Eric Moats is on the board.
The Waynesboro driver scored his first win of the season at Winchester Speedway on Saturday. Competing in the Sport Compact Dirt Racing Association (SCDRA) division, Moats was making forward progress all night. He went from fourth to second in his heat race, before driving from fourth to Victory Lane in the 15-lap feature.
Moats was chased to the finish line by John Bumbaugh, of St. Thomas, who finished in third.
Moats warmed up for his winning night by commpeting at Clinton County Speedway on Friday. An eighth-place finish in his Legends heat race led to a 22nd-starting spot in the feature, but Moats made up for lost time by jumping seven spots to take 15th. While Moats missed the Top 10, several other locals made it, including the father-son combo of Seth Kearchner (3rd) and Lincoln Kearchner (4th), as well as Chambersburg’s Kelby Friese (5th), Ben Marrow (8th), and Jayden Powell (9th).
At Linda’s Speedway, two area drivers landed Top 10 finishes in their respective races. Chambersburg’s Rodney Walls took fourth in the Chargers race, while Greencastle’s Parker Starr was a fifth-place finisher in the Crown Vic feature.
Of course, racing headlines last week were dominated by Pennsylvania Speedweek, a showcase series that included one 410 Sprints driver from the LocalNews1.org coverage area. Lance “Fayetteville Flyer” Dewease had kicked off with two Top 5 finishes over the first three races, but the No. 8 car cooled down the stretch. The National Sprint Car Hall of Famer’s highlight over the final five races of the series came on Friday at the Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway. There, Dewease won the B-Main, before his evening came to an end with a DNF for 23rd in the feature.
For the fourth-straight year, Pennsylvania Speedweek was won by Dillsburg phenom Anthony Macri with 1,164 points. He outdueled York’s Chase Dietz — who leads the nation with 15 wins — a driver who finished with 1,073 points.
Racing was rained out at Lincoln, Grandview, Port Royal, Selinsgrove, and BAPS Motor Speedways last weekend, while the Friday program at McGrewBid Motoplex was called off for extreme heat. Path Valley Speedway enjoyed a scheduled weekend off from racing.
Below is a track-by-track, feature-by-feature look at races from last weekend that included drivers from the LocalNews1.org coverage area:
FEATURE RESULTS
Lincoln Speedway
Monday, June 29
410 Sprints (35 laps): 1. Chase Dietz (York), 2. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 3. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 4. Logan Schuchart (Hanover), 5. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 6. Carson Macedo (Lemoore, Calif.), 7. Ryan Newton (Sunshine Coast, QLD), 8. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 9. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 10. Kyle Moody (Wellsville), 11. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 12. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 13. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 14. James McFadden (Alice Springs, NT), 15. Kerry Madsen (Knoxville, Iowa), 16. Billy Dietrich (Aspers), 17. Brent Marks (Myerstown), 18. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 19. Aaron Bollinger (Birdsboro), 20. Chad Trout (Dover), 21. Kody Hartlaub (East Berlin) DNF, 22. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.) DNF, 23. Tyler Ross (Lincoln University) DNF, 24. Dylan Norris (Hanover) DNF.
410 Sprints (B-Main II, 10 laps): 1. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 2. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.), 3. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 4. Domenic Melair (Warrington), 5. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 6. Brandon Rahmer (Salfordville), 7. Matt Campbell (Fawn Grove), 8. Bryce Lucius (Findlay, Ohio), 9. Glenndon Forsythe (York), 10. Chris Arnold (Wellsville) DNF, 11. Tim Glatfelter (York) DNF, 12. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville) DNF, 13. Talan Haas (York) DNF, 14. Dallas Schott (York) DNF.
Port Royal Speedway
Wednesday, July 1
410 Sprints (30 laps): 1. Chase Dietz (York), 2. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 3. James McFadden (Alice Springs, NT), 4. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 5. Parker Price Miller (Kokomo, Ind.), 6. Tanner Holmes (Jacksonville, Ore.), 7. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 8. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 9. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 10. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 11. Kerry Madsen (Knoxville, Iowa), 12. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 13. Buddy Schweibinz (Tuckahoe, N.J.), 14. Mark Smith (Sunbury), 15. Ryan Newton (Sunshine Coast, QLD), 16. Ryan Taylor (Perkasie), 17. Doug Hammaker (Grantville), 18. Billy Dietrich (Aspers), 19. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.), 20. Brent Shearer (Manheim), 21. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 22. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 23. Kody Lehman (Enola), 24. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville).
410 Sprints (B-Main I, 10 laps): 1. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 2. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 3. Ricky Peterson (Rawson, Ohio), 4. Dylan Cisney (Port Royal), 5. Matt Campbell (Fawn Grove), 6. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 7. Chris Smith (Selinsgrove), 8. Cory Thornton (Lewistown), 9. Jake Karklin (Beavertown), 10. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford), 11. Devin Adams (Lebanon), 12. Domenic Melair (Warrington).
Hagerstown Speedway
Thursday, July 2
410 Sprints (30 laps): 1. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 2. Ryan Newton (Sunshine Coast, QLD), 3. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 4. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 5. Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville), 6. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 7. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 8. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 9. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville), 10. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 11. James McFadden (Alice Springs, NT), 12. Chad Trout (Dover), 13. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 14. Logan Schuchart (Hanover), 15. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 16. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.), 17. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 18. Ricky Peterson (Rawson, Ohio), 19. Dylan Cisney (Port Royal), 20. Jake Karklin (Beavertown), 21. Mark Smith (Sunbury), 22. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 23. Kasey Weaver (Everett), 24. Buddy Schweibinz (Tuckahoe, N.J.).
