Archive for Sprints
Friday, May 17, 2019
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ATTICA, Ohio - It was patented Jac Haudenschild. The National Hall of Fame inductee from Wooster, Ohio, utilized Attica Raceway Park's extreme high line to pass Joey Saldana coming to the white flag of the 410 sprint feature Friday and went on to score his third career victory at the track on American Powersports/AmeriGas Night.
The victory was worth $4,000 for Haudenschild on an All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group point night.
Not to be outdone, the Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Models saw a tremendous battle between Wooster, Ohio's Doug Drown and McClure, Ohio's Rusty Schlenk - who ironically came into the night tied with 25 career Attica wins to sit atop the division all-time victory mark. The duo raced side by side, slicing through lapped traffic the final five laps with Drown prevailing for his second win of the year and the 26th of his career at Attica on an Attica/Wayne County Speedway Challenge Series point night.
To finish out the exciting night, Fremont, Ohio's John Ivy used the low groove to get around race-long leader Jimmy McGrath with just four laps to go to score his second Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature win and the $1,000 Gressman Powersports check. It was Ivy's 17th career 305 victory at Attica putting him seventh on the division's all-time victory list. It was also a valuable point night for Ivy in the chase for the KS Sales & Service AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales title.
Haudenschild grabbed the early lead of the Callie's Performance Products 410 Sprint A-main, battling early with Buddy Kofoid who took the point on lap six. Kofoid seemed to have things in hand as Craig Mintz and Saldana battled with Haudenschild. Kofoid suffered some sort of issue with eight laps to go, dropping to fourth as Saldana inherited the lead over Mintz and Haudenschild right before the caution flew. Saldana, Mintz and Haudenschild battled for the lead with "The Wild Child" driving into second with four laps to go and blasted around Saldana exiting turn four coming to the white flag and driving to the close win.
"Joey and Craig and Buddy got me pretty good there at the start...I was searching around a little bit because when you start on the front row I didn't really know where to run for sure. I had to get up on the cushion and go there at the end. Zach (Ames) had the car pretty good. We are a little loose in the heat but Zach worked on it and had the car really good any where on the track," said Haudenschild beside his Finzer Farms/Ron Jacobs Trucking/Performance Foot & Ankle/Triple X Racing backed #3.
Pole sitter Mike Bores jumped to the early lead of the 25 lap late model feature but faced constant pressure from Devin Shiels. Meanwhile eighth starter Drown worked his way to third by lap seven and after a great few lap battle with Shiels moved into second and drove around Bores on lap 13 to take the lead. Meanwhile Schlenk, who started 11th, worked his way into third with nine laps remaining and took second from Bores a lap later. When the five to go signal was given Drown and Schlenk were mired in heavy lapped traffic as the pair raced door to door trying to maneuver around lapped cars. As they crossed the white flag they were side by side with lapped cars all around. Drown would hold off Schlenk for the win.
"That's what everybody wants to see...Rusty and myself battling like it's been for many many times here. That's why I wasn't getting off the top. I knew if anyone was going to run up there and be able to peddle the car he would be the one. The lapped cars were kind of my blockers. I have to thank Ely Road Reel, BAR Farms, 89 Homes, Wooster Blass, Chubb Frank Racing for giving us this machine, Cody for building the car and working on it every week, my wife for her support, my dad, my uncle, Steve or tire guy and Hoosier Racing Tire, AccuForce and everyone who helps out on this car," Drown said.
McGrath led the first 21 of the 25 lap 305 feature while seventh starter Ivy steadily moved his way tot he front, taking second on lap 10. A red for last week's winner Kyle Capodice who tipped over with eight laps to go put Ivy right on McGrath's rear bumper. McGrath got a great restart and looked like he might be on his way to his first career sprint win, but the veteran Ivy methodically ate away at the lead and drove off the bottom of turn four on lap 22 to take the lead and drove to the win.
"I'm glad we had that red flag there...I was sucking wind pretty bad," said Ivy who also drove in the 410 sprint feature. "This thing wouldn't take off real good on the restart. I just tried to bide my time and settle down and make sure I made my right move. I have to thank all my guys. I made it hard on them tonight going back and forth to the 410 car and they do it all the time for me," said Ivy beside his L&R Farms/C&N Supply/Rohr Lawncare/Sonny's Welding & Machine/Welty Financial Services/Atkinson Farms/Story Equipment backed #77i
Haudenschild and Kofoid brought the field to green for the 25 lap 410 sprint feature but before a lap could be completed Caleb Griffith stopped necessitating a complete restart. When the green flew again Haudenschild gained the advantage over Kofoid, Chris Andrews, Ivy, Mintz, Saldana, Tony Stewart and DJ Foos. Kofoid continued to pressure Haudenschild while Mintz drove into third. Kofoid took the lead on lap six with a slider in turn one. Kofoid began to pull away slightly as Haudenschild had his hands full with Mintz, Saldana, Andrews, Ivy, Stewart and Greg Wilson who had charged from 18th.
Kofoid encountered lapped traffic by lap 11 with Haudenschild, Mintz and Saldana battling for second with Mintz taking the spot on lap 14. Saldana slipped by Haudenschild for third on lap 17 as heavy lapped traffic appeared. With 10 laps to go Kofoid was still in command while Saldana got around Mintz for second. Something appeared to happen to Kofoid in turn four with eight laps to go as he slowed dramatically, handing the lead to Saldana as Mintz and Haudenschild also got around the California driver.
Other than the initial start, the feature's only caution flew for a Skylar Gee spin with seven laps to go. On the restart Mintz pressured Saldana with Haudenschild joining the fun a lap later. Haudenschild drove around Mintz on lap 26 and quickly close don Saldana. Haudenschild rocked off the high side of turn four coming to the white flag and went on to take the win over Saldana, Kofoid, Mintz and Andrews.
"We had a really really good car. I had a terrible start and fell back and I just kept with it and kept with it. The top wasn't cleaned off early and right there at the end I saw the top cleaned and I was like 'oh shit Haud.' If anyone's going to try it he's going to and look, it paid off and he won. If they don't have the yellow I think we win the race. We had a car good enough because we could move through traffic really really good and they couldn't get through traffic as good as me. At the end...that's called experience..Haud knows what to do. You only have one shot and it worked and I lost," said Saldana.
