GEORGETOWN, Del. — On a refreshed and newly configured Georgetown Speedway, Ryan Krachun went wire-to-wire in the 25-lap, $3,000-to-win Millman’s NAPA Auto Parts Modified race under the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series banner.
As the gates swung open at the Sussex County oval, fans were greeted to a facility that had undergone a facelift for the 2023 season, in addition to a reconfiguration that brought the corners in while widening the racing surface dramatically.
In the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series Modifieds, the first points race at Georgetown under the NASCAR banner, Krachun jumped out to the early lead, ahead of Billy Pauch Jr., Jordan Watson, Austin Hubbard and Danny Bouc. Krachun immediately built a comfortable lead before engaging in lapped traffic within the first 10 laps.
As Watson and Ryan Godown tried to run in the outer lane, Hubbard moved into third, bringing Bouc and Matt Stangle with him into the top five.
Following a series of cautions around the lap-11 mark, Krachun again jumped out to a lead, with Pauch in second and Stangle advancing on to the podium. As the race continued green, Krachun never wavered and cruised to his first victory at the Georgetown Speedway, capturing $3,000.
Pauch suffered an issue on the final lap, dropping to fifth and allowing Stangle to cross the line in second, Bouc in third and Godown in fourth.
Also on Friday night, Kenny Miller III captured the season-opening Rapid Tire USAC East Coast Sprint Cars while Ryan Simmons earned $1,000 for his Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman feature win.
Jamie Eichholz won the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars; David Smith captured the Delaware Super Trucks; Jay Lowman earned the Delmarva Chargers race; and Kirk Lawson drove to the win in the Little Lincoln division.
The Finish:
Feature (25 Laps): RYAN KRACHUN, Matt Stangle, Danny Bouc, Ryan Godown, Billy Pauch, Jr., John Willman, HJ Bunting, Jimmy Horton, Ryan Riddle, Norman Short, Jr., Brandon Grosso, Bobby Watkins, Austin Hubbard, Carson Wright, Sean Metz, Jordan Watson, Cale Ross, Danny Hieber, Ron Roberts, Joseph Watson, Tim Millman