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!

(click to enlarge)

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.