BRIAN WEAVER, DAVE LEYSHON, JAMIE GRIFFITHS, JAMES CORNELL AND MICHAEL

LARTZ ARE FEATURE WINNERS AT PENN CAN

After getting off to a slow start in 2003, defending

Penn Can Speedway Modified Champion Brian Weaver scored his first win of

the 2003 campaign on Wholesale Mulch and Sawdust night at the Penn Can

Speedway as he piloted his familiar Decker Logging 9R to victory. Dave

Leyshon picked up his first ever feature win in the 20 lap Sportsman main

event while opening night winner Jamie Griffith won his second Late Model

feature of the season. James Cornell started dead last in the 20 lap

Super Stock feature, but he passed everyone in front of him to take his

third win of the season. Michael Lartz won the Pure Stock feature by an

estimated six inches over Brian Decker in the closest finish at the

speedway in a couple of years.

Weaver's handling problems allowed previous week's winner Jeff

Strunk to move into a contending position late in the 30 lap feature.

The pilot of the Chad Sinon Motorsports/BPG Racing #88 moved past Bill

Huff on a lap 25 restart to move into second and reel in Weaver to make a

strong challenge for the top spot. As they charged off the fourth turn

on the final lap, Strunk was able to get to the low side of Weaver and

pull alongside to bring the fans to their feet in anticipation of an

exciting finish. Weaver, who was running the outside groove, took

advantage of his momentum around the top side of the speedway to just nip

Strunk at the line by about a car length in an exciting climax to the

featur event. Strunk's second place finish was his fourth straight top

three finish. Bill Huff finished third and collected $200 as his bonus

for being the top finishing car powered by a DIRT legal 258 C.I. motor.

George Kostelansky finished fourth while longtime veteran Dave Jenkins

utilized his years of experience to wind up with a solid fifth place

finish. Jeff Bronson, Mike Nagel, Tom McGurrin, Alan Rudalavage, and

Mike Clapperton completed the top ten at the finish.

RACE SUMMARY:

MODIFIEDS: 1. BRIAN WEAVER 2. Jeff Strunk 3. Bill Huff 4. Mike Colsen 5.

Dave Jenkins 6. Jeff Bronson 7. Mike Nagel 8. Tom McGurrin 9. Alan

Rudalavage 10. Mike Clapperton 11. Ralph Mele 12. Mike Frost 13. George

Hoffmeier Jr. 14. Chris Shupp 15. George Kostelansky 16. Brian Franko 17.

Rick Whitney 18. Steve Babicek 19. Daryl Ellis 20. Mike Decker 21. Butch

Tittle 22. Rick Virkitis 23. Rich Keehle 24. Chris Weaver DNQ: Sean

Collins, Buddy Altemose, John Gurnsey

SPORTSMAN: 1. DAVE LEYSHON 2. Shawn Mills 3. Kevin Bates 4. Dwayne

Robbins 5. Dan Buchannon 6. Brian White 7. Ted Stout 8. Bob Lane 9. Brian

Bray 10. Bruce Evans Jr. 11. Mike Mondak 12. Mike Loney 13. Ralph Mele

14. Rick Whitney 15. Ken titus 16. Brett Tonkin 17. Grant Hilfiger 18.

Ryan Olsommer 19. Chad Cook 20. Rick Brown 21. Brandon Buck 22. Garth

Tonkin Jr. 23. Brian Decker 24. Anthony Reggie