McCreadie, Comfort, Homan Are First Timers At Canandaigua

CANANDAIGUA, NY...After three second place finishes this

season, Tim McCreadie was able to take his Finch's Logging number

56 into victory lane at Canandaigua Speedway. It was McCreadie's

first win of the year at the track, in what many say was the best

race at the speedway in years. Sportsman 2000 Track Champion,

Karl Comfort also returned to his winning ways picking up the

victory in the 20-lap Sportsman feature.

Full fender winners at the track last Saturday included Chad

Homan in the Pro-stocks, his first win of the season also. In the

Street Stocks the two 10-lap wins went to Mike Welch and James

Henry.

The 35-lap DIRT Modified feature saw Ray Bliss Jr. use his

pole starting position to take the lead over Rich Swarthout,

Chuck Hebing and Jim Gabriel Jr.. The first yellow flew on lap

three when newcomer Jeff Hoffman tangled with Scott Ridley in the

fourth turn. Both cars returned to the race.

On the restart, Swarthout blasted into first and began to

establish a lead as Billy Decker came charging through the field,

into second, in pursuit of Swarthout. Both Swarthout and Decker

then built a five car advantage over Hebing. By lap ten, however,

Danny Johnson, running in third, and Tim McCreadie, in sixth,

seemed to be the fast cars on the speedway. McCreadie moved into

fourth by lap eleven and began a two car battle with Johnson for

the third position.

The yellow flew on lap 15 when Gary Farnsworth looped his

car in the first turn. This would bunch up the field and make for

a four car race at the front. The restart proved not a successful

as Dave Axton had his drive line lock up and he slide across the

start-finish line. The restart saw the rookie, Swarthout, hanging

tough, taking the low line while Decker raced high.

By lap 19 and 20, the front two cross the line side-by-side

on each lap. Finally on lap 21 Decker was able to nose ahead at

the line, for the lead. But the challenge for the front spot was

just about to start!

On lap 23, McCreadie passed Swarthout for second and took

off after Decker. On lap 24, on the backstretch, in traffic,

McCreadie used a lapped car as a pick and passed Decker for the

lead. Steve Paine now entered the picture, taking third from

Swarthout. Paine passed Decker on lap 28 and took off after

McCreadie.

On lap 31, the yellow flew for the final time when

Farnsworth exited the speedway surface in the first turn. This

placed Paine directly on McCreadie's rear bumper. McCreadie

mustard enough power to take the win, with Paine just thousandths

of seconds behind in second. Gary Tomkins passed Decker on the

final lap to claim third. Decker came home in fourth followed by

Johnson nipping Bob McCreadie at the finish line for fifth.

The 20-lap Sportsman feature got off to a rough start as the

yellow flag flew on the first lap for Mike Majors, who stopped in

the fourth turn. Paul Guererri was the leader, with Dave Just in

second.

The yellow flew again, on lap three, for a major four car

pile up in the fourth turn. On the restart Ricky VanNeil was able

to pass Just for second. The eventual winner, Karl Comfort, was

now in fifth and moving up fast. By lap eight Comfort was in

third behind Guererri and VanNeil, when the yellow flew.

Guererri continued to lead until lap 14, when Comfort, also

using a lapped car as a pick, trapped Guererri and moved into

first. VanNeil's great race was about to come to an end as he

stopped in the fourth turn on lap 16 to bring out the yellow.

Comfort held on for the win with Justin Haers closing in

second. Steve Gray finished third followed by Guererri and Eldon

Payne Jr..

The 20-lap Pro-stock feature saw Tiger Chapman build a

sizable lead at the start of the race. However after three

consecutive yellow flag laps, laps three, four and five,

Chapman's big lead vanished. All three cautions were for either

debris of incidents taking place in the third turn.

Chad Homan took command of the race on the lap five restart.

One last yellow flew on lap nine when two cars came together on

the front straight.

Homan raced the final eleven laps, building an advantage on

each circuit to claim victory. Mike Cooper moved into second on

lap 10 and held on for the position in the end. Jon Miller, Jason

Boyle and Billy Brown rounded out the top five finishers.

Two Street Stock features were run. each being ten laps.

Mike Welch took the lead in the first 10-lapper at the drop of

the green and held on for the win. Only one yellow flag flew, lap

five, for a spin by Jim Cologgi.

The second 10-lapper saw Leroy Lewis lead the entire

distance until the second turn of the last lap, when James Henry

powered under him for the win. This event went green-to-checkers

without a yellow.

CANANDAIGUA NOTES: Bob McCreadie unveiled his new Troyer

modified last Saturday. He set fast time in his heat race, 19.140

seconds, after arriving late to the speedway...The Lozier

Analytical Group, one of sportsman driver Steve Gray's sponsors,

set up a company picnic on the grounds, serving hundreds of steak

dinners...117 race cars were at Canandaigua last Saturday...Jeff

Hoffman, from Franklin, PA, was on hand. Hoffman was in the area

picking up a new Troyer car when he decided to race at

Canandaigua...The scariest accident of the day took place in the

second Street Stock heat race, when Darren Phippen flips three

times through the third and four turns. Phippen was uninjured in

the melee...Racing was delayed for nearly a half hour after a

child was injured in the grandstand area and had to be taken to

the hospital. This delay forced officials to postpone the Ladies

Race until this Saturday, June 16. Twenty-three ladies were

entered for the race. Among them was Friday night's Street Stock

winner at the Spencer Speedway, Kim Jennejohn...Transponders were

used in the Pro-stock division. This was their first complete

race where transponders were required.

