GRANDVIEW WINNERS CIRCLE (Brent Smith Photos)

WEEKLY COWPATTY NOTES!

Wow, is all I can say! 2 modified consi's, 2 features, then a full show in roughly 4 hours! That is amazing! What an excellent job Grandview did last night getting in all of that racing. Early on the track was in pretty rough shape. Very dry with major ruts that developed quickly. The Rogers took care of business with some grooming excellence. Grading and plenty of watering had the surface looking good real quick! Meme Desantis was the class of the field in the make-up feature holding off a hard charging Duane Howard who finished in the runner-up spot. Billy Pauch Jr ran an excellent race to finish 3rd. Billy is really getting settled in at Grandview and starting to turn some heads! Doug Manmiller came from 28th to finish 4th, and Keith Brightbill rounded out the top 5. There was alot of banging and wrecking in that 1st feature which took some time to get going. They even needed to start them single file very early in the race to avoid problems.

The late model feature had 1st time winner Wayne Pfeil taking the checkered with Randy Stoudt in hot pusuit. Always love to see a 1st time winner! It was Wayne's time, he earned that one! Stoudt was 2nd with Brian Shuey 3rd, John Geisler 4th and Ron Kline 5th. Rookie Andy Ressler was very impressive leading many early laps before being spun out! The leftover feature had Mike Kellner just obliterate the field! Mike had a half-lap advantage winning easily. Kyle Merkel was 2nd, Wayne Pfeil 3rd, Bill Henning 4th and Danny Syder rounded out the top 5.

The final modified feature had Ryan Godown taking his 1st win of the season. Ryan was overdue for some good luck and finally was granted his wish. Ryan was great in victory lane performing the roof dance. Ryan said that he will now start to play the rubbin' game with anyone who wants too! Anything it takes to get to the front! Join the crowd Ryan, you are not the only one!! Finishing 2nd was Don Norris who also had a terrific night came home 2nd. Meme Desantis was the star of the evening coming home 3rd followed by a nice run by Jason Hamilton in the Beer City #15. Duane Howard finished off the top 5 who also had a stellar night padding his point lead.

Had a nice chat with the Massey's while waiting in the ticket line. Good people! We had the kids along last night, Kelsey & Brandon who stayed the entire night! Good buddy Matt Ritter also was up in the CPN area taking in some good racin'. Wanted to thank Captain Ron for hooking up Kelsey on their trip to the souvenier stand. Also wanted thank Ron for not trying that Triple Lindy off the top of the bleachers as SpiderDan suggested! I think he may need a net for that one! Captain Ron had some friends up with us last nite and managed to get Fire Marshall Doug to walk a few CPN t-shirts across the track to Ron for his buddies.

After all the racing action we wandered pitside. It was nice that the modifieds feature ran last so we were able to see them in the pit area. Kelsey and I talked with Ben Moyer & Billy Pauch Jr. Billy was nice enough to shake Kelsey's hand and she really liked that! I gave Ben & Billy a couple of CPN stickers for that #8 to display! Ben always has some interesting news and insight on the happenings at the speedway! Good talking with you Ben & Billy! I'll have your CPN shirts for you in a couple of weeks. Kelsey then pulled me down to her favorite driver Jason Hamilton. Jason is a great guy and had a few words for Kelsey, which made her night. Jason was also due for a good night after some early season struggles. Josh Bitner's buddy Drew made an awesome banner of Jason that they hang on the fence. Really cool. Drew offered to make one for Jason and one for Kelsey! Super nice Drew...thanks alot! Bert Jones of Beer City is doing the Billy Pauch driving school at Grandview today! Bert is a great guy, if have never met him, you really should! Hope ya did ok there Ricky Bobby! A real fun night! Till next week...keep on Cowpattying!

GRANDVIEW RESULTS!

