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USAC Honda National Midget News – June 12, 2015
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Putnamville, Indiana...Bryan Clauson used every inch of Lincoln Park Speedway on Thursday night to drive from tenth for the win in Round 2 of "Indiana Midget Week." The two-time Honda National Midget champion made it 34 career wins in the division with the 30-lap winning drive.
Tyler Thomas got to the early lead from the pole, but Rico Abreu was building steam on the high side and roared by on the cushion to take the lead on lap three. His teammate and the night's ProSource "Fast Qualifier" Tanner Thorson, fresh off his first National Midget win on Wednesday night, was coming along with Abreu as they took over the 1-2 spots.
Clauson was on the move to fourth as the first caution hit, with Christopher Bell showing he was on the charge, too, as he sat ninth after starting 16th. Clauson disposed of Thorson for second on the restart, and it appeared an Abreu-Clauson duel was shaping up for the top spot. Behind them, Tracy Hines and Darren Hagen both got by Thorson and were racing for third.
Thorson got turned around on lap seventeen to bring out the next caution, and Bell had just broken into the top-five with a slick move to split two cars down the frontstretch. On the restart, Clauson began to work Abreu hard for the lead as Bell moved up to third. Clauson finally had the momentum he needed on lap 22 as he threw a big slider into turn-three for the lead. At the same time, Bell crossed under Abreu and had the runner-up spot.
On lap 23, as he was racing back through the field, Thorson got pinched into the frontstretch wall and flipped wildly up and over turn-one. He crawled out of the car but was held for observation. From there, Clauson held Bell at bay as Hines took over third down the stretch.
Bell looked to have a run at Clauson as they came to the white, trying to gain enough momentum on the high side to mount a charge, but he pushed slightly in turn-two, ending his bid at the win. Clauson made it win number one on the year for himself and the Curb Records - Dooling Machine #63 Spike/Stanton Mopar.
"This week is special to anybody, but especially to somebody like me who grew up here, the Midget Week and Sprintweek wins mean a lot. I don't get to race full-time in this series now, but we're trying to get this team an owner's championship, too. Rusty (Kunz) has these things good, especially when things get slick and technical. We weren't quite as good as those guys at the top of three and four, but we could move around and that gave us the chance to go by them. This place can get so technical, and you have to be close to perfect to have a chance. It's a fun place, and a real driver's race track," Clauson said.
Bell, who crashed violently last year at Lincoln Park and was nursing some bruises from Wednesday night's crash at Gas City, came home second in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports - Toyota TRD #71 Bullet/Speedway Toyota. He earned the B&W Auto Mart "Hard Charger Award" for his drive to the front.
"It was a really tough deal tonight. It was so technical, and you couldn't run it too hard and make mistakes with that curb being so firm. I didn't get a good lap down in qualifying, and that buried us, but Bryan was back there pretty far too. I could use the bottom through one and two to get some guys, and we could roll the cushion nicely on the other end. We've had to pass a ton of cars in the last week, but we just have to be better early in the night," Bell said.
Hines gave himself a 25-point gap in the National Midget standings with another podium finish aboard the Parker Machinery - Turbines, Inc. #24 Spike/Stanton Toyota.
"Tonight was a difference between making good laps down low and trying to wait out the mistakes they made up high. They were a bit better, and we got back to about fifth at one point before taking advantage of some bobbles to get back to third. We had some things off for the race last night, but we got those fixed and had another good night tonight," Hines said.
Abreu wound up fourth in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports - Toyota TRD #97 Bullet/Speedway Toyota, and Jerry Coons, Jr. rounded out the top-five in the Heffner Racing Enterprises - Lelands.com #27 Triple X/Esslinger.
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USAC HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2015 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway - "Indiana Midget Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.130; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, Heffner-13.203; 3. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.237; 4. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-13.272; 5. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 27k, Klaasmeyer-13.282; 6. Darren Hagen, 17, Brown-13.319; 7. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-13.328; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 67k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.336; 9. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-13.340; 10. Brad Mosen, 1NZ, Buckley-13.343; 11. Spencer Bayston, 39, Clauson-13.349; 12. Alex Bright, 56, Hmiel-13.369; 13. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-13.372; 14. Bryan Clauson, 63, RKR/Curb-Agajanian-13.379; 15. Ryan Bernal, 2, Taylor-13.431; 16. Hayden Williams, 27NZ, HLR-13.431; 17. Colten Cottle, 5c, Cotle-13.442; 18. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.448; 19. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.458; 20. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-13.488; 21. Tyler Courtney, 7K, Irwin-13.492; 22. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-13.530; 23. Brett Thomas, 69, Thomas-13.541; 24. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-13.554; 25. Chett Gehrke, 37, Felker-13.574; 26. Chase Stockon, 25k, Rodela-13.579; 27. Dave Darland, 2x, Bush-13.657; 28. Brock Maskovich, 5D, Daum-13.659; 29. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-13.674; 30. Ronnie Gardner, 37x, Felker-13.675; 31. Davey Ray, 33, Team RAYPRO-13.840; 32. Ryan Criswell, 11R, R & C-13.843; 33. Nathan Smee, 7AU, Cooper-13.846; 34. Anton Hernandez, 51, Bailey-13.852; 35. Chris Cochran, 7c, Klaasmeyer-13.932; 36. Katlynn Leer, 77, Leer-13.981; 37. Nick Rowe, 5F, Daum-14.011; 38. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire/Yager-14.035; 39. Ross Rankine, 39R, Rankine-14.061; 40. Cole Fehr, 15, Live Loud-14.474; 41. Justin Peck, 5x, Peck-18.259; 42. Cody Weisensel, 20, Weisensel-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Cottle, 2. Courtney, 3. Thorson, 4. T.Thomas, 5. Marcham, 6. Peck, 7. Klaasmeyer, 8. Smee, 9. Rowe, 10. Gehrke, 11. DiMattia. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Clauson, 3. Mosen, 4. Stockon, 5. Coons, 6. B.Bright, 7. Hagen, 8. Gardner, 9. Hernandez, 10. Nemire. 2:15.02
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bell, 2. Bernal, 3. Abreu, 4. Darland, 5. Ray, 6. B.Thomas, 7. Chapple, 8. Bayston, 9. Cochran, 10. Rankine. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Walker, 2. A.Bright, 3. Hines, 4. K.Thomas Jr., 5. Maskovich, 6. Criswell, 7. Leer, 8. Fehr, 9. Williams, 10. Malpocker. 2:20.08
C MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Smee, 2. Hernandez, 3. Peck, 4. Nemire, 5. Leer, 6. Cochran, 7. Fehr, 8. Rowe, 9. Rankine. 2:22.63
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Hagen, 3. Bayston, 4. Williams, 5. Klaasmeyer, 6. DiMattia, 7. Peck, 8. Gardner, 9. Smee, 10. Maskovich, 11. B.Bright, 12. Malpocker, 13. Ray, 14. Nemire, 15. Chapple, 16. Criswell, 17. Marcham, 18. B.Thomas, 19. Gehrke, 20. Hernandez. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Christopher Bell, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Darren Hagen,7. Tyler Thomas, 8. Chase Stockon, 9. Spencer Bayston, 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 11. Davey Ray, 12. Gage Walker, 13. Hayden Williams, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Tony DiMattia, 16. Nathan Smee, 17. Alex Bright, 18. Brad Mosen, 19. Colten Cottle, 20. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 21. Tanner Thorson, 22. Ryan Bernal, 23. Tyler Courtney, 24. Steve Buckwalter. NT
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**Bayston flipped during qualifying. DiMattia flipped during the first heat. Thorson flipped on lap 24 of the feature. Mosen flipped on lap 26 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 T.Thomas, Laps 3-21 Abreu, Laps 22-30 Clauson.
