HOT NIGHT GOOD FOR MAYBERRY AND TRIMBUR AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

BECHTELSVILLE, PA JULY 31, 1999 . . . The heat, close to 100

degrees, did not seem to bother Tom Mayberry as he drove the

A&T Chevrolet/Golden Corral sponsored Mike Kelly owned entry

to victory in the 30-lap Exide Batteries NASCAR Winston

Racing Series feature race at Grandview Speedway on Saturday

night. The win was his sixth of the season.

"Whenever you come from back in the pack (started 17th in

the 28 car field), it is always a good night. It doesn't

matter how hot it gets. Things opened up well for us. It was

not easy but Mike Kelly and the crew gave me a good car,"

said Mayberry in victory lane. "I want to thank Exide

Batteries for sponsoring the night and thank the fans for

coming out. It looks like a good crowd."

Mayberry pointed out that he wants to win next Saturday,

August 7, when there will be $10,000 up for grabs for the

running of the Motor Truck Equipment Co. Kenworth Cummins

Forrest Rogers Memorial 50-lap Modified Championship. "That

is one of two we really want to win this season. The other is

the $20,000 to win THP Freedom 76'er set for September 11."

In the 20-lap NASCAR Late Model feature race Ed Trimbur,

a former drag racer turned oval track racer, won his first

feature in his rookie season of competition. Trimbur was

wheeling his own Extreme Motorsports Painting sponsored entry.

Ron Haring put his mount in front of the pack early and

before the first lap was over, Jeff Strunk, one of the top

point chasers on the circuit was eliminated when he and Rich

Wisdo tangled in the first turn. On the restart Haring

resumed command and clearly looked like it was going to take

some extra effort by the challengers to get by him.

At 10 laps it was Haring and Chip Slocum battling, side

by side, with Haring able to keep the number on position.

And on the 17th lap Haring got wide in the fourth turn, Tom

Mayberry and Slocum got by him, only to have Haring power

back in front. On the 20th lap, after a restart due to a

caution, Mayberry was able to power his way to the first

between one and two, Haring got high, and the veteran

performer was able to hold off challenges from Chip Slocum to

win his sixth of the season worth $2200. Second spent went to

Slocum (Ewing Township, NJ) followed by current NASCAR Track

Modified point leader Terry Meitzler (Kutztown). Ron Haring

(Allentown) held on for fourth while Donny Erb

(Douglassville) had a strong finish for fifth.

The 20-lap Exide Batteries Late Model feature had Kyle

Pensinger in front for the first four laps searching for his

first win. At the four lap marker Ed Trimbur moved his entry

in front of the pack and showed the talents of a veteran to

hold off challenges from multi time champions John Giesler,

Dean Stoudt and former champion Lou Egrie to win his first

career victory in his rookie season of competition. In fact

Trimbur was even able to hold off challenges from five

feature winner Jeff Teets. Second spot went to Dean Stoudt

(East Greenville) followed by Jeff Teets (Coplay), Junior

Grebe (Boyertown) and Lou Egrie (Philadelphia).

Qualifying heat races for the NASCAR Winston Racing

Series Modifieds went to Danny Erb, Cliff Quinn, Terry

Meitzler and Jeff Strunk. The consolation races went to

Smokey Warren and Jon Kellner. The Automotive Machining

Services Cash Dash was won by Terry Meitzler earning him $350.

In the Late Model preliminaries wins went to Ed Trimbur,

Casey Ebright and John Durling while the consolation was won

by Ron Chrisman.

Bill Gensler earned the Kochel Equipment First Alternate

Cash Award for the modifieds. And unofficially there was a

tie for the Timber Wolf Smokeless Tobacco Hard Charger Award

worth $200. Mayberry came from 17th to finish first and Rick

Schaffer came from 24th to finish 8th. Each gained 16 spots

in the feature event.

Family Night produced a strong crowd of fans, lots of

youngsters who were admitted free to Exide Batteries Night.

