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RCR Post Race Report – Kansas 400

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Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Team Leave Kansas Speedway With Another Top-10 Finish

Finish: 10th
Start: 6th
Points: 11th

“We held in there all day to earn another top-10 finish in the Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet. We started the race sixth, but it took us a while to get the handling of the No. 3 Chevrolet dialed in. We were tight, then we would get better for a while, and then we would end up tight again. At the beginning of Stage 3, we raced from 17th to 10th in one lap. There was a lot of restart chaos. With about 10 laps to go, we pancaked the outside wall hard. I was doing the best I could, but we were just too tight to make the move stick. We had to pit, and it put us all the way back to 22nd in the lineup, so I’m pretty happy with the top-10. That is exactly what this team does. We make the best of it. We do it every week.” -Austin Dillon

Tyler Reddick and Childress Vineyards Chevy Team Capitalize on Stage Points En Route to Seventh-Place Finish at Kansas Speedway

Finish: 7th
Start: 11th
Points: 18th

“We had a really strong No. 8 Childress Vineyards Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE today at Kansas Speedway, which we used to grab valuable stage points all throughout the day and top it all off with a seventh-place finish. I was able to run the wall really well during the early stages of the race, which really helped keep our track position and earn those stage points. Eventually my car started to build tighter and tighter throughout the runs, and that made my entry on both sides of the track a challenge. Being looser definitely worked best for our car, and my team did a good job working on the balance of the car to get it to where it needed to be later in the race. We did have a slight miscue on pit road late in Stage 3, but luckily caught a caution quickly and got our lap back, letting us stay in the mix for remainder of the race. It was a good day for us. We earned the most stage points we have all year today and got out of there with a top-10 finish. The focus will now turn to Darlington Raceway, which is another good track for us, so I’m excited about that.” -Tyler Reddick

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION: Atlanta Post-race Recap and Quotes

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CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
LUCAS OIL NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS
ATLANTA DRAGWAY, COMMERCE, GEORGIA
POST-RACE RECAP
MAY 2, 2021

Chevrolet closes out Atlanta Dragway with Pro Stock victory

• No. 1 qualifier Greg Anderson picks up second win of season
• John Force is Funny Car runner-up for 106th time in career
• No. 5 qualifier Brittany Force advances to Top Fuel semifinals

COMMERCE, Ga. (May 2, 2021) – Greg Anderson, John Force and Brittany Force gave spectators a race day to remember at the final National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Camping World Drag Racing Series event at Atlanta Dragway.

The 40th event at the dragstrip – in the 70th year of NHRA competition – was memorable for the Chevrolet drivers, too.

Anderson, driving the Denso Spark Plugs Chevrolet Camaro SS, tied his mentor, Warren Johnson, for most Pro Stock victories at Atlanta Dragway with five and moved closer to matching Johnson on the all-time class victory list. Anderson, the No. 1 qualifier for the third time in as many races this season, won for the second time.

John Force came within .003 of a second of securing his eighth Funny Car victory at the track and 152nd of his hall of fame career. The driver of the PEAK/BlueDEF Chevrolet Camaro SS settled for his 106th career runner-up finish.

No. 5 Top Fuel qualifier Brittany Force advanced to the semifinals, where reaction time cost her a shot at the victory. Her Monster Energy/Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet dragster made a quicker pass down the track (3.785 seconds), but Force came up short on the Tree (.073 of a second to event winner Antron Brown’s .043) and she fell on a holeshot.

Anderson moved to one win of Johnson on the Pro Stock list with his 96th victory in 160 final rounds. He defeated No. 11 qualifier Vincent Nobile, driving an Elite Motorsports Camaro SS, in the final. Nobile won the last Pro Stock race at the track in 2018.

“My Denso Chevy was absolutely flawless all weekend long. I’ve never made four smoother, nicer runs than this on race day,” said Anderson, who slipped past reigning champion Erica Enders in the semifinals. “It’s been an awesome day. A lot of history here, I love racing here. To tie Warren (Johnson) to go out here with five wins each is special.”

John Force, the No. 11 qualifier who was making his 38th appearance at Atlanta Dragway, fell to Bob Tasca III, who won for the second consecutive race.

“Mike Neff and Jon Schaffer have had that car running on a string since Vegas and they got the win, but my guys, this PEAK / BlueDEF team, they performed good,” Force said. “There’s a lot of work for me to get back in the game, keep improving on that Christmas Tree. But I was really proud of my guys here and we moved up in the points.”

Robert Hight, the No. 12 qualifier in the Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS, fell in the first round of Funny Car competition.

The second four-wide event of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season is the next scheduled event. Chevrolet teams and drivers will convene May 14-16 at zMAX Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, for the NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. The four-wide events at zMAX Dragway and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway were canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHEVROLET FROM THE COCKPIT

TOP FUEL:

BRITTANY FORCE, JOHN FORCE RACING, MONSTER ENERGY/FLAV-R-PAC CHEVROLET DRAGSTER (No. 5 qualifier; fell in semifinals): “Good weekend for this Monster Energy/Flav-R-Pac team. Final race in Atlanta. We wanted to get the job done but we went some rounds with a semifinal round finish. I know we moved up in points, so we’re making progress. We’re getting there. I’ve been out of the seat for a year, so we’re already off to a good start.”

FUNNY CAR:

ROBERT HIGHT, JOHN FORCE RACING, AUTO CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHEVORLET CAMARO SS (No. 12 qualifier; fell in first round): “It just wasn’t our weekend. There were a lot of variables out there, weather, track condition, but we had the same chances as everyone else. This Auto Club team, we’ll be ready for the next one. Jimmy Prock and Chris Cunningham, they know what they’re doing, and we’ll get after it in Charlotte.”

JOHN FORCE, JOHN FORCE RACING, PEAK/BLUEDEF CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (No. 11 qualifier; fell in final): “(Co-crew chiefs) Mike Neff and Jon Schaffer have had that (Bob Tasca III) car running on a string since Vegas and they got the win, but my guys, this PEAK / BlueDEF team, they performed good. There’s a lot of work for me to get back in the game, keep improving on that Christmas Tree. But I was really proud of my guys here and we moved up to the points. So, we’ll see how it goes at the next one in Charlotte.”

