Chase Dietz Captures $50,019 Steve Smith Tribute Race at Lincoln Speedway
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA – Chase Dietz added a win at one of Pennsylvania Sprint Car racing's most prestigious races to his résumé Monday night, driving from the outside of the front row to capture the 35-lap Steve Smith Tribute Race at Lincoln Speedway and collect the $50,019 winner's payday.
Freddie Rahmer, who won the 2023 Steve Smith Tribute Race, started from the pole alongside Dietz, and the pair put on a show for the packed grandstands by racing side-by-side into Turn 1 at the drop of the green flag. Rahmer emerged with the early advantage while Dietz settled into second. Behind them, Brady Bacon and James McFadden battled for third before the race's first caution flew on lap two when McFadden spun while running fourth.
Rahmer controlled the opening laps, gradually stretching his advantage as Cameron Smith and Ryan Newton traded positions inside the top five. Brent Marks worked his way into fifth before Dietz began reeling Rahmer back in as the leaders approached lapped traffic.
Dietz made his first serious bid for the lead on lap 10 with a slider entering Turn 1, but Rahmer held him off. One lap later, Dietz got another run down the backstretch, pulled alongside Rahmer, and completed the pass at the stripe to officially lead lap 11.
As Dietz navigated heavy lapped traffic, Brady Bacon closed in on the leaders before another caution slowed the field on lap 15 after Brent Marks spun while running fifth.
On the restart, Cameron Smith immediately charged forward, slipping past Bacon for third before setting his sights on Rahmer. Smith executed a slider in Turn 4 on lap 19 to take second and narrowly held the position by just .048 seconds at the line the following lap as Rahmer fought back. Bacon reclaimed third, while Logan Schuchart moved into the top five.
With the fierce battle for second raging behind him, Dietz started to pull away, building a lead of more than four seconds before reaching lapped traffic again in the closing stages.
Meanwhile, Danny Dietrich put together one of the drives of the night. After starting 22nd, Dietrich methodically carved his way through the field, advancing into the top five before passing Schuchart for fourth and eventually taking over third. In the closing laps, Dietrich continued his charge and ultimately claimed the runner-up position to earn Hard Charger honors after gaining 20 positions.
Dietz was never seriously challenged over the final laps, crossing the finish line to earn the richest victory of his career in the Steve Smith Tribute Race.
Dietrich finished second after his remarkable drive from 22nd, while Cameron Smith completed the podium in third. Logan Schuchart was fourth and Brady Bacon finished fifth.
Lincoln Speedway is back in action on Saturday, July 4 with the final Steve Smith Tribute Race presented by Schmuck Lumber featuring the 410 Sprints in Night #4 of Pennsylvania Speedweek. Racing is scheduled for 4PM with pit gates opening at 1:30PM and grandstand gates opening at 2PM.
To get all the latest news, results, schedule changes and rule changes, visit Lincoln Speedway's website at http://www.lincolnspeedway.com. Visit the website to stay up-to-date on all the action at Central Pennsylvania's "Premier" Saturday night racetrack - The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway.
