BIG DIAMOND DIRTcar VICTORY LANE!

Here is a shot from victory lane at Big Diamond Raceway from last sunday night! Duane Howard captured the victory which is his first victory against the Dirtcar Boys! Second place was Jeff Brownell (left) and finishing third was Brett Hearn. Alyssa Sharman (Miss Motorsports) is also pictured in victory lane! Way to go Duane! Way to welcome those NY boys to Cowpatty Nation!

(Lee Smith photo) (click to enlarge)

THE GREATEST SHOW ON DIRT!

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THE GRANDVIEW POINT BATTLE!

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The Grandview Speedway point battle is officially underway! Duane Howard is in the #1 postion just a mere 53 points ahead of Jeff Strunk! Jeff has won 7 championships out of the last 9 years and wants nothingless than his 8th title!

NAME THESE DRIVERS?

This is a pretty easy one for you guys! Both of these cars had there share of wins back in the day!
(George Koyt photo)
(Courtesy 3-Wide)

GRANDVIEW APRIL 25TH!

(BRENT SMITH PHOTOS)

SUPER DIRTcar Series BIG DIAMOND RESULTS!

FIN STR CAR# DRIVER
1 1 4 Duane Howard/Oley,PA($6,000)
2 3 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY
3 5 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
4 2 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
5 6 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
6 13 8p Billy Pauch Jr./Frenchtown,NJ
7 8 66 Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY
8 11 14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
9 12 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY
10 14 fx1 Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY
11 18 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
12 15 62s Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY
13 29 88c Rick Laubach/Quakertown,PA
14 4 4s Michael Storms/Wantage,NJ
15 7 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
16 20 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY
17 22 49 Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
18 30 37x Tom Scheetz Jr./Boyertown,PA
19 10 74 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY
20 9 26 Ryan Godown/Ringoes,NJ
21 16 14 Jimmy Horton/Neshanic Station,NJ
22 28 44 Frank Cozze/Wind Gap,PA
23 17 6 Mike McAleer/Tabernacle,NJ
24 27 28 Richie Pratt Jr./Woodbury Hts,NJ
25 24 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
26 25 117 Kevin Hirthler/Boyertown,PA
27 23 126 Billy Pauch/Frenchtown,NY
28 26 33 Ray Swinehart/Bechtelsville,PA
29 21 1c Craig VonDohren/Oley,PA
30 19 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY

WEEKLY NOTES!

What a beautiful night for racing it was! Sunny skies and a little warmer than expected, more like a early summer night with no sweatshirt or jacket was needed! Mr. Modified (Steve) was along for the night and Eric's friend Dan or Danimal as he is known for his highly touted work ethic was also along. Missing was Fire Marshall Doug, who was mountain bound for the weekend! I thought he may have had some action when Bill Gensler ended up on his roof on the backstretch! Everyone was sporting their Cowpatty wear proudly! Scott Hoffmaster got his CPN shirt last nite! Thanks Scott! Another 25+ shirts go on order tomorrow! You will even see Bob Miller's wife Donna sporting a CPN shirt in the near future!

Talked to CVD while he was headed into the track and questioned where his CPN sticker was?? While he seemed unsure said he will take care of that sticker for next week...we shall see? Jeff Strunk who also has a sticker along with Danny Erb were nowhere to be seen?? Maybe next week? That "15" sure looks good with sporting the CPN! THANKS!

Kelsey and Brandon were also along last night and truely gaining great interests in the sport! Gotta love it! Brandon (Eric's son) is a Duane Howard fan, while Kelsey (my daughter) is a die-hard Jason Hamilton fan! Kelsey was so upset at Jason's heart breaking finish last nite she actually shed a few tears that he was going to pack up and leave before we saw him pitside! Jason came through in a HUGE way, making a point to talk to Kelsey and you should have seen her face...PRICELESS! I wish I had the video camera rolling for that one! She is still talking about it today! She kept saying, "Jason will make a good Dad"! Those Beer City shirts are sweet looking!

The Rogers kept after the racing surface all night long with water and grading that created an awesome race track come feature time! Little dusty, but you are at a dirt track!! Billy Pauch Jr looked strong last night and who knows, may have won the feature till he had fuel pump problems come lap 25 of the feature! Talked to Billy in the pits after the race. What a great kid, always smiling and upbeat. He will get a win this year! CVD inherited the lead on lap 25 and looked stout all nite to take home the big money with some heat from Duane Howard who finished 2nd!! Craig also won his heat race convincingly! Shawn Reimert and Jason Hamilton also looked real strong with both drivers prepared to take home top 5's till they hooked together and spun in the waning moments of the feature. Tough break for those guys!

