Date of Race: 5/7/2005
KRIMES SPREE
Race Notes:
5/7/2005 Hanover,PA (Lincoln) ALAN KRIMES 87

by Bill Meyer

Denver's Alan Krimes made a thrilling last-turn pass around defending Lincoln champ Chad Trout to claim his second win in two nights in the 20-lap "358" sprint feature. In doing so, Krimes became the first driver to repeat as winner in 13 Central Pennsylvania "358" sprint races this year.

In a feature that was marred by three red flags in a three-lap span, including a first-turn flip that sent Jay Galloway to the hospital, Krimes led the race from laps six through 15, yielded to Trout on a 16th-lap restart, and then reclaimed the lead by driving around Trout exiting turn four of the final lap. His final official margin of victory was .28-seconds, less than a carlength.

Krimes started seventh and moved to second behind Judd Shepard by the end of the third lap. He followed Shepard for two more laps before grabbing the lead on lap six. He was the leader when the first red came out for Galloway on lap seven. Galloway, who was knocked out in the crash, walked to the ambulance for his trip to Hanover Hospital.

That was the first of three red flags on successive laps. On the restart, Matt Beasley spun and flipped on the backstretch, collecting four other cars, including points leader Mike Lehman. A lap later, Judd Shepard hit the inside guardrail and flipped on the front stretch.

Billy Dietrich assumed second for the restart, but yielded to Trout when he hit the outside guardrail exiting turn four of lap ten. Dietrich recovered to finish third, with Cory Haas coming from 20th to cross fourth and Danny Dietrich fifth.

42 cars

Heat 1 (10 laps) 1 Danny Dietrich; 2 Jeff Young; 3 Jay Galloway; 4 Keith Prutzman. DNQ 5 Adam Wilt; 6 Mark Zellers; 7 Jon Keller; 8 Stewart Smith; 9 Brian Earnst; 10 Mike Gable. DNF Mike Lehman (NT)

Heat 2 (10 laps) 1 Travis Keeney; 2 Billy Dietrich; 3 Judd Shepard; 4 Scott Geesey. DNQ 5 Chad Criswell; 6 Troy Becker; 7 Mike Carber. DNF Dan Dietrich; Chad Layton. DNS Nick Palmerino (NT)

Heat 3 (10 laps) 1 Alan Krimes; 2 Matt Beasley; 3 Steve Clabaugh; 4 Rusty Pressley. DNQ 5 Howie Locke; 6 John Burnett; 7 Cory Haas; 8 Randy Whisler. DNF Ken Berwager; Todd Huffman (NT)

Heat 4 (10 laps) 1 Chad Trout; 2 Mike Bittinger; 3 Todd Rittenhouse Jr; 4 Danny Carrosso. DNQ 5 Brandon Grandstaff; 6 Jan Opperman Jr; 7 Matt Boland; 8 Dale Hammaker; 9 Tony Strine; 10 Wes Irwin; 11 Billy Heltzel Jr (2:34.64)

B1 (10 laps) 1 Adam Wilt; 2 Mike Lehman; 3 Chad Criswell; 4 Jon Keller. DNQ 5 Troy Becker 98, 6 Mike Carber 9c, 7 Brian Earnst 53, 8 Mike Gable 11d. DNF Stewart Smith 27s, Mark Zellers 56m, Nick Palmerino 51n. DNS Dan Dietrich 8, Chad Layton 55. (NT)

B2 (10 laps) 1 Howie Locke; 2 Cory Haas; 3 Jan Opperman Jr; 4 Dale Hammaker. DNQ 5 Matt Boland 22t, 6 Tony Strine 29, 7 John Burnett 15b, 8 Bill Heltzel Jr 28h, 9 Wes Irwin 48, 10 Randy Whisler 64w, 11 Brandon Grandstaff 09. DNS Ken Berwager 85, Todd Huffman 6t (NT)

A-main (20 laps) 1 Alan Krimes 87, 2 Chad Trout 7c, 3 Billy Dietrich 8d, 4 Cory Haas 39, 5 Danny Dietrich 88, 6 Keith Prutzman 28, 7 Howie Locke 77, 8 Adam Wilt 15, 9 Steve Clabaugh 30, 10 Jon Keller 20, 11 Rusty Pressley 5, 12 Dale Hammaker 84, 13 Travis Keeney 88k, 14 Todd Rittenhouse Jr 23, 15 Jan Opperman Jr 24b. DNF Danny Carrozzo 5c, Judd Shepard 3J, Scott Geesey 41, Matt Beasley 12J, Mike Lehman 7v, Chad Criswell 84c, Jeff Young 22d, Jay Galloway 27, Mike Bittinger 12. (NT)

Lap Leaders: Judd Shepard (1-5), Alan Krimes (6-15), Chad Trout (16-19), Alan Krimes (20)