Fuller, Caprara, Granoski & Van Allen in Brewerton Victory Lane
BREWERTON, N.Y-8/14/98.-Tim Fuller came from eightieth spot and chalked up his first Brewerton Speedway modified win of 1998 last Friday night. Meanwhile, teenage sensation Frank Caprara Jr. remained in contention for the track title in capturing the IMCA modified!
main and Ed Granoski captured his first Brewerton main of the season in the four cylinders. In the dwarf division Troy Van Allen set a new record for the division with his 11th main event of the year.
It was Pick 'n Pull Night at the D-shaped Dirt Demon and the action was hot and heavy. Chuck Hebing launched his machine to the lead at the green for the 35 lap modified main event. Billy Gill took a long slide in the third turn and on the ensuing restart!
it was Danny Johnson taking command. With 120 laps in it was Johnson, the small block of Billy Abold, Tom Sears, Dale Plank and Roger Phelps leading the way. The fans witnessed a tremendous battle for third between the likes of Phelps, Sears, Plank, Bob M!
cCreadie, Tim Fuller, Billy Decker, Pat Ward, Chuck Bower and Alan Johnson.
Action remained hot and heavy and at the halfway point "The Doctor" appeared in command. While Abold and Sears were right in the hunt only to have Fuller and McCreadie close behind. With 19 on the board Johnson pulled to the high side and was out of action!
. Tom Sears inherited the point and Abold was in second. Fuller was a tight third. On the twenty-first lap Fuller roared around the outside of Abold for the runner up spot.
The battle at the front was spectacular as Sears was running up high, Fuller ran low, and rapidly closing were the high flying Billy Decker and the steady running Abold as McCreadie simply sat back in fifth and looked for an opportunity. Fuller pulled off !
a spectacular slide job between three and four to take over at the point. Decker rallied at the end as did Pat Ward, who came from deep in the field. At the checker it was Tim Fuller with the win while Bill Decker was second followed by Pat Ward, Billy Abo!
ld, Alan Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Chuck Bower, Tom Sears, Dale Plank and Roger Phelps completing the top ten.
Van Allen captured his eleventh of the year as he took the lead on the ninth lap and was uncontested in the 20 lap main. Frank Doll was the early leader, but Kevin Battelle dove low to lead at the end of the first lap. Multiple yellows slowed the race and !
on the fifth lap restart Van Allen roared to the outside. He worked his way toward the front from his 18th spot and passed Mark Weigelt on the seventh lap. Two laps later he powered around Battelle to take over. As the final laps wound down Tony Buffa Jr. r!
aced past Battelle for the runner up spot. At the checker the top three had plenty of distance between themselves and the rest of the field. Finishing behind Van Allen, Buffa and Battelle were Mark Weigelt and Kevin Doll.
Frank Caprara Jr. kept himself in contention for the IMCA track title as he ran the tacky track to perfection. Caprara came from eighth starting position to take the lead on the second lap. George Catanzano and Craig Simmons were in hot pursuit, but on th!
e eighth lap Catanzano dropped out of competition with mechanical problems. At the halfway point it was Caprara, Simmons, Sean Lias, Bob Bradt and Dick Weilland running one,two, three, four and five. Positions remained relatively the same as the race woun!
d down. At the checker it was Frank Caprara, Craig Simmons, Sean Lias, Bob Bradt and Dick Weiland coming across the line.
The four cylinder main event saw Ed Granoski win his first of the year as he overcame a massive seven car pile up on the opening lap. At the green Roger Olschewske, Harvey Calkins Jr. and John Amidon went three wide, but at the end of the first circuit it!
was Ed Granoski taking the lead. Lloyd Hinton closed in, but it was to no avail. He pursued, looked high and low, but couldn't get around Hinton. Chuck Powelczyk remained in contention. Jim Olin spun early, but came on with a late charge for third as he !
followed Granoski and Hinton. Powelczyk was fourth followed by Ken Klinkowsky.
Next Friday night more than 100 old timers are expected to be on hand to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brewerton Speedway. The woman on wheels will also join the card of Modifieds, IMCA mods, four cylinder and dwarfs.
PIT STOPS-Dave Gruell won the youth dwarf main while Paul Schemerhorn captured the bus race...Heats went to Dan Johnson, Chuck Hebing and Bob McCreadie in the mods; Simmons and Les Hubbard in IMCA and in the four cylinders was Granoski, Powelczyk and John !
Clark winning. In the dwarf class the prelims were won by Troy Van Allen, Eric Crawford and Pat Pontello. Steve Hulsizer won the mod consi and Dave Lamphear the B Main dwarf event.
MODIFIEDS-Tim Fuller, Billy Decker, Pat Ward, Bill Abold (sm), Alan Johnson, Bob McCreadie, Chuck Bower, Tom Sears, Dale Plank, Roger Phelps, Steve Hulsizer (sm), Ray Bliss, Bill Gill, Lansing Petzoldt (sb), Bob Melone, George Hornung (sb), Bob Ostrander (!
sb), Jim Burke, Dan Connelly (sb), Chuck Hebing, Bob Bennett (sb), Dan Johnson, Bob Varin, Jason Barney, Jim Phelps, Scott Prentice
IMCA-Frank Caprara Jr., Craig Simmons, Sean Lias, Bob Bradt, Dick Weiland, Les Hubbard, Bill Klinkowsky Sr., Don Alvord, Coleen Finch, Bill Anderson, Carmen Vona, Rob Keller, Tony Finch, Brendt Matzel, Jim Evans, George Catanzano, John Bell, Cory Fachini,!
Dane Keller.
Dwarf Feature-Troy Van Allen, Tony Buffa, Kevin Battelle, Mark Weigelt, Kevin Doll, Ken Gamlin, Jim Coher, Carl Crawford, Jim Gray, Scott Nash, Kevin Danhausen, Ed Lawton, Eric Crawford, Dave Lamphere, Pat Pontello, Barry Virts, Darren Forbes, Buddy Lewis,!
Bob Bird, Bob McCarthy, Jay Reid, Kelly Skinner, Frank Doll, David Orr, Bill Teliska and Shawn Hort.
Four Cylinder-Ed Granoski, Lloyd Hinton, Jim Olin, Chuck Powelczyk, Ken Klinkowsky, Mark Warner, Harvey Calkins Jr., Ray Chittenden, Tim Koch, John Amidon, Jeff Amidon, John West, Chad Granoski, Chris Carroll, Roy Thurston, Toby Bennett, Chris Bargabos, Ke!
vin Cook, John Clark, Roger Olschewske, Rus Cuson, Channie Joyner, Brett Hubbard, Roger West and Brian Yox.