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Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – Despite all of his 270 Micro Sprint success at the Path Valley Speedway Park, Chambersburg’s Craig Myers had struggled to break through and find victory lane when venturing to the Linda’s Speedway.
But that finally changed back in May when Myers picked up the prestigious Kevin Gobrecht Memorial Race victory. And on Friday night, Myers conquered the quarter-mile for a second time in 2024, sweeping the night in a dominant performance.
Myers was fastest among the 28 entrants in the Mike Co Motorsports 270 Micro Sprint Time Trial event. He parlayed that quick time into a heat race victory and the pole position for Friday night’s 25-lapper. And in the feature event, Myers went largely uncontested on his way to the checkered flag.
The No. 20M pulled away from the pack on every restart, fending off his brother, Cory, along with a hard-charging Brandon Heist. A dash of drama was added to the equation when the yellow lights flashed on with one lap remaining, but Myers held onto his victory over the final circuit, leading Heist and Mike Boyer to the flag.
The Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints saw their third first time winner in the last three races, as this time it was Landisville’s Holden Eckman who got the job done in their 25-lapper. Eckman picked up his first 600 win earlier in the year at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, and led wire-to-wire from the outside pole for his maiden Linda’s victory.
After a nearly two-month hiatus, the 600 Modifieds made the trek back to Linda’s Speedway just in time for the stretch run of the season. They saw a new winner, too, as Dylan Cordier parked Steve McLaughlin’s No. 4M in victory lane following a hard-fought 20-lapper, in which Cordier ran away from points leader Tyler Bartik and Kenny Harris to claim a special triumph.
The Front Wheel Drive class saw its first repeat winner of the 2024 season, as the Jonestown Throwdown victor and Linda’s Speedway Living Legend Bill Sherwood dominated a stock car feature that ran to green-to-checkered through all 15 laps. The win gave Sherwood the points lead with just two Front Wheel Drive races remaining in the season.
Linda’s Speedway returns for Back to School Night on Friday, Aug. 23 and features another exciting four-division show. The Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints and the Chargers continue their respective championship chases, while the Xcel 600 Modified Tour returns for a final tune-up before the 54-lapper in September. The stars of tomorrow in the J&J Auto Body Junior Slingshots complete the action next Friday night.
8/16/2024-Results
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 28 Entries
A-Main 25 Laps