PRO STOCK:

GREG ANDERSON, KB RACING, DENSO SPARK PLUGS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (No. 1 qualifier; event winner): “Dream weekend. My Denso Chevy was absolutely flawless all weekend long. I’ve never made four smoother, nicer runs than this on race day. It’s been an awesome day. A lot of history here, I love racing here. To tie Warren (Johnson) to go out here with five wins each is special. I just need to talk to someone to open these gates back up and let me have one more crack at it. It’s been wonderful. Thanks to all my helpers, all our sponsors – Denso, Summit, Chevrolet – thank you so much.”

KYLE KORETSKY, KB RACING, LUCAS OIL CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (No. 7 qualifier; fell in second round on red light): “We qualified good. In the second round I shallow staged, a little shallower than I wanted. It blew right through the clutch. They are super touchy; I should have collected my thoughts a little faster, but it’s easy to say now. It was another learning opportunity. KB got the win, Greg (Anderson) won, so keep it in the team. Still a good weekend.”

VINCENT NOBILE, ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (No. 11 qualifier; fell in final): “I’ve missed this, for sure. It’s good to be back in the seat. Now I’m going to be addicted again; I don’t even know what to do. Thanks to Richard Freeman for letting me drive the car this weekend. What a weekend.”

Ford Performance NASCAR: Harvick Leads Ford With Runner-Up Kansas Cup Finish

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Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series — Buschy McBusch Race
Kansas Speedway | Sunday, May 2, 2021

Ford Finishing Results
2nd – Kevin Harvick
3rd – Brad Keselowski
4th – Matt DiBenedetto
8th – Chris Buescher
13th – Michael McDowell
16th – Ryan Newman
17th – Joey Logano
20th – Chase Briscoe
21st – Ryan Blaney
22nd – Austin Cindric
23rd – Anthony Alfredo
24th – Cole Custer
29th – Aric Almirola
31st – BJ McLeod
38th – Matt Mills
39th – Josh Bilicki

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Busch Light For the Farmers Ford Mustang (Finished 2nd)

HOW DID YOU REBOUND TO GET THIS RUNNER-UP FINISH? “We had the right pit strategy once the cautions came out there. We had the pit road penalty and came in for tires and Rodney made a great call of coming back in to put tires on and that kind of put us on the offense. We were able to be really aggressive on the two restarts we had at the end and were able to make up some ground. Everybody on our Busch Light Ford Mustang did a great job today of just hanging in there. We made a few mistakes, but we made our car better throughout the whole day and were more competitive than we had been in the last couple mile-and-a-half races.”

THE SEAS PARTED FOR YOU. “Yeah, they did. I told Rodney, ‘That’s why I drive and don’t make the calls on pit road’ because when I came out I was like, ‘Man, we’re dead in the water here,’ but our Busch Light For the Farmers Ford Mustang was on and off today. They did a good job of adjusting it and had the right strategy there at the end to have better tires than everybody else, and got pretty aggressive there at the end and were able to come up with a good finish.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Verizon 5G Ford Mustang (Finished 3rd)

“We weren’t quite as fast as we wanted to be. The Gibbs cars were real fast and Kyle Larson was screaming fast, so a very similar race for us to Vegas, kind of right there on that edge of the top five. We just need a little bit more, but we almost stole one there with pitting and the yellow came out there with 10 to go and it was just kind of the restart chaos and we all run into each other, whether it’s me running into someone or somebody else running into somebody it’s just part of it, but, all in all, not a bad day for the Verizon 5G Ford Mustang.”

MATT DIBENEDETTO, No. 21 Dickies/Menards Ford Mustang (Finished 5th)

“Holy cow, I’m mentally tired. That was wild. Every restart was insane. That’s how Kansas is because you run from the bottom to the top. I’ve got to give a lot of credit again, I know I do it a lot, but my spotter Doug Campbell does an excellent job. My team did a great job today. We started the race and I was like, ‘Oh, we’re not very good.’ We were just hanging on and we had to defend all day and then to come home with a fourth is excellent. The car looked fantastic. People love this thing. The Menards and Dickies Mustang looked awesome, bright yellow, it looks good. I’m glad we brought it home. Man, we’re on a roll — another top five.”

DIBENEDETTO POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE

TAKE US THROUGH YOUR DAY. “The restarts at the end were insane, which is pretty normal for Kansas It’s kind of like superspeedway racing on the restarts and it gets messy at the end. I’m glad we survived them. I’m glad we were on the bottom lane, which I don’t say much but at the end it worked out because they got all jumbled up and about crashed up top there, so it worked out. We were in the right spots and tried to be smart all day. These are the races that you’re super proud of because we didn’t have a fourth-place car. We were really having to fight, defend to be around that top 10 area at all. To execute and get the car better throughout the day and at the end to just defend a whole bunch. My spotter, Doug Campbell, he’s so good and just really helped a lot to get us that finish.”

YOU ARE IN THE TOP 16 IN POINTS. DID YOU THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE A FEW WEEKS AGO? “I know anything can happen and I’m a positive kind of guy. I look at everything that way, but if I’m being honest I don’t know if I would have believed you — that we’d make up that many spots in points in such a short time. I knew we had the strength of the team after such a rough start to the season and just circumstances out of our control. It’s amazing to come back like this, so it just shows that momentum can go one way or another and when it clicks and you get on a roll it can go well. I’m just really proud of the team. Nobody every got down during those times when it was a rough start and we’re really rebounding and just super proud of the entire team.”

DID YOU SEE THIS RUN COMING? “I knew we had good tracks coming up and we were very strong as a team, so I knew we were very capable of doing what we’re doing, but it also takes a lot of things. Just like they didn’t work out way, it takes things working our way like today, making good calls and having good restarts and staying out of the mess and being smart, so it takes a lot and I’m glad it’s lined up for us to be on a good streak here and racking up points. I’ve put a big emphasis on racing smart because we’ve got to be there at the end when it counts.”

