Ross Perchak Rolls to 270 Time Trial Series Triumph at the Linda’s Speedway
Story By: KASEY KREIDER / LINDA’S SPEEDWAY – JONESTOWN, PA – On a night where the Linda’s Speedway “Living Legends Club” welcomed a new member to the fraternity in the form of multi-time track champion and National Open winner Mike Rutherford, one of the members of that exclusive group parked their machine in a familiar place when the dust settled at the end of Friday’s Skeet Craft Collision 270 Time Trial Series event. Former track champion and seven-time National Open winner Ross Perchak made it a clean sweep of the evening to score his first win at the quarter-mile since winning his own “Living Legends” night last October.
While Perchak scored quick time among the 31 entries, won his heat race, and led every lap on the way to the feature win, the No. 4 was never out of the clutches of Cory Myers, who was still searching for that elusive first Linda’s victory. Perchak’s advantage never rose to more than about three car lengths, and the gap tightened up several times as the Hazleton native worked through lapped traffic.
In a renewal of a battle from the closing laps of the 2021 National Open, Myers didn’t blow up on this occasion, but wasn’t able to find a way past the dominant Perchak. By just 0.210 seconds, Perchak claimed the victory in the final Time Trial Series event until October. Myers settled as the bridesmaid once again, and Chase Walker rounded out the podium with a fantastic run to third.
After the race, Perchak paid his respects in victory lane to Rutherford, as the two drivers had often competed for victories around the Jonestown quarter-mile. Rutherford didn’t compete as a driver on Friday night, but did field a car instead for Billy Logeman. Logeman was running in the sixth position in the A-Main before being forced to pull off four laps from the finish.
In Hoosier Tire Winged 600 Micro Sprint competition, a driver who could very well be a future “Living Legend” at the Linda’s Speedway made a return trip to the winner’s circle that was nearly a quarter-century in the making. Jonestown’s Scott Lutz dominated Friday night’s action and scored his first win at the quarter-mile since 2001, when Lutz was a champion in the Pro Stock division at the speedway. Since then, Lutz has competed at many different tracks and in many different types of cars. But after 24 years, the drought at Linda’s finally came to an end for the No. 33.
The Xcel 600 Modifieds put on another thrilling show in their first of three straight weeks of racing. For the first time in 2025, the Modifieds saw a repeat winner, as Richie Hitzler came out on top of an enthralling three-car fight for the win. Hitzler took the lead from Kenny Harris on lap 9, and then denied Dylan Cordier a chance at back-to-back wins, holding on for career win No. 51 at the speedway.
The Bernheisel Race Components Chargers A-Main saw a return to victory lane for defending track champion Chris Warren, as he led all 15 laps to become the third Kimmel Racing driver to win in 2025. In the process, Warren headed up a Kimmel Racing 1-2-3 finish, as Eric Hollenbach and Chucky Kimmel completed the podium.
Linda’s Speedway returns next Friday, Aug. 22 with a jam-packed night of racing.
The Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints will contest a doubleheader, with their makeup feature from July 25 in addition to a complete regular show. Also in action will be the Xcel 600 Modifieds, the GP Motorsports Front Wheel Drive Cars, the PA Micro Midgets, and the final appearance of the year for the East Coast Legends.
