Super Sportsmans Exhilarate In Earman Fulk Memorial At Linda’s; Mother Nature Washes Out Feature

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – Friday night at the Linda’s Speedway was slated to be one of the most special in the “Golden Anniversary” season of racing at the Jonestown quarter-mile.

For the first time in the track’s nearly 50-year history, Winged Super Sportsman competitors descended upon the speedway in honor of Earman Fulk – the man that built Linda’s back in 1976 – paying homage to Fulk’s time racing in that division before a career-ending injury shifted his focus to building the Lebanon county speedway.

Under threatening skies all evening, track officials pushed to get as much of the scheduled, six-division card of racing into the books, including the special appearance by the Super Sportsman division – a class which featured nine entries despite the ominous forecast.

The Super Sportsmans first dazzled in hot laps, as Marysville’s John Edkin blazed around the track in 11.674 seconds – a lap time that equates to an average of 77.094 mph around the quarter-mile.

Both eight-lap heat races were able to be contested as well, with Lewisberry’s Scott Dellinger outdueling Shane McConnell to claim victory in the first one, while “The Magic Man” Kenny Edkin chalked up the win of the second.

A complete redraw for the A-Main starting positions put Adam Edkin on pole position with Jay Fannasy to the outside. Fannasy sprinted off to the early advantage and led the first three laps before Mike Enders’ crash on the backstretch brought out the yellow flag.

Under that caution period, the rain that had been in the area – and arrived sooner than anticipated – began to pick up. The cars were taken off the speedway and the remainder of the night’s racing was cancelled. With no available date to bring the Super Sportsmans back to Linda’s in 2025, the field of nine drivers were all paid out, and the feature event will not be made up.

One of Friday night’s scheduled features was able to beat the rain, as the PA Micro Midgets’ 300 division contested their first race at the quarter-mile in 2025. York Haven’s Asher Paxton picked up the win of that 15-lap A-Main event for his first Linda’s Speedway victory.

The scheduled A-Mains for the Hoosier Tire Wingless 600 Micro Sprints, the Xcel 600 Modifieds, and the PA Micro Midgets’ 500 division will all be made up at a later date to be determined. The scheduled A-Main for the East Coast Legends will be made up as part of their next Linda’s Speedway appearance on June 13.

Linda’s Speedway is back in action next Friday, May 2 with another packed lineup of action. The Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints will have a doubleheader, as their makeup feature from April 4 will be run in addition to another complete show. Both the Hoosier Tire Wingless 600 Micro Sprints and the Stolz Stove Sales Winged 600 Micro Sprints will compete as well.

The Xcel 600 Modifieds and the Junior Sprints will round out the card of racing

Results from 4/25/2025

Wingless 600 Micro Sprints 16 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 56-Tyler Henry[4]; 2. 19-Chase Schott[3]; 3. 44K-Rodney Westhafer[8]; 4. 90-Trent Warner[7]; 5. 14H-Luke Harding[6]; 6. 597-John Shrewsbury[1]; 7. (DNF) 09-Dawson Walls[2]; 8. (DNF) 49-Brandon Fidler[5]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 2S-Garyt Smith[2]; 2. 2D-Cole Dewease[4]; 3. 98-Matthew Warner[3]; 4. 61-Ryan Kunkle[7]; 5. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[1]; 6. 11H-Holden Eckman[6]; 7. 29-Scott Beckey Jr[5]; 8. 33-Scott Lutz[8]

600cc Modifieds 15 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 116-Gerry Bressler[1]; 2. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[2]; 3. 21-Mark Bressler[3]; 4. 12E-Eric Whitby[5]; 5. 13-Ed Hollenbach[8]; 6. 20R-Ryley Garman[4]; 7. (DNF) 13W-Vincent Wenrich[6]; 8. (DNS) 54-Chris Warren

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 10T-Tyler Fronina[1]; 2. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[2]; 3. 22-Lance Garrison[6]; 4. 2G-Kenny Harris[4]; 5. 71D-Austin Daniels[7]; 6. 78-Josh Bewley[3]; 7. 20K-Chad Kreiser[5]

