Carraghan & Esterly Score Super National Slingshot Wins At Linda’s Speedway

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – Super National Weekend for the All Star and Junior Slingshot competitors often brings together the best of the best from the division, competing in races at three different tracks with points being tabulated directly toward the Slingshot World Championship standings.

Despite fields in excess of 20 cars with several “invaders” looking to make their mark, both of

Friday night’s Slingshot features at the Linda’s Speedway belonged to track regulars, as Dave

Carraghan and Lilly Esterly protected their home turf and parked their machines in victory lane at the Jonestown quarter-mile.

For Carraghan, his win in Friday night’s All Star Slingshot feature made him 2-for-2 on the

week, as he had also taken the checkers at Action Track USA in Kutztown on Wednesday night. The three-time Linda’s track champion was the class of the field all night, but had to fend off a challenge from All Star Slingshot rookie – and last year’s Junior Slingshot track champ – Hailey Eroh over the course of a non-stop 22-lapper.

Carraghan fended off Eroh’s challenges in the early laps of the race, and then kept control of his advantage working through lapped traffic to hold onto the lead the entire way, crossing the finish line four car lengths ahead of the runner-up Eroh and third-place finisher Jonathan Laureigh.

Meanwhile for Lilly Esterly, her story was one of redemption in the Hoffer Paving Junior

Slingshot class. Esterly had narrowly missed out on her first career win three weeks prior in the most recent Junior Slingshot race at Linda’s. Then came Wednesday night’s Super National opener in Kutztown, where Esterly had a perfect night going until being spun from the lead on the opening lap of the A-Main.

Esterly put together a similar start to the evening on Friday, timing fastest in the timed dashes and winning her heat race to put her back on the pole for the feature. This time, nothing got in Esterly’s way en route to victory number one. Esterly held off a fierce challenge from Aubrey Romig over a final three-lap dash to the finish and won the 18-lap A-Main by a mere two car lengths over Romig and third-place finisher E. J. Hatch.

In other Friday night action at the quarter-mile, Wind Gap, PA’s Brayden Winters made his return to Linda’s Speedway victory lane for the first time in several years, triumphing in a thrilling 25-lapper for the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints. Winters had to hold off a bullish Brayden Spencer for the win, as Spencer appeared to be faster, but could not find a way aroundthe veteran. Despite a little contact through the final corner, Winters kept his car pointed in the

right direction to claim the victory by a car length over the No. 27 machine.

For the second consecutive race, the Hoosier Tire Wingless 600 Micro Sprints contested two features in the same night, with former Winged 600 track champion Brian Kramer chalking up the win in the makeup feature from April 4. In the evening’s regularly-scheduled racing event, “The Wild Child” Chase Schott scored his second win in three weeks with a wire-to-wire performance in a tough and demanding 25-lap nightcap.

The third time was finally the charm to kick off the GP Motorsports Front Wheel Drive Cars season at the Linda’s Speedway. A full field of stock cars put on an entertaining show with side-by-side and three-wide racing all throughout the field. Rising above the rest however was Williamstown’s Ian Whitcomb, as he scored his first Linda’s Speedway win ahead of Chris Yob and last year’s champion Ken Buck.

The Linda’s Speedway is back in action next Friday, June 13 with another five-division,

six-feature show. The Skeet Craft Collision 270 Time Trial Series returns along with the Hoosier Tire Wingless 600 Micro Sprints, the 600 Modifieds, and the Skeet Craft Collision Junior Sprints. The East Coast Legends will also return to the quarter-mile, running their makeup feature from the Earman Fulk Memorial on April 25 in addition to another complete show

