Craig Von Dohren, Brian Hirthler and Dylan Hoch Take Modified, Sportsman and 602 Crate Tripleheader Wins at Grandview Season Opener

After two consecutive rainouts of opening day, the 3^rd try was the charm and Grandview Speedway had cloudy and seasonable mild conditions and kicked off their 2022 season opener with a 3-division program of modified, sportsman and 602 crates.

Craig Von Dohren led the modified field to green but didn’t lead the first lap.  Mike Lisowski took the early and held onto to it for the first 19 laps of the 30 lap feature.  Von Dohren had to battled a stubborn Lisowski side by side for 5 laps until finally taking the lead.  Jeff Strunk also moved into 2^nd on lap 19 and made a strong bid for the lead but in the end Craig Von Dohren took his second trip of 2022 to the Grandview victory lane and Jeff Strunk finished behind him in 2^nd for the second time this year too.  

The sportsman feature was a runaway by Jessie Landis early; but then a few huffs of smoke developed on lap 19 and Jimmy Leiby and Brian Hirthler moved in and made it a 3 car race.  On the white flag lap 3^rd place Brian Hirthler made a two for one pass in lapped traffic to take an exciting first win of his 2022 season.

The 602 crate 25 lap feature was led by Michael Storm in Cody Manmiller’s 00 for the first 5 laps.  But then history repeated, and Dylan Hoch took the lead on lap 6 and dashed off to victory lane for another 602-crate victory on the first crate race of the season just like last year.

MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH (30 laps):  

1. CRAIG VON DOHREN, 2. Jeff Strunk, 3. Mike Lisowski, 4. Duane Howard, 5. Doug Manmiiller, 6. Brett Kressley, 7. Tim Buckwealter, 8. Jared Umbenhauer, 9. Kevin Hirthler, 10. Brad Brightbill, 11. Cory Merkel, 12. Ray Swinehart, 13. Ryan Beltz, 14. Brad Arnold, 15. Craig Whitmoyer, 16. Nate Brinker, 17.  John Willman, 18. Ryan Lilick, 19. Justin Grim, 20. Ron Haring Jr., 21. Dan Waisempacher, 22. Carrol Hine III, 23. Ryan Grim, 24. Dylan Swinehart, 25. Joe Funk, 26. Mike Laise, 27. Jordan Henn, and 28. Brad Grim

SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH (25 laps):

1.BRIAN HIRTHLER, 2. Jimmy Leiby, 3. Jesse Landis, 4. Cole Stangle, 5. Kyle Smith, 6. Ryan Graver, 7. Dylan Hoch, 8. Jesse Hirthler, 9. Chris Esposito, 10. Adrianna Delliponti, 11. Logan Bauman, 12. Dakota Kohler, 13. Bryan Rhoads, 14. Mike Schneck, 15. Colton Perry, 16. Kenny Bock, 17. Mike Stofflet, 18. Nathan Mohr, 19. Tyler James, 20. Matt Clay, 21. BJ Joly, 22. John Leiby, 23. Wayne Rotenberger, 24. Decker Swinehart, 25. Parker Guldin, 26. Mike Meyers, 27. Steve Young

602 CRATE SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH (25 laps):

1. DYLAN HOCH, 2. Michael Storms, 3. Jimmy Leiby, 4. Nate Brinker, Dylan Swinehart, Keith Brightbill, Tyler Peet, Brad Grim, Dakota Kohler, Steve Young, Tyler James, Zach Steffy, Michael Burrows, Decker Swinehart, Jon Josko, John Leiby, Nathan Horn, Kenny Bock, Joey Vaccaro, Parker Guldin, Ryan Grim, Logan Bauman, Ryan Graver, Jesse Hirthler

The next event at Grandview Speedway is Saturday, April 30 with a modified and sportsman division double header with racing at 7:30 PM.