New Oxford, PA

Once again on Saturday night I went to the Lincoln Speedway, this time with my
son Matt.   Once again Dave Reininger attended the nights racing events with a
fellow fan from Virgina.  He sat in turn one and I sat in turn four.  For those
of you who have never been to Lincoln it is a 3/8 mile clay banked oval track. 
Lincoln is located in New Oxford (Abbotstown), Pa approximately 1.7 miles east
of SR 94 on US 30, then 1/2 mile south at the speedway sign.  

This was the third night of the Expressline All Star invasion of the East
Coat.  There were 38 of the 410 Sprints, 17 of  the Semi Late cars and 22 of
the Thunder Cars signed into the pits.  There were four heat races for the 410
sprints with five to qualify from each heat.  There was also a twelve lap B
Main with four to qualify and then a 40 Lap A Main. 

The Hamilton owned #77 was present with Fred Rahmer.  Saturday night will now
find the #77 at Lincoln since Rahmer is in the hunt for the points
championship.  Also present was the #19 of Steve Smith. 

TIME TRIALS - Top Ten			Lap 1	Lap 2	Fast Lap
1.	#19	Steve Smith**		13.758	13.529	13.529
2.	#55	Tim Shaffer		13.964	13.886	13.886
3.	#69K	Don Kreitz Jr.		13.937	13.902	13.902
4.	#1J	Steve Siegel		13.912	13.971	13.912
5.	 #23s	Frankie Kerr		13.936	14.037	13.936
6.	#92x	Kevin Gobrecht		14.217	14.002	14.002
7.	#1W	Jeff Shepard		14.00?	14.235	14.00?
8.	#17e	Cris Eash		14.224	14.014	14.014
9.	#2W	Jesse Wentz		14.361	14.068	14.068
10.	#77	Fred Rahmer		14.273	14.101	14.101
**New Track Record breaking the 13.55 record of keith Kauffman set on 7/5/93

		
HEAT ONE
The line up for heat one was as follows:  
Row 1: #00 Danny Smith, #2D Craig Dollansky 
Row 2: #U2 Kevin Huntley, #2W Jesse Wentz  
Row 3: #23s Frankie Kerr, #19 Steve Smith
Row 4: #3B Van Gurley Jr., #11a Tim Kuhn 
Row 5: #X Bobby Weaver., #18 Brian Carlson 

The #2D of Dollansky took the lead while the #19 of Smith pulled a wheelie and
dropped back.  On lap five the #19 of Smith passed the #U2 of Huntley for
fourth.  On lap eight the #3B of Gurley went into the pits.  On lap nine the
#19 of Steve Smith got by the #00 of Danny Smith to take third.          
HEAT ONE QUALIFIERS
#2D, #2W, #19, #00, #U2.  

HEAT TWO
The line up for heat two was as follows:  
Row 1: #5 Byron Reed, #3 Daniel Coggeshell  
Row 2: #92 Kenny Jacobs, #77 Fred Rahmer 
Row 3: #11 92x Kevin Gobrecht, #55 Tim Shaffer  
Row 4: #07 Dave Haight, #10N Jeff Thompson  
Row 5: #13 Jeremy Minton, #99 Blane Borris

The green waved but the red quickly came out for the #13 of Minton who turned
over in turn two.  A complete restart followed with the #5 of Reed taking the
lead while the #77 of Rahmer was making the biggest gain by going to the
outside and passing cars until he found himself running in second position.

On lap three the #92x of Gobrecht passed the #3 of Coggeshell in turn three to
take fifth spot.  On lap six the #77 of Rahmer was pressuring the #5 of Reed
for the lead.  Finally on lap eight in turn four the #77 passed the #5.  	
HEAT TWO QUALIFIERS
#77, #5, #55, #92, #92x.  

HEAT THREE
The line up for heat three was as follows:  
Row 1: #45 Jeff Rohrbaugh, #12 Keith Kauffman  
Row 2: #1F Dean Jacobs, #11 Greg Hodnett
Row 3: #69K Don Kreitz Jr., #1W Jeff Shepard
Row 4: #66a Bobby Fletcher, #39 Phil Walters
Row 5:  #15D Brian Knaub

When the green flag waved the #69K of Kreitz passed two cars to move himself
up to fourth, meanwhile the leader of the race was the #45 of Rohrbaugh.  On
lap two the #1W of Shepard was pressuring the #69K of Kreitz.  The top five
were #45, #12, #11, #69K, #1W.  The real battle was between the #69K and the
#1W who swapped places a number of times before the heat was over. 
HEAT THREE QUALIFIERS
#45, #12, #11, #69K, #1W.    

HEAT FOUR
The line up for heat four was as follows:  
Row 1: #59 Bill Brian Jr., #2L Ed Lynch Jr.  
Row 2: #25 Todd Gracey, #94 Dale Blaney
Row 3: #17e Cris Eash, #1J Steve Siegel
Row 4: #77 Howie Locke, #68 Mike Lutz
Row 5:  #12B Brian Monteith

The #59 of Brian took the lead with the #94 of Blaney in second.  By lap two
the Blaney was pressuring the #59 of Brian for the lead.  On lap three the #1J
of Siegel passed the #2L of Lynch on the back stretch for fourth.  The top five
were: #59, #94, #17e, #15, #2L.  By lap six the #17e of Eash was pressuring the
#94 of Blaney for second while the #59 of Brian pulled out to a comforatable
lead.  On lap nine the #25 was pressuring the #2L for fifth but he could not
complete the pass. 
HEAT FOUR QUALIFIERS
#59, #94, #17e, #1J, #2L   

All Star Dash
Only the top six by time trials were eligible for the 5 lap straight up start
race.  This event is only for All Star Members only so the #19 of Smith was not
eligible.
1.) #55 Tim Shaffer,   2.) #69K Don Kreitz Jr.   3.) #1J Steve Siegel   4.) #23
Frankie Kerr   5.) #1W Jeff Shepard   6.)  #77 Fred Rahmer

On lap three the #1W of Jeff Sheppard hits the outside guard rail and turned
so that he was facing traffic bringing out the yellow.  At the same time the
23s of Kerr pulled into the pits.
The finishing order was #55, #69K, #1J, #69K

There was some suspense snce the #23s of Kerr was slated to start on the pole
of the B Main.  

