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HOWARD TOPS OFF WEEKEND WITH POKER SERIES WIN AT BRIDGEPORT
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Bridgeport Speedway
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, May 30 - Twin 15s for 600cc Micros, 270cc Micros & 4 Cylinders - racing at 8pm
Saturday, May 31 - $$Kids Money Scramble$$ - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Rookies and Twin 12s for the Outlaw Stocks plus the held over Big Block Modified Feature from May 3rd- racing at 7pm
Friday, June 6 – 600cc and 270cc Micro Sprints and Four Cylinders – racing at 8pm
Saturday, June 7 – GARDEN STATE VINAGE CUSTOM CAR SHOW – Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, TSRS 305 Sprints and Rookies
HOWARD TOPS OFF WEEKEND WITH POKER SERIES WIN AT BRIDGEPORT
Lyons & Frees Pick Up Aces in Pokers Series Competition
It was a big weekend for Duane Howard who broke his winless streak by picking up two wins at two different tracks and for two different car owners over the Memorial Holiday weekend as he picked up the win in the Bridgeport Speedway's Wingate Classic - a race dedicated to the memory of former Bridgeport promoter, George Wingate.
Mike Lyons earned an Ace with his win in the 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman feature while Ron Frees earned his second ace in Poker series competition with his win in the Pete Ellis 'Lucky Teter'/John Blewett Inc Poker Series Hand #2 for the Outlaw Stocks.
Howard picked up the win in the 40 lap main event for the Spirit Dodge Big Block Modifieds. After winning his qualifying heat, Howard drew the outside pole to start the feature event. Polesitter, Jimmy Blewett led the first lap before Howard took over on lap two. Dominic Buffalino moved up to third one lap later as Blewett, Jeff Heotzler in a Ron Roberts entry and Rick Laubach completed the top five.
With Howard out in front, Laubach took over third on lap eight as Matt Harrell followed to take over the fourth spot. Laubach took over second on lap twelve. The running order remained unchanged until Harrell left the race with a smoking car on lap nineteen. At the half way mark, Howard led Laubach, Buffalino, Blewett and Heotzler when the first caution flag waved for last week's winner, Richie Pratt who headed to the pits for a tire change.
Jimmy Horton ran outside the top ten prior to the caution but drove into fourth on lap twenty-one.
Laubach drove to the outside of Howard to challenge as the leaders raced into turn three on lap thirty-eight. Howard was able to pull away, however, when Laubach was unable to make the outside work to his advantage.
Howard drove to his first Bridgeport win of the season for car owner, Glenn Hynneman followed by Laubach, Buffalino, Horton and Heotzler. It was Howard's 41st win at the Bridgeport Speedway.
"I always love coming to Bridgeport and racing here," Howard noted in Victory Lane. "The entire staff down here does an excellent job in keeping this place alive," Howard continued. "The track had multiple grooves of racing the first 20 laps - before it started to take rubber the last 20 laps which can be expected with this many cars and races."
Mike Lyons only led the final laps of the 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman Feature event but they were the most important laps to lead. 2013 DA's Auto Body & Repair Rookie Champion, Ian Humphreys took the lead on the first lap after starting fourth on the grid. Lyons ran in second from lap four but it wasn't until Humphrey's was caught behind a lapped car with less than two laps to go, that Lyons was able to make the pass for the lead. Humphreys finished second with invader, Clay Butler finishing third. Steve Davis, winner of the first Poker Series race, finished fourth with Matt Budd rounding out the top five.
Ron Frees was the winner of the Pete Ellis 'Lucky Teter'/John Blewett Inc Poker Series Hand #2 but it was a rough twenty laps for the four time feature winner. Contact with former track champion, Pat Conaway, did a lot of sheet metal damage to Frees' Camaro but Frees fought his way to the checkered for his second Ace of the season. The lead was exchanged between Frees and Conaway several times during the twenty lap event. Conaway was the race leader when Doug DuBray spun out in turn four on lap nineteen, bringing out the caution. DuBray had raced his way up to third after starting 15th.
The restart had Conaway on the inside with Frees on the outside. The leaders raced side by side - first through turns one and two, then down the backstretch but Conaway spun in front of the field as they entered turn three. There was one lap left to run as Jeramy Doerr became the challenger. But Doerr faded on the final lap and Frees raced to the checkered flag for the win.
