stolz Stove Sales LLC Winged 600 Micro Sprints 18 Entries

Feature 25 Laps

1. 39-Richie Hartman[1]; 2. 71-Brian Kramer[2]; 3. 5J-Jason Sechrist[3]; 4. 77-Ben Stolz[5]; 5. 29Z-Zach Rhodes[7]; 6. 29-Dylan Menditto[6]; 7. 88J-Joey Amantea[17]; 8. 3Z-Clayton Shaw[12]; 9. 47-Scott Gesford[9]; 10. 45-Aiden Lutz[8]; 11. 2J-Jace Marshall[13]; 12. 44S-Steve Whary[10]; 13. 76-Aidan Svanda[14]; 14. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[4]; 15. 19-Rob Bomgardner[16]; 16. 19S-Chase Schott[11]; 17. (DNS) 14H-Luke Harding; 18. (DNS) 11H-Holden Eckman

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 5J-Jason Sechrist[2]; 2. 71-Brian Kramer[3]; 3. 39-Richie Hartman[9]; 4. 45-Aiden Lutz[4]; 5. 44S-Steve Whary[7]; 6. 3Z-Clayton Shaw[8]; 7. 76-Aidan Svanda[5]; 8. (DNF) 19-Rob Bomgardner[6]; 9. (DNF) 88J-Joey Amantea[1]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 47-Scott Gesford[1]; 2. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 3. 29Z-Zach Rhodes[3]; 4. 29-Dylan Menditto[5]; 5. 19S-Chase Schott[9]; 6. 2J-Jace Marshall[6]; 7. 14H-Luke Harding[4]; 8. 11H-Holden Eckman[7]; 9. (DNS) 77-Ben Stolz

Mad Scramble 7 Laps

1. 77-Ben Stolz[1]; 2. 76-Aidan Svanda[2]; 3. 71-Brian Kramer[3]; 4. 88J-Joey Amantea[4]

Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600cc Modifieds 16 Entries

Feature 20 Laps

1. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[2]; 2. 78-Josh Bewley[1]; 3. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[8]; 4. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[3]; 5. 17K-Kenny Harris[7]; 6. 22-Lance Garrison[11]; 7. 28-Raymond Gradwell[5]; 8. 61S-Kyle Donati[6]; 9. 10T-Tyler Fronina[16]; 10. 13-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 11. 69-Christian Smith[15]; 12. 22H-Andrew Hendricks[14]; 13. 21-Mark Bressler[9]; 14. 88-Justin Schraden[10]; 15. 1-Trevor Bixler[12]; 16. 20-Ryley Garman[13]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 78-Josh Bewley[1]; 2. 17K-Kenny Harris[6]; 3. 13-Ed Hollenbach[3]; 4. 28-Raymond Gradwell[5]; 5. 21-Mark Bressler[4]; 6. 22-Lance Garrison[7]; 7. 20-Ryley Garman[8]; 8. 69-Christian Smith[2]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 61S-Kyle Donati[2]; 2. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[4]; 3. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[8]; 4. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[5]; 5. 88-Justin Schraden[3]; 6. 1-Trevor Bixler[7]; 7. 22H-Andrew Hendricks[6]; 8. 10T-Tyler Fronina[1]

Bernheisel Race Cars Chargers 12 Entries

Feature 15 Laps

1. 100-Ronnie Buck[2]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[3]; 3. 2M-Josh Michael[5]; 4. 24S-Frank Stoner[8]; 5. 10-Chucky Kimmel[10]; 6. 30PK-Chris McCarr[7]; 7. 8-John Hall[9]; 8. 27-Austin Webster[6]; 9. 00-Ed Hollenbach[1]; 10. 53K-Bryan Keller[12]; 11. 21-Ian Herr[11]; 12. 33-Scott Lutz[4]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 27-Austin Webster[6]; 2. 33-Scott Lutz[4]; 3. 100-Ronnie Buck[5]; 4. 30PK-Chris McCarr[2]; 5. 8-John Hall[3]; 6. (DNS) 53K-Bryan Keller

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 2M-Josh Michael[1]; 2. 00-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 3. 711-Eric Hollenbach[5]; 4. 24S-Frank Stoner[6]; 5. 10-Chucky Kimmel[3]; 6. 21-Ian Herr[2]