6/6/2025 Results

MT. GRETNA ROLLER RINK 270 MICRO SPRINTS 19 entries

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 2B-Brayden Winters[1]; 2. 27-Brayden Spencer[3]; 3. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[8]; 4. 11-Brian Heist[6]; 5. 95-Bennett Skelton[7]; 6. 19-Matt Fernsler[4]; 7. 96W-Chase Walker[10]; 8. 94-Dallas Sanders[13]; 9. 5W-Dan Souder[18]; 10. 23K-Courtney Kupp[14]; 11. 88J-Jason Klinger[12]; 12. 75-Justin Harrington[11]; 13. 11H-Chason Hauck[15]; 14. 2-Troy Groft[16]; 15. 27O-Billy Logeman[17]; 16. 7D-Chris Dolan[2]; 17. 1L-Logan Hess[9]; 18. 1-Jesse Snyder[5]; 19. 19P-Dalton Patteson[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Brayden Spencer[7]; 2. 95-Bennett Skelton[1]; 3. 2B-Brayden Winters[9]; 4. 19-Matt Fernsler[2]; 5. 1L-Logan Hess[6]; 6. 75-Justin Harrington[4]; 7. 94-Dallas Sanders[10]; 8. 11H-Chason Hauck[8]; 9. 27O-Billy Logeman[3]; 10. 5W-Dan Souder[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[1]; 2. 7D-Chris Dolan[4]; 3. 11-Brian Heist[6]; 4. 1-Jesse Snyder[2]; 5. 96W-Chase Walker[5]; 6. 88J-Jason Klinger[8]; 7. 23K-Courtney Kupp[3]; 8. 2-Troy Groft[7]; 9. (DNS) 19P-Dalton Patteson

WINGLESS 600 MICRO SPRINTS
26 entries

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 19S-Chase Schott[1]; 2. 29S-Brent Shearer[4]; 3. 16T-Trevor Gach[8]; 4. 15G-Ashen Glazier[2]; 5. 80-Anthony Tramontana[5]; 6. 98-Matthew Warner[6]; 7. 54-Dakota Barlet[12]; 8. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[9]; 9. 90-Trent Warner[11]; 10. 22H-Fred Heinly[19]; 11. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[18]; 12. 34L-Chad Miller[23]; 13. 3Y-Zachary Young[17]; 14. 62-Cayden Blair[20]; 15. 24S-Frank Stoner[10]; 16. 33-Scott Lutz[21]; 17. 11H-Holden Eckman[13]; 18. 71-Brian Kramer[14]; 19. 88Y-Justin Yohn[3]; 20. 56-Tyler Henry[7]; 21. 44K-Rodney Westhafer[16]; 22. 2L-Luke Hess[15]; 23. (DNS) 03-Ryan Groff; 24. (DNS) 14H-Luke Harding

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29S-Brent Shearer[3]; 2. 15G-Ashen Glazier[2]; 3. 19S-Chase Schott[9]; 4. 24S-Frank Stoner[4]; 5. 11H-Holden Eckman[5]; 6. 44K-Rodney Westhafer[7]; 7. 22H-Fred Heinly[6]; 8. 14H-Luke Harding[1]; 9. (DNS) 61-Ryan Kunkle

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88Y-Justin Yohn[2]; 2. 98-Matthew Warner[3]; 3. 56-Tyler Henry[5]; 4. 90-Trent Warner[7]; 5. 71-Brian Kramer[6]; 6. 3Y-Zachary Young[4]; 7. 62-Cayden Blair[8]; 8. 34L-Chad Miller[9]; 9. (DNS) 5J-Jason Sechrist

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Anthony Tramontana[1]; 2. 16T-Trevor Gach[4]; 3. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 4. 54-Dakota Barlet[3]; 5. 2L-Luke Hess[5]; 6. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[6]; 7. 33-Scott Lutz[7]; 8. 03-Ryan Groff[8]