Bores and Shiels brought the field to green for the 25 lap late model feature with Bores, who already has a win this season, holding off Shiels for the lead with Larry Bellman, Matt Irey and Drown locked in a torrid battle for third.A quick caution on lap four saw the running order Bores, Shiels, Irey, Drown, Bellman, last week's winner Ryan Missler, Steve Kester and Schlenk.Bores began to pull away when the green came back out while Shiels was trying to fend off Drown and Irey. Drown took the runner-up position on lap 10 and quickly closed on Bores.
Bores was glued to the bottom and Drown used the high line to take the lead on lap 13 but Bores and Shiels didn't give up, challenging over the next couple of laps. Meanwhile Schlenk had moved into fourth. With nine laps to go it was a great four car battle up front with Drown leading Bores, Shiels and Schlenk. With five laps to go a lapped car held up Drown and Schlenk took the lead but a circuit later Drown regained the top spot. Drown and Schlenk raced side by side in traffic the remaining four laps with Drown getting the narrow win over Schlenk, Shiels, Bores and Missler.
McGrath and Shawn Valenti brought the field to green for the 25 lap 305 sprint A-main with McGrath getting the top spot over Valenti, Matt Lucius, Dustin Rall, Tyler Street, Ivy and Luke Griffith. McGrath and Valenti raced side by side over the next hand full of laps before McGrath started to pull away. Meanwhile Lucius, Rall, Street and Ivy were battling hard for third when the caution flew on lap nine. On the restart Ivy took second and started to close on McGrath.
Last week's winner Kyle Capodice and Rall tangled with eight laps to go. When the green flew McGrath got an excellent restart and pulled away slightly from Ivy with Valenti, Street, Bobby Clark, Lucius, Paul Weaver, Griffith and Jamie Miller giving chase. McGrath and Ivy ran side by side over the next few laps until Ivy utilized the bottom groove to take the lead on lap 22. Ivy drove to the win over McGrath, Valenti, Street and Weaver.
The Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobile 1 invade Attica Raceway Park on Friday, May 24 on Foster Auto Body/Steinle Chevrolet-Buick in Clyde/Adkins Group Night. The UMP late models and 305 sprints are also in competition. Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing under way at 7:45 p.m.
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Attica Raceway Park
American Powersports/AmeriGas Night
Friday, May 17, 2019
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410 Sprints - Callie's Performance Products
Qualifying
1.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 12.710; 2.14-Tony Stewart, 12.713; 3.11-Dale Blaney, 12.714; 4.70X-Spencer Bayston, 12.732; 5.5X-Justin Peck, 12.858; 6.3-Jac Haudenschild, 12.869; 7.23-Max Stambaugh, 12.883; 8.45L-Brian Lay, 12.906; 9.09-Craig Mintz, 12.925; 10.5T-Travis Philo, 12.948; 11.8J-Jess Stiger, 12.950; 12.25M-Chris Andrews, 12.954; 13.6-Joey Saldana, 12.965; 14.35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.971; 15.99-Skyler Gee, 12.985; 16.5-Byron Reed, 12.985; 17.83M-Broc Martin, 13.005; 18.8M-TJ Michael, 13.013; 19.16-DJ Foos, 13.047; 20.71-Aryton Olsen, 13.066; 21.33W-Caleb Griffith, 13.087; 22.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.103; 23.W20-Greg Wilson, 13.109; 24.4-Cap Henry, 13.121; 25.1-Nate Dussel, 13.134; 26.97-Caleb Helms, 13.167; 27.9X-Ricky Peterson, 13.207; 28.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.208; 29.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.240; 30.2+-Brian Smith, 13.241; 31.23X-John Ivy, 13.457; 32.27B-Boston Mead, 13.462; 33.21N-Frankie Nervo, 13.487; 34.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 13.490; 35.14W-Chad Wilson, 13.613; 36.70-Henry Malcuit, 13.712; 37.29-Steve Butler, 13.855; 38.88N-Frank Neill, 13.865; 39.59-Bryan Nuckles, 99.990;
Heat 1, Group A - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 83M-Broc Martin[1] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[3] ; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 8J-Jess Stiger[2] ; 5. 4-Cap Henry[5] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 8. 88N-Frank Neill[8]
Heat 2, Group B - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 99-Skyler Gee[3] ; 2. 23X-John Ivy[1] ; 3. 9X-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4] ; 5. 27B-Boston Mead[5] ; 6. 14W-Chad Wilson[6] ; 7. 29-Steve Butler[7] ; 8. 59-Bryan Nuckles[8]
Heat 3, Group C - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 6-Joey Saldana[1] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[2] ; 3. 23-Max Stambaugh[3] ; 4. 70X-Spencer Bayston[4] ; 5. 5-Byron Reed[5] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[8] ; 8. 71-Aryton Olsen[7]
Heat 4, Group D - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 14-Tony Stewart[3] ; 3. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[4] ; 4. 11-Dale Blaney[2] ; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[6] ; 7. 97-Caleb Helms[7] ; 8. 21N-Frankie Nervo[8]
Heat 5, Group E - (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 25M-Chris Andrews[3] ; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 4. W20-Greg Wilson[5] ; 5. 5X-Justin Peck[4] ; 6. 3J-Trey Jacobs[6] ; 7. 70-Henry Malcuit[7]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 70X-Spencer Bayston[2] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[6] ; 4. 8J-Jess Stiger[1] ; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs[8] ; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 7. 27B-Boston Mead[4] ; 8. 71-Aryton Olsen[12] ; 9. 88N-Frank Neill[11] ; 10. 29-Steve Butler[9] ; 11. 97-Caleb Helms[10] ; 12. 81-Lee Jacobs[5]
