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Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – An action-packed seven-division show of racing Friday night at the Linda’s Speedway was highlighted by several past champions making trips into the winner’s circle after taking some hard-fought checkered flags.
In the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprint division, last year’s track champion Brandon Heist continued his excellent start to 2024 by picking up the win in the second 270 race of the year at Linda’s. Heist quickly bolted to the lead from the outside pole and held onto the spot for the rest of the race to claim the victory.
Former track champion Jason Swavely made his return to Linda’s a successful one as he parked his No. 14 in victory lane following a late-race battle with Cody West. Swavely tried to pass West on the low side, but was denied. On the next restart with just a few laps to go, Swavely blasted past on the high line and set sail toward victory.
Two-time 600 Modified champion Kenny Harris took advantage of a strong restart around halfway to get past Tiffany Hitzler and take the checkers of Friday’s 20-lap A-Main.
The Front Wheel Drives made their 2024 season debut on Friday night as well, and it was veteran Shane Flaherty who picked up the win, triumphing in the season-opening race for the second year in a row.
Returning to action for the second-straight week were the PA Micro Midgets. While Chris Ott picked up his second win in as many weeks in the 300 class, it was Todd Walls who was victorious this time in the ultra-competitive 500 division, as the two-time defending class champion kept the pack at bay throughout the 20-lap feature event.
The Junior Sprints also made their return to the track, and it was once again Jase Smith who parked the No. 52 in victory lane, this time leading wire-to-wire to do so.
Linda’s Speedway returns to action next Friday night with the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints, Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints, and Junior Sprints all back in town. Joining them on the docket will be the Chargers, J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshots, and the first appearance of the season for the Midgets.
Result’s -5/3/2024-
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 28 Entries
A MAIN 25 Laps
1. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[3]; 2. 76B-Brent Shearer[10]; 3. 20M-Craig Myers[9]; 4. 41-Mike Boyer[4]; 5. 9M-Chris Dolan[11]; 6. 19-Matt Fernsler[1]; 7. 88J-Jason Klinger[6]; 8. 23K-Courtney Kupp[8]; 9. 88-Nolan Higgins[21]; 10. 6-Danial Boyer[13]; 11. 11-Brian Heist[14]; 12. 94-Dallas Sanders[12]; 13. 8-Scott Gingrich[19]; 14. 4-Dylan Pence[17]; 15. 08-Jason Paisley[18]; 16. 21J-Josh Weiant[23]; 17. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[20]; 18. 71-Scott Zimmerman[7]; 19. 5W-Nunzi Allegrucci[16]; 20. 88S-Nick Skias[22]; 21. 27-Brayden Spencer[15]; 22. 20-Cory Myers[5]; 23. 77S-Ben Stolz[2]; 24. 55X-Jimmy Wampole[24]