WERE YOU AWARE OF THE TIRE SITUATION IN THE INFIELD FOR 10 LAPS AND NASCAR WAITED UNTIL ALL THE LEAD LAP CARS PITTED UNDER GREEN BEFORE THROWING THE CAUTION? “Yeah, I was aware. My spotter, Doug, was keeping me up to date on it. I’d be curious to see what peoples’ thoughts were on it. Mine personally, in my opinion, I guess I was glad and appreciative because it wasn’t unsafe. The tire was down there out of harm’s way, so I thought personally that was pretty cool that they let it shake out and we all got our pit cycles through. It was nothing unsafe or anything, so I was totally fine with it. NASCAR does a good job of not trying to impede on the races and do anything that jumbles it up unnecessarily, so thankful for that.”

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 autoTempest Ford Mustang (Finished 8th)

“That was a good ending for autoTempest Ford Mustang group. It was a fight all day. We worked hard at it and everybody did a great job to get us home with a top-10. It is a respectable finish from where we started. We kept working on it and getting better. It is a fun race track. Kansas is always fun being able to move around and have options. The late race restarts were pretty wild. We came out in once piece and the car is clean and I am just glad to be able to get autoTempest their first top-10 in NASCAR.”

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 AAA Insurance Ford Mustang (Finished 17th)

“I am okay. I stayed pretty hydrated in the car so everything was fine. It was a roller coaster day for our AAA Mustang. We started in the back and couldn’t get our way up there. Then we had the opportunity to take two and it was all well and good and then we had a bad restart and hit the wall. We had damage and put tires on and got back up to 11th. When the 12 and whoever else was pushing and got all loose they stopped right in front of me on the last restart. These lanes you pick and what lane you are in on restarts is just chaos up there. I don’t want to say it is luck but one time you are better taking the top lane and worth losing two spots and then the next time I wish I had been on the bottom. The 17 took the bottom behind me and he finished eighth. Go figure. That is what these races are coming down to and if you aren’t up in the top-three or four it just becomes a mess back there.”

AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 33 MoneyLion Ford Mustang (Finished 22nd)

“Honestly, it was a really solid day. I don’t know if we were good enough to be a top 10 car, but raced our way up inside the top 20 and really had our own throughout the day, so I’m proud of that. I’m proud of being able to establish track position at a non-track position racetrack, so our MoneyLion Ford Mustang was pretty quick. I probably had a few more adjustments left to know I would be really good, but, otherwise, just late-race restarts with comers and goers. It looked like the 47 couldn’t keep his car under control and pretty much slammed us into the wall, so it’s unfortunate to come with damage, but as far as I understand it that’s our first lead lap finish, which is kind of a kick in the gut if you ask me, but past that a really solid day without the finish to show.”

HOW BENEFICIAL DO YOU FEEL THESE CUP RACES HAVE BEEN FOR YOU? “Yeah, I definitely learn more about what I have to prepare for. Every race we’ve done so far with this 33 team we’ve had to start at the back and there’s a much bigger learning curve as far as what to handle with that, but also a higher level of competition and how you have to approach that and what you know and don’t know your weaknesses are gonna be and your challenges are gonna be throughout the day. That’s been tough for me to understand and I think this weekend we handled that better than any other weekend. The pit crew guys are stepping up and they were able to help us out today, so I’m proud of everyone who is putting in the effort because it’s not easy but it makes it worth it when we start running good.”

Toyota Racing NCS Post-Rce Recap — Kansas 5.2.21

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Birthday Boy Kyle Busch wins at Kansas Speedway
Busch picks up his first win of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (May 2, 2021) – Kyle Busch held off the field on a late race restart to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Martin Truex Jr. finished sixth in the 400-mile event. Busch also claimed the win in yesterday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway giving Toyota the sweep of the race weekend.

Toyota Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Kansas Speedway
Race 11 of 36 – 400.5 miles, 267 laps

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, KYLE BUSCH
2nd, Kevin Harvick*
3rd, Brad Keselowski*
4th, Matt DiBenedetto*
5th, Chase Elliott*
6th, MARTIN TRUEX JR.
12th, DENNY HAMLIN
26th, BUBBA WALLACE
28th, CHRISTOPHER BELL
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Mix Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 1st

What does it mean to get back to victory lane with the ups and downs you’ve faced both personally and professionally in recent months?

“You talk about ups and downs of racing – there’s been a lot of downs of life for us. I have a great opportunity and a great job, no doubt. But struggling with the infertility and stuff like that with Samantha (Busch, wife). Hey to Samantha and Brexton (son) back home. Hopefully he won, I don’t know what the results are from Brexton’s race today. Just a great day to be able to put this M&M’s Mix Camry up front. Want to thank Hy-Vee, our retail partner. They did a huge promotion for us this year with M&M’s and Rowdy Energy. It’s cool to get everybody back to victory lane again this early in the season. To be able to get some of those points going our way now and hopefully – heck, I just remembered, the Buschy McBusch race. The Busch won it, what do you know, right on.”

How do you remain focused when you’re dealing with struggles outside of the race car?

“It’s hard sometimes. When you go through the lows, you go through the disappointment, you go through the dejection and the non-understanding of just whether or not you can still do it. There’s a sense of doubt there for sure. You just have to keep persevering, keep digging and putting your focus forward to be able to come out here and win this thing. Thanks to all the fans here at Kansas Speedway, it’s awesome to have people back and you guys coming out and supporting us for what we can do with the rules right now. Thanks to my team, everybody at Toyota, TRD – the M&M’s Camry was awesome today. Ben Beshore, it’s his first win as a crew chief. Happy for him, happy for my guys – let’s celebrate.”

What does it mean to get back to victory lane?

“It’s awesome. Just such a testament to this team and everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing. Ben Beshore, his first win as a Cup crew chief. It’s awesome to put M&M’s back in victory lane – M&M’s Mix on board with us here this weekend. Super thanks to our vendor partner, Hy-Vee, they did a cool promotion with Rowdy Energy and M&M’s a couple weeks ago. Great things going all around. It’s cool to come back to Kansas, it’s great to get back to victory lane. I have to thank my teammate, (Martin) Truex Jr. I forgot to mention it on television, but I just saw the replay and he was behind me, pushing me and gave me one hell of a run down the frontstretch to get me clear. That was the winning ticket for us.”

What is the key to getting the upper hand on the restarts?

