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Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – A technical Linda’s Speedway surface allowed the opportunity for the cream to rise to the top of the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprint division on Friday night.
Veteran driver “Hotrod” Brent Shearer motored through the pack from the 10th starting position to claim his first win of the season – and establish himself as a contender for the National Open – aboard the Jake Dupler-owned No. 1A.
The race looked early on as if it could have been a runaway for Matt Fernsler, as the Annville driver took the lead on the opening lap and opened up an advantage of over three seconds between himself and the rest of the field. All of that went away on lap 13, though, as Fernsler clipped one of the infield tires through turns 1 and 2 and spun sideways with broken steering on the No. 19 machine.
Jason Paisley inherited the lead as a result, but it wasn’t long before Shearer found the clean air himself. The Manheim native went from third to first in just over a lap to claim the top spot. Shearer was then left to hold off 12th-place starter Brandon Heist over the closing laps. Although the defending track champion provided a brief challenge, Shearer pulled away over the final seven-lap run to secure his victory.
Championship leader Mike Boyer brought home a seventh-place result, which tightened the points gap between himself and Brandon Heist to just four markers with three points races remaining.
For the first time in 2024, the Charger division saw a repeat winner at the quarter-mile on Friday night. After Austin Webster and Chucky Kimmel were involved in an incident racing for the lead, Chris Warren swooped in to pick up the pieces and scored his second win of the year. Warren has a five-point lead over Kimmel in the standings with two points races remaining.
The Xcel 600 Modified Tour returned to Linda’s on Friday night as well. Milford, NJ’s Bobby Butler hopped aboard Doug Borger’s No. M1 and parked it in the winner’s circle from the ninth starting spot. “The Conductor” made an outside pass on Eric Whitby and led the final eight laps of the feature en route to the checkered flag.
After being passed for the win on the last lap three weeks ago, E. J. Hatch sealed the deal on Friday night and brought an end to Hailey Eroh’s five-race winning streak in the J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshots. Hatch held off a charge from Cameron Hartz and ultimately led wire-to-wire to score his second win of the season.
Linda’s Speedway is back in action next Friday, Aug. 30 for a “Living Legends Night” in honor of current Hoffer Paving All Star Slingshot competitor and five-time Linda’s Speedway track champion Brett Bieber. Joining the All Star Slingshots in the action will be the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints, the Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints, and the Front Wheel Drive division.
8/23/2024 – Results
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 22 Entries
A-Main 25 Laps
1. 1A-Brent Shearer[10]; 2. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[12]; 3. 9M-Chris Dolan[5]; 4. 08-Jason Paisley[1]; 5. 77-Ben Stolz[7]; 6. 6-Danial Boyer[4]; 7. 41-Mike Boyer[15]; 8. 2B-Brayden Winters[17]; 9. 8-Scott Gingrich[14]; 10. 81-Dylan Holmes[6]; 11. 11H-Chason Hauck[9]; 12. 95-Bennett Skelton[22]; 13. 23K-Courtney Kupp[21]; 14. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[20]; 15. 44-Blake Ludwig[11]; 16. 5W-Jason Klinger[8]; 17. 76B-Noah Martin[3]; 18. 19-Matt Fernsler[2]; 19. 21J-Josh Weiant[19]; 20. 76H-Bryson Haugh[18]; 21. 22J-Joshua Ohlinger[13]; 22. 94-Dallas Sanders[16]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 44-Blake Ludwig[2]; 2. 1A-Brent Shearer[3]; 3. 08-Jason Paisley[4]; 4. 19-Matt Fernsler[8]; 5. 77-Ben Stolz[10]; 6. 81-Dylan Holmes[5]; 7. 22J-Joshua Ohlinger[1]; 8. 41-Mike Boyer[11]; 9. 2B-Brayden Winters[9]; 10. 21J-Josh Weiant[6]; 11. (DNS) 95-Bennett Skelton