NEW HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hines-243, 3-Thorson-218, 3-Hagen-208, 4-Coons-197, 5-T.Thomas-186, 6-Bayston-179, 7-K.Thomas Jr.-170, 8-Darland-158, 9-Abreu-121, 10-Buckwalter-119.
NEW INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Clauson-131, 2-Abreu-121, 3-Hines-112, 4-Coons-107, 5-Bayston-99, 6-Thorson and T.Thomas-93, 8-Stockon-83, 9-Bernal and K.Thomas Jr.-73.
NEXT HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 12 - Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Speedway - "Indiana Midget Week"
NEWS FROM NASCAR SANCTIONED GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA
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THE EXCITEMENT OF 305 SPRINTS, THE NASCAR 358 MODIFIEDS AND SPORTSMAN MAKE UP ACTION PACKED TRIPLEHEADER SET FOR SATURDAY AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
ENDURO RACING AND VINTAGE CARS IN ACTION ON SUNDAY
BECHTELSVILLE, PA JUNE 10, 2015 . . . The first Saturday night appearance for the 305 Sprints is what Grandview Speedway fans have been talking about. And that appearance is set for this Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. Fans will also be anxious to see if there will be a new winner in the T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified feature race as seven different drivers have visited victory lane already this season. The third part of the tripleheader show being sponsored by A.D.Moyer Lumber Co. will be the always exciting Sportsman stock cars.
Defending TSRS champion Mike Haggenbottom will be leading a talented array of Winged Sprint racers as they test their skills on the one-third-mile, banked clay oval. More than two dozen of high powered sprint cars are expected to see action in a series of qualifying events topped off by an action filled feature race.
The 358 Modifieds have been offering fans “edge of their seat” action this season that has had them guessing who will be in victory lane. Ron Seltmann, winner of his first career feature victory last Saturday, will be looking to make it two in a row but will have stiff competition from the likes of Duane Howard, Jeff Strunk, Craig VonDohren, Don Norris, Jr. and a host of others.
And the Sportsman talents will offer their always entertaining racing action.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with the Low Down and Dirty Meet & Greet set to take place at the same time near the main entrance. The Meet and Greet will feature Modified racer Don Norris Jr., Sportsman talent Craig Whitmoyer and Late Model star Randy Stoudt along with 305 Sprint racer Ryan Stillwagon. The stock car racers all have an affiliation with Boobie Nation and Alex’s Lemonade Stand and will be in the midst of a Lemon Aid Days fundraising effort. Racing gets the green flag at 7:30 p.m. Adult admission is set at $18 while youngsters 11 and under are admitted FREE. Active military with proper ID are admitted FREE.
Fans are reminded that the Ingersoll Rand Texting contest runs from 11 a.m. on Saturday to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Winner receives an IR Merchandise pack. Just text IRToolsGRV to 313131.
Then on Sunday, 1 p.m. there is Enduro racing action along with the Blast from the Past Vintage car racing action. Outlaw Enduro racing will include 2-60 lap races for big cars and 2-60 lap races for small cars plus 20-lap Ladies race. In addition two 15-lap features for Blast from the Past Vintage Cars. Adult admission is just $10.
Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. the Thunder on the Hill Series Super DirtCar Series Modifieds 18th Annual Traffic Jam Big Block Modifieds event takes place and will have the Big Blocks featured in 60-lap main event while the 358 Modifieds will go 30 Laps (NASCAR points will be awarded). Adult admission is $25.
Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. fans can celebrate Father’s Day. Pocono Raceway. A tire changing contest will be on-going as fans try to win Free Pocono tickets. Feature winners receive $600 prize package from Ingersoll Rand, First 200 DADS through the front gate receive a free Grandview Speedway Can Koozie. Racing includes T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman. Adult admission is $15 while youngsters 11 and under are admitted free. Fans taking part in the IR Tools texting contest will win the IR merchandise package plus two tickets to a regular Saturday show.
Grandview Speedway, a one-third-mile, banked clay track, is located on Passmore Road just off Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown. A full assortment of great concessions and novelty items are available. Free parking on the grounds. Fans are invited to the competition area after the events are completed to meet the racers. For information telephone 610.754.7688 or check in at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Twitter@GrandviewSpeedway and www.facebook.com/grandviewspeedway along with Rainedout.com(for rainout information).
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Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. A.D.MOYER Night featuring T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and 305 Sprints. Adults $18 and kids 11 and under are admitted free.
Sunday, June 14, 1 p.m. Outlaw Enduro Racing, 2-60 lap races for big cars and 2-60 lap races for small cars plus 20-lap Ladies race. In addition two 15-lap features for Blast from the Past Vintage Cars. Adult admission is just $10
Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. Thunder on the Hill Series Super DirtCar Series Modifieds 18th Annual Traffic Jam Big Block Modifieds 60 Laps, T.P.Trailers 358 Modifieds 30 Laps (NASCAR points will be awarded).
Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. Celebrate Father’s Day. Pocono Raceway Tire Changing Contest, Free Pocono tickets, Feature winners receive $600 prize package from Ingersoll Rand, First 200 paying fans through the front gate receive a free Grandview Speedway Can Koozie. Racing includes T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman.