B MAIN 8 Laps
1. 8-Scott Gingrich[1]; 2. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[2]; 3. 88-Nolan Higgins[3]; 4. 88S-Nick Skias[5]; 5. 21J-Josh Weiant[6]; 6. 55X-Jimmy Wampole[9]; 7. (DNF) 76H-Bryson Haugh[8]; 8. (DNS) 11H-Chason Hauck; 9. (DNS) 52-Makayla Fullerton; 10. (DNS) 1A-Austin Graby
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[7]; 2. 94-Dallas Sanders[2]; 3. 20M-Craig Myers[10]; 4. 76B-Brent Shearer[9]; 5. 6-Danial Boyer[5]; 6. 5W-Nunzi Allegrucci[4]; 7. 8-Scott Gingrich[8]; 8. 88-Nolan Higgins[6]; 9. (DNS) 55X-Jimmy Wampole; 10. (DNS) 1A-Austin Graby
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 88J-Jason Klinger[1]; 2. 41-Mike Boyer[6]; 3. 23K-Courtney Kupp[2]; 4. 19-Matt Fernsler[3]; 5. 11-Brian Heist[8]; 6. 4-Dylan Pence[9]; 7. (DNF) 11H-Chason Hauck[5]; 8. (DNF) 21J-Josh Weiant[4]; 9. (DNF) 76H-Bryson Haugh[7]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 20-Cory Myers[4]; 2. 71-Scott Zimmerman[5]; 3. 77S-Ben Stolz[7]; 4. 9M-Chris Dolan[8]; 5. 27-Brayden Spencer[9]; 6. 08-Jason Paisley[6]; 7. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[2]; 8. (DNF) 88S-Nick Skias[3]; 9. (DNF) 52-Makayla Fullerton[1]
Winged 600 Micro Sprints 36 Entries
A MAIN 25 Laps
1. 14-Jason Swavely[5]; 2. 117-Cody West[2]; 3. 44S-Steve Whary[7]; 4. 32HX-Trenton Rivera[6]; 5. 117X-Randy West[4]; 6. 07-Trevor Teats[13]; 7. 45-Aiden Lutz[12]; 8. 21-Mason Beinhower[14]; 9. 91-Randy Kunkle Jr[16]; 10. 71-Brian Kramer[17]; 11. 47-Scott Gesford[1]; 12. 44-Alex Heckendorn[18]; 13. 5A-Anthony Yerger[19]; 14. 7S-Mike Sherman[8]; 15. 78-Chase Bixler[20]; 16. 27-Jase Smith[21]; 17. 11H-Holden Eckman[22]; 18. 32-Josh Smith[3]; 19. 29-Brent Shearer[9]; 20. 14H-Tyler Walton[11]; 21. 29W-Rodney Westhafer[10]; 22. 77-Ben Stolz[15]; 23. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[23]; 24. 32H-Tyler Harper[24]
B MAIN 1 8 Laps
1. 71-Brian Kramer[1]; 2. 5A-Anthony Yerger[6]; 3. 27-Jase Smith[3]; 4. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[2]; 5. 18M-Brayden Mickley[4]; 6. 09-Dawson Walls[5]; 7. 14T-Heath Walton[9]; 8. 29S-Sophya Papp[8]; 9. 9W-Weston Doklan[7]; 10. 9-Tristan Huffman[10]
B MAIN 2 8 Laps
1. 44-Alex Heckendorn[2]; 2. 78-Chase Bixler[3]; 3. 11H-Holden Eckman[9]; 4. 32H-Tyler Harper[1]; 5. 5J-Jason Sechrist[8]; 6. 1T-Cole Thompson[4]; 7. 5H-Haylee Papp[5]; 8. 24S-Frank Stoner[6]; 9. 38-Isabella Landis[7]; 10. (DNS) 19S-Chase Schott
