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Brian Weaver of Windsor, New York won the Penn Can Spectacular Friday in
one of the years most exciting races over Butch Tittle of Saylorsburg, Pa. The Penn Can
point championship came down to the last lap of the Spectacular as Tittle hung on to
claim thePenn Can Championship by the slimmest of margins. Dan Stone of Thompson
won the late model Spectacular while Gene Sharpsteen edged Billy Marvin by one point
for the season title. Chris Piesecki claimed the street stock race win while Rich Keehle
edges Scott Conover by one point for the championship. Chad Stone wins in pure stocks
with Brian Decker capturing the title. Bob Chapman wins again in the IMCA modifieds.
The modified feature started with all eyes on Butch Tittle and Brian Weaver. Only
twelve points seperated the two drivers in the championship hunt. The car on the move
was the fast running car of Mike Colsten of Binghampton. Colsten shot out into the lead
with Tittle and Weaver making their way to the front. Early problems hit third place man
Kirk Horton as his car came to a rest with motor problems bring out a early yellow.
When racing resumed, Colsten continued to show the way. Tittle and Weaver were
having their own battle behind with the cars of Rick Virkitis and Al Rudalavge joining the
fight. Colsten kept the lead through a rash of yellow flags.
At the three quarter point in the race, Colsten’s great run ended handing the lead to
Weaver. For weaver to win the championship, he had to finish three positions in front of
Tittle. With seven laps remaining, Virkitis and Rudalavage moved into second and third
followed by Tittle.
With one burst o fspeed, Tittle went by both cars with only three laps remaining and
held on for a second place finish behind Weaver. Virkitis claimed third with Chuck Akulis
getting by Rudalavage for fourth.
The late model feature had much the same drama as Dan Stone took the lead early and
cruised off for the win. The excitement of the race was the point battle between Billy
Marvin and Gene Sharpsteen. The drive finishing the in front would win the title.
Sharpsteen got to the front of Marvin early in the race. Marvin did everything possible to
get in front of Sharpsteen into third behind the second place running car of Al Coy. All of
his efforts failed as Sharpsteen took the third position followed by Marvin.
The street stock feature saw both point contenders having problems early in the race.
Rich Keehle headed pitside with driveline problems. The second place man in points, Scott
Conover, also had problems and went a lap down to the field. He kept his car running
hoping to gain enough points for the championship. With few cars dropping from the
feature his efforts came up short by one point. Chris Piesecki did an excellent job winning
his second feature in a row in the street stocks. Keehle be virtue of his finishing position
won the point championship by one poit.
Chad Stone and Brian Decker battled with Ken Sparks all race long in an excellent pure
stock feature. Stone held off Decker and Sparks for his second win of the season while
Decker claimed the point championship.
Bob Chapman of Binghamton scored his third victory in the IMCA modified feature.
Results:
Modifeds: 1. Brian Weaver, 2. Butch Tittle, 3. Rick Virkitis, 4. Chuck Akulis, 5. Al
Rudalavage, 6. Jeff Bronson, 7. Carl Nagel, 8. Mike Nagel, 9. Rusty Harrington, 10. John
Guernsey, 11. Mike Schane, 12. Tom McGurren, 13. Dave Zona, 14. Mike Decker, 15.
Jim Witko, 16. Chris Shupp, 17. Harry Marvin, 18. Rich Tiffany, 19. Brian Franko, 20.
Mike Colsten 21. Garth Tonkin, 22. George Kostelansky, 23, Bob Hamm, 24. Mike Frost,
25. Rich Whitney, 26. Kirk Horton, 27. Hank Gorenson, 28. Bill Huff, 29. Joel Batzel
Late Model: 1. Dan Stone, 2. Al Coy, 3. Gene Sharpsteen, 4. Billy Marvin, 5. Al
Whitaker, 6. Dave Passetti, 7. Randell Paxton, 8. Keith Mudge, 9, Jeremy Stone, 10.
Randy Brokaw.
Street Stocks: 1. Chris Piesecki, 2. Glenn Wilcox, 3. Jamie Shea, 4. Craig Trella, 5. Joe
Domiano, 6. Dan Vauter, 7. Dick Vauter, 8. John Green, 9. Billy Spoonhower, 10. Brett
Spoor.
Pure Stock: 1. Chad Stone 2. Brian Decker, 3. Ken Sparks, 4. Eric Pribula, 5. Rick Hand,
6. Nate Evans, 7. Bill Hawkins, 8. Jeff Cleveland, 9. Shawn Olenski 10. Keith Wilkens
IMCA 1. Bob Chapman, 2. Cory Fachini, 3. Steve Hartman, 4. Frank Bonham, 5. Tom
Eiklor, 6. Mike Stoddard, 7. Bill House, 8. Rob Welsh,
9. Jason Mackosky, 10. Mike Bungay, 11. Mike Smith
8-25-00
Modified: 1. Butch Tittle, 2. Mike Schane, 3. George Kostelanski, 4. Al Rudalavage, 5. Jeff Bronson, 6. Mike Colsten, 7. Rick Virkitis, 8. John Guernsey, 9. Jim Witko, 10. Dave Zona..
Late Model: 1. Dan Stone, 2. Gene Sharpsteen, 3. Bill Marvin, 4. Al Coy 5. Jeremey Stone, 6. Dave Passetti, 7. Al Whitaker, 8. Randell Paxton, 9. Chad Hollenback, 10. Ernie Millon
Street Stocks: 1. Chris Piesecki, 2. Glen Wilcox, 3. Pete Gulick, 4. Brett Spoor, 5. Rich Keehle, 6. Scott Conover, 7. Tracy Gregery, 8. Jamie Shea, 9. John Green. 10. Craig Trella..
Pure Stock: Chad Stone, 2. Nate Evans, 3. Ken Sparks, 4. Brain Decker, 5. Eric Pribula...
IMCA: 1. Cory Fachini, 2. Steve Hartman, 3. Mike Stoddard, 4. Bob Chapman, 5. Frank Bonham...