Story By: JEFFREY AHLUM / GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY – BECHTELSVILLE, PA – On what looked to be a sunny day with a possibility of a passing thunderstorm, the passing storms arrived at the worst possible time, forcing the postponement of the scheduled Forrest Rogers Memorial for T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.
With the track prep crew on track and preparing for the evenings program, the skies opened with a significant amount of rain falling in a short period of time, leaving management with the unfortunate choice of postponing the evenings events to next Saturday, August 19. There was also consideration given to the fact that there was still the chance of more storms during the later part of the evening, which would have made getting everything done a long shot after a late start to the program from the late afternoon storms.
Grandview Speedway will now be presenting a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series program next Saturday featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds running in the 53rd annual 50-lap Forrest Rogers Memorial paying a cool $10,000 to win, plus the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, and a fireworks show sponsored by Spunktown Tavern and Restaurant of Boyertown, Pa. starting at 7:30 pm.
The show on Saturday, August 19 will include qualifying events for both divisions leading into the 50-lap T.P. Trailer Modified championship feature and the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature.
The Outlaw Racing Series Vintage cars that were scheduled for August 19 have been removed from the schedule to make way for the Forrest Rogers Memorial event. They will return on Friday, September 1.
Adult grandstand admission is $30, students 10-15 with ID are $15, while children ages 9 and under are admitted free of charge. Pit admission is $35 for NASCAR members and $45 for non-members.
Pit gates will open at 4 pm. with grandstand gates opening at 5:30 pm. warm-ups starting at 6:15 pm. and the first race of the evening getting the green flag at 7:30 pm.
The United Racing Club Sprint Cars will be making their annual visit, joining the T.P. Trailer Modifieds and T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman on Paul Wright Roofing Night Saturday, August 26 starting at 7:30 pm.