Rahmer Charts No. 151
Fred Rahmer sets Lincoln's all-time victory record.
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. — Fred Rahmer wrote another page in the central Pennsylvania racing history books by picking up his 151st-career victory at Lincoln Speedway.
He did it in front of a packed house with the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions headlining the card.
Rahmer’s record victory came in a nonstop 30-lap event on the third-mile oval, and he earned $5,000 for beating Jeff Shepard by 1.57 seconds.
“I’ve been working at this since 1986,” said Rahmer, who drove Chad and Jen Clemens’s No. 51. “There are too many people to mention. Bud Lawrence, Joe Harz, Al Hamilton, Bob Stewart...you know I’m forgetting a lot of people and it won’t be right...but there’s a little bit of every deal I’ve been with in this. I’ve been with nothing but good people. Jim and Sandy (Kline) gave me a great ride last year. It’s a pretty emotional deal to tell the truth.”
Rahmer, who led from flag to flag, had been trying to get victory No. 151 at Lincoln for several weeks, breaking a tie with Steve Smith with 150 triumphs. Smith’s 150th victory came in an All Star event.
The summary:
Fast time: Chad Layton, 13.545 seconds (45 cars).
First Heat: Kenny Jacobs, Chad Layton, Chris Knopp, Jeff Shepard, Jim Siegel, Greg Wilson, Jeff Busby, Cris Eash, Brian Ellenberger, Pat Cooper.
Second Heat: Brian Montieth, Brian Paulus, Bill Rose, Craig Mintz, Cory Haas, Brian Leppo, Greg Hodnett, Mike Bittinger, Steve Clabaugh, Brandon Martin.
Third Heat: Paul May, Fred Rahmer, Dale Blaney, Lucas Wolfe, Bobby Weaver, Nick Schlauch, T.J. Stutts, Brock Mayes, Doug Dodson, A.J. Michael.
Fourth Heat: Doug Esh, Lance Dewease, Josh Wells, Danny Smith, Alan Krimes, Steve Buckwalter, Ryan Taylor, John Rudisill, Nicky Young.
Dash: Jacobs, Rahmer, Blaney, Knopp, Mintz, Paulus.
B Main: Hodnett, Wilson, Leppo, Schlauch, Eash, Stutts, Martin, Busby, Bittinger, Cooper, Buckwalter, Ellenberger, Michael, Rudisill, Mayes, Young, Clabaugh, Dodson, Taylor.
Feature: Rahmer, Shepard, Siegel, Layton, Wolfe, Haas, Hodnett, Blaney, Esh, Krimes, Mintz, Paulus, Wilson, Dewease, Leppo, Jacobs, Smith, Wells, Monteith, Knopp, Weaver, Schlauch, May, Rose.