Saturday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models, Sportsman and Blast from the Past Vintage Cars in action.
Each Saturday night has spectator gates opening at 5:30 p.m. with a Low Down and Dirty Meet & Greet that allows fans to meet drivers and get up close look at race cars.
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USAC Honda National Midget News
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Gas City, Indiana...Tanner Thorson finally broke through with his first-career Honda National Midget Series feature victory in Wednesday night's "Indiana Midget Week" opener at Gas City I-69 Speedway. The Minden, Nevada youngster had experienced many close calls over two seasons campaigning for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, but he survived a late fluid clean-up and a red flag to seal the deal with win number one.
Thorson began from the pole and beat Ryan Bernal into the first corner, and those two scrapped for the top spot in the early going, with Bernal coming as close as .042-seconds of the lead at the stripe on lap eight. Bryan Clauson was on the move from row-four, however, and he went by Bernal for the second spot on lap nine.
Clauson went right after Thorson, coming with a full head of steam on lap thirteen to peek inside for the lead. Thorson had Clauson in his shadow with ten laps to go as the caution flew for eighth-running Brady Bacon, who dropped oil from turn-four all the way around to turn-two. The leaders nearly caught the fence as they slid through the slick spot in turn-four, but they continued on under yellow. A quick bit of track work to clean up the mess got everything back in order, and the race resumed.
And when it did, Christopher Bell immediately hit the high side of one and two with a ton of momentum, flashing to the outside of Spencer Bayston for the third spot as the duo hit turn-three. They ran out of real estate, though, and Bell got the worst of it, flipping to a stop. He was uninjured.
From there, all eyes were on Clauson, as he tried to find an avenue around Thorson. With three to go, he jumped to the high side of one and two and ran Thorson down for the top spot, pulling nearly to his tailtank as they took the white. Clauson couldn't get through turn-two cleanly on the final lap, though, and Thorson took the .683-second victory in the Toyota TRD - Abreu Vineyards #67 Bullet/Speedway Toyota.
"It's pretty unreal to get the first USAC win. It couldn't have come at a better time. I've been trying so hard to finish one of these off. Keith (Kunz) gives me a great car every time out, and it's up to us to finish it on the track. I can't thank David Abreu enough for the opportunities he's given me, and putting me in a position like this. I hit the oil slick there and about put it in the wall, and I was a little worried with those guys back there, but the top probably got even a little bit faster and kinda played my way a little bit more," Thorson said.
Clauson took home the second spot in the Curb Records - Dooling Machine #63 Spike/Stanton Mopar.
"We can go to bed tonight knowing we tried everything. Obviously, the plan was to try to hit one and two perfect on the final lap to try a big move for the win, but it was a fine line up there. We slid a little bit, and I had to abort it. Who knows if it would have worked. I really wanted to get to traffic, because I thought we'd be more maneuverable than he was, mostly because we had to try stuff the whole race. We just couldn't quite get the top cleaned off the way it needed to be in one and two, but it was a good run from eighth to start the week," Clauson said.
Young Bayston captured his best-career USAC finish, as well, as he rounded out the podium in the Bryan Clauson Racing - Priority Aviation Services #39 Spike/Esslinger.
"It was pretty cool to realize I was racing with my car owner, but I knew on that last restart, he was probably the guy to beat and I'd probably be best to follow him. That was my first thought, and we ended up going with different lines, but it worked out. Tim (Clauson) nailed the setup tonight, and keeping up with Bryan and racing with those guys made for a fun night. We were a strong third tonight, and I have to thank Priority Aviation for the help they give us," Bayston said.
Justin Grant came home fourth in the Larry Gardner - Speedcraft Prototypes #38 Stealth/Gaerte, and Rico Abreu rounded out the top-five in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports - Toyota TRD #97 Bullet/Speedway Toyota.
Tracy Hines topped qualifying for the ProSource "Fast Time Award" before finishing ninth, and Tyler Thomas charged from 17th to finish eighth, garnering the B&W Auto Mart "Hard Charger Award."
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USAC HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 10, 2015 - Gas City, IN - Gas City I-69 Speedway - "Indiana Midget Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-12.390; 2. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.424; 3. Spencer Bayston, 39, Clauson-12.532; 4. Bryan Clauson, 63, RKR/Curb-Agajanian-12.609; 5. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.630; 6. Justin Grant, 38, Gardner-12.637; 7. Tyler Courtney, 7K, Irwin-12.677; 8. Chase Stockon, 25k, Rodela-12.685; 9. Ryan Bernal, 2, Taylor-12.686; 10. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.691; 11. Brad Mosen, 1NZ, Buckley-12.696; 12. Brady Bacon, 73x, Ford-12.700; 13. Hayden Williams, 27NZ, HLR-12.706; 14. Darren Hagen, 17, Brown-12.706; 15. Kevin Thomas Jr., 67k, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.745; 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, Heffner-12.749; 17. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-12.751; 18. Brenden Bright, 92, Bright-12.767; 19. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-12.781; 20. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-12.787; 21. Chett Gehrke, 37, Felker-12.915; 22. Brock Maskovich, 5D, Daum-12.919; 23. Alex Bright, 56, 5IVE-6IX-12.989; 24. Brett Thomas, 69, Thomas-13.059; 25. Dave Darland, 2x, Bush-13.100; 26. Justin Peck, 5x, Peck-13.101; 27. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.106; 28. Andy Malpocker, 22, Malpocker-13.117; 29. Chris Cochran, 7c, Klaasmeyer-13.119; 30. Tony DiMattia, 50, Brandywine-13.129; 31. Anton Hernandez, 51, Bailey-13.158; 32. Ronnie Gardner, 37x, Felker-13.164; 33. Nick Rowe, 5F, Daum-13.202; 34. Nathan Smee, 7AU, Cooper-13.218; 35. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 27k, Klaasmeyer-13.234; 36. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire/Yager-13.431; 37. Justin Dickerson, 21D, Dickerson-13.506; 38. Katlynn Leer, 77, Leer-13.707; 39. Gary Gipson, 5, Byers-13.741; 40. Cole Fehr, 15, Live Loud-13.935; 41. Gage Walker, 7, Walker-NT (time of 13.327 disallowed).
