VETERANS AND ROOKIES SHARE FEATURE SPOTLIGHT AT BREWERTON SPEEDWAY
BREWERTON, NY.....A mix of veterans and rookies shared the spotlight Friday night at
Brewerton Speedway as Alan Johnson scored his 266th career big block win in the DIRT
Modifieds, Troy Van Allen swept the double bill for the Dwarf cars, Rick Angle scored h!
is first win in the 4 Cylinders, and Sean Lias and rookie Frank Caprara Jr. grabbed his first
career IMCA Modified win in only his third IMCA race.
Alan and Jack Johnson led the field down to the drop of the green flag in the DIRT Modified
35-lap feature event, with Jack leading the first lap. Alan took the lead on lap two and
Jack began to develop a push in his FX Caprara car. The yellow flew quickl!
y as Danny Johnson and Chuck Bower tangled in turn four. Both drivers were able to continue.
The next 24 laps were green flag racing, with Danny Johnson charging from the rear, passing
the likes of Bob McCreadie and Billy Decker as he tore through the field. Up front, Alan
Johnson stretched his lead and held it through traffic while Jack Johnson f!
ought his ill-handling car. While Vic Coffey and Chuck Hebing fought for position behind the
lead duo, Danny caught them and passed them, moving into the top three with less than ten
laps to go.
A lap 26 yellow bunched the field, and on the restart, Danny muscled his way past Jack into
the runnerup slot. Alan again used traffic to his advantage, but had one more yellow in his
sights. That set up a restart with four to go. Danny did get close on !
a couple of occasions, but Alan had too much for his brother and scored his first win of the
year at Brewerton. Danny was second with Billy Decker coming home third, passing Jack
Johnson in the final laps. Coffey crashed in turn four coming down for the c!
heckers and never crossed the finish line. Bob McCreadie came home fifth with Hebing, Pat
Ward, Bob Varin, Bill Abold, and Tim Fuller completing the top ten.
Modified heats were won by Danny Johnson, Pat Ward, and Jack Johnson.
The first of two IMCA Modified features was a battle between two strong campaigners as George
Cantanzano and Sean Lias dueled for the top spot for the first half of the 20 lapper. On a
restart at the halfway point, Lias slipped under Cantanzano to take the!
lead and stretched it to the finish, despite having the car too loose in its handling.
Cantanzano held on for second, with Neil Edgar, Craig Simmons, and Frank Caprara Jr. rounding
out the top five.
In the second IMCA feature of the night, Brent Matzel held the early lead until he was caught
up in a crash on lap 5. Frank Caprara Jr, a sixteen year old former go kart racer in his
first year of IMCA competition, inherited the lead, but had first feature!
winner Lias, Cantanzano, and Jim Evans knocking at the door. For the final 15 laps Lias
tried every way to pass Caprara, but the young lion held the inside lane and prevented Lias
from making a run at him.
At the checkers, Caprara scored his first feature win to go along with a heat win he notched
earlier in the evening. Lias was second, with Evans and Ron O'Neil slipping past Cantanzano
in the final circuts. IMCA Modified heats were won by Caprara, Lias, a!
nd Carmen Vona.
The two Dwarf car feature events centered around the duels between Dan Boyce and defending
track champion Troy Van Allen. In the first feature, Boyce grabbed the lead early while Van
Allen stormed his way through the pack after fighting hard with Greg Furl!
ong, Jim Gray, and "Fast" Eddie Bell. Van Allen and Boyce touched slightly on the
frontstretch on lap 10, with Boyce making the save, but losing the lead to Van Allen. Van
Allen stretched it out to score the win in the first feature over Boyce, Bell, Pat !
Pontello, and Mark Weigelt.
In the second feature, Boyce again was the front runner early after passing pole sitter Frank
Doll Jr. for the lead. Bell was in the hunt until a mishap sent him to the rear. He would
come charging back for a top five finish. The race saw a red flag wit!
h just a couple of laps to go when Greg Furlong made contact with a slower car and did a
three-quarter endover, with his car coming to rest on the back deck, nose pointed at the sky.
