PENN CAN VICTORIES TO BRIAN WEAVER, CRAIG TERRELL, JOE DAMIANO, BRETT

SPOOR, AND SHANE WOLF

(Susquehanna, Pa.) Brian Weaver picked up his fifth Modified feature

win

last Friday night at the Penn Can Speedway on Barnes-Kasson

Hospital/Susquehanna Fire Department night at the speedway. Craig

Terrell was awarded his fourth Sportsman win of the season when apparent

winner Gary Gallerie was disqualified in post race inspection. Brett

Spoor won his second Super Stock feature of the season while Joe Damiano

came home the winner of the Late Model feature, the first triumph of the

season for the Old Forge, Pa. native. Shane Wolf won his second Pure

Stock featue of the season.

The 30 lap Modified feature saw Bill Huff and Jim Crawn pace the

field to the green flag with Crawn immediately grabbing the lop spot.

Meanwhile, Weaver was on a charge to the front of the field from his

twelfth starting position. Brian found the outside groove of the

speedway to his liking, using the cushion to make his way into

contention

aboard the Decker Logging #9R. By the 12th lap, Brain had advanced to

third and was working all over his brother Chris for the second

position.

The two siblings battled hard for the runner-up position before Brian

was able to make his way past Chris and set his sights on Crawn. Just

four laps later Brian made what would be the winning pass as he drove

around the outside of Crawn in the second turn. Once out front Brian

would not be challenged the rest of the way as he opened up a

comfortable

advantage over the closing laps. Crawn did manage to hold off Chris

Weaver to score a seasons best runner-up finish by a narrow margin over

third finishing Chris Weaver. Mike Colsten and Butch Tittle completed

the top five. George Kostelansky rebounded from a mid-race incident to

finish sixth ahead of Alan Rudalavage, Carl Nagel, Bill Huff and Chris

Shupp.

A season hight 31 Modifieds took part in four heat races which were

won by Rich Keehle, Butch Tittle, George Kostelansky, and Jim Crawn.

Chris Shupp was the winner of the consolation event.

In Sportsman action, it appeared as if Gary Gallerie was going to

win his third feature of the season as Gallerie dominated the event,

grabbing the lead early and holding off Craig Terrell to cross the

finish

line the apparent winner. Gallerie's victory would not stand up,

however, as speedway tech inspectors disallowed the victory when Gary's

car could not successfully make it through post race inspection. This

gave the win to Terrell, the current point leader in the Sportsman

division. It was the fourth Sportsman win of the season for the pilot

of

the Klinger's Kawasaki sponsored #78. Teenagers Dan Vauter and Garth

Tonkin Jr. were second and third with Brett Boyer finishing fourth in

his

first Penn Can start. Brett Tonkin made it two Tonkin brothers in the

top five with his fifth place finish. Jamie Shea, Ray Pursell, Brian

Decker, Tom Leyshon, and Mike Marold completed the top ten.

Craig Terrell, Gary Gallerie, and Brett Tonkin won Sportsman

qualifying races.

Joe Damiano picked up his first win of the season in Late Model

action. The Old Forge, Pa. native took advantage of a front row

starting

spot to lead every lap of the Late Model feature aboard his Main

Engines/Rocket Chassis sponsored #11A. The win was a complete reversal

of fortunes for Damiano, who two weeks ago was involved in a heavy

frontstretch crash. Joe and his crew's many hours of hard labor to get

the car back in racing condition paid off on Friday night as Joe turned

in a dominating run to take the victory. Randall Paxton tried to make a

late run at Damiano but came up short, settling for a runner-up finish

ahead of Jim O'Hara, Keith Mudge, and Dave Zona. Defending Late Model

champion Allen Coy finished sixth while Brent Dyer, Jamie Griffiths,

Daryl Ellis, and Lou Sparks completed the top ten.

Allen Coy and Joe Damiano were Late Model heat race winners.