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Williams, 5. Marcham, 6. Walker, 7. Bell, 8. Gehrke, 9. Rowe, 10. Cochran, 11. Dickerson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Abreu, 3. Grant, 4. Smee, 5. B.Bright, 6. Peck, 7. DiMattia, 8. Leer, 9. Hagen, 10. Maskovich. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K.Thomas Jr., 2. Mosen, 3. Buckwalter, 4. A.Bright, 5. Bayston, 6. Courtney, 7. Chapple, 8. Klaasmeyer, 9. Hernandez, 10. Gipson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. T.Thomas, 3. Stockon, 4. Bacon, 5. Clauson, 6. Gardner, 7. Malpocker, 8. B.Thomas, 9. Nemire, 10. Fehr. NT
C MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Rowe, 3. Walker, 4. Klaasmeyer, 5. Nemire, 6. Fehr, 7. Leer, 8. Dickerson. 2:17.57
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Bayston, 3. B.Bright, 4. Courtney, 5. Bell, 6. Gehrke, 7. Chapple, 8. Walker, 9. Hagen, 10. Hernandez, 11. Gardner. 12. Rowe, 13. DiMattia, 14. Cochran, 15. Maskovich, 16. Klaasmeyer, 17. Malpocker, 18. Marcham, 19. Peck, 20. B.Thomas. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tanner Thorson, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Spencer Bayston, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Rico Abreu, 6. Ryan Bernal, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Tyler Thomas, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Chase Stockon, 11. Darren Hagen, 12. Tyler Courtney, 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14. Alex Bright, 15. Brad Mosen, 16. Nathan Smee, 17. Hayden Williams, 18. Gage Walker, 19. Brenden Bright, 20. Christopher Bell, 21. Brady Bacon, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Steve Buckwalter, 24. Chett Gehrke. NT
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**Bell flipped on lap 21 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Thorson.
NEW HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Thorson-193, 2-Hines-180, 3-Hagen-159, 4-Bayston-141, 5-Coons-140, 6-T.Thomas-139, 7-K.Thomas Jr.-132, 8-Darland-128, 9-Buckwalter-98, 10-Walker-83.
INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Thorson-68, 2-Clauson-64, 3-Bayston-61, 4-Abreu-60, 5-Grant-58, 6-Bernal-53, 7-Coons-50, 8-Hines-49, 9-T.Thomas-46, 10-Stockon-39.
NEXT HONDA NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 11 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway - "Indiana Midget Week"
STEFANIE PALMAI WINS HER FIRST CAREER SPRINT CAR VICTORY AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY
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#99 Stefanie Palmai (WoS photo)
Bridgeport, NJ..... After six years of trying, Stefanie Palmai of Allentown, NJ won her very first feature event Saturday at Bridgeport Speedway with the Tri-State Racesaver Series. Palmai, who has been running with the series since the very beginning, has come very close multiple times with visiting victory lane, finishing as the runner up on many occasions in her career. She led the race wire to wire, out-doing series point leader and three time champion Mike Haggenbottom, third place finishing Jeff Geiges, John Barnett who came in fourth, and Tim Tanner who rounded out the top five.
There were 17 cars in attendance with Mike Haggenbottom and Adam Carberry winning the two qualifying heat races. This was the second Poker Series event of the season for the 305's which is hosted by Bridgeport Speedway and sponsored by Bethmann Auto Center, Champion Tire, Bruce's Speed Shop and Thayer Performance. The driver with the "best hand" at the end of the series will receive a cash prize of $900, with the drivers with the second and third best hands receiving $500 & $350 as well. Ken Jones and Gary Thayer of Thayer Performance, which is located in Mercerville, NJ, decided to up the ante for the driver earning the "worst hand" with a reward of a complete set of Hoosier Racing Tires as well as a $100 TiLube product gift certificate to the hard charger of each Poker Series race.
Rookie John Barnett and Stefanie Palmai started on the front row, with Palmai taking the lead immediately as the green flag waved. On the move was Mike Haggenbottom, who was up four spots to fifth after starting in ninth on lap one.
"On the original start, going into two, somebody got together, and it slowed up the first group of cars, and I just had a run around the bottom," says Haggenbottom about his advancement on the first lap.
The first caution was brought out by Bob DeVault Jr.'s number 10, after his car came to a rolling stop in the first turn of lap one. A second caution was brought out a lap later for Zack Burd who spun in turns one and two. A single file restart was implemented with Palmai bringing the field to the green once again.
Stefanie had a strong lead, pulling a straightaway distance away from second place running Jeff Geiges. Mike Haggenbottom, who was up to third place by lap five worked on Geiges, and exchanged positions with him a lap later. Haggenbottom, now sitting in second, continued to charge to the front, catching Palmai by the halfway point.
“I had no idea how far behind anyone was from me, all I kept thinking was nail the restarts,and just keep the car straight,” explains Palmai about her lead. Stefanie faced a similar situation just two weeks before at Bridgeport, when she led up until the halfway point before Eddie Wagner took the lead from her on a restart. She would end up finishing third in that race. “The track was drying out quick, and I felt the back end of the car get a little loose sometimes, so I was just focused on making my laps as smooth and straight as possible”.
With track conditions becoming drier and the bottom groove seeming to be the place to run, Haggenbottom continued to chase the leader, but was unsuccessful in attempting to pass Palmai who was running around the very bottom of the race track.
“I did not need the yellows because the car was stumbling real badly on restarts. It’s tough here when the track gets to be this way,” explained Haggenbottom. “She had the clean air which was helping her, and at one point she tried to run the top in three and I said to myself ‘Yeah, stay up there!’ But Stef was smart and moved her line back down to the bottom. She did a really good job at hitting her marks from then on”.
With no battle in site, and with heavy concentration, Stefanie Palmai took the checkered flag over a “veteran” top five of Haggenbottom, Geiges, Barnett, and Tanner.
Third place finisher Jeff Geiges, who is a tough competitor of the series, and a driver who also is a “pioneer” TSRS member, won the very first TSRS championship back in 2010 while driving a team car for Tony Pietrofitta along with former teammate and feature winner Stefanie Palmai.
“We started in third tonight, and we had a bit of an incident coming into turn one on the start, and we got shuffled back to seventh but we worked our way back up to third,” says Geiges. “We’ve been struggling during the beginning of the year so we’re happy that we can be competitive a couple of weeks in a row finally”.
During her victory lane celebration, Palmai had a lot of fans, family and crew members who joined her in festivities due to her long awaited feature win.
“This is a really memorable win for me, because it’s not only my first win, but for the first time, I didn’t make my same mistake of losing the race on a restart. It feels especially cool that I beat Mike Haggenbottom who is a three time champion in our series, and Mike is usually one of the harder guys to beat. I appreciate him coming up to me and congratulating me after the race and telling me that he had nothing for me, which makes me feel pretty good! We all have been racing together since the series started, and they are all just great drivers and great people to be around every weekend,” recounts Stefanie.
