Zach Newlin Wheels Mansberger 21m to Podium Finish at Williams Grove

New Pairing Achieving Early Success

Millerstown, PA – April 25, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

For a driver wheeling a different chassis/engine combination than he is accustomed to, and a team working to understand the communication style of a new driver, early success is not typical.  It takes time for a team to gel.  The new 358 sprint car combination of Zach Newlin and Mansberger Motorsports seemed to show some early potential with a solid ending to their first outing together a week earlier at Williams Grove Speedway in the heart of PA Posse country, but one top 10 doesn’t prove anything on its own.  Friday, April 23rd found them back at “The Grove” to try to put a successful night together from start to finish in just their second outing. 

 

With 22 HJ Towing and Recovery 358 sprint cars signed in for action, three 8-lap heat races were lined up by random pill draw.  All cars would qualify for the A-main but only the top 4 finishers would be involved in the redraw to set the top 12 starting spots for the night’s main event.

 

Newlin’s team drew the pole position for the second heat but Zach quickly showed he was more than just good enough to stay out front.  When the green flag dropped, he pulled away quickly and built a 5 car-length advantage by the time he reached the famous bridge halfway down the backstretch.  The Mansberger Motorsports 21m almost appeared to be on a rail.  It was balanced and smooth on corner entry and exit.  Newlin continued to steadily build his lead, winning the event by nearly a straightaway.

 

A heat race performance like that can actually make the team’s setup decisions for the feature tougher.  Do you leave the car alone?  Do you attempt to make minor improvements?  Do you adjust to keep up with the ever-changing surface of a dirt track as more laps are turned by other divisions?  While it can appear from the stands that the drivers just strap in, mash the gas and turn left, it takes so much more than that.  These cars are finicky and sensitive.  One wrong educated guess on setup by the crew or the wrong approach with the throttle and wheel by the driver, and the car will be going backward through the running order instead of forward.

 

Next up was the redraw for the top 12 teams.  Fortunately, a favorable draw provided the team with the 4th starting spot for the 20-lap feature event.  Even the starting spot factors into the team’s decisions on setup, so now they could finalize their decisions.   

 

The initial drop of the green on the feature event saw Newlin get a great start and slip into second by the time the field exited turn 2, however the caution would come out before a lap was complete, forcing a complete restart.  Once the event was successfully underway, he was able to work his way up to second on lap 2 using a pass on the low side through turns one and two.  

 

Over the next several laps, Zach tried the low side and high side at both ends of the speedway, working to find a way to get quicker and close the 6 car-length lead Matt Findley had built ahead of him.  In the meantime, Derek Locke was pursuing Newlin and trying to find a way around him.  When Findley entered lapped traffic, Zach was able to close the gap slightly but the caution came out just after the field reached the halfway mark, which would mean a clear track for the leader on the restart.

 

On the restart, Newlin drove low in turn one to try to make a run on Findley and close the door on Locke at the same time.  Locke was strong though and managed to get around the outside of Zach, dropping him to 3rd.  Over the remaining laps, as the fuel load lightened on Newlin’s 21m, the handling wasn’t quite good enough to run down Locke and Findley, but it was good enough to maintain 3rd and record a podium finish for Mansberger Motorsports.

 

A dominating heat race win followed by a podium finish certainly meets the definition of a successful night from start to finish, so file this night under ‘mission accomplished’.  

 

UP NEXT

Zach Newlin and the Mansberger Motorsports team’s next race is scheduled for Friday, May 7th at Williams Grove Speedway.  If you’re not able to be there, the event will be available via live stream on DirtVision.  

 

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Photos from 4/23/2021 at Williams Grove Speedway

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Reinhardt Caps 4-Race All Star Swing with Top 5 Finish at Bedford

Smart Decisions at Virginia Motor Speedway Result in Top 10 Finish

New Oxford, PA – April 21, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

Feature Photo Credit:  Brent Smith Photography

Coming into the 4-race swing that would take them from Virginia through Central Pennsylvania, Kyle Reinhardt and his new team had only competed in a handful of events, and those had been spread out on the calendar.  While it may appear much like the No.91 we’ve become accustomed to seeing in recent years, there are notable changes for 2021.  Two key ones are the J&J chassis and a new crew chief.  The team entered two races in Georgia in late January, one race in Florida in early February, a couple in Central PA in March and two early April races in Ohio and New Jersey.  That type of schedule can be good for a new team to make sure they have things together but it can also be hard to get into a rhythm and know where you really are as a team.  The upcoming four All Star points races in four nights would likely help them measure that.

 

Virginia Motor Speedway (Qualifying 13th, Heat 7th,  A-main 6th)

Reinhardt’s Capitol Renegade No.91 team was one of 26 to make the trip to Jamaica, VA to compete on Thursday night.  Per the All Star format for up to 30 cars, the field would time trial as one group to set the lineups for three 8-lap heats, which would be followed by a single dash and a B-main to round out the starting lineup for the night’s A-main.  Six cars would qualify for the feature event from each heat, with the heat winner and quickest transfer from each heat making the 8-car dash, in addition to the top two overall times who qualified through their heat.

