FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
AUGUST 24, 2018
FREDDIE RAHMER AND JIM SIEGEL KEEP ALL STARS WINLESS AT WILLIAMS GROVE
WINNING JACK GUNN MEMORIAL TWIN 20’S
MECHANICSBURG, PA – Freddie Rahmer drove by Kyle Larson in lapped
traffic and on to win the first 20-lap main event Friday night at
Williams Grove Speedway as part of the Jack Gunn Memorial sanctioned
by the All Star
Circuit of Champions.
Jim Siegel inherited the lead when Chad Trout had trouble in lapped
traffic and held off Tony Stewart to win $4,000 in the second main
event.
The All Stars have never beaten the Williams Grove regulars in a
sanctioned race
pushing their record to 35-0.
Rahmer’s second career All Star win was worth $4,000. It was his
second Grove
win of the season.
“I knew once we got the lead it was a long way from over,” Rahmer said
referring to Larson. “We weren’t bad after the restart. I wasn’t
cutting the corners like I wish I was. Then we got to lapped cars and
made a couple good moves that probably kept him just far enough away
to get it
done.”
“The whole night it wasn’t turning in like I needed it to,” Rahmer
said. “We changed the car and I knew after the first lap or so, we
were going to be okay. The car was night and day different.”
Larson and Grandview winner and All Star point leader Aaron Reutzel
shared the front row. Reutzel got the jump, but the yellow flew when
Jac
Haudenschild hit the second turn fence.
Larson streaked away on the second start as third starting Rahmer
passed Reutzel
for second.
Larson led by 2.663 seconds with four laps completed. He reached
slower traffic
with six down and Rahmer closed.
Larson went to the bottom to try and lap cars as they raced into turn
one. Rahmer
shot by on the outside taking the lead with 11 laps to go.
Larson stayed right with Rahmer as Chad Trout slowed bringing out the
yellow two laps
later getting the leaders out of traffic.
“I wanted to see the caution because the track’s pretty fast and you
could easily get yourself in trouble there,” Rahmer said. “The yellow
definitely helped us. Get us into clean air. Ever since the middle of
Speedweek, we’ve been driving better and the car is a little bit
better. Everything is going good. We’re still not where I think we’re
capable of
being. We’re close anyway.”
Rahmer controlled the restart and final laps through traffic beating
Larson by .347. Reutzel, Lance Dewease and Tim Shaffer completed the
top five. Brian Montieth, Lucas Wolfe, Gerard McIntyre Jr., Ryan Smith
and Chad
Kemenah rounded out the top 10.
second 20-lap main event putting Danny Dietrich on the pole and Chad
Trout second.
They traded the lead twice in the opening lap with Trout securing the
top spot over
Dietrich and Jim Siegel.
The yellow flew with four laps completed when Robbie Kendall slowed in
turn four.
Close racing in the first turn on the restart resulted in Dietrich
spinning up
across the turn and into the fence.
Tony Stewart passed Dave Blaney on the restart taking third as Trout
built a
comfortable lead over Siegel.
At the half-way point, he led by 3.037 seconds and reached slower traffic.
That traffic cost Trout on the frontstretch on lap 11 as contact with
Tyler Esh
caused him to spin bringing out the yellow.
That handed the
lead to Siegel over Stewart and Blaney.
He controlled the restart and one more lap was completed before
Brandon
Spithaler slowed with seven laps to go.
Siegel won by 1.118 over Stewart for his first career All Star win and
first Grove win
in six seasons.
“It’s amazing,” Siegel said. “We built a couple different racecars
just trying to get me comfortable. This is a brand new RPM Chassis.
First night on it. It feels great to park it in Victory Lane. It’s my
first All Star win. It’s something I’ve been after for a long time. My
dad won one here back in ’96. He really loved following the All Stars
and it means a
lot to me to get an All Star win.”
Blaney, Steve Buckwalter, and Anthony Macri completed the top five.
Larson started 21st and finished sixth. Greg Hodnett, Brock Zearfoss,
Brian Montieth rounded out the top 10. Rahmer dropped out of the main
event.
Dewease set fast time over the 35-car field with a lap of 16.584. Tim
Shaffer, Anthony Macri, Brian Montieth and Tony Stewart won the
eight-lap heat races. Larson and Reutzel won the dashes and Brock
Zearfoss the B-main.
Sprint Car Feature (20 laps): 1. Freddie Rahmer. 2. Kyle Larson. 3.
Aaron Reutzel. 4. Lance Dewease. 5. Tim Shaffer. 6. Brian Montieth. 7.
Lucas Wolfe. 8. Gerard McIntyre Jr. 9. Ryan Smith. 10. Chad Kemenah.
11. Greg Hodnett. 12. Paul McMahan. 13. Anthony Macri. 14. Brock
Zearfoss. 15. Steve Buckwalter. 16. Carson Macedo. 17. Tony Stewart.
18. Robbie Kendall. 19. Jim Siegel. 20. Dave Blaney. 21. Chad Trout.
22. Danny Dietrich. 23. Tim Wagaman. 24. Nicole Bower. 25. Brandon
Spithaler. 26. Cory Haas. 27. Rick Lafferty. 28. Jac Haudenschild.
Sprint Car Feature 2 (20 laps): 1. Siegel. 2. Stewart. 3. Blaney. 4.
Buckwalter. 5. Macri. 6. Larson. 7. Hodnett. 8. Zearfoss. 9. Montieth.
10. Smith. 11. Wolfe. 12. Shaffer. 13. Macedo. 14. McMahan. 15.
Kemenah. 16. McIntyre Jr. 17. Wagaman. 18. Esh. 19. Dewease. 20.
Spithaler. 21. Bower. 22. Trout. 23. Rahmer. 24. Conley. 25. Dietrich.
26. Kendall. 27. Haas. 28. Reutzel
Did Not Qualify: Cale Conley, Tyler Esh, Cory Haas, Mark Smith,
Brandon Spithaler, Jay Galloway, Nicole Bower, Kody Lehman, Troy
Fraker, Alan Krimes