B-Main 2 - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 11-Dale Blaney[2] ; 3. 4-Cap Henry[3] ; 4. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 5. 5X-Justin Peck[5] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 7. 14W-Chad Wilson[6] ; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[8] ; 9. 70-Henry Malcuit[10] ; 10. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 11. 21N-Frankie Nervo[12] ; 12. 59-Bryan Nuckles[11]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 3-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 2. 6-Joey Saldana[6] ; 3. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[2] ; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[5] ; 5. 25M-Chris Andrews[3] ; 6. 4-Cap Henry[21] ; 7. W20-Greg Wilson[18] ; 8. 14-Tony Stewart[8] ; 9. 11-Dale Blaney[19] ; 10. 16-DJ Foos[7] ; 11. 5T-Travis Philo[9] ; 12. 83M-Broc Martin[12] ; 13. 70X-Spencer Bayston[16] ; 14. 5-Byron Reed[23] ; 15. 23-Max Stambaugh[14] ; 16. 35-Stuart Brubaker[17] ; 17. 33W-Caleb Griffith[15] ; 18. 99-Skyler Gee[11] ; 19. 23X-John Ivy[4] ; 20. 2+-Brian Smith[20] ; 21. 8J-Jess Stiger[22] ; 22. 9X-Ricky Peterson[13] ; 23. 45L-Brian Lay[10]
Hard Charger: 4-Cap Henry +15
Late Models - Summit Racing Equipment
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 50-Ryan Missler[1] ; 2. 36-Matt Irey[2] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[3] ; 4. 69W-Jeff Warnick[6] ; 5. 92-Justin Chance[8] ; 6. X3-Dan Wallace[7] ; 7. 17X-Dustin Keegan[4] ; 8. 23H-Craig Hartong[5]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 94-Mike Bores[4] ; 2. 77-Steve Kester[6] ; 3. 59-Larry Bellman[3] ; 4. 5Y-Josh Haynes[5] ; 5. 1N-Casey Noonan[7] ; 6. 11H-Darrick Hubbard Jr[8] ; 7. 20H-Troy Hahn[1] ; 8. 25-Ryan Eddleblute[2]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 5M-Ryan Markham[5] ; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk[7] ; 3. 69M-John Mayes Jr.[2] ; 4. 41-Jason Playter Jr[4] ; 5. 30-Nate Potts[3] ; 6. 42*-Bob Mayer[1] ; 7. 16-Steve Sabo[6] ; 8. 101-Chester Fitch[8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 12-Doug Drown[1] ; 2. 55-TJ Watson[4] ; 3. 28-Kent Brewer[3] ; 4. 6-Jimmie Ward[6] ; 5. 41G-Austin Goon[2] ; 6. 69R-Doug Baird[5] ; 7. 75-Dana Frey[7]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1N-Casey Noonan[2] ; 2. 92-Justin Chance[1] ; 3. 30-Nate Potts[3] ; 4. X3-Dan Wallace[5] ; 5. 42*-Bob Mayer[7] ; 6. 101-Chester Fitch[15] ; 7. 23H-Craig Hartong[13] ; 8. 17X-Dustin Keegan[9] ; 9. 11H-Darrick Hubbard Jr[6] ; 10. 16-Steve Sabo[11] ; 11. 75-Dana Frey[12] ; 12. 41G-Austin Goon[4] ; 13. 20H-Troy Hahn[10] ; 14. 69R-Doug Baird[8] ; 15. 25-Ryan Eddleblute[14]
A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 12-Doug Drown[8] ; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk[11] ; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[2] ; 4. 94-Mike Bores[1] ; 5. 50-Ryan Missler[9] ; 6. 36-Matt Irey[5] ; 7. 5M-Ryan Markham[10] ; 8. 69W-Jeff Warnick[13] ; 9. 92-Justin Chance[18] ; 10. 59-Larry Bellman[3] ; 11. 55-TJ Watson[4] ; 12. 5Y-Josh Haynes[14] ; 13. 28-Kent Brewer[12] ; 14. 1N-Casey Noonan[17] ; 15. X3-Dan Wallace[20] ; 16. 30-Nate Potts[19] ; 17. 6-Jimmie Ward[16] ; 18. 77-Steve Kester[7] ; 19. 69M-John Mayes Jr.[6] ; 20. 41-Jason Playter Jr[15]
Hard Charger: CJ1-Rusty Schlenk +9
305 Sprints - Fremont Fence
Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[6] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[3] ; 4. 47-Matt Lucius[2] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[5] ; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[8] ; 7. 25-Jason Keckler[7] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[9] ; 9. 3X-Brandon Riehl[1]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 97-Kyle Peters[2] ; 2. 9R-Dustin Rall[3] ; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[5] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[7] ; 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus[6] ; 6. 1H-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1] ; 8. 22-Justin Lusk[9] ; 9. 48-Mike Burkin[4]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 3. 8-Bobby Clark[4] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[8] ; 5. 09-Justin Adams[7] ; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[2] ; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[5] ; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[3]
B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 1H-Zeth Sabo[2] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 5. 5-Kody Brewer[3] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[6] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[5] ; 8. 3X-Brandon Riehl[10] ; 9. 22-Justin Lusk[8] ; 10. 3V-Chris Verda[9] ; 11. 48-Mike Burkin[11]
A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 77I-John Ivy[7] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[1] ; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[16] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[12] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[9] ; 8. 11G-Luke Griffith[8] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[19] ; 10. 26-Jamie Miller[10] ; 11. 47-Matt Lucius[3] ; 12. 36-Seth Schneider[11] ; 13. 25-Jason Keckler[18] ; 14. 09-Justin Adams[15] ; 15. Z10-Kevin Mingus[14] ; 16. 12-Kyle Capodice[13] ; 17. 1H-Zeth Sabo[17] ; 18. 9R-Dustin Rall[4] ; 19. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6] ; 20. 5-Kody Brewer[20]
Hard Charger: 1W-Paul Weaver +11
David Gravel wins first round of Morgan Cup at Williams Grove Speedway
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David Gravel rides low line to Morgan Cup first round win
David Gravel rides low line to Morgan Cup first round win (DB3 Inc Photo)
MECHANICSBURG, PA – May 17, 2019 – A simple point of the finger by Jason Sides gave David Gravel the assistance he needed to go on and win his third World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race this season.
Gravel lost the lead to Daryn Pittman at the start of the 25-lap Williams Grove Speedway Feature and 10 laps later lost second to Pennsylvanian Danny Dietrich. It looked like Gravel may have to settle for his second third-place finish in-a-row, but everything changed with 13 laps to go.
Dietrich and Gravel were nose to tail heading down the front stretch with the lap car of Sides in front of them.
