Paine Destroys Field At Canandaigua

CANANDAIGUA, NY...DIRT Modified track points leader, Steve

Paine, from Waterloo, NY, picked up his seventh Canandaigua

Speedway feature in 2000 completely dominating the field. Paine

won by a full half lap over runner up Bob McCreadie. In Sportsman

action, Matt Sheppard, driving his Paine Motorsports Honeoye Auto

Parts number 9s won his fifth feature of the year at Canandaigua.

The Pro-stock main went to an elated Dan Weisner driving his

Shuttleworth Asphalt-Kimble-Advance Auto Parts Camaro. Two Street

stock features, the first rain delayed from last week, were won

by Richard Briggs and Frank Burnell.

The 35-lap DIRT Modified feature saw Chuck Bower, in his

Currier Plastics-Mier Tool TEO power into the lead and start to

distance himself from Bob McCreadie in his Kinney Drug Stores

Troyer. McCreadie, however, rebounded and shot back to catch

Bower, even pull along side of him on lap nine. Bower maintained

his lead as the yellow flew on lap 11 after Jeff Brownell looped

his car around in the third turn.

Bower maintained his lead on the restart over McCreadie,

Steve Paine, Tim Fuller, Tim McCreadie and Danny Johnson. The

yellow quickly was re-flown when Darryl Ruggles, driving a big

block on the evening, came to a halt in the first turn.

This time Bower had his hands full with Steve Paine, as

Paine had been able to pass McCreadie for the runner up spot on

lap 13. Bower was able to hold back Paine for one circuit. But

then Paine showed his dominance, blasting into the lead and

pulling away from the pack.

Paine proceeded to establish nearly a half lap lead over

Bower, who had his hands full in a fight for position with Bob

McCreadie, and Tim Fuller. On lap 30, Fuller puller off the

speedway surface, as did Vic Coffey, with a flat tire. McCreadie

was then able to pass Bower. On the final lap Charlie Donk also

got by Bower for position.

At the checkers it was Paine, by half a lap over McCreadie,

Donk, Bower and Danny Johnson.

The 20-lap Sportsman feature saw a great battle between Wade

Czymmek and Bob Henry Jr. at the front of the field for eight

laps. The original start had to be aborted after Rick VanNeil

looped in front of Joe Beyea, resulting in Beyea's car sitting

atop the VanNeil mount in the second turn.

A second attempt at the start was much better with Czymmek

taking the lead. Two more yellows followed. The first on lap

four, when rookie Dan St. Dennis spun to the inside of the fourth

turn. The second came on lap six when David Allen and Eldon Payne

Jr. spun out together in the first turn. At the front of the

field Czymmek and Henry Jr. were battling back and forth.

Finally on lap nine Matt Sheppard powered by the two leaders

and set off in a race by himself. Steve Gray broke free of the

field on lap eleven, but he could not close the gap between

himself and Sheppard.

Sheppard recorded his fifth win of the year at Canandaigua.

He was followed across the finish line by Gray, Henry Jr., John

Plumb and Czymmek.

With his grandparents in from Arizona, young Dan Weisner was

not about to give up the lead he held in the 20-lap Pro-stock

division easily. Weisner took the lead on the initial green over

Bobby Lutz, Zack Shove and Patrick Hobbs. Last week's feature

winner, Chad Homan, brought out the yellow on lap six when he

coasted to a stop in the fourth turn.

On the restart Phil Barone made things somewhat wild when he

hopped a wheel in the second turn and flew through the air,

landing on his wheels and proceeding without losing a beat. He

did however lose a number of positions in the process. One more

yellow, lap eight saw Scott Fremouw loop in the fourth turn.

Weisner was now holding off a pair of Monte Carlo 2000's in

the form of Steve Miller and Jim McGuigan. Tommy Barron, running

fourth in his Blair's Siding and Roofing Camaro, starting using

the high groove around the speedway with just five laps

remaining. He passed both Miller and McGuigan and took off to

challenge Weisner with three laps remaining. Barron continued to

rely on the top line around the track while Weisner remained in

the middle of the track. On the final lap Barron attempted to

pull along side of Weisner as they charged to the checkers, but

fell short by a couple of feet at the finish line. Weisner

claimed the win with Barron second. Steve Miller, McGuigan and

Lee Burnett rounded out the top five finishers.

Two Street Stock features were run. In the first race Nathan

Peckham took the early lead over Tim Burnell. Three yellows

slowed the race. On the initial green a multi-car pile up

occurred on the front straight which eliminated top points earner

Jared Labarge. The second yellow flew on lap two when Brian Lloyd

looped out in the third turn. The final yellow came on lap eight

when Leroy Lewis spun in the fourth turn making contact with the

retaining wall. This set up a dash to the checkers which was won

by Richard Briggs, aboard his Chevrolet Camaro. Tim Burnell

finished second followed by Mike Ferens, James Henry and Nathan

Peckham.

