BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. — Craig Von Dohren worked his magic once again to top the NASCAR 358 Tri-Track Modified Series to win their 30-lap feature Tuesday night at Grandview Speedway.
The event was a companion race with the USAC sprint car headliner.
Billy Pauch Jr. took the 24- car 358 Modified field down to the green flag grabbing the lead on the start while Von Dohren moved into the second position.
Pauch led the early stages of the event with Von Dohren and Jared Umbenhauer — aboard the Breitenstein No. 14 car — hot on his tail.
While the battle up front stayed solid all eyes were on Brett Kressley. Kressley charged forward from the 11th starting position moving into fifth on lap five and claiming fourth-position and third-position in the consecutive laps.
The action slowed on lap 19 when Jimmy Leiby spun in front of the frontrunners for the only caution of the event.
Von Dohren race side-by-side with Pauch on the restart into turn 1 overtaking the lead by the time lap 20 clicked off. Von Dohren ran unchallenged for the remainder of the event as Pauch Jr. had his hands full attempting to hold off Kressley rim-riding the high side of speedway.
It was Kressley sending roster tails and he navigated Grandview’s high banked turns.
Von Dohren remained calm and steady as he went on to claim the $3,000 victory and his second consecutive NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill checkered flag.
Kressley would catch Pauch Jr and take home the second spot, Pauch finished third, ahead of Duane Howard and Eddie Strada.
Brett Kressley set quick time with a lap of 14.183.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps): 1. Craig Von Dohren 2. Brett Kressley 3. Billy Pauch Jr. 4. Duane Howard 5. Eddie Strada 6. Jared Umbenhauer 7. Doug Manmiller 8. Jack Butler 9. Louden Reimert 10. Rick Laubach 11. Tim Buckwalter 12. Alex Yankowski 13. Mike Gular 14. Ryan Watt 15. Tanner VanDoren 16. Ron Kline 17. Justin Grim 18. Jimmy Leiby 19. Jordan Henn 20. Jeff Strunk 21. Ryan Beltz 22. Dylan Swinehart 23. Ron Haring Jr. 24. Mike Lisowski 25. Kevin Graver