4/4/2025 WINGLESS 600 MICRO SPRINTS Make-up
A-Main 25 Laps

1. 71-Brian Kramer[1]; 2. 19-Chase Schott[8]; 3. 98-Matthew Warner[4]; 4. 56-Tyler Henry[10]; 5. 54-Dakota Barlet[9]; 6. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[2]; 7. 03-Ryan Groff[3]; 8. 90-Trent Warner[12]; 9. 11H-Holden Eckman[16]; 10. 22H-Fred Heinly[15]; 11. 33-Scott Lutz[19]; 12. 14H-Luke Harding[20]; 13. 61-Ryan Kunkle[6]; 14. 88-Justin Yohn[11]; 15. 80-Anthony Tramontana[18]; 16. 5J-Jason Sechrist[13]; 17. (DNS) 92-Jake Winters; 18. (DNS) 19J-Jasper Ziegafuse; 19. (DNS) 21-Mason Beinhower; 20. (DNS) 25D-Destin St Clair; 21. (DNS) 25-Kenneth Beinhower III; 22. (DNS) C2-Colton Colaluce; 23. (DNS) 9W-Weston Doklan; 24. (DNS) 90P-PJ Reid; 25. (DNS) 21S-Steven Snyder Jr

ALL STAR SLINGSHOTS
23 entries

A-Main (22 Laps): 1. 3-David Carraghan[1]; 2. 57-Hailey Eroh[2]; 3. 74-Jonathan Laureigh[3]; 4. 32-Brett Bieber[5]; 5. 55A-Amanda Angstadt[6]; 6. 88L-Chris Laureigh[4]; 7. 77-Daniel Betz[11]; 8. 1-Tyler Ulsh[22]; 9. 95-Lucas Pittenger[7]; 10. 42-Mason Pittenger[8]; 11. 72D-Darian Danyluk[9]; 12. 22S-Ronnie Spitler[17]; 13. 8-John Schantz[10]; 14. 97Z-Zack Gerber[12]; 15. 2-Patrick Weiss[13]; 16. M7-Pat O’Brien[15]; 17. 98-Jeff Shank[14]; 18. 8DS-Darren Shenk[21]; 19. 3S-Dylan Fausey[16]; 20. 52M-Collin Carpenter[18]; 21. 69-Kenny Zemenzek[19]; 22. 18S-Brett Spitler[20]; 23. (DNS) F14-Scott Gray

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-David Carraghan[1]; 2. 88L-Chris Laureigh[4]; 3. 95-Lucas Pittenger[3]; 4. 8-John Schantz[6]; 5. 2-Patrick Weiss[5]; 6. 3S-Dylan Fausey[8]; 7. 69-Kenny Zemenzek[7]; 8. 1-Tyler Ulsh[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Hailey Eroh[1]; 2. 32-Brett Bieber[2]; 3. 42-Mason Pittenger[4]; 4. 77-Daniel Betz[3]; 5. 98-Jeff Shank[5]; 6. 22S-Ronnie Spitler[7]; 7. 18S-Brett Spitler[6]; 8. (DNS) F14-Scott Gray

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Jonathan Laureigh[2]; 2. 55A-Amanda Angstadt[1]; 3. 72D-Darian Danyluk[3]; 4. 97Z-Zack Gerber[4]; 5. M7-Pat O’Brien[5]; 6. 52M-Collin Carpenter[6]; 7. 8DS-Darren Shenk[7]

Timed Trials (2 Laps): 1. 3-David Carraghan[9]; 2. 57-Hailey Eroh[22]; 3. 55A-Amanda Angstadt[21]; 4. 1-Tyler Ulsh[14]; 5. 32-Brett Bieber[17]; 6. 74-Jonathan Laureigh[10]; 7. 95-Lucas Pittenger[11]; 8. 77-Daniel Betz[15]; 9. 72D-Darian Danyluk[2]; 10. 88L-Chris Laureigh[7]; 11. 42-Mason Pittenger[3]; 12. 97Z-Zack Gerber[6]; 13. 2-Patrick Weiss[8]; 14. 98-Jeff Shank[5]; 15. M7-Pat O’Brien[16]; 16. 8-John Schantz[13]; 17. 18S-Brett Spitler[20]; 18. 52M-Collin Carpenter[12]; 19. 69-Kenny Zemenzek[19]; 20. 22S-Ronnie Spitler[1]; 21. 8DS-Darren Shenk[4]; 22. 3S-Dylan Fausey[23]; 23. F14-Scott Gray[18]

