Past Champions Rule First Night Of Summer At Linda’s Speedway

Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – To be the best, first you have to beat the best. But when contending with former track champions at the famed Linda’s Speedway in Jonestown, PA, oftentimes that’s a task much easier said than done.

On Friday night, four former “kings of the quarter-mile” parked their vehicles in victory lane, kicking off an action-packed summer of racing in fine style ahead of some upcoming big events.

For the third time in 2025, the Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprint feature went to two-time and defending champion Brandon Heist, who stretched his points lead for this season up to 33 markers with a dominant triumph.

Heist inherited the outside pole position, and then rocketed past Cory Myers down the

backstretch on the opening lap. Once grabbing the top spot, Heist was unchallenged the rest of the way, leading Myers and former three-time champion Mike Boyer across the finish line.

Two weeks ago, Brian Kramer scored victory in the Wingless 600 makeup feature before

proceeding to junk a frame with a nasty flip in the regular show later that night. On this Friday night at the quarter-mile, Kramer would only have to experience the thrill of victory, as the 2022 Hoosier Tire Winged 600 track champion fended off a mid-race charge from Cody West to claim the win in the second Winged 600 event of 2025.

Friday night also saw a doubleheader of stock car racing action, and the theme of championship pedigree finding the winner’s circle remained true in those divisions as well.

After failing to finish each of the first three Bernheisel Race Components Chargers feature

events due to a variety of accidents and mechanical gremlins, 2012 track champion Josh Michael finally ripped the monkey off his back with a statement win in Friday night’s A-Main. The Jonestown native won the 20-lap feature with a margin of victory of over four seconds ahead of runner-up Eric Hollenbach.

In his return to the driver’s seat in 2025, it only took 2023 GP Motorsports Front Wheel Drive Car champion Rob Pyle two races to accomplish something that he hadn’t done in that title-winning campaign: make a trip to victory lane. To chalk up the win, Pyle had to fight tooth and nail with Scirocco teammates Bill Sherwood and Ken Buck. But after grabbing the lead with nine laps left, Pyle held on through a late red flag and three-lap sprint to the finish to complete the triumph.

Next Friday, June 27, Linda’s Speedway caps off the month with a thrilling four-division show. The Xcel 600 Modifieds will run a doubleheader, with their makeup feature from April 25 in addition to a regular show. The Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints continue their summer of speed, and both the All Star Slingshots and the Hoffer Paving Junior Slingshots will descend upon the quarter-mile.

Results 6/20/25

Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 30 Entries

A MAIN 25 Laps

1. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[3]; 2. 20-Cory Myers[1]; 3. 41-Mike Boyer[7]; 4. 27O-Billy Logeman[13]; 5. 19-Matt Fernsler[4]; 6. 7D-Chris Dolan[11]; 7. 77-Ben Stolz[5]; 8. 11-Brian Heist[10]; 9. 4-Ross Perchak[18]; 10. 11H-Chason Hauck[14]; 11. 31C-Conner Metheney[15]; 12. 96W-Chase Walker[23]; 13. 94-Dallas Sanders[24]; 14. 88J-Jason Klinger[20]; 15. 2B-Brayden Winters[16]; 16. 5W-Brent Shearer[9]; 17. 21-Jesse Snyder[21]; 18. 08-Jason Paisley[12]; 19. 34-Christi Sweigart[22]; 20. 22J-Joshua Ohlinger[6]; 21. 27-Brayden Spencer[8]; 22. 95-Bennett Skelton[2]; 23. 1L-Dave Labe[17]; 24. 6-Danial Boyer[19]

B MAIN 8 Laps

1. 6-Danial Boyer[1]; 2. 88J-Jason Klinger[2]; 3. 21-Jesse Snyder[4]; 4. 34-Christi Sweigart[3]; 5. 96W-Chase Walker[10]; 6. 94-Dallas Sanders[8]; 7. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[7]; 8. 48-Jonah Meck[5]; 9. 47-Ernie Newmaster III[6]; 10. (DNS) 19P-Dalton Patteson; 11. (DNS) 2-Troy Groft; 12. (DNS) 23K-Courtney Kupp