“Going into (turn) one, Sides pointed low and I think Dietrich thought he pointed low like he was going to go low and Dietrich was going to go high, but he actually pointed low to pass him down low,” Gravel said. “Dietrich followed him in the corner, and I went low. So, I’m glad it worked out for me and not for him.”
That move allowed Gravel to slide back into second-place, while Dietrich fell several car lengths behind him after having to lift out of the throttle due to Sides blocking his line. Dietrich cited getting caught behind Sides was the one mistake that kept him from a potential win Friday night.
“That was the race I think for me,” Dietrich said.
With Dietrich far behind, Gravel had breathing room to try and run Pittman back down. And he didn’t waste any time. Two laps after passing Dietrich, he was on Pittman’s bumper. Gravel stuck to the low line most of the race, while Pittman stayed high. But with 12 laps to go, the two swapped lanes in turns three and four. The advantage went to Gravel.
On Pittman’s tail, he dove underneath the No. 83 Roth Motorsports car in turn one and charged his way back to the lead.
After the disappointment of losing a potential win at Lincoln Speedway Wednesday night, Gravel was not going to let another win slip through his fingers.
He prepared himself for the Feature throughout the night, studying how his car worked in different lanes. While he won his Drydene Heat race and the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash by riding the high line, he tested the bottom during the Dash.
“I was just trying it (different lines) out all night,” Gravel said. “Luckily things worked out the way they did, and I found something better than they did.”
Once he cleared Pittman and began to pull away with the lead, Dietrich wasn’t letting him out of his sight. The blue No. 48 also got by Pittman and made his own charge for the lead. At times a blanket could be thrown over the top three.
Dietrich continued to run the high side, while Gravel stayed low. At times he would close on the No. 41 Jason Johnson Racing car, but Gravel could always out power him out of the turn, leading to his 42nd career World of Outlaws victory – and fifth Series win at Williams Grove Speedway.
The ability of the No. 41 car to drive hard through the turn without any issues has Pittman scratching his head on how he can get his car to do the same.
“We didn’t get from the center off very good,” Pittman said. “My car would drop too far and not drive down the straightaway. I think the 41 drivers really hard, a lot harder than mine and we’ve got to figure out why that is. I just start spinning way too easy.”
Gravel and his new Jason Johnson Racing team have found the level of consistency they were hoping to find at the start of the year. He’s finished in the top-five in the last four races – three of those finishes being on the podium. And with three wins now, Gravel is the winningest driver, so far, this season.
“Man, we’re trying all sorts of stuff,” Gravel said. “Every night I don’t think we run the same bar combination. Philip (Dietz, JJR crew chief) is always working, trying to make the car better. It works nine times out of 10. Hopefully we jot down the things that work really well and continue to grow as a team and keep winning races.”
His Williams Grove win has propelled the Watertown, Conn.-native to be tied for third in the Series’ points standings with Pittman – 64 points behind leader Donny Schatz, who only has a two-point lead over Brad Sweet.
With three wins in the early stage of the season, the championship isn’t on Gravel’s mind, yet. He’s focused on staying consistent and winning races.
“The past couple of races have been really good,” Gravel said. “We’re qualifying well consistently now, which is a huge part of this. If we keep that up good things will happen. Where we end up in the points is where we end up. I just want to keep winning races and try to be as consistent as we can.”
A simple point of the finger to the sky in Victory Lane Friday night made that clear.
UP NEXT:
Gravel will get the chance to sweep the weekend when the World of Outlaws return for the final round of the Morgan Cup Saturday, May 18, at Williams Grove Speedway.
As always, you can catch all World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series action on DIRTVision.com.
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RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1][$8,000]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich [4][$4,000]; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman [2][$2,500]; 4. 5-Shane Stewart [3][$2,200]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer [7][$2,100]; 6. 69K-Lance Dewease [10][$2,000]; 7. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [5][$1,800]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz [12][$1,600]; 9. 49-Brad Sweet [9][$1,500]; 10. 1X-Chad Trout [6][$1,300]; 11. 18-Ian Madsen [14][$1,200]; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart [16][$1,100]; 13. 72-Ryan Smith [11][$1,000]; 14. 51-Freddie Rahmer [18][$700]; 15. 1A-Jacob Allen [13][$600]; 16. 19-Brent Marks [24][$600]; 17. 2M-Kerry Madsen [17][$600]; 18. 39M-Anthony Macri [19][$600]; 19. 21-Brian Montieth [20][$600]; 20. 2-Carson Macedo [22][$600]; 21. 5C-Dylan Cisney [15][$600]; 22. 39-Cory Haas [21][$600]; 23. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [8][$600]; 24. 24-Lucas Wolfe [26][$]; 25. O7-Gerard McIntyre [23][$600]; 26. 11-T.J. Stutts [27][$]; 27. 7S-Jason Sides [25][$]; Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-14, David Gravel 15-25; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+8]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 41-David Gravel, 16.854; 2. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 16.991; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman, 16.994; 4. 1X-Chad Trout, 17.1; 5. 49-Brad Sweet, 17.108; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre, 17.132; 7. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 17.137; 8. 72-Ryan Smith, 17.168; 9. 2-Carson Macedo, 17.208; 10. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 17.312; 11. 1A-Jacob Allen, 17.314; 12. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 17.341; 13. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 17.38; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri, 17.394; 15. 27S-Adrian Shaffer, 17.495; 16. 98H-Dave Blaney, 17.688; 17. 19M-Landon Myers, 17.821; 18. 47K-Kody Lehman, 17.913; 19. 12W-Troy Fraker, 18.561; 20. 99M-Kyle Moody, NT
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 69K-Lance Dewease, 16.761; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich, 16.96; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 16.983; 4. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 17.082; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 17.103; 6. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 17.122; 7. 5-Shane Stewart, 17.144; 8. 21-Brian Montieth, 17.156; 9. 39-Cory Haas, 17.174; 10. 19-Brent Marks, 17.177; 11. 7S-Jason Sides, 17.201; 12. 15-Donny Schatz, 17.206; 13. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 17.291; 14. 26-Cory Eliason, 17.355; 15. 11-T.J. Stutts, 17.364; 16. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 17.416; 17. 24-Lucas Wolfe, 17.449; 18. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 17.475; 19. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 17.492; 20. 73B-Brett Michalski, 17.737
