Craig Myers Beats The Best To Claim 2024 Kevin Gobrecht Memorial At Linda’s Speedway

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – The 26th annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial Race – now in its third year taking place at the Linda’s Speedway – has always served as one of the crown jewels of 270 micro sprint racing.

On Friday night in Jonestown, 53 cars came out to compete as part of the Mason Dixon 270 Racing Series and the Linda’s Speedway Mike Co Motorsports 270 Time Trial Series in honor of the local racing hero, the man commonly referred to as “The G-Man.”

In a field packed full of stars and 270 micro sprint racing royalty, it was Chambersburg’s Craig Myers who made a late-race pass on Ross Perchak in lapped traffic to pick up his first Linda’s Speedway win and second win in the Kevin Gobrecht Memorial, with the other one having come at the now-defunct Trail-Way Speedway.

Perchak appeared to be the class of the field for most of the night, as he was fastest overall in time trials and won his heat race to put him on the pole for the 25-lap A-Main. Once the feature started, Myers quickly moved past Lake Laughman and into second place, and he never let the No. 4 machine scamper too far away from him.

Myers being able to keep Perchak within an arm’s distance proved to be the key when the leaders hit lapped traffic. As Perchak was bottled up on the bottom, Myers blasted around the top of turns 1 and 2 and made the pass for the lead with six laps to go. Despite Perchak’s best efforts and one brief challenge into turn 3, he was unable to keep pace with the No. 20M carving through the lapped cars. After coming close on many occasions, tonight was finally the night for Myers to taste Linda’s Speedway triumph in a big way.

In addition to the 270s, the Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints were among the classes on the card of racing Friday night. Manheim’s Brent Shearer picked up his second win in three races. After a thrilling heat race drive that saw the No. 29 go from ninth to first in less than a lap, Shearer got past Chase Schott on a restart and then held off a hard-charging Jason Swavely to score the feature victory as well.

The Front Wheel Drive division returned for the second time this season, and it was dirt track racing newcomer Michael Wambold who made the winning pass on veteran Bill Sherwood coming to the white flag to claim his first win at Linda’s Speedway.

Wambold wasn’t the only first-time winner of the evening, as New Tripoli’s Hailey Eroh chalked up her first win on the quarter-mile in the J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshots feature.

And in the Junior Sprints event, it was once again Jase Smith piloting the No. 52 Storm Chassis into victory lane, keeping him a perfect three-for-three on the season at Linda’s Speedway.

Linda’s Speedway wraps up the month of May next Friday, May 31st, with the annual Jonestown Throwdown between the Chargers and Front Wheel Drive division highlighting the evening. The Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints return as well but with a twist, as there will also be a Wingless 270 Micro Sprint event held in addition to the regular slate of winged racing. The Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshots and the return of the Midgets will round out another exciting card of family-affordable racing action.

RESULTS-

Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 53 Entries

A-Main 25 Laps

1. 20M-Craig Myers[3]; 2. 4-Ross Perchak[1]; 3. 9M-Chris Dolan[5]; 4. 2X-Lake Laughman[2]; 5. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[8]; 6. 76B-Brent Shearer[7]; 7. 27-Brayden Spencer[13]; 8. 133-Brian Borawiec Jr[9]; 9. 77S-Ben Stolz[18]; 10. 6-Danial Boyer[12]; 11. 99-Nash Lucas[6]; 12. 41-Mike Boyer[26]; 13. 7C-Curtis Miller[19]; 14. 24-Colten McAndrew[22]; 15. 4T-Tyler Puterbaugh[10]; 16. 19X-Stevie Daron Jr[23]; 17. 2-Glenn Macomber[24]; 18. 14-Mason McAndrew[16]; 19. 08-Jason Paisley[25]; 20. 5W-Jason Klinger[20]; 21. 1L-Dave Labe[21]; 22. 14S-Jason Swavely[17]; 23. 3-Josh Stoyer[11]; 24. 20-Cory Myers[4]; 25. 71-Scott Zimmerman[14]; 26. 11R-Tommy Rinck[15]

B-Main 1 8 Laps

1. 7C-Curtis Miller[4]; 2. 24-Colten McAndrew[2]; 3. 08-Jason Paisley[9]; 4. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[7]; 5. 22J-Raymond Ohlinger[5]; 6. 11H-Chason Hauck[3]; 7. 96D-Dakota Deemer[11]; 8. 5A-Anthony Yerger[1]; 9. 2C-Cory Thornton[8]; 10. (DNS) 15-Sean McAndrew; 11. (DNS) 00-Pat Kelly; 12. (DNS) 84-Charles Kitchnefsky

