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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT JESSE HOCKET CLASSIC EASTERN STORM TUESDAY JUNE 17
BRETT KRESSLEY & COLIN COX CONTINUE AS GRANDVIEW POINT LEADERS
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway is prepared and ready for a special three-division card this weekend, as the Pro 4 Racing Series joins the program on Saturday, May 31.
This Saturday night’s show will be a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, along with the Pro 4 Racing Series Four Cylinder stock cars.
The program will include qualifying events leading into a 30-lap T.P. Trailer Modified feature, a 25-lap feature for the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman and a 25-lap main event for the Pro 4 Series racers.
Pit gates will open at 4 pm, with grandstand gates opening at 5:30 pm, warm-ups starting at 6:15 pm, and the first race of the evening getting the green flag at 7:30 pm.
Adult grandstand admission is $20, students 10-15 with ID are $10, while children ages 9 and under are admitted free of charge. Pit admission is $35 for NASCAR members and $45 for non-members.
Next week the United Racing Club (URC) Sprint cars will make their only visit of the year on Saturday, June 7 joining the T.P. Trailer Modifieds and T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman on A.D. Moyer Lumber Company Night starting at 7:30 pm.
The second Thunder on the Hill Racing Series event is just around the corner on Tuesday, June 17, as Levan Machine & Truck Equipment presents the Jesse Hockett Classic USAC National Sprint Car Series Eastern Storm opener.
This program includes time trials, and qualifying events leading up to the 40-lap feature event that pays $6000 to win. The program also includes the 358 Modifieds with qualifying events and a 30-lap $3000 to win feature, that could pay an added $2000 from Alpine Building Supply if the winning driver is a first time Thunder Series winner.
This past Saturday night defending champion Jeff Strunk scored the T.P. Trailer Modified feature race win, his first since the 2023 season. Current point leader Brett Kressley rallied from an early race mishap to score a seventh place finish, and maintain the top spot in the standings by just twenty points over Mike Gular who scored a fourth place feature run, to sit second in the point standings.
Craig Von Dohren also overcame early race troubles and rallied back to finish in sixth spot, and currently sits third in points, while Logan Watt was in contention to win on Saturday night and ended the evening in second position, and now holds down the fourth spot in points. Jared Umbenhauer had a great run from deep in the starting lineup and finished fifth in the feature, and currently sits fifth in the points race.
The following are the current top ten drivers in the T.P. Trailer Modified point standings – 1. Brett Kressley – 1094, 2. Mike Gular – 1074, 3. Craig Von Dohren – 965, 4. Logan Watt – 917, 5. Jared Umbenhauer – 915, 6. Louden Reimert – 890, 7. Duane Howard – 830, 8. Tim Buckwalter – 625, 9. Kyle Smith – 619, 10. Matt Stangle – 602.
Jesse Landis was the winner in the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature last Saturday, becoming the third different winner in the division, Colin Cox started 25th in the feature and charged home to a tenth place effort to remain the point leader, while Adrianna Delliponti just missed a top ten spot in the feature, but sits second in the points race.
Mike Schneck Jr. scored a ninth place feature run and sits third in points, while Nathan Mohr was involved in a feature mishap and did not get a top ten run, but still sits fourth in points, while Dylan Swinehart was knocked out of the feature in a crash and still maintains fifth in the points standings.
The following are the current top ten drivers in the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman point standings – 1. Colin Cox – 789, 2. Adrianna Delliponti – 668, 3. Mike Schneck Jr. – 636, 4. Nathan Mohr – 626, 5. Dylan Swinehart – 584, 6. Gavyn Krupp – 558, 7. Mike Stofflet – 543, 8. Teague Miller – 524, 9. Kyle Hartzell – 519, 10. Kenny Gilmore – 469.
Since the 1960’s, Grandview Speedway has been presenting exciting wheel to wheel NASCAR stock car racing every Saturday Night starting in April and running through October, plus special events. Grandview Speedway is located at 43 Passmore Road, Bechtelsville, Pa. 19505, just off Route 100, ten miles north of Pottstown, Pa.
Information is always available at www.grandviewspeedway.com or on Facebook, or by telephone at 610.754.7688.
UPCOMING EVENTS –
Saturday, May 31 – T.P. Trailer Modifieds, T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman, Pro 4 Racing Series, TRIVIA NIGHT – 7:30 pm
Friday, June 6 – Outlaw Racing Series Enduro, Outlaw Racing Series Vintage, Xcel 600 Modifieds – 7 pm
Saturday, June 7 – A.D. MOYER LUMBER COMPANY NIGHT – T.P. Trailer Modifieds, T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman, URC Sprints – 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 14 – T.P. Trailer Modifieds, T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman – 7:30 pm
Tuesday, June 17 – THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES –JESSE HOCKETT CLASSIC EASTERN STORM – USAC National Sprint Tour, 358 Modifieds* – 7:30 pm
