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Craig Von Dohren (30) battles Kevin Hirthler at Grandview Speedway. (Rich Kepner photo)

Big Money On The Line At Grandview

BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. –This Saturday night Grandview Speedway will present a huge night of racing under the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series banner as part of the 60th season anniversary celebration.

This week’s race program on Saturday, August 13 will feature the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds with the 52nd annual Forrest Rogers Memorial.

The race, run every season to honor the founder and builder of Grandview Speedway, will once again be run over the 50-lap distance, and reward the winner a pay envelope worth $10,000 for the victory.

The T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman will also be part of the program that will include qualifying events leading up to the 50-lap T.P. Trailer Modified Forrest Rogers Memorial feature and the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman main event.

Entering the action for this week’s Forrest Rogers Memorial, Craig Von Dohren, a nine-time winner of the Forrest Rogers Memorial race, was the feature winner last Saturday night and remains on top as the T.P. Trailer Modified point leader.

The current top ten in T.P. Trailer Modified points are 1. Craig Von Dohren – 3426, 2. Brett Kressley – 3315, 3. Doug Manmiller – 3194, 4. Jeff Strunk – 2987, 5. Duane Howard – 2890, 6.  Tim Buckwalter – 2724, 7. Jared Umbenhauer – 2319, 8. Cory Merkel – 1905, 9. Ryan Grim – 1878, 10. Kevin Hirthler – 1861.

In the T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman, Brian Hirthler remains on top of the standings after having his two-race win streak broken and ended up with a solid second place behind winner Decker Swinehart.

The current top ten in T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman points are 1. Brian Hirthler – 2687, 2. Dylan Hoch – 2416, 3. Jimmy Leiby – 2113, 4. Kyle Smith – 2073, 5. Parker Guldin – 1715, 6. Mike Schneck Jr. – 1672, 7. Cody Manmiller – 1657, 8. Dakota Kohler – 1600, 9. Cole Stangle – 1456, 10. Jesse Hirthler – 1430.