MECHANICSBURG – Brian Montieth, Lance Dewease and Fred Rahmer split the Jack Gunn Memorial Triple 20s for sprints Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway. Montieth and Dewease each took home $2,500 for their wins; while Rahmer pocketed $5,000 and the Gunn Memorial trophy for his work.
“It’s finally good to get a win and get one out of the way,” Rahmer said.
Montieth started sixth in his 20-lapper, the first of the program, and got by Lance Dewease for second on the second circuit; as pole-sitter Steve Buckwalter led. The event went nonstop with Montieth chasing Buckwalter through lapped traffic for the second half.
But with two laps to go, Buckwalter succumbed to the pressure and gave way to the Phoenixville pilot for the victory, his first of the season at the track. Brian Leppo was third followed by Aaron Ott and Dewease.
Dewease’s run to the win started out of the fourth hole on the line-up grid. The first seven laps saw Alan Krimes relentlessly hound Todd Shaffer for the lead all the while the pair had Dewease breathing down their necks.
Dewease finally got by Krimes for second with eight away and then he powered to Shaffer’s inside to take the lead at the halfway point. His pace as the leader was slowed with six laps to go when Greg Hodnett blew a right rear tire and Brian Leppo bounced to a spinning stop on the front chute.
Shaffer finished second followed by Montieth, Buckwalter and Fred Rahmer.
Rahmer led all 20 laps of the finale feature with Aaron Ott in tow the entire distance.
Ott was ready to stick his nose to Rahmer’s outside on two different occasions. The pair raced high off of the second corner only to see Rahmer edge just high enough to force him to back out of the throttle. Dewease came on strong during the last five laps, moving from fifth to third to catch the leaders by the finish but run out of time.
“One win doesn’t make a year, but it’s a good start,” added Rahmer.
Ott ended up second followed by Dewease, Greg Hodnett and Montieth.
Information used in this story was provided by Shawn Brouse/Williams Grove Speedway. Video used in this report is courtesy of www.SportsPlusVideo.com and Lynn Schaeffer Productions.