Tom Umbenhauer put together an excellent 3rd place finish! Kevin Hirthler looked very good again finishing 4th while Jeff Strunk rounded out the top 5. Mike Gular used his provisional and put it to good use bringing the Terry Fastnacht 53 home to a 6th place finish! Gular has been remarkable this year! Brian Shuey was once again the class of the late model field winning for the 2nd time this season! Way to go Brian!

All and all a good night at "THE HILL". Start to finish was about a 3 hour show that ended at 10:03! Impressive! Plenty of time for the little kids and us BIG kids to head pitside and chat with some of our favorites! Till next week...NEW start time...7:30! Keep on Cowpattying!

CVD WINS!

Craig Von Dohren was the big winner last night in the modified division at Grandview Speedway! CVD coming from the 12th starting position took command of the race on lap 25 when Billy Pauch Jr while leading dropped from the competition with a fuel pump problem! Craig took control with Duane Howard in hot pursuit to add another feature win to his credit collecting $2250 for his winning efforts! (Click to enlarge) (Brent Smith photo)

GRANDVIEW RESULTS!

30-LAP JEFF D’AMBROSIO DODGE NIGHT NASCAR WHELEN ALL AMERICAN SERIES 358 MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH: 1. Craig VonDohren 2. Duane Howard 3. Tom Umbenhauer 4. Kevin Hirthler 5. Jeff Strunk 6. Mike Gular 7. Kerry Kratz 8. John Tschudy 9, Meme DeSantis 10. John Willman 11. Doug Hoffman 12. Terry Meitzler 13. Kieth Brightbill 14. Sean Merkel 15. Mark Kratz 16. Addison Meitzler 17. Danny Hieber 18. Jon Kellner Sr. 19. Jason Hamilton 20. Shawn Reimert 21. Jason Smythe 22. Billy Pauch Jr. 23. Chris Esposito 24. Don Norris 25. Kyle Follweiler 26. Jon Kellner Jr. 27. Doug Manmiller 28. Brad Missimer 29. Cliff Quinn


20-LAP JEFF D’AMBROSIO DODGE NIGHT NASCAR LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH: 1.Brian Shuey 2. Danny Snyder 3. Mike Kellner 4. Chuck Schutz 5. Ron Kline 6. Randy Stoudt 7. Wayne Pfeil 8. John Giesler 9. Rick Todorow 10. Andy Ressler 11. Bobby Wyatt 12. John Favinger 13. Dallas Breidenbach 14. Kurt Spotts 15. Nate Chrisman 16. Doug Walton 17. Buddy Mertz 18. Dennis Pieper 19. Jamie Undercoffler 20. Bill Henning 21. Kyle Merkel.

SEE YA TONITE!

Get out to Grandview Speedway on this beautiful spring night and support your local Dirt Track! See ya tonite!!

BIG DIAMOND!

358 MODIFIED FEATURE (25-LAPS)
1)71-David Van Horn Jr.-Phillipsburg NJ (1st career BDR Modified feature win)
2) 53-Mike Gular-Green Lane PA
3) 1c-Craig Von Dohren-Boyertown PA
4) 357-Doug Hoffman-Allentown PA
5) 41-Jeff Strunk-Mohnton PA
6) 14-Doug Manmiller-Shoemakersville PA
7) 542-Rick Laubach-Quakertown PA
8) 4E-Earl Paules-Palmerton PA
9) 77-Keith Hoffman-Whitehall PA
10) 11D-Richie Pratt Jr.-Woodbury Heights NJ

For full results....CLICK HERE! http://www.speednetdirect.com/syndicate/synd_resultselect.php?uid=bdraceway&sel_track=8237&nav_step=results

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!

What a beautiful weekend for some dirt track racing! Clear skies right through sunday night will make for some great racing at Big Diamond on friday and sunday nights and Grandview saturday night! High temps reaching 86 tomorrow and sunday. Lows down in the high 50's at night! PERFECT!

I dont know but something tells me the "Ringoes Rocket"/ "Topside Terror" Ryan Godown will have a real nice weekend! With all the bad luck he has had, this weekend gets turned around for him! Keep an eye on that Johnny Rea R1 to pocket some cabbage this weekend! (Photo Brent Smith) (Click to enlarge)

NAME THAT DRIVER!