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 117X-Randy West[2]; 2. 29W-Rodney Westhafer[1]; 3. 14H-Tyler Walton[4]; 4. 07-Trevor Teats[5]; 5. 71-Brian Kramer[8]; 6. 27-Jase Smith[9]; 7. 09-Dawson Walls[7]; 8. (DNF) 9W-Weston Doklan[6]; 9. (DNF) 14T-Heath Walton[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 44S-Steve Whary[1]; 2. 32-Josh Smith[2]; 3. 7S-Mike Sherman[4]; 4. 21-Mason Beinhower[6]; 5. 25-Kenneth Beinhower III[8]; 6. 18M-Brayden Mickley[7]; 7. 5A-Anthony Yerger[9]; 8. 29S-Sophya Papp[3]; 9. 9-Tristan Huffman[5]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 29-Brent Shearer[1]; 2. 32HX-Trenton Rivera[2]; 3. 45-Aiden Lutz[6]; 4. 77-Ben Stolz[5]; 5. 32H-Tyler Harper[3]; 6. 78-Chase Bixler[4]; 7. 5H-Haylee Papp[9]; 8. (DNF) 5J-Jason Sechrist[7]; 9. (DNS) 19S-Chase Schott
Heat 4 8 Laps
1. 14-Jason Swavely[2]; 2. 47-Scott Gesford[1]; 3. 117-Cody West[5]; 4. 91-Randy Kunkle Jr[6]; 5. 44-Alex Heckendorn[8]; 6. 1T-Cole Thompson[7]; 7. 24S-Frank Stoner[9]; 8. 38-Isabella Landis[3]; 9. (DNF) 11H-Holden Eckman[4]
600cc Modifieds 17 Entries
A MAIN 20 Laps
1. 17K-Kenny Harris[5]; 2. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[10]; 3. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[7]; 4. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[3]; 5. 13-Ed Hollenbach[1]; 6. 116-Gerry Bressler[2]; 7. 10T-Tyler Fronina[12]; 8. 28-Raymond Gradwell[4]; 9. 20-Ryley Garman[8]; 10. 21-Mark Bressler[6]; 11. 1-Trevor Bixler[14]; 12. 5-John Hall[13]; 13. 20K-Chad Kreiser[11]; 14. 69-Christian Smith[16]; 15. 122-Brandon Kulp[9]; 16. 42K-RJ Smith[15]; 17. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[17]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[2]; 2. 116-Gerry Bressler[3]; 3. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[4]; 4. 21-Mark Bressler[7]; 5. 122-Brandon Kulp[6]; 6. 20K-Chad Kreiser[8]; 7. 5-John Hall[9]; 8. 42K-RJ Smith[1]; 9. (DNS) Z12-Randy Getz Jr
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 17K-Kenny Harris[8]; 2. 13-Ed Hollenbach[1]; 3. 28-Raymond Gradwell[2]; 4. 20-Ryley Garman[4]; 5. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[7]; 6. 10T-Tyler Fronina[5]; 7. 1-Trevor Bixler[6]; 8. 69-Christian Smith[3]
Front Wheel Drive 21 Entries
A MAIN 15 Laps
1. 18S-Shane Flaherty[2]; 2. 11-Bill Sherwood[4]; 3. 71-Daniel Eitnier[6]; 4. 72-David Eitnier[9]; 5. 11S-Ryan Smith[7]; 6. 81JR-Michael Wambold[16]; 7. 12-Ken Buck[11]; 8. 55J-Roy Denike[8]; 9. 97-Justin Riegel[12]; 10. 00S-Chris Small[1]; 11. 711-Shawn Wise[5]; 12. 97X-Chris McCarr[17]; 13. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[3]; 14. 34-Brandon Fisher[10]; 15. 0D-Daddy Dave Eitner[18]; 16. 127-Gary Grim[13]; 17. 51-Hunter Whitcomb[14]; 18. 18F-Ian Herr[15]
B MAIN 8 Laps
1. 81JR-Michael Wambold[1]; 2. 97X-Chris McCarr[2]; 3. 0D-Daddy Dave Eitner[3]; 4. (DNS) 18-Blake Snyder; 5. (DNS) 51R-Zachary Rill; 6. (DNS) 24A-Aaleyah Dyarman
