MIKE COLSTEN, CRAIG TERRELL, KEITH MUDGE, CHRIS PIASEKI, AND NATE EVANS

FRIDAY NIGHT WINNERS AT PENN CAN

(Susquehanna, Pa.) Mike Colsten picked up his first Penn Can

feature win of the season last Friday night as he powered his Don's Automotive

Mall sponsored entry to victory on Barnes Kasson Hospital night at the

speedway. Craig Terrell picked up his second feature win of the season

in the Sportsman ranks as did Chris Piasecki in the Super Stocks. Keith

Mudge earned his first Penn Can triumph in the Late Model feature while

Nate Evans won his second Pure Stock feature of the season.

For Colsten, his first win of the 2002 season came in dominating

fashion. Mike wasted little time in taking control of the feature as he

blasted from his sixth starting position to grab the lead on the first

lap of the race. The first half of the feature went without a caution

flag, allowing Mike to open up a big lead on the rest of the field. The

first caution of the race came well past the halfway point when

defending track champion Brian Weaver broke while running fourth.

Colsten enjoyed a cushion as the race restarted with several lapped

cars between himself and second place Bob Hamm. Chris Schupp was the

man on the move as he blasted past Hamm for second on the restart and set

off to try to close on Colsten. Schupp was able to narrow the gap to one

lapped car between himself and Colsten when the final caution flag of

the race appeared for Rich Keehle's spin in the second turn. This set up a

two laps dash to the finish. Unfortunately for Schupp, the one

remaining lapped car between himself and leader Colsten would prove tough to pass

as it took Chris more than a lap to get by the lapped car. This allowed

Colsten to open up enough of a lead that he was able to sprint home for

the win basically unchallenged. Schupp matched his best career Penn Can

finish as he came home second behind Colsten. Bob Hamm, Rick Virkitis,

and George Kostelansky completed the top five. Mike Decker, Butch

Tittle, Tom McGurrin, Sean Collins, and Carl Nagel completed the top

ten.

Bob Hamm, Sean Collins, and Mike Colsten were Modified heat race

winners.

The 20 lap Sportsman feature saw Craig Terrell drive his Klinger's

Kawasaki sponsored #78 to his second victory of the season. Klinger

appeared to be in control of the feature the majority of the race, but

Tom McGurrin made a furious last lap charge, nearly pulling off a

dramatic last lap pass. McGurrin's bid for victory would fall just

short as Tom had to settle for a strong second place run behind Terrell by

less than a car length.. Dan Vauter finished third ahead of Rick Holgate

while Rick Whitney finished fifth after starting at the rear of the

field. Bob Lane, Brian Decker, Kevin Timinski, Ted Stout and Brett

Tonkin completed the top ten.

Tom McGurrin and Rick Holgate were heat race winners.

Keith Mudge picked up his first career Penn Can victory in the Late

Model feature. Mudge has been trying to win at Penn Can for six seasons

and finally scored that elusive first win as he drove his Tedeshi's

Pizza sponsored #35 to victory. Mudge started fourth on the field and was

never out of the top five as Joe Damiano and Steve Tourje led the early

laps of the feature. Several caution flags slowed the pace of the

feature, the most serious coming when Tourje got crossed up at the head

of the field, collecting defending track champion Allen Coy and Randall

Paxton. As the race wound down Mudge had opened up a bit of a lead as

Dave Zona and Jamie Griffith were locked in a battle for the runner-up

position. This allowed Mudge to run uncontested to a popular win ahead

of Zona, who beat out Griffith for the runner-up spot. Jim Sherman

recovered from an early race incident to finish fourth while Rich King

rounded out the top five finishing order. Randy Metcalf, Dave

Silvernail, Jason Carmen, Lou Sparks, and Daryl Ellis finished sixth

through tenth respectively.

Randall Paxton and Allen Coy won Late Model qualifiers.

The Super Stock feature saw two familiar combatants lock in a

Battle for victory as Chris Piasecki barely edged out Jamie Shea. Last season

these two fought tooth and nail for the Super Stock championship, a back

and forth battle that saw Shea narrowly win the title over Piasecki on

the last night of the season. On Friday night, the two battled once

again, this time for the feature win. The early part of the feature

belonged to Tracy Gregory as he had things going his way, opening up a

big lead before his drive was derailed by a flat tire, forcing him to

the pits and turning the lead over to Piasecki. The battle between Piasecki

and Shea saw Shea repeatedly look underneath Piasecki, but Chris was

able to keep the door closed and Shea was not able to find a way past.

