ALAN JOHNSON DOMINATES FIELD IN SUNOCO TRAIL 100 AT RANSOMVILLE;

JODY HERRIVEN, DAVE KRAMP AND JIM STRASSBURG ALSO WIN

by...Tana Robinson

RANSOMVILLE,NY...9/6/97...Alan Johnson of Phelps, NY collected the

Hoosier Tire/Sunoco Race Fuels/Champion Spark Plugs 100 lap

modified feature last Friday night at the big "R". Johnson took

the lead away from Danny Johnson and proceeded to lap all but 9

cars before taking the dominating win.

Tim McCredie took the early lead at the drop of the green

followed by Todd Burley, Brian Stevens, Danny Johnson and Ricky

Richner. Lap 15 found Burley take over the top spot with Danny

Johnson in tow. Coming up through the pack was Ron Smoker as he

broke into the top five.

Danny Johnson took to the topside of Burley on lap 17 and

took over the top spot. Alan, who had started scratch in a back

up car after his qualified 14J broke a drive shaft during hot

laps, was up to 12th. In the next several laps, Alan diced his

way to the front and was in second just after half way. Danny had

a half a straight away lead which Alan closed in a hurry. Danny

tried to block Alan, taking away his bottom lane, but Alan took

the highside and around his brother for the lead. In the final

laps, Alan proceeded to lap all but 9 cars on his way to the

checkered. Danny Johnson held onto second followed by Ron Smoker,

Todd Burley and Steve Paine. The guaranteed spots for Syracuse

went to Ron Smoker and Rich Vinson.

The prostock feature continued to dazzle race fans last

Friday night with side by side racing through out the pack. Jody

Herriven took over the lead from Tom Walker who had raced side by

side the entire race with Roger Chrysler for the spot. Herriven

continued to show the way to the checkered with Walker finishing

in second. Gary Gow, Pete Stefanski and Howard Mt.Pleasant

rounded out the top five. Dave Schulz captured the prostock

points championship.

In the first street stock feature, James Strassburg took

control at the drop of the green and never looked back, going on

to win his first feature ever. JW Flagler, Tim Young, Rick

Sinnott and Mark Boyer rounded out the top five.

In the second street stock feature, Dave Kramp collected his

third feature win of the season followed by Jim Zimmerman, Ben

Hornquist, Pat McCoy and PJ Allen. Mark Loveland was crowned

street stock points campion.

MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH...ALAN JOHNSON, Danny Johnson, Ron

Smoker, Todd Burley, Steve Paine, Pete Bicknell, Rich Vinson, Tim

Fuller, Danny O'Brien, Scott Wood, Brian Stevens, Pat O'Brien,

Tim Murdoch, Todd Milton, Martin Polhill, Vic Coffey, Ricky

Richner, Steve Roberts, Russ Zimmerman, Rick Hoctor, Mark

Sylvies, Chuck Kennison, Robbie Krull, Tim McCreadie, Wayne

McKie, Gary Tomkins, Wayne Conn, Don Martin and Don Spatarico.

PROSTOCK FEATURE FINISH...JODY HERRIVEN, Tom Walker, Gary

Gow, Pete Stefanski, Howard Mt.Pleasant, Dave Stolzenburg, Dave

Schulz, Randy Chrysler, Jon Miller, Jack Pittsley, Dan Shoop, Rob

Winters, Roger Chrysler, Rich Norton, Dan Schulz, Matt Wilson,

Ben Sutherland, Mike Williams, Jerry Condren, Paul Plante, Tim

Seymour, Steve Lewis, Ken Washburn and Ron Lux.

STREET STOCK FINISH #1...JIM STRASSBURG, JW Flagler, Tim

Young, Rick Sinnott, Mark Boyer, Shawn Graham, Doug Webster, John

Panattoni, Mark Schulz, Paul Beakman, Don Duxberry, Jesse

Cotriss, Wayne Washburn and Casey Jonathan.

STREET STOCK FINISH #2...DAVE KRAMP, Jim Zimmerman, Ben

Hornquist, Pat McCoy, PJ Allen, Butch Parker, John Bundy, Mike

Schultz, Amo Webster, Gene Cevear, Barry Wallace, Jim Culverwell,

Sean Kott, Pete Barnes, Grub McMillian, Dennis Kirkpatrick and

Mark Loveland.