Furlong was not injured in the crash. On the ensuing restart, Boyce slow!
ed with a flat right rear tire, allowing Van Allen to inherit the lead and a sweep of the
night's features. Frank Doll Jr. held on to second over Bell, with Bill Teleska and Kevin
Doll rounding out the top five finishers. Dwarf car heats were won by Scott!
Nash, Jim Coher, and Frank Doll Jr.
The 4 Cylinder Super Stock feature was a barnburner that saw Chuck Powelcyzk and Ray
Chittenden fighting for the lead until Rick Angle, in his first Brewerton appearance of 1998,
slipped past them to take the lead. As Angle stretched out his advantage, Ken!
Klinkowsky and Ed Granoski joined Chittenden and Powelcyzk to battle for position with a
high-flying Todd Williamson.
At the checkers, Angle had the nod over Powelcyzk, Chittenden, Klinkowsky, and Williamson.
Heats were won by Lloyd Hinton and Chittenden.
In other racing activities, Darryl Sanders was the 1-on-1 Spectator race winners, and Women
on Wheels events went to Carrie Shuba, Lesa Angle, and Shelly O'Neil.
Next Friday night is Food Bank night at Brewerton Speedway, with a dollar off adult admission
with a canned food donation. Gates will open at 5:30 with racing starting at 7:30.
DIRT MODIFIED FEATURE: ALAN JOHNSON, Danny Johnson, Billy Decker, Jack Johnson, Bob
McCreadie, Chuck Hebing, Pat Ward, Bobby Varin, Bill Abold, Tim Fuller, Bill Gill, Vic
Coffey, Jim Phelps, Chuck Bower, Dale Planck, Lance Petzoldt, Tom Kinsella, Roger Phe!
lps, Shawn Donath, Bobby Melone, Tim McCreadie, Ray Bliss, Scott Prentice, Joe August.
HELD OVER IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE (FROM 4/25/98): SEAN LIAS, George Cantanzano, Neil Edgar,
Craig Simmons, Frank Caporar Jr., Rob Keller, Bob Bradt, Don Alvord, Glen Erwin, Ron O'Neil,
Joe Price Jr., Dick Weiland, Les Hubbard, Curt Stiles, Jeff Cardinale, Bre!
nt Matzel, Carmen Vona, jim Evans, Tony Finch, Colleen Finch, Kevin Auyer.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE (5/8/98): FRANK CAPRARA JR., Sean Lias, Jim Evans, Ron O'Neil, George
Cantanzano, Neil Edgar, Don Alvord, Bob Bradt, Dick Weiland, Craig Simmons, John Bell, jeff
Cardinale, Joe Price Jr., Les Hubbard, Randy Hall, Cory Fachini, Carmen !
Vona, Rob Keller, Collen Finch, Curt Stiles, Brent Matzel, Gen Erwin, Eddie O'Neil, Larry
Bezner.
HELD OVER DWARF CAR FEATURE (FROM 4/25/98): TROY VAN ALLEN, Dan Boyce, Ed Bell, Pat Pontello,
Mark Weigelt, Bob Bird, Scott Nash, Jim Coher, Kevin Doll, Darren Forbes, Greg Furlong, Barry
Virts, Dan Thompson, Shawn Hirt, Jay Reid, Jim Gray, Barb Foley, Bria!
n Cunningham, Frank Doll.
DWARF CAR FEATURE (5/8/98): TROY VAN ALLEN, Frank Doll Jr., Ed Bell, Bill Teleska, Kevin
Doll, Bob Bird, Scott Nahs, Darren Forbes, Pat Pontello, Barry Virts, Mark Weigelt, Dan
Boyce, Dan Thompson, Shawn Hirt, Jay Reid, Ed Lawton, Richard Kash, Brian Cunni!
ngham, Greg Furlong, Barb Foley, Jim Coher.
4 CYLINDER SUPER STOCK FEATURE: RICK ANGLE, Chuck Powelcyzk, Ray Chittenden, Ken Klinkowsky,
Todd Williamson, Brett Hubbard, Jim Olin, Ed Granoski, Bill Klinkowsky, Jim Lalone, Tim Koch,
Jeff Amidon, Kevan Cook, Lloyd Hinton, Jon Amidon, Chris Bargabus, Joh!
n Clark, Roger Olchewske, George Kirchoff.