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Race Results

Sept. 7, 2008

ROHRBAUGH CLAIMS TITLE IN LINCOLN 358 SPRINTS

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA , 9/7/08 - In a night of championships, it was York’s Adrian Shaffer leading all 25 laps of the $1,500-to-win 358 Sprint Championship race for his first win of 2008.

And it was West York’s Jeff Rohrbaugh taking home the coveted track Keizer Aluminum Wheels track championship by posting a third place finish in the final point race of the season. It was Rohrbaugh’s first ever title in the Pigeon Hills.

Shaffer grabbed the lead from his outside frontrow starting position with polesitter Glenndon Forsythe and fourth-starting Frankie Herr following.

A wild flip by Mike Duncan on the backstretch of the eighth lap stopped the action. Duncan was conscious after the crash, but transported to the trauma center at York hospital with a possible neck injury. No further reports on his condition were available.

On the restart, Herr got around Forsythe to move into second with Rohrbaugh, who started fifth, getting by Forsythe a lap later to move into third.

A Craig Myers flip in turns one and two stopped the action on the 13th lap. Myers was okay.

Shaffer held off Herr on the restart as seventh-starting Aaron Ott passed Rohrbaugh to move into third.

Herr began to pressure Shaffer as they approached lapped traffic on lap 20, but a spin by Danny Dietrich in turn four brought out the caution and gave Shaffer a clear track with five laps to go.

Shaffer then held off Herr and Ott over the final laps to pick up his fifth career win by .91-seconds.

"It’s been getting to where I was starting to run out of tries," said Shaffer in victory lane, "Friday night we started on the front row with Glenndon and he drove away, and I thought it was going to happen again tonight. I’m just glad I got the jump on him and had a clean track the whole race."

Rohrbaugh held off Pat Cannon in the end to finish fourth and in the process claimed the 2008 track title.

"It’s pretty remarkable," said Rohrbaugh of his track title in victory lane, "Lincoln’s tough. Everybody in the top ten except my nephew (Tim Wagaman) missed a race. It’s a tough deal...you have to take your lumps...it’s just unfortunate for Gerard that he had to take his tonight."

"I’m happy to be here," continued Rohrbaugh, "You had 46 cars here tonight, and 30 of them could have won. Adrian did a heck-of-a job tonight...he was taking his lumps in the middle of the summer...and I would like to congratulate him and his team. I told the team that if I won the Lincoln championship I’d retire, but I think we’ll come back and try to defend it next year."

Completing the top-10 were Scott Geesey, Billy Dietrich, Adam Wilt, TJ Stutts, and Nicole Bower.

The night began with Rohrbaugh holding a slim 25-point lead over Gerard McIntyre Jr. and a 190-point advantage over third-place Geesey.

In the first heat, McIntyre was on his way to the win and a potential good starting spot for the 25-lap championship feature, when it all went away on the final lap as his motor exploded out the bottom of the oil pan on the final lap, ending his night and shot at the track title.

And with only a 120-point difference between winning and last place, all Rohrbaugh had to do was start the championship feature and the title was his.

358 Sprint heats were won by Danny Dietrich, Geesey, Dale Hammaker, and Forsythe. Cannon won the B-Main. Fast time in time trials over the 46-car field was set by Aaron Ott with a one-lap time of 14.393-seconds (93.796 MPH).

RACE RESULTS
Sunday - September 7, 2008
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS 358 SPRINTS
358 SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Feature
(25 Laps) - 1. 21-Adrian Shaffer ($1,500); 2. 99H-Frankie Herr; 3. 25-Aaron Ott; 4. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 5. 3-Pat Cannon; 6. 91-Scott Geesey; 7. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 8. 15-Adam Wilt; 9. 2T-TJ Stutts; 10. 75-Nicole Bower; 11. 84C-Chad Criswell; 12. 66-Dale Hammaker; 13. 45-Kevin Nagy; 14. 50B-Tim Berkheimer; 15. 99M-Kyle Moody; 16. 88-Danny Dietrich; 17. 81B-Bob Anderson; 18. 27-Jay Galloway; 19. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 20. 1-Tim Wagaman (1st Alt.); 21. 65-Cale Griffin; 22. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 23. 16M-Craig Myers; 24. 11D-Mike Duncan. No Time

Lap Leaders - Adrian Shaffer (1-25)

1st Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 88-Danny Dietrich; 2. 25-Aaron Ott; 3. 84C-Chad Criswell; 4. 99H-Frankie Herr; 5. 81B-Bob Anderson; 6. 1-Tim Wagaman; 7. 67-Jason Cherry; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 9. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr. (DNF); 10. 13-Jen Yinger (DNF); 11. 01A-Denny Gross (DNF). No Time