B-Main 2 8 Laps

1. 5W-Jason Klinger[2]; 2. 19X-Stevie Daron Jr[4]; 3. 88-Nolan Higgins[3]; 4. 22-Joshua Ohlinger[7]; 5. 76H-Bryson Haugh[8]; 6. 11-Brian Heist[1]; 7. 19-Matt Fernsler[6]; 8. 1A-Austin Graby[10]; 9. 94-Dallas Sanders[5]; 10. (DNS) 76-Kyle Keiper; 11. (DNS) 25-Ryan McAndrew; 12. (DNS) 3W-Matt Wilson

B-Main 3 8 Laps

1. 1L-Dave Labe[2]; 2. 2-Glenn Macomber[3]; 3. 41-Mike Boyer[4]; 4. 74-Brayden Winters[6]; 5. 21J-Josh Weiant[5]; 6. 96W-Chase Walker[8]; 7. 48K-Will Karas[10]; 8. 23K-Courtney Kupp[11]; 9. (DNS) 56-Marshall Labuda; 10. (DNS) 84X-Zach Glass; 11. (DNS) 5M-Madison Wily

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 4-Ross Perchak[1]; 2. 76B-Brent Shearer[2]; 3. 27-Brayden Spencer[3]; 4. 5A-Anthony Yerger[4]; 5. 11H-Chason Hauck[6]; 6. 22J-Raymond Ohlinger[5]; 7. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[7]; 8. (DNF) 00-Pat Kelly[9]; 9. (DNS) 96D-Dakota Deemer

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 20M-Craig Myers[1]; 2. 133-Brian Borawiec Jr[2]; 3. 11R-Tommy Rinck[3]; 4. 24-Colten McAndrew[4]; 5. 7C-Curtis Miller[5]; 6. 15-Sean McAndrew[7]; 7. 2C-Cory Thornton[8]; 8. 08-Jason Paisley[6]; 9. (DNS) 84-Charles Kitchnefsky

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 9M-Chris Dolan[1]; 2. 3-Josh Stoyer[2]; 3. 14S-Jason Swavely[3]; 4. 11-Brian Heist[4]; 5. 88-Nolan Higgins[5]; 6. 94-Dallas Sanders[6]; 7. 22-Joshua Ohlinger[7]; 8. 76-Kyle Keiper[8]; 9. (DNF) 1A-Austin Graby[9]

Heat 4 8 Laps

1. 2X-Lake Laughman[1]; 2. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 3. 71-Scott Zimmerman[4]; 4. 5W-Jason Klinger[3]; 5. 19X-Stevie Daron Jr[7]; 6. 19-Matt Fernsler[6]; 7. 76H-Bryson Haugh[8]; 8. (DNF) 25-Ryan McAndrew[5]; 9. (DNS) 3W-Matt Wilson

Heat 5 8 Laps

1. 20-Cory Myers[1]; 2. 4T-Tyler Puterbaugh[2]; 3. 14-Mason McAndrew[3]; 4. 56-Marshall Labuda[4]; 5. 2-Glenn Macomber[5]; 6. 21J-Josh Weiant[7]; 7. 84X-Zach Glass[9]; 8. 5M-Madison Wily[8]; 9. (DNF) 23K-Courtney Kupp[6]

Heat 6 8 Laps

1. 99-Nash Lucas[1]; 2. 6-Danial Boyer[2]; 3. 77S-Ben Stolz[4]; 4. 1L-Dave Labe[3]; 5. 41-Mike Boyer[5]; 6. 74-Brayden Winters[7]; 7. 96W-Chase Walker[8]; 8. 48K-Will Karas[6]

Flight A 2 Laps

1. 4-Ross Perchak[8]; 2. 20M-Craig Myers[11]; 3. 9M-Chris Dolan[16]; 4. 76B-Brent Shearer[25]; 5. 133-Brian Borawiec Jr[1]; 6. 3-Josh Stoyer[18]; 7. 27-Brayden Spencer[19]; 8. 11R-Tommy Rinck[13]; 9. 14S-Jason Swavely[2]; 10. 5A-Anthony Yerger[6]; 11. 24-Colten McAndrew[14]; 12. 11-Brian Heist[15]; 13. 22J-Raymond Ohlinger[23]; 14. 7C-Curtis Miller[17]; 15. 88-Nolan Higgins[24]; 16. 11H-Chason Hauck[9]; 17. 08-Jason Paisley[26]; 18. 94-Dallas Sanders[21]; 19. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[22]; 20. 15-Sean McAndrew[7]; 21. 22-Joshua Ohlinger[4]; 22. 96D-Dakota Deemer[5]; 23. 2C-Cory Thornton[12]; 24. 76-Kyle Keiper[10]; 25. 00-Pat Kelly[20]; 26. 84-Charles Kitchnefsky[3]

