Under sunny skies and warm summerlike conditions Grandview hosted another 3 division show with the modified and sportman divisions racing in their 7th point race of the season along with the vintage cars.
The modified feature saw Brett Kressley continue his Grandview dominance with his 3rdpoints race feature win of the season coming from a handicapped 14th starting position. Kressley took the lead on lap 15 and checked out on the field despite several multi care tangles and red flat delays.
It just so happened that Dylan Hoch also won his 3rd sportsman race of the season after weathering similar red flag delays in the feature like the modified division and moving from his 11th starting position to take his 3rd trip to the Grandview victory lane this season. Hoch took the lead on lap 17 and quickly checked out to nearly a 4 second margin of victory.
Outlaw vintage sportsman was won by Dave Dissinger over Jay Garris and Myron Haydt while the Outlaw modified feature was won by Andy Cassel over Jeff Paulson and Scott Schaeffer.
The modified 30 lap feature was lead for 11 laps by pole sitter Darrin Schuler until Danny Bouc took the lead off of a lap 11 restart. But 3 laps later it was Brett Kressley taking the lead on lap 15. Kressley endured a lengthy red flat and held off Danny Bouc by nearly a 2 second margin to take his 3rd Grandview points race win of the season.
In victory lane Brett Kressley noted “track was not as racey as it usually is early in the feature and was top dominate from the beginning. The cautions kept us away from lapped traffic until the final laps and then I slowed the pace down a hair to maintain and didn’t have to get involved with lapped traffic. We are off to a heck of a start this season with 3 wins and all top 5 finishes in all Grandview point races this year.”
The top ten was rounded out by Danny Bouc in second followed by Doug Manmiller, Jared Umbenhauer, Craig Von Dohren, Craig Whitmoyer, Eric Biehn, Jeff Strunk, Ryan Grim and Nate Brinker.
Modified Feature (30-laps) 5/22/21:
1. Brett Kressley, 2. Danny Bouc, 3. Doug Manmiller, 4. Jared Umbenhauer, 5. Craig Von Dohren, 6. Craig Whitmoyer, 7. Eric Biehn, 8. Jeff Strunk, 9. Ryan Grim, 10. Nate Brinker, 11. Cory Merkel, 12. Brad Grim, 13. Kevin Graver, 14. Brad Arnold, 15. Ron Haring Jr., 16. Carroll Hine III, 17. Bobby Gunther Walsh, 18. Jack Butler, 19. Joe Funk III, 20. Dillon Steuer, 21. Brett Gilmore, 22. John Willman, 23. Darren Schuler, 24. Duane Howard, 25. Jesse Leiby, 26. Louden Reimert, 27. Justin Grim, 28. Mike Lisowski.
DNQ: Steve Young, Richie Hitzler, Ray Swinehart, Jordan Henn and Mark Kratz.
The sportsman 25 lap feature was led by Matt Clay for the first 16 laps with Dylan Hoch and Joey Vaccaro following in 2nd and 3rd. The 3rd restart on lap 16 saw Dylan Hoch sprint to the lead and cruise to his 2nd sportsman win of the season with a 4 second advantage over 2nd place Joey Vaccaro. Only 13 cars were still on track at the end of the feature.
Dylan Hoch commented “Matt Clay washed up in corner on 3rd restart which gave me the opening on the bottom to take the lead and take our 3rd win of the season. I couldn’t do this without my crew, brother and dad who are in the shop every night.”
The top ten was rounded out by Joey Vaccaro in 2nd followed by Decker Swinehart, Jimmy Leiby, Matt Clay, Brian Hirthler, Cody Schantz, Kenny Gilmore, Chris Esposito and Mike Schneck.
Sportsman Feature (25-laps) 5/22/21: 1. Dylan Hoch, 2. Joey Vaccaro, 3. Decker Swinehart, 4. Jimmy Leiby, 5. Matt Clay, 6. Brian Hirthler, 7. Cody Schantz, 8. Kenny Gilmore, 9. Chris Esposito, 10. Mike Schneck, 11. Ryan Beltz, 12. Bryan Rhoads, 13. Mark Gaugler, 14. Kyle Lilick, 15. Lex Shive, 16. Tyler James, 17. Mike Stofflet, 18. Colton Perry, 19. Dakota Kohler, 20. Mark Kemmerer, 21. B.J. Joly, 22. Nathan Mohr, 23. Kyle Smith, 24. Cody Manmiller.
DNQ: Logan Bauman, Paul Effrig, Kenny Bock, Wayne Rotenberger, Brad Force, Gary Wagner.
Coming up on Saturday, May 29th is a doubleheader card of T.P.Trailers Modifieds and T.P.Truck Equipment Sportsman part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. The Meet & Greet for the night is tentatively set with Mod ace Ryan Grim and two Sportsman hot shoes Jesse Landis and Nate Mohr. Racing gets the green at 7:30 p.m. Meet and Greet takes place starting at 5 p.m. at the main gate area. That very same weekend, Sunday, May 30, the popular Thunder on the Hill Series offers Roaring Triple 20s Big Block/358 Modified racing along with Sportsman and Outlaw Vintage Racing Series with a 7:30 p.m. starting time.
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