Williams Grove Speedway
Friday, July 3
410 Sprints (30 laps): 1. Anthony Macri (Dillsburg), 2. Chase Dietz (York), 3. Logan Schuchart (Hanover), 4. Brent Marks (Myerstown), 5. James McFadden (Alice Springs, NT), 6. Tanner Holmes (Jacksonville, Ore.), 7. Dylan Norris (Hanover), 8. Ryan Newton (Sunshine Coast, QLD), 9. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 10. Logan Rumsey (Manchester), 11. Troy Wagaman Jr. (Hanover), 12. Ryan Smith (Fleetwood), 13. Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg), 14. Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown), 15. Justin Whittall (Vincentown, N.J.), 16. Preston Lattomus (Lewes, Del.), 17. Buddy Schweibinz (Tuckahoe, N.J.) DNF, 18. Logan Wagner (Harrisonville) DNF, 19. Doug Hammaker (Grantville) DNF, 20. Austin Bishop (Morgantown) DNF, 21. Mike Thompson (Newtown) DNF, 22. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove) DNF, 23. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville) DNF.
410 Sprints (B-Main, 10 laps): 1. Lance Dewease (Fayetteville), 2. Mike Thompson (Newtown), 3. Cameron Smith (Spring Grove), 4. Billy Dietrich (Aspers), 5. Parker Scott (Mount Gambier, SA), 6. Chad Trout (Dover), 7. TJ Stutts (Liverpool), 8. Samuel Miller (York Springs) DNF, 9. Domenic Melair (Warrington) DNF, 10. Troy Fraker (Newville) DNF.
Linda’s Speedway
Friday, July 3
Chargers (25 laps): 1. Jeremy Ott (Carlisle), 2. Aaron Updegraff (Elizabethtown), 3. Kenny Yoder (Allensville), 4. Rodney Walls (Chambersburg), 5. Austin Webster (Williamstown), 6. Brock Foster (McVeytown), 7. Chris Warren (Jonestown), 8. Justin Rasp (McConnellsburg), 9. William Sterner (Elliottsburg), 10. Nicholas Barthalow (Shippensburg), 11. Josh Michael (Jonestown), 12. Cameron Diffenderfer (Chambersburg), 13. Eric Hollenbach (Fredericksburg), 14. Roger Traxler (Fayetteville), 15. Frank Stoner (Jonestown), 16. Tyler Stine (Shippensburg), 17. Jared Traxler (Chambersburg), 18. Ian Herr (Annville), 19. Wesley Young (Shippensburg), 20. Shaun Linn (Shippensburg), 21. Ed Hollenbach (Fredericksburg), 22. Douglas Sales (Greencastle), 23. Christian Smith (Grantville), 24. Kevin Bard (Chambersburg).
Crown Vic (25 laps): 1. Jamey Swank (Somerset), 2. Quinten Beeman (Stoystown), 3. Doug Winning (Somerset), 4. Jake Jones (Shermans Dale), 5. Parker Starr (Greencastle), 6. Travis Krause (Windber), 7. Justin Riegel (Tremont)
Clinton County Speedway
Friday, July 3
270 Micros (15 laps): 1. Jeff Weaver Jr. (Lock Haven), 2. Tyler Clowes (Winfield), 3. Mac Wert (Milroy), 4. JT Horwat (Penn Run), 5. Jillian Maurer (Elysburg), 6. Garrison Zook (Middleburg), 7. Denny Rineheimer (Bloomsburg), 8. Cory Stabley (Blanchard), 9. Zachary Glass (Fort Loudon), 10. Cayden Forsythe (York), 11. Logan Hammaker (Williamsport), 12. Matt Dixson Sr. (Julian), 13. Colton Guiher (Bellefonte), 14. Brycen Doyle (Spring Run), 15. Jon Williams Jr. (Shirleysburg), 16. Dylan Mickey (Chambersburg), 17. Kamden Rickert (Mill Hall), 18. Austin Foster (Howard), 19. Mike Stuck (Lewistown) DNF.
Legends: 1. Tanner Jones (Glengardner, N.J.), 2. Colton Friese (Spring Run), 3. Seth Kearchner (Fairfield), 4. Lincoln Kearchner (Fairfield), 5. Kelby Friese (Chambersburg), 6. Hunter McElroy (Spring Grove), 7. Justin Wagaman (Hanover), 8. Ben Marrow (Chambersburg), 9. Jayden Powell (Chambersburg), 10. Rick Hartwig (Finksburg, Md.), 11. Owen Wagaman (Hanover), 12. Mason Tracy (Westminster, Md.), 13. Dave Benner (Danville), 14. Darren Lucas (Moshannon), 15. Eric Moats (Waynesboro), 16. Moses Goetz (St. Thomas), 17. Brock Doyle (Spring Run), 18. KJ Massey (Hagerstown, Md.) DNF, 19. Jimmy Eicher (Osterburg) DNF, 20. Logan Jones (Greencastle) DNF, 21. Connor Tracy (Westminster, Md.) DNF, 22. Blake Nalley (Knoxville, Md.) DNF.
Winchester Speedway
Saturday, July 4
SCDRA (15 laps): 1. Eric Moats (Waynesboro), 2. Cody Dawson (Bunker Hill, W.Va.), 3. John Bumbaugh (St. Thomas), 4. Robbie Carroll (Gettysburg), 5. Stephen Suite (Chaptico, Md.), 6. Tom Paddock (Fairfax Station, Va.), 7. Allen Griffith (Winchester, Va.), 8. Zach Baxter (New Oxford), 9. Curtis Bass (Martinsburg, Va.), 10. Robert Hamilton Jr. (Clear Spring, Md.)