30-LAP WHELEN NIGHT NASCAR WHELEN ALL AMERICAN SERIES 358 MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH (rained out on May 23): 1. Meme DeSantis 2. Duane Howard 3. Billy Pauch Jr. 4. Doug Manmiller 5. Keith Brightbill 6. Jason Hamilton 7. Ryan Godown 8. Terry Meitzler 9. Jeff Strunk 10. Don Norris 11. Jon Kellner Sr. 12. Danny Hieber 13. Troy Wink 14. Ryan Grim 15. Steve Young The rest were not running at the finish: 16. Ryan Beltz 17. Kevin Hirthler 18. Mark Kratz 19. Craig VonDohren 20. Kyle Follweiler 21. Jon Kellner Jr. 22. Mike Gular 23. Jason Smythe 24. Bobby Gunther Walsh 25. Tom Umbenhauer 26. Tommy Scheetz Jr. 27. Todd Marburger 28. Shawn Reimert 29. Ray Swinehart 30. Sean Merkel

20-LAP WHELEN NIGHT NASCAR LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH (rained out on May 23): 1. Mike Kellner 2. Kyle Merkel 3. Wayne Pfeil 4. Bill Henning 5. Danny Snyder 6. Chuck Schutz 7. Ron Kline 8. Randy Stoudt 9. Brian Shuey 10. Rick Todorow 11. Nate Christman 12. Andy Ressler 13. John Giesler 14. Buddy Wharton 15. Kurt Spotts 16. Doug Walton Rest were not running at the finish: 17. Dallas Breidenbach 18. John Favinger 19. Buddy Mertz 20. Dennis Peiper 21. Chris Wojner 22. Bobby Wyatt

30-LAP NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH: 1. Ryan Godown 2. Don Norris 3. Meme DeSantis 4. Jason Hamilton 5. Duane Howard 6. Jeff Strunk 7. Craig VonDohren 8. Jon Kellner Sr. 9. Shawn Reimert 10. Doug Manmiller 11. John Willman 12. Danny Hieber 13. Mike Gular 14. Terry Meitzler 15. Sean Merkel 16. Kevin Hirthler 17. Mark Fehr 18. Jon Kellner Jr. 19. Cliff Quinn 20. Todd Marburger 21. Troy Wink 22. Jason Smythe 23. Todd Smith Rest were not running at the finish 24. Ray Swinehart 25. Tom Umbenhauer 26. Keith Brightbill 27. Ryan Grim 28. Billy Pauch Jr.

20-LAP NASCAR WHELEN LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH: 1. Wayne Pfeil 2. Randy Stoudt 3. Brian Shuey 4. John Giesler 5. Ron Kline 6. Chuck Schutz 7. Danny Snyder 8. Mike Kellner 9. Rick Todorow 10. Bill Henning 11. Kyle Merkel 12. Chris Wojner 13. Buddy Wharton Rest did not finish: 15. Andy Ressler 16. Buddy Mertz 17. Nate Christman 18. Dennis Pieper 19. Kurt Spotts 20. Bobby Wyatt 21. Doug Walton 22. Dallas Breidenbach

(Brent Smith photos)

4 FEATURES ON TAP TONITE!

Ya gotta get to Grandview Speedway tonite! The weather will be perfect with low humidity and NO CHANCE of rain! Tonites the night! The show will start off with 2 modified consi's and then a Late Model feature followed by a Modified feature! Then, we will start off with an entire new show! Cant beat that for $13! Stop by and say hello! We will be along the frontstretch under the CPN banner! They will have to keep moving the show on tonite, so dont expect much of an intermission! See ya tonite! Click pic to enlarge!

ANYBODY WANT A COLD ONE?

First shirts...then a banner...then hats...next BEER! Wonder if we could brew up a batch of some Cowpatty Beer?

NEW COWPATTY NATION HATS!

This is obviously a rough draft of what the hats will look like! The hats will be black flex-fit hats in sizes S-M (6 3/4 to 7 1/4) or L-XL (7 1/8 to 7 5/8). We will also have the website along the back bottom edge of the hat. It will all be embroidered! We are now taking orders for hats! We need to order a minimum of 12 which I do not think will be a problem. The hats will take approximately 3-4 weeks. The hats will be $20 per hat. We are asking if you would'nt mind paying for the hats up front to save some $$$ out of our pockets...if possible? Let me know if you are interested? You can e-mail direct at vols22@comcast.net! Thanks!

NAME THIS DRIVER!

Here is an older pic back in the days at Penn National Speedway. This red #9 got around the place pretty well. He also campaigned at Big Diamond on a regular basis. I am not sure why he got out of racing? He was always up front! Can you name him?

(S.Yerger phot0)(Courtesy 3-Wide)

I HEAR SOME THUNDER!

