ABBOTTSTOWN -- Brent Marks is the man to beat so far this season at Lincoln Speedway.

Marks became the first repeat winner of 2013 in Saturday's 30-lap 410 Spring Championship event Saturday night.

Marks took the lead when Logan Schuchart hit the spinning car of Ryan Slothower in turns 3 and 4 of lap 4.

"What a great year so far," Marks said in victory lane. "This track was awesome again tonight. I love these types of tracks that are slick like this. These guys just work so hard, and everything pays off. I'm very grateful for this moment."

An eight-car inversion at the front of the field put Marks on the inside of row 2 for the start. Marks drove under front row starter Adam Wilt at the start and was running second when Schuchart knocked a tire off his left rear wheel trying to squeeze between the wall and Slothower and was forced to the pits.

From there, Marks led the rest of the way, much of it through lapped traffic during the middle stages of the race.

A Scott Geesey spin with four laps to go set up a dramatic finish, with Alan Krimes and Brian Montieth restarting on Marks' back bumper.

Montieth caught Krimes for the runner-up spot on lap 29, but was unable to catch Marks, who crossed 1.294 seconds ahead of the four-time track champ for his seventh career Lincoln win.

Krimes settled for third, with Fred Rahmer and Wilt completing the top five.

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Mike Bittinger started on the pole and led every lap of the 20-lap 358 sprint car feature. Defending track champ Tim Wagaman started second and ran there the entire race, with sixth-starting Niki Young, 10th-starting Jeff Rohrbaugh, and Brie Hershey rounding out the top five.


Spring Grove's Rick Miller held off the challenges of Tim Henry and Bob Stough to claim his first career Lincoln win in the 15-lap Central PA Legends feature. Miller started on the outside of the front row and wrestled the lead from polesitter Chad Ernst on the second lap. He led the rest of the way, despite heavy late-race pressure from sixth-starting Henry and eighth-starting Stough.
Sprint Spring Championship
Saturday's Results
   Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprints (30 laps): 1. 19M-Brent Marks ($4,000); 2. 21-Brian Montieth; 3. 87-Alan Krimes; 4. 20S-Fred Rahmer; 5. 15-Adam Wilt; 6. 8-Billy Dietrich; 7.11C-Cory Haas; 8. 59-Jim Siegel; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart; 10. 25-JJ Grasso; 11. 47-Eric Riggins, Jr.; 12. 48-Danny Dietrich; 13. 55K-Robbie Kendall; 14.14-Gerard McIntyre, Jr.; 15. B52-Scott Geesey; 16. 13-Jason Leffler; 17. 75-Nicole Bower; 18. 92-Ryan Smith; 19. 1080-Jordon Mackison (DNF); 20. 50-Tim Glatfelter (DNF); 21. 14S-Ryan Slothower (DNF); 22. 29-Ryan Wilson(DNF); 23. 21A-Will Rose (DNF); 24. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe (DNF). No Time. Lap Leaders -- Logan Schuchart (1-3), Brent Marks (4-30).
   Keizer Aluminum Wheels 358 Sprints (20 laps): 1. 12-Mike Bittinger; 2. 1*-Tim Wagaman; 3. 65-NikiYoung; 4. 45-Jeff Rohrbaugh; 5. 97-Brie Hershey; 6. 44-Rodney Westhafer; 7.69-Shane Hoff; 8. 50-Tim Berkheimer; 9. 94V-Matt Mountz; 10. 27-JayGalloway; 11. 2D-Chase Dietz; 12. 7C-JB Cunningham; 13. 28-Matt Findley; 14.119-Chandler Leiby; 15. 88-Aaron Eichelberger; 16. 23-Chris Arnold; 17.89-Ashley Cappetta; 18. 76-Doug Deeds; 19. 52-Austin Hogue (DNF); 20.83-Troy Wagaman, Jr. (DNF); 21. 94-Ted Thomas (DNF); 22. 5-Tyler Ross (DNF);23. 66-Dale Hammaker (DNF); 24. 21-Scott Fisher (DNF). No Time. Lap Leaders -- Mike Bittinger (1-20).
   Central PA Legends (15 laps): 1. 38-Rick Miller; 2. 94T-Tim Henry; 3. 07-Bob Stough; 4.85-Chad Earnst; 5. 10-Blaine Leppo; 6. 09-Chris Spidle; 7. 890-Tim Bauer; 8.53-Bill Diehl; 9. 15-Lucas Montgomery; 10. 48-Jason Rochelle; 11. 94-GregBurd; 12. 44-Scott Gobrecht; 13. 21-Cody Haines; 14. 18-Chris Transeau; 15.90-Scott Spidle; 16. 76-randy Minich; 17. 20-Vern Houseman; 18. 6X-BradMelott; 19. 13-Jacob Feltch; 20. 79-Ed Trump; 21. 5-Scott Haudeshell (DNF);22. 55-Greg Martz (DNF); 23. 77-Randy Fetterhoff (DNF); 24. 15H-Harlon Leppo (DNF). No Time. Lap Leaders -- Chad Earnst (1-2), Rick Miller (3-15).