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08:16:59 AM by Smitty51
Wish I would have been there to see it! Glad to see them finding their winning ways with the Outlaws coming to town next weekend!
Rahmer preps for World of Outlaws with 84th win 5/6/11
Mechanicsburg – Fred Rahmer of Salfordville led early and late to claim the 84th 410 sprint car win of this illustrious career at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night on outlaw tune-up night . Pat Cannon claimed his second 358 sprint feature of the season in the companion main event, the 23rd of his career at the track. Rahmer started second in the 30-lap outlaw tune-up feature, alongside Danny Dietrich and beat Dietrich back to the line to lead the first circuit and the next 11 in fact before falling victim to eighth starter Brian Montieth of Phoenixville. The Edge was running his patented line around the outside of the speedway and broke into the top five with just two away and before lap five could be completed, Montieth was up to third. He went by Dietrich on the 11th circuit and as Rahmer negotiated traffic, he zipped to his outside in the first and second corners to take the lead. And from there it appeared that the race might have been over as Montieth pulled away to a convincing straightaway advantage as the race worked into its second half. But with just two laps to go, the nonstop pace was slowed for debris on the track and that was all Rahmer needed. He stuffed his Chad Clemens-owned No. 51 to the inside of Montieth’s No. 21 as the pair took the new green and raced into the first corner. Montieth tried to turn the car back down as the pair raced through the turns but it was all over except the shouting during the final lap and a half as Rahmer drove away to the checkers. “I had a real good restart and he was sort of in a bad spot,” Rahmer said of Montieth’s positioning for the return to action. “I haven’t won for so gosh-darn long, it’s ridiculous. That’s probably as long as I’ve gone without a win.” “I kept looking at the board and seen him coming,” Rahmer said of watching Montieth advance through the field early on only to catch him and drive into the lead. Montieth ended up second followed by Dietrich, Don Kreitz Jr. and Greg Hodnett. Rounding out the top 10 was Doug Esh, Lance Dewease, Mark Smith, Justin Henderson and Gerard McIntyre Jr. Heats for the 25-car field went to Rick Lafferty, Montieth and Esh with fast timer Alan Krimes taking the B Main. Dietrich earned the pole for the feature by wining the dash. Krimes’ fast time in qualifications was 17.315 seconds.
30 laps: 1. Fred Rahmer, 2, Brian Montieth, 3. Danny Dietrich, 4. Don Kreitz Jr., 5. Greg Hodnett, 6. Doug Esh, 7. Lance Dewease, 8. Mark Smith, 9. Justin Henderson, 10. Gerard McIntyre Jr., 11. Brent Marks, 12. Jim Siegel, 13. Dave Ely, 14. Tyler Walker, 15. Chad Layton. 16. Frank Cozze, 17. Rick Lafferty, 18. Nicole Bower, 19. Aaron Ott, 20. Steve Buckwalter, 21. Ryan Bohlke, 22. Cory Haas, 23. Adam Wilt, 24. Alan Krimes.
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Congrats to Fred Rahmer , the crew , Barry Jackson , Deb Rahmer and the owners of car 51 , it was long overdue , just goes to show you how tough central Pa circuit is, plus a little bad luck thrown in . But hopefully Fred will win many more races now !!!
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