And I dont mean that kind of thunder! We have had enough of that! Next tuesday the USAC boys come rolling into Bechtelsville for a night of spectacular open wheel racing! I personally love to watch these guys "hang it out". It is so cool how these guys throw those wingless sprinters into the corner lookin' out the side of the car! Plenty of BIG names will be at "THE HILL". Hopefully we will see Billy "THE KID" Pauch our local favorite in action. Billy uses the direct approach against these guys. He drives the car in, more like a bottom feeder and works his knowledge of Grandview to perfection. Billy always gets the hometown fans on their feet! They will be running 2-25 lap features. Along with the ARDC wingless midgets. What a fantastic night of racing it will be!

NICE TANK TOP LADY!

Can you believe this? Look close and you'll see what I mean! I hate to see what the front looks like! Now this gives you an idea for a birthday present for your wife or girlfriend! PRICELESS!

JEFF STRUNK!

Here is a cool composite picture by Bob Yurko. This is really cool showing the driver and the race car! This is a good shot of the Bechtelsville Bullet in action at Grandview! Jeff has not produced a win for the Gagliardo team as of yet at Grandview, but is on the verge of breaking through! Rumor has it that their next Teo Pro car will have a different paint and lettering scheme. The team feels it blends in too easily with the other cars on the track! Look for some brighter, bolder (yellow) colors to grace the "41" in upcoming days!

(Bob Yurko photo)

BILLY PAUCH JR! (Brent Smith Photos)

BIG DIAMOND RESULTS!

BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY COMPLETE RESULTS - MONDAY MAY 25, 2009
358 MODIFIED FEATURE: 1) 357-Rick Laubach, 2) R1-Ryan Godown, 3) 37x-Tommy Sheetz, 4) 1c-Craig Von Dohren, 5) 77-Keith Hoffman, 6) 4-Duane Howard, 7) 14x-Jimmy Horton, 8) 00-Gary Butler, 9) 71-David Van Horn Jr., 10) 118-Sean Merkel, 11) 4E-Earl Paules, 12) 44-Gary Hager, 13) 11D-Jimmy Horton IV, 14) 21K-Kyle Weiss, 15) 99K-Danny Johnson, 16) 88D-Meme DeSantis, 17) 2-John Tschudy, 18) 11-Steve Weikel, 19) 73-Ryan Watt, 20) 53-Mike Gular, 21) 99-Craig Whitmoyer, 22) 14H-Doug Manmiller, 23) 44M-Troy Wink, 24) 74W-John Willman, 25) 41-Jeff Strunk, 26) 415-Billy Pauch Jr. DNQ: Jordan Umbenhauer, Kyle Follweiler, Kevin Beach, Shawn Fitzpatrick, Gary Wagner Jr., Ryan Grim. (Brent Smith photo)

BIG DIAMOND WAS RAINED AND FOGGED OUT!

A thunderstorm and then fog halted Big Diamond Raceway's sunday special event last nite! Hopefully they are able to complete tonite's event! Weather has played a major role recently in the weekly dirt track wars at both Big Diamond and Grandview! Grandview has 3 features to make up! 2 will be made up next week along with a regular show of events!(Click to enlarge)

DOUG HOFFMAN QUITS THE HANSELL 357!

Word is that Doug Hoffman has left the #357 of Norm Hansell after saturday's race at Grandview Speedway! Doug may be running some special shows with the BPG/Chad Sinon team in the near future? Jamie from ClubWago broke this new on: http://clubwago.blogspot.com/. We all had an idea that this would happen before the year began, but hoped it would all work out? I guess the frustration of not being a contender from week to week got the best of Doug! Late news is that Doug wanted Norm to purchase a TEO chassis instead of the Bicknell they were using. I guess Norm was against this idea, thus leading the departure of Hoffman. Maybe we will see "SLICK" Rick Schaffer back in the #357 at the Hill next week? Time will tell! (Brent Smith photo)

THANKS JEFF!

A quick shout out to Jeff for picking up a couple of Cowpatty stickers for that sharp looking white push truck of his! And also supporting CPN with a t-shirt! Jeff always does a great job getting those cars on and off the track! Here is a shot of Jeff in action! Click to enlarge!

WEEKLY COWPATTY NOTES!

