Brian Hirthler Wins his First Grandview Freedom 38er

On lap 12 Brian Hirthler passed Jordan Henn to take the lead, then endured 8 cautions, and held off Joe Toth in the final laps to take his first Freedom 38er win.

Jordan Henn led the field to green and quickly feel into a three-way battle with Joe Toth and Brian Hirthler for the lead.  It was Brian Hirthler taking the lead on lap 12 from his 4^th starting position.  After the 4^th restart on lap 13 Hirthler held off a strong & close high side challenge from Henn, but he was able to stop Henn’s momentum and maintain his lead through a series of 8 cautions.  Brian used his sportsman motor and high line of the track to dominate the field and take his first Freedom 38er victory.  

Heat races were won by Dylan Swinehart, Brad Grim, Brad Arnold, Zane Roth, Dakota Kohler, and Logan Bauman.

Consolation races were won by Kyle Smith, Jesse Hirthler and Decker Swinehart.

A record 61 entries attempted to qualify for one of the 28 starting positions for the 2023 Freedom 38er.

 T.P. TRUCK EQUIPMENT NASCAR SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH (38 laps):

1. BRIAN HIRTHLER, 2. Joe Toth, 3. Dylan Swinehart, 4. Jordan Henn, 5. Kyle Smith, 6. Addison Meitzler, 7. Logan Watt, 8. Logan Bauman, 9. Cody Manmiller, 10 Jesse Landis, 11. Jesse Hirthler, 12. Mike Schneck Jr., 13. Brandon Edgar, 14. Brad Arnold, 15. Jason Hamilton, 16. Adrianna Delliponti, 17. Nathan Horn, 18. Decker Swinehart, 19. Mark Mohr, 20. Zane Roth, 21 Steve Kemery, 22. Steve Young, 23. Parker Guldin, 24. Keith Haring, 25. Brad Grim, 26. Dakota Kohler, 27. Mark Gaugler, 28. TJ Mayberry

DID NOT QUALIFY: Michael Burrows, Tyler James, Nicholas Hamm, Brett Gilmore, Grant Hilfiger, Bryce Bashore, Brad Force, Xavier Sprague, Molly Struss, Bob Lineman Jr., Tyler Vidal, Jax Yohn, Danny Buccafusca, Kevin Olenick, Joey Vaccaro, Kaitlyn Bailey, Dirk Rimrott, Zach Steffey, Brad Brightbill, Bastian Miller, Talan Carter, Nick Faust, Bryan Rhoads, Colton Perry, Tom Miller Jr., Shon Elk, John Redner, Kenny Bock, Ryan Graver, Dallas Breidenbach, Ethan Bill, Rob Tete, Ronnie Solomon

On Saturday, September 16, the Freedom 76-lap championship will be run for the 358 Modifieds. The program will include qualifying heats, consolation races, Low Down and Dirty cash dash, along with the Schaeffer Racing Minuteman 20 leading to the 76-lap championship feature.

Pit gates open at 9 am for inspections, fans will be able to enter the Grandstand areas between 9 AM and 12 Noon to reserve seats with blankets, grandstand ticket windows open at 3 pm. pill draw for position is at 4:30 pm. with the drivers meeting at 5 pm. warm-ups are at 6 pm. with racing starting at 7 pm.