 

It was the first-ever trip to the VA oval for Reinhardt.  He and crew chief Bob Curtis struggled early in the evening to find the right combination and were relegated to the B-main.  After transferring to the A-main with a third place finish in the consolation event, the team decided the best strategy for the feature would be tire conservation.  After starting 21st, Reinhardt had moved up to 18th by lap 8, then decided to ride there for a while.  The approach paid dividends late in the 30 lap main event, as other teams began suffering flat tires.  Through a combination of green flag passes and attrition, Kyle found himself in 12th when the caution lights flashed on at lap 28.  On the final restart for the green-white-checkered finish, Reinhardt decided to use the rubber he had preserved, overtaking four competitors in the final two laps, while another two suffered flat tires.  Reinhardt claimed the 6th position just before flashing under the checkered flag.  Summing up the satisfying result, Reinhardt said “We definitely struggled early tonight, but at the end of the day you’ve got to race the racetrack, and our strategy paid off.”   

 

Williams Grove Speedway (Qualifying 3rd in group/20th overall, Heat 2nd,  A-main 15th)

Friday night saw 35 cars register for action at the legendary oval known as “The Grove” in Mechanicsburg, PA.  The higher car count triggered a different All Star format for 31-40 cars.  The field was divided into four groups for qualifying and heat competition, which would be followed by two 5-car dashes and a B-main to set the field.  Four cars would qualify for the feature event from each heat race, with the winner and quickest transfer from each heat making the dash redraw, in addition to the top two overall times who qualified through their heat.   

 

An unfortunate pill draw meant Reinhardt would go out next to last for qualifying, which can often be difficult to overcome due to declining track conditions.  However, on this night, the car was good enough and Kyle was able to do so.  He recorded the 3rd quickest time in his group, which put him on the front row for his heat race.  Reinhardt pursued Tim Shaffer throughout the heat and kept Tyler Courtney at bay behind him, but was unable to pass Shaffer for the win, which would have put him in a dash and a much better position later in the night.  Instead, the winner (Shaffer) and fastest qualifier (Courtney) went to the dash.  

 

Reinhardt went on to start 13th and finish 15th in the main event.  Afterwards he commented, “We were just mediocre tonight.  There are some bugs we need to work out.  We had potential for a top 10 if things had worked out for us to get in the dash.

 

Port Royal Speedway (Qualifying 8th group/43rd overall, Heat 7th,  B-main 18th)

Saturday night at the “Speed Palace” saw yet another All Star format (for 41+ cars) utilized to accommodate the 44 drivers who signed in for action.  The only changes from the night before would be five groups instead of four and 6 cars per dash instead of 5.

 

It was apparent from the start of the night Saturday that some of the bugs Reinhardt had referenced the night before were either becoming more problematic or were more impactful to the car’s performance at the fast fairgrounds half mile in Port Royal, PA.  At a venue where Reinhardt has logged a 410 victory, top 5’s and several top 10’s in recent years, he qualified a disappointing 43rd.  Prior to the heat race, in an attempt to get the Capitol Renegade No.91 back up to speed, Kyle and crew made several changes, including an ignition box and spark plugs.  Unfortunately  the struggling continued in their heat race, resulting in a 7th place finish.  “The car wasn’t responding.  It just didn’t have any feel.  Bob (Curtis) and I tried a couple changes for the B-main to see if we could resolve the handling issues but we knew starting 16th we would have to be really good right away to move forward and make the race tonight“, Reinhardt shared.  After five laps of the B-main, he knew the issues were still there and he decided to call it a night.  It was time to head back to the shop and get to work.  

 

After loading up, Reinhardt shared some insight. “Running the All Star series, you don’t have the luxury of figuring issues out over time.  If you want to be competitive, sometimes you have to change all of the things that could be part of the issue – all at the same time, then figure out later which one of them actually resolved it.  That’s what we decided to do when we got back to the shop Saturday night.”   He continued, “We went back to basics and did everything we could to make sure we would be better the next night.

 

Bedford Speedway (Qualifying 8th, Heat 1st,  A-main 5th)

Thirty teams made the Sunday night trip a little further west in Pennsylvania to the second  fairgrounds half-mile in as many nights.  For the third straight night Reinhardt could only shake his head and grin as he drew a pill that placed him at the tail end of the qualifying order.  The first encouraging sign that the late hours in the shop the previous night were worth it, came when he logged the 8th quickest time overall.  