Gary Klimeczak finished second while Scott Dugan crossed the finish line in third. Tom Wills Jr. led Billy Wroble at the checkered to finish fourth. Jeramy Doerr, Scott Dugan and Ron Frees picked up the $50 heat win bonuses from Carl Thomas Racing.
Spirit Dodge Modifieds Poker Series (40 laps)
1. 126-Duane Howard, 2. 7-Rick Laubach, 3. 51m-Dominick Buffalino, 4. 5-Jimmy Horton, 5. 14H-Jeff Heotzler, 6. 76-Jimmy Blewett, 7. 14w-Ryan Watt, 8. 1-Billy Pauch, 9. 1jr-Rocco Infante, 10. 29-Sammy Piazza, 11. 31-Tom Beamer, 12. 16s-Eric Kormann, 13. z14-Ron Roberts, 14. 0-Richie Pratt, Jr., 15. 28f-Stan Frankenfield, 16. 7-Dan Cogdill, III, 17. 7w-Dave Witte, 18. z28-Mike Franz, 19. 47-Bob Sarkisian, 20. 3-Sam Martz, 21. 35-Matt Harrell, 22. 29m-Tom Maccherone, 23. 27-Dave Hunt, 24. 267-Mike Barone. DNQ:66-Kyle Hieber, 5b-Brett Ballard, 11-Scott Ambruster, R10-Wade Hendrickson
811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman (25 laps)
1. 21L-Mike Lyons, 2. 90-Ian Humphreys, 3. 4b-Clay Butler, 4. 13-Steve Davis, 5. 4m-Matt Budd, 6. 98-Jesse Hill, 7. 43-Jesse Bonaduce, 8. 04-Mike Butler, 9. 19-Travis Hill, 10. 99-Brian Papiez, 11. 14B-Brad Roberts, 12. 80-Mike Hendershot, 13. 56-Gary Heiber, 14. 85-Rick Dieva, 15. 0-CJ Jones, 16. 26-Steve Searock, 17. 640-George Nardelli, 18. 10s-Chuckles Stone, 19. 8.5-Steve Desmelyk, 20. 28-Bob Bracall, 21. 12-Kevin Belmont, 22. 53-Kris Lilick, 23. 28-Jim Spellmon, 24. 94m-Mike Mongiello, 25. 3h-Marc Hermann, 26. 5b-Brett Ballard, 27. 10-Jason Duppel. DNQ:80d-David Cressman, S2jr-John Scarpatti, 34-Scott Hulmes, 39-Matthew Peck
Pete Ellis "Lucky Teter"/John Blewett Inc Poker Series for Outlaw Stocks (20 laps)
1. 43-Ron Frees, 2. 11-Gary Klimeczak, 3. 54-Scott Dugan, 4. 856-Tom Wills, Jr., 5. 23w-Billy Wroble, 6. 16-Jeramy Doerr, 7. 44-Terry Griffin, 8. 39-Art Avery, 9. 52-Dennis Seely, 10. 7-Doug DeBray, 11. US1-Pat Conaway, 12. 94-Brian Ludwig, 13. 171-Jeff Dirkes, 14. 76-Jimmy Avery, 15. 38-Ed Tinsman, 16. 191-Jack Beaumont, 17. 9-Jim Neely, 18. 69-Cleve Reihl, 19. 60-Ron Dirkes, 20. 57H-TJ Henry, 21. 24-Mick Search, 22. 44j-David Kramer, 23. 49-Spider Ensinger, Sr., 24. 73-Ken Moren, 25. 444-Pete Ellis
TERRE HAUTE AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RESULTS
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The United States Auto Club.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 21, 2014 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - 44th "Tony Hulman Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-19.225; 2. Chase Stockon, 32, 32 TBI-19.462; 3. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.481; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 37RW, Dutcher-19.522; 5. Dave Darland, 71p, Phillips-19.589; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 11x, Walker-19.606; 7. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-19.685; 8. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-19.718; 9. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-19.787; 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20N, Schuerenberg/Nolen-19.791; 11. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-19.800; 12. Carson Short, 21, Short-19.817; 13. Robert Ballou, 12x, Ballou-19.891; 14. Shane Cottle, 2E, Epperson-19.936; 15. Daron Clayton, 3R, Byram-19.962; 16. Jerry Coons Jr., 10E, Edison-20.057; 17. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.204; 18. Jarett Andretti, 18, Andretti-20.220; 19. Aaron Farney, 15F, Farney-20.242; 20. Chris Gurley, 12G, Team Automotive-20.291; 21. Mark Smith, 1m, Smith-20.352; 22. Shane Cockrum, 66, Amati-NT; 23. Mitch Wissmiller, 1W, Wissmiller-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Bacon, 3. Coons, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Leary, 6. Ballou, 7. Farney. 2:42.44
