Rahmer Claims Capitol Renegade Sprint Showdown for first BAPS Motor Speedway Win

BAPS  Motor Speedway closed their 2020 season with the Capitol Renegade Sprint Showdown under seasonable and chilly weather conditions.  35 sprint cars from PA and across the country looking for the win at the BAPS Motor Speedway season finale.

The 30 lap A Main was led to green by Lance Dewease and Anthony Macri led the field to green. Macri charged to an early for the first 11 laps.  On lap 12 Freddy Rahmer would overtake Macri for the lead only see the third and final caution of the day on lap 14 for a restart contact incident between Lucas Wolfe and Danny Dietrich while competing for 5^th place.  Both Wolfe and Dietrich were towed to the pits to end their day.  Rahmer ran the final 16 laps flawlessly through lapped traffic to take the win over Shane Stewart in 2^nd and Logan Schuchart in 3^rd from a 9^th starting position.  Freddy Rahmer Jr. drove into the BAPS victory lane for his first career BAPS win.

In victory lane the Williams Grove and Lincoln points champion Rahmer commented “The restarts here are really hard.  It’s been an up and down year for us.  You have good days and bad days and glad we were able to end the year on a good note.”

The top 10 was rounded out by Shane Stewart, Logan Schuchart, Anthony Macri, Lance Dewease, Tyler Ross, Jacob Allen, Brent Marks, Chase Dietz and Kyle Reinhart.

Heat races were won by Shane Stewart, Brent Marks, Lucas Wolfe, and Logan Schuchart.  Steve Buckwalter was the winner of the B Main.

410 Sprint Feature Finish (30 laps) – BAPS Motor Speedway – 11/14/20

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 51-Freddie Rahmer [3]; 2. 71-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9]; 4. 39M-Anthony Macri [2]; 5. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 6. 5R-Tyler Ross [7]; 7. 1A-Jacob Allen [13]; 8. 5-Brent Marks [10]; 9. 39-Chase Dietz [11]; 10. 91R-Kyle Reinhardt [17]; 11. 18-Giovanni Scelzi [8]; 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [21]; 13. 8-Billy Dietrich[22]; 14. 4R-Doug Hammaker[5]; 15. 55-Dallas Schott [19]; 16. 99M-Kyle Moody [18]; 17. 21-Matt Campbell[12]; 18. 12-Brent Shearer [23]; 19. (DNF) 54A-Zachary Newlin [15]; 20. (DNF) 48-Danny Dietrich [14]; 21. (DNF) 24-Lucas Wolfe [6]; 22. (DNF) 37-JJ Grasso[24]; 23. (DNF) 12M-Jordan Mackison [20]; 24. (DNS) 91-Anthony Fiore

DNQ –  Dylan Norris, Tyler Esh, Ricky DiEva, Brie Hershey, Gordon Senft, Greg Plank, Tim Glatfelter, Aaron Bollinger, Landon Myers and JR Berry.

410 Sprint Car Pit Notes

Freddy Rahmer Jr. picked up his first career BAPS win and the $5,000 winner check over a stacked A main feature field.  Rahmer adds his BAPS season finale win to a Williams Grove and Lincoln 2020 point championship.

Shane Stewart continues to run a limited schedule with the 71 entry but BAPS Motor Speedway continues to be a favorite destination for the Bixby, OK driver who was pleased with the 2^nd place finish.

JJ Grasso was in 10^th place from a 24^th starting position when his day ended with an incident on lap 14 sending him to the pits on the hook.

Steve Buckwalter in the 17B was the hard charger of the day with a 12th place finish from a 21st starting position.

JR Berry literally went into orbit in qualifying when his 74jr entry caught an edge and launched into the middle of the turn and landing on top of the catch fence.  It took track crews some figuring but they managed to safely remove JR and the car from the fence. Needless to say JR’s day ended after this incident in qualifying timed hot laps.