“I want to thank first and foremost my Dad, my Mom, my sister Erika, my brother Nandi and my Grandpop for just supporting me and working hard to allow me to do this every weekend. I want to thank my crew guys, Anthony DePiano of AFD Performance for building me a killer motor, my crew chief Rich Kraft, Ed Hughes, Henry Seip, Mike Calla from Wheelsofspeed.com, and my boyfriend Tommy Carberry, as well as my sponsors, A Cut Above the Rest Trucking & Excavating, Erb’s Garage, Lawrence Collison, Malik Racing, Medford Speed, Hamill Flooring, E&G Auto Center, and everyone else who pitches in to help us get on the track every week.”
FEATURE (20 laps): Stefanie Palmai, Mike Haggenbottom, Jeff Geiges, John Barnett, Tim Tanner Jr., Adam Carberry, Rick Stief, Bob DeVault Jr., Eddie Wagner, Joe Lord, Tommy Carberry, Jon Haegele, David Bonner, Karl Fryer, Bryant Davis, Zack Burd, Jason Rochelle
Thayer Performance & Bruce’s Auto Body Hard Charger Award : Mike Haggenbottom (+7)
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car News – June 8, 2015
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Newberrytown, Pennsylvania...Robert Ballou is officially en fuego. He made it a sweep of the "Eastern Storm" on Sunday night at Susquehanna Speedway Park, edging into the lead just before halfway and going relatively unchallenged over the final stages of the evening's 30-lap AMSOIL Sprint Car Feature to take his seventh victory of the young season.
Shane Cottle got the jump from the pole to take the lead over Justin Grant, but Grant was fast early and closed to Cottle's tailtank as they completed lap one. Grant tried a slidejob into turn-one, but he looped it in the middle of the corner, bringing out the first caution.
Three more cautions followed in the first five laps with nothing changing among the top-five runners. Cottle was strong on the high side as Kevin Thomas, Jr. ran second, racing three-wide with Jon Stanbrough and Chase Stockon, who tried the bottom and middle. It didn't take long for Ballou to start moving, as he ducked low and moved all the way to Stockon and started chasing down Cottle.
He finally squirted underneath Cottle for the lead on lap 14, coming to the line just .038-seconds ahead. A lap later, the final caution of the event appeared, but Ballou was strong and the bottom and marched away from a top-five battle including Cottle, Stanbrough, Stockon, and a charging Chad Boespflug.
Up front, it was all Ballou as he nailed down the bottom to take home his 16th career series victory in the Tom Buch - Blakesley Auto #12 Maxim/Ott. Ballou also posted the night's ProSource "Fast Time" award.
"This is what we've been trying to build this team up to. We wanted to contend for a championship this year, and we've gotten people to put the pieces in place, so if we just keep winning races, everything will work out. They love sprint car racing out here in Pennsylvania, so I love winning out here. Tom Buch makes this trip possible for us, and I'm happy to get some wins for him. We were pretty darn good on the bottom tonight, and I pushed too hard in the heat race and made a mistake, so I knew I couldn't screw it up," Ballou said.
Stanbrough was charging on the bottom, as well, in the latter stages and rolled to the second spot aboard the MP Environmental Services - AED Motorsports Products #81 Spike/J&D. "Tonight, I made some mistakes and lost some spots, and then gained some back too. I finally committed myself to the bottom just because I hadn't been going anywhere. I don't know if I had anything towards the end for Robert - I felt like I was gaining on him a little, but it woulda taken a long, long race to ever catch him. I'm never happy with second, but I feel like we're making more and more gains. It's been a lot of work to get this team going and make our stuff better, so we'll try to make ourselves a little bit better and try to win some races back home," Stanbrough said.
Stockon was again on the move in the Superior Tank & Trailer - Crescent Electric Supply #32 DRC/Fisher, and he rounded out the podium, as he tries to keep up with Ballou in the point race for the AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.
"The yellows again tonight hurt us really bad. The first part of the race, we could go pretty good through the middle, but every time we were going forward and getting away from Robert, we caught a yellow. As the middle slicked off some, it got harder for me to make ground. I had to move around as the race went on and ran those guys down, and it's good to be on the podium again. We've had a couple good nights out here and ready to get back home," Stockon said.
Dave Darland came from tenth to snag the fourth spot in the Phillips/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports - Trench Shoring #71P DRC/Foxco, and Cottle held on to round out the top-five in the Specialty Rigging - Viper Risk Management #3 Spike/Rider.
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 7, 2015 - Newberrytown, Pennsylvania - Susquehanna Speedway Park - "Eastern Storm"
QUALIFYING: 1. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-17.251; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-17.623; 3. Chris Windom, 21x, Pollock-17.648; 4. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher-17.839; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 81, Stanbrough-17.973; 6. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-18.070; 7. C.J. Leary, 5, Baldwin-18.129; 8. Shane Cottle, 3, Franckowiak-18.174; 9. Chad Boespflug, 66, Amati-18.201; 10. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips/Curb-Agajanian-18.307; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, THR-18.349; 12. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-18.445; 13. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-18.519; 14. Kyle Cummins, 3R, Byram-18.576; 15. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti Autosport Short Track-18.715; 16. Casey Shuman, 75, Barnhill/Hockett-18.882; 17. Richard Vander Weerd, 39, Hogue-18.952; 18. J.R. Berry, 74JR, Berry-19.055; 19. Landon Simon, 24, LSR-19.207; 20. Rick Horn, 01, Horn-19.301; 21. Logan Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-19.407; 22. Harris Kohen, 0, Kohen-19.412; 23. Trevor Kobylarz, 14, RT-19.420; 24. Brett Arndt, 1A, Biasi-19.466; 25. Dick Mahoney, 79, Mahoney-19.858; 26. Tony DiMattia, 50, DiMattia-20.210; 27. Robert Bell, 71, Bell-20.431; 28. Michael Hamer, 47, Hamer-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Boespflug, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Jarrett, 5. Ballou, 6. Mahoney, 7. Vander Weerd. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Grant, 3. Stockon, 4. Berry, 5. Cummins, 6. DiMattia, 7. Kohen. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simon, 2. Hines, 3. Andretti, 4. Windom, 5. Leary, 6. Kobylarz, 7. Bell. 2:35.19
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Thomas, 3. Farney, 4. Cottle, 5. Arndt, 6. Hamer, 7. Horn. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Leary, 3. Cummins, 4. Kobylarz, 5. Vander Weerd, 6. Arndt, 7. DiMattia, 8. Hamer, 9. Bell, 10. Mahoney. 3:43.10
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Chase Stockon, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Shane Cottle, 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Justin Grant, 8. Jarett Andretti, 9. Chris Windom, 10. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 11. Aaron Farney, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Landon Simon, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Brett Arndt, 16. J.R. Berry, 17. Logan Jarrett, 18. Trevor Kobylarz, 19. C.J. Leary, 20. Kyle Cummins, 21. Casey Shuman, 22. Richard Vander Weerd. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Cottle, Laps 14-30 Ballou.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ballou-950, 2-Stockon-926, 3-Darland-905, 4-Stanbrough-832, 5-Bacon-828, 6-Hines-762, 7-Thomas-753, 8-Leary-688, 9-Windom-575, 10-Grant-571.
