Brandon Heist Wins Pistol Pete Duels Tune-Up At Linda’s Speedway

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – With one week until one of the biggest and most special 270 Micro Sprint races of the year – the inaugural Pistol Pete Duels – competitors flocked to the Linda’s Speedway despite a threatening forecast.

After a brief delay, the Jonestown quarter-mile finally got the better of Mother Nature on Friday night. And when both the skies and the smoke cleared, a usual suspect found himself

in the winner’s circle, as Brandon Heist used a dramatic late-race charge to score his second win of the year.

Heist rolled off seventh in the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprint feature event, and by the halfway mark had picked his way up into the fourth spot. When early-race pace-setter Austin Graby burned, the lead shifted hands to defending Winged 600 track champion Brent Shearer. Mike Skias and Dave Labe both were in the fight as well in what became a thrilling, four-car battle for the win.

In usual methodical fashion, Heist picked his spots carefully to accelerate his way up the order. He took advantage of a slip-up by Skias entering turn 1 to grab third, and then made a quick pass on Labe for the second spot with five laps to go. Two circuits later, he swooped inside of Shearer on the frontstretch to complete the race-winning pass, taking Dave Walter’s No. 4R entry into the winner’s circle for the first time.

Some fresh faces made their way into victory lane during the night’s other scheduled features. In Xcel 600 Modified competition, Lance Garrison finally broke through to victory lane after holding off defending Chargers champion Chris Warren. The Hoffer Paving Junior Slingshots saw another new name drive to the winner’s circle, as Aubrey beat Lilly Esterly to the checkers in their 15-lap feature.

Making his Bernheisel Race Components Chargers debut in the 2025 season, last year’s Charger Championship Race winner Jeremy Ott picked up right where he left off by dominating the 15-lap A-Main for the stock cars on Friday night.

The PA Micro Midgets made their second of four appearances at Linda’s this season, and it was Todd Walls breaking out the broom in the 500 division, winning both the makeup feature from April 25 and the regularly-scheduled event. The second of Walls’ victories came with a dramatic, last-corner pass on Matt Kiefert, as Walls swooped to the inside at the last moment and stole the win to sweep the night. The 300 division feature was claimed by York Haven, PA’s Maddox Wire.

Next Friday, May 23, the Linda’s Speedway returns to competition with one of the biggest events of the season, the inaugural Pistol Pete Duels in honor of legendary competitor Pete Skias. The first night of the Duels takes place at the Linda’s Speedway, with race two unfolding at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway next Saturday night. Both Pistol Pete Duels for the 270 competitors

will pay $3,000 to win, with several contingency awards organized by the Skias family as well. Two support divisions will join the 270s next Friday, as the Xcel 600 Modified Tour will be back in action, along with a double-header for the Hoosier Tire Wingless 600 Micro Sprints featuring

their makeup event from April 25. For those unable to attend in person, live-streaming coverage will be provided courtesy of The Cushion.

5/16/2025 Results-

Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 33 Entries

A-Main 25 Laps

1. 4R-Brandon Heist Sr[7]; 2. 1J-Brent Shearer[1]; 3. 20-Cory Myers[15]; 4. 1L-Dave Labe[5]; 5. 8S-Mike Skias[4]; 6. 27-Brayden Spencer[11]; 7. 96W-Chase Walker[10]; 8. 11-Brian Heist[3]; 9. 4-Ross Perchak[13]; 10. 2B-Brayden Winters[8]; 11. 83-Nunzi Allegrucci[23]; 12. 08-Jason Paisley[6]; 13. 27O-Billy Logeman[18]; 14. 71-Scott Zimmerman[12]; 15. 77-Ben Stolz[17]; 16. 6-Danial Boyer[14]; 17. 1A-Toby Blumenshine[16]; 18. 5A-Anthony Yerger[21]; 19. 88-Nolan Higgins[22]; 20. 23K-Courtney Kupp[20]; 21. 95-Bennett Skelton[24]; 22. 10A-Jason Swavely[9]; 23. 61-Michael Petock[19]; 24. 08G-Austin Graby[2]

B-Main 8 Laps

1. 61-Michael Petock[2]; 2. 23K-Courtney Kupp[1]; 3. 5A-Anthony Yerger[4]; 4. 88-Nolan Higgins[3]; 5. 83-Nunzi Allegrucci[14]; 6. 95-Bennett Skelton[6]; 7. 30-Ryan Heckman[5]; 8. 24C-Coleton Eckroth[9]; 9. 94-Dallas Sanders[10]; 10. 21W-Josh Weiant[7]; 11. 5-Cayden Forsythe[12]; 12. 34-Christi Sweigart[8]; 13. 20S-Sean Stolz[15]; 14. (DNS) 24M-Andrea Matter Martin; 15. (DNS) 19-Matt Fernsler