Here is a cool picture from what looks to be Big Diamond. A good look at the sponsors shows Schaeffers Family Restaurant, Touch of Green Landscaping, Bob Seidels Auto care. Note the Hoosier tires. Looks like a Fred Turza powerplant too! Can you name him? (Lester Potts photo)

(Courtesy 3-Wide)

COWPATTY NATION T-SHIRTS!

Here is a picture of our Cowpatty Nation T-shirts! The front of the shirt is like the one you see on the post below of my daughter Kelsey! These pictured are the back of the shirt. We have ordered a heckava lot more than I thought we ever would have! If you are interested, send me an e-mail. We are ordering more this monday!

(CLICK TO ENLARGE)

KEVIN HARTNETT!

Here is a cool pic of the Sitler Kline racing 55 driven by Kevin Hartnett at Redline Speedway! This car is a beauty! Kevin lettered many cars through the years and each and every one turned out really nice! Redline Speedway opens their season May 1st. I recently recieved an e-mail from Kevin that he has been checking out Cowpatty Nation! He also said he would like a Cowpatty sticker for that 55! I will get one out to ya Kevin as soon as we get the next batch in! Thanks again for the e-mail and the kind words about the site!

STRAPPED IN!

STRAPPED IN! Tune in tonite at 9:00 to hear driver Doug Manmiller & car owner Rod Breitenstein LIVE! Mike Feltenberger and Randy Kane do an incredible job interviewing local racers in a live BCTV broadcast! They ask just the right questions that you want to hear! LOVE IT! You can even call in with a question! BCTV also archives STRAPPED IN episodes from past months that you can view! Just click on archived shows and go back to the last wednesday of each month to find the show! Check it out! http://www.bctv.org/Schedule.aspx?ScheduleDate=4/22/2009

COWPATTY STICKERS!

Man, these things are going like hotcakes! Looking good! Hopefully we will see some more this saturday night on some of the cars at Grandview! (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

MY COWPATTY T-SHIRT MODEL!

Here ia a shot of my daughter Kelsey hamming it up for her photo-op modeling her Cowpatty Nation T-shirt!

GRANDVIEW ACTION 4/18!

(BRENT SMITH PHOTOS)

COWPATTY NATION STICKERS!

Jason Hamilton has become the 1st race car to sport the new Cowpatty Nation sticker! Thanks alot Jason, we really appreciate it! LOOKIN' GOOD! Hope that brings Jason a little luck as everyone could use a little of that! Hopefully in the near future more Cowpatty Nation stickers will be seen on the "HOT RODS" at Grandview! CLICK PICS TO ENLARGE! (Bob Yurko photo)

KEVIN HIRTHLER!

Here is Kevin Hirthler in victory lane courtesy of Bob Yurko! Kevin was one happy camper after his win! Kevin couldnt get out of that sweet looking 117 fast enough! Kevin praised the Bicknell chassis and his crew for his victory! Kevin also stated that he beat the best last night in Jeff Strunk & Duane Howard who were runner-ups! No arguement from me Kevin...you truly earned that win!

(Click to enlarge) (Bob Yurko Photo)

GRANDVIEW NOTES!

What an action packed night at "THE HILL" last night! Beautiful weather had the place packed! We started out the night with a visit to Jason Hamilton. Jason is a "Cowpatty" fan and was kind enough to grace his Hot Rod with a fresh off the press "Cowpatty Nation" sticker! Bob Yurko (as mentioned in the below post) was nothing less than awesome in helping us outas we chatted with him pitside!

The track conditions were on the rough side in the early going with alot of rubber put down through the mid to lower sections of the track. Kenny had the grader out and created a much better racing surface come feature time with multiple grooves. Us fans took a pretty good dirt bath thru-out the evening with no complaints from me due to the awesome racing! I mentioned to Eric that Kevin Hirthler could wire the field before the feature started. Little did I know? What a fantastic feature it was with Kevin taking control and leading many laps! As the race progressed Jeff Strunk in his "Red Rocket" and the "Duane Train" Howard moved into contention. Strunk took over the lead later in the race getting by Hirthler. We all thought "Night-Night get the light" this thing is over with Jeff picking up his 1st win at Grandview for the Gagliardo family! Not so said Hirthler. Kevin throttled the potent 117 Bicknell past Jeff on a lap 9 restart and took command and held it running the cushion (which by this time was all the way up against the boiler-plate!!) Jeff & Duane were hawking Kevin but never able to take command! Congrats Kevin on your win! Kevin was torqued in victory lane climbing atop his 117's roof in celebration!