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(7/25) 270 Micro Sprints – August 22
(7/25) Modifieds – August 29 (Tour Race)
(7/25) All Star Slingshots – September 5
(7/25) Chargers – September 12 (Make-up races and regular races)
(4/25) Modifieds – September 26
Results from 8/15/2025
Mt. Gretna Roller Rink 270 Micro Sprints 31 Entries
A-Main 25 Laps
1. 4-Ross Perchak[1]; 2. 20-Cory Myers[3]; 3. 96W-Chase Walker[4]; 4. 41-Mike Boyer[6]; 5. 1A-Brent Shearer[5]; 6. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[8]; 7. 88J-Jason Klinger[2]; 8. 48-Jonah Meck[12]; 9. 1J-Toby Blumenshine[11]; 10. 94-Dallas Sanders[15]; 11. 77-Ben Stolz[20]; 12. 08-Jason Paisley[17]; 13. 74-Jacob Dunn[19]; 14. 4S-Kiptyn Stratton[23]; 15. 5W-Dan Souder[22]; 16. 99K-Chad Kreiser[7]; 17. 6-Danial Boyer[18]; 18. 27O-Billy Logeman[9]; 19. 1-Jesse Snyder[13]; 20. 27-Brayden Spencer[21]; 21. 99-Nash Lucas[10]; 22. 199-Parker Lucas[16]; 23. 19-Matt Fernsler[14]; 24. 11H-Chason Hauck[24]
B-Main 8 Laps
1. 74-Jacob Dunn[1]; 2. 77-Ben Stolz[2]; 3. 27-Brayden Spencer[10]; 4. 5W-Dan Souder[3]; 5. 4S-Kiptyn Stratton[4]; 6. 11H-Chason Hauck[5]; 7. 39-Austin Mieczkowski[6]; 8. 08G-Brandon Gibble[9]; 9. 23K-Courtney Kupp[8]; 10. 08N-Nate Gibble[11]; 11. 76H-Bryson Haugh[7]; 12. 72-Matt Bangs[12]; 13. (DNS) 19P-Dalton Patteson
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 4-Ross Perchak[1]; 2. 96W-Chase Walker[6]; 3. 99K-Chad Kreiser[2]; 4. 99-Nash Lucas[3]; 5. 1-Jesse Snyder[4]; 6. 199-Parker Lucas[5]; 7. 74-Jacob Dunn[9]; 8. 4S-Kiptyn Stratton[7]; 9. 76H-Bryson Haugh[10]; 10. 27-Brayden Spencer[8]; 11. (DNS) 19P-Dalton Patteson
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 88J-Jason Klinger[1]; 2. 1A-Brent Shearer[3]; 3. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 4. 1J-Toby Blumenshine[4]; 5. 19-Matt Fernsler[5]; 6. 08-Jason Paisley[10]; 7. 77-Ben Stolz[7]; 8. 11H-Chason Hauck[6]; 9. 23K-Courtney Kupp[8]; 10. 08N-Nate Gibble[9]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 20-Cory Myers[3]; 2. 41-Mike Boyer[1]; 3. 27O-Billy Logeman[6]; 4. 48-Jonah Meck[2]; 5. 94-Dallas Sanders[4]; 6. 6-Danial Boyer[7]; 7. 5W-Dan Souder[5]; 8. 39-Austin Mieczkowski[9]; 9. 08G-Brandon Gibble[10]; 10. (DNF) 72-Matt Bangs[8]
Time Trials 2 Laps
1. 4-Ross Perchak, 00:12.700[24];
2. 88J-Jason Klinger, 00:12.708[31];
3. 41-Mike Boyer, 00:12.731[29];
4. 99K-Chad Kreiser, 00:12.830[30];
5. 5R-Brandon Heist Sr, 00:12.862[10];
6. 48-Jonah Meck, 00:12.883[26];
7. 99-Nash Lucas, 00:12.931[28];
8. 1A-Brent Shearer, 00:12.941[20];
9. 20-Cory Myers, 00:12.948[19];
10. 1-Jesse Snyder, 00:12.955[16];
11. 1J-Toby Blumenshine, 00:12.959[13];
12. 94-Dallas Sanders, 00:12.992[17];
13. 199-Parker Lucas, 00:13.024[4];
14. 19-Matt Fernsler, 00:13.045[25];
15. 5W-Dan Souder, 00:13.096[9];
16. 96W-Chase Walker, 00:13.102[22];
17. 11H-Chason Hauck, 00:13.113[2];
18. 27O-Billy Logeman, 00:13.176[8];
19. 4S-Kiptyn Stratton, 00:13.180[3];
20. 77-Ben Stolz, 00:13.267[1];
21. 6-Danial Boyer, 00:13.277[5];
22. 27-Brayden Spencer, 00:13.279[27];
