Briggs Danner, Craig Von Dohren and Logan Bauman Take Tripleheader Wins at Grandview

The USAC East Coast 360 tour landed at Grandview for a triple header program with the modified and sportsman programs.  A 100 cars on the nose filled the pits and the overflow pit area under breezy and overcast conditions.

The USAC East Coast Sprint Car feature went to Briggs Danner who led the 25 lap feature from green to checkered flag.  Later in the night it was Craig Von Dohren taking the modified 30 lap feature win from a 14^th starting position and Logan Bauman collecting the Sportsman 25 lap feature win from a 4^th starting position.

The USAC East Coast Sprints saw a repeat of Friday night at Bedford Speedway as Briggs Danner captured his 2^nd win in two days.  The modified feature had a podium filled with the current point leaders – Craig Von Dohren, Brett Kressley and Jeff Strunk who came from the 14^th, 15^th and 24^th starting positions respectively.  The sportsman feature had a podium of career best finishes and first time on the podium for Logan Bauman, BJ Joly and Mike Stofflet who came from the 4^th, 1^st and 3^rd starting positions.   A true comparison of the old guard in modified and then new upcoming guard in the sportsman division.

Danner took the early led over the USAC East Coast 360 field by a 3 second margin until a lap 14 red flag delayed the race and brought Danner back to the field.  After a restart on lap 14 Steven Drevicki moved into 2^nd place and cut the Danner’s led down to less than .2 of a second.  On lap 23 Danner was able to finally break away from Drevicki and take the trip to victory lane for his second win of the weekend.  Danner took the USAC East Coast 360 win on Friday at Bedford Speedway and made it back to back with another win on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

The USAC East Coast 360 top ten was rounded out by Steven Drevicki in second followed by Alex Bright, Bruce Buckwalter, Tommy Kunsman Jr., Nash Ely, Troy Betts, Mike Meyers, Billy Ney and Jason Cherry in 10^th.

The heat races were won by Bruce Buckwalter, Steven Drevicki and Tommy Kunsman.  The last chance consolation was won by Craig Pelligrini.

East Coast USAC Sprint Feature Results (25-laps) 5-14-21:

Winner – Briggs Danner, 2. Steve Drevicki, 3. Alex Bright, 4. Bruce Buckwalter, 5. Tommy Kunsman Jr., 6. Nash Ely, 7. Troy Bets, 8. Mike Meyers, 9. Billy Ney, 10. Jason Cherry, 11. Craig Pelligrini Jr., 12. Joey Amantea, 13. Blaine Emery, 14. Kenny Miller III, 15. Damon Paul, 16. Jonathan Swanson, 17. Mike Thompson, 18. Chris Allen, 19. Ed Aikin, 20. Eric Jennings, 21. Tom Savage.

 DNQ: Lou Cicconi, David Swanson and Richard Carna

The 30 lap modified feature saw Jesse Leiby lead the field to green and maintain the lead until a red flag on lap 6 for a seven car tangle that blocked the track.  On the restart it was Brett Gilmore taking over the lead and pulling away from the field until he was reeled in by Doug Manmiller on lap 13 for the lead.   Manmiller stayed out in front until lap 23 when Craig Von Dohren took over the lead and drove into victory lane for his second Grandview win of the season and his first Grandview point race win of the season.

In victory lane Von Dohren noted “As expected the track conditions were influenced by the sprint cars. The bottom was the place to be and there was just enough rubber down there to be side by side and get passed Manmiller. It was our night and it is fun to race and get a win. I’m thankful for this team that makes all this happen.”

The modified top 10 was rounded out by Brett Kressley in 2^nd followed by Jeff Strunk, Doug Manmiller, Nate Brinker, Kevin Hirthler, Duane Howard, Jesse Leiby, Jared Umbenhauer and Brett Gilmore in 10^th.

The heat winners were Dylan Swinehart, Brett Kressley and Nate Brinker.  The consolation was won by Kevin Graver.

Modified Feature Results (30-laps) 5-14-21:

 1. Craig Von Dohren, 2. Brett Kressley, 3. Jeff Strunk, 4. Doug Manmiller, 5. Nate Brinker, 6. Kevin Hirthler, 7. Duane Howard, 8. Jesse Leiby, 9. Jared Umbenhauer, 10. Brett Gilmore, 11. Dylan Swinehart, 12. Craig Whitmoyer, 13. Eric Biehn, 14. Ryan Grim, 15. Ron Kline, 16. Bobby Gunther Walsh, 17. Kevin Graver, 18. Brad Grim, 19. Justin Grim, 20. Brad Arnold, 21. Danny Bouc, 22. Carroll Hine III, 23. Ryan Lilick, 24. Dillon Steuer, 25. Mark Kratz, Louden Reimert, 27. Cory Merkel, 28. Jack Butler.

 DNQ: Ray Swinehart, Darrin Schuler, Jordan Henn, Ron Haring Jr., Steve Young and Mike Lisowski.

The Sportsman 25 lap feature saw pole sitter BJ Joly led the first 15 green flag laps until a couple of caution flags bunched the field back up.  On the second restart Logan Bauman took the lead only to have Joly retake the lead a lap later but contact and a tire going flat slowed Joyl and Bauman took the lead on lap 22 and his first career trip into the Grandview sportsman victory lane.

The top ten was rounded out by BJ Joly in second followed by Mike Stofflet, Chris Esposito, Cody Manmiller, Mike Schneck, Tom Miller, Decker Swinehart, Kenny Gilmore and Dylan Hoch in 10^th.

The heats were won by Tom Miller, BJ Joly and Logan Bauman.  The last chance consolation was won by Joey Vaccaro.

Sportsman Feature Results (25-laps) 5-14-21:

 1. Logan Bauman, 2. B.J. Joly, 3. Mike Stofflet, 4. Chris Esposito, 5. Cody Manmiller, 6. Mike Schneck, 7. Tom Miller, 8. Decker Swinehart, 9. Kenny Gilmore, 10. Dylan Hoch, 11. Kyle Lilick, 12. Ryan Beltz, 13. Jimmy Leiby, 14. Kyle Smith, 15. Parker Guldin, 16. Dakota Kohler (provisional), 17. Bryan Rhoads, 18. Kenny Bock, 19. Matt Clay, 20. Mark Kemmerer, 21. Brian Hirthler, 22. Nathan Mohr, 23. Joey Vaccaro, 24. Rich Cook, 25. Jesse Landis.

 DNQ: Colton Perry, Wayne Rotenberger, Mark Gaugler, Ryan Laise, Mark Gaughler, Ebby Ridge

Next up on the schedule at Grandview is another triple-header show of racing action featuring the T.P.Trailers Modifieds, T.P.Truck Equipment Sportsman and the Outlaw Vintage Racers. It all gets the green at 7:30 p.m. May 22nd. Adult admission is $14 while youngsters 11 and under are admitted free.