 

The qualifying effort put Kyle on the front row for the third heat race.  He settled into second, chasing leader Zeb Wise and holding off Rico Abreu.  Reinhardt will tell you he doesn’t believe in luck, “I believe you make your own luck.  You put yourself in position to earn things.”  Call it luck or being in position to earn it,  when Zeb Wise blew a left-rear tire with one lap remaining in the heat race, the Capitol Renegade No.91 held on for the win and the spot in the dash that comes with it.  Reinhardt started 6th and finished 5th in that dash, placing him inside row 3 to start the A-main.

 

At the start of the 30-lap main event, the Neptune City, NJ native got a little “crossed up” with the 39 of Anthony Macri and lost a few positions, slipping as far back as 8th in the early going.  Not the start Reinhardt wanted, especially knowing he had a pretty good car under him.  He remained composed, settled in and began working his way forward again.  By lap 14, he had climbed back up to 6th.  He remained focused and claimed the 5th position on lap 24, which he would hold to the finish.

 

Reinhardt reflected on the team’s effort at Bedford, “It was a really solid night for us.  Really good to know our hard work after Port Royal paid off.  This gives us a lot of confidence through the off week and into the next race.”  It seems the fairgrounds speedway in Pennsylvania is quickly becoming one of his favorites.  “Last year we came here for the first time ever, finished top 10 with the All Stars and got the Hard Charger award.  Now we’ve got a top 5 here with the All Stars.  This is a fun track.  I like it.“, Reinhardt commented.

 

It’s still early, but if this 4-race stretch is any indication, the driver/crew chief relationship between Reinhardt and Curtis is starting to gel just fine.  Despite missing the show Saturday night at Port Royal, the Jeff McCall/Wayne Quackenbush operation finds itself sitting 8th in the All Star Circuit of Champions point standings thus far in 2021. 

 

RQM Motorsports would like to thank Capitol Renegade, Capitol Custom Coaches & Trailers, Champion Brands, Fibreworks Composites, Henry’s Wrecker Service, J&J Auto Racing, FK Rod Ends, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Kelly Racing Fuel, B.C. Walter Trucking, Arai Americas, Auto Meter, KSE Racing Products, InTech Trailers, Fel-Pro, Taylor Ignition Wires, Miller Welders, K&N Filters, Mettec, AL Driveline, Jesel Valvetrain, DMI, All-Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, ISC Racers Tape, HMS Motorsports, Ultra Lite Brakes & Components, Rider Racing Engines, Saldana Racing Products and HP Engines for their support during the 2021 racing season.

 

UP NEXT:

 

Kyle and the RQM Enterprises, Capitol Renegade No.91 team will take the upcoming weekend off to prepare for a three race weekend with the All Star Circuit of Champions when they compete at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA on Friday, April 30th, followed by Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH and Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, PA the following two nights.

 

All Star Circuit of Champions Point Standings as of 4-18-2021

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Zach Newlin Logs Top 10 in Debut with Mansberger Motorsports

Team Recovers from Early Issues at Williams Grove

Mechanicsburg, PA – April 18, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

It was difficult to know what to expect from the new combination of Zach Newlin and Mansberger Motorsports.  Both had plenty of laps and success over the years, but none together.   This pairing would mean learning new equipment and new communication styles.  Hopefully the learning curve to find a good chemistry would be short.


Friday, April 16th was the season debut for the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 Sprints at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.  21 teams signed in for action, which meant three 8-lap heats from which all cars would qualify, however only the top 4 teams from each heat would go to the redraw.


The pill draw put Zach in the 3rd starting spot for heat two.  From the drop of the green, it was clear something wasn’t quite right.  The car was not rotating properly in the corners and Newlin was gradually losing track position.  He would end up finishing 6th in the non-stop qualifying race.


Upon his return to the pits, Zach reported that the throttle had been sticking on corner entry, which required him to lift it by force with his foot.  Essentially this meant he was either on the throttle or off the throttle, there was nothing in between.  That ‘in between’ is essential to be able to make a sprint car drive and handle properly.  Fortunately, it didn’t take the team long to identify the cause of the throttle issue and resolve it.  With that corrected and a few shock adjustments completed, they were ready to see what they could do in the feature.


Newlin started deep in the field in 17th for the 20 lap main event.  The second and final caution of the event came with 9 laps remaining.  The car was clearly handling much better and Zach had settled into a rhythm after the first few laps.  Under caution, he made a wing angle adjustment from the cockpit in an attempt to get a little more bite.  He restarted 14th and would go on to show he had made the right adjustment and had also figured some things out about the car and the racing surface during the first half of the event.  


Sticking to the low side of the speedway, Newlin was able to run down and pass a car every other lap over the remaining laps, including a hard-earned final pass for 10th coming to the white flag.  The feature run by Zach Daddy certainly helped the entire team forget about the woes earlier in the evening.


For Newlin and Mansberger, the top 10 in their debut together was great, but the most exciting part was the realization of how good this team may be when they don’t have to dig themselves out of a hole.  “Without the throttle issues earlier tonight, we’re probably a top five car in our first night together.“, Newlin said with a grin that exuded anticipation for their next outing and the remainder of the 2021 season.