RACE RESULTS
Monday, June 29, 2026
LINCOLN SPEEDWAY
Abbottstown, PA
A Feature (35 Laps)
1. 23-Chase Dietz[2]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[22]; 3. 1A-Cameron Smith[6]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart[13]; 5. 20-Brady Bacon[4]; 6. 41-Carson Macedo[10]; 7. 66-Ryan Newton[5]; 8. 51-Freddie Rahmer[1]; 9. 71-Logan Rumsey[12]; 10. 99M-Kyle Moody[18]; 11. 11T-TJ Stutts[8]; 12. 69K-Ryan Smith[20]; 13. G67-Justin Whittall[16]; 14. 21-James McFadden[3]; 15. 55-Kerry Madsen[11]; 16. 8-Billy Dietrich[23]; 17. 19M-Brent Marks[9]; 18. 22-Doug Hammaker[7]; 19. 75-Aaron Bollinger[17]; 20. 1X-Chad Trout[14]; 21. (DNF) 19H-Kody Hartlaub[15]; 22. (DNF) 91-Preston Lattomus[24]; 23. (DNF) 5-Tyler Ross[21]; 24. (DNF) 17-Dylan Norris[19]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps)
1. 5-Tyler Ross[2]; 2. 8-Billy Dietrich[4]; 3. 39M-Anthony Macri[1]; 4. 2-Jude Siegel[3]; 5. 4-Ayden Hare[8]; 6. 2D-Jordan Givler[5]; 7. 71P-Parker Price Miller[6]; 8. 1W-Buddy Schweibinz[11]; 9. 3D-Dave Grube[7]; 10. 97-Brie Hershey[9]; 11. 38S-Jordan Strickler[14]; 12. AU26-Todd Moule[10]; 13. AU55-Parker Scott[12]; 14. (DNF) 45-Devon Borden[13]; 15. (DNF) 39-JJ Loss[15]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps)
1. 48-Danny Dietrich[2]; 2. 91-Preston Lattomus[1]; 3. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[8]; 4. 19A-Domenic Melair[5]; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[7]; 6. 88-Brandon Rahmer[9]; 7. 10-Matt Campbell[4]; 8. 27H-Bryce Lucius[3]; 9. 5F-Glenndon Forsythe[14]; 10. (DNF) 23A-Chris Arnold[10]; 11. (DNF) 69-Tim Glatfelter[12]; 12. (DNF) 8E-Lance Dewease[11]; 13. (DNF) 11-Talan Haas[6]; 14. (DNF) X-Dallas Schott[13]
Heat 1 (10 Laps)
1. 23-Chase Dietz[1]; 2. 22-Doug Hammaker[2]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen[3]; 4. 1X-Chad Trout[6]; 5. 75-Aaron Bollinger[9]; 6. 39M-Anthony Macri[4]; 7. 2-Jude Siegel[10]; 8. 2D-Jordan Givler[11]; 9. 3D-Dave Grube[12]; 10. 97-Brie Hershey[13]; 11. (DNF) 1W-Buddy Schweibinz[5]; 12. (DNF) 45-Devon Borden[8]; 13. (DNF) 39-JJ Loss[7]
Heat 2 (10 Laps)
1. 21-James McFadden[1]; 2. 19M-Brent Marks[3]; 3. 51-Freddie Rahmer[4]; 4. 19H-Kody Hartlaub[8]; 5. 17-Dylan Norris[2]; 6. 5-Tyler Ross[6]; 7. 8-Billy Dietrich[5]; 8. 71P-Parker Price Miller[11]; 9. 4-Ayden Hare[9]; 10. AU26-Todd Moule[10]; 11. AU55-Parker Scott[7]; 12. 38S-Jordan Strickler[12]
Heat 3 (10 Laps)
1. 20-Brady Bacon[1]; 2. 11T-TJ Stutts[2]; 3. 71-Logan Rumsey[6]; 4. 66-Ryan Newton[4]; 5. 99M-Kyle Moody[10]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 7. 10-Matt Campbell[7]; 8. 11-Talan Haas[3]; 9. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr[5]; 10. 23A-Chris Arnold[8]; 11. 69-Tim Glatfelter[12]; 12. 5F-Glenndon Forsythe[11]; 13. (DNS) 11H-Hayden Miller
Heat 4 (10 Laps)
1. 1A-Cameron Smith[1]; 2. 41-Carson Macedo[6]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 4. G67-Justin Whittall[2]; 5. 69K-Ryan Smith[7]; 6. 27H-Bryce Lucius[5]; 7. 19A-Domenic Melair[11]; 8. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[9]; 9. 88-Brandon Rahmer[10]; 10. 8E-Lance Dewease[8]; 11. X-Dallas Schott[12]; 12. (DNF) 91-Preston Lattomus[4]
Qualifying 1
