Howard Clinches Title With 9th Victory
BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. — Duane Howard won his ninth NASCAR Whelen 358 Modified feature at Grandview Speedway on Saturday night and clinched the track title which is worth well in excess of $10,000.
Mike Kellner steered to his sixth win of the season in the Late Models while the two Sportsman features were shared by Brad Brightbill (his third of the season) and Guy Germano riding to his first win.
Howard who charged from 20th starting spot, inherited the lead from Craig VonDohren with five to go, lead the final five circuits on his way to victory. The BPG Racing #4 was a badly battered race car when it was all over as a result of a first lap accident that included Howard and half of the 28-car starting field. The new champion was able to get going after the red flag stop for the accident and turned what could have been a terrible night into a winning night. Second spot went to Doug Manmiller followed by John Willman, Nate Christman and Jarrad Miller.
Mike Kellner had a relatively easy time of it winning his sixth 20-lap Late Model feature of the season with Jason Miller gabbing second followed by Wayne Pfeil, Chuck Schutz and Sean Merkel.
Brad Brightbill and Jared Umbenhauer put on quite a seesaw battle for the top spot with Brightbill getting the edge late in the race and racing to the win. Umbenhauer, the point leader, finished second followed by Kevin Beach, Bobby Lilick and Guy Germano.
The rained out Sportsman feature from August 11th had Guy Germano leading just about all the laps to get his first feature win. Bobby Lilick was a contender much of the race and finished second followed by Brad Brightbill, Jared Umbenhauer and Kevin Beach.
Posted by NSSN Staff
on Sep 2 2012 Filed under MID-ATLANTIC, Racing Nation.
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