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By Brady Hilbert

 

Outlaws 2 and Dewease 2 after the Champion Oil Summer Nationals
Written By: Brady Hilbert

The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars invaded the Pennsylvania Posse at Williams Grove Speedway this past weekend. After two more rounds of action the two rivals are deadlocked at two apiece. The World of Outlaws were led by Daryn Pittman all weekend long as he scored win #7 on the year Friday night. The win gave Pittman a check worth $8,000 dollars and the Outlaws second win of the season against the Posse.
Friday night saw Pittman draw a very late pill, however the former Posse regular scored fast time of the night over the 38 car field. Pittman went out in the second group for qualifying which sent him out in the third heat on Friday night. The #9 came home second in his heat and was sitting in the 6th starting spot prior to the dash inversion. Pittman’s night was made when the #6 pill was drawn and put him on the pole for the dash, Pittman drove away in the dash and lined up on the pole for the 25 lap main event. The 25 lap main event never really saw a challenger for Pittman, Posse legend Lance Dewease drove from tenth to second, but, never really had anything for Pittman Friday night. Dewease would go on to finish second with Greg Hodnett rounding out the podium in third.
Saturday night saw the tables turn, but not really until lap 20 of the 30 lap main event. Daryn Pittman scored quick time again for the second night in a row. Pittman then went on to win his heat and start on the pole for the dash. Posse fans did have a little hope, however, because the Don Kreitz 69K was not starting tenth on Saturday night. Dewease started outside row number two on Saturday night. He timed in second quick and won his heat race by over six seconds.
When the green flag dropped on Saturday night’s main event, it saw Joey Saldana drive away from Daryn Pittman. For the first 10 laps or so it looked a lot like Friday night’s race with Saldana driving away from second place Pittman. However, unfortunately for Joey the cautions started coming and the fans saw restart after restart in the middle stages of the race. The lap 19 restart saw Joey spin the tires coming off four and Lance drove around him on the outside and quickly pulled away, but once again the yellow was flown for debris. This gave Saldana the lead back and on the next restart Lance slid up in front of Joey coming off turn four and never looked back. However, coming off turn four for the checkered the yellow flag was waving again with Aaron Ott spinning on the front stretch. Dewease stopped in turn two following the yellow and was out of fuel, however the decision for an open red had already been made. This allowed the Fayetteville native to regain his first place starting spot and drive away from the field on the green-white-checkered finish with Daryn Pittman coming home second. The win was Dewease’s fourth of the season at the grove and he himself has the two wins against the outlaws this season for the Posse. The Don Krietz “Dream Team” took home a hefty $25,000 dollars and the Morgan Cup stayed in Central PA for at least one more year.
The 2016 Summer Nationals was a hot one and it took everyone by surprise to see the cushion we saw at Williams Grove this weekend. The drivers were very surprised and you have to give the track team credit for getting all that water down before race time. The two rivals will meet again for the Champion Racing Oil National Open, weather permitting we will see the three day format be used for the first time this season in late September. Lance Dewease is most certainly the early favorite to win the $50,000 showdown at the Cumberland County Oval, we will see over the next two months if a team in Central PA can find a way around the 69k team.

 

 