The second 10-lap feature saw outside pole sitter Frank

Burnell power into a commanding lead as the race went green-to-

checkers. James Henry rebounded to finished second followed by

Glen Peters, Jim Cologgi and John Rutkowski.

This Saturday, August 26, Canandaigua Speedway will feature

a full night of Four Star action as the Street Stocks, Pro-

Stocks, Sportsman and Modified try and lock up their respective

point races. Race time on Saturday will be at 7 p.m. sharp.

The final complete night of racing will be in two weeks,

September 2. The speedway then will remain closed for one week as

preparations are made for the final full fender frenzy, the Top

Gun One Shootout for Pro-stocks and Street Stocks on September

16.

ALL COUNTY CONSTRUCTION-AUTOGENESIS NIGHT SUMMARY

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: N. Peckham, T. Burnell, V. Vanderwall, B. Lloyd, B.

Moore.

HEAT 2: M. Ferens, F. Burnell, J. Cologgi, R. Briggs, J. Labarge,

E. Giguere.

HEAT 3: J. Henry, J. Rutkowski, G. Peters, B. Steinruck, M.

Welch.

FEATURE (10-laps): RICHARD BRIGGS, Tim Burnell, Mike Ferens,

James Henry, Nathan Peckham, Dan Barnes, John Rutkowski, Cory

Sawyer, Eric Giguere, David Eaton, Jim Cologgi, Frank Burnell,

Glen Peters, Vance Vanderwall, Mike Shaw, Brian Lloyd, Mike

Welch, Brad Steinruck, Leroy Lewis, Shane Yack, Don Batterson,

Butch Moore, Jared Labarge.

FEATURE (10-laps): FRANK BURNELL, James Henry, Glen Peters, Jim

Cologgi, John Rutkowski, Tim Burnell, Richard Briggs, Mike

Ferens, Cory Sawyer, Dan Barnes, Nathan Peckham, Jared Labarge,

Mike Welch, Eric Giguere, Shane Yack, David Eaton, Don Batterson,

Brian Lloyd.

PRO-STOCKS

HEAT 1: S. Miller, C. Homan, D. Weisner, Z. Shove, J. Ortiz, J.

Boyle.

HEAT 2: L. Burnett, P. Hobbs, J. McGuigan, Ri. Miller, D. Conant,

T. Hanagan.

HEAT 3: T. Barron, M. Cooper, J. Miller, B. Lutz, S. Fremouw, P.

Barone.

FEATURE (20-laps): DAN WEISNER, Tommy Barron, Steve Miller, Jim

McGuigan, Lee Burnett, Jon Miller, Jipp Ortiz, Mike Cooper, Bobby

Lutz, Phil Barone, Jason Boyle, Patrick Hobbs, Scott Fremouw,

Frank Moyer, Carl Reynolds II, Tom Jansch, Zack Shove, Billy

Brown, Dave Conant, Rick Miller, Chad Homan, John Howard, Todd

Hanagan.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: S. Gray, W. Czymmek, E. Payne Jr., M. Sheppard, J.

Pfeffer, R. VanNeil, J. Haers.

HEAT 2: J. Plumb, B. Henry Jr., P. Guererri, D. Allen, C.

Parmelee, J. Beyea, K. Comfort.

FEATURE (20-laps): MATT SHEPPARD, Steve Gray, Bob Henry Jr., John

Plumb, Wade Czymmek, Karl Comfort, Paul Guererri, Clay Parmelee,

Larry Beardsley, Dale Darling, Eldon Payne Jr., John Pfeffer, Ed

Monroe, David Allen, Justin Haers, Dan St. Dennis, Randy VanNeil,

Bill Englert, Joe Beyea.

MODIFIED

HEAT 1: B. McCreadie, G. Tomkins, V. Coffey, B. Decker, V.

Vitale, J. Brownell.

HEAT 2: C. Bower, S. Paine, C. Donk, D. Johnson, C. Hebing, J.

Gabriel Jr.

HEAT 3: T. McCreadie, T. Fuller, P. Ward, D. Axton, T. Henderson,

R. Miller.

FEATURE (35-laps): STEVE PAINE, Bob McCreadie, Charlie Donk,

Chuck Bower, Danny Johnson, Tim McCreadie, Pat Ward, Gary

Tomkins, Billy Decker, Jim Gabriel Jr., Todd Henderson, Randy

Miller, Jeff Brownell, Tim Cornell, Tim Fuller, Vic Coffey, Jon

Kuleszo, Chuck Hebing, Dave Axton, Darryl Ruggles, Vince Vitale,

Ray Bliss Jr.