All I can say is this rain on saturday night's is getting OLD! At least we got to see the make-up feature for the modifieds! Tommy Sheetz took total control from his front row starting spot! Tommy led every lap convincinly for his 1st feature win of the season! Making up the rest of the top 5 were Ray Swinehart 2nd, Duane Howard 3rd who came from 17th, Jon Kellner Sr 4th and Jeff Strunk rounded out the top 5! All the heat races were run for the late models and modifieds with Marburger, Follweiler, Smythe and Sheetz winning the modified heats. Merkel, Shuey & Schutz picked up the late model heat wins. The late models were on the track when an electrical storm hit and knocked out power at the Bechtelsville oval. Then as the lights proceded to come back on, the rains started falling, thus ending another evening of racing! Nothing has been announced as of yet on what will take place for the completion of this event? We already have a late model feature to make up from the previous week! We shall see?

Just wanted to mention that we had Rob Massey(hope I spelled it right Rob?) stop up to see us! We have never met Rob before and he is an avid Cowpatty Nation fan! Rob & his son are weekly visitors to Grandview, and have been for years! Rob hails out of Delaware and makes the ride weekly. He mentioned that he is much closer to Bridgeport, but loves the racing action MUCH better at Grandview! Now that is something I cannot argue with!! Rob, it was GREAT to meet you and thanks alot for taking the time to stop up and say "HELLO"! The pleasure was ours chatting with you!

It was a good time as always last night even with the rains. Mr. Mod (Steve), Hook (Eric) and I took an early trip to Our Place in Gilbertsville for some pre-race wings and Blue Moons! Always a fun time to be had when Mr. Mod comes along! Met up with friend Jeff Imbody up by the pit gate! Jeff is the driver of the white pick-up push truck. He is a heckava nice guy! Jeff picked up a couple Cowpatty stickers for his truck and a t-shirt! Thanks Jeff! Thanks to "Fire Marshall" Doug for having an extra shirt along for Jeff! Also ran into buddies Dave Bitner (Ernie Irvan) and his son Josh who picked up their Cowpatty shirts! The rains cut our conversation short, but it was good to see you guys! Thats about it for this week! Till next week...keep on Cowpattying!

GRANDVIEW RESULTS! (Make up feature)

30-LAP TROY WINK MOTORSPORTS NASCAR WHELEN ALL AMERICAN SERIES 358 MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH: 1. Tommy Scheetz Jr. 2. Ray Swinehart 3. Duane Howard 4. Jon Kellner Sr. 5. Jeff Strunk 6. Craig VonDohren 7. Shawn Reimert 8. Sean Merkel 9. Billy Pauch Jr. 10. Keith Brightbill 11. Kyle Follweiler 12. Kevin Hirthler 13. Jon Kellner Sr. 14. Jason Smythe 15. Brad Missimer 16. Todd Marburger 17. Bobby Gunther Walsh 18. Todd Smith 19. Doug Hoffman 20. Terry Meitzler 21. Jason Hamilton 22. Doug Manmiller 23. Mike Gular 24. Addison Meitzler 25. Kerry Kratz 26. Meme DeSantis The rest did not finish. 27. John Tschudy 28. Ryan Godown 29. Tom Umbenhauer (Brent Smith photo)

BECHTELSVILLE WEATHER!

WFMZ-69
Today: Partly sunny with a shower or thunderstorm around this afternoon. High: 78
Tonight: Evening shower or thunderstorm in the area; otherwise, partly cloudy. Low: 59

NOAA
Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

ACCU-WEATHER
Saturday, May 23
High: 77 °F RealFeel®: 85 °F
Partly sunny with a shower or thunderstorm around this afternoon

Saturday Night, May 23
Low: 56 °F RealFeel®: 61 °F
An evening shower or thunderstorm in the area; otherwise, partly cloudy

WEATHER-UNDERGROUND

Today
Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph... becoming southeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent

BIG DIAMOND RESULTS!