“I don’t know that you really know. You don’t know who’s going to pick behind you. You can guess, but you don’t really know. A couple of the times that I guessed, I guessed right. A couple times I guessed, I guessed wrong. It’s just a matter of what’s going to happen behind you. I felt like if I could get Truex behind me, that would be the best thing for us. Being a teammate, he would help push and I’d tell him when we’re going to get the best run we could and it all worked.”

What does it mean to get a win this early in the season?

“What’s really cool is that we started the race good and we worked our way forward from the start of the race. We made minor adjustments all day to the car and nothing really did anything. We kept getting tighter as the day went on, even though we were trying to free up. We did a long sim session this week, that was helpful. I feel like we’re really close for Kansas at least and what we can do and what we can learn on that. I look forward to hopefully being able to celebrate with my team and hopefully have a good night tonight. It’s cool to be able to work the way we did today.”

MARTIN TRUEX, JR., No. 19 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 6th

What happened at the end of the race and how was your race overall?

“At the end there, I was second through three and four and came off of four and the 2 (Brad Keselowski) and the 4 (Kevin Harvick) somehow got linked together and went flying past me doing the old bump draft deal. When they got to turn one, the 4 never lifted and turned the 2 sideways right in front of me and I had to stop so I lost two more spots on the last lap because I lost all my momentum. Tough deal there, but overall just a tough day for us. We started there mid-pack with our Auto-Owners Camry and it took a while to get any progress. We struggled with the handling, back and forth between tight and loose all day. Just could never get it all tied together. Never could get it to do what we wanted. It was a real handful in traffic. Scratched and clawed for the best we could get and that was sixth, which is not all that terrible.”

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Going Bigger Is Better In Texas: GMG Fielding 8 Cars At COTA

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They say “Everything is bigger in Texas”, a place with more road mileage than most countries. Massive freeway flyovers dot the landscape, and quaint BBQ spots serve up mountains of smoked meat – by weight. And so, for this weekend’s SRO GT America event at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, GMG Racing is embracing the Lone Star State’s “bigger=better” mantra quite literally. We’re bringing eight cars to compete in three events across two separate series. Ambitious much? Perhaps, but our racing program is just hitting its 2021 stride as we dive into the meat of the season.

Per usual, the tip of the GMG spear at CotA is known threat Jason Bell. He’ll be entering two categories over the weekend with his Aston Martin Vantage GT4. First, solo in the GT America class, then joining forces with familiar co-driver Andrew Davis in GT4 America. The pair are marked men after notching a victory here last year. Bell tacitly acknowledged their position, quipping “I love this track, and we’re always fast here. Andrew and I brought home a win last year, and we want to repeat with the Aston Martin. GMG has worked non-stop dialing in the car and we’re going to capitalize on their hard work.”

Mirroring the Bell/Davis duo in Austin will be GMG veteran Elias Sabo and Andy Lee. Elias, like Bell, will take to GT America solo, this time in the reliably consistent Audi R8 LMS GT4. In both events, he’ll be looking to hone his race craft and mix things up at the front of the grid, especially with his longtime coach and co-driver Andy. Elias is hungry for opportunity at CotA, especially after a spot of bad luck at Sonoma. “The GMG team has worked so hard to get us here…we were here a few weeks ago testing, and we feel ready. I have to thank GMG and Audi Sport Customer Racing for getting the cars back together and ready to race!”

Making his series debut this weekend is SRO GT America rookie Jason Nolan. After a lot of driver development work with GMG Racing at the Thermal Club, his dedication to improving his skills is sure to bear fruit at his home track of CotA. The heat is on, especially in his new Audi R8 LMS GT4 with his family watching from the stands. Any pressure he might be feeling seems to be overcome with his ambition, though: “I’m just excited to be here! We snagged one of the last available R8 GT4’s in North America, and I fell in love with the car immediately. I couldn’t be happier with the crew at GMG, and I can’t wait to get out and race!”

While we thought sending eight cars to Texas was big, Kyle Washington has one-upped everyone else in the contest to go even bigger. His GMG-backed Porsche machines will see plenty of use this weekend, first the 911 GT3R in SRO GT America, where he just missed the podium at the last round in Sonoma. Then, he’ll Texas Two Step to the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA Series in an all-new GT3 Cup car, thought to be the last new 991.2 GT3 in the US. He’s looking to get as much track time as possible this weekend, and there’s no better way than with two cars! But, it’s not without its challenges. “…it’s been an incredible effort to get here, getting a brand new car mere weeks before a race is a huge undertaking. I’ve got full faith in the GMG team, and we’ve just overhauled the GT3R to prep it for this weekend. I can’t thank them enough for all the hard work to make this weekend happen.”

Finally, we’ll see the return of team owner James Sofronas, a staple in the SRO/PWC paddock since 1994. After seven months out of action with major shoulder surgery, you can be certain he’ll be itching to get back to top form. Never one to rest on his laurels, James is doubly challenging himself this weekend by piloting a customer’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3, not his usual GT3R. James adds, “I’ve been lucky to drive many different race cars in my career and when my client asked me if I could race his car for him this year while we train him in the same car behind the scenes, how could I say no??!”. Like the rest of the team, his ambition and gratitude is apparent. “It’s the longest I’ve been out of a racecar,” he said, “I’ve worked through intense daily PT and rehab to get here. I’m rusty, but I’ve stuck to the plan, and I’m excited to get back to it! Bringing eight cars to Texas was no small feat, and I’m incredibly proud of my guys. They have worked non-stop for the last 30 days and I couldn’t be more pleased with their level of commitment and dedication to excellence! I’m hoping we can bring some hardware home for them, but one thing is for sure, we all have a good time here at GMG!”

ROOKIE JACOB BORST TOPS FIELD, LEADS ROOKIE SWEEP OF TOP TWO POSITIONS IN SATURDAY’S 100-LAP LMSC RACE AT SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY

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Rookie Jacob Borst of Elon, North Carolina celebrates in Victory Lane following his win in the 100-lap NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division race that headlined Saturday night’s SoBo Livestreaming Night at the Races Presented by SoBoSpeedway.tv racing program at South Boston Speedway. Photo Courtesy Joe Chandler/South Boston Speedway

South Boston, Va….A pair of teenagers ruled the night in the 100-lap NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division race that headlined Saturday night’s SoBo Livestreaming Night at the Races Presented by SoBoSpeedway.tv racing program

Jacob Borst of Elon, North Carolina took the lead when race leaders Thomas Scott and Trey Crews crashed on the frontstretch and led the final 43 circuits to score his first career NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division victory.