23. 23K-Courtney Kupp, 00:13.286[12];
24. 72-Matt Bangs, 00:13.287[23];
25. 74-Jacob Dunn, 00:13.342[11];
26. 08N-Nate Gibble, 00:13.505[7];
27. 39-Austin Mieczkowski, 00:13.589[14];
28. 76H-Bryson Haugh, 00:13.732[18];
29. 08-Jason Paisley, 00:14.625[21];
30. 08G-Brandon Gibble, 00:17.507[6];
31. 19P-Dalton Patteson, 00:17.590[15]
Winged 600 Micro Sprints 11 Entries
A-Main 25 Laps
1. 33-Scott Lutz[1]; 2. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[2]; 3. 5J-Jason Sechrist[6]; 4. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[9]; 5. 71-Brian Kramer[5]; 6. 19M-Noah Michalski[3]; 7. 29-Liam Kane[4]; 8. 75D-Trevor Dunn[8]; 9. 19-Chase Schott[7]; 10. (DNS) 19X-Ethan McNew; 11. (DNS) 28K-Karter Adams
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 33-Scott Lutz[2]; 2. 99-Brandon Heist Sr[3]; 3. 19M-Noah Michalski[1]; 4. 29-Liam Kane[6]; 5. 71-Brian Kramer[5]; 6. 5J-Jason Sechrist[9]; 7. 19-Chase Schott[4]; 8. 75D-Trevor Dunn[7]; 9. 39M-Austin Mieczkowski[10]; 10. 19X-Ethan McNew[11]; 11. 28K-Karter Adams[8]
600cc Modifieds 18 Entries
A-Main 20 Laps
1. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[4]; 2. 4M-Dylan Cordier[6]; 3. 17K-Kenny Harris[2]; 4. 13-Ed Hollenbach[9]; 5. 21-Mark Bressler[3]; 6. 31-Gage Landis[14]; 7. 116-Gerry Bressler[8]; 8. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[13]; 9. 19-Shawn Light[15]; 10. 756-Austin Quinn[16]; 11. 5-John Hall[1]; 12. 10T-Tyler Fronina[5]; 13. 20R-Ryley Garman[12]; 14. 78-Josh Bewley[10]; 15. 17-Cory Phillips[11]; 16. 54-Chris Warren[18]; 17. 71D-Austin Daniels[7]; 18. (DNS) 13W-Vincent Wenrich
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 9RGR-Richie Hitzler[3]; 2. 5-John Hall[2]; 3. 4M-Dylan Cordier[5]; 4. 71D-Austin Daniels[4]; 5. 13-Ed Hollenbach[7]; 6. 17-Cory Phillips[9]; 7. 8-Tiffany Hitzler[8]; 8. (DNF) 13W-Vincent Wenrich[1]; 9. (DNF) 54-Chris Warren[6]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 17K-Kenny Harris[1]; 2. 10T-Tyler Fronina[6]; 3. 21-Mark Bressler[2]; 4. 116-Gerry Bressler[4]; 5. 78-Josh Bewley[8]; 6. 20R-Ryley Garman[7]; 7. 31-Gage Landis[5]; 8. 19-Shawn Light[3]; 9. 756-Austin Quinn[9]
Chargers 16 Entries
A-Main 15 Laps
1. 54-Chris Warren[1]; 2. 711-Eric Hollenbach[4]; 3. 10-Chucky Kimmel[6]; 4. 2M-Josh Michael[5]; 5. 27-Austin Webster[10]; 6. 488-Michael Danner[2]; 7. 01-Ed Hollenbach[7]; 8. 21-Ian Herr[9]; 9. 55-William Sterner[14]; 10. 6PK-Justin Riegel[11]; 11. 29-Hailey Smith[16]; 12. 15-Butch Helsel[8]; 13. 69-Christian Smith[13]; 14. 32-Dennis Christ[3]; 15. 64-Ronnie Garlock III[12]; 16. 33G-Shaun Linn[15]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 488-Michael Danner[2]; 2. 2M-Josh Michael[4]; 3. 54-Chris Warren[3]; 4. 01-Ed Hollenbach[5]; 5. 21-Ian Herr[6]; 6. 6PK-Justin Riegel[1]; 7. 69-Christian Smith[7]; 8. 33G-Shaun Linn[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 32-Dennis Christ[2]; 2. 10-Chucky Kimmel[5]; 3. 711-Eric Hollenbach[6]; 4. 15-Butch Helsel[3]; 5. 27-Austin Webster[7]; 6. 64-Ronnie Garlock III[8]; 7. 55-William Sterner[1]; 8. 29-Hailey Smith[4]
