Logan Watt Survived four red flags to pass Joey Vaccaro for lead on the 4th and final restart to be the first Grandview Sportsman driver to get two wins this season.
Polesitter Joey Vaccaro held the lead through two early lengthy red flags for a six car tangle and then hard wall contact by Mike Schneck who was being checked out by medical staff. When green came back out Vaccaro led for the ensuing 19 laps. A hard charging Kyle Smith in 2nd place was looking to make the pass for the race lead when a rear wheel failure sent him flipping down the front stretch and bringing out the 3rd red flag of the feature on lap 19. Kyle was uninjured from the incident. On the lap 19 restart, Logan Watt drove from 2nd and passed Joey Vaccaro for the lead which he extended to a two second margin when he took the checkered flag and drove into victory lane for his second Grandview Sportsman win of the season.
Heat race winners for the 42 car sportsman field were Joey Vaccaro, Kyle Smith, Tom Miller Sr., and Logan Watt.
Jordan Henn and won the consolation races.
T.P. TRUCK EQUIPMENT NASCAR SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH (25 laps):
1. LOGAN WATT, 2. Joey Vaccaro, 3. Logan Bauman, 4. Addison Meitzler, 5. Cody Manmiller, 6. Brian Hirthler, 7. Kenny Bock, 8. Adrianna Delliponti, 9. Brett Gilmore, 10. Nathan Mohr,11. Jordan Henn, 12. Jesse Landis, 13. Ronnie Solomon, 14. Zach Steffey, 15. Jesse Hirthler, 16. Molly Struss, 17. Tom Miller Jr., 18. Tom Miller Sr., 19. Mark Mohr, 20. Dakota Kohler, 21. Nicholas Hamm, 22. Kyle Smith, 23. Colton Perry, 24. Mike Schneck Jr., 25. Brad Grim, 26. Ryan Graver
DID NOT QUALIFY: Nathan Horn, Kaitlyn Bailey, Keith Haring, TJ Mayberry, Hunter Iatalese, BJ Joly, Dallas Breidenbach, Dylan Swinehart, Decker Swinehart, Parker Guldin, Kyle Hartzell, Mark Gaugler, Mike Stofflet, Zane Roth, Monte Pool, Tyler James
Next Up on Tuesday, July 25 is the THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES – High Limit Sprint Car Series – $23,023 to win 410 Sprints – 7:30 pm.
Then on Saturday, July 29 will be back to the weekly two-division program under the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series banner for the T.P. Trailer 358 Modifieds and T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman. The program will consist of qualifying races leading up to the 30-lap Modified and 25-lap Sportsman main events with racing starting at 7:30 P.M.
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