Danny Bouc, Kyle Lilick and Dylan Hoch Claim Their Second Wins of Season at Grandview

Cool and cloudy conditions greeted Grandview’s 3rd tripleheader with modifieds, sportsman and crate divisions.  With crate competitors being able to compete in two full programs in both sportsman and crate divisions in the same night these events have quickly became some of the most interesting and chaotic events of the season at Grandview.

Second wins of the season was a common denominator for all the tripleheader winners starting with Grandview modified new comer Danny Bouc who posted his second modified win of the season in only 9 starts in 2021.    Danny joins the like of Brett Kressley who has four Grandview 2021 wins; Duane Howard with two wins and Craig Von Dohren with two Grandview wins in 2021.

The 30 lap modified feature started with Ray Swinehart and Mark Kratz leading the field to green only to see a front stretch lap 1 tangle bring out the red flag for nearly 15 minutes and take Ryan Lilick, Jeff Strunk, Richie Hitzler, Justin Grim and Bobby Gunter-Walsh out of the feature for the rest of the night.  When racing resumed; on the lap 1 restart Swinehart opened up a commanding lead of nearly 3 seconds over second place Mark Kratz until lap 17 when Danny Bouc moved into 2^nd place and immediately cut Swinehart’s lead to less than half a second.  For the next 11 laps Swinehart and Bouc literally battled side by side down the straights and traded the lead in the corners until Danny Bouc took the lead on the white flag lap and drove into Grandview’s victory lane for his second win of the season.

Danny noted in victory lane “Ray made me work for that one.  I kept working the bottom and hoping to break Ray’s momentum or throw a slider but Ray kept hitting his marks and I finally got by him on the white flag lap.  I can’t thank Norm enough for the opportunity to be here at Grandview in the 357.  We have shown a lot of speed this season but seems like nothing goes our way.  Who would think I guy like me could get two wins at place like this.  I had confidence coming here but this is a humbling place for sure.  The track was beautiful tonight and you see the same good track conditions every week and if your car is good enough and your good enough driver you can make your way to the front every week.  The surface here is awesome and you can put on a good show for the fans every week.  This helps us a lot tonight and I can’t thank everyone on the crew and in the shop enough.  This place is very humbling and tough to get consistent finishes but it just makes it all the better when you have nights like tonight.”

The top ten was rounded out by Ray Swinehart in second place followed by Doug Manmiller, Brett Kressley, Kevin Hirthler, Craig Von Dohren, Jared Umbenhauer, Dylan Swinehart, Louden Reimert and Duane Howard in tenth place.

The modified heat races were won by Ray Swinehart, Mark Kratz, Darrin Schuler and Ryan Lilick.  The last chance consolations were won by Louden Reimert and Craig Whitmoyer.

Modified Feature Results (30-laps) 6-12-21:

  1. Danny Bouc, 2. Ray Swinehart, 3. Doug Manmiller, 4. Brett Kressley, 5. Kevin Hirthler, 6. Craig Von Dohren, 7. Jared Umbenhauer, 8. Dylan Swinehart, 9. Louden Reimert, 10. Duane Howard, 11. Craig Whitmoyer, 12. Ryan Grim, 13. Timmy Buckwalter, 14. Mark Kratz, 15. Jack Butler, 16. Brad Arnold, 17. Jesse Leiby, 18. Joe Funk III, 19. Darrin Schuler, 20. Brett Gilmore, 21. Mike Lisowski, 22. John Willman, 23. Dillon Steuer, 24. Richie Hitzler, 25. Justin Grim, 26. Jeff Strunk, 27. Ryan Lilick, 28. Bobby Gunther Walsh.

DNQ: Nate Brinker, Jordan Henn, Kevin Graver, Cory Merkel, Ron Haring Jr., Ron Kline, Brad Grim and Eric Biehn.

Kyle Lilick posted his second open sportsmen victory of the season at Grandview to join the 2021 multiple victory open sportsmen winners list of Dylan Hoch who has won three open sportsman wins and Brian Hirthler who has also won the open sportsman features twice this season.

Pole sitter BJ Joly took a strong early lead in the first 8 laps but then was passed for the lead on lap 9 by outside pole sitter Logan Bauman.   Bauman held the lead though a series of 3 cautions and restarts with Kyle Lilick closing in fast from his 12^th starting position and moving into 2^nd on lap 12.  On the final lap 16 restart; Lilick was able to make a top side pass on Bauman for the lead and cruised into victory lane for his 2^nd win of the season.

