Lynn Geisler

Lynn Geisler is a dirt late model driver from Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania that is a member of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. He has won over 200 late model races over a racing career spanning 4 decades. Geisler has been driving dirt late models in Western Pennsylvania since 1981. In 2011, Lynn will race as his two home tracks: Lernerville Speedway and PPMS.

Racing career

Lynn Geisler won at least one race a year at Lernerville Speedway from 1982 to 2006, and won 10 features in the 1993 season. He also won 5 track championships at Lernerville in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 2006. In total, Geisler has won 108 features at Lernerville and 67 features at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway. He also has won 6 track championships at Pittsburgh. Geisler won the 1995 and 1996 NEWS late model championships and the 1999 and 2000 MACS Championships. More recently, he has only raced at local tracks, mainly Lernerville and Pittsburgh. In 2005, Geisler was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. In 2011, Lynn Geisler won a feature event at PPMS, his 71st overall. This makes Lynn a winning driver in four different decades.[1][2]

Sponsors

Since 1981, #1 Cochran has sponsored Geisler's racing team. Geisler's car has been blue, red, and silver and number 1C since this sponsorship was founded.[3]

Race Team

Lynn Geisler added an additional race team in the 2008 season with Mike Pegher Jr. driving the #1 Cochran Crate Late Model. Pegher has participated in the FASTRAK racing series in the 2008, 2009, and 2010 seasons.

Family

Travis Geisler, Lynn's son, is also a former dirt late model driver that has also raced in the NASCAR Busch Series. More recently, Travis was a member of NASCAR's Team Penske. He has served as crew chief in the past for Ryan Newman and Sam Hornish Jr.. Currently, he is the competition director for Penske.

References

  1. ↑ Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "LERNERVILLE THROUGH 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  3. ↑ Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
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