FINAL EASTERN STORM POINTS: 1-Ballou-207, 2-Sytanbrough-186, 3-Stockon-185, 4-Darland-177, 5-Hines-150, 6-Cottle-136, 7-Thomas-134, 8-Grant-131, 9-Bacon-130, 10-Windom-129.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 4 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway
Steve Buckwalter Wins 50th ARDC Event
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STEVE BUCKWALTER RACES TO FIRST ARDC WIN OF THE SEASON
Steve Buckwalter made his first start of the 2015 season in American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) competition when the wingless midgets of ARDC joined the wingless sprint cars of USAC at the Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night. After twenty laps of action, Buckwalter emerged with his first ARDC win of the year and the 50th of his career, tying him with six time ARDC Champion, Ray Bull in fourth on the All Time Feature Winners list.
Buckwalter was behind the wheel of the Mike Heffner owned, Lelands.com #27 midget. It was Heffner's third win of the season in midget competition with his third different driver. Danny Stratton picked up Heffner's first win on opening night and then Tim Buckwalter was the feature winner a few weeks later.
Polesitter, Jim Radney led the first six laps of the main event, leading the field with his Hyper Racing #95. Buckwalter sliced his way to the front from his eleventh place start quickly, running third behind Radney and 2015 feature winner, Brett Wanner with just five laps scored. Buckwalter completed the pass by Wanner for second just one lap later and set his sights on the leader, Radney. Buckwalter raced into the lead on lap seven.
At the half way mark, Steve Buckwalter led Radney and Wanner. Trevor Kobylarz had just moved up to fourth ahead of Ryan Greth.
With Buckwalter pulling away from the field, Kobylarz closed in on Radney to set up a challenge for second. As the leaders were coming through turns three and four to complete lap fifteen, Kobylarz set up a cross over move to move ahead of Radney for second but his R/T Racing #14 caught a rut in the track, sending Kobylarz into a spin. Wanner, who was racing in fourth at the time, at nowhere to go and made hard contact with Kobylarz. Wanner got upside down and the red flag was thrown while the safety crews headed to turn four.
Kobylarz had enough damage from the contact to send him to the pits but Wanner had his #44 back on its wheels and asked for a push truck. In the spirit of "never say die", Wanner rejoined the back of the field to complete the feature event.
It was all Steve Buckwalter to the checkered flag as he led Radney and Greth to the finish line. Bruce Buckwalter, Jr. made a late race run to take fourth over Steven Drevicki,
Kobylarz and Greth were the winners of the qualifying races.
Western PA swing is next on the ARDC schedule with Bedford on Friday, June 19th and Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 20th.
RACE NOTES
Trevor Kobylarz, Brett Arndt & Tony DiMattia all competing in Eastern Storm competition this week. DiMattia missed Port Royal event due to illness. Kobylarz lost several positions late in the USAC thirty lap main at Port Royal to finish 16th. Interesting side note was that Kobylarz turned a lap of 19.240 in time trials for the USAC sprints. While leading the heat with his wingless midget, Kobylarz was turning laps of 19.750. Now stop and think about that! Arndt did a fine job, missing a transfer spot on Saturday night by just one spot while driving the Biasi #1a with only a 360 under the hood. Arndt was up to fourth in the midget feature before catching a rut that unsettled the car, allowing several cars to get by.
FEATURE RESULTS (20 LAPS)
1. Steve Buckwalter, 2. Jim Radney, 3. Ryan Greth, 4. Bruce Buckwalter, Jr. 5. Steven Drevicki 6. Brett Arndt, 7. PJ Gargiulo, 8. Brett Wanner, 9. Trevor Kobylarz, 10. Nick Wean, 11. Shawn Jackson, 12. PJ Pavlich, 13. Jim Jackson, 14. Brian Gilmore, DNS - Mark Gilmore
SATURDAY NASCAR RESULTS FROM GRANDVIEW ALONG WITH POINTS AND SCHEDULE
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LISOWSKI WINS 40-LAP SPORTSMAN RACE, SELTMAN JR. EARNS FIRST CAREER NASCAR MODIFIED VICTORY AND RANDY STOUDT WINS ANOTHER LATE MODEL FEATURE AT GRANDVIEW
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. June 6, 2015 . . . Mike Lisowski, behind the wheel of the M&J Construction No. 15, stayed patient and held off the constant challenges of Jason Neidlinger in the NASCAR Sportsman Summer Splash 40-lap feature sponsored by Bashore Trucking/BFP Specialty on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. Lisowski actually lost the lead to Neidlinger at one point, but regained control and later withstood runner-up Craig Whitmoyer’s bids to collect a $1,500 payday. “My car was tight early in the race, but it got better when fuel burned off,” commented an elated Lisowski in victory lane after posting his second win of the season.
The T.P. Trailers NASCAR Whelen 30-lap Modified feature went non-stop and produced a well-earned career first win for veteran campaigner Ron Seltman Jr. Fighting handling issues all season long, the dedicated crew members stuck with him and had the car in top notch form. The win didn’t come early for Seltman Jr. since he had to deal with lapped traffic and constant pressure from second-place finisher Ray Swinehart, who ironically helps him set up his car, from the 14th lap until the end. Seltman Jr. beat him out by a tire at the line. Seltman Jr. said “the win means more to him than anyone can imagine and in addition to Ray’s help he also thanked defending point champion Jeff Strunk and Mike Gular for their input.”
Randy Stoudt was able to claim his second 25-lap BRC Late Model feature by a comfortable margin over runner-up Dave Ogin, who posted his season best finish.
