Two Modified Features & So Much More Saturday At Grandview
Story By: ERNIE SAXTON / GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY – BECHTELSVILLE, PA – Stock car racing, lots of NASCAR stock car racing, will be kicking off the holiday weekend at Grandview Speedway on Saturday, July 1st.
Heading up the great night of racing action will be the annual Firecracker 40 for BRC Late Models. A win in this event offers prestige and additional money. The winner walks off with $2,000 plus awards from TP Trailers and Truck Equipment along with VP Racing Fuels provided all requirements are met. This is the annual event that has the best Late Model racers performing at their best.
Fans will see point leader Chuck Schutz in action along with four feature winner Ron Kline, past champion Brian Shuey, Kyle Merkel, Bryon Sipe, Wayne Pfeil, Steve Todorow and who knows who else will show up. If a Late Model racer only wins one during the season this is the one to win.
Also making up the huge night of excitement will be two (2) TP Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified features, each 30 laps. One of the features is the regularly scheduled event and one was rained out from last week. And of course there will be a full slate of qualifying events.
And the Sportsman stock cars will perform in a full series of qualifying events leading up to the 25-lap finale.
Fans of Saturday night stock car racing will be anxious to see how many new names are added to the list of feature winners so far this season. There have been 20 winners out of 24 features run. A very competitive season.
Adult admission for Saturday night is $20 while youngsters 6 through 11 pay just $5 and kids under 6 are admitted free.
Then on Tuesday, July 4th, the holiday action continues with a Thunder on the Hill Series doubleheader featuring PA SpeedWeek 410 Sprint racing that will include many of the top names in the sport along with, perhaps, some surprise visitors. In addition the 358 Modifieds will be in action making for a very exciting doubleheader show. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m.
And coming up on Saturday, July 8th is a jam-packed four division show that will include two (2) 25-lap features for the Sportsman along with BRC Late Models, TP Trailers 358 Modifieds and the Blast from the Past Vintage racers.