358 MODIFIEDS
FEATURE (25-LAPS): 1) 33-Ray Swinehart, 2) 8P-Billy Pauch Jr., 3) 74W-John Willman, 4) R1-Ryan Godown, 5) 4-Duane Howard, 6) 41-Jeff Strunk, 7) 88D-Meme DeSantis, 8) 71-David Van Horn Jr., 9) 542-Rick Laubach, 10) 14-Doug Manmiller, 11) 21K-Kyle Weiss, 12) 44-Gary Hager, 13) CR7-Colt Harris, 14) 11-Steve Weikel, 15) 47-Gary Wagner Jr., 16) 4E-Earl Paules, 17) 3-Danny Nicholas, 18) 19-Jordan Umbenhauer, 19) 42-Kyle Follweiler, 20) Y73-Ricky Yetter, 21) 1c-Craig Von Dohren, 22) 6-Ryan Watt, 23) 11D-Richie Pratt Jr., 24) 357-Doug Hoffman, 25) 36-Jonathan Kumernitsky, 26) 77-Keith Hoffman.

NAME THIS DRIVER!

Can you name this driver! This car was a flat out rocket ship! Here is a pic from Penn National Speedway. Love the paint job and colors on this car. Pretty sure this a Tobias car. This chauffeur could really get it done!

(Bob Thomas)(Courtesy 3-wide photo) Click to enlarge!

T.O.T.H. INSIDE OUT!

Here is a picture I took on wednesday night during the inside/out program at the Thunder on the Hill show! If you ever get a chance, you gotta do this! It's really cool! It gives you a totally different perspective of things. If anyone is wandering where we sit, you can see the banner pretty clearly in this picture after you click on it! That is one cool looking R-1 piloted by Ryan Godown! It seems Ryan may be turning his season around after such a horrific start! (Click to Enlarge)

WELCOME JASON CLAUSS, NEWEST COWPATTY CAR!

Welcome Jason Clauss, newest member of the Cowpatty Nation team! Jason has been a regular with the traveling URC (United Racing Club) for many years! This year Jason has decided to run with the Central PA 358's. Keep an eye out for Jason in your travels and the weekly results! Go get em' Jason and thanks for adding the CPN sticker! That's Brody Ayres up on the wheel in the #08! Brody is Doug "Fire Marshall" Ayres youngest Cowpatty member! Looks like he needs a push truck to get some heat in that sprinter! (Click pics to enlarge)

THUNDER ON THE HILL RESULTS!

410 Sprint Feature Finish: #25 Daryn Pittman, #1 Stevie Smith, #22Greg Hodnett, #39 Doug Esh, #21au Brooke Tatnell, #55 Chad Layton, #7mMark Smith, #71 Brian Leppo, #87 Alan Krimes, #89 Cody Darrah, #30cLance Dewease, #22z Justin Henderson, #51 Fred Rahmer, #21 BrianMontieth, #35 Alan Cole, #63 Josh Weller, #27m Curt Michael, #7 KeithKauffman, #88 Todd Shaffer, #15 Mark Bitner, #2h Dave Hahn, #25o AaronOtt, #79 Davey Sammons, #13 Jesse Hockett.

358 Modified Feature Finish: #88D MeMe DeSantis, #R1 Ryan Godown, #19uTom Umbenhauer, #41 Jeff Strunk, #1C Craig VonDohren, #117 KevinHirthler, #4 Duane Howard, #8P Billy Pauch Jr., #126 Billy Pauch, #8John Kellner, #542 Rick Laubach, #81 Terry Meitzler, #357 Doug Hoffman,#11d Richie Pratt Jr., #15 Jason Hamilton, #118 Sean Merkel, #31 ChrisEsposito, #327 Brad Missimer, #14 Doug Manmiller, #53 Mike Gular, #K2Keith Brightbill, #55 Ryan Watt, #67 Jon Kellner Jr., #74w John Willman.

JOEY SALDANA QUOTE!

Joey Saldana was quoted saying, "Running at Grandview in a 410 sprint car is like flying a fighter jet in a gymnasium"! Gotta love it!

(Jason Walls Photo)

TOP GUNS!

Here is a shot of 2 of our Top Guns that make up the PA POSSE. They will be in action tomorrow night on "THE HILL". This is a picture from a few years ago when Fast Freddie was with Joe Harz in the #88 and Greg Hodnett was piloting the Al Hamilton #77!

ITS ALMOST... MILLER TIME!