Another teenager, Landon Pembelton of Amelia, Virginia finished second, 1.504 seconds behind Borst, to give the two rookies a sweep of the top two positions in the race. This was Pembelton’s second runner-up finish at South Boston Speedway this season.

“It’s amazing to, get your first win” Borst said, “especially here at South Boston Speedway.

“Even though Pembelton’s a rookie, he is still one of the best out here.”

Borst qualified seventh but quickly moved up to third place. Things unfolded from there.

“I just knew to take my time and just make my way forward,” noted Borst.

“Thomas and Trey got together, and it was one of those deals where you don’t really know where to go. I just tried to get stopped as quickly as I could. I just luckily got through it.”

Pembelton started eighth in the race, and like Borst, steadily thread his way through the field. He moved into second place with about 25 laps to go but was unable to mount a serious threat to Borst at the end.

“We just came up a little short,” Pembelton remarked.

“I think if I had had 10 or 15 more laps I might could have gotten to his back bumper and maybe done something with him.”

Terry Dease of Oxford, North Carolina finished third, Carter Langley of Zebulon, North Carolina finished fourth and Scott, of Efland, North Carolina, battled back to finish fifth in the race that was slowed by three caution flags. Scott led the first 57 laps of the race before being involved in the incident with Crews.

Daniel Moss, Drew Dawson Earn Wins In Limited Sportsman Division Twinbill

Daniel Moss of Danville, Virginia and Drew Dawson of Nathalie, Virginia split wins in Saturday night’s twin 25-lap Limited Sportsman Division races.

The victories were the second wins of the season for both Moss and Dawson.

Moss started second and led every lap in winning the first 25-lap race. Kenny Daniel of Sutherlin, Virginia finished second with Kenny Mills Jr. of South Boston, Virginia, Andrew Amos of Callands, Virginia and Brent Younger of South Boston, Virginia rounding out the top five finishers.

Dawson earned his second career Limited Sportsman Division win in the nightcap, edging Younger by just under a second. Daniel finished third with Tony Housman taking fourth place and Amos completing the top five finishers.

The race featured four lead changes among four drivers with Dawson leading twice for a total of 10 laps.

Nathan Crews Makes It Four Wins In A Row In The Budweiser Pure Stock Division

Nathan Crews of Long Island, Virginia ran his early-season win streak to four in a row Saturday night with a victory in the 30-lap Budweiser Pure Stock Division race.

Results of the race are unofficial pending a post-race technical inspection.

Crews started at the rear of the field, took the lead from Johnny Layne of Halifax, Virginia on the 12th lap and led the rest of the way, edging Layne by .773-second for the win.

Bruce Mayo of Halifax, Virginia, Jared Dawson of Nathalie, Virginia and Scott Phillips of Halifax, Virginia rounded out the top five finishers.

Josh Dawson Wins Budweiser Hornets Division Race

Josh Dawson of Halifax, Virginia scored his third win of the season with a victory in the 15-lap Budweiser Hornets Division race.

Steven Layne of Nathalie, Virginia, Kevin Currin of Chase City, Virginia, Andrea Ruotolo of South Boston, Virginia and Jason DeCarlo of Chase City, Virginia rounded out the top five finishers.

Next Race At South Boston Speedway

NASCAR racing action returns to South Boston Speedway on Saturday night, May 15 with the NASCAR Late Model Twin 75s racing program.

Twin 75-lap races for the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division will headline the night’s six-race card. The night’s action will include a 50-lap Limited Sportsman Division race, twin 15-lap races for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division and a 15-lap race for the Budweiser Hornets Division.

The race day schedule has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m. Practice will begin at 4 p.m. and grandstand gates will open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying will start at 6 p.m. and the first race will get the green flag at 7 p.m.

Advance adult general admission tickets for the May 15 race are priced at $10 each and may be purchased online on South Boston Speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com, through Friday night, May 14. Adult general admission tickets at the gate on race day are priced at $15 each. Kids ages 12 and under will be admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult.

The latest news and updates about South Boston Speedway and its racing events can be found on the South Boston Speedway website and through the speedway’s social media channels.

South Boston Speedway Results | May 1, 2021

Late Model Stock Car (100 Laps)

  1. 25 Jacob Borst
  2. 0 Landon Pembleton
  3. 1 Derry Dease
  4. 5 Carter Langley
  5. 8 Thomas Scott
  6. 01 Camden Gullie
  7. 26 Peyton Sellers
  8. 91 Chris Elliott
  9. 28 Jason Barnes
  10. 50 Raymond Pittman
  11. 2 Chris Denny
  12. 9 Trey Crews
  13. 29 Stuart Crews
  14. 26JP Jordan Pickrel

Limited Sportsman Twin No. 1 (25 Laps)

  1. 58 Daniel Moss
  2. 2 Kenny Daniel
  3. 21 Kenny Mills Jr.
  4. 36 Andrew Amos
  5. 6 Brent Younger
  6. 26 Tony Housman
  7. 84 JD Eversole
  8. 17 Caleb Dyer
  9. 15 Ryan Joyner
  10. 17 Jason Myers
  11. 8 Drew Dawson

Limited Sportsman Twin No. 2 (25 Laps)

  1. 8 Drew Dawson
  2. 6 Brent Younger
  3. 2 Kenny Daniel
  4. 26 Tony Housman
  5. 36 Andrew Amos
  6. 21 Kenny Mills Jr.
  7. 17 Jason Myers
  8. 58 Daniel Moss

Budweiser Pure Stock (30 Laps) – UNOFFICIAL

  1. 3 Nathan Crews
  2. 9 Johnny Lane
  3. 00 Bruce Mayo
  4. 01 Jared Dawson
  5. 66 Scott Phillips
  6. 12 Randy Hupp
  7. 61 Jimmy Wade
  8. 8 Justin Dawson