Great runs by Strunk & Howard to finish 2 & 3rd. CVD went pitside early and and returned to finish a fine 5th place! Sean Merkel picked up the "Hard Charger award coming from 29th to 12th! Randy Stoudt looked stout taking the Late Model feature convincingly. Tough nights for both previous champions Chuck Schutz and Brian Shuey! Missing was Greg Hoffmaster, oh and Scott we've got your "CPN" shirt for ya!

We traveled pitside after the features. Missed chatting with "Erwinna Extreme" on his night and the CVD compound as always was packed with fans! Traveled down to see the Gagaliardo/Strunk crew to pleasantly surprised by running into good friend and Cowpatty follower Steve Bucks who is a big Vince fan and frequents the shop weekly! Steve was nice enough to introduce me to Vince Sr and a few other members! Vince is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet and told me it is now "FUN" for him at the race track! If anyone is deserving of the racing gods looking over him...its Vince! Thanks for the good stories and getting a chance to talk to you last night! Good Luck to everyone on your team this season and the 1st win at Grandview is right around the corner!

We also journeyed down to visit the Erb family and what a pleasure that was!! Janet Erb (Danny's Mom) was incredibly nice! She had some excellent stories and goings on with racing in general and Danny that were good to hear! Danny had one rough night getting tore up in his heat race. The cars whole rear end was torn up and unable to return to racing for the evening. We met Danny a couple years back up at Rolling Wheels during Super Dirt week along with Kyle Weiss. Danny is one of the nicest guys around and we wish him luck getting his Banos brothers 44 back on the track next week sporting a "Cowpatty Nation sticker on that Lombardo powered hot rod! All and all an excellent night on "The Hill"!

BOB YURKO!

Just wanted to give out a BIG "THANK YOU" to Bob Yurko! We met up with Bob pre-race last nite. Bob loves checking out Cowpatty Nation. Bob got us some good pictures last nite and does an excellent job for dirt track racing in general!

Bob asked if we had seen the RCN telecast of the Grandview opener, and that RANDY KANE mentioned Cowpatty Nation during the telecast! WOW! THANKS A BUNCH RANDY! I havent had a chance to see it yet, but need to catch that one!

We gave Bob his very own Cowpatty Nation t-shirt for all his efforts to help us out last night. Bob also took a few Cowpatty stickers and you will hopefully see them on some of the race cars in the near future! Thanks again Bob, and I am really looking forward to seeing some of those pictures so I can share them with the "Cowpatty Nation".

GRANDVIEW RESULTS!

30-LAP AUTO LOCATOR MAGAZINE NASCAR WHELEN ALL AMERICAN SERIES 358 MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH: 1. Kevin Hirthler 2. Jeff Strunk 3. Duane Howard 4. Meme DeSantis 5. Craig VonDohren 6. Doug Hoffman 7. Jason Hamilton 8. Mike Gular 9. Ray Swinehart 10. Doug Manmiller 11. Don Norris 12. Sean Merkel 13. John Willman 14. Terry Meitzler 15. Kerry Kratz 16. John Pursell 17. Troy Wink 18. Addison Meitzler 19. Danny Hieber 20. Chuck Esposito 21. A.J. DeSantis 22. Shawn Reimert 23. Ryan Godown 24. Billy Pauch Jr. 25. Todd Marburger 26. Ryan Grim 27. Todd Smith 28. Jon Kellner Sr. 29. Brad Missimer 30. Keith Brightbill.

20-LAP AUTO LOCATOR MAGAZINE NASCAR LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH: 1.Randy Stoudt 2. Kyle Merkel 3. Ron Kline 4. Mike Kellner 5. Danny Snyder 6. Rick Todorow 7. Bill Henning 8. Kory Fleming 9. John Giesler 10. Andy Ressler 11. John Willman 12. Dallas Breidenbach 13. Bobby Wyatt 14. Nate Christman 15. Brian Shuey 16. Buddy Mertz 17. Dennis Pieper 18. Chuck Schutz 19. Kurt Spotts 20. Jamie Undercoffler 21. Wayne Pfeil 22. John Favinger

BIG DIAMOND RACE RESULTS!