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Windom, 3. Stockon, 4. Grant, 5. Darland, 6. Mattox, 7. Gurley, 8. Wissmiller. 2:43.91
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Clauson, 3. Clayton, 4. Short, 5. Thomas, 6. Smith, 7. Andretti. 2:43.61
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Chris Windom, 7. Robert Ballou, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Shane Cottle, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. C.J. Leary, 12. Daron Clayton, 13. Hunter Schuerenberg, 14. Shane Cockrum, 15. Jarett Andretti, 16. Aaron Farney, 17. Carson Short, 18. Chris Gurley, 19. Brandon Mattox, 20. Justin Grant, 21. Mitch Wissmiller, 22. Mark Smith, 23. Jerry Coons Jr. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Thomas, Laps 22-30 Darland.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bacon-526, 2-Darland-497, 3-Clauson-492, 4-Hines-476, 5-Stockon-468, 6-Stanbrough-455, 7-Grant-430, 8-Schuerenberg-402, 9-Windom-366, 10-Leary-309.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 3 - Bechtelsville, PA - Grandview Speedway - "Eastern Storm"
Tonight’s the Night! World of Outlaws Invade NES
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New Egypt Speedway
NEWS FROM NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY Route 539, New Egypt, NJ Track Phone: 609-758-1900 Contact: Pete Wortman, PR Director
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Tonight's the Night! World of Outlaws Invade NES
Well Race Fans, the day has finally arrived! The World of Outlaw sprints will be invading New Egypt Speedway tonight! Come see the stars like defending race champion Daryn Pittman who has been on a tear latley, Joey Saldana, Paul McMahan, Kerry Madsen, Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet, Cody Darrah, and Kraig Kinser. Help us say goodbye to The King himself Steve Kinser who will make his final New Egypt Speedway start of his career on his Salute to the King tour. The Speedway will be making a special presentation to Steve so you don't want to miss that. The Outlaws will have some stiff competition from the PA Posse including Greg Hodnett, Brett Marks, Danny Dietrich, Lance Dewease, Kyle Reinhardt, Davey Sammons, and many more. Also racing tonight for the first time since going head to head with Tony Stewart in a modified several years ago is NASCAR driver and sprint car standout Dave Blaney!
$100 cash bonuses have been posted to the first PA posse member across the line, the hard luck award for the driver with the worst luck in the feature event, the first 360 across the line, and the first non-qualifier. Fans will also be able to get some cool giveaways. The first 100 fans through the front gates will receive an event poster. Throughout the night our track hostesses will be throwing signed frisbees of all the drivers. If you catch the feature winning driver's frisbee bring it to the Speedway office to claim 2 free tickets to any future Saturday night event. The Speedway staff will also be combing the parking lot of all the tailgaters asking trivia questions and handing out great prizes.
Pit gates open at 3 pm, will call opens at 3:30 pm, front gates open at 4 pm, hot laps begin at 6:15 pm, and the first race begins at 7 pm. Reserved seats are $35, adult general admission is $30, teens 12-15 are $15, and children 11 and under are free. Pit admission is $40. It is a New Jersey State Law that anyone under the age of 16 is not permitted into the pit area. Minors 16 and 17 wishing to go into the pits need proof of their age and a parent to sign the parental consent form.
Tailgating is encouraged, we just ask that you be respectful of our neighbors. The camping area is located behind the Speedway. There can be no open fires and again we ask that you be respectful of our neighbors. Coolers are allowed in so long as they are 14" or less with no glass bottles.
