FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
JULY 22, 2017
RAIN POSTPONES CHAMPION RACING OIL SUMMER NATIONALS FEATURE TO
NATIONAL OPEN WEEKEND AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – All qualifying events were complete Saturday night when
rain hit Williams Grove Speedway during the Champion Racing Oil Summer
Nationals.
After waiting for 30 minutes, and with rain still falling, Williams Grove
and World of Outlaws officials decided to postpone the 30-lap, $20,000 to
win Sprint car feature to the opening night of the National Open, which is
Thursday night September 28.
Five-time and defending Williams Grove track champion Greg Hodnett was
scheduled to start on the pole with third place Outlaws point man David
Gravel to his outside. The Posse and Outlaws also shared row two with Danny
Dietrich starting third and Brad Sweet fourth. Logan Schuchart, Daryn
Pittman, Jason Sides, Lucas Wolfe, Outlaws point leader Donny Schatz and
Shane Stewart completed the top 10 in the starting line-up. Lance Dewease
and Brian Montieth were scheduled to start 11th and 12th.
The 38-car field was split into two groups for qualifying time trials.
Hodnett set quick time over the first group with a lap of 17.186. Wolfe,
Sides, Dietrich and Matt Campbell followed Hodnett. Schuchart set quick time
over the second group with a lap of 17.314. Pittman, Gravel, Sweet and Trey
Starks followed Schuchart.
Hodnett, Dietrich, Gravel and Sweet won the eight-lap heat races. Hodnett
drew the zero pill for dash inversion and won the six-lap race over Gravel
and Dietrich. Anthony Macri beat Steve Buckwalter to win the Last Chance
Showdown