Danner Dominates ARDC Last Call At Linda’s; Logeman & Hartman Win Final National Open Tune-Up
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Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – 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.
10/13/2023 Results-
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 40 Entries
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]
B-Main 1 8 Laps
1. 8-Scott Gingrich[1]; 2. 08-Jason Paisley[4]; 3. 88X-Louden Reimert[3]; 4. 4-Dylan Pence[7]; 5. 99-Matt Hoffman[5]; 6. 67-Cooper Schoenly[10]; 7. 5R-Bret Cronrath[6]; 8. 14-Jason Swavely[11]; 9. 88D-Andrew Dietrich[2]; 10. 13-Jesse Leiby[9]; 11. (DNS) 28-Kyle Lindsey; 12. (DNS) 91-Jack Redcay
B-Main 2 8 Laps
1. 1J-Austin Graby[3]; 2. 19-Matt Fernsler[1]; 3. 16P-Patrick Kirn[5]; 4. 2-Jesse Snyder[2]; 5. 21D-Dave Williams[7]; 6. 39-Austin Mieczkowski[4]; 7. 76H-Bryson Haugh[6]; 8. 30-Ryan Heckman[8]; 9. 47X-Dale Speraw[12]; 10. 20M-Craig Myers[9]; 11. (DNS) 747-Richie Hartman; 12. (DNS) 83-Steve Dunmire
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 20-Cory Myers[1]; 2. 12R-Brandon Heist Sr[3]; 3. 02-Alex Swift[6]; 4. 41-Mike Boyer[8]; 5. 8-Scott Gingrich[4]; 6. 88X-Louden Reimert[5]; 7. 99-Matt Hoffman[7]; 8. 4-Dylan Pence[9]; 9. 13-Jesse Leiby[10]; 10. (DNF) 14-Jason Swavely[2]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 16C-Pat Bealer[1]; 2. 27O-Billy Logeman[2]; 3. 88L-Josh Stoyer[3]; 4. 61-Jeff Haefke[4]; 5. 88D-Andrew Dietrich[5]; 6. 08-Jason Paisley[6]; 7. 5R-Bret Cronrath[7]; 8. 28-Kyle Lindsey[8]; 9. 67-Cooper Schoenly[10]; 10. (DNF) 91-Jack Redcay[9]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 3-Pete Skias[2]; 2. 6-Danial Boyer[5]; 3. 5W-Darren Miller[6]; 4. 11R-Tommy Rinck[4]; 5. 19-Matt Fernsler[7]; 6. 1J-Austin Graby[3]; 7. 16P-Patrick Kirn[8]; 8. 21D-Dave Williams[10]; 9. 30-Ryan Heckman[9]; 10. (DNF) 20M-Craig Myers[1]
Heat 4 8 Laps
1. 9M-Chris Dolan[2]; 2. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr[1]; 3. 11-Brian Heist[5]; 4. 23K-Courtney Kupp[3]; 5. 2-Jesse Snyder[7]; 6. 39-Austin Mieczkowski[8]; 7. 76H-Bryson Haugh[9]; 8. (DNF) 747-Richie Hartman[4]; 9. (DNS) 83-Steve Dunmire; 10. (DNS) 47X-Dale Speraw
Qualifying 2 Laps
1. 20-Cory Myers, 00:12.545[35];
2. 16C-Pat Bealer, 00:12.569[7];
3. 20M-Craig Myers, 00:12.692[36];
4. 26-Corey Schmuck Jr, 00:12.731[20];
5. 14-Jason Swavely, 00:12.733[22];
6. 27O-Billy Logeman, 00:12.734[2];
7. 3-Pete Skias, 00:12.736[32];
8. 9M-Chris Dolan, 00:12.744[28];
9. 12R-Brandon Heist Sr, 00:12.814[26];
10. 88L-Josh Stoyer, 00:12.851[12];
11. 1J-Austin Graby, 00:12.860[38];
12. 23K-Courtney Kupp, 00:12.900[34];
13. 8-Scott Gingrich, 00:12.914[19];
14. 61-Jeff Haefke, 00:12.923[11];
15. 11R-Tommy Rinck, 00:12.926[21];
16. 747-Richie Hartman, 00:12.953[8];
17. 88X-Louden Reimert, 00:12.975[9];
18. 88D-Andrew Dietrich, 00:12.978[25];
