First-Year Regular Logan Watt Has Solid Season At Grandview & Locks Up ’23 Sportsman Title

Story By: JEFFREY AHLUM / GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY – BECHTELSVILLE, PA – Logan Watt of Boyertown, Pa. is officially the 2023 Grandview Speedway T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman Champion, becoming the 8th different driver to claim a championship in the 12-year history of the division at the track.

For teenager Watt, his drive to the championship was slightly different than Modified champion Brett Kressley.  He was never a regular competitor at Grandview prior to this season, having only run in a couple of previous races during the end of the 2022 season.  That included a second place run in the 2022 Freedom 38 Sportsman Championship race.

Watt took to the one-third-of-a-mile high banked track as if he was a regular for five seasons, and hit pay dirt early in the year with the first of his two wins on May 13. That win put him on top of the point standings, a position he would never leave the rest of the season.

Watt would add a second win on July 22, and at one point built a lead of over 400 points over defending champion Brian Hirthler of Green Lane, Pa. Hirthler would make a late season charge and close the gap on the point leader, eventually ending the year 249 points behind the first year driving champion.

Watt’s run to the championship included the two feature wins plus 8 top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in the 16 Saturday night NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series race programs.

Watt will be recognized at the Speedway on Saturday, September 16 prior to the Freedom 76 racing program, after the final night of point racing fell victim to rain last Saturday night. The driver and car owner will be honored in Victory Lane right after warmups on Saturday evening.