We look forward to seeing everyone tonight on this beautiful sunny day for what will be an amazing night of racing!
Godown Beats Van Horn in New Egypt Mother’s Day Thriller
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NEWS FROM NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY Route 539, New Egypt, NJ Track Phone: 609-758-1900 Contact: Pete Wortman, PR Director
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Godown Beats Van Horn in New Egypt Mother’s Day Thriller
New Egypt, NJ (May 10, 2014) – 2012 champion Ryan Godown of Ringoes, NJ won the 30 lap feature Saturday at New Egypt Speedway in thrilling fashion over David Van Horn. Godown won the final restart with 9 laps remaining, and then held off a major challenge from Van Horn with three laps remaining to win his third event at NES this year.
“I tip my hat to the track crew tonight and the speedway management.” Stated Godown in victory lane, “It would have been easy to just call the show off after that rain hit late this afternoon, but they stuck with it and rewarded the fans that came out with a great race!”
Following a two hour delay to the start of the program due to a heavy thunderstorm hitting the track at 4:30pm, Speedway management decided to go with a features only program with more rain in the area. PJ Oliver grabbed the lead on the initial start only to spin in turn four bunching up the field for another try. When the green flew again, new pole sitter Tim Apgar charged to the lead chased by veteran Doug Ostwald and John Stangle. Apgar stretched his lead early as Van Horn quickly sliced thru traffic and ran down Apgar. Van Horn slid by Apgar on lap 14 to assume command and then had to survive several restarts over the next three laps. On lap 18, Godown raced into second followed by Billy Pauch in third, however Van Horn had the hot set-up as he continued to set the pace. With 9 laps remaining, third place Pauch stopped in turn 3 with a flat tire bringing out the races final caution. The ensuing restart saw Godown time the restart perfectly winning the drag race into turn one and sweeping around the cushion into the lead. But Van Horn was not finished as he closed back in on the leader with 5 laps remaining and then starting pulling alongside of Godown on every turn. The big challenge came in turn 4 with three laps left, as Van Horn slid under Godown with the two cars rubbing nerf bars. Godown seemed to bounce over the cushion, but never lifted out of the throttle and was able to power back around Van Horn as they exited the turn back to a 3 car length advantage. Van Horn used the final 3 laps to reel Godown back in but ran out of time for another battle. Danny Bouc drove a strong race coming home third as Pauch drove all the way back thru the field to capture fourth. Willie Osmun rounded out the top five.
The NERS 305 Sprints 20 lap event saw Tim Tanner Jr. win for the second time in three events as he maintained the point lead. Phil Meisner Jr. ran a close second but could never muster a serious challenge. Mike Haggen bottom, Justin Hoffman, and Neal Williams completed the top five.
The Sportsman 20 lapper was taken by Mike Lyons of Monroe Twp., NJ. Lyons held off a mid-race challenge from Mike Butler and then a late race charge from defending champ Bob Lineman Jr. to win the 20th feature of his career at NES. Lineman crossed the line second trailed by Brisan Roemer, Johnny Cornell and Butler.
The HCI/SpikeNGo Rookie Sportsman Series 5 lap feature event was taken Kevin Dale for his first ever win. Branden Clauss was second and Derek Krum finished third.
As a Thank You to all of the fans who came out to support the speedway despite the rain, and then sat thru the long delay to start the program, owner Fred Vahlsing and speedway management announced to the crowd that anyone bringing their wristband back with them next Saturday night, will receive 50% off of their general admission ticket!
Next Saturday, May 17, it is NASCAR Night at New Egypt Speedway. Anyone wearing their favorite NASCAR drivers apparel will receive $3 off general admission, while purchasing a NASCAR Day pin will get you $5 off your admission. The offers cannot be combined. The 358 Modifieds get the week off, as the ARDC Midgets return for the second time, joined by the Crate Modifieds and the Street Stocks. It will also be the first Demo Derby of the 2014 season. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with the first race starting at 6:00 pm. For more information call the speedway office at (609) 758-1900 or log on to www.newegyptspeedway.net, “Like” us on Facebook /NewEgyptSpeedwayOfficial, or follow us on Twitter @nesspeedway.