1. 20M-Craig Myers[1]; 2. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[4]; 3. 41-Mike Boyer[9]; 4. 3-Josh Stoyer[2]; 5. 9M-Chris Dolan[6]; 6. 77-Ben Stolz[13]; 7. 19-Matt Fernsler[14]; 8. 17-Cody Siegel[10]; 9. 1A-Brent Shearer[19]; 10. 8-Scott Gingrich[12]; 11. 83D-Devin Dunmire[5]; 12. 23K-Courtney Kupp[18]; 13. 5W-Jason Klinger[15]; 14. 1L-Dave Labe[21]; 15. 08X-Nate Gibble[16]; 16. 199-Parker Lucas[8]; 17. 20-Cory Myers[3]; 18. 08-Jason Paisley[20]; 19. 11H-Chason Hauck[24]; 20. 5A-Anthony Yerger[11]; 21. 76B-Noah Martin[7]; 22. 11R-Tommy Rinck[22]; 23. 2C-Teegan Kauffman[23]; 24. 81-Dylan Holmes[17]
B-Main 8 Laps
1. 1A-Brent Shearer[9]; 2. 08-Jason Paisley[2]; 3. 1L-Dave Labe[3]; 4. 11R-Tommy Rinck[8]; 5. 2C-Teegan Kauffman[5]; 6. 11H-Chason Hauck[1]; 7. 21H-Matt Hoffman[4]; 8. (DNS) 6-Danial Boyer; 9. (DNS) 747-Richie Hartman; 10. (DNS) 96D-Dakota Deemer
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 20M-Craig Myers[1]; 2. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 3. 76B-Noah Martin[3]; 4. 17-Cody Siegel[5]; 5. 77-Ben Stolz[4]; 6. 08X-Nate Gibble[8]; 7. 11H-Chason Hauck[9]; 8. 21H-Matt Hoffman[6]; 9. (DNF) 6-Danial Boyer[7]; 10. (DNF) 1A-Brent Shearer[10]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 3-Josh Stoyer[1]; 2. 83D-Devin Dunmire[2]; 3. 199-Parker Lucas[3]; 4. 5A-Anthony Yerger[6]; 5. 19-Matt Fernsler[5]; 6. 81-Dylan Holmes[4]; 7. 08-Jason Paisley[9]; 8. 2C-Teegan Kauffman[8]; 9. (DNF) 747-Richie Hartman[7]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 20-Cory Myers[1]; 2. 9M-Chris Dolan[2]; 3. 41-Mike Boyer[5]; 4. 8-Scott Gingrich[3]; 5. 5W-Jason Klinger[4]; 6. 23K-Courtney Kupp[8]; 7. 1L-Dave Labe[7]; 8. (DNF) 11R-Tommy Rinck[6]; 9. (DNF) 96D-Dakota Deemer[9]
Time Trials 2 Laps
1. 20M-Craig Myers, 00:12.889[20];
2. 3-Josh Stoyer, 00:12.921[13];
3. 20-Cory Myers, 00:12.935[16];
4. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr, 00:12.969[17];
5. 83D-Devin Dunmire, 00:12.970[5];
6. 9M-Chris Dolan, 00:13.003[24];
7. 76B-Noah Martin, 00:13.084[10];
8. 199-Parker Lucas, 00:13.121[26];
9. 8-Scott Gingrich, 00:13.132[23];
10. 77-Ben Stolz, 00:13.153[18];
11. 81-Dylan Holmes, 00:13.156[7];
12. 5W-Jason Klinger, 00:13.176[8];
13. 17-Cody Siegel, 00:13.180[6];
14. 19-Matt Fernsler, 00:13.207[22];
15. 41-Mike Boyer, 00:13.227[4];
16. 21H-Matt Hoffman, 00:13.331[3];
17. 5A-Anthony Yerger, 00:13.334[28];
18. 11R-Tommy Rinck, 00:13.346[2];
19. 6-Danial Boyer, 00:13.389[25];
20. 747-Richie Hartman, 00:13.399[11];
21. 1L-Dave Labe, 00:13.414[19];
22. 08X-Nate Gibble, 00:13.459[12];
23. 2C-Teegan Kauffman, 00:13.465[15];
24. 23K-Courtney Kupp, 00:13.556[1];
25. 11H-Chason Hauck, 00:13.573[14];
26. 08-Jason Paisley, 00:13.869[27];
27. 96D-Dakota Deemer, 00:15.764[21];
28. 1A-Brent Shearer, 00:15.764[9]
Winged 600 Micro Sprints 25 Entries
A-Main 25 Laps
1. 11H-Holden Eckman[2]; 2. 77-Ben Stolz[1]; 3. 39-Richie Hartman[3]; 4. 5J-Jason Sechrist[5]; 5. 28K-Karter Adams[4]; 6. 14T-Heath Walton[9]; 7. 117-Cody West[6]; 8. 24-Logan Rhoad[7]; 9. 32-Steve Whary[8]; 10. 01M-Jayden Wolf[15]; 11. 19-Chase Schott[22]; 12. 98-Matthew Warner[10]; 13. 00-Peyton Knecht[18]; 14. 45-Aiden Lutz[21]; 15. 117X-Randy West[17]; 16. 71-Brian Kramer[13]; 17. 29B-Brent Shearer[12]; 18. 47-Scott Gesford[11]; 19. 49-Brandon Fidler[16]; 20. 38-Isabella Landis[19]; 21. 28-Dustin Degler[14]; 22. (DNS) 78-Chase Bixler; 23. (DNS) 30S-Dominic Slesinski