FEATURE (25-LAPS): 1) 4-Duane Howard, 2) 1c-Craig Von Dohren, 3) 77-Keith Hoffman, 4) 53-Mike Gular, 5) 11D-Richie Pratt Jr., 6) 19-Jordan Umbenhauer, 7) 126-Billy Pauch, 8) 178-Dale Hartz, 9) 14-Doug Mnnmiller, 10) CR7-Colt Harris, 11) 37x-Tommy Sheetz Jr., 12) T102-Shawn Fitzpatrick, 13) Y73-Ricky Yetter, 14) 74W-John Willman. DNF: 15) 3A-Kevin Albert Jr., 16) R1-Ryan Godown, 17) 8P-Billy Pauch Jr., 18) 357-Doug Hoffman, 19) 33-Ray Swinehart, 20) 41-Jeff Strunk, 21) 5-Joey Grammes, 22) 21K-Kyle Weiss, 23) 88D-Meme DeSantis, 24) 36-Jonathan Kumernitsky, 25) 11-Sean Merkel, 26) 542-Rick Laubach. Lap Leaders: K. Hoffman (1-5), C. Von Dohren (6-13), D. Howard (14-25).DID NOT QUALIFY: Steve Weikel, Dan Hineline, Troy Wink, Danny Nicholas, AJ DeSantis, Joe Masiado, Danny Hieber, Ryan Grim, Eric Kocher, Kyle Follweiler, Earl Paules, Ryan Watt, Craig Whitmoyer, David Van Horn Jr.

KORY FLEMING!

I had a request from Kevin Moyer for a pic of newcomer Kory Fleming. Kevin is a big fan of Cowpatty Nation and checks it out every chance he gets! Welcome Kevin! Here is a shot of Kory in action thanks to Brent Smith. Kory is a rookie this year at the high-banks of Grandview Speedway. Once he gets some seat time he will be one to keep your eye on!!

(Click to Enlarge) (Brent Smith Photo)

NAME THIS DRIVER!

Here is a tough one, but I'm sure someone will get it? This guy got around pretty good, primarily at Big Diamond. The Micro-Sprints ran at BDR one night back in the day and we hauled up to BDR and pitted right next to this guy! He was GREAT! Real good sense of humor and a heckava nice guy! (Don Marks photo)
(Courtesy 3-Wide Photos)

NOW THATS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!

WFMZ-69
SATURDAY:
HIGH: 76 LOW: 45
Partly sunny, breezy and warm

NOAA
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming west between 8 and 11 mph. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. North wind around 6 mph.

ACCU-WEATHER
Saturday, Apr 18
High: 74 °F RealFeel®: 71 °F
Partly sunny; breezy, warm and pleasant; a beautiful start to the weekend
Saturday Night, Apr 18
Low: 46 °F RealFeel®: 44 °F
Increasing cloudiness with a little rain late

WEATHER-UNDERGROUND
Saturday
Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph...increasing to west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy in the evening...then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph... becoming north after midnight

CVD!

REMEMBER THIS?

This is a picture from last season when Stewart Friesen lost his mind while racing at Big Diamond! He got spun out between turns 1 & 2 and just flipped! He thought it was Kurt "Lil "Dude" Spotts that took him out. I am not sure who it was, but Kurt took Stu's heat! Stu proceded to get out of his car and jump up on Spott's car and jump up and down thus doing the pictured damage to the hood of Kurt's car! Stu sure does have a short fuse! I think that drive must have been getting to him on a week to week basis?

WELCOME DIAMOND DOG!

Just wanted to throw out a shout and welcome Diamond Dog to Cowpatty Nation! If ya never have read one of Diamond Dogs reviews after a race at Big Diamond on SJDR, ya gotta get there quick after a race and read his angle on the night!! It's like no other! Looks like you will have some beautiful weather this friday night up in "GODS COUNTRY"! It's about time...right? Glad to have you aboard DD, and we need to get you to sign up as a follower to the "NATION"!

ONE LUCKY GUY!

THERE'S A GROUPING!

Here we have Jimmy Horton, Jeff Strunk, Billy Pauch Jr., Billy Pauch Sr. & Sean Merkel all taking in the action at Susquehanna Speedway!

Pretty cool picture!

BRIAN SHUEY!