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 20-Cory Myers[5]; 2. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[8]; 3. 27-Brayden Spencer[2]; 4. 11-Brian Heist[6]; 5. 27O-Billy Logeman[10]; 6. 2B-Brayden Winters[1]; 7. 6-Danial Boyer[4]; 8. 21-Jesse Snyder[3]; 9. 24M-Andrea Matter Martin[7]; 10. (DNF) 2-Troy Groft[9]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 95-Bennett Skelton[3]; 2. 5W-Brent Shearer[2]; 3. 19-Matt Fernsler[4]; 4. 7D-Chris Dolan[10]; 5. 11H-Chason Hauck[6]; 6. 1L-Dave Labe[9]; 7. 88J-Jason Klinger[5]; 8. 48-Jonah Meck[1]; 9. 94-Dallas Sanders[7]; 10. 96W-Chase Walker[8]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 41-Mike Boyer[5]; 2. 77-Ben Stolz[2]; 3. 22J-Joshua Ohlinger[1]; 4. 08-Jason Paisley[4]; 5. 31C-Conner Metheney[6]; 6. 4-Ross Perchak[10]; 7. 34-Christi Sweigart[8]; 8. 47-Ernie Newmaster III[7]; 9. 19P-Dalton Patteson[9]; 10. (DNS) 23K-Courtney Kupp

Winged 600 Micro Sprints 13 Entries

A MAIN 25 Laps

1. 71-Brian Kramer[2]; 2. 117-Cody West[4]; 3. 19-Chase Schott[8]; 4. 5J-Jason Sechrist[3]; 5. 39-Richie Hartman[7]; 6. 7S-Mike Sherman[1]; 7. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[13]; 8. 28K-Karter Adams[5]; 9. 11H-Holden Eckman[9]; 10. 29-Brent Shearer[6]; 11. 22-Shawn Rumbaugh[10]; 12. 19X-Noah Michalski[11]; 13. (DNS) 44T-Faith Turnbaugh

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 7S-Mike Sherman[1]; 2. 71-Brian Kramer[2]; 3. 117-Cody West[3]; 4. 39-Richie Hartman[6]; 5. 11H-Holden Eckman[4]; 6. 22-Shawn Rumbaugh[5]; 7. 19X-Noah Michalski[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 28K-Karter Adams[2]; 2. 5J-Jason Sechrist[4]; 3. 29-Brent Shearer[5]; 4. 19-Chase Schott[6]; 5. (DNF) 44T-Faith Turnbaugh[1]; 6. (DNF) 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[3]

Chargers 11 Entries

A MAIN 20 Laps

1. 2M-Josh Michael[2]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[5]; 3. 32-Dennis Christ[1]; 4. 21-Ian Herr[3]; 5. 01-Ed Hollenbach[4]; 6. 54-Chris Warren[6]; 7. 10-Chucky Kimmel[8]; 8. 11-Brian Derr[10]; 9. 15-Butch Helsel[7]; 10. 6PK-Justin Riegel[9]; 11. 29-Hailey Smith[11]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 54-Chris Warren[2]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[5]; 3. 21-Ian Herr[4]; 4. 15-Butch Helsel[3]; 5. 6PK-Justin Riegel[1]; 6. 29-Hailey Smith[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 2M-Josh Michael[1]; 2. 01-Ed Hollenbach[2]; 3. 32-Dennis Christ[4]; 4. 10-Chucky Kimmel[3]; 5. 11-Brian Derr[5]

Front Wheel Drive 17 Entries

A MAIN 20 Laps

1. 55J-Rob Pyle[3]; 2. 11-Bill Sherwood[1]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[2]; 4. 24Y-Chris Yob[4]; 5. 18-Shane Flaherty[5]; 6. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[8]; 7. 11R-Brian Moyer[15]; 8. 09H-Chase Hartline[11]; 9. 05-Ralph Boger[10]; 10. 41-Bud Hopple[9]; 11. 8-Drew Oberdorf[16]; 12. 127-Gary Grim[14]; 13. 3-Shjon Dove[12]; 14. 77-Daniel Eitnier[7]; 15. 13JR-Bubba Sonnon[13]; 16. (DNS) 81JR-Michael Wambold; 17. (DNS) 97X-Justin Riegel

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 18-Shane Flaherty[4]; 2. 81JR-Michael Wambold[1]; 3. 11W-Ian Whitcomb[7]; 4. 77-Daniel Eitnier[6]; 5. 41-Bud Hopple[8]; 6. 09H-Chase Hartline[3]; 7. 13JR-Bubba Sonnon[2]; 8. 127-Gary Grim[5]; 9. 11R-Brian Moyer[9]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 24Y-Chris Yob[1]; 2. 11-Bill Sherwood[2]; 3. 12-Ken Buck[7]; 4. 55J-Rob Pyle[6]; 5. 05-Ralph Boger[8]; 6. 3-Shjon Dove[3]; 7. (DNF) 8-Drew Oberdorf[5]; 8. (DNS) 97X-Justin Riegel