Kyle Larson Returns To Victory Lane With $6,900 Weldon Sterner Win At Lincoln Speedway

Story By: LINCOLN SPEEDWAY – ABBOTTSTOWN, PA – Kyle Larson was shut out of victory lane at Lincoln earlier in the year when he made the trip to Central PA for Speedweek.

On Wednesday night Larson was back on top of his short-track game when he wired the field in the 33-lap Weldon Sterner Memorial feature to score a $6,900 payday. Larson’s win also earned him a guaranteed starting spot in Saturday’s Dirt Classic VII.

Larson shared the front row with pole-sitter Rico Abreu. With invaders making up the front row, the PA Posse was represented by Anthony Macri and TJ Stutts in row two for the start of the main event.

When the green flag flew Larson and Abreu were racing door to door with Larson having the slight advantage at the flag stand. Larson held on to the lead with Abreu in second, Stutts in third, Lance Dewease in fourth and Macri in fifth.

The first caution of the race came on lap 2 when Brian Brown came to a stop on the front stretch. Brian Montieth, who was sporting the Sterner Cement #69 wing for the night’s memorial race, had just passed Macri to enter into the top five when the yellow came out, sending him back to sixth for the restart.

Larson paced the field ahead of Abreu, Stutts, Dewease and Macri for the single-file restart. Larson and Abreu both opted to run the top in turns 1 and 2 while Dewease used the bottom to get by Stutts for third.

The yellow came out again on lap 4 when Brian Montieth got turned around in turn 4. Montieth nearly got upside-down with a front right flat tire. Montieth’s team changed the tire and he rejoined the field for the restart.

The running order of the top five for the restart was Larson, Abreu, Dewease, Stutts and Macri.

The All Star Circuit of Champion point leader, Aaron Reutzel, was a rocket on the restart, getting by Macri on the top of turn 4 for fifth and then beating Stutts to the line to take fourth. Reutzel went to work on reeling in Dewease.

Larson entered lapped traffic on lap 9 and it wasn’t long before he was in heavy traffic allowing Abreu to close in.

After making his way through the heavy traffic Larson pulled away from Abreu. While Larson and Abreu were running the top, Dewease was using the bottom line around the track to reel in Rico. Abreu tried to take Dewease’s line away by going to the bottom in turn 1 on lap 20, but Abreu’s car slid up the track allowing Dewease to make the pass for second.

Danny Dietrich brought out the caution on lap 23 when he got turned around in turn 1. Dietrich rejoined the field.

Larson went high and Dewease opted to go low into turn 1 on the restart. Abreu used the top to close in on Dewease as Macri and Stutts battled for fifth.

Another caution came on lap 29 when Ian Madsen got into the wall in turn 2.

Larson led Dewease, Abreu, Reutzel and Stutts to the cone for the final restart of the race.

Once again Larson went high and Dewease went low. Rico got by Dewease using the top of the track. Lance went to the top to hold off a late race charge from Reutzel.

Larson took the checkered flag .746 seconds ahead of Abreu. Dewease finished third and Reutzel crossed the line fourth. Macri held off Stutts for a fifth place finish.

This Saturday, September 19, Lincoln Speedway is back in action with the Dirt Classic VII. Action starts at 7:00PM with pit gates opening at 3:30PM and grandstand gates opening at 4:00PM.

To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway’s website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com to stay up-to-date on all the action or pending weather conditions at Central Pennsylvania’s “Premier” Saturday night race track – The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.

RACE RESULTS

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

LINCOLN SPEEDWAY

Abbottstown, PA

Gene Latta 410 Sprint Cars

410 Sprint Car Feature (33 laps) 1. 57-Kyle Larson [2] $6,900; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [1]; 3. 69K-Lance Dewease [6]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel [5]; 5. 39-Anthony Macri [3]; 6. 11-TJ Stutts [4]; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer [13]; 8. 2M-Kerry Madsen [9]; 9. 5-Brent Marks [22]; 10. 18-Gio Scelzi [10]; 11. 3z-Brock Zearfoss [12]; 12. 48-Danny Dietrich [24]; 13. 88-Brandon Rahmer [18]; 14. 20-Tanner Thorson [14]; 15. 1x-Chad Trout [15]; 16. 19m-Landon Myers [11]; 17. 17-Ian Madsen [16]; 18. 69/21-Brian Montieth [8]; 19. 87-Alan Krimes [20]; 20. 10x-Ryan Smith [21]; 21. 99-Kyle Moody [19]; 22. 2w-Glenndon Forsythe [17] DNF; 23. 69-Tim Glatfelter [23] DNF; 24. 21-Brian Brown [7] DNF

