Rahmer reaches No. 475 with broken tailbone

Even if you don't cheer for Fred Rahmer, you still have to respect him.

And after last weekend, Rahmer, 49, should have made all of us sit up in our seats and appreciate his raw talent.

Rahmer's win aboard the Chad and Jenn Clemens-owned No. 51 Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway was his 475th career win since 1978, the first year he drove modifieds. He added another win the next night at Lincoln Speedway.

The beauty in all this is Rahmer doesn't even know.

Since Rahmer broke his tailbone in an Aug. 10 crash at Knoxville Raceway, he's only worried about healing.

"I haven't been doing much except laying around and racing since that wreck," Rahmer said. "There isn't much you can do, but hope it heals."

He even visited a chiropractor on Tuesday, hoping for some relief.

And when asked about reaching the milestone, Rahmer was only focused on "working through the pain."

Some might think it would be better taking off to let the injury heal.

"Sprint car drivers don't get paid for sick days," Rahmer said. "We get paid for only the nights we race, and I'm a professional race car driver."

Rahmer is 205 points ahead of Doug Esh in the Lincoln division standings. If Rahmer, who has a track-high 152 Lincoln victories, wins the season title, he'll surpass Steve Smith on the all-time list for most points titles with 10. He's won Lincoln titles in 1994, 1997-2002 and 2004-05.

Rahmer is third in the Grove points chase. Todd Shaffer leads with 4,555 points, followed by Jeff Shepard (4,450) and Rahmer (4,420).

"I'm just lucky to have the guys working on the car and making it easy for me to drive," Rahmer said. "They make my job easy, because I wasn't sure I was going to make it last Friday night."

As for more milestones, Rahmer believes you're only as good as your last win.

http://www.pennlive.com/columns/patriotnews/reigle/

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

These are the type things that true racers are made of and are forever remember!!

Good stuff indeed..

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If you had the opportunity to see him carefully/gingerly get out of the car, and his demeanor in V-lane at WG on Friday, you would have an idea of how much he was hurtin', and what these guys will race through. I know Fred isn't the first dude to race injured, and he won't be the last...........but it sure reminds you to respect these guys.

"The Outlaws have people out here that don’t know 
anything about racing. I don’t understand how they 
come up with some of the calls they do. It makes me 
think that they just might be that stupid. It’s 
scary."     -Steve Kinser

Were you actually there, or did you just watch the victory lane highlights on PaPosseracing.com?

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I just found that PaPosseracing.com website and have to say I like the skins. Another DTRSC addition is great. Im all the way out here in California and I will be getting some of those skins for I havent seen them on other sites. Keep up the great work.

From the frontstretch VIP you can actually see V-lane and ALL the action on the track Smitty...........check with Mark for confirmation. Fred looked like I do after an a$$ kicking on the tennis court on Friday mornings!!:-(

"The Outlaws have people out here that don’t know 
anything about racing. I don’t understand how they 
come up with some of the calls they do. It makes me 
think that they just might be that stupid. It’s 
scary."     -Steve Kinser

hhahahahah! COMFIRMED!

Lincoln 1845 ft/.35 mile T1=118MPH 
Eldora 2287 ft/.43mile T3=135MPH
Port 2716 ft/.51 mile T3=TBD
Grove 2792 ft/.53 mile T3=135MPH
Selinsgrove 2847 ft/.54 mile T1=136MPH
"I didn't move to PA from El Paso in search of better 
weather." Van May

NSF Freddie won a milestone race EH,,, great for him.