All three feature winners received monetary awards from T.P. Trailers and also the Dan’s Deli ½-way lap hoagie award. The top finisher in each feature that was using VP Racing Gas earned product awards.
Coming up on Saturday, June 13th at 7:30 p.m. the exciting 305 Winged Sprinters will make their first Saturday appearance of the season at Grandview featuring defending TSRS champion Mike Haggenbottom, recent winner Stef Palmai,Karl Freyer, David Brown Jr. (won a Thunder sprint event earlier in season), Kyle Purks, Mike Kostic Jr., Ryan Stillwagon and a host of others. In addition to the 305 Sprints the NASCAR T.P.Trailers 358 Modifieds and Sportsman will be in action. The night will be sponsored by A.D. Moyer Lumber. Adult admission will be $18 with kids 11 and under admitted free. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with the popular Low Down and Dirty Meet & Greet with drivers from the Modifieds, Sprints and Sportsman.
Then on Sunday it will be racing action for the Outlaw Enduros and Blast from the Past Vintage racers. Action gets underway at 1 p.m. Adult admission is $10.
In the 40-lap Sportsman event Paul Houseknecht led seven laps before Lisowski charged to the outside for the pass and the lead on the restart needed when Brett Gilmore stopped in the third turn. Neidlinger and Dean Bachman followed for second and third the same time as Houseknecht dropped to fourth and Sean Weiss fifth.
The side-by-side battle for first went on lap after lap with Lisowski on the high side and Neidlinger trying the inside to dive underneath.
Neidlinger managed to make the pass stick for the 22nd and 23rd lap, but Lisowski was back on top the 24th circuit.
A three-way dual for first ensued by the 26th lap between Lisowski, Neidlinger and Craig Whitmoyer with Brian Hirthler and Brett Kressley just waiting in the wins for a slip-up.
Neidlinger, who was having his best run of the season, bounced off the homestretch wall on the 30th lap and kept going, but lost valuable positions.
Behind Lisowski, Whitmoyer, Hirthler, K. Gilmore and Kressley were bumper-to-bumper which gave him some breathing room.
Lisowski kept everyone at bay and didn’t make a mistake to capture the victory. Chasing him across were Whitmoyer, Kressley and K. Gilmore. Sixth through tenth were Neidlinger, Jim Housworth, Erik Renninger, Jeff Sechrist and Paul Kline.
Houseknecht, Sean Weiss and Neidlinger won the heats. The consi went to K. Gilmore.
Seltman Jr. started on the outside pole in the Modified main and quickly charged past Mike Bailey, who is getting adjusted to the car after returning a few weeks ago, to be the new leader on the second lap.
Within a few laps Seltman Jr. opened daylight and was being chased down by Swinehart, Bailey, Jarrad Miller and Eric Biehn.
By the 12th lap Swinehart began to reel Seltman Jr. in as lap cars came into play. Two laps later Swinehart was on Seltman Jr.’s tailpipe and the pair went side by side with neither one giving in.
The race behind them was a heated one between Don Norris Jr., Miller and Bailey. Trying to get into the top five mix were Doug Manmiller, Mike Gular and Craig Von Dohren.
Coming on for the checkered Swinehart gave it his all and made one last effort to pass Seltmann Jr., but fell short by a wheel and 0.035 seconds. Third went to Norris Jr. with Miller, fourth and Gular, fifth to score their season best finishes. VonDohren, Bailey, Manmiller, John Willman and Kyle Weiss rounded out the top ten.
Heats were won by Norris Jr., Bailey and Kevin Hirthler. Nate Christman was the consi winner.
Stoudt led from the wave of the green until the drop of the checkered for his second win in the Late Model feature.
Cory Merkel, while running second, spun in the fourth turn for the fifth lap caution. Stoudt continued his rapid pace on the restart while Ogin, Chuck Schutz, Dan Green and Joe Fanelli trailed. Wayne Pfeil soon joined the thick of the battle.
No one got close enough to Stoudt to challenge him as he was victorious again followed by Ogin, Schutz, Green and Pfeil. Sixth through tenth were Fanelli, Sean Merkel, Kyle Merkel, Mike Wharton and Kory Fleming, last week’s feature winner.
C. Merkel and Stoudt were the heat winners.
RESULTS
NASCAR Bashore Trucking/BFP Specialty Sportsman Feature Finish (40-Laps): 1. Mike Lisowski, 2. Craig Whitmoyer, 3. Brett Kressley, 4. Kenny Gilmore, 5. Brian Hirthler, 6. Jason Neidlinger, 7. Jim Housworth, 8. Erik Renninger, 9. Jeff Sechrist, 10. Paul Kline, 11. Dean Bachman, 12. Brian Kressley, 13. Ken Eckert Jr., 14. Jordan Henn, 15. Paul Houseknecht, 16. Brett Gilmore, 17. Ryan Lilick, 18. Brad Arnold, 19. Kyle Lilick, 20. Ryan Beltz, 21. Pat Conrad (alternate), 22. Sean Weiss, 23. Andy Ressler, 24. Ryan Shupp. DNS: Mark Kemmerer. DNQ: Mike Koffel and Brandon Whitmoyer.
NASCAR T.P.Trailers Modified Feature Finish (30-Laps): 1. Ron Seltmann Jr., 2. Ray Swinehart, 3. Don Norris Jr., 4. Jarrad Miller, 5. Mike Gular, 6. Craig Von Dohren, 7. Mike Bailey, 8. Doug Manmiller, 9. John Willman, 10. Kyle Weiss, 11. Jared Umbenhauer, 12. Jeff Strunk, 13. Frank Cozze, 14. Meme DeSantis, 15. Danny Erb, 16. Duane Howard, 17. Kevin Hirthler, 18. Nate Christman, 19. Ryan Grim, 20. Glenn Strunk, 21. Jamie Speers, 22. Mike Kellner, 23. Eric Biehn, 24. Brian Houseknecht, 25. Todd Smith, 26. Bobby Gunther-Walsh, 27. Tim Buckwalter, 28. Kyle Borror. DNQ: Ron Haring Jr., Mark Kratz and Ryan Kunkle.
NASCAR BRC Late Model Feature Finish (25-Laps): 1. Randy Stoudt, 2. Dave Ogin, 3 Chuck Schutz, 4. Dan Green, 5. Wayne Pfeil, 6. Joe Fanelli, 7. Sean Merkel, 8. Kyle Merkel, 9. Mike Wharton, 10. Kory Fleming, 11. Rick Todorow, 12. Dean Stoudt, 13. John Giesler, 14. Cory Merkel, 15. Steve Wilson, 16. Blaine Emery, 17. Lou Egrie Jr., 18. Steve Gross.