NES RESULTS 5/10/14
358 MODIFIED RESULTS
Feature (30 Laps): 1. Ryan Godown 2. David Van Horn 3. Danny Bouc 4. Billy Pauch 5. Willie Osmun 6. Jimmy Blewett 7. Jimmy Horton 8. Sammy Piazza 9. Gary Butler
10. Tad Cox 11. John Stangle 12. Tim Apgar 13. Pat Wall 14. Doug Ostwald 15. PJ Oliver 16. Eric Engstrom 17. Neal Williams 18. Darren McCaughey 19. DJ Ruppert 20. Billy Pauch Jr.
SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Mike Lyons 2. Bob Lineman Jr. 3. Brian Roemer 4. Johnny Cornell 5. Mike Butler 6. Mike Hendershot 7. Steve Davis 8. Mike Howardson 9. Alan Bleacher
10. Marc Herman 11. John Scarpati 12. Marty Saxton 13. Ryan Simmons 14. Kevin Dale 15. Melissa Scarpati 16. Jimmy Martin 17. Derek Krum 18. Jimmy Amato 19. Will Dupree
NERS 305 SPRINTS RESULTS
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Tim Tanner Jr. 2. Phil Meisner Jr. 3. Mike Haggenbottom 4. Justin Hoffman 5. Neal Williams 6. Mark Bitner 7. John Snook 8. Joe Lord 9. Bobby DeVault 10. Stephanie Palmai 11. Anthony Sesley 12. Ian Borden 13. Jimmy Carpenter 14. Jeff Geiges 15. Ken Hanley 16. Gabe Fox 17. Keith Anderson
DNS: Tommy Carberry Jr., Brad Franks
HCI/SPIKENGO ROOKIE SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Feature (5 Laps) 1. Kevin Dale 2. Branden Clauss 3. Derek Krum
NASCAR STOCKS ON SATURDAY AT GRANDVIEW, MIDGETS AND SPRINTS ON SUNDAY
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Grandview Speedway
NEWS FROM BRUCE ROGERS’ GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
Presenting Saturday night NASCAR stock car racing plus a variety of special events
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Track owner: Bruce Rogers @ 610.754.7688
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COMING EVENTS:
Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. (this will be the starting time for Saturday events until further notice). NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman.
Sunday, May 4, 7:30 p.m. OPEN WHEEL SPECTACULAR featuring TSRS Sprints and American Racing Drivers Club non-winged midgets. Each division tops off their show with 25-lap features. Adult admission is $15. Youngsters 6 to 11 pay $3 and kids under 6 are admitted free.
Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Pritchard, Bieler, Gruver & Willison, PC, sponsor the night of NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock car racing. Extra added attraction Blast from the Past Vintage Cars.
Saturday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman. RCN Cable TV coverage
Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m. Outlaw Enduro Racing, Big cars and small cars each run 150 laps. Vintage cars run two 15-lap features and other attractions. Adults $10, youngsters 12 and under FREE.
POINT BATTLES ARE TIGHT FOR STOCK CAR RACERS AT GRANDVIEW, NASCAR STOCKS IN ACTION ON SATURDAY, MIDGETS AND SPRINTS IN OPEN WHEEL SPECTACULAR ON SUNDAY
Bechtelsville, PA April 30, 2014 . . . It may be early in the stock car racing season at Grandview Speedway but the battle for the lucrative NASCAR point titles are about as tight as they could be. And the points could tighten up even more as NASCAR stock car racing will be the attraction at the Bechtelsville clay oval on Saturday (May 3) with the NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stockers featured in a tripleheader show of racing action.
Mike Gular, without a feature win to his credit, sits on top of the NASCAR 358 Modified standings. Gular, who has not been a champion at Grandview, is in front of nine time track champion Jeff Strunk by just four points. Third is DIRT Hall of Famer Frank Cozze just 69 points behind followed by past champion Duane Howard. Less than 130 points separate the top four.
Jared Umbenhauer, a two time defending Sportsman champion, leads the standings in the Sportsman division by 111 points over Brett Kressley. Umbenhauer has three straight feature wins headed into the Saturday night action.
Randy Stoudt, winner of one feature this season and 58 during his career at Grandview, heads up the Late Model standings. He has an 11 point edge over six time champion Chuck Schutz. If Stoudt can win this Saturday night he will become the all-time leading Late Model career feature winner.
