Duane Howard picked up his 8th win at Grandview in 2013 as he defended his home turf against the invaders of the RoC Dirt Tour. Howard drew the pole for the 60-lap feature and led every lap, holding off a hard-charging Craig Von Dohren to pick up the $5,000 payday. Here's how the top 5 ended up...
Grandview Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd 1c Craig Von Dohren
3rd 88D Meme DeSantis
4th 14 Doug Manmiller
5th 53 Mike Gular
A field of 38 modifieds were in attendance at Grandview.
Howard's win was his 5th career RoC Dirt Tour win, which ties him with Brett Hearn, Brian Weaver, Billy Decker, and Pat Ward for 4th on the all-time win list.
Keith Hoffman picked up a ride for the night aboard the Ryan Grim #17. Hoffman ran a solid race and ended up with a top-10 finish.
Billy Pauch was behind the wheel of the Brad Grammes #5J normally driven by Joey Grammes. An absolutely horrible call sent Pauch to the rear of the field after running in the top-3 in the early stages of the race.
John Willman was aboard the Banos Brothers Racing #3, which had been piloted by Ron Kline for most of the season at Grandview. He was able to put the car in the feature.
The leaders in RoC points had a night to forget. Points leader Bobby Varin was involved in a wreck and went pitside a few times. Stewart Friesen was able to cut into his points lead, but not after having issues on his own as he was forced pitside in the early stages as well. Matt Sheppard's car had to be pushed to the pits during pace laps, ending his night, and Rick Laubach dropped out very late in the race while running third (5th place points man Billy Decker was not in attendance.)
The RoC Dirt Tour's next stop is Utica Rome Speedway on August 21st, as the tour will have Twin 50 lap features on the card.
Tomorrow night (Wednesday) Five Mile Point Speedway will host the continuation of Saturday night's event which was postponed due to weather. The top-20 for the modifieds are set, and 4 more spots are available if anyone wants to attempt to qualify through the last chance race. Here's how the modified line-up currently looks...
Row 1: 29 Chris Ostrowski & 41 Brian Puckett
Row 2: 131 Barry White & 7c Chris Wood
Row 3: 51 Mike Colsten & 28F Stan Frankenfield
Row 4: J27 Brian Weaver & 20R Nick Rochinski
Row 5: 1J Jim Gabriel & 42B Kevin Bates
Row 6: 16x Danny Creeden & 55 Jerry Higbie
Row 7: 31 Brent Boyer & 14K Dan Morden
Row 8: 16R Richard Smith & 119 Brian Malcolm
Row 9: 117 Alex Stanton & 1a Brad Weaver
Row 10: 26 Glenn Knapp & 49 Donnie Elliott
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