Grandview Speedway, a one-third-mile, banked clay track, is located on Passmore Road just off Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown. A full assortment of great concessions and novelty items are available. Free parking on the grounds. Fans are invited to the competition area after the events are completed to meet the racers. For information telephone 610.754.7688 or check in at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Twitter@GrandviewSpeedway and www.facebook.com/grandviewspeedway along with Rainedout.com(for rainout information).
COMING EVENTS:
Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. A.D.MOYER Night featuring T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and 305 Sprints. Adults $18 and kids 11 and under are admitted free.
Sunday, June 14, 1 p.m. Outlaw Enduro Racing, 2-60 lap races for big cars and 2-60 lap races for small cars plus 20-lap Ladies race. In addition two 15-lap features for Blast from the Past Vintage Cars. Adult admission is just $10
Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. Thunder on the Hill Series Super DirtCar Series Modifieds 18th Annual Traffic Jam Big Block Modifieds 60 Laps, T.P.Trailers 358 Modifieds 30 Laps (NASCAR points will be awarded).
Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. Celebrate Father’s Day. Pocono Raceway Tire Changing Contest, Free Pocono tickets, Feature winners receive $600 prize package from Ingersoll Rand, First 200 paying fans through the front gate receive a free Grandview Speedway Can Koozie. Racing includes T.P. Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman.
Each Saturday night has spectator gates opening at 5:30 p.m. with a Low Down and Dirty Meet & Greet that allows fans to meet drivers and get up close look at race cars.
UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS FOR NASCAR T.P. TRAILERS MODIFIEDS AS OF JUNE 6, 2015
* denotes feature win (Feature wins listed are only those that are NASCAR point events.)
1. Craig VonDohren, Oley, PA #1C 2381*
2. Doug Manmiller, Shoemakersville, PA #00 2199
3. Duane Howard, Oley, PA #66 2102**
4. Jeff Strunk, Pottstown, PA #88 1940*
5. Mike Gular, Green Lane, PA #53/2 1872
6. Frank Cozze, Wind Gap, PA #357/19 1830
7. Jared Umbenhauer, Richland, PA #5 1774
8. Kyle Weiss, Hamburg, PA #21K 1729*
9. Don Norris, Douglassville, PA #976 1700
10. Nate Christman, Fleetwood, PA #37 1667
11. Danny Erb, Boyertown, PA #44 1666
12. John Willman, Birdsboro, PA #74W 1637
13. Meme DeSantis, Temple, PA #357 1618
14. Tim Buckwalter, Douglassville, PA #22 1520
15. Glenn Strunk, Bechtelsville, PA #41 1479
16. Kevin Hirthler, Boyertown, PA #117 1435**
17. Jarred Miller, Barto, PA #917 1322
18. Ryan Grim, Laury’s Station, PA #17 1259*
19. Ray Swinehart, Perkiomenville, PA #33 1200
20. Brian Houseknecht, Bechtelsville, PA #323 1146
21. Mike Kellner, Lansdale, PA #A1/57 1125
22. Eric Biehn, Bechtelsville, PA #87 1058
23. Kyle Borror, Peach Bottom, PA #B4 978
24. Ryan Wyatt, Boyertown, PA #14W 841
25. Ron Seltman, Lower Pottsgrove, #R19 838*
26. Todd Smith, Hatfield, PA #39 828
27. Bobby Gunther Walsh, Allentown, PA #1 570
28. Mike Laise, Pottstown, PA #15 570
29. Kevin Hartnett, Barto, PA #81 522
30. Jamie Speers, New Holland, PA #762 514
UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS FOR NASCAR BRC LATE MODELS AS OF JUNE 6, 2015
1. Chuck Schutz, Pottstown, PA #1 2165**
2. Sean Merkel, Boyertown, PA #118 1891
3. Wayne Pfeil, Mohnton, PA #72 1865**
4. Dan Green, Coatesville, PA #46 1787
5. Joe Fanelli, Exton, PA #22 1756
6. Kory Fleming, Milford, NJ #704 1685**
7. Dave Ogin, Bechtelsville, PA #310/8M 1630
8. Rick Todorow, Quakertown, PA #93 1538
9. John Giesler, Aston, PA #ZT1 1374
10. Cory Merkel, Gilbertsville, PA #16 1349
11. Lou Egrie Jr., Willow Grove, PA #4E 1324
12. Steve Gross, West Chester, PA #62 1254
13. Bill Henning, Lansdale, PA #80 1129
14. Randy Stoudt, Pottstown, PA #5/10 1005**
15. Steve Wilson, Green Lane, PA #15 989
16. Lou Egrie Sr., Willow Grove, PA #X4 767*
17. Buddy Mertz, Boyertown, PA #00 747
18. Shawn Horning, Blandon, PA #8M 450
19. Kyle Merkel, Boyertown, PA #00 381
20. Tony Giglio #16X 303
UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS FOR NASCAR SPORTSMAN AS OF JUNE 6, 2015
1. Brett Kressley, Orefield, PA #19K 2175****
2. Kenny Gilmore, Fleetwood, PA #7 1893**
3. Craig Whitmoyer, Hamburg, PA #99 1668
4. Jim Housworth, Reigelsville, PA #72 1647
5. Jordan Henn, Kutztown, PA #77H 1602
6. Brian Hirthler, Green Lane, PA #4* 1480
7. Brad Arnold, Kenhorst, PA #830 1476
8. Mike Lisowski, Minersville, PA #15 1453**
9. Erik Renninger, Bridgewater, NJ #51 1437
10. Brett Gilmore, Fleetwood, PA #00 1346
11. Ryan Lilick, Collegeville, PA #142 1341
12. Ken Eckert, Orwigsburg, PA #29 1314
13. Ryan Beltz, Barto, PA #221 1264
14. Joe Funk, Coopersburg, PA #14J 1112
15. Jason Neidlinger, Schuylkill Haven, PA #88X 1106
16. Jeff Sechrist, Robesonia, PA #29G 1104*
17. Dean Bachman, Emmaus, PA #65 1065
18. Tom Miller, Gilbertsville, PA #77 815
19. Kyle Lilick, Collegeville, PA #104 735
20. Paul Houseknecht Bechtelsville, PA #25 641
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