1. 39M-Anthony Macri, 13.516[9]; 2. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 13.646[18]; 3. 23-Chase Dietz, 13.660[5]; 4. 21-James McFadden, 13.743[11]; 5. 22-Doug Hammaker, 13.799[3]; 6. 17-Dylan Norris, 13.803[13]; 7. 55-Kerry Madsen, 13.821[21]; 8. 19M-Brent Marks, 13.855[25]; 9. 1W-Buddy Schweibinz, 13.880[10]; 10. 8-Billy Dietrich, 13.936[12]; 11. 1X-Chad Trout, 13.982[15]; 12. 5-Tyler Ross, 14.078[8]; 13. 39-JJ Loss, 14.135[22]; 14. AU55-Parker Scott, 14.142[2]; 15. 45-Devon Borden, 14.169[19]; 16. 19H-Kody Hartlaub, 14.185[16]; 17. 75-Aaron Bollinger, 14.205[17]; 18. 4-Ayden Hare, 14.245[1]; 19. 2-Jude Siegel, 14.245[14]; 20. AU26-Todd Moule, 14.348[23]; 21. 2D-Jordan Givler, 14.365[7]; 22. 71P-Parker Price Miller, 14.372[20]; 23. 3D-Dave Grube, 14.422[4]; 24. 38S-Jordan Strickler, 14.479[24]; 25. 97-Brie Hershey, 14.576[6]
Qualifying 2
1. 66-Ryan Newton, 14.057[2]; 2. 91-Preston Lattomus, 14.059[10]; 3. 20-Brady Bacon, 14.074[6]; 4. 1A-Cameron Smith, 14.089[25]; 5. 11T-TJ Stutts, 14.090[13]; 6. G67-Justin Whittall, 14.093[12]; 7. 11-Talan Haas, 14.095[1]; 8. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 14.110[11]; 9. 27-Troy Wagaman Jr, 14.121[23]; 10. 27H-Bryce Lucius, 14.151[3]; 11. 71-Logan Rumsey, 14.157[24]; 12. 41-Carson Macedo, 14.158[14]; 13. 10-Matt Campbell, 14.190[8]; 14. 69K-Ryan Smith, 14.208[20]; 15. 23A-Chris Arnold, 14.307[5]; 16. 48-Danny Dietrich, 14.317[7]; 17. 8E-Lance Dewease, 14.317[17]; 18. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 14.319[21]; 19. 99M-Kyle Moody, 14.364[18]; 20. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 14.419[9]; 21. 5F-Glenndon Forsythe, 14.484[19]; 22. 19A-Domenic Melair, 14.486[16]; 23. 69-Tim Glatfelter, 14.490[4]; 24. X-Dallas Schott, 14.662[22]; 25. (DNS) 11H-Hayden Miller
2026 PA SPRINT CAR SPEEDWEEK POINTS
1. 23 Chase Dietz 568*
2. 21 James McFadden 505*
3. 20 Brady Bacon 497
4. 39M Anthony Macri 488*
5. 1a Cameron Smith 474*
6. 66 Ryan Newton 470*
7. 51 Freddie Rahmer 438*
8. 48 Danny Dietrich 436*
9. 71 Logan Rumsey 405*
10. 67 Justin Whittall 368
11. 8 Lance Dewease 353*
12. 27 Troy Wagaman Jr 332*
13 3z Brock Zearfoss 318*
14. 91 Preston Lattomus 317*
15. 69K Ryan Smith 283
16. 11 T J Stutts 271*
17. 99M Kyle Moody 207
18. 17 Dylan Norris 190*
19. 39 J J Loss 184*
19. 5 Tyler Ross 184
21. 1x Chad Trout 181
22. 8 Billy Dietrich 159*
23. 10 Matt Campbell 154*
24. 1W Buddy Schweibinz 135
25. 1s Logan Schuchart 131
26. 41 Carson Macedo 119
27. 23 Chris Arnold 117*
28. 22 Doug Hammaker 196
29. 11a Austin Bishop 93
30. X Dallas Schott 81*
31. 75 Aaron Bollinger 78
32. AU55 Parker Scott 77*
32. 55 Kerry Madsen 77
34. 11 Talan Haas 76
35. 88 Brandon Rahmer 70
36. 55/19 Dominic Melair 68*
36. 19 Brent Marks 68
38. 55 Logan Wagner 64
39. 45 Devon Borden 56
40. 33 Gerard McIntyre Jr 47
41. 17 Mark Smith 45
42. 27H Bryce Lusious 41
43. 3D Dave Grube 40
44. 38 Brett Strickler 36
44. 19 Kody Hartlaub 36
46. 4 Ayden Hare 31
47. 88J Joey Amentea 30
48. 7 Chris Smith 28
49. 2 Jude Siegel 23
50. 12 Brent Shearer 22
51. 27s Dylan Cisney 21
52. 4W Kasey Weaver 18
52. 47K Kody Lehman 18
54. 45s Samuel Miller 17
55. 0 Rick Lafferty 16
55. 17B Steve Buckwalter 16
57. 5 Glenndon Forsythe 15
57. 00 Chris Frank 15
59. 12W Troy Fraker 14
59. 11H Hayden Miller 14
61. AU26 Todd Moule 13
62. 2D Jordan Gilver 12
63. 71 Parker Price Miller 11
64. 69 Tim Gladfelter 10
65. 38 Jordan Strickler 9
66. 97 Brie Hershey 8
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