JUST $10 GRANDSTAND ADMISSION ON BACK TO THE 90’s NIGHT THIS SATURDAY JULY 18 AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY PRESENTED BY T.P. TRAILERS & TRUCK EQUIPMENT
56th ANNUAL FORREST ROGERS MEMORIAL FAST APPROACHING ON AUGUST 8
BECHTELSVILLE, PA. – Grandview Speedway will present area race fans with one of the biggest bargains of the season with a 1990’s night theme this Saturday night.
The highlight of the night will be the roll back of the grandstand admission to 1990’s pricing, as fans will pay just $10 for a complete night of NASCAR competition.
That’s correct, just $10 will be the admission on Saturday, July 18 for a complete program of NASCAR Local Racing Series Powered by O’Reilly Auto Parts action featuring the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment NASCAR Modifieds & Sportsman along with the Dave Smith Memorial for the Outlaw Racing Series Vintage cars.
Saturday’s race program, sponsored by T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment of Limerick, Pa., will include qualifying races leading up to the 30-lap T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modified feature, a 25-lap main event for the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Sportsman, and a 15-lap main event for the Vintage cars starting at 7:30 pm.
Grandstand admission will be $10, while children ages 9 and under are admitted free of charge. Pit admission is $35 for NASCAR members and $45 for non-members.
Pit gates will open at 4 pm, with grandstand gates opening at 5:30 pm, warm-ups starting at 6:15 pm, and the first race of the evening getting the green flag at 7:30 pm.
Race night sponsor T.P. Trailers and Truck Equipment are the Truck and Trailer People — but their services scale far beyond new trailers and truck equipment. T.P. is your one stop shop for trailers, truck equipment and upfitting, portable storage, mobile offices, storage trailers, maintenance, routine service, parts and accessories for mid-size to heavy duty and commercial vehicles and large and small trailers — they even inspect RVs!
For Trailer Sales, T.P. is your local dealer for new trailers and that means driving away with a brand-new trailer with an inspection sticker, registration and completed title work — that is real one stop shopping!
T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment’s Parts Department has been operating for as long as their service department — more than 55 years! Brake assemblies, tires, hydraulic fittings and hoses, routine maintenance, hydraulic fluid, back racks, lighting and strobes — let T.P. keep your trailer, truck, plow and spreader on the road with our parts and accessories.
T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment, located in Limerick, Pennsylvania, can be found on the web at www.tptrailersinc.com.
This Saturday night prior to the racing program will be the Low Down Entertainment meet and greet hosted by Brittany Huber and Jennifer Umbenhauer. The drivers scheduled to participate are Chris Esposito, Brayden Shelton, Brett Gilmore and Matt Smith.
The pre-race Meet and Greet is held in the main gate area from 5-6 pm and is a great time for fans to meet the drivers up close, collect some autographs, take photos, and talk racing with their favorite drivers before the night’s program gets underway.
Low Down Entertainment is also organizing a Backpack Giveaway. This will take place on Saturday, August 15 during the Meet & Greet. Anyone wishing to donate supplies or make a monetary donation can do so by contacting one of the members of the LDE crew - Jennifer, Brittany, Bear, Joe or Jean or during one of the Meet & Greets leading up to August 15.
Grandview Speedway will host two events this weekend, as the Outlaw Racing Series Enduro & Vintage cars will be in action on Friday, July 17 joined by the Xcel 600 Modifieds starting at 7 pm.
On Friday night pit gates will open at 2 pm, and grandstand gates will open at 5 pm. Grandstand admission is $10, children ages 12 and under are admitted free, while pit admission is $35 for the Friday event.
The mid-summer classic for the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modifieds, the 56th annual Forrest Rogers Memorial is fast approaching on Saturday, August 8, with the Modified running a 50-lap Championship event, along with the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment sportsman starting at 7:30 pm.
Looking back at Grandview history during the 1990’s, the T.P. Trailers & truck Equipment Modified point championships were won by Craig Von Dohren (1990 & 1992), Tom Mayberry (1991), Duane Howard (1993, 1996 & 1997), Davey Wenger (1994), Ray Swinehart (1995 & 1998), and Terry Meitzler (1999).
Before the creation of the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Sportsman division at Grandview, the Late Model division was a companion class to the Modifieds each week with point championships being won by Dean Stoudt (1990, 1991 &1993), Jon Kellner (1992), John Geisler (1994), Terry Bartik (1995), Ed Aiken (1996), Lou Egrie (1997), Chuck Schutz (1998), and Jeff Teets (1999) during the 1990’s decade.
Entering this Saturday night’s program there have been nine different winners in the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modified division with Louden Reimert leading with three feature wins, while Jeff Strunk has two (including a Thunder on the Hill series win), while Jared Umbenhauer, Duane Howard, Ryan Watt, Anthony Perrego, Tim Buckwalter, Billy Pauch Jr. (Thunder Series win) and last week’s winner Craig Von Dohren, all having a single victory.
Top point drivers also in action on Saturday night will be Eddie Strada, Logan Watt, Rick Laubach, Mike Gular, Brett Kressley, and Jax Yohn along with over three dozen drivers looking to score a feature win.
The T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Sportsman division has seen eight different winners this season, with Brad Brightbill scoring two wins on the season, with Bryce Bashore, Mike Toth, Mark Mohr, Jesse Landis, Decker Swinehart, Johnny Fugelo, and last week’s Firecracker 40 winner Brett Gilmore all having one feature victory.
Other top point drivers who will be looking for the race win on Saturday includes Colin Cox, Addison Meitzler, Joe Toth, Jimmy Leiby, Matthew Laubach, Brett Grim, Joey Vaccaro, Teague Miller, Dakota Kohler along with over three dozen drivers looking for a Grandview feature win.
Since the 1960’s, Grandview Speedway has been presenting exciting wheel to wheel NASCAR stock car racing every Saturday Night starting in April and running through October, plus special events. Grandview Speedway is located at 43 Passmore Road, Bechtelsville, Pa. 19505, just off Route 100, ten miles north of Pottstown, Pa.
Information is always available at www.grandviewspeedway.com or on Facebook, or by telephone at 610.754.7688.
UPCOMING EVENTS –
Friday, July 17 – Outlaw Racing Series Enduro & Vintage, Xcel 600 Modifieds – 7 pm
Saturday, July 18 – T.P. TRAILERS & TRUCK EQUIPMENT NIGHT - T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modifieds & Sportsman, Outlaw Racing Series Vintage, BACK TO THE 90’S NIGHT – $10 GRANDSTAND ADMISSION – 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 25 – T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modifieds & Sportsman – 7:30 pm
Saturday, August 1 – T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modifieds & Sportsman, LDE Modified Match races, KIDS MONEY SCRAMBLE – 7:30 pm
Saturday, August 8 – 56th annual FORREST ROGERS MEMORIAL – T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modifieds 50-laps, T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Sportsman – 7:30 pm (Rain date 8/15) |
