Penn Can Wins To Tittle, Virkits, Stone, Conover, Sparks, And

SUSQUEHANNA, PA =AD Butch Tittle and Kirk Horton win each of the two

Modified features run at Penn Can Speedway on Friday night. Dan Stone,

Scott Conover, Ken Sparks and Mike Stoddard also scored victories=20 in

their respective divisions.

In the first Modified feature, Dan Highline led the field down to the

green flag, however he lost the lead to Rick Holgate. Holgate lead the

race until lap five when it passed to many drivers throughout many

cautions. Tittle emerged on lap 14 and battled with Holgate and Jeff

Bronson for the win. Bronson grabbed the lead on lap 20 from Tittle,

but Tittle took it back two laps later and went on win. Bronson fell

back through the field as Harry Marvin forced his way to a second place

finish.

Brain Weaver steadily climbed through the field and finished third.

Rick Holgate had his best run to date with a fourth place finish after

leading the early part of the race, and continuing to stay up front

while Tommy McGurin rounded out the top five.

In the second Modified feature, Verities started in third place with

Carl Nagle jumping out to an early lead. Virkitis passed Nagle on the

outside on lap 6 to take the lead. Verities battled with Nagle the

entire race, however Nagle couldn=92t get passed him. Virkitis went on to

win, being the fourth different race winner in the Modified=20 division

this season.

Tommy McGurin had another strong run, coming home in third. He battled

through the field after starting in 13th position. George Konstalansky

and Brian Weaver rounded out the top five.

Dan Stone only took three laps to take the lead and the victory in the

Late Model feature. Jim Sherman led the first two laps until Stone flew

around the outside of him and into the lead. Bill Marvin also drove

past Sherman but he got tangled up with a lapped car and fell back in

the field. Sherman finished in second followed by Alan Coy, Gene

Sharpsteen and Dave Passetti.

In the Street Stock feature, Glen Wilcox jumped out to an early lead.

A few laps later, Pete Gulick and Scott Conver also swapped the led

until Conover took it for good on lap 8. John Green and Brett Spoor

battled for position while Conover pulled away from the field. Spoor

took the advantage, coming home in second with John Green close behind.

Newcomer to Penn Can Speedway, Scott Bennett finished a solid fourth and

Craig Trella finished in fifth.

Jeff Cleveland jumped out to an early lead in the Pure Stock Feature.

He battled with bill Hawkins until Ken Sparks emerged late in the race.

Sparks moved to the inside of Cleveland and took over the lead on lap

13. Last week=92s winner Brain Decker finished in the runner up position

followed by Chad Stone, Bill Hawkins and Eric Pribula.

In the IMCA feature, Paul Rooney led the early part of the race. Bob

Chapman passed him on lap four and led the next two laps until Mike

Smith powered to the inside of Chapman. Smith began to pull away form

the field as Chapman finished in second. Rooney came home in third

followed by Steve Hartman and Gil Sharpsteen.

MODIFIED FEATURE # 1 FINISH =AD BUTCH TITTLE, Harry Marvin, Brain Weaver,

Rick Holgate, Tom McGurin, Jeff Bronson, Chuck Akulis, Mike Nagel, Rusty

Harrington, Rick Whitney, Carl Nagel, Rick Virkits, Mike Schane, John

Gurney, Ed Strada, Alan Rudalavage, Dan Highline, Allen Schiffler, Kirk

Horton, Mike Colsten, Mike Fredrick, Chris Shupp, Bob Conklin, Jim Witko

Jr., Randy Decker, Garth Tonkin, George Konstalsky

MODIFIED FEATURE #2 FINISH =AD RICK VIRKITS, Carl Nagel, Tommy McGurin,

George Konstalansky, Harry Marvin, Brian Weaver, Randy Decker,=20 Chuck

Akulis, Kirk Horton, Butch Tittle, Mike Schane, Bill Huff, Alan

Rudalavage, Mike Nagel, Jim Witko Jr., Rick Holgate, Rusty Harrington,

Rick Whitney, Brian Franko, Ed Strada, Mike Frost, Dave Zona, Jim Witko

Sr., Mike Janicelli, Mike Colsten, Garth Tonkin, Jeff Bronson.

LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH =AD DAN STONE, Jim Sherman, Alan Coy, Gene

Sharpsteen, Dave Passetti, Jeremy Stone, Randall Paxton, Bill Marvin,

Dean Regan, Rich King, Bill Karp, Jim O=92Hara, Jamie Griffiths, Chad

Hollenback

STREET STOCK FEATURE FINISH =AD SCOTT CONOVER, Brett Spoor, John Green,

Scott Bennett, Craig Trella, Glen Wilcox, Pete Gulick, Dan=20 Podwicka,

Rich Keehle, Dick Vauter, Jamie Shea, Rick Brown, Dan Vauter, Gene

Sharpsteen, Chris Hunsinger, Eric Bonham, Ed McKernan, Chris Piasecki,

Joe Domiano, Tony Nalaschi

PURE STOCK FEATURE FINISH =AD KEN SPARKS, Brian Decker, Chad Stone, Bill

Hawkins, Eric Pribula, Rick Davis, Nate Evans, Gary Cleveland, Jim Hand,

Keith Williams, Toby Sparks, Shawn Olenski, Daryl Ellis,