Budweiser Hornets (15 Laps)

  1. 9 Josh Dawson
  2. 3 Steven Layne
  3. 48 Kevin Currin
  4. 12 Andrea Routolo
  5. 54 Jason DeCarlo
  6. 63 Dillon Davis
  7. 28 Kendal Millam
  8. 01 Jared Dawson

Dyson Prevails in Torrid Scrap with Francis Jr. for Trans Am Pole at WeatherTech Raceway

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Joiner, Oakes and Crocker top in class at Laguna Seca

MONTEREY, CA (1 May 2021) – Chris Dyson prevailed in a back-and-forth qualifying battle with Ernie Francis Jr. to capture the MOTUL Pole Award for Sunday’s Trans Am SpeedFest at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

Dyson turned a lap of 1:24.510-seconds in the No. 20 ATWELL CBD Ford Mustang, breaking Francis Jr.’s two-year old Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli track record on a day highlighted by wide swings of weather, ending in a cool mist.

“We’ve found a car that works in all weather conditions, and honestly it might just be the magic of ATWELL CBD giving us an extra boost out West,” said Dyson, who captured his seventh career pole. “We are so lucky to be out here on the West Coast. We had a great week at Sonoma last week, and to be here at Laguna Seca is always a thrill. With our special new ATWELL CBD livery we will go for a second weekend flag-to-flag.”

Francis Jr. held the pole midway through the session, also breaking his own mark with a lap of 1:24.677-seconds in the No. 98 Future Star Racing Ford Mustang. He got caught in traffic while making a late run at Dyson.

“Chris (Dyson) breaking my record is what it is, but we will be quick tomorrow when it counts,” Francis Jr. said. “I think we will have an awesome race with Chris tomorrow, and we will get that record back in the race.

“Qualifying was close but not exactly what we wanted out there today,” added Francis. “The team put together a really fast car, we’ve been pretty quick all weekend, we just got out there and thought we put a pole lap together but ran into some lapped traffic. It’s disappointing that we didn’t put down the lap we wanted to.”

Tomy Drissi and Boris Said will be in striking distance starting from the second row in the 100-lap race. Drissi ran 1:25.076-seconds in the No. 8 Lucas Oil Chevrolet Camaro, just ahead of Said’s 1:25.346-seconds in Pancho Weaver’s No. 2 Technique/SRI Dodge Challenger.

Justin Marks, who held the fast lap early in the session, wound up fifth, 1:25.711-seconds in the No. 99 Ave Motorsports Corvette.

Two hours after making his TA2® debut, Ken Thwaits qualified 11th in TA, driving the No. 5 Franklin Road Apparel Camaro.

The lone West Coast Championship entrant in TA, Steve Goldman was the West Coast pole winner, 1:36.729-seconds in the No. 13 LIG Racing Corvette.

Erich Joiner captured the XGT class pole, running 1:29.181-seconds in the No. 10 Good Boy Bob Coffee Roaster Porsche 991 GT3 R. Mike Weathers is also running in XGT, winning the West Coast Championship pole with a lap of 1:32.275-seconds.

“All of a sudden the fog rolled in and the track got a little bit slower compared to where we were in practice this afternoon,” explained Joiner. “The track was not as grippy but fortunately this is considered my home track, and I’ve logged a lot of hours here. Good Boy Bob Coffee definitely made me go extra fast, it’s a great little perk and pleasure to have around the track. We feel like we are in a good position for the race tomorrow.”

Justin Oakes took his second SGT pole in two 2021 starts – and fourth in four races dating back to the 2020 finale. Oakes, who missed the Road Atlanta race to witness the birth of his first child, ran 1:31.400-seconds in the No. 11 Droneworks Corvette, breaking the track record by five seconds.

“We came from Texas and it was quite a long haul out here,” Oakes said. “This is my first time racing in California and my first time ever at Laguna Seca. The racing with the West Coast drivers has been great. This place is amazing, I love it and I will be back for sure. My son Jackson is three weeks old now, and he’s home with my wife Elaine and are both doing great.”

Lou Gigliotti was second in SGT in the No. 28 G2 Motorsports Park Corvette.

Rob Crocker was the West Coast SGT pole winner, third overall with a time of 1:33.792-seconds in the No. 77 KRYPTAURI Cybersecurity Porsche Cayman. Crocker’s transmission lost fourth gear at Sonoma last weekend, and then it went completely out. He obtained a new transmission, and installed it with the help of John Schweitzer and his team to make this weekend’s race.

“Unfortunately it got colder and a bit overcast today about 30 minutes before qualifying,” said Crocker. “It was kind of like Sonoma where the track conditions really dropped but it got a lot trickier this time around to get some heat into the tires. We kind of played with the setup a little bit to try and compromise that at the last minute, but instead that ended up putting us about a half step back backwards.”

The Trans Am SpeedFest concludes with Sunday’s 100-mile, 45-lap race (with a 75-minute time limit) for the TA, SGT and SGT classes. The event takes the green flag at 1:30 p.m. PT.

Watch the event exclusively on the Trans Am by Pirelli Racing App.

NO BEATING DIXON AS CHAMP WINS, SETS RECORDS AT THE GREAT AMERICAN SPEEDWAY

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  • New Zealander claims fifth victory, first to go back-to-back at No Limits, Texas
  • Fellow New Zealander Scott McLaughlin second in oval debut

FORT WORTH, Texas (May 1, 2021) – There was a time Scott Dixon wasn’t a big fan of racing at Texas Motor Speedway but you would never know it now as the six-time and reigning NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion earned his second consecutive and fifth overall victory at No Limits, Texas by taking the checkered flag in the Genesys 300.

The New Zealander’s No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda crossed the finish line 0.2646-of-a-second ahead of fellow Kiwi Scott McLaughlin, the three-time Australian Supercars champion and NTT INDYCAR SERIES rookie who was making his oval track debut in the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet. San Antonio resident Patricio “Pato” O’Ward finished third in his No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet.

“It was a bit of a crazy night for us,” Dixon said. “Definitely very tense there at the end. It was kind of cool to be racing a countryman for the last few laps. Fifth win at Texas, baby! That was awesome.