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 711-Shawn Wise[1]; 2. 72-David Eitnier[4]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[6]; 4. 11S-Ryan Smith[2]; 5. 127-Gary Grim[7]; 6. 81JR-Michael Wambold[5]; 7. 0D-Daddy Dave Eitner[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 00S-Chris Small[1]; 2. 18S-Shane Flaherty[3]; 3. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[2]; 4. 97-Justin Riegel[4]; 5. 51-Hunter Whitcomb[5]; 6. 97X-Chris McCarr[7]; 7. (DNF) 18-Blake Snyder[6]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 34-Brandon Fisher[1]; 2. 11-Bill Sherwood[6]; 3. 55J-Roy Denike[2]; 4. 71-Daniel Eitnier[3]; 5. 18F-Ian Herr[7]; 6. 51R-Zachary Rill[5]; 7. (DNS) 24A-Aaleyah Dyarman
PA Micro Midgets 300 10 Entries
A MAIN 15 Laps
1. 12-Chris Ott[3]; 2. 27-Camden Cooper[2]; 3. 5C-Timothy Colliflower[7]; 4. 30K-Dustin Harman[1]; 5. 11Z-Alyssa Hackart[4]; 6. 25S-Cooper Shupe[8]; 7. 87S-Hunter Smith[6]; 8. 92-Terry Hartlaub[10]; 9. 2-Barry Thomas[5]; 10. 17-Dakota Thomas[9]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 12-Chris Ott[3]; 2. 27-Camden Cooper[6]; 3. 30K-Dustin Harman[1]; 4. 11Z-Alyssa Hackart[2]; 5. 2-Barry Thomas[5]; 6. 87S-Hunter Smith[4]; 7. 5C-Timothy Colliflower[10]; 8. 25S-Cooper Shupe[9]; 9. 17-Dakota Thomas[7]; 10. 92-Terry Hartlaub[8]
Junior Sprints 6 Entries
A MAIN 15 Laps
1. 52-Jase Smith[1]; 2. 707-Jax Wittmer[2]; 3. 5G-Gage Pio[4]; 4. 15G-Ashen Glazier[3]; 5. 7-Ashlyn Wittmer[5]; 6. 65J-Landon Snyder[6]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 52-Jase Smith[4]; 2. 707-Jax Wittmer[3]; 3. 15G-Ashen Glazier[2]; 4. 5G-Gage Pio[5]; 5. 7-Ashlyn Wittmer[6]; 6. 65J-Landon Snyder[1]
PA Micro Midgets 500 25 Entries
A MAIN 20 Laps
1. 33-Todd Walls[2]; 2. 27C-Justin Care[11]; 3. 72-Christopher Keshishian[3]; 4. 16-Ryan Rost[25]; 5. 28-Nick Decker[8]; 6. 30-Jermey Sperlein[15]; 7. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool[9]; 8. 1-Cody Johnson[22]; 9. 19C-Michael Ciccone Ch[18]; 10. 00-Andrew Ketterman[23]; 11. 21K-Kensley Shearer[10]; 12. 16S-Chris Seitz Jacobus[5]; 13. 20-AJ Vanderpool[14]; 14. 5D-Andrew Dietrich[12]; 15. 1XJR-Josh Forry[17]; 16. 17R-Jim Rost JR[21]; 17. 13B-Ronald Blizzard Jr[4]; 18. 15W-Hunter Scofield[1]; 19. 27-Zach Cooper[16]; 20. 25-Kyler Plummer[6]; 21. 13-Ryan Voland[13]; 22. 48W-Earl Wolfe[7]; 23. 15B-JB Bloss[19]; 24. 0Z-Tanner Byers[20]; 25. 2W-Brady Wilt[24]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 13B-Ronald Blizzard Jr[5]; 2. 72-Christopher Keshishian[6]; 3. 16S-Chris Seitz Jacobus[1]; 4. 5D-Andrew Dietrich[2]; 5. 13-Ryan Voland[4]; 6. 27-Zach Cooper[9]; 7. 15B-JB Bloss[3]; 8. 1-Cody Johnson[7]; 9. (DNF) 00-Andrew Ketterman[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:06.029
1. 25-Kyler Plummer[3]; 2. 27C-Justin Care[7]; 3. 33-Todd Walls[8]; 4. 80-Alyssa Vanderpool[4]; 5. 20-AJ Vanderpool[1]; 6. 1XJR-Josh Forry[6]; 7. 0Z-Tanner Byers[2]; 8. (DNF) 2W-Brady Wilt[5]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:12.371
1. 48W-Earl Wolfe[2]; 2. 15W-Hunter Scofield[1]; 3. 21K-Kensley Shearer[5]; 4. 28-Nick Decker[3]; 5. 30-Jermey Sperlein[7]; 6. 19C-Michael Ciccone Ch[8]; 7. 17R-Jim Rost JR[6]; 8. (DNF) 16-Ryan Rost[4]