19. 6-Danial Boyer, 00:12.979[40];
20. 11-Brian Heist, 00:12.993[39];
21. 02-Alex Swift, 00:12.994[10];
22. 08-Jason Paisley, 00:12.998[29];
23. 5W-Darren Miller, 00:13.008[15];
24. 83-Steve Dunmire, 00:13.071[14];
25. 99-Matt Hoffman, 00:13.097[13];
26. 5R-Bret Cronrath, 00:13.100[23];
27. 19-Matt Fernsler, 00:13.110[4];
28. 2-Jesse Snyder, 00:13.124[37];
29. 41-Mike Boyer, 00:13.158[18];
30. 28-Kyle Lindsey, 00:13.159[17];
31. 16P-Patrick Kirn, 00:13.159[30];
32. 39-Austin Mieczkowski, 00:13.349[31];
33. 4-Dylan Pence, 00:13.435[5];
34. 91-Jack Redcay, 00:13.466[33];
35. 30-Ryan Heckman, 00:13.605[6];
36. 76H-Bryson Haugh, 00:13.681[1];
37. 13-Jesse Leiby, 00:13.717[27];
38. 67-Cooper Schoenly, 00:14.493[16];
39. 21D-Dave Williams, 00:14.493[3];
40. 47X-Dale Speraw, 00:14.493[24]
Wingless 600 Micro Sprints 26 Entries
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
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 54-Dakota Bartlet[7]; 2. 3C-Clayton Shaw[1]; 3. 10-Adam Buchel[5]; 4. 72-Damian Bower[3]; 5. 44-Olivia Haworth[6]; 6. 10A-Amanda Buchel[9]; 7. 666-Scott Beckey Jr[4]; 8. (DNF) 9W-Weston Doklan[8]; 9. (DNS) 11-Connor Fetrow
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 71-Brian Kramer[2]; 2. 16-Marty Brian[5]; 3. 4-Craig Whitmoyer[6]; 4. 39-Richie Hartman[4]; 5. 11H-Holden Eckman[1]; 6. 2D-Cole Dewease[8]; 7. 28-Dustin Degler[3]; 8. 114-Tyler Aleckna[9]; 9. (DNF) 69S-Jasper Ziegafuse[7]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 27-Brad Arnold[1]; 2. 56-Tyler Henry[3]; 3. 22H-Fred Heinly[5]; 4. 44S-Steve Whary[4]; 5. 7L-Chase Layser[7]; 6. 5A-Anthony Yerger[6]; 7. (DNF) 24-Logan Rhoad[2]; 8. (DNF) 15D-Matthew Donley[8]
Mike’s Towing & Recovery 600cc Modifieds 21 Entries
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]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 17K-Kenny Harris[3]; 2. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[4]; 3. 69-Christian Smith[1]; 4. 116-Gerry Bressler[8]; 5. 13-Ed Hollenbach[6]; 6. 21-Mark Bressler[7]; 7. 22K-Brandon Kulp[2]; 8. X-Tommy Martocci[5]; 9. 28-Raymond Gradwell[10]; 10. 5-Craig Whitmoyer[11]; 11. 23-Jason Mills[9]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 127-Korey Inglin[2]; 2. 12E-Eric Whitby[5]; 3. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[4]; 4. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[7]; 5. 53JR-Aiden Miller[1]; 6. 5S-Geoffrey Sutton[10]; 7. 10T-Tyler Fronina[3]; 8. 3D-Shjon Dove[9]; 9. 20K-Chad Kreiser[6]; 10. 22H-Andrew Hendricks[8]
ARDC Midgets 11 Entries
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
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 22-Troy Betts[1]; 2. 11-Eric Heydenreich[2]; 3. 76-Michael Smith[3]; 4. 98-Briggs Danner[5]; 5. 21-Kyle Herve[6]; 6. 91-Wayne Koehler[8]; 7. 5A-Ryan Ball[7]; 8. (DNF) 24S-Rodney Westhafer[4]; 9. (DNS) 24-JR Booth