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Photos from Williams Grove Speedway 4-16-21

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Reinhardt Experiences Lows and Highs as Month of April Opens

Trip to Home State Provides Boost for Reinhardt

New Oxford, PA – April 13, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

Feature Photo Credit:  Rick Sweeten Images

Entering his first full time season with the series, Kyle Reinhardt was hoping to kick off the All Star Circuit of Champions points races with a solid weekend, but Attica Raceway Park in Ohio didn’t cooperate with his plans.  A trip back to his home state to visit Bridgeport Motorsports Park in NJ a few days later, helped restore his confidence.

 

Friday’s Core & Main Spring Nationals program at Attica Raceway Park was canceled due to cold temperatures, taking away an opportunity to log some laps on a track he had not visited before and leaving Reinhardt with a one-day show on Saturday to accomplish his goal for the points opener.

 

Saturday night, April 3rd, saw 30 teams sign in to compete with the All Stars at Attica Raceway Park.  The format called for timed qualifying to set the lineups for three, 8-lap heat races.  Six cars would transfer to the A-main from each heat, with the balance of the field relegated to the B-main for a final shot at making the show.

 

Reinhardt was the 21st car to go under the clock.  His lap was only good enough for 27th quickest overall, which put him 9th in the starting lineup for the third heat.  Having learned a little from their qualifying laps, Reinhardt and team made some adjustments prior to the heat race.  Those changes seemed to be paying off, as Kyle worked his way into a qualifying spot.  Unfortunately Reinhardt made an untimely error and clipped one of the tires used to mark the inside of the racing surface.  The contact was enough to get him upside down and inflict enough damage to end his heat race.

 

The team was able to make repairs in time to run the B-main, hoping to race their way into the main event, however Reinhardt, who started near the back of that event, found himself struggling with the handling and in too deep of a hole to recover, ending the team’s night with a 10th place finish in the consolation event.

 

The RQM Enterprises, Capitol Renegade No.91 unloaded at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, NJ on April 6th to compete in the event dubbed as the “Posse Invasion”, as several teams crossed the border from PA to compete.  Reinhardt was about to make his first laps on the speedway’s new 4-tenths mile configuration.  Aside from a couple visits to familiar Pennsylvania turf in March, he was getting plenty of opportunities to learn from new facilities, with trips to Screven (GA), East Bay (FL) and of course, Attica (OH) already in his notebook this year.

 

Bridgeport’s format for the special event included a pill draw to divide the 30 entered teams into 3 heat groups.  Each group would run a 3-lap timed dash to establish the starting order for their heat races later in the evening.  The top 4 would be inverted.  Reinhart was rolling pretty well and registered the 4th quickest time, placing him on the pole for the heat race.  “We had some ups and downs throughout the night but we definitely started off strong and were making gains each time we hit the track“, Reinhardt noted.

 

Kyle capitalized on his starting position, jumping out front quickly on the start of the third heat race.  He was never challenged, even withstanding a late race restart that put Ryan Smith, a recent winner in URC competition at the track, on his rear bumper.  The heat race victory put Reinhardt into the 6-lap dash that would establish the starting order for the top 6 cars in the A-main.  Unfortunately the dash draw turned up the six pill for the 91 team, putting Kyle at the back of the starting lineup for the dash.  He was unable to make up any ground, but crossed the line 5th thanks to someone else’s misfortune.

 

Reinhardt rolled off from the 5th starting spot in the night’s 30 lap main event.  In the opening laps, he slipped back a couple positions and as the leader completed lap 10, Kyle found himself in 8th trying to establish a rhythm.  He was able to find his groove and gain back some of the ground he had lost, recapturing 7th just before the halfway sign.  A restart after a late race caution presented an opportunity for Reinhardt to get more.  Danny Dietrich made a hard charge to the low side as the field took the white flag.  Freddie Rahmer, who had lined up right in front of Reinhardt, moved low to take the line away from Dietrich as the pack sailed into turn 3.  This opened the door on the high side for Reinhardt to blast around the top and claim 6th as he flashed under the checkered flag.

 

The Neptune City, NJ native was pleased with the team’s night but acknowledged his own mistakes that probably cost the team a couple spots at the end of the night.  “I was getting more and more comfortable as the night went.  The changes (crew chief) Bob was making to the car were working for me.  I just gave up too much at the start of the race.” Reinhardt shared.  He continued, “I made some poor lane choices the first few laps and the guys around me pounced on it.  There’s no room for mistakes when you’re racing against these guys.  They are in attack mode 100% of the time.”    

