MSA rookie Hintz outruns Goeden to post first A-main triumph at Plymouth

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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 3, 2024 – Youth trumped experience as 14-year-old Midwest Sprint Car Association-Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car rookie Joseph Hintz of Burnett edged 60-year-old open-wheel racing veteran and five-time track champion Donny Goeden of Kewaskum to claim his first career 25-lap Akright Auto Midwest Sprint Car Association-Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 3.

Outside front row starter Justin Erickson of Plymouth outpowered polesitter Hayden Johnson of Campbellsport to grab the lead on the opening lap of the PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car main event.

On lap 2, three-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Donny Goeden rode the outside groove to move into second before vaulting past Erickson into the lead one lap later.

Meanwhile, fifth starter Joseph Hintz engaged in a spirited duel with third starter T.J. Smith of Greenville for the third spot on lap 4. Four laps later, Goeden caught the back of the field and sliced his way through slower traffic.

The first of two race stoppages appeared on lap 11 when Bill Taylor of Boltonville spun in turn three. On the restart, Hintz shot into second along the inside groove and quickly moved in to challenge the high-riding Goeden on the smooth, multi-groove racing surface.

The first-year 360 Sprint Car driver reeled in Goeden on lap 15 to mount a challenge for the top spot. Hintz hit his marks along the inside lane with precision to take over the top spot on lap 17 before impressively extending his lead to a full straightaway on lap 21.

With Hintz comfortably leading the pack, a red flag was displayed when Smith flipped in turn two on the white-flag lap. Hintz maintained the top spot along the low groove on the green-white-checkered flag restart and held off a final charge from Goeden along the cushion to secure his first career MSA-PDTR 360 Sprint A-main victory in just his sixth career 360 Sprint Car start.

Goeden, who began his racing career in the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Winged Super Modified division at Plymouth in 1985, had to settle for second, two-time PDTR and five-time MSA champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee placed third after starting seventh, Erickson placed fourth and sixth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend placed fifth.

With his victory, Hintz became the sixth different driver to claim a win in the nine MSA 360 Sprint Car main events contested during the 2024 campaign.   

Scott Conger of Eagle claimed the overall PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car fast qualifier award with a quick lap of 13.101 seconds.

The ninth event of the 2024 PDTR campaign, which was sponsored by Pit Stop Pizza, drew 25 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars.

The program also included a coin and candy drop sponsored by VanDerVart Concrete and a coloring contest featuring prizes donated by Plymouth Dirt Track Racing, Donna Bader and Pedal Down Promotions.

THE MSA-PDTR 360 Sprint Cars will next be in action on Saturday, Aug. 10 at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The 2024 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Awards Ceremony is set to take place Saturday, Oct. 12 at Racers Hall in Plymouth at 7 p.m.

Weather information for all Plymouth Dirt Track Racing events will be posted on the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram pages, as well as the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing website – www.plymouthdtr.com.

The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis.

For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

AKRIGHT AUTO PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK RACING 360 SPRINT CARS

A Main (25 Laps): 1. 14J-Joseph Hintz [5]; 2. 27G-Donny Goeden [4]; 3. 39K-Kurt Davis [7]; 4. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [6]; 6. 35-Ben Schmidt [8]; 7. 22B-Brandon Berth [10]; 8. 09-Clayton Rossmann [11]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski [17]; 10. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [12]; 11. 12P-JJ Pagel [9]; 12. 30-Shane Wenninger [18]; 13. 11-Tony Wondra [14]; 14. 24-Scott Conger [16]; 15. 33M-Josh Bilicki [21]; 16. 69-Bill Taylor [13]; 17. 46-Steven Ruh [22]; 18. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [20]; 19. 44-Hayden Johnson [1]; 20. 55P-Brady Portschy [15]; 21. 69S-TJ Smith [3]; 22. 66T-Tristan Koenings [19]

B Main (12 Laps): 1. 24-Scott Conger [1]; 2. 4-Paul Pokorski [2]; 3. 30-Shane Wenninger [4]; 4. 66T-Tristan Koenings [5]; 5. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 6. 33M-Josh Bilicki [8]; 7. 46-Steven Ruh [6]; 8. 53A-Spyder Akright [7]; 9. (DNF) 21H-TJ Haddy [3]; 10. (DNS) 51-Chris Larson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39K-Kurt Davis [1]; 2. 12P-JJ Pagel [2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth [3]; 4. 27G-Donny Goeden [5]; 5. 44-Hayden Johnson [6]; 6. 24-Scott Conger [4]; 7. 30-Shane Wenninger [8]; 8. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [9]; 9. 21H-TJ Haddy [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt [4]; 2. 69S-TJ Smith [1]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz [2]; 4. 09-Clayton Rossmann [6]; 5. 63K-Kevin Karnitz [3]; 6. 4-Paul Pokorski [5]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings [7]; 8. 46-Steven Ruh [8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Justin Erickson [2]; 2. 3BK-Billy Kreutz [1]; 3. 69-Bill Taylor [4]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra [5]; 5. 55P-Brady Portschy [7]; 6. (DNF) 51-Chris Larson [3]; 7. (DNF) 53A-Spyder Akright [6]; 8. (DNS) 33M-Josh Bilicki

Qualifying 1: 1. 24-Scott Conger, 13.101 [8]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 13.108 [2]; 3. 12P-JJ Pagel, 13.174 [7]; 4. 39K-Kurt Davis, 13.270 [4]; 5. 27G-Donny Goeden, 13.377 [5]; 6. 44-Hayden Johnson, 13.491 [9]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 13.515 [3]; 8. 30-Shane Wenninger, 13.616 [6]; 9. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach [1]

Qualifying 2: 1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 13.238 [2]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 13.341 [4]; 3. 14J-Joseph Hintz, 13.362 [1]; 4. 69S-TJ Smith, 13.378 [3]; 5. 4-Paul Pokorski, 13.407 [5]; 6. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 13.550 [7]; 7. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 13.832 [6]; 8. 46-Steven Ruh, 14.289 [8]

Qualifying 3: 1. 51-Chris Larson, 13.377 [2]; 2. 3-Justin Erickson, 13.421 [8]; 3. 3BK-Billy Kreutz, 13.603 [3]; 4. 33M-Josh Bilicki, 13.604 [4]; 5. 69-Bill Taylor, 13.976 [5]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra, 14.029 [7]; 7. 55P-Brady Portschy, 14.125 [6]; 8. 53A-Spyder Akright, 14.133 [1]