There are plenty of words that could be used to describe the beginning of the 2026 auto racing season for Lance Dewease, but “gremlins” seems to check the most boxes.
Fayetteville’s Dewease has gotten off to promising starts in each of his first two 410 Sprints starts only for technical difficulties — “gremlins” — to spoil his night before feature’s end.
Dewease, a National Sprint Car Hall of Famer, and his team went back to the garage with his No. 8 racer and came back last weekend with Top 10 finishes at both Lincoln and BAPS Motor Speedways.
On Saturday at Lincoln, Dewease squeaked into the 30-lap feature by taking the fifth, and final, transfer spot from his heat race. Dewease drew the 17th position for the feature and blasted off from there, rising 11 spots to claim sixth place and earn the Hard Charger award. The race was won by Salfordville’s Freddie Rahmer, who surged to Victory Lane over Anthony Macri and Tyler Ross.
Dewease carried his momentum to BAPS on Sunday with another Top 10 finish. This time, he took second in his heat before moving from eighth to seventh in the 30-lap feature. Macri, from Dillsburg, won the race over Chase Dietz and Rahmer.
The Limited Late Models were also roaring at BAPS, with two local drivers posting Top 10 finishes: St. Thomas’ Michael Walls (4th) and Greencastle’s Scott Palmer (6th). Keith Walls, of St. Thomas, won his heat race.
Racing at Port Royal Speedway was canceled last weekend, but the venue will try again to open its season this weekend. Williams Grove Speedway is scheduled to begin its race schedule on Sunday.
Locally, Path Valley Speedway opens its season on April 4, while Hagerstown Speedway is slated to begin racing on April 11.
Below is a speedway-by-speedway, feature-by-feature look at races from last weekend that included drivers from the Local.News1 coverage area:
Feature results
Lincoln Speedway
Saturday, March 14
410 Sprints: 1. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 2. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 3. Tyler Ross (Lincoln University), 4. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 5. Matt Campbell (Fawn Grove), 6. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 7. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 8. Ayden Hare (Hanover), 9. Steven Snyder Jr. (Rising Sun, Md.), 10. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 11. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 12. Briggs Danner (Allentown), 13. Aaron Bollinger (Birdsboro), 14. Chad Trout (Dover), 15. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 16. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 17. Brandon Rahmer (Salfordville), 18. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 19. Billy Dietrich (Aspers), 20. Chase Dietz (York), 21. Tim Glatfelter (York), 22. Rick Lafferty (Pennington, N.J.), 23. Jordan Givler (Enola), 24. Nick Sheridan (Mount Brydges, On.).
BAPS Motor Speedway
Sunday, March 15
410 Sprints: 1. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 2. Chase Dietz (York), 3. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 4. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 5. Tyler Ross (Lincoln University), 6. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 7. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 8. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 9. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 10. Kyle Moody (Wellsville), 11. Steven Snyder (Rising Sun, Md.), 12. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (New Oxford), 13. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin), 14. Mark Smith (Sunbury), 15. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 16. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.), 17. Cole Knopp (Street, Md.), 18. John Jerich (Worthington), 19. Glenn Styres (Ohsweken, On.), 20. Aaron Bollinger (Birdsboro), 21. JJ Loss (Hanover), 22. Andy Best (Dover, Del.), 23. DJ Christie (Beachville, Ont.), 24. Billy Dietrich (Aspers).
Limited Late Models: 1. Gene Knaub (Dover), 2. Coleby Frye (Dover), 3. Chad Smith (Duncannon), 4. Micahel Walls (St. Thomas), 5. Travis Horan (Dover), 6. Scott Palmer (Greencastle), 7. Matt Adams (Etters), 8. Devin Frey (Richland), 9. Dale Murphy (Stevensville, Md.), 10. Zach Kauffman (York Haven), 11. Travis Mease (Harrisburg), 12. Keith Walls (St. Thomas), 13. Charlie Schaffer (Hampstead, Md.), 14. Lucas Adams (New Cumberland), 15. Kyle Moser (East Berlin), 16. Trent Merkel (Boyertown), 17. Charles Potts (Dover), 18. John Moser Jr. (York Haven), 19. Skylar Taschek (Duncannon), 20. Chuck Cox III (Nottingham, Md.), 21. Dawson Walls (St. Thomas), 22. Mike Ciezobka (Glen Burnie, Md.), 23. Collin Adams (New Cumberland), 24. Eddie Drury (Pasadena, Md.), 25. Eddie Drury III (Pasadena, Md.), 26. William Watson (Shermans Dale), 27. Jake Moser (York Haven).