 

Overall it was a really good night for Kyle and the Jeff McCall/Wayne Quackenbush operation.  A solid top 10 against this competition is nothing to hang your head about.  Reinhardt just knew he could have had a little more, saying, “We could’ve been racing for 4th or 5th if I had made better decisions early in the race.  I have some things to work on.”  Reinhardt wrapped up his thoughts on the night with a knowing grin, commenting, “You can lose a lot quickly when you make mistakes out there.  Track position is so much easier to give than take.”     

 

RQM Motorsports would like to thank Capitol Renegade, Capitol Custom Coaches & Trailers, Champion Brands, Fibreworks Composites, Henry’s Wrecker Service, J&J Auto Racing, FK Rod Ends, Kinsler Fuel Injection, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Kelly Racing Fuel, B.C. Walter Trucking, Arai Americas, Auto Meter, KSE Racing Products, InTech Trailers, Fel-Pro, Taylor Ignition Wires, Miller Welders, K&N Filters, Mettec, AL Driveline, Jesel Valvetrain, DMI, All-Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, ISC Racers Tape, HMS Motorsports, Ultra Lite Brakes & Components, Rider Racing Engines, Saldana Racing Products and HP Engines for their support during the 2021 racing season.

 

UP NEXT:

 

Kyle and team will work to maintain their momentum from Bridgeport when they compete in four All Star Circuit of Champions events in four days on a swing through Virginia and Pennsylvania.  April 15th will take the team to Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, VA.  The weekend will see the RQM Enterprises, Capitol Renegade group haul to Williams Grove Speedway on April 16th, Port Royal Speedway on April 17th and Bedford Speedway on April 18th.

 

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Photos from Attica and bridgeport

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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for ABR

Selinsgrove Delivers Setback; Williams Grove Washed Out

Selinsgrove, PA – April 12, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

In recent weeks, performance has been trending the right direction for Austin Berry Racing.  The Berry’s Siding & Seamless Gutter, Locust Hill Custom Butcher Shop, Addicted2DirtPR.com, Nathan Berry Beef Farm, A&C Racing Engines, Ontime Body & Graphic, Swift Springs, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, VP Racing Fuels, Rocket Chassis XR1 No.86 has responded to recent changes.  For Austin, the feel he was looking for was almost entirely back and consistency finally existed again.  All the team wanted out of their April 9th/10th double-header weekend with the United Late Model Series (ULMS) was to continue that trend.  

 

During the week, the team investigated the engine miss that had arisen in the closing laps of the race at Port Royal Speedway on April 3rd.  Fortunately nothing serious was uncovered.  It appeared the ignition coil was going bad, so as part of necessary maintenance and to ensure they covered all bases, they replaced the coil, spark plugs, fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter, any of which could have resulted in similar symptoms.  A test fire of the engine proved the issue was resolved and they could turn their focus to preparing for the double-header weekend ahead.

 

Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA they never got the chance to continue their recent momentum and improve on the 11th place finish Austin had recorded a few weeks prior on his first trip to the legendary oval.  The day had a promising afternoon and evening forecast, but a persistent mist developed in the late afternoon, which led to the cancellation of the event around 6pm, less than an hour before hot laps were scheduled to occur.  

 

Twenty four hours later the team was one of twenty three ULMS teams unloaded at Selinsgrove Speedway in Selinsgrove, PA.  Austin was the 11th car to go under the clock for qualifying.  He recorded the 15th quickest time in the field, which placed him in the 5th starting spot in heat number three.  After one competitor was unable to make the call for the third heat, Berry was able to take the green from the 4th spot.  Despite experiencing an issue with the right front of the car bottoming out, he was able to finish 3rd in the heat race.  The issue with bottoming out was something that had surfaced the previous week but the team had made adjustments they believed would resolve the issue.

 

The team huddled to plan for the 30-lap feature, in which Austin would roll off 9th.  Their expectation was that the track would dry out a little, so they made their tire choice and adjustments accordingly, along with further adjustments to address the bottoming issue.

 

By the time we completed our pace laps before the green flag for the feature, I was pretty sure we had made the wrong tire choice.“, shared Austin Berry from the team’s shop the following morning.  “The track had held more moisture throughout the show than we expected.  At that point, I was just hoping once we got enough heat in the tires, they would start working.” 

 

Berry’s concern was realized when the green flag dropped and he slipped back four spots during the first two laps of the event..  His tires just weren’t ‘hooking up’ and it was costing him.  By lap 4 the tires had heated up and kicked in.  His lap times reflected the difference and Austin started to recover and run down the cars that had gotten by at the start.  He got back by one competitor and was battling a couple more when the caution lights flashed on with 11 laps complete.  

