S.C.O.R.E. at Grill National 3-20-13!

[Lancaster Tornado!]

(3/20/13) As usual, there's always some grumbling when it comes time to race at Grill National. The tough little tri-oval isn't the easist place to race and has a tendency to unnerve drivers. Lee Greenawalt and Carey Becker aren't two of those drivers, however. Wednesday night they showed their mettle by duplicating their victories of last November in SCORE'S only other appearance at the Grill this season. Greenawalt ran away with the USAC sprint laurels in the twelve-driver field while Becker persevered to capture his fourth USAC midget win of the campaign.

On paper, sandwiched between Mike Lengel and Becker, Greenawalt looked like a long-shot to take the USAC sprint event, but the Lancaster Tornado was fast from the start, collecting four firsts and a second in his segments. Homer Hiester became the best of the rest, four markers down, to grab the runner-up spot by a point over Dave Balloch and two ahead of Becker. Trevor Kobylarz rounded out the top five in the 50 lap race.

Becker's win in the USAC midget nightcap wasn't quite so easy. Unexpectedly finding some competition from Balloch on his inside, Becker struggled a bit, gathering a few wrecks during the 50 lapper. Nevertheless, Becker had enough when it counted to earn a two-point victory over a fine performance by Dave Kurtz. Greenawalt was a notch behind for third place with Balloch taking fourth. Lengel edged hard-luck driver of the evening, Chuck Heller, via tie-breaker for fifth.

USAC Sprint Car point standings :
Greenawalt(3)-438, C.Becker(3)-418, Balloch(1)-350, H.Hiester(1)-350, Lengel-319, D.Kurtz-283, D.Becker-260, T.Kobylarz-259, T.Musser,Sr.-242, B.Buckwalter-226, Heller(1)-209, D.Hiester-177, T.Buckwalter-121, Brenner-67, S.Buckwalter-27, Rupert-23.

USAC Midget point standings :
C.Becker(4)-426, Lengel(1)-382, Greenawalt-356, H.Hiester(1)-348, Balloch-324, D.Becker-296, T.Kobylarz-273, B.Buckwalter(1)-250, D.Kurtz-235, T.Buckwalter(1)-220, D.Hiester-197, Heller(1)-196, T.Musser,Sr.-146, S.Buckwalter-60, Rupert-44, B.Kobylarz-25, Heck-23.

*** The following schedule will conclude the season :

April 3 - USAC dirt champs "Boston Louie 100" and USAC sprints at Fairview Speedway

April 17 - USAC midgets "Rich Vogler Memorial"(100 laps) and USAC dirt champs(50 laps) at Wernersville Raceway

May 1 - USAC sprints "Flying Dutchman Classic" (twin-50's) at South Gate Speedrome


Sprint action up first!!!!





WHAT THE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE INFIELD!!!!!!









PULL TRUCK!!!!!!!











HEY I WON IN A TORNADO!



MIDGET TIME!!!!!!