Brett Spoor found himself in the right place at the right time to

pick up his second Super Stock feature win, taking the top spot aboard

the Ron Stone owned Flintstone Flier #23s. Spoor spent most of the race

running third while Tracy Gregory and Jamie Shea battled for the top

spot. Just four laps from the end of the race, the entire complexion of

the race changed when Gregory and Shea tangled while battling for the

lead. This forced Shea to the pits for a tire change and ended

Gregory's

strong run as well. This opened the door for Spoor, who stated in

victory lane that he had doubted he could have caught Shea and Gregory

had they not had their misfortunes. Paul Rooney finished a season best

second behind Spoor with Dwayne Robbins third. Chris Piasecki overcame

an early flat tire to finish fourth while Shea recovered from his

incident with Gregory to finish fifth. Joe Cabets, Randy Metcalf, Rick

Brown, John Stanley, and Ron Latwinski rounded out the top ten.

Chris Piasecki and Paul Rooney won the two Super Stock heats.

Shane Wolf led all 15 laps of the Pure Stock feature to earn his

second win of the 2002 campaign aboard his Stanton Race Cars sponsored

#81. Wolf was scheduled for the third starting spot, but advanced to

the pole when scheduled polesetter Billy House failed to answer the call

for the feature. Wolf took full advantage of the pole start as he led

the feature all the way to pick up the win. Daryl Ellis made a charge

at

Wolf on the final lap but fell just short and settled for second.

Michael Lartz, Toby Sparks, and Everett Cass completed the top five.

Finishing sixth through tenth were Nate Evans, Bret Welch, Harry Marvin

III, Craig Decker, and Kevin Davies.

Nate Evans, Billy House, and Shane Wolf won the Pure Stock heat

races.

This Friday night finds another five star card of racing action at

the Penn Can Speedway. The Modifieds, Sportsman, Late Models, Super

Stocks, and Pure Stocks will all be in action in complete shows. Racing

gets underway promptly at 7:15 PM.

RACE SUMMARY:

MODIFIEDS: 1. BRIAN WEAVER 2. Jim Crawn 3. Chris Weaver 4. Mike Colsten

5. Butch Tittle 6. George Kostelansky 7. Alan Rudalavage 8. Carl Nagel

9.

Bill Huff 10. Chris Shupp 11. John Gurnsey 12. Sean Collins 13. Jeff

Bronson 14. Mike Nagel 15. Andy Tiffany 16. Troy Weisenfluh 17. Brain

Franko 18. Rich Keehle 19. Mike Decker 20. Alan Kellogg 21. Rick Virkitis 22.

Larry Kelleher 23. Mike Janicelli 24. Tom Hager 25. Tom McGurrin

SPORTSMAN: 1. CRAIG TERRELL 2. Dan Vauter 3. Garth Tonkin Jr. 4. Brett

Boyer 5. Brett Tonkin 6. Jamie Shea 7. Ray Pursell 8. Brian Decker 9.

Tom

Leyshon 10. Mike Marold 11. Kevin Timinski 12. Chris Clemons 13. Bob

Lane

14. Dan Buchannon 15. Burce Evans Jr. 16. Mark Hanichak 17. Eric Bonham

18. Ken Titus 19. Rick Whitney DNS: Jim O'Hara DQ: Gary Gallerie

LATE MODELS: 1. JOE DAMIANO 2. Randall Paxton 3. Jim O'Hara 4. Keith

Mudge 5. Dave Zona 6. Allen Coy 7. Brent Dyer 8. Jamie Griffith 9. Daryl

Ellis 10. Lou Sparks 11. Rich King 12. Randy Metcalf 13. Steve Tourje

14.

Jason Carmen

SUPER STOCKS: 1. BRETT SPOOR 2. Paul Rooney 3. Dwayne Robbins 4. Chris

Piasecki 5. Jamie Shea 6. Joe Cabets 7. Randy Metcalf 8. Rick Brown 9.

John Stanley 10. Ron Latwinski 11. Tracy Gregory 12. Chris Hunsinger 13.

Randy Rollison 14. Craig Trella 15. Dick Vauter

PURE STOCKS: 1. SHANE WOLF 2. Daryl Ellis 3. Michael Lartz 4. Toby

Sparks

5. Everett Cass 6. Nate Evans 7. Bret Welch 8. Harry Marvin III 9. Craig

Decker 10. Kevin Sterling 11. Tom Garren 12. Jeremy Shaw 13. Greg

Brunges

14. Mike Hoyte 15. Ivan Smith 16. Dan Donnelly 17. Bob Cass 18. Dave

Bagg

19. Mark Shipman 20. Jim Ortiz 21. John Welch 22. Keith Wilkins DNS:

Billy House