Here is Brian Shuey in victory lane on opening night at Grandview! This is Brian's 2nd opening night win in a row! Brian was the class of the field last saturday night winning his heat race and the feature event. I raced against Brian at Shellhammers Speedway back in the mid-80's! Great guy! (Brent Smith photo)

HAPPY EASTER!

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MIKE KELLY!

Here is a composite picture of Mike Kelly, tech inspector at Grandview Speedway! This is shot of Mike wheeling the #35 car back in the day! I remember Mike in a yellow and orange #4 car (also pictured above) that was rocket fast! I think this may have been Butch Green in the car at this time at Reading fairgrounds? Mike may have ran the car after Butch at Grandview!

Maybe if Mike saw this he could fill us in a little better?

(Chess Composite/courtesy 3 Wide)

(Bill Bush photo/courtesy 3 Wide)

GRANDVIEW CANCELLED!

GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY FALLS VICTIM TO RAIN
The tripleheader show of NASCAR stock car racing scheduled for this evening, Saturday, April 11th, has been canceled due to the continuing rain.
“Even if it stopped the track has taken so much water it would be impossible to get it in shape for racing by the 7 p.m. starting time,” said promoter Bruce Rogers. “It is always disappointing to have to call a show off but there is just no telling when the rain will stop.”
Stock car racing will return to Grandview Speedway on Saturday, April 18th with the Auto Locator Magazine sponsored NASCAR 358 Modifieds and Late Models doubleheader. Racing will start at 7 p.m.
At present there is no new date set for the Sidewinder Sprints to make up this rained out event

UNBELIEVABLE! The rain FINALLY moves out and the racing for tonite gets cancelled? I have watched the radar all morning and the last of it has moved out! With windy conditions and the skies called for clearing I am a little shocked about the call!!

BILLY PAUCH USAC 2008!

HOW MANY CAN YOU NAME!

Click the picture to enlarge! How many faces can you name in this picture of the CVD #1C? I can name 6 people in this picture! I am sure someone else may be able to name even more????

BECHTELSVILLE SATURDAY FORECAST!

WFMZ-69 Tomorrow: Rain ending early, then clouds giving way to some sun. High: 57 Low: 34
Light Showers ending by 10-11:00!

NOAA Saturday: A slight chance of showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 57. North wind between 10 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. North wind between 10 and 13 mph.

ACCU-WEATHER
Saturday, Apr 11
High: 54 °F RealFeel®: 48 °F
Breezy; rain early in the morning, then clouds giving way to some sun in the afternoon
Saturday Night, Apr 11
Low: 30 °F RealFeel®: 22 °F
Mainly clear, breezy and chilly

WEATHER UNDERGROUND Saturday
Cloudy in the morning...then becoming partly sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph

LOOKIN' GOOD!!

NAME THAT DRIVER!

Can anyone name the driver of this car pictured here at Penn National Speedway? This guy got around all 3 tracks real well back in the Tri-Track days! This driver grew up right down the street from me in Hatfield, PA!

WEEKLY NOTES!

Well, it took me a while...but I wanted to throw a few comments in before the next race! What a nasty cold night it was last week at Grandview! The winds were clocking in at 40+ m.p.h.! The track was in decent shape with all things considered. Kenny did his best to eliminate the ruts and create a top and bottom racing surface! I thought we were in some trouble when the front-stretch lights went out! Kenny scaled that fence in no time to check it out! Duane Howard seemed to be the class of the field winning his heat from the 8th starting position, thus putting him on the pole with the heads-up start. Desantis-Reimert & CVD all looked good winning their respective heats. Mike Gular looked very impressive as did Shawn Reimert. Shawn had a shock tower break after a skirmish with Meme Desantis bringing a sure top 5 finish to an end. Jeff Strunk in his "Red Rocket" looked equally good coming from 15th to finish 4th. Danny Erb ran a hellava race bringing home a 6th place in the Banos brothers #44. John Willman capped off a great night with the "Hard Charger award" coming from dead last 28th to finish 9th!

There were a ton of cautions during the feature that left as I can remember only 14 cars running as the checkered flag fell! WOW, what a battle of attrition! Duane Howard had the field covered winning his 4th opener in a row! Duane stated, "the wind really didnt effect the car at all on the track" after being asked by Pete Knappenberger in victory lane. Brian Shuey captured the Late Model feature in rocket like fashion!

