HOUSEHOLDER: World of Outlaws to invade area this week

• The World of Outlaws sprint car series will race at Lincoln Speedway on Wednesday.
• The Outlaws will then visit Williams Grove Speedway on Friday and Saturday.
• The Pennsylvania Posse has traditionally held its own against the Outlaw stars.

The World of Outlaws sprint cars will come to the area this week for a busy weekend on the racing calendar.

Racing-related activities actually start Tuesday night with a general membership meeting at the York County Racing Club.

The YCRC usually holds its general membership meetings on the third Wednesday of every other month, but since the Outlaws will be racing Wednesday, the meeting has been moved to Tuesday.

Outlaws competitor Jason Johnson will be the guest speaker at the YCRC meeting, which is set to start at 7:30 p.m.

Then it’s on to Lincoln Speedway on Wednesday evening for the Gettysburg Clash. The Outlaws will tackle the Pennsylvania Posse for $10,000 to win. Over the years, the Outlaws hold a distinct advantage over the Posse at Lincoln. In 44 events, the local heroes have won 15 times against the Outlaws at Lincoln. However, in recent years the tide has turned. Posse drivers have won five of the last six races at Lincoln.

The other race was won by Daryn Pittman not long after he returned to the Outlaw tour after four years racing in the area. Spring Grove’s Greg Hodnett won last year’s race, as well as last Saturday’s race at Lincoln.

Thursday is a rain date for the Lincoln race before the Outlaws move on to Williams Grove for the Morgan Cup. The Grove’s show is a two-day affair, with full programs on both Friday and Saturday. Friday’s race pays $8,000 to the winner, while Saturday’s Morgan Cup offers up $17,000 for the winner.

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The Posse has won 69 of 198 Outlaw features held at the Grove over the years, including the last three.

After Williams Grove, the Outlaws head to Weedsport, New York, on Sunday and New Egypt, New Jersey, on Tuesday.

PIT STOPS

Other racing: On Friday evening, Trailway offers up a championship event for the 358 sprints, along with 270cc micro sprints, limited stocks and street stocks, while the 305 sprints visit Path Valley.

Saturday action finds the New York-based ESS group at Selinsgrove for 360 sprint competition. The late models and pro stocks are also on the program.

Susuqehanna will offer up the street stocks, extreme stocks, Legends, road warriors and classic cars on Saturday.

At Hagerstown on Saturday, the late models have a time-trial show that pays $3,000 to the winner. Also on the agenda are the late model sportsmen, pure stocks, hobby stocks and mini stocks.

Both Lincoln and Port Royal take Saturday off for the Outlaws show at Williams Grove.

1966: Fifty years ago it was another busy weekend on the local circuit, with some rain in the middle.

Four tracks raced on Friday, while only one of three scheduled shows made it into the record books on Saturday. One of the rained-out shows joined the Sunday slate to put three tracks in action that night.

Bobby Gerhart was the only driver to have a two-win weekend. Gerhart powered his own Davey Brown-prepared No. 5 to wins at Williams Grove on Friday and Susquehanna on Sunday to push his season win total to three.

In other Friday action, Wrightsville’s Bobby Abel won at Dorsey in his own orange and blue No. 2. The win was Abel's sixth of the season. At Bedford on Friday, Mitch Smith raced to victory in the Flock Brothers “Flying Tiger” No. 2, which marked his sixth win of the season. At Winchester, Ray Dovel scored his fourth win of the season in the Lee Stultz No. S-3.

The only track to get its show in the books on Saturday was Lincoln, where Lynn Paxton scored his first win of the season in the Ree Smith No. 1. Port Royal and Selinsgrove were rained out.

Selinsgrove rebounded with a Sunday show that saw Bobby Brymesser score his second win of the season in the Ken Appler No. 77. At Hagerstown, Jack Denniston drove the “$” to his second win of the season.

Bryan Householder writes about dirt-track racing for The York Dispatch. He can be reached at sports@yorkdispatch.com.

2016 SPEEDWAY MOTORS/CHAMPION RACING OIL
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SPRINT CAR SERIES
PRESENTED BY HOSEHEADS.COM

1. 27 Greg Hodnett  638 7
2. 48 Danny Dietrich 356 2
3. 21 Brian Montieth 314 2
4. 07 Doug Esh  260 1
5 19M Brent Marks  244 1
6. 1/5W Lucas Wolfe  229
7. 51 Freddie Rahmer 218 1
8. 87 Alan Krimes  215
9. 25 Aaron Ott  203 1
10. M1 Mark Smith  172
11. 17B Steve Buckwalter 160 1
11. 52 Austin Hogue  160
13. 11c Cory Haas  155
14. 69k Lance Dewease 153 2
15. 3z Brock Zearfoss 150
16. 12 Blane Heimbach 140 1
17. 15 Adam Wilt  137
18. 55 Mike Wagner  133
19. 94 Ryan Smith  126
20. 55K Robbie Kendall 122
21. 16 Gerard McIntyre Jr. 121
22. 8 Billy Dietrich  119 1
23. 59 Jim Siegel  114
24. 20 Ryan Taylor  113
25. 5 Dylan Cisney  111

358 SPRINT SERIES POINTS

1.    27s    Adrian Shaffer        169    2

2.    45    Jeff Rohrbaugh        155    2

3.    16    Matt Campbell        154    1

4.    66    Doug Hammaker     150    2

5.    41    Jeff Halligan            140

6.    23    Chris Arnold            124    1

7.    119    Chandler Leiby        100

8.    28    Matt Findley            76

9.    66a    Cody Fletcher        73