Mike Batz
Lebanon Daily News
Jonestown, PA, United States
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Jesse Maurer scores big weekend at Linda's Speedway
Fredericksburg’s Jesse Maurer won the biggest race of the season for 600 Micro Sprints at Linda’s Speedway this weekend. → Read More
Josh Demmy wins Chargers race at Linda's by a sliver
Local driver Josh Demmy edges Ed Hollenbach at the checkered for feature win → Read More
Racing rdp: Wet weather wiped out area racing schedule
With rain in the area for most of the weekend, racing was washed out dirt track racing all over Pa. → Read More
Stevie Smith wraps up Dirt Classic win in Lincoln
For the second time in the three years of the event, Smith crossed the finish line in first place. → Read More
Richie Hitzler earns Modifieds title at Linda's
Lebanon’s Richie Hitzler showed patience in route to his third Linda’s Speedway 600 Modified point championship. → Read More
Jeff Strunk makes up for mediocre season at Freedom 76
For his standards, Jeff Strunk had been having an off year. But he won the big modified race at Grandview on Saturday. → Read More
Heath Hehnly captures win after wild finish at Lanco
In the end, Heath Hehnly got the result he wanted in a 600cc race ... it just didn't play out the way he intended. → Read More
Brent Marks doubles down on 410 Sprint victories
Myerstown driver Brent Marks dominated Sprint car racing this weekend, winning at Port Royal and Path Valley speedways. → Read More
Brock Zearfoss notches 1st Sprint win at Port Royal
Jonestown driver becomes the 185th driver in history to take a checkered flag at the historic track. → Read More
Craig VonDohren earns $10,000 birthday present
Current NASCAR 358 Modified point leader Craig VonDohren defended his Rogers title at Grandview Speedway. → Read More
Popular driver Clauson gone too soon
Today should be about a day of relaxation for me. I rarely go on vacation, and although my wife puts up with a lot of late nights and frustration from the life in auto racing, she doesn't get one often either. We sit on the beach today. → Read More
3 local drivers capture wins at Linda's Speedway
Rain again played a big factor in area racing this weekend. But the Friday events managed to get their shows in. → Read More
Lance Dewease captures Summer Nationals for Sprints
Lance Dewease survived a caution-filled event and a low fuel gauge to beat the World of Outlaws at Williams Grove. → Read More
Matt Sheppard claims big win at Grandview Speedway
For the 2nd straight year, Sheppard won the $7,000 prize in the Big Block Modified Super DIRTCar Series Traffic Jam. → Read More
Shawn Light, Chris Derr win races at Big Diamond
It was ‘lights’ out in the Sportsman feature at Big Diamond on Friday as Jonestown's Shawn Light took the victory. → Read More
Bright, Kobylarz fly to holiday weekend wins
It looked like the field was in trouble because Brett Arndt has been very strong all year with the ARDC Midgets and was looking for his second checkered flag of the season at Linda’s Speedway. → Read More
Tim Buckwalter claims USAC Speedstrs win at Linda's
Tim Buckwalter has figured out the quick way around Linda's Speedway in the USAC All Pro Speedstrs. → Read More
Michael Burrows holds off challengers at Linda's
Mike Burrows of Annville took on all challengers as the Xcel 600 Modified tour drivers joined the Linda’s regulars. → Read More
Bryan Clauson braves USAC's Eastern Storm series
The USAC Sprints made a run through mid-state tracks last week and Clauson was dominant. → Read More
Jonestown's Brock Zearfoss gains 1st win at The Grove
“The Jonestown Jet,” Brock Zearfoss, wired the field for his first career 410-sprint car victory at Williams Grove. → Read More