It's almost...MILLER TIME! Tomorrow at this time we will be tailgating over at "THE HILL"! 410 sprint cars & 358 modifieds are on tap! Super promoter Bob Miller and his 1st segment of Thunder on the Hill will be readying for some high bank action! This show is a MUST see! 410's are amazing on the 1/3 mile oval. Billy Pauch says it is like holding a loaded gun to your head running a 410 at Grandview! Cant wait!
Here are the order of events:
6:45 Modified warm-ups/410 warm-ups
410 Time Trials
Modified Heats
Sprint Heats
Modified Consi
Sprint "B" Main
Intermission
35 lap Sprint Feature
25 lap Modified Feature
Special Happenings: Salute to Living Legend, 410 Sprintcar driver Steve Smith, winner of the inaugural Thunder on the Hillevent in August 1990, Meet Ms. Thunder on the Hill Skye Michael, SeeJOE the Pizza Dude sponsored by Troy Wink, The Round Table Girls. FanGiveaways, The popular Inside/Out Promotion, Grandview Thunder ProgramBook, 20th Anniversary Thunder on the Hill Racing Series t-shirts,Fireworks on feature parade lap, Fans invited to take part in the joyousvictory lane ceremonies and meet the drivers in the pit area followingthe races.

GRANDVIEW SATURDAY NITE!

If ya'll went home saturday after the rains, you missed it! This guy was out trying to run the track in! Looks like he will be takin' a good bit of dirt home with him!

CRAIG VON DOHREN

Here is a composite photo of CVD done by Bob Yuko! Pretty cool stuff! CVD grabbed his 1st win of the season last friday night at Big Diamond Raceway! CVD held off 6 time track champion Duane Howard for his track leading 64th win!

(Bob Yurko photo) (Click to enlarge)

HODNETT SMOKES THE OUTLAWS!

Greg Hodnett and the Posse stole the show from the World of Outlaws Friday Night!

Stevie Smith started on the pole and took the early lead with Cody Darrah second and Ryan Bohlke third. Hodnett, who started fifth, moved into third place on lap eleven.

By lap 20 he had found a fast line around the bottom of the corners. Hodnett drove by Darrah for the runnerup spot at that point, then two laps later took the lead from Smith. Once in front he rolled to the $10,000 victory ending a winless drought that stretched all the way back to July 6, 2007.
It was the 38th career win at Williams Grove for Hodnett, who moved into a 4-way tie with Todd Shaffer, Steve Kinser and the late Kenny Weld for seventh-place on the speedway's all time win list. Darrah settled for second and earned $5500. Smith faded to third, which earned him $3200.
Dave Ely turned in a strong performance to claim fourth and World of Outlaws point leader Donny Schatz completed the top five after starting 23rd. Daryn Pittman finished sixth. Sutliff Auto Group point leader Todd Shaffer was seventh with Brian Montieth eighth. Fred Rahmer earned the Coliseum Hard Charger award after moving from 28th to 9th, and Keith Kauffman completed the top ten. It was the most impressive performance in recent years for the Williams Grove regulars against the Outlaws after claiming nine of the top ten positions in the A-Main. Ryan Bohlke set fast time in qualifications with a lap of 16.814

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Feature - 30 laps - 1. Greg Hodnett, 2. Cody Darrah, 3. Stevie Smith, 4. Dave Ely, 5. Donny Schatz, 6. Daryn Pittman, 7. Toldd Shaffer, 8. Brian Montieth, 9. Fred Rahmer, 10. Keith Kauffman, 11. Jason Meyers, 12. Sam Hafertepe, 13. Kevin Nouse, 14. Chris Meleason, 15. Doug Esh, 16. Jac Haudenschild, 17. Brian Leppo, 18. Joey Saldana, 19. Lucas Wolfe, 20. Steve Buckwalter, 21. Chad Layton, 22. Adam Wilt, 23. Lance Dewease, 24. Steve Kinser, 25. Craig Dollanky, 26. Ryan Bohlke, 27. Mike Erdley, 28, Mark Smith

OUR JUNIOR COWPATTIES!

Here is a shot of our junior cowpatties, Kelsey & Brandon posing with our new banner! Now everyone knows where we hang out, so stop by and say "HI"! (Click image to enlarge)

COWPATTY NOTES!

We had a good time last night even with the rain coming down with 22 laps left in the feature causing a cancellation till next week! Yeehaa! 2 modified features next week! The late model feature will be made up on May 30th. Our night started out in a stellar way! We were standing in line for tickets and Donna Wink gave each of us a free ticket for the nights races! AWESOME! Thanks to the Wink's for the free pass as it was Wink Motorsports night! We just got our Cowpatty Nation banner and hung it proudly on the fence behind us along the frontstretch! Now everyone can see where we hang out! Stop by and say," HI" sometime! Or if your looking for a t-shirt, you know where to find us!