DRYDENE Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [3]; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen [6]; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen [4]; 6. 70-Brock Zearfoss [7]; 7. 2-Carson Macedo [5]; 8. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [8]; 9. 19M-Landon Myers [9]; 10. 12W-Troy Fraker [10]
DRYDENE Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [1]; 2. 1X-Chad Trout [2]; 3. 72-Ryan Smith [4]; 4. 5C-Dylan Cisney [5]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri [7]; 6. O7-Gerard McIntyre [3]; 7. 98H-Dave Blaney [8]; 8. 47K-Kody Lehman [9]; 9. 99M-Kyle Moody [10]; 10. 55K-Robbie Kendall [6]
DRYDENE Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 2. 5-Shane Stewart [4]; 3. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 4. 18-Ian Madsen [3]; 5. 51-Freddie Rahmer [7]; 6. 39-Cory Haas [5]; 7. 24-Lucas Wolfe [9]; 8. 11-T.J. Stutts [8]; 9. 7S-Jason Sides [6]; 10. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [10]
DRYDENE Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 48-Danny Dietrich [1]; 2. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [6]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [3]; 5. 21-Brian Montieth [4]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [8]; 7. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [9]; 8. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 9. 26-Cory Eliason [7]; 10. 73B-Brett Michalski [10]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 3. 5-Shane Stewart [6]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich [4]; 5. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [3]; 6. 1X-Chad Trout [7]; 7. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 8. 71P-Parker Price-Miller [8]
C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 24-Lucas Wolfe [4][-]; 2. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6][-]; 3. 47K-Kody Lehman [3][$150]; 4. 73B-Brett Michalski [8][$150]; 5. 12W-Troy Fraker [5][$150]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser [2][$125]; 7. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [7][$125]; 8. 99M-Kyle Moody [10][$125]; 9. 19M-Landon Myers [1][$125]; 10. 55K-Robbie Kendall [9][$125]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer –1. 39-Cory Haas [2][-]; 2. 2-Carson Macedo [3][-]; 3. O7-Gerard McIntyre [1][-]; 4. 19-Brent Marks [4][-]; 5. 24-Lucas Wolfe [11][$300]; 6. 26-Cory Eliason [8][$250]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [6][$225]; 8. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [12][$200]; 9. 11-T.J. Stutts [10][$200]; 10. 27S-Adrian Shaffer [7][$200]; 11. 98H-Dave Blaney [9][$200]; 12. 70-Brock Zearfoss [5][$200]
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NEWS FROM ROGERS FAMILY GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA—THE 57TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON OF RACING
Presenting Saturday night NASCAR stock car racing plus a variety of special events. Track office: 610.754.7688
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING: Ernie Saxton @ 215.752.7797: Email: Esaxton144@aol.com – Cell phone: 267.934.7286
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TIM BUCKWALTER DOING DOUBLE DUTY AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT
BECHTELSVILLE, PA May 16, 2019 . . . When the tripleheader auto racing action gets the green flag this Saturday night at Grandview Speedway local talent Tim Buckwalter will be doing double duty as he races in the T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modifieds and the Rapid Tire United States Auto Club East Coast Wingless Sprint Cars.
The Douglassville, PA racing talent has been a winner at Grandview in the NASCAR Modifieds and, in addition, has been a two time champion at Kutztown’s Action Track USA and a champion with the American Racing Drivers Club.
The veteran racer will be wheeling a sprinter owned by Norristown’s Bill Gallagher and wrenched by multi-time United Racing Club champion Curt Michael. “It’s a good car. One of the best 360 Sprint cars in the area. It is a big opportunity to work with Curt,” said Buckwalter. “I’m excited to see how we do.”
This will be a first time appearance for the USAC East Coast Sprints at Grandview and a stellar field of racers is expected.
Buckwalter will also be going up against some outstanding driving talents in the Modifieds, something he is familiar with as he is a Saturday night regular. Ten time NASCAR track champion Craig Von Dohren is the current point leader and already has two feature wins to his credit this season.
In addition to the Sprints and Modifieds fans will be treated to the exciting action of the T.P.Truck Equipment Sportsman stock cars.
A full series of qualifying race events will lead up to the feature events in each of the three divisions. Racing has a 7:30 p.m. starting time.
The very popular Low Down & Dirty Meet and Greet, 5 P.M. at the main grandstand entrance, will feature cars and drivers that will be racing later in the evening. Modified racer Ryan Lilick and Sportsman talent Kyle Lilick will be meeting fans and will have their new t-shirts available for sale. In addition two of the top Sprint racing talents, Steven Drevicki and Eddie Strada, will be meeting fans.
Adult admission is $20, youngsters 6 through 11 pay just $5 and kids under 6 are admitted free. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m.
And on Sunday, May 19th at 1 p.m. Outlaw Enduro and Blast from the Past Vintage Racers. Big Car Enduro (75-laps), Small Car Enduro (75-laps), Junkyard Car Race (50-laps), Savage 61 Roadrunners (20-lap feature plus qualifying), Vintage Cars (2-20-lap features), Mechanics Race (20-laps), Outlaw 4X4 Truck Series (Heats and Features on Obstacle Course). Adult admission is $10.
Additional information is available at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Facebook or telephone 610.754.7688.
Lance Dewease out duels World of Outlaws for PA Posse victory at Lincoln Speedway
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POSSE HERO
Lance Dewease out duels World of Outlaws for PA Posse victory at Lincoln Speedway
Lance Dewease out duels World of Outlaws for PA Posse victory in Abbottstown (Michael Fry Photo)
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA – Thousands of fans lined the straightaway fence at Lincoln Speedway Wednesday night, testing the limit of how close they can get to pushing themselves through.
A faint cheer could be heard from the end of the line when the No. 69K of Lance Dewease came into sight, rounding the corner of turn four. The cheers and screams became a tidal wave down the front stretch as Dewease slowly rolled into Victory for the Gettysburg Clash presented by Drydene.
The local hero won. Dewease out dueled the stars of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series for his 16th career Series victory – moving past Jason Sides to sit 31st on the all-time wins list.
“It’s means everything,” Dewease said about claiming his first World of Outlaws win of the season. “It’s a good rivalry (between the World of Outlaws and PA Posse). To me it’s friendly. It’s not like we hate each other, but we want to beat each other pretty bad.”
