It was Auto Locator Night at Grandview Speedway on Saturday night and what a great night it was. Three features for the price of two and a lot of "CONTACT" stock car racing. In the 30-lap feature for NASCAR Modifieds, Meme DeSantis, a veteran modified racing talent, was able to take the lead at the drop of the green and lead all the laps to win the event and the $2500 first place money. DeSantis hooked up with long time car owner Norm Hansell during the off season and it could be the strongest team at Grandview Speedway this season. Second spot went to Kutztown's Randy Bailey while Keith Brightbill, son of modified racing legend Kenny Brightbill, finished a strong third.
    In the first  20-lap Late Model feature Ray Mancinelli of Chalfont, PA was the winner. Mancinelli is a rookie at Grandview Speedway and just recently moved to the area from Norman, Oklahoma where he was a three time Pro Stock champion at his local speedway. The second 20-lapper for the Late Models was won by Lou Egrie, Philadelphia, as he was able to hold off the challenges in the final laps of Chuck Schutz. Third spot went to Mancinelli. Fans in the stands had the opportunity to grab up some Auto Locator t-shirts, and they are beauties, and some Auto Locator hats. All of the qualifying heat winners were able to earn extra cash for their efforts courtesy of Auto Locator.
    This Saturday night, 7 p.m. the NASCAR Modifieds will run in two 30-lap features and there will be a 20-lap main event for Late Models. A full series of qualifying events will also be presented as part of Cargo Trailers Night with Hennings Scale Models sponsoring a special Cash Dash for the Late Models.
    LANCE DEWEASE AND CHAD LAYTON were the feature winners at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night. Dewease won the 25-lap 410 sprint car race while Chad Layton was tops in the limited sprints for the third time this season. Dewease's win puts him in front in the battle for the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass track point title.
The mighty, at one time that might have been true, midgets of the American Racing Drivers Club will make their only appearance of the season at Williams Grove Speedway. The 410 sprint cars will also be featured in the 8 p.m. show. This will be the last opportunity for the Grove's sprint car racers, many of them known as the PA Posse, to dial-in their cars for the season's first invasion by the Pennzoil World of Outlaws.
    Danny Lasoski, currently the top ranked sprint car driver in the nation according to a recent National Sprint Car Poll, will headline the show along with Steve Kinser, leading the standings as this is being written and Mark Kinser. The Outlaws will be at the Grove for a two-day event on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17. Qualifying will begin at 7:45 p.m. each night.
    And in a special Sunday show at Williams Grove Speedway, David Wilhelm of Abington, MD won the first Enduro 200 of the season. There were 77 enduro cars taking part in the event. Wilhelm was able to set a new track record for the 200 lap distance, 1 hour, 45 minutes and 50 seconds. Wilhelm, the enduro champion last season, pulled into victory lane with a flat tire.
    CLINTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY kicked off their season, new promoters in place, on Friday night with a four division card of racing action. Bobby Stokes of Milton won the Late Model feature while Greg Malek won the Super Stock main event, Levi Ardery was tops in Four Cylinders and Cliff Berry was king of the Daredevils. Clinton County Speedway, Mackeyville, PA, has another four division show on Friday night starting at 7:30 p.m. The show will include Late Models, Super Stocks, Four Cylinders and Daredevils. And there are plans to bring sprint car racing to the track during the season.
    AT TRAIL-WAY SPEEDWAY this Friday night, May 10, the 358 sprint cars will be featured for the first time along with 250 cc micro sprints and street stocks. Racing will start at 7:45 p.m. And on Saturday night, at the same facility, the 305 sprint cars will be in action along with 600cc micro sprints, 4 cylinder (somethings), Figure 8's and Scramble Cars. Saturday night racing starts at 4:45 p.m.
    EAST WINDSOR, NJ SPEEDWAY has Doug Hoffman winning his 106th career Modified feature on Friday night. It marks the 15th season that Hoffman has won at least one feature at the half-mile clay oval. Brian Godown took the sportsman feature and Rob Ormsbee won the Street Stock main. The new this season limited sprint division had Jeff Taylor winning.
    Friday night racing action continues at  East Windsor Speedway with the first green flag falling at 7:30 p.m. for the Modifieds. Also seeing action will be the Sportsman stock cars, Street Stock cars, the Limited Sprint cars and the vintage racers of the Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club.

