Billy Pauch Jr. Goes On To Victory Lane At Georgetown Speedway Thursday Evening

Story By: CHRIS MOORE / GEORGETOWN SPEEDWAY – GEORGETOWN, DE – Return of the Kid’s Kid.

Billy Pauch Jr. returned to Victory Lane at Georgetown Speedway for the first time since October 2021 with Millman’s NAPA Modifieds on Sullivan’s Landscaping & Maintenance night.

The Frenchtown, N.J., native started from the outside of the front row and took the lead on the fifth circuit. From there, Pauch Jr. would never relinquish the top spot.

The win netted Pauch Jr. a $3,500 payday after the start of the feature was delayed nearly an hour-and-a-half due to an unexpected light rain that fell over the speedway.

“I told Mike Mahaney since he won earlier this week, it was my turn to do it,” Pauch Jr. proclaimed with a laugh of his brother-in-law.

After taking the lead on lap five, Pauch Jr. held on after multiple restarts during the midpoint of the race to take the victory.

“All those restarts, I almost messed up going into turn one on one of them,” he explained. “Once I came off turn two and had the lead, I knew we were in good shape.”

Pauch Jr. fired off second with Georgetown, Del.’s Carson Wright occupying the pole position, fresh off his first Modified win at Delaware International Speedway the last time they were in action.

Wright led at the drop of the green flag with Pauch Jr. filing in line in the runner-up spot.

Pipersville, Pa.’s Danny Bouc was the man on the move early, coming from the eighth starting spot and moving into fourth in the early laps.

Up front, Pauch Jr. continued to stalk Wright for the top spot. Pauch Jr. seized his opportunity off the fourth turn as the field completed lap five.

Milford, Del.’s Joseph Watson, meanwhile, was sandwiched between the pair of battles going on.

Behind him, Bouc was under fire, losing fourth to Matt Stangle and fifth to Ryan Krachun on lap 12.

Lap 12 also saw the race’s first yellow come out as Federalsburg, Md.’s Austin Hubbard slowed off the second turn.

Another yellow flag two laps later, this time for a slowing Justin Grosso off turn two.

Branchburg, N.J.’s Ryan Krachun became the driver to watch in the final 11-lap stretch. Krachun climbed from fifth to third on the lap-14 restart after starting the race from seventh.

From there, Krachun applied pressure to Wright for the runner-up spot, while Pauch Jr. was driving away with the victory.

Pauch Jr. took home the $3,500 victory in the ‘Summer Thunder’ event.

Krachun took the runner-up spot on the final lap and Wright followed up his Delaware win with a podium run at Georgetown.

Milford, Del.’s H.J. Bunting grabbed a hard-fought fourth-place finish after starting 11th and Joseph Watson rounded out the top five.

Finishing sixth through 10th, respectively, were Danny Bouc aboard the Craig and Leslie Pondish owned BDR Speed No. 6; Milford, Del.’s Jordan Watson in his family-owned No. 1J; Neshanic Station, N.J.’s Matt Stangle, who faded to the eighth position; Oley, Pa.’s Louden Reimert in the Don Grebe owned No. 33 machine; and Ringoes, N.J.’s Ryan Godown.

York, Pa.’s Rick Eckert won the Stockley Speed & Supply Super Late Model victory, also worth $3,500.

The man affectionately known as ‘Scrub’ took the lead on a lap-13 restart when the seas parted for him and led the rest of the way for the win.

“That was really a gift to get the lead there,” Eckert explained. “I witnessed it (what happened on the front row) and turned under it.”

The gift came in two parts for the lead for Eckert.

First, Millsboro, Del.’s Donald Lingo Jr. – who had set sail and appeared well on his way to the win – tangled with a lap car on lap 13, sending him around and effectively ending his chance at victory.

The ensuing restart, with Dover, Pa.’s Coleby Frye and Stephens City, Va.’s Kyle Hardy on the front row, Frye washed up the racetrack, taking him and Hardy both up the racetrack.