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 98-Matthew Warner[1]; 2. 47-Scott Gesford[2]; 3. 117-Cody West[3]; 4. 77-Ben Stolz[7]; 5. 71-Brian Kramer[9]; 6. 49-Brandon Fidler[8]; 7. (DNF) 38-Isabella Landis[6]; 8. (DNS) 30S-Dominic Slesinski; 9. (DNS) 14H-Tyler Walton
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 28K-Karter Adams[1]; 2. 14T-Heath Walton[5]; 3. 39-Richie Hartman[7]; 4. 11H-Holden Eckman[4]; 5. 28-Dustin Degler[8]; 6. (DNF) 78-Chase Bixler[2]; 7. (DNF) 45-Aiden Lutz[3]; 8. (DNF) 19-Chase Schott[6]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 29B-Brent Shearer[1]; 2. 24-Logan Rhoad[2]; 3. 32-Steve Whary[4]; 4. 5J-Jason Sechrist[3]; 5. 01M-Jayden Wolf[6]; 6. 117X-Randy West[8]; 7. 00-Peyton Knecht[7]; 8. (DNS) 29-Scott Beckey Jr
600cc Modifieds 22 Entries
A-Main 20 Laps
1. 4M-Dylan Cordier[1]; 2. 2-Kenny Harris[3]; 3. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[5]; 4. 12E-Eric Whitby[4]; 5. 14-John Josko[8]; 6. 42K-RJ Smith[6]; 7. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[21]; 8. 5-John Hall[7]; 9. 20-Ryley Garman[16]; 10. 23-Dave Fry[22]; 11. 31-Gage Landis[17]; 12. 13-Ed Hollenbach[2]; 13. 15-Jimmy Stong[11]; 14. 3-Cory Phillips[12]; 15. 22-Lance Garrison[10]; 16. 69-Christian Smith[9]; 17. 10T-Tyler Fronina[19]; 18. 21-Mark Bressler[14]; 19. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[13]; 20. 78-Josh Bewley[15]; 21. 27-Jack Wilver[18]; 22. Z12-Randy Getz Jr[20]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 2-Kenny Harris[1]; 2. 42K-RJ Smith[6]; 3. 4M-Dylan Cordier[10]; 4. 5-John Hall[3]; 5. 69-Christian Smith[7]; 6. 15-Jimmy Stong[4]; 7. (DNF) 78-Josh Bewley[8]; 8. (DNF) 31-Gage Landis[5]; 9. (DNF) 10T-Tyler Fronina[2]; 10. (DNF) 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[11]; 11. (DNF) 23-Dave Fry[9]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 85AM-Tyler Bartik[2]; 2. 12E-Eric Whitby[6]; 3. 13-Ed Hollenbach[5]; 4. 14-John Josko[3]; 5. 22-Lance Garrison[11]; 6. 3-Cory Phillips[7]; 7. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[10]; 8. 21-Mark Bressler[8]; 9. (DNF) 20-Ryley Garman[1]; 10. (DNF) 27-Jack Wilver[9]; 11. (DNF) Z12-Randy Getz Jr[4]
Front Wheel Drive 13 Entries
A-Main 15 Laps
1. 11-Bill Sherwood[2]; 2. 127-Gary Grim[1]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[6]; 4. 72-David Eitnier[4]; 5. 97-Justin Riegel[5]; 6. 18-Shane Flaherty[7]; 7. 18F-Bubba Sonnon[10]; 8. 24-Chris Yob[13]; 9. 1-Delanna Rehbein[3]; 10. 7-Austin Ahner[11]; 11. 39-Larry Eck[8]; 12. 2B-Donald Betres[9]; 13. 77-Daniel Eitnier[12]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 12-Ken Buck[1]; 2. 97-Justin Riegel[2]; 3. 72-David Eitnier[6]; 4. 18-Shane Flaherty[5]; 5. 2B-Donald Betres[7]; 6. (DNF) 77-Daniel Eitnier[4]; 7. (DNF) 24-Chris Yob[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 11-Bill Sherwood[2]; 2. 127-Gary Grim[4]; 3. 1-Delanna Rehbein[1]; 4. 39-Larry Eck[5]; 5. 18F-Bubba Sonnon[6]; 6. 7-Austin Ahner[3]