Dewease showed how bad he wanted to win Wednesday night, wrestling with a competitive David Gravel all night.
Both won their respective Drydene Heat race and started on the front row for the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash. Gravel won the battle in the Dash, passing Dewease on the high side and charging to the win. The start to the 35-lap was déjà vu with the two side-by-side and Gravel charging back to the lead.
The Watertown, Conn.-native pulled to about a two-car length lead over Dewease at the start and was able to maintain it while navigating through lap traffic in the early stage of the race.
Gravel was poised to claim his third win of the season, able to maintain the lead no matter what line he chose. Although, in similar fashion, no matter which line Dewease chose to run, he could keep Gravel close enough in sight that if the No. 41 Jason Johnson Racing car made a mistake, he would be ready to capitalize.
And that mistake came with 17 laps to go. After sticking to the high side most of the race, Gravel tried the bottom through turns one and two. It didn’t work for him this time. He slid off the bottom, dramatically slowing his pace and allowing Dewease an easy pass to the lead.
“I knew sooner or later we would have to be on the bottom,” Dewease said. “I made my mind up I was going to go to the bottom, and he went at the same time, but he didn’t stay there. He slid up and crossed and I got by him, which meant everything to me. I just made sure I didn’t mess up in lap traffic.”
While Dewease weaved through traffic seeming to know where each car would be before he got to them, the lap cars didn’t always cooperate. One came close to ending Dewease’s night, leaving centimeters between he and Deweases car off turn two.
“Laps cars were really hard for both David and me,” Dewease said. “So, that last caution with six laps to go I decided I wasn’t going to catch any lap cars if I didn’t have to.”
He didn’t. After a couple of late race cautions, the Fayetteville, Pa.-native cruised with ease to another victory at Lincoln Speedway.
The late race cautions were no benefit to Gravel. After hitting the restart cone during one of the restarts, Gravel said he tried to just protect his second-place position, but ended up losing it to Ryan Smith and had to settle for third.
“I’m disappointed I lost second,” Gravel said. “I wish I didn’t make the mistakes I did. It’s part of racing.”
He’s still holding his head high though, for having a strong night with being the fastest car in Flight 2 of Qualifying, winning his Drydene Heat race and the DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash. He also sits fourth in the Series’ points standing — 80 points behind Brad Sweet and Donny Schatz, who for the second time this year are tied for the points lead.
Schatz was the KSE Hard Charger of the night, racing from 25th to 11th, after having to use a provisional to start the Feature.
Dewease’s win marks the first-round win for the PA Posse in the Series’ Pennsylvania swing this month. The World of Outlaws will make its next trip Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, to Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. for the Morgan Cup.
As Dewease stood in Victory Lane holding the three-foot tall Gettysburg Clash presented by Drydene trophy, the hundreds of fans lined along the fence, and those that found their way to Victory Lane, not only drowned out the speedway with cheers for Dewease, they started the chant “Posse! Posse! Posse!”
“It’s great to get this week started off good and hopefully if I can’t win Friday or Saturday somebody else does,” Dewease said about the PA Posse support. “It’s a neat fanbase. We have the best fans in the world as far as I’m concerned. They love our racing. They come out in rain and snow. So, we’re pretty fortunate.”
As always, you can catch all World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series action on www.DIRTVision.com.
For tickets and more information, go to www.WorldofOutlaws.com.
RESULTS:
NOS Energy Drink Feature (35 Laps) – 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [2][$10,000]; 2. 72-Ryan Smith [12][$5,500]; 3. 41-David Gravel [1][$3,200]; 4. 49-Brad Sweet [5][$2,800]; 5. 5-Shane Stewart [14][$2,500]; 6. 24-Lucas Wolfe [6][$2,300]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [7][$2,200]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [8][$2,100]; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart [15][$2,050]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser [13][$2,000]; 11. 15-Donny Schatz [25][$700]; 12. 19M-Landon Myers [19][$1,200]; 13. 87-Alan Krimes [26][$300]; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri [18][$1,050]; 15. 75-Chase Dietz [16][$1,000]; 16. 19-Brent Marks [20][$900]; 17. 39-Cory Haas [22][$800]; 18. 1X-Chad Trout [10][$800]; 19. 2-Carson Macedo [27][$]; 20. 99M-Kyle Moody [24][$800]; 21. 21-Brian Montieth [9][$800]; 22. 83-Daryn Pittman [4][$800]; 23. 11-T.J. Stutts [21][$800]; 24. 59-Jim Siegel [28][$]; 25. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [23][$800]; 26. 49X-Tim Shaffer [3][$800]; 27. 88-Brandon Rahmer [11][$800]; 28. 48-Danny Dietrich [17][$800];
Lap Leaders: David Gravel 1-18, Lance Dewease 19-35l
KSE Hard Charger Award: 15-Donny Schatz[+14]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.116; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease, 13.129; 3. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.347; 4. 24-Lucas Wolfe, 13.413; 5. 21-Brian Montieth, 13.431; 6. 88-Brandon Rahmer, 13.441; 7. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.455; 8. 19M-Landon Myers, 13.473; 9. 48-Danny Dietrich, 13.493; 10. 11-T.J. Stutts, 13.494; 11. 39-Cory Haas, 13.515; 12. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.54; 13. 71-Giovanni Scelzi, 13.545; 14. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.572; 15. 55K-Robbie Kendall, 13.577; 16. 59-Jim Siegel, 13.649; 17. 15X-Adam Wilt, 13.672; 18. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.683; 19. 98H-Dave Blaney, 13.688; 20. 70-Brock Zearfoss, 13.691; 21. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe, 13.971; 22. 91-Tony Fiore, 18.514