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 1L-Dave Labe[1]; 2. 8S-Mike Skias[4]; 3. 10A-Jason Swavely[9]; 4. 96W-Chase Walker[7]; 5. 4-Ross Perchak[8]; 6. 1A-Toby Blumenshine[5]; 7. 23K-Courtney Kupp[2]; 8. 5A-Anthony Yerger[11]; 9. 21W-Josh Weiant[10]; 10. 94-Dallas Sanders[6]; 11. (DNF) 19-Matt Fernsler[3]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 08G-Austin Graby[1]; 2. 1J-Brent Shearer[2]; 3. 11-Brian Heist[3]; 4. 27-Brayden Spencer[4]; 5. 6-Danial Boyer[8]; 6. 77-Ben Stolz[11]; 7. 61-Michael Petock[9]; 8. 30-Ryan Heckman[7]; 9. 34-Christi Sweigart[10]; 10. (DNF) 83-Nunzi Allegrucci[5]; 11. (DNF) 20S-Sean Stolz[6]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 4R-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 2. 2B-Brayden Winters[1]; 3. 08-Jason Paisley[3]; 4. 71-Scott Zimmerman[6]; 5. 20-Cory Myers[7]; 6. 27O-Billy Logeman[9]; 7. 88-Nolan Higgins[8]; 8. 95-Bennett Skelton[5]; 9. 24C-Coleton Eckroth[4]; 10. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[10]; 11. 5-Cayden Forsythe[11]

Junior Slingshots 7 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 10S-Aubrey Romig[1]; 2. 1-Lilly Esterly[2]; 3. 55B-Barry Seaman[3]; 4. 00-Anthony Dinatale[4]; 5. H1-Hayden Kimm[6]; 6. 72-Landon McNichol[5]; 7. 64-Gabe Baker[7]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 10S-Aubrey Romig[1]; 2. 1-Lilly Esterly[5]; 3. 55B-Barry Seaman[3]; 4. 00-Anthony Dinatale[2]; 5. 72-Landon McNichol[6]; 6. H1-Hayden Kimm[4]; 7. (DNF) 64-Gabe Baker[7]

600cc Modifieds 14 Entries

A-Main 20 Laps

1. 22-Lance Garrison[2]; 2. 54-Chris Warren[4]; 3. 10T-Tyler Fronina[6]; 4. 78-Josh Bewley[11]; 5. 13-Ed Hollenbach[5]; 6. 17-Cory Phillips[3]; 7. 20K-Chad Kreiser[7]; 8. 21-Mark Bressler[8]; 9. 13W-Vincent Wenrich[9]; 10. 116-Gerry Bressler[10]; 11. 20-Cody Reichard[13]; 12. 3-Wade Mader[12]; 13. 17K-Kenny Harris[1]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 22-Lance Garrison[1]; 2. 17K-Kenny Harris[4]; 3. 10T-Tyler Fronina[5]; 4. 20K-Chad Kreiser[6]; 5. 13W-Vincent Wenrich[3]; 6. 20-Cody Reichard[7]; 7. (DNS) 85AM-Tyler Bartik

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 54-Chris Warren[2]; 2. 17-Cory Phillips[1]; 3. 13-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 4. 21-Mark Bressler[3]; 5. 116-Gerry Bressler[5]; 6. 78-Josh Bewley[7]; 7. 3-Wade Mader[6]

Chargers 12 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 10J-Jeremy Ott[3]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[4]; 3. 01-Ed Hollenbach[2]; 4. 10-Chucky Kimmel[5]; 5. 21-Ian Herr[6]; 6. 54-Chris Warren[8]; 7. 21C-Chris Derr[7]; 8. 6PK-Justin Riegel[9]; 9. 11-Brian Derr[10]; 10. 2M-Josh Michael[1]; 11. (DNS) 488-Michael Danner; 12. (DNS) 55-William Sterner

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 21-Ian Herr[1]; 2. 10-Chucky Kimmel[3]; 3. 01-Ed Hollenbach[6]; 4. 21C-Chris Derr[2]; 5. (DNF) 488-Michael Danner[4]; 6. (DNF) 55-William Sterner[5]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 10J-Jeremy Ott[3]; 2. 2M-Josh Michael[1]; 3. 711-Eric Hollenbach[6]; 4. 54-Chris Warren[5]; 5. 6PK-Justin Riegel[4]; 6. 11-Brian Derr[2]

PA Micro Midgets 300 6 Entries

A-Main 15 Laps

1. 9W-Maddox Wire[1]; 2. 59-Asher Paxton[2]; 3. 12N-Addison Noble[3]; 4. 83K-Katherine Arnold[4]; 5. 30F-Peyton Faust[6]; 6. (DNS) 17-Dakota Thomas