We had a good time hanging out with buddy Chris Noble as he picked up his "CPN" t-shirt! Dont forget to check out: http://thegreatestshowondirt.com/site/ whenever you get a chance! We all headed down to the pit gate and chatted with Brad Bidwell who is Jason Hamilton's main dude! Brad is a great guy and he also picked up a "CPN" t-shirt! Thanks Brad! Bert Jones, the owner of Beer City and main sponsor for Jason Hamilton was also there and we traded t-shirts! Bert is a hellava nice guy and I love the Beer City/Hamilton shirts! We also ran into Sidney Pfister...uh I mean Jeff Crosby...uh, now I got it, Jeff Pfister. Jeff is a MAJOR Penguin fan and surely will be rooting the Pens on in their next series against Carolina! Captain Ron had a chat with CVD along the pit gate! Apparently CVD see's the Captain walking his dog daily and makes a point to slow down and wave to Ron! Pretty cool! It was also a great pleasure to finally meet Brent Smith! What a job Brent does with that magic camera of his!! Brent, I am honored to have your blessing to use your photo's! They are excellent! Brent also picked up his "CPN" t-shirt! Jason Hamilton was upbeat after his run from the back last weekend and thinks he finally found a good set-up for the car! I agree...Jason did look good last week! And by the way you had that #15 hauling the mail again till the rain came down! Kelsey was screamin' her head off for ya!

As we headed back towards the entrance we ran into Pete Knappenberger and his wife Amy! Wednesday was Pete's 30th...uh 40th birthday! They were partying in the pavillion and invited us Cowpatties in for some pizza! Thanks guys! It was great talking with you and Happy Birthday Pete! Pete has an awesome radio show called "RACERS ROUNDTABLE". If you never heard it, check it out sometime! Listen live on: http://www.wxlv.org/ or check out the myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/racersroundtable! Pete mentioned he would give some props to Cowpatty Nation on his show and add a link to his myspace page! Thanks Pete!

Now, on to some racing! The track was very fast and as always action packed! Heat winners were: Marburger-Follweiler-Smythe & Sheetz with Godown & Gular taking the consi's. Kyle Follweiler and Tommy Sheetz just plain checked out in their respective heat races and looked superb! Late model heat winners were Merkel-Shuey & Schutz! Oh, I also talked with Brian Shuey on the way into the track. I ran karts with Brian years ago at Shellhammers. Brian is a top talent in the Late model division and a track champion! Brian said he will sport the "CPN" stickers on that Red Rocket #5 as soon as we get them in! Thanks Brian! Also, Captain Ron hooked Donna Miller (Bob's wife) up with her "CPN" shirt last nite! Cant wait till wednesday nite for the TOTH!

The kids were along last nite and had a real good time! Kelsey had a short chat with her idol, Jason Hamilton while Brandon got a nice wave from his star, Duane Howard! We were getting the kids involved in the heat action by betting a dollar on each race! They would take 2 cars and Eric and I would pick the next 2! They snookered us for $2 each last nite! Ray Swinehart Jr was also in on the fun! Ray had mentioned that Danny Erb will be out of action in the upcoming weeks due an injury at work! Hope your feeling better real soon Danny! We also got to meet "CPN" regular Kevin Moyer! Kevin is a big fan of "CPN" and a daily Fastchecker! Kevin hails out of Kutztown and is good friends of Addison & Terry Meitzler! Kevin is going to talk with Addison about getting "CPN" stickers on that #21! Thanks Kevin, and it was awesome talking with you!When the rains came, they came in a hurry as the wind really picked up and it just unloaded on us! We hope to see ya'll wednesday night for Thunder on the Hill! Till then...keep on Cowpattying!

MATT RITTER WINS SELINSGROVE!

YEAH BOYYYY! Matt Ritter cleans everyone's clocks at Selinsgrove in the slingshot tour race! Matt has not been in his race car for 9 months due to attending Penn State University cutting into his seat time! None the less, Matt didnt skip a beat and checked out on the field last night to win by 10+ car lengths! Matt and Dad Jim just spent last saturday nite with us at "The Hill". That is awesome guys! Seat time...we dont need no stinkin' seat time! YEAH! Now thats a TRUE OUTLAW!! Slingers better worry next time they see the #02 pulling into the pits! The sheriff and his deputy are back in town!