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 41-David Gravel, 13.349; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.49; 3. 83-Daryn Pittman, 13.556; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.607; 5. 1X-Chad Trout, 13.628; 6. 72-Ryan Smith, 13.629; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody, 13.644; 8. 75-Chase Dietz, 13.651; 9. 87-Alan Krimes, 13.662; 10. 19-Brent Marks, 13.688; 11. 39M-Anthony Macri, 13.694; 12. 69-Tim Glatfelter, 13.699; 13. 2-Carson Macedo, 13.808; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.81; 15. 5-Shane Stewart, 13.837; 16. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 13.949; 17. 51-Freddie Rahmer, 13.971; 18. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 13.995; 19. 90-Jordan Givler, 14.29; 20. 73B-Brett Michalski, 14.398; 21. 27G-Jay Galloway, 14.427
DRYDENE Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 21-Brian Montieth [3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich [5]; 6. 39-Cory Haas [6]; 7. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [7]; 8. 15X-Adam Wilt [9]; 9. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe [11]; 10. 55K-Robbie Kendall [8]; 11. 98H-Dave Blaney [10]
DRYDENE Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 2. 24-Lucas Wolfe [2]; 3. 88-Brandon Rahmer [3]; 4. 1S-Logan Schuchart [9]; 5. 19M-Landon Myers [4]; 6. 11-T.J. Stutts [5]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [7]; 8. 70-Brock Zearfoss [10]; 9. 59-Jim Siegel [8]; 10. 91-Tony Fiore [11]; 11. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]
DRYDENE Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 41-David Gravel [1]; 2. 83-Daryn Pittman [2]; 3. 1X-Chad Trout [3]; 4. 5-Shane Stewart [8]; 5. 39M-Anthony Macri [6]; 6. 87-Alan Krimes [5]; 7. 99M-Kyle Moody [4]; 8. 2-Carson Macedo [7]; 9. 90-Jordan Givler [10]; 10. 51-Freddie Rahmer [9]; 11. 27G-Jay Galloway [11]
DRYDENE Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 49X-Tim Shaffer [1]; 2. 1A-Jacob Allen [2]; 3. 72-Ryan Smith [3]; 4. 75-Chase Dietz [4]; 5. 19-Brent Marks [5]; 6. 69-Tim Glatfelter [6]; 7. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [8]; 8. 7S-Jason Sides [7]; 9. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [9]; 10. 73B-Brett Michalski [10]
DIRTVision Fast Pass Dash (6 Laps) – 1. 41-David Gravel [2]; 2. 69K-Lance Dewease [1]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [6]; 4. 83-Daryn Pittman [5]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [7]; 6. 24-Lucas Wolfe [4]; 7. 18-Ian Madsen [8]; 8. 1A-Jacob Allen [3]
C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 51-Freddie Rahmer [2][-]; 2. 59-Jim Siegel [1][-]; 3. 15X-Adam Wilt [3][$150]; 4. 41S-Dominic Scelzi [4][$150]; 5. 70-Brock Zearfoss [7][$150]; 6. 2W-Glenndon Forsythe [9][$125]; 7. 98H-Dave Blaney [5][$125]; 8. 90-Jordan Givler [6][$125]; 9. 73B-Brett Michalski [8][$125]; 10. 91-Tony Fiore [11][$125]; 11. 27G-Jay Galloway [10][$125]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 11-T.J. Stutts [1][-]; 2. 39-Cory Haas [3][-]; 3. 71-Giovanni Scelzi [7][-]; 4. 99M-Kyle Moody [2][-]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [9][$300]; 6. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [5][$250]; 7. 2-Carson Macedo [8][$225]; 8. 87-Alan Krimes [4][$200]; 9. 55K-Robbie Kendall [11][$200]; 10. 69-Tim Glatfelter [6][$200]; 11. 51-Freddie Rahmer [13][$200]; 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter [12][$200]; 13. 7S-Jason Sides [10][$200]; 14. 59-Jim Siegel [14][$200]
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World of Outlaws at Bridgeport Speedway
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will make its eighth visit to Bridgeport Speedway, but first ever on the newly configured 3/8-mile dirt track, named Design for Vision/Sunglass Central Speedway at Bridgeport this year. It will be The Greatest Show on Dirt’s lone appearance in New Jersey for the 2019 season.
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HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND
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NEWS FROM ROGERS FAMILY GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY, BECHTELSVILLE, PA—THE 57TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON OF RACING
Presenting Saturday night NASCAR stock car racing plus a variety of special events. Track office: 610.754.7688
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING: Ernie Saxton @ 215.752.7797: Email: Esaxton144@aol.com – Cell phone: 267.934.7286
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UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB (USAC) EAST COAST WINGLESS SPRINTS HEAD UP SATURDAY TRIPLEHEADER AT GRANDVIEW WITH NASCAR MODIFIEDS AND SPORTSMAN STOCK CARS
BECHTELSVILLE, PA May 13, 2019 . . . This Saturday night at Grandview Speedway there will be exciting racing action for both the open cockpit and stock car racing fans. The tripleheader show will have a 7:30 p.m. start.
The Rapid Tire United States Auto Club (USAC) East Coast Wingless Sprints will be making their first ever appearance on the one-third-mile banked clay oval. Sprint cars are known for being able to provide fans with great excitement on the Bechtelsville oval. Heading up the action will be such 360 Sprint standouts as Steve Drevicki, Eddie Strada, Alex Bright, and a host of others.
And the NASCAR stock car action will give the fans some edge of their seat action with Rick Laubach, making his first full time Grandview title effort, looking to overtake Craig Von Dohren in the championship chase. The Hellertown based Laubach will be looking to gain his first win of the season in the T.P. Trailers NASCAR Modified action. Despite not having a win to his credit Laubach is just 56 points behind leader Craig Von Dohren, a two feature winner already this season. Oley, PA based Von Dohren is a ten time NASCAR champion and leads the feature win department with 107 victories. Von Dohren has 1070 tallies.
Holding down third in the Modified point battle is “over 60 Hall of Famer” Frank Cozze with 903 counters.
Each of the Saturday night Modified events has drawn more than 40 entries.
Joining the Sprints and Modifieds will be the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman led by Coplay, PA’s Brad Grim who has 864 points followed by Mark Kemmerer who sits just three points behind. Both will lead a large field of Sportsman talents in the Saturday night action.
A full series of qualifying race events will lead up to the feature events in each of the three divisions.
The very popular Low Down & Dirty Meet and Greet, 5 P.M. at the main grandstand entrance, will feature cars and drivers that will be racing later in the evening. Modified racer Ryan Lilick and Sportsman talent Kyle Lilick will be meeting fans and will have their new t-shirts available for sale. In addition two of the top Sprint racing talents, Steven Drevicki and Eddie Strada, will be meeting fans.
