GranDuro 3

August 1, 2010

Chris Reichert and Rob Pyle Score Huge NEETS Victories at Grandview!

  Story by: Cindy Bott
  Published by: Geno Ostrowski - TJMM

   Sun and then rain set the stage for the popular NEETS "GranDuro" at Grandview Speedway on Sunday. With $1000 on the line for the event winners the show was almost guaranteed to be unforgettable. When it was all said and done Chris Reichert and Rob Pyle came out on top with two huge victories.

   Art Kulik sat on the pole for the start of the 150-lap "Dirty Pup" Four Cylinder GranDuro event. At the drop of the green, it was Larry Spencer who would charge out to the front, but it was short-lived as Lance Hoch passed Spencer for the lead.

   With Mike Wahl in second and Hoch's teammate, Gary Grim and Steve Todorow battling for third, Hoch kept up the pace, until he began to slow just a bit, which opened the door for Todorow to blast into the top spot. Todorow began to have troubles of his own, when his mount began to smoke. He was forced to make a pit stop, which put Wahl into the lead.

   With rain beginning to fall on the speedway, the closing laps would be interesting as cars had to slow down to avoid spinning out. And, with a fast approaching Rob Pyle, there was no room for error, but Wahl had to make an unscheduled trip into the pits, giving Pyle the top honors as he sailed to his first NEETS victory of the season followed by Phil Levering, Pete Wharton, Art Kulik and Gary Grim.

   The "Dirty Dogs" 150-lap Savage 61 Dodge 6/8-Cylinder event began with a very slippery start for pole sitter Jamie Presley. With cars sliding all over the track, Presley and Kevin Mandic swapped the top spot several times before Mandic prevailed and began to put distance between himself and the rest of the pack.

   Howie Bott and Brian Yelk were battling for second when Yelk made an exit to the infield and Mandic spun with a flat tire, giving Bott the lead.

   The red flag was displayed for Richard Petey when his machine broke an axle in turn three, and when racing resumed Bott continued out front.

   Chris Reichert slipped into the second position with Shawn Naftzinger not far behind. Disaster struck Bott in the closing laps as he was trying to avoid spinning cars that sent him into a car that was left on the front stretch, which ended his day.

   Reichert went on to take the victory and the $1,000 payout followed by Shawn Naftzinger, Justin Steigerwalt, Tim Pauch and Jason Brown.

Scoring Results on Mylaps.com

GranDuro 3
Small Car - 150 Laps		Big Car - 150 Laps
1	#29B - Rob Pyle	1	#27 - Chris Reichert
2	#39 - Phil Levering	2	#6 - Shawn Naftzinger
3	#82 - Pete Wharton	3	#6X - Justin Steigerwalt
4	#17 - Art Kulik	4	#5 - Tim Pauch
5	#127 - Gary Grim	5	#8X - Jason Brown
6	#19X - Mike Wahl	6	#76 - Jerry Arms
7	#4 - Rich Page	7	#8 - Todd Heydt
8	#65 - Dan Daigneault	8	#75 - Howie Bott
9	#47 - Kenny Brown	9	#64 - Chris Angstadt
10	#2 - Steve Sapp	10	#412 - Jon Sacks
11	#57 - Larry Carmen	11	#46 - Richie Smith
12	#51R - Robby Dunn	12	#36 - Carl Ruppert
13	#34 - Brian Miller	13	#25 - Pat Hires
14	#92 - Jim Curran	14	#70 - Chuck Detweiler
15	#83 - Mike Ramsey	15	#132 - Doug Ott
16	#214 - Tiffany Collis	16	#88 - Dylan Schantz
17	#09 - Steve Todorow	17	#32 - Joe Kunkel
18	#Z8 - Bill Nickerson	18	#7 - Mike Fiskaldo
19	#39S - Sally Spiller	19	#14X - Greg Birmingham
20	#127X - Lance Hoch	20	#74 - Jamie Presley
21	#66 - Jay Garris	21	#97 - Kevin Mandic
22	#3 - Jake Daigneault	22	#312 - Drew Ott
23	#16 - Brian Smith	23	#22 - Brian Yelk
24	#85 - Wayne Krauss	24	#64X - Jeff Bergey
25	#15 - Steve Wilson	25	#43 - Richard Petey
26	#51 - Larry Spencer III	26	#11 - Duane Eidem
27	#520 - Tom Stevens	27	#99 - Tom Wolf
28	#29X - Jim White	28	#13 - Don Daigneault
29	#511 - Justin Dunn	29	#9 - Michael Pansa
30	#94 - George Fulmore	30	#44 - Joel Pilgert
31	#11 - Jeremy Krauss	31	#34 - John Crosby
32	#151 - Scott Dunn	32	#85 - Ron Harring
33	#21 - Brian Yelk	33	#TENX - Shon Elk
		DNS	#111 - Jeremy Krauss