We were missing Captain Ron & "Mr. Modified" Steve this week as Ron did his husbandly duty and took the wife to Atlantic City for their anniversary! I think it may have been just tooo cold for Steve and he had a home project going on too! Fire Marshall Doug watched from the infield home-stretch awaiting a fire so he could stay warm...no luck! Finally had a chance to meet Scott Hoffmaster in our travels. Heckava nice guy! Scott is Greg Hoffmasters (late model driver) son who is a true Cowpatty follower! Scott did a nice job putting together the Coventry Mall race show this winter! Eric & I roughed it out in the stands! Man, had to drink those beers down quick, hard to hang onto! We traveled pitside after the race only to find practically no one left!! I cant blame the teams for getting out of there on a night like that!

Till next week...keep on Cowpattying!

GRANDVIEW OPENER PICS!

(BRENT SMITH PHOTOS)

DANNY ERB!

How impressive was Danny Erb in the Banos Brothers #44! Danny started the feature in the 9th position and brought the car home a 6th place finish! Now, this is not a new car or a new motor! He is running the back-up car to Jeremy Banos #3. He is powered by, I believe a Wide Open Technologies power plant but lacks the horses as it is only a 9:1 compression motor! Yes, attrition was a huge contributor saturday nite with all of the flat tires and other drop-outs, but Danny put together a really nice opening night for this newly formed team! (Brent Smith photo) (click to enlarge)

HOWARD VS. PAUCH AT BDR!

Here is a video from Big Diamond after the heat race with Billy Pauch Sr and Duane Howard. Duane was captured walking down to the 126 stable to pay Billy a visit! If you want to watch the incident, go to GSP video(link below).Go to Big Diamond video,
then click the middle video that has the heat race #3 controvery! The BATTLE IN "GODS COUNTRY" BEGINS!

GSP VIDEO!

Everyone needs to check out the excellent racing footage shot by Gary Silverman at both Grandview & Big Diamond Speedways! Gary captures all the exciting racing action and also the controversial incidents that take place weekly at both tracks! You can watch small clips that show you all the highlights! There is also an online store where you may purchase the entire night of racing on dvd! He also carries dvd's from past years! He even has a link to COWPATTY NATION in the link section on his website! Thanks, Gary! Be sure to visit Gary's site weekly for all the action at: http://gspvideo.com/

THE MEITZLERS!

Here are the team cars of father & and son Terry & Addison Meitzler at Grandview Speedway! Terry a seasoned veteran will be a major player in teaching Addison the ropes! What a tough track to learn at Grandview! Terry pulled off an 11th place finish on opening night, while Addison while looking smooth, failed to qualify. Addison will be a quick learn with his driving style and one hellava teacher! (click to enlarge)

HEY! Looks like we even got Randy Kane in that photo!

GREG SAEGER!

Welcome Greg Saeger as a follower to Cowpatty Nation! This is a picture of Greg's beautiful #44 big block modified that he will campaign weekly at Penn-Can Speedway! Good Luck this season Greg!

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DUANE HOWARD!

Duane Howard was nothing less than a ROCKETSHIP last nite! He was in a class of his own! Some may say, "Anyone can win from the pole". Duane started 8th in the 1st heat race and destroyed everyone in it...thus earning him the pole in a heads up start! I really dont think it mattered where he started! (click to enlarge)
(Brent Smith photo)

BIG DIAMOND RESULTS!

35-LAP 358 MODIFIED FEATURE: 1) #41-Jeff Strunk, 2) #126-Billy Pauch, 3) #4-Duane Howard, 4) #14-Doug Manmiller, 5) #8P-Billy Pauch Jr., 6) #357-Doug Hoffman, 7) #6-Ryan Watt, 8) #99-Craig Whitmoyer, 9) #44M-Troy Wink, 10) #53-Mike Gular, 11) #11-Sean Merkel, 12) #T102-Shawn Fitzpatrick, 13) #542-Rick Laubach, 14) #5-Joey Grammes, 15) #19-Jordan Umbenhauer, 16) #3A-Kevin Albert Jr., 17) #4E-Earl Paules, 18) #107-Danny Hieber, 19) #11D-Richie Pratt Jr., 20) #R1-Ryan Godown, 21) #88D-Meme DeSantis, 22) #33-Ray Swinehart, 23) #71-David Van Horn Jr., 24) #21K-Kyle Weiss, 25) #44-Gary Hager, 26) #42-Kyle Follweiler.