At least 12 events of stock car racing will make up the Saturday night show featuring the 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m., the new starting time in place for the balance of the season, with spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. As usual the a Low Down & Dirty Meet and Greet will feature a driver and car from each division at the main gate at 5:30 pm and this week it will be Jordan Umbenhauer, Jason Miller and Craig Whitmoyer.
Those fans of exciting short track auto racing, those who have been around for a while, will probably remember back years ago when American Racing Drivers Club midgets and United Racing Club (now called company) raced in doubleheader Sunday night shows are nearby Grandview Speedway and the Sunday night attraction is returning…..at least for four events this season.
The one-third-mile, banked clay oval was pretty much designed for midgets and sprints. It is a great track for that type of racing action. And the Saturday night NASCAR stock car racing action continues to offer some fan pleasing action.
Track owner Bruce Rogers has always been a fan of the midgets. It was he and long time midget owner Ed Darrell, now deceased, that formed a partnership to present the Sunday night doubleheaders dozens of years back and it developed into quite a successful weekly attraction.
Fans formed fan clubs for the racers. I can still remember a string band coming out one night to be part of the fun. The racers supported the events. Young midget racer Steve Howard did backflips on the main straightaway and that delighted fans. “The villain” Wayne Woodward dumped a bucket of water on the announcer one night. That announcer just happened to be this writer. There were handouts for the kids, coloring contests, banner contests and more.
Bruce Rogers hopes to recreate that kind of excitement as he brings the sprints and midgets back to Grandview Speedway for what he is calling “Open Wheel Spectaculars”. This Sunday will be the first of four such promotions.
The TSRS sprints, organized by Feasterville, PA’s Joe Grandinetti, long a fixture in area motorsports, ran one event at Grandview last season and presented quite an exciting night of racing. More than 30 cars were on hand for last year’s race and there is no reason that there will not be that many sprints returning for this night of open wheel action.
The ARDC midgets, celebrating their 75th year of competition, will race wingless. TSRS sprints will be the second part of the show. A full series of qualifying events will be presented with a 25 lap feature topping the show for each division.
With it being a Sunday night show, starting at 7:30 p.m., Rogers wants to present a fast paced show that is over and done with at a reasonable hour and leaves the fans looking forward to the next event. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m. with a Meet & Greet featuring two midget and two sprint car drivers.
Tickets are reasonably priced at $15 for adults while youngsters 6 through 11 pay just $3 and kids under 6 are admitted FREE. Military personnel with proper ID are admitted free and there is free parking available on the speedway grounds.
Grandview Speedway is a one-third-mile, banked clay oval located on Passmore Road, just off Route 100, in Bechtelsville, PA 10 miles north of Pottstown. For information telephone 610.754.7688 or check in at www.grandviewspeedway.com.
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ARDC MIDGET ACTION RETURNS TO SUNDAY NIGHTS AT THE GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
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ARDC MIDGET ACTION RETURNS TO SUNDAY NIGHTS AT THE GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY
It's been thirty years since Sunday night racing at the Grandview Speedway featured midget racing but that is all about to change this Sunday, May 4th with the Open Wheel Spectacular on the high banks of the Grandview Speedway! And what better timing than the 2014 season as the American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) celebrates their 75th Anniversary.
In what will be the first of four doubleheader events, ARDC will team up with the Hilborn Tri-State Race Saver 305 Sprint Cars in a Sunday night program on the 1/3 mile speedway with both divisions featured in qualifying events and twenty-five lap features.
Bob Hilbert Sportswear will be offering several ARDC drivers some additional incentives this season. The Hilbert on the Hill Challenge will award the driver who accumulates the most points in the eight scheduled events at the Grandview Speedway with 100 White Express T-shirts with front and back imprinting. Hilbert will also present the 2nd through 5th place drivers in the series with $100 gift certificates. With the Grandview Speedway located in such close proximity to Hilbert's business, the pairing was just a natural combination.
