The forecasted tropical rainstorm hugged the coast just enough to keep the heavy downpours off of the hill for just enough time to complete the three division program in 2 and a half hours before the rains picked up. A rainbow showed up during the heat races and it wasn’t surprising when the three division program was completed in its entirety – all 104 entries strong. The 11 heat; 4 consolation and 3 feature program was run without an intermission or track prep and victory lane was held until night’s end.
The one caution 10 minute modified 30 lap feature was won by Doug Manmiller who held off Jeff Strunk and Mike Gular to take his first win of the season.
Kenny Gilmore won his second sportsman feature of the season and maintained his season point lead.
The final feature of the night was the 602 crate feature which won by Dylan Swinehart for his second consecutive career 602 crate win at Grandview.
The modified feature was led to green by a pair of 74’s with John Willman in the 74W taking the lead over Darrin Schuler in his 74. It was Willman holding the lead to the first and only yellow on lap 14 for Brett Kressley billowing smoke with a terminal engine failure which ended his night. Willman reclaimed the lead on the restart until a strong forward moving Doug Manmiller overtook the lead on lap 23 followed by a hard charging Jeff Strunk moving into second place where he would stay and watch Manmiller take his first trip to victory lane this season. The one caution 30 lap feature was completed in 10 minutes.
The modified top ten was rounded out by Jeff Strunk in 2nd place followed by Mike Gular, John Willman, Duane Howard, Jack Butler, Mike Lisowski, Eric Biehn, Darrin Schueler and Ryan Grim.
The heat races were won by Eric Biehn, John Willman, Darrin Schueler and Nate Brinker. Last chance consolations were won by Craig Von Dohren and Rick Laubach.
Modified Feature (30-laps):
1. Doug Manmiller, 2. Jeff Strunk, 3. Mike Gular, 4. John Willman, 5. Duane Howard, 6. Jack Butler, 7. Mike Lisowski, 8. Eric Biehn, 9. Darrin Schuler, 10. Ryan Grim, 11. Jared Umbenhauer, 12. Craig Von Dohren, 13. Cory Merkel, 14. Nate Brinker, 15. Craig Whitmoyer, 16. Brett Gilmore, 17. Danny Bouc, 18. Brad Grim, 19. Rick Laubach, 20. Justin Grim, 21. Ryan Watt, 22. Brad Arnold, 23. Kevin Hirthler, 24. Carroll Hine III, 25. Dylan Swinehart, 26. Brett Kressley, 27. Kyle Merkel, 28. Ray Swinehart.
DNQ: Bobby Gunther Walsh, Chris Gambler, Joe Funk III, Jordan Henn, Jesse Leiby, Ron Kline, Mark Levy, Dan Lane, Mark Kratz.
The sportsman feature was led by pole sitter Hunter Iatalese to until he reached lap traffic when Kenny Gilmore went to the top and made a two for one pass of Iatalese and Jimmy Leiby to take the lead from 3rd place on lap 18. Despite one final restart Kenny Gilmore would extend his lead over Jimmy Leiby to about 1.5 seconds to take his second sportsman win of the season.
The sportsman top ten was rounded out by Jimmy Leiby, Dylan Hoch, Kyle Smith, Brian Hirthler, Hunter Iatalese, Mike Schneck, Nathan Mohr, Mark Kemmerer, and Kyle Lilick.
The sportsman heats were won by BJ Joly, Hunter Iatalese, Bryan Rhoads & Kyle Lilick. The last chance consolations were won by Mike Stofflet and newcomer Matt Yoder.
Sportsman Feature (25-laps):
1. Kenny Gilmore, 2. Jimmy Leiby, 3. Dylan Hoch, 4. Kyle Smith, 5. Brian Hirthler, 6. Hunter Iatalese, 7. Mike Schneck, 8. Nathan Mohr, 9. Mark Kemmerer, 10. Kyle Lilick, 11. Ryan Beltz, 12. Dakota Kohler, 13. Colton Perry, 14. Kenny Bock, 15. Doug Snyder, 16. Matt Yoder, 17. Bryan Rhoads, 18. Mike Stofflet, 19. Adrianna Delliponti, 20. Parker Guldin, 21. Tyler James, 22. Wayne Rotenberger, 23. Mark Gaugler, 24. Steve Young, 25. B.J. Joly, 26. Decker Swinehart.
DNQ: Cody Manmiller, Brian Blankenbiller, Ryan Conrad, Tyler Peet, Logan Bauman, Chris Esposito, Nick Faust, Matt Clay, Joey Vaccaro, Zach Steffy, Richie Hitzler, Lex Shive, Cole Stangle
The 602 crate feature was led to green by Rick Wegner Jr with Tyler Peet taking over the lead on lap 2 only to see a charging Dylan Swinehart take command of the lead on lap 7. Dylan Swinehart held off Dylan Hoch in second and Ryan Grim in 3rd to march to his second 602 crate win in a row at Grandview.
The top ten was rounded out by Dylan Hoch in second place followed by Ryan Grim Tyler Peet, Richie Hitzler, Cody Manmiller, Doug Snyder, Ryan Beltz, Rich Wegner Jr. and Talene Carter.
Heat races were won by Ricky Wegner Jr., Tyler Peet and Ryan Grim.
602 Sportsman Crate Feature (25-laps):
1. Dylan Swinehart, 2. Dylan Hoch, 3. Ryan Grim, 4. Tyler Peet, 5. Richie Hitzler, 6. Cody Manmiller, 7. Doug Snyder, 8. Ryan Beltz, 9. Rick Wegner Jr., 10. Talan Carter, 11. Matt Yoder, 12. Zach Steffy, 13. Decker Swinehart, 14. Ryan Conrad, 15. Logan Bauman, 16. Kenny Bock, 17. Alyssa Fogel, 18. Glenn Strunk, 19. Jimmy Leiby, 20. Wayne Rotenberger, 21. Joey Vaccaro, 22. Brian Blankenbiller, 23. Dakota Kohler, 24. B.J. Joly, 25. Cody Kline – DNS, 26. Nick Faust – DNS
Thursday, August 26, 7:30 p.m. Tony Stewart’s All Star Sprints and Modifieds are featured in doubleheader action.
Saturday, August 28, 7:30 p.m. Modifieds, Sportsman and Outlaw Vintage Racers (Modifieds and Sportsman)- $15 adults with youngster 11 and under free – Ron Kline will be part of the Meet & Greet along with Cole Stangle and Vintage racers Scott Schaffer and Mike Stofflet. Outlaw Vintage Racers will have giveaways during the evening for kids including bikes, gift cards and more).
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