DANNY JOHNSON WINS BROTHERLY BATTLE AT BREWERTON
BREWERTON, NY.....5/15/98...Danny Johnson guided his Darryl Simmons owned Modified to the 35-lap
feature event win on F.X. Caprara Car Companies night at Brewerton Speedway, beating brother
Alan, who was last week's winner. Sean Lias became the first repeat winner o!
f the year in the IMCA Modifieds, with Lloyd Hinton the 4 Cylinder winner and Dan Boyce
getting the nod in the Dwarf car division.
Roger and Jimmy Phelps led the Modified field down to the drop of the green flag, with Jimmy
grabbing the early race lead, dicing it out with Bobby Varin, who also took a brief turn at
the front of the field. Alan Johnson was also in the thick of the hunt !
with Jack Johnson, but contact within the pack knocked Jack out of the top five.
Danny Johnson and Bob McCreadie were also working their way up from mid-pack starting
positions, with Danny fighting his way into the runnerup slot as Alan grabbed the lead before
the halfway point. Danny and Alan had a torrid battle for the lead in traffi!
c, with Danny slipping under Alan to grab the lead on lap 26. Some quick yellows bunched the
field, including one on lap 34. McCreadie had advanced to the third spot after a fight with
Billy Decker, and the stage was set for a last lap showdown.
Danny held his brother at bay for his first win of 1998 at the "D-Shaped DIRT Demon" with
McCreadie beating Alan off the final corner for second. Johnson, Decker and Tim Fuller
rounding out the top five. Varin came home sixth, with Chuck Bower, Tim McCrea!
die, Chuck Hebing, and Jim Phelps rounding out the top ten. Heat wins went to Vic Coffey,
Alan Johnson, and Jimmy Phelps.
The IMCA Modified feature event was a hotly contested affair with Dick Weiland grabbing the
lead at the start and holding it until lap 9. Larry Bezner made an incredible charge through
the field to come into the top five, only to spin in turn one and have !
to work his way back. Previous winners Sean Lias and George Catanzano hooked up to come to
the front of the field at lap 10, with Lias assuming the lead. Four laps later, Catanzano
grabbed the top spot away, but on a lap 18 restart, Lias took the lead for!
good and held it to the finish, with Catanzano a close second. Jim Evans had a strong run to
finish third, followed by Joe Price Jr. and Frank Caprara Jr. Dick Weiland, Curt Stiles,
Neil Edgar, Carmen Vona, and Brent Matzel completed the top ten. IMCA he!
at wins went to Evans, Rob Keller, and Ron O'Neil.
In the 4 Cylinder Super Stock feature event, Jim Lalone was strong at the start, holding off
many challenges for the early lead from Ed Granoski, Jim Olin, and Lloyd Hinton. Hinton
finally slipped into the lead on lap 5 while Todd Wilkinson joined the hect!
ic battle within the top five. As Hinton stretched his advantage, the fight for position
within the top five between Lalone, Olin, Granoski, Williamson, and last week's winner Rick
Angle raged on. Hinton padded his lead and survived a restart with three t!
o go to put his Mopar into victory lane for the second time in 1998. Olin came out of the
battle for second, with Angle third, Williamson fourth, and Granoski fifth. 4 Cylinder heats
went to Olin, Angle, and Granoski.
The Dwarf car feature event found Jim Gray grabbing the top spot, only to lose it to Frank
Doll Jr. on lap 2. Doll then met the fourth turn wall one lap later and was knocked out of
contention. Greg Furlong grabbed the point for the next two laps, but the!
n lost it to a fast charging Dan Boyce. Ed Bell also came up quickly to challenge for the
lead, but on a restart he and Furlong got together, with Bell having to pit to change a tire.
Tire problems also plagued last week's double winner Troy Van Allen, but Van Allen came
streaking through the field to get to second with five laps to go. Van Allen could not catch
the speedy Boyce, who brought home his second set of checkers for 1998 with!
Van Allen in the runnerup spot. Gray was third, followed by Pat Pontello and Darren Forbes.
Dwarf heat wins went to Brian Cunningham, Frank Doll Jr., and Furlong.
Next week the IMCA Modifieds will run the annual Dean Hubbs Memorial in addition to a regular
program of DIRT Modifieds, 4 Cylinders, and Dwarf cars. Paper bag races will also be on the
card. Gates open at 5:30pm with the first race set to go at 7:30pm.
RACE SUMMARY
F.X. CAPRARA CAR COMPANIES NIGHT-BREWERTON SPEEDWAY
MODIFIED FEATURE: DANNY JOHNSON, Bob McCreadie, Alan Johnson, Billy Decker, Tim Fuller, Bobby
Varin, Chuck Bower, Tim McCreadie, Chuck Hebing, Jim Phelps, Tom Kinsella, Bill Gill, Lance
Petzoldt, Jeremy Baye, Shawn Donath, Jack Johnson, Geoff Plis, Pat Ward!
, Bob Bennett, Joe August, Dale Planck, Scott Prentice, Ray Bliss, Vic Coffey, Dave
Baranowski, Roger Phelps, Bill Abold.
IMCA FEATURE-SEAN LIAS, George Catanzano, Jim Evans, Joe Price Jr., Frank Caprara Jr., Dick
Weiland, Curt Stiles, Neil Edgar, Carmen Vona, Brent Matzel, Les Hubbard, Glen Erwin, Jeff
Cardinale, Neil Bryden, Craig Simmons, Rob Keller, Larry Bezner, Don Alvor!
d, Tony Finch, Colleen Finch, John Bell, Bob Bradt, Ron O'Neil.
4 CYLINDER FEATURE-LLOYD HINTON, Jim Olin, Rick Angle, Todd Williamson, Ed Granoski, Brett
Hubbard, Jim Lalone, Ray Chittenden, Ken Klinkowsky, Julio Garcia, John West, Roger
Olchewske, Tim Koch, Chris Bargabus, Chuck Powelczyk, Kevin Cook, Jeff Amidon, Var!
den Taplin, Jon Amidon, John Clark, Ed Haber
DWARF FEATURE-DAN BOYCE, Troy Van Allen, Jim Gray, Pat Pontello, Darren Forbes, Scott Nash,
Shawn Hort, David Orr, Barry Virts, Kevin Doll, Jay Reid, Richard Kash, Bob Bird, Greg
Furlong, Ed Bell, Brian Cunningham, Ed Lawton, Barb Foley, Bill Teleska, Frank!
Doll Jr., Buddy Lewis