Piasecki recorded his second consecutive win over Shea, Paul Rooney,

Dwayne Robbins, and Rod Latwinski. Brett Spoor, Dick Vauter, Randy

Metcalf, Chris Hunsinger and Tracy Gregory finished in positions six

through ten respectively. Tracy Gregory and Dwayne Robbins were

victorious in Super Stock preliminary action.

Nate Evans won his second Pure Stock feature of the season. Evans

had to fight off several challengers as Michael Lartz, Everett Cass, and

John Cooper all took their best shots at Evans. Nate was up to the

challenge as he was able to hold off all three to score his second win

of the season. Everett Cass came home a career best second with opening

night winner John Cooper finishing third. Keith Wilkins and last week's

winner Daryl Evans made up the remainder of the top five. Rookie Gary

Druhl was sixth trailed by Rod Sterling. Michael Lartz recovered from a

flat tire to finish eighth with Randy Teets ninth and Dave Albrecht

tenth. Rob Welch and Michael Lartz won Pure Stock heat races.

Racing continues this Friday night at Penn Can when the Mighty

Modifieds, Sportsman, Late Models, Super Stocks, and Pure Stocks will

make up a five star night of racing action. The racing gets underway at

7:15PM.

BARNES KASSON HOSPITAL NIGHT RACE SUMMARY:

MODIFIEDS: 1. MIKE COLSTEN 2. Chris Schupp 3. Bob Hamm 4. Rick Virkitis

5. George Kostelansky 6. Mike Decker 7. Butch Tittle 8. Tom McGurrin 9.

Sean Collins 10. Carl Nagel 11. Rick Whitney 12. Chris Ostrowsky 13.

Alan Shiffler 14. Bill Huff 15. Rich Keehle 16. Eric Bonham 17. Mike Nagel

18. Brian Weaver 19. Chris Weaver 20. John Gurnsey 21. Don Keefer 22. Jeff

Bronson DNS: Jim Crawn

SPORTSMAN: 1. CRAIG TERRELL 2. Tom McGurrin 3. Dan Vauter 4. Rick

Holgate 5. Rick Whitney 6. Bob Lane 7. Brian Decker 8. Kevin Timinski 9. Ted

Stout 10. Brett Tonkin 11. Bob Conklin 12. Dave Leyshon 13. Dennis

Latwinski 14. Jim O'Hara 15. Garth Tonkin Jr. 16. Gary Gallerie 17. Dan

Buchannon 18. Bruce Evans Jr.

LATE MODEL: 1. KEITH MUDGE 2. Dave Zona 3. Jamie Griffith 4. Jim Sherman

5. Rich King 6. Randy Metcalf 7. Dave Silvernail 8. Jason Carmen 9. Lou

Sparks 10. Daryl Ellis 11. Allen Coy 12. Steve Tourje 13. Clint Kauffman

14. Jim O'Hara 15. Joe Damiano 16. George Leatso 17. Chris Silvernail

18. Al Whittaker, 19. Randall Paxton

SUPER STOCK: 1. CHRIS PIASECKI 2. Jamie Shea 3. Paul Rooney 4. Dwayne

Robbins 5. Rod Latwinski 6. Brett Spoor 7. Dick Vauter 8. Randy Metcalf

9. Chris Hunsinger 10. Tracy Gregory 11. Joe Cabets 12. Mike Mills 13.

Pete Sobol 14. Skip Peabody 15. Mike Wilmont 16. Rick Brown

PURE STOCK: 1. NATE EVANS 2. Everett Cass 3. John Cooper 4. Keith

Wilkins 5. Daryl Ellis 6. Gary Druhl 7. Rod Sterling 8. Michael Lartz 9. Randy

Teets 10. Bob Albrecht 11. Mark Hoyte 12. Toby Sparks 13. Sheppard

Blodgett 14. Tom Garren 15. Jim Ortiz DNS: Bob Welch, Billy House