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 9W-Maddox Wire[2]; 2. 59-Asher Paxton[5]; 3. 12N-Addison Noble[3]; 4. 83K-Katherine Arnold[6]; 5. (DNF) 17-Dakota Thomas[4]; 6. (DNF) 30F-Peyton Faust[1]

PA Micro Midgets 500 29 Entries

A-Main from 4/25/2025 20 Laps

1. 33-Todd Walls[8]; 2. 27C-Justin Care[4]; 3. 16R-Ryan Rost[6]; 4. 55-Ryan Wells[9]; 5. 00-Andrew Ketterman[1]; 6. 17-Chris Lennox[2]; 7. 21K-Kensley Shearer[11]; 8. 9F-Chase Frey[5]; 9. 1XJR-Josh Forry[13]; 10. 3K-Katelyn Johnson[15]; 11. 30-Jermey Sperlein[12]; 12. 7S-Mike Sherman[17]; 13. 15W-Hunter Scofield[3]; 14. 28-Nick Decker[14]; 15. 21-Daniel Feltch[10]; 16. 48N-Mason Noble[20]; 17. 71B-Byron Urey[21]; 18. 1-Cody Johnson[18]; 19. 10G-Bobby Geiman[16]; 20. 27Z-Zach Cooper[22]; 21. 17G-Landon Godfrey[23]; 22. 9G-Connor Geiman[7]; 23. 27-Camden Cooper[19]; 24. 2W-Brady Wilt[25]; 25. 16-CJ Kimm[26]; 26. 17T-Dakota Thomas[27]; 27. 81H-Timothy Hartle[24]

A-Main 20 Laps

1. 33-Todd Walls[7]; 2. 7-Matt Kiefert[4]; 3. 16R-Ryan Rost[3]; 4. 21-Daniel Feltch[1]; 5. 27C-Justin Care[9]; 6. 55-Ryan Wells[5]; 7. 28-Nick Decker[8]; 8. 00-Andrew Ketterman[11]; 9. 21K-Kensley Shearer[16]; 10. 9F-Chase Frey[19]; 11. 11R-Jim Rost JR[21]; 12. 30-Jermey Sperlein[18]; 13. 7S-Jesse Hammond[13]; 14. 1XJR-Josh Forry[24]; 15. 71B-Byron Urey[2]; 16. 48N-Mason Noble[10]; 17. 10G-Bobby Geiman[14]; 18. 15W-Hunter Scofield[15]; 19. 4L-Lilly Barrett[20]; 20. 3K-Katelyn Johnson[6]; 21. 17G-Landon Godfrey[23]; 22. 17-Chris Lennox[12]; 23. 2W-Brady Wilt[22]; 24. 1-Cody Johnson[17]

B-Main 8 Laps

1. 9F-Chase Frey[1]; 2. 4L-Lilly Barrett[2]; 3. 11R-Jim Rost JR[3]; 4. 2W-Brady Wilt[4]; 5. 17G-Landon Godfrey[5]; 6. 1XJR-Josh Forry[10]; 7. (DNS) 16-CJ Kimm; 8. (DNS) 9G-Connor Geiman; 9. (DNS) 27-Camden Cooper; 10. (DNS) 27Z-Zach Cooper; 11. (DNS) 17T-Dakota Thomas

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 28-Nick Decker[3]; 2. 3K-Katelyn Johnson[1]; 3. 55-Ryan Wells[9]; 4. 48N-Mason Noble[5]; 5. 7S-Jesse Hammond[2]; 6. 21K-Kensley Shearer[10]; 7. 9F-Chase Frey[4]; 8. 11R-Jim Rost JR[8]; 9. 17G-Landon Godfrey[6]; 10. (DNS) 16-CJ Kimm

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 33-Todd Walls[2]; 2. 7-Matt Kiefert[3]; 3. 21-Daniel Feltch[1]; 4. 00-Andrew Ketterman[5]; 5. 10G-Bobby Geiman[6]; 6. 1-Cody Johnson[8]; 7. (DNS) 9G-Connor Geiman; 8. (DNS) 27Z-Zach Cooper; 9. (DNS) 1XJR-Josh Forry; 10. (DNS) 17T-Dakota Thomas

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 71B-Byron Urey[2]; 2. 27C-Justin Care[6]; 3. 16R-Ryan Rost[4]; 4. 17-Chris Lennox[7]; 5. 15W-Hunter Scofield[1]; 6. 30-Jermey Sperlein[9]; 7. 4L-Lilly Barrett[8]; 8. 2W-Brady Wilt[5]; 9. (DNS) 27-Camden Cooper