 

The ULMS uses what is known as the “Delaware Double File” lineup on restarts.  This means the leader is out front all alone, while the remainder of the field lines up double-file behind the leader.  The ensuing restart, which found Austin lined up in 12th, on the inside of row 7 didn’t play out well.  Wanting to capitalize on the restart, Berry was glued to the back of the car in front of him, Ken Trevitz, as the field headed into turn one.  Unfortunately, a car on the outside just in front of Berry, turned down and made contact with Trevitz, leading to a chain reaction.  Fortunately, thanks to quick thinking, Berry was able to spin his car and avoid contact, sliding sideways to a stop next to Trevitz.  Unfortunately, one of the cars behind Austin didn’t manage the same accomplishment and instead made heavy contact with the left front of Berry’s car, then rotated and contacted the left rear of his No.86 as well.  

 

The incident would end the night for ABR.  It didn’t take long to determine the damage was pretty extensive.  The front clip of Berry’s Rocket XR1 chassis was bent.  This was definitely going to mean a step backward from all the progress the team had been making, not only in terms of tonight’s result but also in terms of their finances.  This would definitely put a dent in the budget.  Replacing the bent front clip is expensive and will require tearing down the car, pulling the motor, and taking a trip to Rocket Racing in West Virginia.

 

Looking back on the incident, Berry shared, “I’m certainly not happy about it, but these things happen.  It’s part of racing.  I really thought the car behind us could have missed hitting us, but it’s behind us now and we have to focus on the work we have to do to get back to the track.”  Austin continued, “It’s really frustrating because the tires had just come in and I know we could have driven back into the top 10 in the remaining 19 laps.”  

 

The competition is so close, every decision made by the teams can be critical.  Would Austin have been ahead of the accident had they made a different tire choice?  Maybe.  Would he have been better off than the competition late in the race with the tire compound he chose?  Maybe.  None of us will ever know.  That’s just one of the things that makes this sport so challenging.  It also makes it rewarding when you get it right.

 

ABR was already planning to take the next couple weekends off, but now there will be a lot of unplanned work and expense during those off weeks.  The goal is to be ready to head to Bedford Speedway on Friday, April 30th for the $8,500 to win, ULMS sanctioned, Billy Winn 85th Anniversary Classic, but that could be challenging.  Stay tuned to all the social media outlets below for updates from ABR.

AUSTIN BERRY RACING

Learn more about Austin Berry at: https://addicted2dirtpr.com/home/drivers/austin-berry/

Follow ABR’s season at: https://addicted2dirtpr.com/latest-news/

ABR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinBerryRacing

ABR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AustinBerryRacn

Want to buy some Austin Berry gear? https://addicted2dirtpr.com/home/new-shop/shop/

SPECIAL THANKS

As always, thank you to all our sponsors and partners, including our silent partners who do everything they can to help but ask for nothing in return! 

 

Below are the businesses…the people…the families…that make what these teams do possible. PLEASE take the time to browse this information and help the teams by giving your business to these partners. Most importantly, tell them WHY you patronized them and thank them for being involved in racing!

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Addicted2Dirt PR and Media Management provides affordable and personal dirt motorsports public relations that provides a professional public image to attract marketing partners and fans.  A2D can promote your sponsors and engage fans with your team’s story.  We are a central Pennsylvania based business with a love of and passion for dirt racing and the people who make the sport what it is.

 

Visit our website to learn more about us and follow along with the stories of our race teams!

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The 2021 #TeamA2D Gear Is Here!

Harrisburg, PA – April 8, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

The all new 2021 #TeamA2D Addicted2DirtPR and Media Management gear is finally available for preorder!  

 

Shop now!  Go to Addicted2DirtPR.com and click on Team Gear to see all the options.  We have T-shirts, Hoodies and Decals.  Preorders are being accepted now through 11:59pm on April 25th.  Order now to be sure you get what you want!  Only limited quantities, sizes and colors will be available after preorders are filled.  

 

You can choose LOCAL PICKUP during the ordering process if you want to get your order directly from us at the track, or choose SHIP MY ORDER and we’ll send it to you via USPS!  Please note, when new inventory arrives, all items in an order will be delivered as a single shipment, including leftover 2020 items that may be in stock today.  Orders should be ready for delivery approximately 5 weeks after the preorder window closes.

 

If you are in need of a size that isn’t listed, please email us at [email protected].  We may be able to special order it for you at the time of our preorders.

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Addicted2Dirt PR and Media Management provides affordable and personal dirt motorsports public relations that provides a professional public image to attract marketing partners and fans.  A2D can promote your sponsors and engage fans with your team’s story.  We are a central Pennsylvania based business with a love of and passion for dirt racing and the people who make the sport what it is.

 

Visit our website to learn more about us and follow along with the stories of our race teams!

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Busy 2021 Racing Season Coming Together for Zach Newlin

Zach Daddy’s Calendar Filling up with 410 and 358 Racing 

Millerstown, PA – April 8, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

Feature Photo Credit:  Jeremy Cross (2020)

Plans are shaping up for Zach Newlin to continue building his 410 sprint car resume, once again pairing with Burke Motorsports this season.  Although Newlin and Burke had been racing for many years when they joined forces late last summer, both were new to the 410 ranks at the time.  