Adult admission is $20, youngsters 6 through 11 pay just $5 and kids under 6 are admitted free. Spectator gates open at 5:30 p.m.
And on Sunday, May 19th at 1 p.m. Outlaw Enduro and Blast from the Past Vintage Racers. Big Car Enduro (75-laps), Small Car Enduro (75-laps), Junkyard Car Race (50-laps), Savage 61 Roadrunners (20-lap feature plus qualifying), Vintage Cars (2-20-lap features), Mechanics Race (20-laps), Outlaw 4X4 Truck Series (Heats and Features on Obstacle Course). Adult admission is $10.
Additional information is available at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Facebook or telephone 610.754.7688.
TRI-CITY USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR RIVER TOWN SHOWDOWN PREVIEW
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Defending Tri-City winner and most recent USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car winner Tyler Courtney. (Cameron Neveu Photo)
TRI-CITY USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR RIVER TOWN SHOWDOWN PREVIEW
By: Richie Murray - USAC Media
Granite City, Illinois (May 13, 2019).........Tyler Courtney's 18 wins have come at numerous racetracks in his USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car career, 13 to be precise.
After a few bumps in the road in the early going of the season, the defending series champ got off the relative schneid last Friday with his first series win of 2019, just in time to hit another venue he's already conquered in his still-young career, Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill., this Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, for the "River Town Showdown," back-to-back nights of doubleheaders featuring USAC Sprints and the NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship.
Courtney broke through in his Clauson/Marshall/Newman Racing No. 7BC last weekend at Eldora, leading the final 25 laps for a simply dominating performance on the half-mile dirt oval in Ohio. The Indianapolis, Ind. driver became the fifth different series winner in five races, something that's only been accomplished once in the past decade - 2014 when there were eight winners in the first eight races.
In the series' most recent visit to Tri-City last August, the feature proved pivotal for Courtney. It's where he won and recaptured the point lead en route to the season title. On the last restart, Courtney had to withstand an assault from Kevin Thomas, Jr. Concluding the season knotted up with the same amount of points, any change in position at the end that night at Tri-City could've flipped the roles for who was going to enjoy the thrill of victory and who was going to endure the agony of defeat.
Perhaps it's too soon for championship talk at this point five races in, but the points swung at the top once again over the weekend as C.J. Leary vaulted to the head of the class by 12 markers over Thomas with Courtney surging to third, 43 points behind the leader.
Leary was a rocket all weekend, setting Fatheadz Eyewear quick time both nights and finishing second in Friday's feature. On Saturday, he followed up quick time with a heat race win before the rains came and washed away the remainder of the evening. Last year at Tri-City, Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) led the first nine laps before encountering trouble and dropping back to a 20th place finish.
Thomas, of Cullman, Ala., was fast time at Tri-City a year ago and was charging hard at the end before coming up just short to Courtney. Thomas hasn't won just yet with the series in 2019, but he's been about as consistent as you can ask for, not yet finishing outside the top-six and scoring three runner-up finishes.
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Brady Bacon had a third-place result in last year's Tri-City trip. He's fifth in points with a win at Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway on his resume thus far in 2019. Chase Stockon of Fort Branch, Ind. is a spot ahead of Bacon in the standings. He started on the pole and finished ninth at Tri-City last season.
The first two series' winners of the year, Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. and Justin Grant of Ione, Calif. are locked up for sixth in the standings. Windom was sixth and Grant eighth at Tri-City in 2018. Windom captured a fourth over the weekend at Eldora while Grant took eighth.
Rocklin, California's Robert Ballou, the 2015 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion, was fourth in the most recent Tri-City tango after starting ninth. Ballou is tenth in the standings and seeking his first win of 2019.
Eighth in points Jason McDougal won his heat and finished 18th in his debut at Tri-City last year while Isaac Chapple, 12th in the standings, captured his heat and ran 11th a year ago. At Eldora last weekend, McDougal and Chapple raced across the line together, McDougal (Broken Arrow, Okla.) in ninth and Chapple (Willow Branch, Ind.) in tenth, a hard-charging performance from the 18th starting spot that earned him his best finish of the 2019 campaign.
Carson Short and Chad Boespflug are eager to make their USAC debuts at Tri-City this weekend. Short, of Marion, Ill., finished fifth last time out at Eldora and has recorded fast time twice already on the way to ninth in points. Boespflug, of Hanford, Calif., finished 21st at Eldora after suffering an engine problem just after taking the checkered flag in his heat, and continued to plague the team into the future.
He and whole host of others are ready to regroup and head to Tri-City for the 21st time in series history. Jay Drake, Jack Hewitt, Danny Smith, Greg Weld and Doug Wolfgang each have scored two victories at Tri-City while Steve Butler, Tyler Courtney, Rick Hood, Kelly Kinser, Ralph Liguori, Troy Rutherford (a Special Event win), Randy Standridge, Tony Stewart, Sammy Swindell and Josh Wise have one each.
The "River Town Showdown" features complete shows for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship and B-Mods on consecutive nights, May 17-18, on the 3/8-mile Tri-City Speedway dirt oval in Granite City, Ill.
Registration and pit gates open at 3pm (Central). Grandstands and ticket office open at 5pm. Cars on track at 6:30pm.
Adult general admission tickets are $25 while children 12 and under are FREE. Pit passes are $30 apiece for members and $35 for non-members.
Tri-City Speedway is located at 5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040. You can reach the promotion team of Track Enterprises at (217) 764-3200 and Tri-City Speedway at (618) 931-7836. For more information, visit the series website at www.usacracing.com and the track website at www.tricityspeedway.net/.
Both nights of action will have live, flag-to-flag coverage on www.FloRacing.com/. You can listen to live audio of the broadcast for free on the USAC app or follow along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ and https://twitter.com/USACNation with live timing and scoring on the Race Monitor app.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-362, 2-Kevin Thomas, Jr.-351, 3-Tyler Courtney-323, 4-Chase Stockon-313, 5-Brady Bacon-306, 6-Justin Grant-299, 7-Chris Windom-298, 8-Carson Short-264, 9-Jason McDougal-260, 10-Robert Ballou-252.