The bottom groove opened, and Eckert drove underneath the pair of the lead.

“The leader chose the bottom and evidently didn’t want the bottom,” Eckert said of the front row entanglement.

From there, Eckert led the rest of the way to take home his own $3,500 paycheck.

Georgetown, Del.’s Ross Robinson charged from the 11th starting spot to claim the runner-up spot and Kyle Hardy rounded out the podium finishers. Frye held on for fourth and Seaford, Del.’s Trevor Collins rounded out the top five.

In Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman action, Upper Makefield, Pa.’s Joe Toth won a thrilling feature over Frankford, Del.’s Scott Hitchens.

After Hitchens led much of the race, Toth raced from fourth to second on a late race restart and began applying pressure to Hitchens for the lead.

Hitchens held off all of Toth’s challenges until the final lap, when Toth threw a slide job at Hitchens and the pair came off the fourth turn side-by-side at the line.

Toth crossed the start-finish line just .024 seconds ahead of Hitchens for the victory, his second of the season at Georgetown.

Hitchens was second and Harrington, Del.’s Brandon Watkins rounded out the podium finishers. Chalfont, Pa.’s Greg Humlhanz and Carneys Point, N.J.’s Eric Kormann were the top five.

Georgetown, Del.’s Matt Hill put on a dominant performance in the First State Chevrolet RUSH Late Model Feature. Hill led from green-to-checkered in the non-stop 20-lap affair.

Trevor Collins, Matt Glanden, Derek Magee, and Matt Adams were the top five.

Delmar, Del.’s David Smith went from third to first to get the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Car Club Modified victory while Cale Pettyjohn made a last lap pass of Nathan Austin for the Sportsman win.

David Smith was victorious once again with the Delaware Super Trucks, leading all 12 laps for the victory. Jerry Hill and T.J. Williams were the top three.

Jay Lowman put up an impressive performance from the seventh starting spot. Lowman was second by the end of the first circuit and took the lead by the end of lap two and led the rest of the way.

Next up for Georgetown Speedway is the inaugural event for Reigel Promotions, as the ‘Tidal Wave’ takes place at the Sussex County half-mile oval. The Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman headline the affair with a 30-lap, $3,000-to-win affair. The Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series 305 Sprint Cars also tag along for their first event of the season at Georgetown Speedway.

The Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars, Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Chargers join the program as well.

Grandstand admission is just $10.

Millman’s NAPA Modifieds

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 96JR-Billy Pauch Jr[2]; 2. 29-Ryan Krachun[7]; 3. 91-Carson Wright[1]; 4. 30-HJ Bunting[9]; 5. 21W-Joseph Watson[4]; 6. 6B-Danny Bouc[8]; 7. 1J-Jordan Watson[11]; 8. 6S-Matt Stangle[5]; 9. 33-Louden Reimert[12]; 10. 26-Ryan Godown[14]; 11. 112-Cale Ross[15]; 12. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[10]; 13. 11-Danny Hieber[13]; 14. 74W-John Willman[23]; 15. 28-Tom Solderich[21]; 16. 410-Tim Millman[19]; 17. 24-Justin Grosso[3]; 18. 1K-Rick Laubach[6]; 19. 99-Austin Hubbard[17]; 20. 81-Billy Osmun[16]; 21. 05-Sean Metz[24]; 22. (DNS) 31-Ryan Riddle; 23. (DNS) 12-Tracy Gauger; 24. (DNS) 8-Norman Short Jr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 84Y-Alex Yankowski[6]; 2. 1K-Rick Laubach[1]; 3. 33-Louden Reimert[5]; 4. 91-Carson Wright[3]; 5. 11-Danny Hieber[8]; 6. 81-Billy Osmun[7]; 7. 410-Tim Millman[2]; 8. 8-Norman Short Jr[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 96JR-Billy Pauch Jr[2]; 2. 30-HJ Bunting[3]; 3. 1J-Jordan Watson[6]; 4. 6S-Matt Stangle[4]; 5. 26-Ryan Godown[5]; 6. 99-Austin Hubbard[8]; 7. 12-Tracy Gauger[7]; 8. 74W-John Willman[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Ryan Krachun[1]; 2. 24-Justin Grosso[4]; 3. 6B-Danny Bouc[2]; 4. 21W-Joseph Watson[7]; 5. 112-Cale Ross[5]; 6. 31-Ryan Riddle[6]; 7. 28-Tom Solderich[8]; 8. (DNF) 05-Sean Metz[3]