 

Despite diving into the figurative ‘deep end of the pool’ last season, including numerous All Star and World of Outlaw sanctioned shows, there were some glimpses of the success and potential that exists for this team.  It was a very productive use of their short schedule, capturing notes and getting seat time at four of the area’s major speedways in their limited 11-race schedule last season.  There were multiple trips to BAPS Motor Speedway, Port Royal Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway and Lincoln Speedway.  Newlin captured the Labor Day Classic Hard Charger award at The Speed Palace.  He drew the commentary of announcers Johnny Gibson and Bruce Ellis during an Outlaw show at The Grove for a move he put on veteran Brian Montieth.  He even managed to get Johnny Gibson to give his trademark “Quick Time!” during qualifying, when Zach went to the top of the charts for a little while during another Outlaw show.  Not a bad start to a 410 resume.

 

Grove Financial & Associates and Dillman Hauling, who joined the team for the late season kickoff in 2020, both return as key partners.  Once Newlin’s season gets underway in April, the team plans to compete weekly at Port Royal Speedway and hopes to add other select shows in the region to their schedule as well throughout the season.  Other long time partners of Newlin, Heather Sims Realtor, T&M Homebuilders and Kirby Kitner Excavating, have joined the team for the 2021 season as well.  Burke and Newlin are seeking additional partners to help build their program to a level that can remain competitive throughout the long Pennsylvania racing season.

 

The team is set to hit the track with their sharp looking orange and blue No.54 Grove Financial & Associates, Dillman Hauling, LLC., Heather Sims Realtor, T&M Homebuilders, Kirby Kitner Excavating, Kriner Racing Engines, Walker Performance Filtration, Sander Engineering, DMI, Burke Motorsports, Maxim Chassis, 410 sprint car in the next couple weeks in Central PA.    

 

On the 358 front, you won’t see that familiar green and black 11z making laps around the Pennsylvania tracks but that doesn’t mean you won’t get to see Zach Daddy in that division in 2021.

 

Zach has been tapped to wheel the Mansberger Motorsports No.21m 358 sprint car.  The new pairing will compete in all of the 358 shows at Williams Grove Speedway this season and may add a few other events around Central PA to their schedule as well.

 

Mansberger Motorsports has been a mainstay in the area for a number of years and has had their share of success.  Over the years, the Mansberger mount has been piloted by notable PA open wheel names like Kevin Nouse, Chad Trout and Jay Krout.  The team is targeting Williams Grove’s first 358 show of the 2021 season on Friday, April 16th, to kick off their season together.  

 

You can follow Zach Daddy’s entire season here on Addicted2DirtPR.com and on the social media outlets listed below.  Join us!  It promises to be an interesting and exciting season!

 

Follow BURKE MOTORSPORTS for Zach’s 410 News and Updates

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Follow NEWLIN RACING for Zach’s 358 News and Updates

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Twitter:  https://twitter.com/NewlinRacing

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Addicted2Dirt PR and Media Management provides affordable and personal dirt motorsports public relations that provides a professional public image to attract marketing partners and fans.  A2D can promote your sponsors and engage fans with your team’s story.  We are a central Pennsylvania based business with a love of and passion for dirt racing and the people who make the sport what it is.

 

Visit our website to learn more about us and follow along with the stories of our race teams!

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SPECIAL THANKS

Burke Motorsports would like to say thank you to all our sponsors and partners, including our silent partners who do everything they can to help but ask for nothing in return!  Below are the businesses…the people…the families…that make what we do possible. PLEASE take the time to browse this information and help the teams by giving your business to these partners. Most importantly, tell them WHY you patronized them and thank them for being involved in racing!

Austin Berry Logs Heat Win and Overall Quality Day at Port Royal

Confidence and Momentum Continue to Build for ABR

Port Royal, PA – April 3, 2021

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

(featured photo credit:  Apex Media)

One week ago, while loading up the Berry’s Siding & Seamless Gutter, Locust Hill Custom Butcher Shop, Addicted2DirtPR.com, Nathan Berry Beef Farm, A&C Racing Engines, Ontime Body & Graphic, Swift Springs, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, VP Racing Fuels, Rocket Chassis XR1 No.86 at Port Royal Speedway after making a mistake that gave away a qualifying spot for the night’s main event, Austin Berry was already chomping at the bit to get back to the well known Pennsylvania oval known as The Speed Palace.  Not only did he know they had found speed, he felt he had something to prove.

 

Saturday, April 3rd provided that next opportunity at Port Royal.  ABR was one of 34 teams to sign in for action.  Lineups for four 8-lap heats were set by pill draw.  The top five finishers from each would transfer to the A-main, with the top 3 being handicapped based on accumulated season points to set the top 12 positions of the main event’s starting lineup.