“It feels amazing to be in this position. You just never want it to end. We want to go back-to-back and try to tie Mario tomorrow. I’m sure that’s not exactly what he wants to see. We’ll keep our heads down. It’s extremely tough. This season has been one of the toughest starts, I think, for a lot of us just with how tight the competition is.”

The victory is Dixon’s 51st, putting him just behind Mario Andretti (52) and A.J. Foyt (67) all-time in the series. His fifth Texas Motor Speedway victory breaks a tie with Helio Castroneves for most wins as well as being the first repeat winner in the series’ 33-race history at The Great American Speedway. Dixon’s other three wins came in 2018, 2015 and 2008. The Genesys 300 victory also made it 19 seasons Dixon has earned at least one NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory, breaking a tie with Foyt.

The balance of the top 10 finishers were Alex Palou (No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet), Graham Rahal (No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda), Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet), Jack Harvey (No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda), Alexander Rossi (No. 27 Andretti Autosport Honda), Takumo Sato (No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda), and Simon Pagenaud (No. 22 Team Penske Chevrolet).

Damp conditions throughout the morning and early afternoon cancelled qualifying, setting the starting grid based on the entrant point standings. That put Palou on the point, the No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet of Will Power to his right and Ganassi teammate Dixon directly behind, with the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda of Colton Herta on the outside of Row 2.

Palou, who came to Texas with the point lead after two races, led the first two laps before Dixon grabbed the top spot. Dixon maintained a 0.4-of-a-second lead over his teammate after 15 laps and slightly less than that by the time green-flag pit stops began on Lap 53.

The day’s first caution waved just four laps later when Sebastien Bourdais made hard contact with the outside retaining wall after a tap from behind by Newgarden. Newgarden was able to continue but INDYCAR officials deemed the incident to be avoidable and penalized him with a restart at the back of the field.

Dixon continued his run out front before relinquishing the lead back to Palou on Lap 125 during another round of green-flag pit stops. But the No. 9 Honda returned to where it was most comfortable just four laps later.

The evening’s second and final caution slowed the field on Lap 160 when the No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet of Felix Rosenqvist and the No. 29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda of James Hinchcliffe made contact in Turn 2, forcing Hinchcliffe hard into the outside wall. It was nearly a mirror image from last year when the two tangled, sending Rosenqvist into the wall and out of the race.

The field returned to green on Lap 175 of 212. McLaughlin lined up directly behind Dixon, with O’Ward and Palou in tow. As the laps counted down, McLaughlin hung tight to the leader but was not able to make a final charge before the checkered flag wave.

There were three lead changes among two drivers and two cautions for 29 laps.

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings (after three races): Dixon 118, Palou 100, Power 81, O’Ward 80, Harvey 77, McLaughlin 75, Newgarden 75, Pagenaud 74, Rahal 71, Herta 70

Dixon again celebrated the victory in traditional Texas Motor Speedway fashion, wearing a cowboy hat and firing a pair of Smith & Wesson 629 Deluxe six-shooters while accepting the Genesys 300 Foyt Rutherford Trophy produced by Jostens.

Next up on the Texas Motor Speedway schedule is the second race of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES doubleheader weekend, Sunday’s XPEL 375. Live coverage begins May 2 at 4 p.m. CT on NBCSN, The INDYCAR Radio Network and 95.9 The Ranch.

TICKETS:
Tickets for Texas Motor Speedway’s 2021 major event season, including the June 13 NASCAR All-Star Race, are on sale now at http://www.texasmotorspeedway.com.

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DGR NCWTS Race Recap: Kansas Speedway

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Saturday, May 1
Track: Kansas Speedway, 1.5-mile oval
Event: Wise Power 200 (134 laps, 200 miles)

Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Toter F-150
Start: 20th
Finish: 13th

  • Deegan started the event from the 20th position. 15 laps into Stage 1 Deegan was 18th and reported her Toter F-150 was tight.
  • Deegan completed Stage 1 in 15th and told the crew she just needed the front to turn better mid-corner and off.
  • Deegan started Stage 2 from the 13th spot after receiving service on pit road during the break. On lap 49, the Ford driver reached the top-10.
  • The California native ended Stage 2 10th and earned one bonus point. During the break, Deegan relayed to the crew that her F-150 was neutral.
  • Deegan started the final stage in 12th. With 50 laps to go in the event, the Toter driver was 13th. She was back in 10th on lap 98.
  • On lap 102, Deegan made a scheduled green-flag pit stop for fuel, four tires and adjustments to help loosen her truck up just a tick. After the pit sequence was complete, Deegan was 11th with 15 laps to go.
  • With seven laps to go the caution was displayed while Deegan was in ninth. Deegan stayed out and restarted eighth for the green-white-checkered. However, another caution shortly after the green-flag sent the race into overtime with Deegan 13th. Deegan ultimately finished 13th.
  • Deegan’s 13th-place finish in tonight’s event is her best result of the season and best result at Kansas Speedway.

Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance F-150
Start: 18th
Finish: 18th

  • Gray started 18th and drove his way up to 14th in the opening five laps. He would gain one additional position throughout the remainder of the stage and would finish Stage 1 in 13th.
  • Crew chief Seth Smith called for a big swing in adjustments with air pressure and trackbar changes in addition to tires and fuel. The No. 15 would line up 12th for the start of Stage 2.
  • Gray moved up one position to 11th throughout the stage and reported that he felt loose on corner entry. The team opted to go back on some adjustments during the stage break and a quick pit stop placed Gray in the eighth position for the restart for the final stage.
  • On the restart, the bottom lane stacked up which caused Gray to fall to 12th on the opening lap. He battled back up to eighth before the final pit stop cycle began and was running sixth on lap 100 when he came down pit road for tires and fuel.
  • A speeding penalty forced Gray to bring his F-150 down pit road again for a passthrough and he would rejoin the field in 31st, two laps down. When the caution flag waved on lap 127, he was back up to 19th, one lap down.
  • Another quick caution pushed the race to overtime and the No. 15 Ford Performance F-150 would start and finish in 18th.