Hot Laps: 1. 84Y-Alex Yankowski, 00:18.978[24]; 2. 6B-Danny Bouc, 00:19.022[1]; 3. 24-Justin Grosso, 00:19.031[5]; 4. 99-Austin Hubbard, 00:19.043[7]; 5. 26-Ryan Godown, 00:19.073[4]; 6. 112-Cale Ross, 00:19.118[16]; 7. 33-Louden Reimert, 00:19.225[14]; 8. 74W-John Willman, 00:19.245[22]; 9. 91-Carson Wright, 00:19.259[23]; 10. 6S-Matt Stangle, 00:19.274[19]; 11. 1J-Jordan Watson, 00:19.482[20]; 12. 11-Danny Hieber, 00:19.857[6]; 13. 28-Tom Solderich, 00:20.482[18]; 14. 96JR-Billy Pauch Jr, 00:21.509[13]; 15. 12-Tracy Gauger, 00:22.121[3]; 16. (DNS) 30-HJ Bunting; 17. (DNS) 29-Ryan Krachun; 18. (DNS) 1K-Rick Laubach; 19. (DNS) 05-Sean Metz; 20. (DNS) 410-Tim Millman; 21. (DNS) 81-Billy Osmun; 22. (DNS) 31-Ryan Riddle; 23. (DNS) 8-Norman Short Jr; 24. (DNS) 21W-Joseph Watson

Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 917-Joe Toth[12]; 2. 15H-Scott Hitchens[1]; 3. 4W-Brandon Watkins[6]; 4. 02-Greg Humlhanz[3]; 5. 10-Eric Kormann[7]; 6. 20-Ryan Simmons[5]; 7. 257-Thomas Sherby[18]; 8. 15-Adam White[10]; 9. 69-James Hill[14]; 10. 94K-Jacob King[2]; 11. 94-Jordn Justice[11]; 12. 43-Michael White[9]; 13. 74-Jax Yohn[22]; 14. 91-Luke Bunting[17]; 15. 97-Matt Smith[4]; 16. 7-Jarod Millman[24]; 17. 37-Chris Martinez[23]; 18. 18-Jeff Marker[26]; 19. 39-Richie Walls Jr[21]; 20. 191-Brian Rogers[8]; 21. 100-John Stevenson[15]; 22. 1*-Zac Weller[25]; 23. 7J-Ryan Mckinney[16]; 24. 52-Jason Musser[19]; 25. 21-Greg Reed[20]; 26. (DNS) 23-Devin Dodson; 27. (DNS) 888-Robert Dutton

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-Brandon Watkins[2]; 2. 10-Eric Kormann[9]; 3. 15H-Scott Hitchens[4]; 4. 917-Joe Toth[6]; 5. 888-Robert Dutton[3]; 6. 7J-Ryan Mckinney[7]; 7. 52-Jason Musser[8]; 8. 74-Jax Yohn[5]; 9. 1*-Zac Weller[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Greg Humlhanz[3]; 2. 94K-Jacob King[1]; 3. 15-Adam White[5]; 4. 191-Brian Rogers[4]; 5. 69-James Hill[9]; 6. 91-Luke Bunting[8]; 7. 21-Greg Reed[6]; 8. 37-Chris Martinez[7]; 9. 18-Jeff Marker[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Michael White[1]; 2. 20-Ryan Simmons[3]; 3. 97-Matt Smith[5]; 4. 94-Jordn Justice[7]; 5. 100-John Stevenson[4]; 6. 257-Thomas Sherby[9]; 7. 39-Richie Walls Jr[2]; 8. 7-Jarod Millman[6]; 9. 23-Devin Dodson[8]