In addition Exide gave away a lot of prizes to the fans, the

Exide Batteries Winston Cup car was on display, more than 100

Exide employees were on hand, two fans went home with cash as

they won the 50/50 drawing, and three fans went home with

tickets to a Mark Chestnut concert at the Bethlehem MusicFest

on August 22. Additional tickets will be given away this

Saturday for Mark Chestnut and Kenny Rogers. In addition

several youngsters under the age of 8 won some neat prizes as

a result of participating in the "question of the night."

One of the most prestigious stock car racing events in

this area, the Forrest Rogers Memorial, a 50-lap championship

modified stock car race, will be presented on Saturday,

August 7 at 7:30 p.m. Motor Truck Equipment Co. Kenworth

Cummins sponsored race will pay $10,000 to the winner. And

there will be a full show of NASCAR Late Model stock car

racing. Rain date is set for Saturday, August 14.

Raffle tickets for the Champions Trip '99 continue to be

sold. For a $20.00 raffle ticket, only 129 being sold, the

winner gets a trip for two (worth more than $2600). The trip

goes out of Los Angeles with a cruise, four nights, to

Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. Then there is three and

one half mights in Las Vegas at the Treasure Island Hotel on

the strip. A lot of extras. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. If we can

not sell enough raffle tickets by August 15, all funds

collected will be refunded. At present about half the tickets

have been sold. See Marilyn in the trailer office at the main

entrance. Or telephone her quickly at 215.752.2392. Of course

if you do not feel lucky you can sign up to go on the

cruise/trip and get all information from Marilyn Saxton.

There are more than 30 people already making the trip.

Coming up on Thursday, August 12, is the 99-lap CARQUEST

Super DIRT Series Modified stock car racing event. This race

features many of the top names in dirt track modified stock

car racing. Racing will get the green at 7:30 p.m.

Grandview Speedway, a NASCAR sanctioned auto racing

facility featuring a one-third-mile, banked clay track, is

located on Passmore Road, just off Route 100 in

Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown. For

information telephone 610.754.7688 or visit their website at

www.grandviewspeedway.com.

EXIDE BATTERIES 30-LAP NASCAR MODIFIED RACE: Tom Mayberry,

Chip Slocum, Terry Meitzler, Ron Haring, Donny Erb, Dennis

Bailey, Jon Kellner, Rick Schaffer, Doug Manmiller, Smokey

Warren, Kenny Gilmore, Tracy Readinger, Jack Hartnett, Sam

Schoenly, Junior Mikosz, Cliff Quinn, Sam Martz, Danny Erb,

Shawn Reimert, Doug Pannepacker

EXIDE BATTERIES 20-LAP NASCAR LATE MODEL RACE: Ed Trimbur,

Dean Stoudt, Jeff Teets, Junior Grebe, Lou Egrie, Rick

Todorow, Casey Ebright, Ed Hoffman, Ron Chrisman, Terry

Snyder, John Giesler, Randy Stoudt, Roger Decker, Buddy

Wharton, Scott Miley, Dave Conover, Steve Szymborski, Andy

Kirka, Sam Schlosberg, Scott Miley.

NASCAR MODIFIEDS UNOFFICIAL TRACK POINT STANDINGS, TOP TEN:

Terry Meitzler (Kutztown) 4508, Kevin Hartnett (Perkasie)

3968, Jeff Strunk (Bethel) 3841, Rick Schaffer (Woxall) 3797,

Chip Slocum (Ewing Twsp., NJ) 3743, Kerry Kratz

(Bechtelsville) 3663, Tom Mayberry (Sellersville) 3552, Kenny

Gilmore (Fleetwood) 3489, Jon Kellner (Lansdale) 3436, and

Smokey Warren (Jonestown) 2848.

NASCAR LATE MODEL UNOFFICIAL TRACK POINT STANDINGS, TOP TEN:

Dean Stoudt (East Greenville) 4499, Rick Todorow (Quakertown)

4488, Jeff Teets (Coplay) 4427, Randy Stoudt (Pottstown)

4009, Lou Egrie (Philadelphia) 3973, Ed Hoffman (Allentown)

3888, Chuck Sennott (Gilbertsville) 3765, Terry Snyder (Green

Lane) 3753, Ron Chrisman (Limerick) 3378, and John Giesler

(Aston) 3356.