Next event: LiftKits4Less.com 200 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on May 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

DANNY BOUC AND DECKER SWINEHART EARN FIRST TIME VICTORIES IN NASCAR RACES AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT

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BECHTELSVILLE, PA. May 2, 2021 . . . Both the TP Trailers 358 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series 30-lap Modified feature and the T.P. Truck Equipment 25-lap Sportsman feature had first time winners on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.

Danny Bouc, who became a regular at the 1/3-mile banked clay oval this season after hooking up with Norm Hansell to pilot his No. 357 in the Modified ranks took the lead for good from Brad Brightbill on the 19th lap and went on to take home the checkered for first first career win. This was quite an improvement over his 27th place finish the previous week. Bouc was very thankful that Norm took a chance on him and he was more than ready to prove that he was up for the challenge.

Sportsman action saw young Decker Swinehart go the top line to take the lead away from Bryan Rhoads with five laps complete and hold that spot until the wave of the checkered to chalk up the victory.

Bouc and Swinehart both received the Dan’s Deli ½-way hoagie award and Swinehart also earned a monetary bonus for being the highest crate engine finisher.

Polesitter Brightbill held the early lead at the onset of the Modified feature and within a matter of laps Brightbill, Eric Biehn and Bouc were engaged in a three-way battle for the lead.

A homestretch tangle that brought out the yellow on the sixth lap eliminated Doug Manmiller, Kevin Graver and Ron Haring Jr. Manmiller took a pretty good jolt into the wall and walked away very slowly under his own power. Brightbill was still in first when action resumed with Bouc giving him no room to falter.

Bouc took over the number one positon on lap eight leaving Brightbill, Biehn, Jack Butler and Timmy Buckwalter, who invaded since his regular Saturday night track didn’t include his division coming from 15th; in pursuit after Bouc checked out.
Lap traffic was on the horizon by the 16th lap while the order continued to be the same. Trying to break into the top five was Craig Von Dohren.

Justin Grim bobbled a bit coming off turn four which set up a chain reaction and Brad Grim became involved and spun for the final yellow on the 17th lap. At the same time Duane Howard went pit side and never returned. On the restart Bouc hesitated enough and that quick Brightbill took advantage of it and pounced back in front. It was short-lived however as one lap later Bouc was first again.

Coming to the front fast was Von Dohren as he was second on lap 22 trailed by Brightbill, Buckwalter and Butler. Waiting in the wings just anticipating a miscue so they could advance positions were point leader Brett Kressley and Jeff Strunk.

In the closing stages Von Dohren came on strong since Bouc was starting to fade, but it wasn’t enough and Bouc went on to score a crowd-pleasing win. Finishing a close second was Von Dohren followed by Buckwalter, Kressley and Strunk. Sixth through tenth were Brightbill, Louden Reimert, Butler and last week’s winner Jared Umbenhauer.

Strunk, Bouc, Umbenhauer and Willman won the four qualifying heats. The consies went to Justin Grim and Jordan Henn.
In Sportsman action Rhoads was the early pacesetter until the fifth lap restart needed when Tyler James, Mark Kemmerer and Mike Laise tangled for the yellow. On the restart Swinehart took to the outside groove and advanced into first.

While Swinehart set the pace, the battle brewed behind him between Cody Schantz, Joey Vaccaro, Rhoads and Ebby Ridge.

At the ½-way point Vaccaro took over second and set sail after Swinehart who had a slight margin built up.

Mike Laise regrouped the pack when he came to a halt on the 21st lap. They were all bumper-to- bunper for the single file restart and Swinehart was still at the head of the pack.

Swinehart never looked back once he was in control until he pulled into the winner’s circle. Chasing him across the finish line were Vaccaro, Rhoads, current point leader Kenny Gilmore and Schantz. Rounding out the top ten were Kyle Smith, Kyle Lilick, Ridge, Brandon Edgar and Lex Shive.

Heats were won by Chris Esposito, Rhoads and Gilmore. Lilick won the consi.

Coming up on Friday, My 7th, at 7 p.m. is Outlaw Racing Series Enduro and Vintage Racing action.

And on Saturday, May 8, 7:30 p.m. the 602 Sportsman Mini-Series returns to action along with the Modifieds and Sportsman. It will be Mom’s Night with the first 50 Moms getting a free gift. The oldest and youngest Mom earns two free race passes. Adult admission is $18.

The East Coast USAC Sprint Cars will be part of a tripleheader show on Saturday, May 15th that will also feature the T.P.Trailers Modifieds and T.P.Truck Equipment Sportsman. Adult admission will be $25 while youngsters 11 and under pay $5.

Information can be found at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Facebook or telephone 610.754.7688.

RACE RESULTS

T.P. Trailers Modified Feature (30-laps): 1. Danny Bouc, 2. Craig Von Dohren, 3. Timmy Buckwalter, 4. Brett Kressley, 5. Jeff Strunk, 6. Brad Brightbill, 7. Louden Reimert, 8. Jack Butler, 9. Jared Umbenhauer, 10. Kyle Weiss, 11. Dillon Steuer, 12. Eric Biehn, 13. Ryan Grim, 14. John Willman, 15. Brad Arnold, 16. Jordan Henn, 17. Justin Grim, 18. Nate Brinker, 19. Ron Kline, 20. Cory Merkel, 21. Richie Hitzler, 22. Duane Howard, 23. Brad Grim, 24. Brett Gilmore (alternate), 25. Dylan Swinehart, 26. Doug Manmiller, 27. Kevin Graver, 28. Ron Haring Jr. DNS: Craig Whitmoyer. DNQ: Bobby Gunther-Walsh, Carroll Hine III, Mark Kratz, Darren Schuler, Jesse Leiby and Glenn Owens.

T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman Feature (25-laps): 1. Decker Swinehart, 2. Joey Vaccaro, 3. Bryan Rhoads, 4. Kenny Gilmore, 5. Cody Schantz, 6. Kyle Smith, 7. Kyle Lilick, 8. Ebby Ridge, 9. Brandon Edgar, 10. Lex Shive, 11. Dylan Hoch, 12. Dakota Kohler, 13. Jimmy Leiby, 14. Ryan Beltz, 15. Mark Ke

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