Kasey Kahne, in a rare winged sprint car appearance, dominated the 410 Sprint Car Spring Championship at Lincoln Speedway. Kahne, who finished second in his heat race to Danny Dietrich, started on the outside of the front row and led all 30 laps.
“It feels good to get a win. Lincoln is a tough track and has a tough group of racers. It’s a great crowd early in the season. It’s great to be here Easter weekend. We had a great car and we just kept making it better. I have two great drivers, two great teams and crew chiefs, Factory Kahne Shocks, Willie Kahne, everyone who supports our team. It makes my job a lot easier when I don’t get to do this very often and I was on the phone with them all afternoon. I didn’t have a good showing at the Grove (Williams Grove) last night, I passed a few cars and that was it. So to come back tonight and get a great result here was big for all of us,” said Kahne from victory lane.
Brian Montieth, the current track champion, started on the pole and would come home second after challenging Kahne in traffic throughout the nonstop A Main.
Montieth was followed closely by Lucas Wolfe in the Zemco 1Z.
Also, on the ticket was Lincoln Speedway’s 358 Sprints. The feature was won by Chris Arnold over a hard charging Matt Campbell and Adrian Shaffer.
This year’s Sprint Car Spring Championship was given even more definition by the Pay Per View Coverage of Dirt Station.com. The flawless broadcast took viewers who were not fortunate enough to make it to the event right to trackside for the action.
Full Results:
Qualifying Results:1. 1 Lucas Wolfe 13.132 2. 51 Freddie Rahmer 13.213 3. 4 Kasey Kahne 13.243 4. 21 Brian Montieth 13.271 5. 94 Ryan Smith 13.279 6. 11C Cory Haas 13.317 7. 39 Tim Glatfelter 13.319 8. 59 Jim Siegel 13.338 9. 48 Danny Dietrich 13.361 10. 88 Brandon Rahmer 13.369 11. 15 Adam Wilt 13.383 12. 52 Austin Hogue 13.408 13. 35 Steve Owings 13.458 14. 55K Robbie Kendall 13.491 15. 16 Gerard McIntyre, Jr. 13.512 16. 19M Brent Marks 13.513 17. 2W Glenndon Forsythe 13.518 18. 37 JJ Grasso 13.577 19. 8 Billy Dietrich 13.634 20. 99M Kyle Moody 13.672 21. 69 Shane Hoff 13.701 22. 87 Alan Krimes 13.934 23. 75 Nicole Bower 13.935 24. 5 Tyler Ross 13.953 25. 21T Scott Fisher 14.078 26. 91 David Quackenbush 14.097 27. 10 Joe Kata III 14.158 28. 15M Bobby Mazingo 14.421 29. 10 Zach Euculano 14.639
Heat One (10 laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 21-Brian Montieth; 2. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 3. 19M-Brent Marks; 4. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. 39-Tim Glatfelter; 7. 8-Billy Dietrich; 8. 21T-Scott Fisher; 9. 15M-Bobby Mazingo; 10. 35-Steve Owings (DNF).
Heat Two (10 laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 15-Adam Wilt; 2. 59-Jim Siegel; 3. 94-Ryan Smith; 4. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 5. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 6. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody; 8. 91-David Quackenbush; 9. 75-Nicole Bower; 10. 10E-Zach Euculano.
Heat Three (10 laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich; 2. 4-4-Kasey Kahne; 3. 52-Austin Hogue; 4. 11C-Cory Haas; 5. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 6. 37-JJ Grasso; 7. 5-Tyler Ross; 8. 69-Shane Hoff; 9. 10K-Joe Kata III.
410 Sprint Consolation Finish (10 laps/6 to qualify) – 1. 8-Billy Dietrich; 2. 35-Steve Owings; 3. 5-Tyler Ross; 4. 99M-Kyle Moody; 5. 69-Shane Hoff; 6. 21T-Scott Fisher; 7. 91-David Quackenbush; 8. 15M-Bobby Mazingo; 9. 75-Nicole Bower; 10. 10K-Joe Kata III; 11. 10E-Zach Euculano.
410 Sprint Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 4-Kasey Kahne ($5,000); 2. 21-Brian Montieth; 3. 1Z-Lucas Wolfe; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich; 5. 94-Ryan Smith; 6. 51-Freddie Rahmer; 7. 15-Adam Wilt; 8. 59-Jimmy Siegel; 9. 11C-Cory Haas; 10. 37-JJ Grasso; 11. 19M-Brent Marks; 12. 52-Austin Hogue; 13. 16-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 14. 39-Tim Glatfelter; 15. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 16. 87-Alan Krimes; 17. 35-Steve Ownings; 18. 88-Brandon Rahmer; 19. 8-Billy Dietrich; 20. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe; 21. 5-Tyler Ross; 22. 99M-Kyle Moody; 23. 21T-Scott Fisher; 24. 69-Shane Hoff.
358 Sprint Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 23-Chris Arnold; 2. 16-Matt Campbell; 3. 27S-Adrian Shaffer; 4. 77-David Holbrook; 5. 19-Troy Wagaman, Jr.; 6. 41-Jeff Halligan; 7. 119-Chandler Leiby; 8. 89-Ashley Cappetta; 9. 28-Matt Findley; 10. 35-Tyler Esh; 11. 66A-Cody Fletcher; 12. 4-Dwight Leppo; 13. 38D-Kyle Denmyer; 14. 56M-DJ Montgomery; 15. 12-Brent Shearer; 16. 90-Jordon Givler; 17. 23J-Jake Eldreth; 18. 97-Brie Hershey (DNF); 19. 00-Chris Frank (DNF); 20. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh (DNF); 21. 66-Doug Hammaker (DNF); 22. 13-Ryan Higgins (DNF);23. 19D-Wyatt Hinkle (DNF); 24. 4R-Tyler Walton (DNF). No Time
Lap Leaders – Chris Arnold (1-13), Matt Campbell (14-17), Chris Arnold (18-20)
