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DUANE HOWARD LEADS TIGHT MODIFIED POINT BATTLE OVER MIKE GULAR & LOUDEN REIMERT INTO FINAL NIGHT, COLIN COX LEADS SPORTSMAN
MANAGEMENT REMINDS EVERYONE OF 7 PM START TIME
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – The track champions will be crowned this Saturday night at Grandview Speedway!
An entire season of hard work, determination, thrilling racing action, fierce competition, great driving skills along with great fun and family entertainment for the fans, will all culminate with the crowning of the T.P. Trailer Modified and T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman champions this Saturday, September 13.
Grandview Speedway will be presenting another NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing event featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, and the Outlaw Racing Series Vintage cars, in a program that will be sponsored by Advance Auto Parts, the title sponsor of NASCAR’s Weekly Series.
The show 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 15-lap main event for the Vintage cars.
Pit gates will open at 3:30 pm, with grandstand gates opening at 5 pm, warm-ups starting at 5:45 pm, and the first race of the evening getting the green flag at 7 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.
It will be Advance Auto Parts Night at the races this Saturday following last Saturday night’s weather postponement, when Advance Auto Parts was to sponsor the evening’s race program.
Advance Auto Parts held a special on site store event in Boyertown, Pa. last Thursday night promoting their night at the races, with a meet and greet with drivers Ryan & Logan Watt, as well as giveaways and free tickets to Grandview Speedway’s upcoming race event.
PLEASE NOTE: Anyone who was given free admission tickets to Grandview Speedway from last Thursday’s Advance Auto Parts store event, those tickets will be good for and honored for admission this week only to Saturday night’s racing program.
Saturday night’s program will also see the final monthly fan participation Trivia night contest, where questions about Grandview Speedway racing will be asked, and fans will be able to win some cool prizes, race tickets, t-shirts, or gift cards. The trivia night contests continue to be very popular again this season!
The chase for the T.P. Trailer Modified championship has been going back and forth between several drivers over the last several weeks, with four different drivers leading the points since late July.
Early on it was a back and forth between Brett Kressley and Mike Gular, until Kressley’s untimely injury put him out of action, then Duane Howard jumped into the point lead, before Jared Umbenhauer took his turn for one week at the top of the standings.
All contenders seem to have good weeks and some not so good weeks which have really kept things close and interesting heading into the point finale, with Duane Howard now on top of the standings by 160 over Mike Gular, 180 over Louden Reimert, and 204 over Jared Umbenhauer, with a maximum of 310 points possible for any one driver and a minimum of 10 points, it will be a nail biter to the end.
The current top fifteen in points for the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds are 1. Duane Howard – 3631, 2. Mike Gular – 3471, 3. Louden Reimert – 3451, 4. Jared Umbenhauer – 3427, 5. Logan Watt – 3309, 6. Craig Von Dohren – 3171, 7. Eddie Strada – 3015, 8. Brett Kressley – 2955, 9. Jeff Strunk – 2881, 10. Ryan Watt – 2604, 11. Doug Manmiller – 2388, 12. Cody Manmiller – 2188, 13. Ryan Grim – 2052, 14. Tim Buckwalter – 1977, 15. Craig Whitmoyer – 1963.
The T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman division is exactly the opposite, as Colin Cox, who is in his first season as a regular at Grandview Speedway, cannot be overtaken since he has built up an unbelievable 874 point lead over Mike Schneck Jr. entering the final point night, which will make his night much more relaxing!
Other positions in the top ten are still up for grabs, so action will be intense in the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman entering the action on Saturday, with Kenny Gilmore, Dylan Swinehart and TJ Mayberry looking to hold on to their top five positions.
The current top fifteen in T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman points are 1. Colin Cox – 3871, 2. Mike Schneck Jr. – 2997, 3. Kenny Gilmore – 2985, 4. Dylan Swinehart – 2777, 5. TJ Mayberry – 2757, 6. Brett Gilmore – 2753, 7. Gavyn Krupp – 2678, 8. Jesse Landis – 2539, 9. Addison Meitzler – 2496, 10. Teague Miller – 2428, 11. Nathan Mohr – 2369, 12. Adrianna Delliponti – 2028, 13. Brett Grim – 1975, 14. Decker Swinehart – 1961, 15. Brad Brightbill – 1902.
The Freedom 76 weekend of racing will follow Championship night, starting on Friday September 19 with the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman Freedom 38, to be followed by the 55th annual T.P. Trailer Modified Freedom 76 on Saturday, September 20 starting at 7 pm.
Drivers are reminded that rules and procedures as well as entry forms for the 55th annual Freedom 76 are available on the Grandview Speedway website at www.grandviewspeedway.com under the Freedom 76 tab.
The final race event of the season will be on Saturday, September 27 featuring the Outlaw Racing Series Enduro & Vintage cars in action along with the Pro 4 Series Four Cylinders, Slingshots, and the Xcel 600 Modifieds running in the Tim Pauch Memorial race, plus Halloween trick or treating for the kids on the track, and the Reading Fairgrounds Racing Historical Society will be on hand as well starting at 5 pm. Rain date is October 4.
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, September 13 – ADVANCE AUTO PARTS CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT – T.P. Trailer Modifieds, T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman, Outlaw Racing Series Vintage, TRIVIA NIGHT – 7 pm
Friday, September 19 – 12th annual FREEDOM 38 SPORTSMAN CHAMPIONSHIP – T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman 38 laps, Modified Practice for Freedom 76 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 20 – 55th annual FREEDOM 76 MODIFIED CLASSIC – Modifieds 76 laps – 7 pm (Rain date September 27)
Saturday, September 27 – TIM PAUCH MEMORIAL – Outlaw Racing Series Enduro, Outlaw Racing Series Vintage, Pro 4 Racing Series, Slingshots, Xcel 600 Modifieds, Halloween for the Kids – 5 pm (Rain date October 4)