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 9M-Chris Dolan[1]; 2. 5W-Jason Klinger[2]; 3. 6-Danial Boyer[6]; 4. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[5]; 5. 11H-Chason Hauck[3]; 6. 76B-Noah Martin[4]; 7. 8-Scott Gingrich[7]; 8. 94-Dallas Sanders[9]; 9. 76H-Bryson Haugh[10]; 10. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[11]; 11. (DNF) 23K-Courtney Kupp[8]
Junior Slingshots 7 Entries
A-Main 15 Laps
1. 50-EJ Hatch[1]; 2. 15-Cameron Hartz[3]; 3. 1-Lilly Esterly[2]; 4. 55B-Barry Seaman[5]; 5. 57-Hailey Eroh[4]; 6. 4C-Colten Berndt[6]; 7. 94S-Emma Sneddon[7]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 50-EJ Hatch[2]; 2. 1-Lilly Esterly[1]; 3. 15-Cameron Hartz[5]; 4. 57-Hailey Eroh[4]; 5. 55B-Barry Seaman[3]; 6. 4C-Colten Berndt[6]; 7. 94S-Emma Sneddon[7]
600cc Modifieds 27 Entries
A-Main 25 Laps
1. M1-Bobby Butler[9]; 2. 12E-Eric Whitby[1]; 3. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[2]; 4. 42K-RJ Smith[3]; 5. 127-Korey Inglin[10]; 6. 10T-Tyler Fronina[7]; 7. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[8]; 8. 29-Douglas Newbigging[16]; 9. 116-Gerry Bressler[12]; 10. 20K-Chad Kreiser[4]; 11. 4M-Dylan Cordier[18]; 12. 20R-Ryley Garman[21]; 13. 21-Mark Bressler[11]; 14. 33-Daisy Dove[20]; 15. 2G-Mike Sperlbaum[17]; 16. 17K-Kenny Harris[15]; 17. 78-Josh Bewley[22]; 18. 13-Ed Hollenbach[14]; 19. 3-Cory Phillips[6]; 20. 69-Christian Smith[13]; 21. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[5]; 22. 23-Dave Fry[26]; 23. 5-John Hall[23]; 24. 15-Jimmy Stong[27]; 25. (DNS) 31-Mike Mammana; 26. (DNS) 28-Raymond Gradwell; 27. (DNS) 122-Brandon Kulp
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[8]; 2. 10T-Tyler Fronina[5]; 3. 12E-Eric Whitby[6]; 4. 127-Korey Inglin[7]; 5. 69-Christian Smith[2]; 6. 29-Douglas Newbigging[9]; 7. 31-Mike Mammana[1]; 8. (DNF) 78-Josh Bewley[3]; 9. (DNS) 122-Brandon Kulp
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 42K-RJ Smith[4]; 2. 3-Cory Phillips[3]; 3. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[5]; 4. 21-Mark Bressler[8]; 5. 13-Ed Hollenbach[6]; 6. 2G-Mike Sperlbaum[2]; 7. 33-Daisy Dove[7]; 8. (DNF) 5-John Hall[9]; 9. (DNF) 23-Dave Fry[1]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[1]; 2. M1-Bobby Butler[2]; 3. 20K-Chad Kreiser[8]; 4. 116-Gerry Bressler[7]; 5. (DNF) 17K-Kenny Harris[4]; 6. (DNF) 4M-Dylan Cordier[6]; 7. (DNF) 20R-Ryley Garman[5]; 8. (DNS) 28-Raymond Gradwell; 9. (DQ) 15-Jimmy Stong[3]
Chargers 10 Entries
A-Main 15 Laps
1. 54-Chris Warren[5]; 2. 711-Chucky Kimmel[7]; 3. 21-Ian Herr[3]; 4. 15-Butch Helsel[4]; 5. 30PK-Chris McCarr[8]; 6. 2M-Josh Michael[9]; 7. 27-Austin Webster[1]; 8. 6PK-Justin Riegel[2]; 9. (DNS) 01-Ed Hollenbach; (DNS) 711-Eric Hollenbach
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 15-Butch Helsel[5]; 2. 21-Ian Herr[2]; 3. 01-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 4. (DNF) 30PK-Chris McCarr[1]; 5. (DNF) 2M-Josh Michael[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 27-Austin Webster[3]; 2. 6PK-Justin Riegel[2]; 3. 54-Chris Warren[5]; 4. 711-Chucky Kimmel[4]; 5. (DNS) 711-Eric Hollenbach