In victory lane Kyle Lilick commented “I watched my brother dominate his modified heat race on the top and realized the top had some life left to it.  I did work early in that race and the rest just fell into place.  I was loose on the bottom so after I got the lead figured I just stay on the top unless he showed me his nose or something which fortunately never happened.  We have been able have consistent and solid finishes despite missing two races this season.”

The top ten was rounded out by Logan Bauman in second followed by Joey Vaccaro, Kyle Smith, Dakota Kohler, Jimmy Leiby, Dylan Hoch, Mark Kemmerer, Kenny Gilmore and Brian Hirthler in 10^th.

Sportsman Feature (25-laps) 6-12-21:

   1. Kyle Lilick, 2. Logan Bauman, 3. Joey Vaccaro, 4. Kyle Smith, 5. Dakota Kohler, 6. Jimmy Leiby, 7. Dylan Hoch, 8. Mark Kemmerer, 9. Kenny Gilmore, 10. Brian Hirthler, 11. Tyler James, 12. Kenny Bock, 13. Chris Esposito, 14. Matt Clay, 15. Cole Stangle, 16. Mike Schneck, 17. Cody Manmiller, 18. Nathan Mohr, 19. Lex Shive, 20. B.J. Joly, 21. Parker Guldin, 22. Bryan Rhoads, 23. Jesse Landis, 24. Steve Young, 25. Tom Miller, 26. Kurt Bettler.

DNQ:  Chuck Eckert, Eric Kocher, Zach Steffey, Colton Perry, Mike Stofflet, Mark Gaugler, Decker Swinehart, Brian Blankenbiller and Adrianna Delliponti.

The open sportsmen heat race winners were Logan Bauman, Jesse Landis, B J Joly and Parker Guldin.  The last chance consolations were won by Cody Manmiller and Mike Schneck.

Dylan Hoch won his 2^nd of the three 602 crate races held at Grandview this season.  Add to that the three Open sportsman wins he also has with his 602 for a total of five wins this season for the #35 driver.  Dylan leads drivers in all classes with five wins this season.

In only his second outing at Grandview and second time in the car pole sitter Brian Blankenbiller held off outside pole sitter Dylan Hoch for the first 5 laps but Hoch the hottest driver at Grandview motored by Blakenbiller on lap 6 using the top side and proceeded to check out on the field with a 4 second margin of victory in the 8 minute green to checked flag caution free feature for his 5^th trip to victory lane at Grandview this season.

In victory lane Dylan Hoch noted “Lap traffic here can be sketchy at times but we were able to glide through tonight with any issues.  We have our setup down pretty good this year and although these two features in one night events are extremely challenging we had a good setup for both features with the crate win here and a solid forward run from 16^th to 7^th in the open sportsman feature.”

The top ten was rounded out by Jimmy Leiby in 2^nd followed by Brian Blankenbiller, Tyler James, Joey Vaccaro, Ryan Grim, Glenn Strunk, Logan Bauman, Cody Manmiller and Tyler Peet in 10^th place.

The 602 crate heat races went to Brian Blankenbiller, Dylan Hoch and Tyler James.

602 Sportsman Crate Feature (25-laps) 6-12-21:

   1. Dylan Hoch, 2. Jimmy Leiby, 3. Brian Blankenbiller, 4. Tyler James, 5. Joey Vaccaro, 6. Ryan Grim, 7. Glenn Strunk, 8. Logan Bauman, 9. Cody Manmiller, 10. Tyler Peet, 11. Kenny Bock, 12. Cody Kline, 13. Steve Hicks, 14. Chuck Eckert, 15. Decker Swinehart, 16. Eric Kocher, 17. Kyle Kania, 18. Zach Steffey, 19. Kris Ney, 20. Tom Miller, 21. Hunter Iatalese, 22. Joe Ciambrone, 23. Dakota Kohler, 24. Steve Lyle.

 DNQ:  B.J. Joly, Roger Gaskill, C.J. Solt.

Saturday June 19th the Wingless Super Sportsman make a rare appearance as part of a Father’s Day Weekend tripleheader that will also feature the Modifieds and Sportsman. Racing will start at 7:30 P.M.