Racing continues this Saturday, when it will be Canandaigua

Motors and Phelps Cement night. A complete four star show,

featuring DIRT's best drivers is scheduled to take place. Added

to the night's activities will be the ladies race, postponed from

Saturday. Race time is at 7 p.m. sharp.

CORVETTES BY TURNER/LOZIER ANALYTICAL GROUP NIGHT SUMMARY

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: M. Welch, B. Lloyd, R. Cooper, B. Smith, M. Resbeck.

HEAT 2: R. Briggs, F. Burnell, J. Cologgi, E. Giguere, R. Price.

HEAT 3: J. LaBarge, N. Rizzo, J. Henry, R. Scott, J. Teeter.

HEAT 4: L. Lewis, F. Salzberg, T. Burnell, C. Mettler, J.

Eldridge.

FEATURE (10-laps): MIKE WELCH, Richard Briggs, Frank Burnell, Tim

Burnell, Brandon Smith, Ray Cooper, Chris Jacobs, Kent Fletcher,

Mike Resbeck, Eric Giguere, Jim Cologgi, Brian Lloyd.

FEATURE (10-laps): JAMES HENRY, Leroy Lewis, Jared LaBarge,

Russell Scott, Phil LaVare, Nick Rizzo, Nathan Peckham, Kevin

Schrader, Fred Salzberg, Wally Morabito, Jerry Teeter, James

Eldridge, Charlie Mettler.

ENTRANTS FOR DELAYED LADIES RACE: Debbie Deave, Patty Morabito,

Christina LaBarge, Samantha Ruggles, Valerie Anderson, Lynn

Randall, Kim Excell-Rozzell, Mary Ann Minutlo, Patty Pierson, Kim

Jennejohn, Vicky Scott, Diane Peters, Bambi Hurlbert, Laurie

Salerno, Laurie Hixson, Leslie LaVare, Tammy McCloud, Joanne

Henry, Taunya Lovejoy, Tracy Davis, Jillian Haers, Erica Turner,

Mary Wilt.

PRO-STOCK

HEAT 1: J. Ortiz, J. Miller, D. Hilkert, K. Smith, S. Miller, M.

Smith.

HEAT 2: C. Homan, J. Boyle, L. Burnett, S. Fremouw, B. Lutz, T.

Jansch.

HEAT 3: M. Cooper, T. Chapman, Z. Shove, W. Ellison, S. Pesarek,

B. Brown.

FEATURE (20-laps): CHAD HOMAN, Mike Cooper, Jon Miller, Jason

Boyle, Billy Brown, Lee Burnett, Steve Miller, Dave Conant, Tiger

Chapman, Zack Shove, Patrick Hobbs, Steve Pesarek, Daryl Hilkert,

Scott Fremouw, Wayne Ellison, Tom Jansch, Kevin Smith, Matt

Smith, Robin Smith, Richard Kline, Bobby Lutz, DNS: Phil Barone,

Jipp Ortiz.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: P. Guererri, J. Beyea, R. VanNeil, S. Joy, B.

Summerville, W. Chyrywaty.

HEAT 2: K. Comfort, W. Czymmek, J. Haers, C. Parmelee, L.

Lincoln, K. Stell.

HEAT 3: D. Wiesner, S. Gray, E. Payne Jr., L. Beardsley, D. Just,

D. Allen.

CONSI: T. Ross, M. Majors, B. Englert, R. Richardson, B. Henry

Jr., A. VanPatten, J. Whipple, S. Binns.

FEATURE (20-laps): KARL COMFORT, Justin Haers, Steve Gray, Paul

Guererri, Eldon Payne Jr., Joe Beyea, Wade Czymmek, Bob Henry

Jr., Larry Beardsley, Dan Wiesner, Scott Joy, Keith Stell, Ricky

VanNeil, Ryan Richardson, Bill Englert, Dave Just, Brian

Summerville, Adam VanPatten, Clay Parmelee, Walt Chyrywaty, Jason

Whipple, Scott Binns, David Allen, Loren Lincoln, Tony Ross, Mike

Majors.

MODIFIED

HEAT 1: T. Fuller, G. Tomkins, C. Bower, P. Ward, C. Hebing, R.

Bliss Jr.

HEAT 2: S. Paine, R. Swarthout, B. Decker, D. Darling, T.

Henderson, J. Ventura.

HEAT 3: V. Vitale, T. McCreadie, R. Smoker, B. McCreadie, D.

Johnson, J. Gabriel Jr.

CONSI: D. Axton, J. Hoffman, Ra. Miller, S. Ridley, R. White, M.

Lauterborn, G. Farnsworth, E. Monroe.

FEATURE (35-laps): TIM McCREADIE, Steve Paine, Gary Tomkins,

Billy Decker, Danny Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Chuck Bower, Rich

Swarthout, Vince Vitale, Pat Ward, Tim Fuller, Chuck Hebing, Jim

Gabriel Jr., Todd Henderson, John Ventura, Jeff Hoffman, Dale

Darling, Randy Miller, Scott Ridley, Gary Farnsworth, Mike

Lauterborn, Ed Monroe, Vic Coffey, Dave Axton, Ray Bliss Jr., Ron

Smoker.