Schatz and Dewease headline the Summer Nationals and Morgan Cup

Written By: Brady Hilbert

The month of money continues this weekend for the World of Outlaws, as they make their second stop of the season at the historic Williams Grove Speedway. The two day show will see Saturday’s winner take home a hefty $25,000 with $5,000 coming from the suspended Morgan Cup back in May. Taking no prisoners right now Donny Schatz will lead the greatest show on dirt back into posse country, Schatz fresh off a Kings Royal win and a second place run Tuesday at the Lernerville Speedway will look to continue his recent success at the grove. For the local boys, they will be led by Lance Dewease. Piloting the Don Kreitz 69K, Dewease is coming off his third grove win just last Friday night at the Outlaw tune up race.
These two will look to continue recent success at the Cumberland County Oval, and neither one could have much more momentum than they do right now. Schatz has had a bunch of top three finishes at the grove dating back to last season. Including a 3rd place run in the May 21st race earlier this year. It is also proven that when big money is on the line, you can guarantee the bad boy off road #15 will be rolling. As for Lance Dewease, he is having a dream season. It seems whenever this team hits the track they find themselves taking the checkered. The 69K team is fresher than ever and just picked up a first and a second place finish last weekend. The Fayetville native led the posse to victory back in May against the outlaws at the Grove. Dewease will be seeking his 86th career win at the Grove and really closing in on that all time win mark set by Fred Rahmer.

As for others as always Greg Hodnett and Danny Dietrich are prime contenders to make some noise for the Posse. David Gravel for the outlaws is really coming on and just picked up his biggest win of the season at the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at the Lernerville Speedway on Tuesday. Gravel also is not afraid of the big races at the grove as he won the 2014 National Open. Look for the CJB motorsports #5 to contend for wins at the Grove this weekend.

Action is slated to begin at 7:30 both nights this weekend. Friday nights event will go 25 laps in distance with $8,000 dollars to win. Saturday nights race will see the winner take home the hefty $25,000 dollars and the coveted Morgan Cup.

 

 

Big Weekend Ahead in Posse Country
Written By: Brady Hilbert

Coming straight off of last week’s battle with the World of Outlaws, the Pennsylvania sprint car regulars get no rest this week. This weekend, drivers will have the chance to compete in four straight nights of action which all kicks off at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday evening.

Williams Grove will host their regular Friday night sprint car program with $4,000 to the driver who takes the checkered flag. Fans can also see a firework display if they spend their Friday night at Williams Grove. Things will then turn very interesting as Port Royal hosts the Bob Weikert Memorial 3 day race weekend. Drivers will have the chance to compete in three straight nights of action, which all starts Saturday night. Saturday and Monday, drivers will have a chance to earn $5,000 dollars if they get the win. The big payday will be on Sunday night, the driver who earns the checkered flag will win a hefty $10,000 dollars. Pennsylvania regulars won’t also just have to deal with their own drivers, as some of the Arctic Cat All Stars will make their way in to compete. Dale Blaney, Sheldon Haudenschild, and Danny Holtgraver are among the names who are invading this weekend to race the Posse.
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Favorites to win:
Anytime you go to Port Royal Greg Hodnett is a favorite to park it in victory lane. Hodnett, coming off a strong week against the World of Outlaws, Hodnett will look to get a win this weekend after a second place finish Tuesday night at New Egypt Speedway. The Spring Grove native has been as strong as ever to start of the 2016 season and fans should expect nothing less this weekend.
Lucas Wolfe will also be a driver that could easily take a checkered flag this weekend. Wolfe in need of a win, will have three shots at it this weekend at Port Royal where he is the defending track champion.
Gettysburg’s Danny Dietrich will also have a say in who takes home a win this weekend. Danny has had a slow start to the season, but has been coming on as of late. Dietrich had a strong two nights of racing against the World of Outlaws with two top 5 finishes last week. The Hard Charger will have a good shot at winning one this weekend with four opportunities.

Drivers to Watch:
The All Star invaders Dale Blaney will be a guy to keep your eye on. Blaney, who just picked off a win at Port Royal not long ago is definitely a driver that can pick one off against the Posse. Blaney will look to continue his recent success at Port Royal this weekend.
Lance Dewease and the Kreitz racing team will be a team everybody will be watching. Even with a limit amount of track time, the device has picked up three straight wins. Anybody with that kind of winning streak will have all eyes on them. We will see if the team can keep up with their recent dominance of Central Pennsylvania

This holiday weekend will feature some great sprint car action, fans will get the chance to see a lot of racing along with a great field of cars each night. Drivers that didn’t have their best showing last week against the World of Outlaws, will have a chance to rebound this weekend.