East Coast Legends 24 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 10-Jeremy Ott[2]; 2. 5S-Scott Houdeshell[3]; 3. 30-Justin Wagaman[7]; 4. 44-Dalton Friese[6]; 5. 43M-Andrew Mowen[1]; 6. 63-Dave Benner[8]; 7. 1F-Bill Funk[5]; 8. 04-Brad Friese[4]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 27-Logan Carbaugh[1]; 2. 51-Travis McClelland[4]; 3. 16-Tyler Kaylor[3]; 4. 25-Eric Hurst[2]; 5. 55X-Richie Dobson Jr[5]; 6. 11R-Scott Musselman[7]; 7. 7H-Hunter McElroy[6]; 8. 93-Evan Benner[8]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 7-Colton Friese[2]; 2. 39W-Ryan Walls[4]; 3. 75-Ben Morrow[1]; 4. 23-Colby Miller[5]; 5. 66-Donald Stoudt[7]; 6. 11W-Ryan Walls Jr[3]; 7. 18K-Kayleigh Linn[6]; 8. 66S-James Dove[8]

PA Micro Midgets 300 8 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 59-Asher Paxton[1]; 2. 87S-Hunter Smith[3]; 3. 25S-Cooper Shupe[2]; 4. 83K-Katherine Arnold[8]; 5. 30F-Peyton Faust[7]; 6. 9W-Maddox Wire[4]; 7. 17-Dakota Thomas[6]; 8. 12N-Addison Noble[5]

Group Qualifying 4 Laps

1. 59-Asher Paxton, 00:15.604[4];
2. 25S-Cooper Shupe, 00:16.153[5];
3. 87S-Hunter Smith, 00:16.233[6];
4. 9W-Maddox Wire, 00:16.374[8];
5. 12N-Addison Noble, 00:16.770[3];
6. 17-Dakota Thomas, 00:17.279[7];
7. 30F-Peyton Faust, 00:18.167[2];
8. 83K-Katherine Arnold, 00:20.566[1]

PA Micro Midgets 500 27 Entries

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 16R-Ryan Rost[7]; 2. 15W-Hunter Scofield[1]; 3. 9F-Chase Frey[9]; 4. 21-Daniel Feltch[6]; 5. 1XJR-Josh Forry[8]; 6. 10G-Bobby Geiman[2]; 7. 27-Camden Cooper[5]; 8. 27Z-Zach Cooper[4]; 9. (DNF) 2W-Brady Wilt[3]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 27C-Justin Care[3]; 2. 00-Andrew Ketterman[1]; 3. 55-Ryan Wells[9]; 4. 21K-Kensley Shearer[4]; 5. 28-Nick Decker[6]; 6. 7S-Mike Sherman[5]; 7. 48N-Mason Noble[7]; 8. 17G-Landon Godfrey[8]; 9. (DNF) 16-CJ Kimm[2]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 17-Chris Lennox[1]; 2. 9G-Connor Geiman[2]; 3. 33-Todd Walls[8]; 4. 30-Jermey Sperlein[3]; 5. 3K-Katelyn Johnson[5]; 6. 1-Cody Johnson[6]; 7. 71B-Byron Urey[7]; 8. 81H-Timothy Hartle[4]; 9. (DNS) 17T-Dakota Thomas

Super Sportsman 9 Entries

A-Main 25 Laps (3 laps)

1.222-Jay Fannasy, 2. 30-Scott Dellinger, 3. 2M-Matt Ondeck, 4. 75-Kenny Edkin, 5. 6S-Shane McConnell, 6. 35-John Edkin, 7. 53-Barry Thomas, 8. 57-Adam Edkin, 9. 3B-Mike Enders

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 30-Scott Dellinger[2]; 2. 6S-Shane McConnell[1]; 3. 3B-Mike Enders[4]; 4. 53-Barry Thomas[5]; 5. 57-Adam Edkin[3]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 75-Kenny Edkin[2]; 2. 2M-Matt Ondek[1]; 3. 35-John Edkin[4]; 4. 222-Jay Fannasy[3]