AUTO RACING ROUNDUP: Brian Montieth gets 56th career win at Lincoln Speedway
At Lincoln Speedway on a chilly Saturday afternoon, Brian Montieth led one lap, the only one that mattered in his 56th career win at the speedway.
“That was my only shot,” said Montieth following his dramatic last lap pass for the win Saturday afternoon. “Alan (Krimes) was better than me in clean air. I was just hoping we’d get to lapped traffic sooner. (Krimes) had a 50-50 shot there on that one, and so did I, but we came out ahead.”
With the white flag waving, Krimes got bottled up behind lapped cars entering the first and second turns. Montieth dove under Krimes and grabbed the lead exiting the second turn heading up the backstretch. Montieth held on through the final two turns to claim his first win of 2018.
In the Central Pennsylvania Legends feature, it was Jeremy Ott picking up his first career Legends win.
Lincoln Speedway switches to night time racing next Saturday, March 24th at 6 PM, with the 410 Sprints being joined by the 358 Sprints. Gates will open at 4 PM, with hot laps getting underway at 5:30 PM, and heats at 6 PM.
Williams Grove Speedway will host the super late models along with the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars coming up this Friday night, March 23 at 7:30 pm
After falling to weather the last two weekends, Port Royal Speedway will try for the third time to open its 2018 racing season with a big program to kick off the year coming up this Saturday, March 24 at 3 pm.
Featured will be the Weikert’s Livestock 410 sprint cars, the River Valley Builders super late models and the first oval program of the year for the Mason Dixon Shootout limited late models.
The super late models will race in the ULMS Chiller Thriller paying $3,000 to win and $300 just to start the 30-lap main.
The 410 sprints will kickoff the season with a 25-lap main paying $4,000 to win and the Mason Dixon limited lates will race for a $1,000 checkered flag.
Starting time for the big opening day show has been moved up to 3 PM in an effort to overcome the persistent cold March temperatures. Pit gates will open at noon with general admission gates opening at 1 PM.
See you at the races!
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LINCOLN
410 Sprint Feature Finish (25 Laps) – 1., 21-Brian Montieth ($3,500); 2. 87-Alan Krimes; 3. 39-Cory Haas; 4. 99M-Kyle Moody; 5. 59-Jim Siegel
Legends Feature Finish (20 Laps) – 1. 10 -Jeremy Ott; 2. 8CR-Mason Chaney; 2. 51-Travis McClelland; 4. 19-Travis Perry; 5. 00-Lucas Montgomery
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