Lap Leaders Kyle Larson (1-33)

410 Sprint Heat 1 Finish (10 laps) 1. 11-TJ Stutts [2]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen [1]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel [4]; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer [3]; 5. 2w-Glenndon Forsythe [6]; 6. 35-Steve Owings [5]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson [7]; 8. 19-Troy Wagaman Jr. [9]; 9. 44-Dylan Norris [10]; 10. 49H-Bradley Howard [8] DNS

410 Sprint Heat 2 Finish (10 laps) 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 19M-Landon Myers [3]; 3. 57-Kyle Larson [4]; 4. 1X-Chad Trout [2]; 5. 99-Kyle Moody [7]; 6. 24-Lucas Wolfe [5]; 7. 8-Billy Dietrich [6]; 8. 90-Jordan Givler [9]; 9. 23-Chris Arnold [8]; 10. 16A-Aaron Bollinger [10] DNF

410 Sprint Heat 3 Finish (10 laps) 1. 69/21-Brian Montieth [2]; 2. 18-Gio Scelzi [1]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 4. 20-Tanner Thorson [3]; 5. 88-Brandon Rahmer [6]; 6. 10X-Ryan Smith [5]; 7. 5E-Tim Wagaman [7]; 8. 15-Adam Wilt [10]; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich [8] DNF; 10. 16-Matt Campbell [9] DNF

410 Sprint Heat 4 Finish (10 laps) 1. 21-Brian Brown [2]; 2. 3z-Brock Zearfoss [1] 3. 39-Anthony Macri [4]; 4. 17-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 87-Alan Krimes [5]; 6. 69-Tim Glatfelter [6]; 7. 5-Brent Marks [9]; 8. 59-Jim Siegel [7]; 9. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [8]

410 Sprint Consy Finish (12 laps) 1. 10x-Ryan Smith [2]; 2. 5-Brent Marks [8]; 3. 69-Tim Glatfelter [4]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich [14]; 5. 24-Lucas Wolfe [3]; 6. 35-Steve Owings [1]; 7. 19-Troy Wagaman Jr. [9]; 8. 59-Jim Siegel [12]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson [5]; 10. 23-Chris Arnold [15]; 11. 90-Jordan Givler [11]; 12. 44-Dylan Norris [13]; 13. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [16] DNF; 14. 49H-Bradley Howard [17] DNF; 15. 5E-Tim Wagaman [6] DNF: 16. 8-Billy Dietrich [7] DNS; 17. 15-Adam Wilt [10] DNS; 18. 16-Matt Campbell [18] DNS; 19. 16A-Aaron Bollinger [19] DNS

Time Trial Results Flight 1 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel 13.436*; 2. 57-Kyle Larson 13.588; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen 13.599; 4. 69K-Lance Dewease 13.695; 5. 11-TJ Stutts 13.719; 6. 1X-Chad Trout 13.778; 7. 51-Freddie Rahmer 13.825; 8. 19M-13.839; 9. 35-Steve Owings 13.857; 10. 24-Lucas Wolfe 13.921; 11. 2w-Glenndon Forsythe 13.928; 12. 8-Billy Dietrich 13.996; 13. W20-Greg Wilson 14.011; 14. 99-Kyle Moody 14.067; 15. 49H-Bradley Howard 14.087; 16. 23-Chris Arnold 14.151; 17. 19-Troy Wagaman Jr. 14.215; 18. 90-Jordan Givler 14.294; 19. 44-Dylan Norris 14.374; 20. 16A-Aaron Bollinger 14.442

Time Trial Results Flight 2 1. 24-Rico Abreu 13.646; 2. 39-Anthony Macri 13.667; 3. 18-Gio Scelzi 13.687; 4. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss 13.730; 5. 69/21-Brian Montieth 13.794; 6. 21-Brian Brown 13.827; 7. 20-Tanner Thorson 13.879; 8. 17-Ian Madsen 13.917; 9. 10X-Ryan Smith 13.918; 10. 87-Alan Krimes 13.956; 11. 88-Brandon Rahmer 14.002; 12. 69-Tim Glatfelter 14.022; 13. 5E-Tim Wagaman 14.022; 14. 59-Jim Siegel 14.023; 15. 48-Danny Dietrich 14.088; 16. 91-Kyle Reinhardt 14.120; 17. 16-Matt Campbell 14.124; 18. 5M-Brent Marks 14.154; 19. 15-Adam Wilt 14.269

*Overall quick time