After rain caused the cancellation of the second event on the ARDC 2014 schedule, ARDC teams are anxiously awaiting their next event at Grandview. Many of the ARDC teams consider the Grandview Speedway to be their home track. "Grandview is one my favorite tracks," 2013 ARDC Champion Trevor Kobylarz stated recently. "We consider Grandview to be our home track since it is the closest to home of anywhere we race. It gives us a chance to bring our sponsors to the track as well as family and friends." Kobylarz continued, "And with this being our (ARDC) 75th Anniversary, it connects us to a part of our history that was very popular. A lot of people have told me how they used to attend those Sunday night races at Grandview."
Many of the drivers share Kobylarz' sentiments and would like nothing better than to visit Victory Lane at the Grandview Speedway.
Kobylarz and regular Saturday night Grandview competitor, Tim Buckwalter were the winners of the 2013 ARDC events at Grandview and both will be in the field for the first Sunday night event in thirty years. Buckwalter moved into competition in the Small Block Modified ranks at Grandview after winning the 2012 ARDC Championship.
Kobylarz and Buckwalter will have plenty of competition from the likes of the winner of the 2014 season opener, Steven Drevicki, Bruce Buckwalter, Jr., Ryan Greth, PJ Gargiulo, Brett Arndt, Tony DiMattia, Alex Bright, Kyle Lick and Nick Wean as well as many more. Billy Pauch Jr. who has an ARDC win at Grandview in the Burke Trucking #54 will be doing double duty on Sunday nights as he races in both the sprint cars and midgets. Modified chauffeur, Ryan Watt will run a team car to Pauch as both drivers wheel entries owned by Jerry & Karen Steward.
A Meet & Greet will allow fans access to two drivers from each organization prior to the Sunday night events. Drivers will be available for pictures and autographs beginning at 5pm on race night, just outside the track's main entrance.
It's been a part of midget history and now will become apart of the present.
Pit gates open at 3:30pm, grandstands at 5:30pm and racing starts at 7:30pm. Adult admission is $15 with children 6-11 just $3. Children under 6 are free.
Godown Awarded Win After Pauch Penalized at New Egypt Speedway
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NEWS FROM NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY Route 539, New Egypt, NJ Track Phone: 609-758-1900 Contact: Pete Wortman, PR Director
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Godown Awarded Win After Pauch Penalized at New Egypt Speedway
New Egypt, NJ (April 26, 2014) – Defending champion Billy Pauch of Frenchtown, NJ appeared to have won for the fourth time in as many attempts Saturday in the 30 lap Modified main event at New Egypt Speedway. However Pauch’s car failed the post-race tech inspection for a body infraction when it was discovered that his Sail Panels were 2” too high. The penalty for this was Pauch being placed in last position for the event. This promoted 2012 champ Ryan Godown of Ringoes, NJ to victory lane. For Godown it is his 2nd win of the season at NES, his first since winning the opening ROC tour event.
Tim Apgar lead the field at the drop of the green, with John Stangle quickly taking up the chase from his second row starting spot. Stangle quickly drove to the lead before the first lap was completed and opened up a comfortable margin over Apgar, Gary Butler and Tad Cox. Butler and Cox each moved up a spot as the first 9 laps clicked off with Stangle in control when the first caution of the event came out. On the restart, Stangle slid up the track coming off turn four making contact with runner up Butler and slamming the wall. The resulting melee caused a chain reaction which saw Neal Williams receiving heavy damage. Butler was the new leader as Pauch was up to fourth already from 16th starting spot. Butler took command and led the next 7 laps as Pauch moved up to second. Following a lap 18 tangle between Rocco Infante and Jimmy Blewett, which resulted in black flags for both, Pauch charged by the outside into the lead. Over the final 12 laps, Pauch cruised out in front winning the event by ¾ of a straightaway over Godown for what looked like his fourth straight win. After the dust cleared in the post-race tech inspection, Godown was declared the event winner, followed by Willie Osmun second. Sammy Piazza bounced back from a spin on lap 10 to get third, followed by Butler and Darren McCaughey.
Bobby Devault won his first race of the year in the New Egypt RaceSavers 305 Sprint Car 20 lap feature. Devault started on row four and worked his way up methodically, taking the lead from leader Steph Palmai on lap 15 in lapped traffic. Palmai, who along with her sister Erika, swept the two Heat races held on for second. Mike Haggenbottom finished a close third, followed by Erika Palmai and Justin Hoffman.
