Race Results
July 5th 2008
HAAS CLAIMS WINTERMYER AUTO SALVAGE “358" LINCOLN SPRINT FEATURE
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ABBOTTSTOWN, PA, 7/5/08
- Lincoln’s all-time "358" sprint car winner
added another notch to his belt by claiming
the 25-lap, $2,500-to-win Wintermyer Auto
Salvage feature at Lincoln Speedway Saturday
night. The purse was the largest for the 358
Sprints in Lincoln history, and Clair
Wintermyer posted the $2,500 winner’s share
and lined up heat sponsors for the event.
Mystery Wintermyer (Clair’s wife) also added
the $200 Hard-Charger Award. Dallastown’s Cory Haas, competing at Lincoln in a "358" sprint car for the first time this year, started on the pole, followed outside front row starter Adam Wilt for the first 18 laps, and then pulled a slider on a restart to grab the race lead and take the checkered by 2.33 seconds for his 13th career Lincoln win. But with passing points used to determine the starting lineup for the feature event, it was his key pass of Jeff Rohrbaugh in his qualifying event that put him at the front of the feature line-up when Billy Dietrich (who tallied the most heat points with 73) pulled a six pill for the inversion. "We watched that first heat and there was a bunch of yellows and reds, and I told Mike (Barshinger) ‘I guarantee ours goes non-stop.’ If it would have, we wouldn’t have qualified in the heat. I sneaked by Jeff (Rohrbaugh) on the restart and that put us sixth in passing points for the night," said Haas in victory lane. Only the 19th-lap slider by Haas kept Wilt from scoring his first Lincoln win. "I just didn’t know where to be when I was running second," said Haas, "Adam Wilt took off and was running really good. I didn’t think I was going to get him. The only chance I had was to fly him down here in one and two on a restart, and it worked. Once I got clean air, it ran pretty good." Wilt crossed second, with Lincoln points leader Gerard McIntyre, Jr. third, Billy Dietrich fourth, and Danny Dietrich fifth. The Dietrichs passed each other at least a dozen times during the feature event. Sixth through tenth were Scott Geesey, Dale Hammaker, Glenndon Forsythe, two-time winner Aaron Ott, and Tim Berkheimer. Brian Eichelberger received the $200 hard-charger award from Mystery Wintermyer (Longaberger consultant) for advancing from 22nd starting spot to 15th at the finish. Wilt received a $300 bonus from Wintermyer for having his finishing position pulled randomly in victory lane. Also, Dale Hammaker got a free front wing from Wings Unlimited, and winner Haas and 13th-place finisher Adrian Shaffer got a free right-read wheel from series sponsor Keizer Aluminum Wheels. Heats for the 46 "358" Sprints were won by Nate Hammaker, Glenndon Forsythe, Tim Berkheimer, and Dale Hammaker. Twin consolations were won by Adrian Shaffer and Brad McClelland.
RACE RESULTS Lap Leaders - Adam Wilt (1-18), Cory Haas (19-25) Ken’s Service Center Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 2. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 3. 25-Aaron Ott; 4. 45-Colt White; 5. 22T-Matt Boland; 6. 77-Derek Locke; 7. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 8. 32-Chad Myers; 9. 22-Kevin Eshleman; 10. 50-Jimmy Stausbaugh (DNF); 11. 65-Cale Griffin (DNF); 12. 27-Jay Galloway (DNF). No Time Tressler Auto Electric Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 2. 45N-Kevin Nagy; 3. 15-Adam Wilt; 4. 39-Cory Haas; 5. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 6. 34-Austin Reed; 7. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 8. 29-Kyle Pruitt; 9. 99-Joe Trone, Jr.; 10. 75-Nicole Bower; 11. 01-Rick Horn (DNS). No Time Worley Construction Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 2. 91-Scott Geesey; 3. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 4. 51N-Nick Palmerino; 5. 16M-Craig Myers; 6. 11-Billy Heltzel, Jr.; 7. 11D-Mike Duncan; 8. 81B-Bob Anderson; 9. 18-Scott Lehman; 10. 01A-Denny Gross; 11. 1W-John Westbrook (DNF); 12. 28-Keith Prutzman (DNF). No Time Trone Outdoor Advertising Heat (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 1-Tim Wagaman; 3. 88-Danny Dietrich; 4. 84C-Chad Criswell; 5. 6-Brad McClelland; 6. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 7. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 8. 18J-Jesse Morrison; 9. 23B-Jimmy Stitzel; 10. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 11. 6S-Bill Sherman. No Time 1st Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify)- 1. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 2. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 3. 77-Derek Locke; 4. 22T-Matt Boland; 5. 34-Austin Reed; 6. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 7. 32-Chad Myers; 8. 29-Kyle Pruitt; 9. 27-Jay Galloway; 10. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 11. 75-Nicole Bower; 12. 22E-Kevin Eshelman; 13. 99-Joe Trone Jr. (DNF); DNS - 65-Cale Griffith, 01-Rick Horn. Time - 2:29.15 2nd Consolation (10 Laps/4 to qualify) - 1. 6-Brad McClelland; 2. 16M-Craig Myers; 3. 55E-Brian Eichelberger; 4. 23-Todd Rittenhouse Jr.; 5. 1W-John Westbrook; 6. 11D-Mike Duncan; 7. 23B-Jimmy Stitzel; 8. 11-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 9. 28-Keith Prutzman; 10. 18J-Jesse Morrison; 11. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 12. 01A-Denny Gross; 13. 6S-Bill Sherman; 14. 18-Scott Lehman; 15. 81B-Bob Anderson. Time - 2:44.05
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