GRANDVIEW RAINOUT!

We got some heavy rain and a thunderstorm just a few laps into the modified feature!

"SURVEY SAYS"!

Underneath the message board, I posted a survey for ya'll to take! It will only take a minute of your time, so check it out! Just click "view survey". Thanks!

BIG DIAMOND RESULTS!

BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY QUICK RESULTS FRIDAY MAY 15, 2009 FAR OUT FISHIN' NIGHT

358 MODIFIED FEATURE (COMPLETED FROM MAY 8)
1) 1c-Craig Von Dohren-Boyertown
2) 4-Duane Howard-Oley
3) R1-Ryan Godown-Ringoes NJ
4) 14-Doug Manmiller-Shoemakersville
5) 41-Jeff Strunk-Mohnton
6) 8P-Billy Pauch Jr.-Frenchtown NJ
7) 4E-Earl Paules-Palmerton
8) 53-Mike Gular-Green Lane
9) 357-Doug Hoffman-Allentown
10) 77-Keith Hoffman-Whitehall

REGULARLY SCHEDULED 358 MODIFIED FEATURE (25-LAPS):
1) 6-Ryan Watt-Boyertown
2) 4-Duane Howard-Oley
3) 8P-Billy Pauch Jr.-Frenchtown NJ
4) 88D-Meme DeSantis-Temple
5) 1c-Craig Von Dohren-Boyertown
6) 42-Kyle Follweiler-Slatington
7) 53-Mike Gular-Green Lane
8) 542-Rick Laubach-Hellertown
9) 14-Doug Manmiller-Shoemakersville
10) R1-Ryan Godown-Ringoes NJ

BECHTELSVILLE WEATHER (not lookin' too sporty)

WFMZ-69
Today: Morning fog, then cloudy to partly sunny with a pm shower or thunderstorm around. High: 75Tonight: Cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm possible. Low: 56

NOAA
Today: A chance of showers between 10am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming south between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Occasional showers and thunderstorms. Low around 54. South wind 9 to 13 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

ACCU-WEATHER
Saturday, May 16
High: 74 °F RealFeel®: 75 °F
Patchy morning fog; variable cloudiness with a shower or thunderstorm around, mainly later
Saturday Night, May 16
Low: 52 °F RealFeel®: 51 °F
Cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm around

W-UNDERGROUND
Today
Cloudy with areas of fog this morning...then showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tonight
Occasional showers. Occasional thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph... becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.

THUNDER ON THE HILL!

Here is a couple pics of when I had the chance to ride in a push truck for a Thunder on the Hill show a couple of years ago! Thanks to Bro-in-law Steve (Mr Mod) for hooking me up! Here in these pics I am riding in Frank Snyder's orange jeep. We are pushing off Billy Pauch after a red flag stop. Pauchy won this event in the Al Hamilton #77 that night with one hellava run! You can see in the pic that Billy took his helmet off to have a quick smoke! That was one wild night to remember pushing off those 410's!

FIRE MARSHALL DOUG!

Here is a shot taken last week of Fire Marshall Doug readying himself for a night of fighting fires! Doug almost had himself some action last week as Shawn Reimerts #58 went up in flames! Doug stated, "I was ready for him with the extinguisher, but he drove right past me"! Man, always wonder if we'll really ever get to see Doug in action? That would have been a good one! Check for Doug weekly along the frontstretch behind the wall and give him a wave! (Click to enlarge)

NAME THIS DRIVER!

Can you name this driver? This guy also had success in another type of race car! Much more success! I love the vega body and the goggles with the full-face helmet!

(click to enlarge)

SHANKWEILERS DRIVE IN!

Here is a picture of Captain Ron & Eric's drive-in movie theatre located in Orefield, PA! Brian Shuey's #5 has sponsorship from Shankweilers! You can see it Brians hood in this picture! Shankweilers is America's oldest drive-in movie theatre. Shankweilers was the 2nd drive-in to open in America. It opened on April 15th, 1934.

HERE'S HOW THAT WHOLE THING GOT STARTED!

BRAD MISSIMER TAKES A WILD RIDE!

Glad Brad was ok after this violent flip! (Brent Smith photo)