 

 

 

Central Pennsylvania Sprint Car Legends-Having one Dream Start to the 2016 Season.

 Written By: Brady Hilbert

  

            As you stood on the front stretch of Williams Grove Speedway on Friday evening, May 21^st, you could sense that this site could become very familiar. As Lance Dewease climbed out of the Don Kreitz Sharman Builders/Oval Parts/ Rvworkshop.com 69K it all became reality. Dewease just capped off a dominating performance during the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series main event. The win gave him his 83^rd career win at the Cumberland County oval, bringing him within 8 wins of tying the 91 win record mark set by Fred Rahmer.  After a Donny Schatz wire to wire win at the Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania on Thursday night,  Dewease evened the score at one a piece against the World of Outlaws by dominating the 25 lap $8,000 to win main event.

             “This thing is just a blessing to drive” Dewease said. “I know I say it every time, but I can’t thank Donny and Linda Kreitz enough for giving me this opportunity”.

             The 2015 Sprint Car Season was a tough year for both Don Krietz and Lance Dewease. Dewease struggled, he and his race team just could not find victory lane. Dewease went on to go winless at Williams Grove, which for Dewease is in unfamiliar territory. For the other, Don Kreitz, his year was ended by what any driver never wants to face. Kreitz’s career was ended by concussion symptoms that were just too risky to climb back into the cockpit of a 410 sprinter. Kreitz had Justin Henderson fill in to drive the 69k at the National Open in 2015. Henderson drove the car to a fourth place run.

            After a rough 2015 season for both drivers, many would wonder whether or not they would ever see the baby blue 69K hit the speedway again. Others would wonder if Lance Dewease would find another ride. The two wheelmen decided to come together and join forces in the off-season for a limited schedule in 2016 and have wasted no time in finding victory lane. 

             In just a handful of trips to the track this season, Dewease driving for Donnie Kreitz have picked up three wins.  Two wins in a row coming at Williams Grove Speedway, the Kreitz team   also picked up a win at Susquehanna Speedway on May 8^th.  Dewease also recorded a second place run at Susquehanna Speedway after starting 13^th in that main event a few weeks ago.

  After their win at Williams Grove on May 13^th, Dewease stated “when this opportunity came I jumped at it, this has been one of the best cars around forever”.

             The duo could not have united at a better time, both coming off devastating seasons in 2015 leaving them to wonder if they will ever reach success again at the track. Dewease has taken full advantage of driving for Don Kreitz. We all know that Donald would love to be behind the wheel still racing his own car, but what a consolation prize. As I looked in the hauler on Friday night before the drivers meeting you could see the relationship that these two share. Dewease and Kreitz were sitting on a tire talking and laughing, looking like they were having fun.

             Lance and the team capped off an amazing 3 weeks with an almost perfect Friday night. After timing in second quick and then winning his heat race, Dewease would start third in the dash. Dewease finished where he started and had the inside row two starting spot for the 25 lap main event. Dewease fell back to fourth at the beginning of the race, but then came on around lap 7. He drove by Joey Saldana and then pulled a wicked slider on Daryn Pittman for second on lap 8. Dewease then got a good run coming off two leading to another great slider on fellow posse member Greg Hodnett on lap 9, Dewease then put the famous baby blue 69K on the bottom and pulled away from the field claiming the 25 lapper sanctioned by the World of Outlaw Craftsman Spint Car Series.

 Dewease and Kreitz plan on running select shows for 2016 most of them located at Williams Grove and Susquehanna Speedway. The team will travel to Port Royal Speedway for the Bob Weikert Memorial this weekend, competing in the Saturday and Sunday shows.  Even with the limited track time this season, the team is becoming a favorite to park it on the front stretch every night. The team will look to continue their dominance throughout the summer months as the big money shows quickly approach.

          Brady Hilbert

 

 

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