    THIS SATURDAY NIGHT at Hagerstown, MD Speedway, May 11th, it will be Ladies Night with all the ladies being admitted at half price on general admission tickets. With Mothers Day the very next day this is promoter Frank Plessinger's way of paying tribute to the ladies. The racing show, starting at 7 p.m. will  feature the Late Models, Late Model sportsman, pure stocks and the first race of the year for the enduro dash.
    DAVE CALAMAN HADN'T FORGOTTEN HOW TO WIN AT SILVER SPRING SPEEDWAY. He proved that on Saturday night. The 1994 track champion had not been a regular at the track since the mid 90s. He returned to victory lane in the Super Sportsman feature event on Saturday night for the first time since 1995. "We have been working on the car," said Calaman following his 16th Springs win. "This is a new Baker Carburetor tonight and it really helped the car. We found some things on the car this week and everything is coming together."
    Gary Stutting Jr. won his first  Street Stock feature of the season and it was Bud Witmer winning the Late Model feature.
Information from the speedway did not include what is racing this Saturday but it does usually include the Super Sportsman.
    A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD was on hand for the Pack the Track promotion on Saturday night at Selinsgrove, PA Speedway. All adults were admitted free to see the racing action. Chad Layton became the fourth different 358 sprint winner while eight time track champion Bobby Croop won the 20-lap late model feature race. And it was Gerald Kratzer winning the 12-lap Pro Stock feature. Billy McNeal won the 10-lap Roadrunner feature.
    This Saturday night, 7 p.m. it will be Apex Homes of Middleburg Night. And fans will be invited to bring their cameras out on the track, before racing starts, to get photos of their favorites and collect autographs. The show will include sprint cars, late models, pro stocks and roadrunners.
    AT LINCOLN SPEEDWAY Lance Dewease won his second sprint car feature of the weekend.  The victory was worth $5,000 to Dewease as he topped the traveling All Star Circuit of Champions sprint stars. Bobby Rudisill won the 20-lap main event for Thundercars.
Lincoln Speedway will have a tripleheader show this Saturday, May 11, starting at 7 p.m. Included will be the Cindy Rowe Sprint Cars, the Budweiser 358 sprints and the Miller Brothers Thundercars.
    WADE HENDRICKSON won the Modified stock car feature race at Bridgeport, NJ Speedway on Saturday night, his third straight victory. Richie Pratt Jr. won the 20-lap main event for Sportsman and it was Kevin Nagy winning the Limited Sprint feature event. On Friday night, 7:30 p.m. racing includes Micro Sprints and 4 Cylinder cars on the ¼-mile track. There will be Street Stocks and Outlaw Stocks on the 5/8th mile track. And on Saturday night, 6 p.m. the Big Block Modifieds top the action along with Sportsman and Winged Sprint cars.
    PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY had Todd Shaffer winning the 25-lap Aumiller's Insurance Sprint Car feature race while Steve Campbell won the 20-lap late model feature. Bill Powell was tops in the Pro Stocks.
This Saturday  a four division show of sprint cars, late models and pro stocks will be run. Almost forgot the fourth part of the show is an Enduro race. All ladies will be admitted for $2.00 off in honor of Mother's Day.
    Tickets are now on sale for the Tracy Byrd Concert held opening night during the annual Juniata County Fair. Tickets are just $22 for the grandstand and $25 trackside.
    JAKE MAYS led the way as six different faces graced victory lane at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway , Brickerville, PA, on Saturday night. Mays won the 250cc, two-stroke main event. He also won at Linda's Speedway the night before. Chris Snyder won the 250cc, four-stroke class, Steve Brown was tops in the Sportsman division, and Dave Falini won the 125cc class feature. Michele Miller won the rained out Sportsman feature from April 27th and it was Mike Rutherford tops in the 125cc feature. There were 151 micro sprints in the pits for the Saturday night competition. Again this Saturday, 6 p.m., there will be six feature events presented as the track management catches up on rained out events.
    SHAWN REIMERT drove to victory in the 25-lap NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge Modified feature race at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, PA on Sunday evening. Craig Whitmoyer got the win in the Sportsman action and it was Doug Hendricks and Dave Miller winning the Roadrunner features, each 15 laps in distance. Racing switches to Friday nights for the balance of the season. This Friday there will be NASCAR Modifieds, Sportsman and Roadrunners at 8 p.m.
Ernie Saxton can be reached at Esaxton144@AOL.COM.