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SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY

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 29 August 1999

Steve Inch

RAHMER WIRES FIELD FOR FIRST SELINSGROVE ALL STAR VICTORY

SELINSGROVE, PA – Salfordville’s Fred Rahmer wired the field for his victory in the 30-lap All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car main event Sunday night at Selinsgrove Speedway.

            For Rahmer, at the wheel of the Hamilton Motorsports No. 77, the win was worth $5,000 and marked the sixth of the season and the 43^rd of his career at Selinsgrove.

            Rahmer became the 13^th different driver to win an All Star-sanctioned race at the track since 1970. Sunday night’s win also was Rahmer’s fourth All Star Sprint Car win thus far in 1999.

            Todd Hestor of Middleburg was the night’s fast qualifier with a one-lap time of 16.979, while Joey Keister also of Middleburg wired the field for his first 12-lap Pro Stock feature of the season.

            Selinsgrove Speedway will present a three division show consisting of Sprint Cars, Super Sportsman and Pro Stocks this Sunday, September 5 beginning at 7 p.m. Grandstand and pit gates will open at 5 p.m.

            At the start of the All Star Sprint Car feature, polesitter Joey Saldana and second-place starter Fred Rahmer raced wheel-to-wheel for almost the first full lap before Rahmer put the Hamilton Motorsports machine into the lead coming off turn four.

            Once in front, Rahmer never relinquished the front spot despite several late race restarts. The event’s first red flag unfurled on lap 13 when Saldana’s race car broke and collided with Alan Cole’s racer. There were no driver injuries.

            For the restart, several lapped cars separated Rahmer and sixth-place starter Todd Hestor in the two lead positions. When the race resumed, however, Hestor drifted high in turns one and two and allowed third-place starter Kenny Jacobs to take over second.

            Near the midway point, the race for third intensified when ninth-place starter Jeff Shepard began to pressure fifth-place starter and defending Selinsgrove All Star winner Greg Hodnett for the third position.

            For the final restart on lap 26, there were no lapped cars separating the top five leading drivers. When the race resumed, Rahmer quickly stretched his lead over Jacobs. Rahmer went unchallenged to the checkered flag, posting the win ahead of Jacobs, Hodnett, Shepard and 18^th-place starter Todd Shaffer.

            Joey Keister started on the outside of the front row and took the lead at the start of the Pro Stock feature. Keister was chased by fourth-place starter Donnie Murphy for all 12 laps, while sixth-place starter Gary Kerstetter moved into third the second half of the event.

            In the final laps, the top six drivers broke away from the rest of the field and dueled for the front positions. Then the top two point drivers, Dave Brouse and Tim Krape, collided in turn one and were sidelined for the night.

            The final lap saw Murphy race bumper to bumper with Keister. Keister, however, maintained the lead and recorded the win over Murphy, Kerstetter, Dave Inch and Gerald Kratzer.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 29 August 1999

Sprint Cars – 37 Entries

30-Lap A-Main: 1) 77 Fred Rahmer $5,000 2) 6 Kenny Jacobs 3) 12 Greg Hodnett 4) 1 Jeff Shepard 5) 88 Todd Shaffer 6) 7 Keith Kauffman 7) 77E Dave Ely 8) U2 Paul McMahan 9) 23K Kasey Kahne 10) 23-S Frankie Kerr 11) 7M Todd Hestor 12) 53 Shawn Keen 13) 8 Dean Jacobs 14) 22 Rodney Duncan 15) 32 Brook Weibley 16) 117 Mike Erdley 17) 20 Brian Ellenberger 18) 87 George Suprick 19) 07 Curt Michael 20) 17 Joey Saldana 21) 17 Alan Cole 22) 75W Randy Wolfe 23) 88 Lance Dewease 24) 92 Brian Gobrecht

Heat Winners: Kasey Kahne (NTR 8 Laps – 2:21.81), Greg Hodnett, Alan Cole,

                        Kenny Jacobs

B-Main: Joey Saldana

Commercial Truck & Trailer Dash: Paul McMahan

Time Trials: 1) Hestor 16.979 2) Hodnett 17.018 3) Dewease 17.110 4) K. Jacobs 17.218 5) Rahmer 17.249 6) Saldana 17.277 7) McMahan 17.317 8) Kauffman 17.347 9) Shepard 17.415 10) Ely 17.437 11) Kerr 17.459 12) Wolfe 17.466 13) Ellenberger 17.473 14) Michael 17.542 15) Erdley 17.588 16) Suprick 17.619 17) Kahne 17.619 18) Shaffer 17.623 19) Cole 17.629 20) Weibley 17.661 21) Gobrecht 17.730 22) D. Jacobs 17.762     23) 22 Rodney Duncan 17.826 24) Keen 17.869 25) 17B Troy Whitsel 17.905 26) 51 Jarod Hull 18.122 27) 88 Mike Walter 18.168 28) 29 Todd Gracey 18.354 29) 33 Ron Kramer 18.430 30) 77T Jess Thomas 18.430 31) 3 Bob Bennett 18.479 32) 63 Greg Wilson 19.017 33) 3X Mick Waistowski 19.613 34) 28C Rob Combs 20.639 35) 0 John Miller 20.799 36) 8C Craig Gumberling NO TIME 37) 18 Brian Carlson NO TIME

Pro Stocks – 20 Entries

12-Lap A-Main: 1) 00 Joey Keister 2) 19 Donnie Murphy 3) 12-Pak Gary Kerstetter 4) 28 Dave Inch 5) 25 Gerald Kratzer 6) 66 Scott Dorman 7) 85 Scott Dunham 8) 48 Matt Drum 9) 11 Jake Buck 10) 8 Doug Hendricks 11) XR7 Jerry Blauch 12) 98 Tracker 13) 44 Bruce Drum 14) 20 Tony Rocuskie 15) 24-Pak William Mitch 16) 07 Tim Krape 17) 6-Pak Dave Brouse 18) 70 Matt Johnson 19) 99 Kyle Bachman 20) 3 Ray Gradwell (DNS)

Heat Winners: Joey Keister and Doug Hendricks