2nd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 91-Scott Geesey; 2. 15-Adam Wilt; 3. 16M-Craig Myers; 4. 75-Nicole Bower; 5. 50R-Tim Berkheimer; 6. 28-Billy Heltzel Jr.; 7. 59-Tim Stallings (DNF); 8. 99-Joe Trone Jr. (DNF); 9. 51N-Nick Palmerino (DNF); 10. 97-Brie Hershey (DNF); 11. 77-Derek Locke (DNF). Time - 2:32.61

3rd Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 66-Dale Hammaker; 2. 8D-Billy Dietrich; 3. 21-Adrian Shaffer; 4. 66N-Nate Hammaker; 5. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker; 6. 27-Jay Galloway; 7. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 8. 3-Pat Cannon; 9. 6S-Bill Sherman; 10. 99M-Kyle Moody (DNF); 11. 55E-Brian Eichelberger (DNF). No Time

4th Heat (10 Laps/5 to qualify) - 1. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe; 2. 45-Kevin Nagy; 3. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 4. 65-Cale Griffith; 5. 11D-Mike Duncan; 6.2T-T.J. Stutts; 7. 99K-Cody Keller; 8. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 9. U1-Billy Heltzel III (DNF); 10. 34-Austin Reed (DNF); 11. 28-Keith Prutzman (DNF); 12. 33T-Todd Spangler (DNS). No time.

B-Main (12 Laps/4 to qualify to Feature) - 1. 3-Pat Cannon; 2. 2T-TJ Stutts; 3. 99M-Kyle Moody.; 4. 27-Jay Galloway; 5. 1-Tim Wagaman; 6. 28-Billy Heltzel III; 7. 67-Jason Cherry; 8. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh; 9. 11T-Eric Tomecek; 10. 99K-Cody Keller; 11. 6S-Bill Sherman; 12. 01A-Denny Gross; 13. 1S-Logan Schuchart (DNF); 14. 59T-Tim Stallings (DNF); 15. 34-Austin Reed (DNF); DNS - 99-Joe Trone Jr., 28-Keith Prutzman, U1-Billy Heltzel Jr.. No Time

Time Trials - 1. 25-Aaron Ott, 14.393 (93.796 MPH); 2. 15-Adam Wilt, 14.605; 3. 3-Pat Cannon, 14.612; 4. 7V-Jeff Rohrbaugh, 14.615; 5. 99H-Frankie Herr, 14.615; 6. 75-Nicole Bower, 14.645; 7. 21-Adrian Shaffer, 14.685; 8. 5T-Glenndon Forsythe, 14.705; 9. 16-Gerard McIntyre Jr., 14.719; 10. 91-Scott Geesey, 14.732; 11. 8D-Billy Dietrich, 14.733; 12. 2T-TJ Stutts, 14.789; 13. 88-Danny Dietrich, 14.800; 14. 16M-Craig Myers, 14.870; 15. 99M-Kyle Moody, 14.894; 16. 65-Cale Griffin, 14.929; 17. 81B-Bob Anderson, 14.936; 18. 99-Joe Trone Jr., 14.987; 19. 66-Dale Hammaker, 15.016; 20. 45N-Kevin Nagy, 15.071; 21. 84C-Chad Criswell, 15.095; 22. 50B-Tim Berkheimer, 15.100; 23. 5X-Ricky Stonebraker, 15.188; 24. 34-Austin Reed, 15.197; 25. 13-Jen Yinger, 15.285; 26. 51N-Nick Palmerino, 15.289; 27. 27-Jay Galloway, 15.295; 28. 28-Keith Prutzman, 15.300; 29. 01A-Denny Gross, 15.346; 30. 77-Derek Locke, 15.378; 31. 66N-Nate Hammaker, 15.390; 32. 11D-Mike Duncan, 15.404; 33. 1-Tim Wagaman, 15.441; 34. 28H-Billy Heltzel Jr., 15.482; 35. 50-Jimmy Strausbaugh, 15.490; 36. 99K-Cody Keller, 15.496; 37. 67-Jason Cherry, 15.564; 38. 97-Brie Hershey, 15.743; 39. 6S-Bill Sherman, 15.866; 40. U1-Billy Heltzel III, 15.896; 41. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 16.062; 42. 59T-Tim Stallings, 16.602; 43. 33T-Todd Spangler, NT; 44. 55E-Brian Eichelberger, NT; 45. 22T-Matt Boland, NT; 46. 11T-Eric Tomecek, NT.