Hot Laps: 1. 10-Eric Kormann, 00:19.964[9]; 2. 257-Thomas Sherby, 00:20.343[17]; 3. 888-Robert Dutton, 00:20.350[3]; 4. 15-Adam White, 00:20.409[25]; 5. 20-Ryan Simmons, 00:20.462[18]; 6. 43-Michael White, 00:20.469[26]; 7. 4W-Brandon Watkins, 00:20.498[23]; 8. 917-Joe Toth, 00:20.574[21]; 9. 94-Jordn Justice, 00:20.611[7]; 10. 02-Greg Humlhanz, 00:20.663[6]; 11. 52-Jason Musser, 00:20.738[14]; 12. 69-James Hill, 00:20.755[4]; 13. 15H-Scott Hitchens, 00:20.809[5]; 14. 97-Matt Smith, 00:20.838[19]; 15. 94K-Jacob King, 00:21.049[8]; 16. 39-Richie Walls Jr, 00:21.051[22]; 17. 91-Luke Bunting, 00:21.055[1]; 18. 1*-Zac Weller, 00:21.121[24]; 19. 100-John Stevenson, 00:21.162[20]; 20. 37-Chris Martinez, 00:21.179[11]; 21. 7J-Ryan Mckinney, 00:21.209[12]; 22. 7-Jarod Millman, 00:21.229[13]; 23. 74-Jax Yohn, 00:21.256[27]; 24. 18-Jeff Marker, 00:21.273[10]; 25. 191-Brian Rogers, 00:21.365[16]; 26. (DNS) 23-Devin Dodson; 27. (DNS) 21-Greg Reed

Stockley Speed & Supply Super Late Models

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 0E-Rick Eckert[3]; 2. 7-Ross Robinson[11]; 3. 45-Kyle Hardy[4]; 4. 32-Coleby Frye[1]; 5. 11-Trevor Collins[6]; 6. 93-Cory Lawler[5]; 7. 4S-Danny Snyder[7]; 8. 4R-Amanda Robinson[8]; 9. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr[2]; 10. 92-Nick Davis[12]; 11. 39-Robert Paczkowski[9]; 12. 119-Bryan Bernheisel[10]; 13. 5-Rob Schirmer[13]; 14. (DNS) 8BALL-Mark Pettyjohn

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Coleby Frye[2]; 2. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr[3]; 3. 93-Cory Lawler[1]; 4. 4S-Danny Snyder[5]; 5. 39-Robert Paczkowski[6]; 6. (DNF) 7-Ross Robinson[4]; 7. (DNS) 5-Rob Schirmer

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Hardy[1]; 2. 0E-Rick Eckert[2]; 3. 11-Trevor Collins[5]; 4. 4R-Amanda Robinson[7]; 5. 119-Bryan Bernheisel[4]; 6. 92-Nick Davis[3]; 7. (DNF) 8BALL-Mark Pettyjohn[6]

Hot Lap Qualifying 1: 1. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:18.101[3]; 2. 32-Coleby Frye, 00:18.173[1]; 3. 55L-Donald Lingo Jr, 00:18.315[2]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:18.457[5]; 5. 4S-Danny Snyder, 00:18.708[7]; 6. (DNS) 39-Robert Paczkowski, 00:18.708; 7. (DNS) 5-Rob Schirmer, 00:18.708

Hot Lap Qualifying 2: 1. 45-Kyle Hardy, 00:18.016[1]; 2. 0E-Rick Eckert, 00:18.107[3]; 3. 92-Nick Davis, 00:18.176[2]; 4. 119-Bryan Bernheisel, 00:18.287[4]; 5. 11-Trevor Collins, 00:18.308[6]; 6. 8BALL-Mark Pettyjohn, 00:18.440[7]; 7. 4R-Amanda Robinson, 00:19.462[5]

Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 71P-David Smith[3]; 2. 21-Jamie Eichholz[5]; 3. 1S-Cale Pettyjohn[9]; 4. 3S-Nathan Austin[16]; 5. 3A-Allan Austin[1]; 6. 71S-Garrit Reagan[10]; 7. 77S-Michael Patchett[13]; 8. 01S-Glenn Lyon[8]; 9. 34-Terry Chaney[2]; 10. 4S-Matt Martin[19]; 11. 66S-John Gladman[17]; 12. 56S-Mike Harman Jr[20]; 13. 58S-Donald Porter[21]; 14. 8S-Ed Collins[12]; 15. 24S-Luke Dill[14]; 16. 20S-Roscoe Clough[11]; 17. 4M-Dave Schamp[4]; 18. 19S-Jason Cahall[6]; 19. 15S-Jamie Schirmer[7]; 20. 32S-Maddy Jefferson[15]; 21. 14S-Hunter Bensel[18]
17 entries
Delaware Super Trucks

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3-David Smith[1]; 2. 69-Jerry Hill[2]; 3. 84-TJ Williams[4]; 4. 8-JR Bergman[3]; 5. 68-Tony Guinta[13]; 6. 2-Steve Portillo[12]; 7. 80-Dale Elliott[11]; 8. 34-Scott Trice[7]; 9. 27-Michelle Jackson[6]; 10. 89-Thomas Jackson[8]; 11. 10-Trent Marine[10]; 12. 77-Tim Williams[14]; 13. 54-Bruce Cornelius[9]; 14. 28-LJ Walbert[17]; 15. (DNS) 00-Mackenzie Williams; 16. (DNS) 23-Troy Hopkins; 17. (DNS) 44-Rick Short
13 entries
Delmarva Chargers

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2A-Jay Lowman[7]; 2. 67-Ron Falkner[6]; 3. 37-Josh Dahling[2]; 4. 10-Craig Kelly[5]; 5. 92-Robbie Strain[12]; 6. 62-Randy Merritt[9]; 7. 61-Ashley Merritt[10]; 8. 72-Billy Cummings[3]; 9. 5G-Garren Morris[13]; 10. 51-Dennis Nelson[4]; 11. 4-Tyler Hottle[1]; 12. 27W-Wyatt Cummings[8]; 13. 44R-Randy Gallaway[11]

First State Chevrolet RUSH Late Models

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 84-Matt Hill[1]; 2. 72-Trevor Collins[4]; 3. 01-Matt Glanden[2]; 4. 96-Derek Magee[5]; 5. 9A-Matt Adams[3]; 6. 92-Nick Davis[6]; 7. 51-Jerry Barker[7]; 8. 52-Mike Walls[8]; 9. B2-Mason Booze[9]; 10. (DNS) 80-Ben Scott

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Matt Hill[2]; 2. 72-Trevor Collins[6]; 3. 01-Matt Glanden[5]; 4. 9A-Matt Adams[1]; 5. 96-Derek Magee[7]; 6. 92-Nick Davis[8]; 7. 51-Jerry Barker[4]; 8. 52-Mike Walls[9]; 9. B2-Mason Booze[10]; 10. 80-Ben Scott[3]

Hot Laps: 1. 84-Matt Hill, 00:19.740[7]; 2. 72-Trevor Collins, 00:20.034[4]; 3. 92-Nick Davis, 00:20.188[5]; 4. 01-Matt Glanden, 00:20.235[6]; 5. B2-Mason Booze, 00:20.322[3]; 6. 96-Derek Magee, 00:20.394[8]; 7. 51-Jerry Barker, 00:20.492[2]; 8. 52-Mike Walls, 00:20.670[10]; 9. 9A-Matt Adams, 00:20.882[1]; 10. (DNS) 80-Ben Scott