Flight B 2 Laps

1. 2X-Lake Laughman, 00:12.667[6]; 2. 20-Cory Myers, 00:12.701[24]; 3. 99-Nash Lucas, 00:12.708[22]; 4. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr, 00:12.727[19]; 5. 4T-Tyler Puterbaugh, 00:12.739[9]; 6. 6-Danial Boyer, 00:12.767[3]; 7. 5W-Jason Klinger, 00:12.772[14]; 8. 14-Mason McAndrew, 00:12.812[12]; 9. 1L-Dave Labe, 00:12.820[25]; 10. 71-Scott Zimmerman, 00:12.825[11]; 11. 56-Marshall Labuda, 00:12.857[20]; 12. 77S-Ben Stolz, 00:12.909[17]; 13. 25-Ryan McAndrew, 00:12.923[4]; 14. 2-Glenn Macomber, 00:13.012[16]; 15. 41-Mike Boyer, 00:13.016[10]; 16. 19-Matt Fernsler, 00:13.093[8]; 17. 23K-Courtney Kupp, 00:13.106[7]; 18. 48K-Will Karas, 00:13.112[5]; 19. 19X-Stevie Daron Jr, 00:13.188[18]; 20. 21J-Josh Weiant, 00:13.312[21]; 21. 74-Brayden Winters, 00:13.463[13]; 22. 76H-Bryson Haugh, 00:13.759[1]; 23. 5M-Madison Wily, 00:13.897[23]; 24. 96W-Chase Walker, 00:13.897[2]; 25. 3W-Matt Wilson, 00:13.897[15]; 26. 84X-Zach Glass, 00:13.897[26]

Winged 600 Micro Sprints 35 Entries

A-Main 25 Laps

1. 29-Brent Shearer[4]; 2. 14-Jason Swavely[9]; 3. 19-Chase Schott[1]; 4. 5J-Jason Sechrist[2]; 5. 45-Aiden Lutz[5]; 6. 5A-Anthony Yerger[8]; 7. 44S-Steve Whary[11]; 8. 71-Brian Kramer[12]; 9. 77-Ben Stolz[18]; 10. 11H-Holden Eckman[16]; 11. 24T-Taylor Troxel[13]; 12. 66-Brock Puterbaugh[14]; 13. 24S-Frank Stoner[20]; 14. 27-Jase Smith[3]; 15. 28K-Karter Adams[22]; 16. 13-Ben Freels[19]; 17. 21-Mason Beinhower[6]; 18. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[17]; 19. 22-Shawn Rumbaugh[23]; 20. 24J-Christopher Broadaway[10]; 21. 38-Isabella Landis[21]; 22. 01M-Aden Myers[24]; 23. 14H-Tyler Walton[15]; 24. (DQ) 14T-Heath Walton[7]

B-Main 1 8 Laps

1. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[1]; 2. 13-Ben Freels[3]; 3. 38-Isabella Landis[7]; 4. 22-Shawn Rumbaugh[4]; 5. 88A-Cole Armstrong[5]; 6. 1T-Cole Thompson[10]; 7. L13-Robert Potter[6]; 8. 44-Alex Heckendorn[2]; 9. (DNS) 7C-Curtis Miller; 10. (DNS) 22RW-Mike Rankin Jr

B-Main 2 8 Laps

1. 77-Ben Stolz[3]; 2. 24S-Frank Stoner[4]; 3. 28K-Karter Adams[5]; 4. 01M-Aden Myers[7]; 5. 2XL-Trevor Stover[8]; 6. (DNS) 78-Chase Bixler; 7. (DNS) 47-Scott Gesford; 8. (DNS) 16-Aeydan Koposko; 9. (DNS) 7S-Mike Sherman