B MAIN - Twelve Laps - Five To Qualify
Row 1:  #23s Frankie Kerr, #1F Jeff Shepard
Row 2:  #25 Todd Gracey, #11 3 Coggeshell
Row 3:  #3B Van Gurley, #07 Dave Haight
Row 4:  #66a Bobby Fletcher, #77 Howie Locke
Row 5:  #11a Tim Kuhn, #10N Jeff Thompson
Row 6:  #39 Phil Walter, #68 Mike Lutz
Row 7:  #X Bobby Weaver, #13 Jeremy Minton
Row 8:  #15D Gene Knaub, #12B Brian Montieth
Row 9:  #18 Brian Carlson, #99 Blane Borris

As expected when the green dropped the #23s of Kerr was out in front.  On lap
two the #25 of Gracey got by the #3 of Coggeshell in turn four.  Then on lap
three the #3 got back by the #25.  On lap five the #3 pulled away from the #25
and started pressuring the #1F of Jacobs for second.
B MAIN QUALIFIERS
 #23s, #1F, #3, #25.   

A MAIN - 30 Laps
Row 1:  #1J Steve Siegel, #69K Don Kreitz Jr.
Row 2:  #55 Tim Shaffer, #19 Steve Smith
Row 3:  #23s Frankie Kerr, #92x Kevin Gobrecht
Row 4:  #1W Jeff Shepard, #17e Cris Eash
Row 5:  #2W Jesse Wentz, #77 Fred Rahmer
Row 6:  #11 Greg Hodnett, #94 Dale Blaney
Row 7:  #U2 Kevin Huntley, #92 Kenny Jacobs
Row 8:  #1F Dean Jacobs, #2D Craig Dollansky
Row 9:  #3 Daniel Coggeshell, #12 Keith Kauffman
Row 10: #2L Ed Lynch Jr., #00 Danny Smith 
Row 11: #5 Byron Reed, #45 Jeff Rohrbaugh
Row 12: #59 Bill Brian Jr., #07 Dave Haight
The #25 of Todd Gracey scratched from the event allowing the #07 of Dave Haight
to make the event.


The green waved and the #69K of Kreitz took the point, however the yellow
immediately waved.  As the field came around again realigning for a restart the
starter pointed at the #69K.  On the restart the #69K of Kreitz was again in
the lead followed by the #1J of Siegel who was being pressured hard by the #19
of Smith.  On lap three the #19 of Smith took the second spot from the #1J of
Siegel in turn four.  Smith now set his sights on the leader #69K and was all
over him and on lap six got by him in turn two.  By lap seven the leader Steve
Smith was lapping traffic.  On lap eight the #92x of Gobrecht passed the #23s
of Kerr on the back stretch taking over fifth position.  On lap twelve the
yellow came out for the #12 of Kauffman who had come to a stop on the back
stretch.  Running order for the top five was: #19, #69K, #1J, #55, #92, #23s.  
Unfortunately this was a lengthy yellow as the drivers had a difference in
opinion with the officials over the line up order.

Once the green flew the field took off with the #92x of Gobrecht hitting the
outside wall just past the start/finish line while running fifth, fortunately
for him he kept going.  By lap nineteen the leader #19 Steve Smith was lapping
cars again.  The yellow then waved for the #00 of Danny Smith who had come to a
stop.  The #92 of Jacobs entered the pits but was able to rejoin the field. 
The #12 of Kauffman was also in the pits again.  The top five at this point
were: #19, #69K, #1J, #55, #92x, #2W.  On lap twenty three the #2D of Dollansky
brought out the yellow since he had looped the car in turn four and was facing
traffic.  the red then came out for a fuel stop.  During the fuel stop the #69K
of Kreitz changed a top wing which is allowed under the All Star rules.  During
this time sprinkles were felt and since the weather person had called for rain
it made the crowd nervous.

The field restarted but the #3 of Coggeshell slowed and then stopped on the
front stretch bring out the yellow.  The cars aligned for the restart.  As the
green waved the #92x of Gobrecht made a move and passed the #55 of Shaffer in
turn two and the #1J on the back stretch to take the third position.  The #92x
started reeling in the #69K of Kreitz ever so slowly.  On lap twenty-nine the
#19 of Smith started lapping traffic again.  The #92x of Gobrecht was starting
to catch the #69K and on the final lap put a move on the #69K of Kreitz coming
out of turn four but he was unable to complete the pass.

TOP FIVE FINISHERS
#19, #69K, #92x, #77, #55 

VICTORY LANE
This was Steve Smith 150 win in a sprint car and 152 win if late model
experience is counted.  Steve said he had planned to run the Grove on Friday
but time had gotten away from them and they were not ready.


As always I welcome any news, comments, suggestions or questions.  You can
reach me at:  rgould@oehs.upenn.edu