BECHTELSVILLE
 Todd Shaffer finally conquered Grandview Speedway.

 The Millerstown driver had never won at the Bechtelsville oval until Tuesday night when he piloted the Gary and Patty Beam-owned sprinter to the victory in the 35-lap Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Pennsylvania Speedweek feature event.

 Shaffer started fourth on the grid and raced down leader Chad Layton on the 11th lap to take the top spot.

 Once Shaffer got out front, he set sail around the bullring for his first ever win at the track. The win was his fifth career Pennsylvania Speedweek win as well.

 “Twenty-two years and I’ve led a lot of laps here years ago and even up to one lap to go and we either had mechanical problems or crashed so I just quit coming here because of the bad luck,” said the driver of the Village Square Plaza, J & M Racing & Collectibles, McCoy Brothers General Contractors, Don Ott Racing Engines No. 88 JEI Chassis. “I’m sure we won’t miss another one.”

 Once Shaffer found the right groove, he showed his dominance after following early leaders Layton and Doug Esh.

 Layton led the first five laps before Esh took the top spot on the sixth circuit.

 His lead was short-lived as Layton went back out front a lap later only to have Shaffer blast around the outside to lead the 11th lap.
 Two laps later, Esh’s top five ride ended upside down in the third turn.

 Lucas Wolfe started fifth and moved by Layton for the runner-up spot on lap 28 but could not track down the leader.

 Fred Rahmer started 15th and worked his way into the sixth spot when he made contact with the inside turn four tires, resulting in a flat front tire. He spun the car and was finished for the night after bringing out the yellow with three laps remaining.

 But over the final three laps, it was all Shaffer for the $5,000 payday, his second overall this season.

 Shaffer praised the Grandview track crew for a good race track.

 “Man, what a race track,” Shaffer said to the capacity crowd for the third night of the Speedweek series. “You could run the bottom, you could run the top. And those last three laps, I ran right through the middle.”

 Shaffer didn’t mind the late race yellow flag that bunched the field and put Wolfe within striking distance.

 “It didn’t really matter because when you are out front and you know you are in front because you started there, then you want an open track,” he added. “But my guys had this car real good tonight and wherever the lapped cars went, I could go the other way. It gives you a chance to take a breather and calm down and concentrate on keeping the car straight.”

 Wolfe, of Mechanicsburg was second ahead of Fayetteville’s Lance Dewease, Thomasville’s Greg Hodnett who started 12th and Harrisburg’s Layton.

 Completing the top 10 were Stevie Smith, Kevin Nouse, Brian Montieth, Alan Krimes and Brian Leppo.

 Dewease paced the 31-car field during time trials with a lap of 12.480 seconds.

 Heat races were won by Hodnett, Nouse, Billy Pauch and Rahmer. The B-Main was won by Keith Kauffman.

 After the third night of Speedweek, Hodnett continues to lead the Speedweek points with 438 points. Wolfe is second with 429 followed by Stevie Smith with 397, Shaffer with 358 and Keith Kauffman with 323. The top 10 are Layton (316), Dewease (315), Leppo (302), Nouse (267) and Doug Esh (259).