 

Austin started on the pole of the third heat race on the slick, late afternoon surface.  By the time he exited turn two on the opening lap, he had already pulled out to a 3 car length lead.  Berry was smooth over the first seven laps, building a lead of over half a straightaway.  A caution for a slowing car just after the white flag, slowed and bunched the field.  When the race went back to green, he once again pulled away and won the qualifying event by several car lengths.  Following the effort, Austin immediately turned his focus to the remaining racing for the evening.  “The car isn’t quite where it needs to be but it was good.  With three divisions racing here today and the sun setting soon, the track will continue to change.  We will watch the track and make some adjustments before our feature.“, he shared.

 

The format, coupled with the heat win, worked to ABR’s favor.  Their familiar blue and yellow No.86 would be on the pole for the night’s 25-lap feature event.  In the opening laps, Austin lost a couple spots but continued to run in the top three.  It was apparent pretty quickly to him that some of the changes the team had made may have missed the mark.  The nose was dragging on the track surface on corner entry, which required Berry to adjust his driving style.  The highly competitive field of late models at Port Royal is unforgiving though.  If you give even the slightest opening, the other teams capitalize quickly.  Austin continued to fight, adjusting his line and style, trying to make the most of what his Rocket XR1 would give but he found himself slowly sliding into the back half of the top 10 just before the halfway point.  The battle became even more ‘uphill’ when the engine developed a slight miss with about 10 laps remaining.  When the dust had finally settled, the reduction of power in the closing laps led to the loss of a few more positions and ultimately a 14th place finish.  The feature event was run without a caution, so even running a few tenths of a second slower than the leader each lap can add up quickly at this level of competition.  After crawling from the car, checking tire temperatures and discussing things with his crew, Berry had this to say:  “We just missed the setup.  We probably went a little too far trying to tighten up for the slick surface.  Race and learn…that’s all you can do.  We’ll check the engine issue out this week and get ready to go again next weekend.”  

 

Performance has been steadily improving for ABR since the start of the season and people are taking notice, including other racers.  Just before the start of the season, Locust Hill Custom Butcher Shop came on board as a new partner.  In recent weeks, faced with engine and suspension needs while waiting for repairs to their own equipment, two fellow racers stepped up and offered unsolicited help to ABR that enabled them to get back to the track and remain competitive.  Those are indicators of the potential this team has.  The challenge for teams like ABR who are trying to build a program is that they don’t have unlimited resources, so they need marketing partners to help build the necessary depth to continue improving the program.  Working hard without the proper resources is just spending a lot of time, money, and energy.  Working hard with the right resources means you can accomplish something.  This seems to be a team on the brink of something good.  If you’re able, it might be a good time to help them continue to build that depth.

 

The upcoming weekend schedule for ABR consists of two ULMS sanctioned shows.  Both shows will award $3000 to the winner.  Friday, April 9th, Austin will venture back to Williams Grove Speedway for the second time in his career, where he will try to improve on his 11th place finish from two weeks ago.  Saturday will take Austin and the team to Selinsgrove Speedway for night two of the ULMS weekend.  Berry is quite familiar with the Snyder County, PA oval, having garnered the Super Late Model Rookie of the Year honors there in 2016.

 

AUSTIN BERRY RACING

Learn more about Austin Berry at: https://addicted2dirtpr.com/home/drivers/austin-berry/

Follow ABR’s season at: https://addicted2dirtpr.com/latest-news/

ABR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustinBerryRacing

ABR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AustinBerryRacn

Want to buy some Austin Berry gear? https://addicted2dirtpr.com/home/new-shop/shop/

Photos from Saturday, April 3 at Port Royal Speedway

SPECIAL THANKS

As always, thank you to all our sponsors and partners, including our silent partners who do everything they can to help but ask for nothing in return! 

 

Below are the businesses…the people…the families…that make what these teams do possible. PLEASE take the time to browse this information and help the teams by giving your business to these partners. Most importantly, tell them WHY you patronized them and thank them for being involved in racing!

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Addicted2Dirt PR and Media Management provides affordable and personal dirt motorsports public relations that provides a professional public image to attract marketing partners and fans.  A2D can promote your sponsors and engage fans with your team’s story.  We are a central Pennsylvania based business with a love of and passion for dirt racing and the people who make the sport what it is.

 

Visit our website to learn more about us and follow along with the stories of our race teams!

     https://addicted2dirtpr.com/

 

Follow A2D on Social Media!  We are @Addicted2DirtPR on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

     https://www.facebook.com/Addicted2DirtPR

     https://twitter.com/Addicted2DirtPR  (hashtag #TeamA2D)

     https://www.instagram.com/addicted2dirtpr/

 

And of course, don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you are always notified of our latest video features, recaps and stories for #TeamA2D!  Just hit subscribe below this video or search for Addicted2Dirt PR on YouTube!

 

You can always contact us via Email at:  [email protected]