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 14-Jason Swavely[6]; 2. 19-Chase Schott[2]; 3. 24J-Christopher Broadaway[4]; 4. 24T-Taylor Troxel[5]; 5. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[9]; 6. 13-Ben Freels[3]; 7. 88A-Cole Armstrong[8]; 8. (DNS) 7C-Curtis Miller; 9. (DQ) 1T-Cole Thompson[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 29-Brent Shearer[9]; 2. 71-Brian Kramer[8]; 3. 14T-Heath Walton[6]; 4. 66-Brock Puterbaugh[5]; 5. 44-Alex Heckendorn[7]; 6. 22-Shawn Rumbaugh[2]; 7. L13-Robert Potter[3]; 8. (DNF) 38-Isabella Landis[4]; 9. (DNF) 22RW-Mike Rankin Jr[1]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 45-Aiden Lutz[1]; 2. 21-Mason Beinhower[2]; 3. 44S-Steve Whary[6]; 4. 14H-Tyler Walton[8]; 5. 78-Chase Bixler[3]; 6. 77-Ben Stolz[5]; 7. 28K-Karter Adams[7]; 8. (DNF) 01M-Aden Myers[4]

Heat 4 8 Laps

1. 27-Jase Smith[1]; 2. 5J-Jason Sechrist[3]; 3. 5A-Anthony Yerger[4]; 4. 11H-Holden Eckman[5]; 5. 47-Scott Gesford[6]; 6. 24S-Frank Stoner[8]; 7. 16-Aeydan Koposko[9]; 8. (DNF) 2XL-Trevor Stover[2]; 9. (DNF) 7S-Mike Sherman[7]

Junior Slingshots 12 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 57-Hailey Eroh[2]; 2. 77-Daniel Betz[4]; 3. 50-EJ Hatch[1]; 4. 55B-Barry Seaman[3]; 5. 24-Anthony Ciccone[6]; 6. 35A-Aubrey Romig[5]; 7. 23G-Gavin Wolfe[7]; 8. 4-Carter Hughes[9]; 9. 1-Lilly Esterly[8]; 10. 94S-Emma Sneddon[11]; 11. 97JR-Charlie Geibel[12]; 12. (DNS) 44-Jonathan Severn

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 24-Anthony Ciccone[1]; 2. 77-Daniel Betz[4]; 3. 57-Hailey Eroh[6]; 4. 23G-Gavin Wolfe[2]; 5. 4-Carter Hughes[5]; 6. (DNF) 97JR-Charlie Geibel[3]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 35A-Aubrey Romig[1]; 2. 55B-Barry Seaman[2]; 3. 50-EJ Hatch[3]; 4. 1-Lilly Esterly[4]; 5. 44-Jonathan Severn[5]; 6. 94S-Emma Sneddon[6]

Front Wheel Drive 15 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 81JR-Michael Wambold[3]; 2. 11-Bill Sherwood[1]; 3. 11S-Ryan Smith[4]; 4. 72-David Eitnier[2]; 5. 12-Ken Buck[5]; 6. 18-Shane Flaherty[6]; 7. 71-Daniel Eitnier[9]; 8. 0D-Daddy Dave Eitner[11]; 9. 97X-Chris McCarr[13]; 10. 18F-Bubba Sonnon[10]; 11. 97-Justin Riegel[7]; 12. 8-Andrew Oberdorf[8]; 13. (DNS) 228-Nicholas Barthalow; 14. (DNS) 58-Mike Allar; 15. (DNS) 70-Chuck Detweiler

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 72-David Eitnier[5]; 2. 18-Shane Flaherty[8]; 3. 11S-Ryan Smith[6]; 4. 97-Justin Riegel[4]; 5. 71-Daniel Eitnier[3]; 6. 0D-Daddy Dave Eitner[1]; 7. (DNF) 228-Nicholas Barthalow[2]; 8. (DNS) 58-Mike Allar

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 11-Bill Sherwood[2]; 2. 81JR-Michael Wambold[6]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[7]; 4. 8-Andrew Oberdorf[1]; 5. 18F-Bubba Sonnon[4]; 6. (DNF) 97X-Chris McCarr[3]; 7. (DNS) 70-Chuck Detweiler

Junior Sprints 8 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 52-Jase Smith[4]; 2. 707-Jax Wittmer[5]; 3. 16-Larry Kelleher[3]; 4. 15-Braylon Morris[1]; 5. 7-Ashlyn Wittmer[6]; 6. 14-Will Simco[2]; 7. 28-Archer Jumper[8]; 8. (DNS) 45-Brycen Austin

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 52-Jase Smith[3]; 2. 16-Larry Kelleher[7]; 3. 14-Will Simco[8]; 4. 15-Braylon Morris[5]; 5. 707-Jax Wittmer[2]; 6. 7-Ashlyn Wittmer[6]; 7. 45-Brycen Austin[1]; 8. 28-Archer Jumper[4]