BAREFOOT BOB McCREADIE IS TOP DIRT "LEADFOOT"

WEEDSPORT, NY..4/26/98..."Barefoot" Bob McCreadie, who had just eight

DIRT feature wins in 1983 when Alan Johnson became DIRT's top

feature winner, took his 266th DIRT feature, winning Sunday at

Cayuga County, to move ahead of Alan Johnson becoming the top

DIRT feature winner of all-time. Steve Hall repeated his season

opening victory at Cayuga County from last season, winning for a

second year in a row. The 40-lap enduro was won by Dan Deline.

The 50-lap modified feature found Gary Tomkins and Brett

Hearn leading the 31 car field down to the green flag. Tomkins

was quick to take the lead, but by the end of the first lap Hearn

was the leader of record. Hearn held on until lap 12 when Tomkins

retook the top spot on a restart. Tomkins was only able to hold

the point for one circuit, when Hearn retook the lead.

On lap 22, the yellow flew when Gary Tomkins suffered a flat

left front tire and came to a stop on the track. Hearn remained

the leader but now he was doing battle with Bob McCreadie.

McCreadie fresh out of winter back surgery, took the lead with a

smooth low move through the third and fourth turns on lap 25.

From this point on the race was all McCreadie, as he maneuvered

through lapped traffic with ease. Hearn finished a distant

second, Joe Plazek in third, Alan Johnson and Danny Johnson in

fourth and fifth.

In the 20-lap Sportsman main event Steve Hall took the lead

from his pole starting spot and never looked back. He did have a

challenge from Jim Speno form most of the race. Speno's car was

damaged somewhat making contact with a lapped car on lap 14. This

contact threw off the handling in his car, allowing Hall to

cruise home to victory, his second sportsman season opener in a

row at Cayuga County.

Speno finished second followed by Mike Button, Rick Miller

and Rich Swarthout.

This Sunday racing will move to the Rolling Wheels Raceway

for the annual DIRT Challenge Cup event. Racing returns to Cayuga

County on May 24 for the annual Hall of Fame Classic. Race time

at Rolling Wheels will be at 2 pm, with gates opening at 11:30

am.

SAM DELL CAR & TRUCK/PAGE TRANSPORTATION/AUTO FINISHERS/COMPUTER

EXCELLENCE NIGHT SUMMARY

ENDURO

FEATURE (40-laps): DAN DELINE, Ron Hawker, Tom Juhl. (Top 3)

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: S. Hall, R. Miller, V. Vitale, C. Warner, M. Button.

HEAT 2: Ti. Sears, M. Gerber, G. Doust, R. Swarthout, J. LaRock.

HEAT 3: J. Spano, J. Pitcher, C. Schultz, J. Cronin, R. Hefti.

CONSI: S. Oplinger, J. McKenney, P. Campione, R. Chrysler, B.

Shantell, R. Brye, T. Morris, G. Morrisette, R. Davis, B. Haus.

FEATURE (20-laps): STEVE HALL, Jim Spano, Mike Button, Rick

Miller, Rich Swarthout, Steve Oplinger, Vince Vitale, Cliff

Warner, Chris Schultz, Matt Gerber, Pete Campione, Jim LaRock,

Russ Hefti, Randy Chrysler, Bill Shantell, Ron Davis, Ryan Brye,

John McKenney, Jim Cronin, Tim Sears, Tyke Morris, Greg Doust,

Jeremy Pitcher, Bob Haus, Gary Morrisette.

MODIFIED

HEAT 1: G. Tomkins, J. Plazek, J. Horton, A.J. Romano, K.

Tremont.

HEAT 2: B. Hearn, B. Decker, C. Bower, To. Sears, J. Chester.

HEAT 3: T. Fuller, S. Prentice, D. Johnson, A. Johnson, T.

McCreadie.

HEAT 4: B. McCreadie, P. Ward, S. paine, D. Hoffman, J. Gabriel

Jr.

CONSI 1: D. Planck, B. Varin, S. Glover, M. Gibbs, T. Burnett.

CONSI 2: M. Colsten, S. Hulsizer, B. Gill, R. Holmes, J. Phelps.

FEATURE (50-laps): BOB McCREADIE, Brett Hearn, Joe Plazek, Alan

Johnson, Danny Johnson, Billy Decker, Steve Paine, Doug Hoffman,

Bobby Varin, Pat Ward, A.J. Romano, Tom Sears, Tim Fuller, Dale

Planck, Chuck Bower, Jimmy Horton, Jimmy Phelps, Kenny Tremont,

Ron Holmes, Mitch Gibbs, Jimmy Chester, Steve Hulsizer, Tim

Burnett, Jimmy Gabriel Jr., Gary Tomkins, Jay Hopkins, Steve

Glover, Scott Prentice, Mike Colsten, Billy Gill, Tim McCreadie.