The Crate Modified feature event was red flagged due to rain just before the halfway point, and will be finished at a future show. The top five when this happened was Jarrett Rozycki, Ebby Ridge, Jordan Cox, Matt Carman and Mike Carman.
The HCI/SpikeNGo Rookie Series saw another new winner as Brandon Clauss took top honors. Derek Krum finished second and Kevin Dale was third.
Next Saturday, May 3rd, it is Banner Night at New Egypt Speedway. It is also the start of Modified May Madness, where the top 24 in Modified points will be bracketed and compete against each other, with the better finish winning and moving onto the following week. $1000 in prize money along with product gift certificates will be up for grabs for the drivers at the end of May. All fans can print out the bracket off of the speedway’s website and turn it in for a chance at some great prizes as well! In action next week will be the 358 Modifieds, Crate Modifieds, Street Stocks, Rookies and the Vintage cars will be on hand as well. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with the first race starting at 6:00 pm. For more information call the speedway office at (609) 758-1900 or log on to www.newegyptspeedway.net, “Like” us on Facebook /NewEgyptSpeedwayOfficial, or follow us on Twitter @nesspeedway.
NES RESULTS 4/26/14
358 MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Danny Bouc 2. Tad Cox 3. Ryan Godown 4. John Stangle 5. Sammy Piazza 6. Willie Osmun
2nd Heat: 1. Billy Pauch 2. Tim Apgar 3. Neal Williams 4. Rocco Infante 5. Gary Butler 6. David Van Horn
Feature (30 Laps): 1. Ryan Godown 2. Willie Osmun 3. Sammy Piazza 4. Gary Butler 5. Darren McCaughey 6. Danny Bouc 7. DJ Ruppert 8. John Stangle 9. Tim Apgar 10. Rick Holsten 11. Eric Engstrom 12. Doug Ostwald 13. David Van Horn 14. Tad Cox 15. PJ Oliver 16. Jimmy Blewett 17. Rocco Infante 18. Neal Williams 19. Pat Wall 20. Billy Pauch
CRATE MODIFIED RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Jason Bittner 2. Jeremy Martino 3. Eric Palmer 4. Matt Carmen 5. Mike Carman 6. Mike Butler
2nd Heat: 1. Jordan Cox 2. Aaron Weaver 3. Jarrett Rozycki 4. Chuckles Stone 5. Ryan Simmons 6. Andrew Bohn
3rd Heat: 1. Ebby Ridge 2. Steve Hicks 3. Chuck Steuer 4. Bryan Kuhl 5. Brian Papiez 6. Jeff Kuhl
B-Main: 1. John Aumick 2. Frank Dorry 3. Patrick Gold 4. Paul Hartwig 5. JD Cranstoun 6. Clyde Cox
Pts. Prov: John Micek
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Postponed on lap 9 due to Rain, to be finished in future.
NERS 305 SPRINT CAR RESULTS
1st Heat: 1. Erika Palmai 2. Anthony Sesely 3. Mark Bitner 4. Bobby DeVault 5. Mike Haggenbottom 6. Ryan Stillwagon
2nd Heat: 1. Stephanie Palmai 2. Tim Tanner Jr. 3. Justin Hoffman 4. Phil Meisner Jr. 5. Jeff Geiges 6. Eddie Wagner
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Bobby DeVault 2. Stephanie Palmai 3. Mike Haggenbottom 4. Erika Palmai 5. Justin Hoffman 6. Anthony Sesely 7. Jeff Geiges 8. Phil Meisner Jr. 9. Ryan Stillwaggon 10. Neal Williams 11. Kyle Reinhardt 12. Jimmy Carpenter 13. Dave Brown Jr. 14. Tim Tanner Jr. 15. Eddie Wagner 16. Adam Carberry 17. Mark Bitner 18. Joe Lord 19. Shane Smith 20. John Snook 21. Brad Franks 22. Tommy Carberry Jr.
23. Jamie Kostick
HCI/SPIKENGO ROOKIE SPORTSMAN RESULTS
Feature (12 Laps): 1. Brandon Clauss 2. Derek Krum 3. Kevin Dale 4. Mike Frank
