Bobby Trapper Jr. of Scranton has had many long days and nights of travel, good and bad nights of race action over the past several seasons, but hard work and determination paid off Saturday night with a first career win in the 30-lap T.P.
Trailer NASCAR Modified feature Saturday night at Grandview Speedway. Trapper Jr. has been making the trip each Saturday night for many seasons, first with his father who raced at Grandview and now racing himself with his father helping him, and after all the ups and downs, the reward for all the effort was a hard earned first ever Grandview Speedway win.
The race had a dramatic ending no less as Brian Hirthler of Green Lane, who was trying to shake off some recent bad luck of his own, took the lead away from Trapper Jr. on a lap 24 restart, only to see the two drivers trade the lead back and forth a couple times before Trapper Jr. secured the lead for good in the final two laps to score the dramatic first career Grandview Modified win.
Following the dramatic T.P. Trailer Modified feature, Addison Meitzler of Kempton, put on a driving clinic to score his second career T.
P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature win, and his first of the 2024 season. Meitzler started 14th in the 25-lap T.
P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature, moved into second on lap ten at which point he was a straightaway behind leader Zach Steffey of Sinking Spring, then reeled in the leader and took over the top spot on lap 19, before motoring on to the impressive victory. The.
