JESSE "THE ROCKET" HOCKETT!

Here is a shot of Jesse "The Rocket" Hockett hard on the loud peddle last night at Grandview Speedway! Jesse pulled this off going into turn 1! He drove it in so hard that he lifted the left rear off the ground! Jesse sure doesnt leave anything in the locker room! He runs on the edge at 110%.

(Brent Smith photo) (Click to enlarge)

HOW ABOUT A CAPTION FOR THIS ONE!

Hey Look! The umpire is growing a yellow ball!

THUNDER RESULTS!

ARDC WINGLESS MIDGET FEATURE FINISH- -25 LAPS: #0 Stevie Buckwalter,#44 Frank Polimeda, #20 Billy Pauch Jr., #83 Bruce Buckwalter, #75 RyanWatt, #10 PJ Gargiulo, #26 Stephanie Stevens, #05 Trevor Kobylarz, #29Zack Martini, #34 Shane Penny, #57 Jason Rice, #99 Scott Zipp, #9 SteveLenig, #49 Carey Becker, #78 Nick Wean, #46 Brett Arndt, #6 DustyHeistand, #17 Don Hoffman, #00 Greg Robinson, #11 Eric Hydenrich, #91Donny Trent, #12 Drew Heistand, #54 Curt Michael, #84 Jimmy Cammock, #2Tracey Readinger, #16 Dave Shirk.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TOUR FEATURE FINISH- - -25 LAPS: 13 Jesse Hockett,#17 Chris Windom, #7 Bryan Clauson, #21 Tracy Hines, #69 Jerry Coons,#2b Dave Darland, #20 Levi Jones, #30 Chad Boat, #71 Damion Gardner,#67k Cole Whitt, #9 Brad Sweet, #67x Henry Clarke, #1z Billy Pauch, #67Darren Hagen, #81 Robert Ballou, #5 Scotty Weir, #29 Bud Kaeding, #63Josh Weller, #1j Kevin Swindell.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TOUR FEATURE FINISH- - 25 LAPS $6,000 TO WIN: #13Jesse Hockett, #17 Chris Windom, #30 Chad Boat, #7 Bryan Clauson, #21Tracy Hines, #69 Jerry Coons, #67k Cole Whitt, #Dave Darland, #20 LeviJones, #71 Damion Gardner, #9 Brad Sweet, #5 Scotty Weir, #67 DarrenHagen, #67x Henry Clarke, #1z Billy Pauch, #29 Bud Kaeding, #81 RobertBallou, #63 Josh Weller, #1j Kevin Swindell, #8 Steve Petry.

IS PAUCHY A USAC KILLER?

In the matter of hours we will surely find out! Billy Pauch always rises up when these guys come to town! He will again be aboard the beautiful #1 Zemko sprinter!

WFMZ-69

Today: Clouds and sun with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High: 82Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy. Low: 55

NOAA

This Afternoon: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. 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 57. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

ACCU-WEATHER

Tuesday, Jun 2
High: 80 °F RealFeel®: 84 °F
Overcast with a shower or thunderstorm around
Tuesday Night, Jun 2
Low: 53 °F RealFeel®: 57 °F
Partly cloudy

ARE YA FEELIN' THE THUNDER?

If you have never witnessed the USAC boys...THIS ONE IS A MUST! NO WINGS makes this show... "TOP SHELF"! Talk about "Elbows-up"! Some of the big names like, Dave Darland, Levi Jones, Jerry Coons Jr, Tracy Hines and our hometown favorite Billy "The Kid" Pauch in the Zemko sprinter will all be on hand! Plus, dont forget ARDC is always action packed! Billy Pauch Jr won his 1st ARDC midget feature the last time Thunder was on "THE HILL"! Bob Miller will have the stands packed for tomorrow nights show! Dont forget, it starts at 7:00. Warm-ups kick off at 6:30 followed by USAC time trials! Heat races will start at 7:30. See ya'll there!

BEER CITY'S OWN RICKY BOBBY...UH, I MEAN BERT JONES!

Bert Jones participated in the Billy Pauch Racing School at Grandview Speedway yesterday! Jason Hamilton was bustin' Bert's chops, calling him Ricky Bobby! I talked to Bert saturday night to see if he was excited, and he said he was sort of nervous! Hey, ya dont know what its like till ya get your butt out there and try it! Thanks to Glenn Gold & Jason for the pix! Glenn said Bert had a great time and was smiling from ear to ear! Jason said Bert turned a lap at 18.6 seconds! Not too shabby! I cant wait to hear Berts own response to how cool it was!

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)