NASCAR Champions to be Honored at Grandview Banquet
STRUNK, HOWARD, STOUDT AND UMBENHAUER TO BE HONORED AT 52ND ANNUAL GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY AWARDS BANQUET
BECHTELSVILLE, PA October 10, 2014 . . . Most racers would be happy to win one track championship. Jeff Strunk will be honored at the 52nd Annual Grandview Speedway Awards Banquet on Saturday, November 15th for winning his 10th NASCAR Whelen All American Series 358 Modified track championship. And it is pretty much a given that he will be shooting for number eleven when the season gets started in April, 2015. The 2014 title is worth well over $10,000 for Strunk and his car owner with money coming from both NASCAR and the Rogers family, owners of the track.
Grandview Speedway continues to be one of the only tracks in operation that offers both NASCAR point money and track point money.
Duane Howard, a five time track champion, will be honored as the NASCAR Whelen All American Penna. State Champion which will reward him with a handsome check and he will receive accolades as the American Racer Cup Modified champion which earned him and his car owner $10,000.
Randy Stoudt, winner of six feature races during the season, will pick up point money from the track and NASCAR for earning his second NASCAR Late Model championship at Grandview.
And Jared Umbenhauer is being honored for his third NASCAR Sportsman championship after winning 11 feature races. Umbenhauer also is the winner of the American Racer Cup Sportsman title for 2014.
The champions along with other top finishers in the point standings in the three divisions of competition that compete each Saturday at Grandview will pick up their point fund money and handsome hardware for their efforts. In addition there will be special awards in all divisions for Most Improved Driver, Rookie of the Year, Sportsmanship and others.
Tickets are still available at $35 each for the November 15th gala being held at the Gilbertsville, PA Fire Co. Social Hall. Doors will open at 4 p.m. and a country style dinner will be served at 6 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony and dancing to the music of a DJ.
Tickets can be ordered by telephoning Vicki Gehris at 610.367.2776.
Fans and racers are reminded that copies of the Grandview Speedway Freedom 76 Program/Yearbook are still available for just $6 plus $3 to cover postage and handling. Make check or money order payable to Joe Wylezik and mail to him at 2932 Marcos Drive, Sinking Spring, PA 19608. The 48-page book is loaded with color photos, point standings, a history of the Freedom 76, complete list of track champions and feature winners, stories on each champion along with much, much more.