JUNIOR SLINGSHOTS
16 entries
A-Main (18 Laps): 1. 1-Lilly Esterly[1]; 2. 10S-Aubrey Romig[4]; 3. 50-EJ Hatch[2]; 4. 97JR-Charlie Geibel[6]; 5. 44W-Waylon Wolf[3]; 6. 23G-Gavin Wolfe[7]; 7. 14K-Kylin Evans[5]; 8. 61D-David Morrison[9]; 9. 02-Anna Strachko[11]; 10. 20-Preston Trautschold[14]; 11. 00-Anthony Dinatale[8]; 12. 51-Frank Friztinger[12]; 13. 10K-Kenna Evans[16]; 14. 55B-Barry Seaman[10]; 15. H1-Hayden Kimm[13]; 16. 64-Gabe Baker[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Lilly Esterly[1]; 2. 44W-Waylon Wolf[2]; 3. 14K-Kylin Evans[3]; 4. 23G-Gavin Wolfe[6]; 5. 61D-David Morrison[4]; 6. 02-Anna Strachko[5]; 7. H1-Hayden Kimm[7]; 8. (DNS) 64-Gabe Baker

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-EJ Hatch[1]; 2. 10S-Aubrey Romig[2]; 3. 97JR-Charlie Geibel[3]; 4. 00-Anthony Dinatale[5]; 5. 55B-Barry Seaman[8]; 6. 51-Frank Friztinger[4]; 7. 20-Preston Trautschold[6]; 8. 10K-Kenna Evans[7]

Timed Trials (2 Laps): 1. 1-Lilly Esterly[9]; 2. 50-EJ Hatch[10]; 3. 44W-Waylon Wolf[7]; 4. 10S-Aubrey Romig[1]; 5. 14K-Kylin Evans[11]; 6. 97JR-Charlie Geibel[8]; 7. 61D-David Morrison[6]; 8. 51-Frank Friztinger[16]; 9. 02-Anna Strachko[4]; 10. 00-Anthony Dinatale[2]; 11. 23G-Gavin Wolfe[5]; 12. 20-Preston Trautschold[12]; 13. H1-Hayden Kimm[3]; 14. 10K-Kenna Evans[15]; 15. 64-Gabe Baker[14]; 16. (DNS) 55B-Barry Seaman

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
20 entries
A-Main (15 Laps): 1. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[2]; 2. 24Y-Chris Yob[3]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[5]; 4. 11-Bill Sherwood[4]; 5. 3-Shjon Dove[12]; 6. 81JR-Michael Wambold[7]; 7. 72-David Eitnier[11]; 8. 8-Drew Oberdorf[10]; 9. 13X-Adam Kratzer[8]; 10. 71-Todd Hirst[20]; 11. 55J-Rob Pyle[6]; 12. 13JR-Bubba Sonnon[15]; 13. 18-Shane Flaherty[1]; 14. 11R-Brian Moyer[9]; 15. 127-Gary Grim[13]; 16. 77-Daniel Eitnier[16]; 17. 05-Ralph Boger[17]; 18. 68-Cory Hirst[18]; 19. 41-Bud Hopple[14]; 20. (DNS) 51K-Andrew Keefer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Bill Sherwood[5]; 2. 24Y-Chris Yob[6]; 3. 13X-Adam Kratzer[1]; 4. 8-Drew Oberdorf[4]; 5. 127-Gary Grim[7]; 6. (DNS) 68-Cory Hirst; 7. (DNS) 71-Todd Hirst

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55J-Rob Pyle[1]; 2. 12-Ken Buck[4]; 3. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[2]; 4. 72-David Eitnier[6]; 5. 41-Bud Hopple[5]; 6. 77-Daniel Eitnier[7]; 7. 05-Ralph Boger[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81JR-Michael Wambold[1]; 2. 11R-Brian Moyer[4]; 3. 18-Shane Flaherty[6]; 4. 3-Shjon Dove[5]; 5. 13JR-Bubba Sonnon[3]; 6. (DNS) 51K-Andrew Keefer