Bechtelsville, PA - Kyle Weiss one of the original four drivers of TeamRAACE (Stevie Smith, DJ Quint, and Tru Atkins being the others) drove to victory yet again on Saturday night October 16th to close out the 2010 version of the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series at Grandview Speedway. On a night when over 140 race cars from seven divisions filled the pits, the third 25 lap feature of the night showcased the Sportsman modifieds. The feature was another thriller with lots of passing and drama.

Andy Fayash set the pace for the first three laps with Jared Umbenhauer taking the top spot on lap four. Brad Grim moved into the picture taking the runner-up spot on lap eight. Before long, coming from his fourteenth starting position Kyle Weiss was in the hunt with his Bernie's Italian Ice, USS Achey, Schaeffer Harley-Davidson sponsored mount sporting the purple and yellow of The RAACE Foundation.

On lap eleven, Weiss advanced from fourth to second with a crowd thrilling, sweeping pass through turns one and two. Weiss now had to chase down race leader Jared Umbenhauer. Weiss was gaining ground on Umbenhauer slightly with each lap, keeping the fans on the edge of their seats. Then on lap twenty, Umbenhauer came to a stop in turn one, with a blown engine unwillingly handing over the lead to Weiss.

On the ensuing restart, Weiss now had to contend with a bunched up field of sportsman modified superstars including Ray Woodall Jr., Brad Grim, fellow TeamRAACE driver Craig Whitmoyer and Brad Brightbill. But with only three laps to go Weiss held on to take the win over Ray Woodall, Jr., Brad Grim, Craig Whitmoyer and Brad Brightbill - finishing in that order.

Kyle Weiss was happy to get The RAACE Foundation front and center on such a huge evening. Saying: "It's great to be lucky sometimes! I hate to win one that way, you hate to see Jordan break just as it was about to get interesting. I think he had the better car tonight, but we never got the chance to see what would happen when I caught him. He's a great racer, with an awesome team and it stinks for those guys, but we'll take it! I have had my share of those types of losses over the years. I really like racing at Grandview and right now it looks like I'll be racing here regularly in 2011" a jubilant Weiss said afterwards.

"I really like how they do this show - Bob is a great promoter. The group celebration in victory lane is a lot of fun for all of us! We have a few more shows this year in the sportsman as our 358 is getting freshened for next year - we are happy to have a jump on next season and this win helps. Hopefully we can take one up north next week, possibly hit Susqy the next day and maybe even the Turkey Chase at Bridgeport before we shut it down for 2010 and then get the car ready for The RAACE Foundation's display at Motorsports 2011."

Grandview 5-25's Feature Finish:

LEGENDS 25 Lap Feature: #15H Harlon Leppo, #94T Tim Henry, #27 Chad Glatfelter, #5 Scott Houdeshell, #611 Justin Grim, #89 Tim Bauer, #35 Brian Weitzel, #44 Scott Gobrecht, #12J Clint Penkauskas, #K9 Mark Roberts, #46 Pat McDermott, #40 Donnie Pifer, #90 Scott Spidle, #45 Andy Whaling, #222 Josh Morrow, #38 Rick Miller, #4 Shane Glatfeller, #74 Greg Burd, #28 Brent Marquis.

ARDC Midget 25 Lap Feature: #52 Tim Buckwalter, #0 Steven Buckwalter, #51 PJ Gargiulo, #77 Alex Bright, #12 Drew Helstand, #54 Billy Pauch, #46 Brett Arndt, #6 Dusty Heistand, #9 Steve Lenig, #34 Ryan Smith, #91 Donnie Trent, #78 Nick Wean, #01 Steven Bull, #75 Stephanie Stevens. DNF #84 Jimmy Cammock, #49 Trevor Kobylarz, #11 Eric Heydenreich, #17 Donnie Hoffman, #99 Frank Polimeda, #55 Steve Craig. DNS #83 Bruce Buckwalter, Jr.

SPORTSMAN 25 Lap Feature: #21K Kyle Weiss, #72 Ray Woodall, Jr. #611 Brad Grim, #99 Craig Whitmoyer, #19B Brad Brightbill, #38 Mike Mamanna, #45X Andy Fayash, #14J Joe Funk, #8 Brad Force, #43M Joe Masiado, #17X Kevin Beach, #51 Erik Renninger, #49 Troy Gibson, DNF #T102 Shawn Fitzpatrick, #19U Jared Umbenhauer, #97 Dave Dissinger, #5 Jordan Dreher, #8Jr. Warren Floyd, #221 Ryan Beltz.

358 MODIFIED 25 Lap Feature: #88D MeMe DeSantis, #11 Billy Pauch, Jr., #53 Mike Gular, #117 Kevin Hirthler, #41 Jeff Strunk, #357 Ryan Godown, #81 Terry Meitzler, #33 Ray Swinehart, #115 Brad Missimer, #74W John Willman, #42 Kyle Follweiler, #611 Ryan Grim, #99 Wade Hendrickson, #14K Kenny Gilmore, #R19 Ron Seitman, DNF #3A Kevin Albert, Jr., #58S Shawn Reimert, #39 Todd Smith, Addison Meitzler, #89 Tommy Sheetz, #1C Craig VonDohren, #976 Don Norris, Jr.

URC SPRINT CAR 25 lap Feature: #00 Kevin Nouse, #22 Becca Anderson, #99 JJ Grasso, #2 Art Leidl, #5g Curt Michael, #63 Josh Weller, #15 Mark Bitner, #56 Randy West, #89 Robbie Stillwagon, #39 Tim Hogue, #1 Scott Pursell, #47 Tim Higgins, DNF #47m Bill Unglert, #17j Jonathan Swanson, #21 Trevor Lewis, #9d Kevin Darling, #73 Kramer Williamson.

VINCE'S TOWING LEGENDS OWNER RACE 10 LAPS: #81 Dennis Bailey, #14 Rod Breitenstein, #39 Skip Smith, #611 Gary Grim, #7 Jerry Christman, #89 Ron Wilson, #71 Tim Reid, #41 Vince Gagliardo, #51 Wayne Renninger, #9 Terry Hafer, #14D Harvey Bitler.

GARDEN STATE VINTAGE STOCK CAR FEATURE: #17 Weaver, #24 Lauden, #Moo Pitts, #17R Hawk, #2 Smith, #42 Jerry, #1 Skip Smith, #101 Barker, #50 Pullin, #3 Nyce, #00 Berger, #24 Morrell, #U2 Costa, #49 Desmeyer, #333 Wagner, #12A Meska, #31 Brommer, #5 Holdin, #0 Pagni, #16 Brobst. DNS #44 Ricky Rutt.