PLAZEK STRETCHES WIN STREAK TO FIVE IN A ROW

CANANDAIGUA, NY...Joe Plazek, from Casitor Centre, Ontario,

Canada, inched out his fifth win in a row at the Canandaigua

Speedway last saturday evening. Plazek was able to pass Bobby

Varin on the final turn of the last lap to claim the victory

before a better then average size crowd, as the grandstands were

filled with numerous Kodak employees on their special night at

the DIRT races. Lance Dusett claimed top honors in the sportsman

main event before his own sponsor, in the VIP suite above the

fourth turn, Honeoye Auto Parts. Les Whyte won the 15-lap street

stock feature, while Dan Mettler took top honors in the 15-lap

enduro main event.

The 35-lap DIRT Modified feature began with Vic Coffey

taking the lead followed by Bobby Varin and Scott Schrader. The

first of just five yellows came on lap four after rookie Scott

Updyke came to a stop on the back stretch. Coffey would remain

the leader throughout the first 26 laps and Varin would run

second. On lap eleven the yellow flew when Gil Tegg Jr. suffered

a flat tire. But an almost immediate green flag restart put Tegg

down a lap. On lap 13 the yellow came out for the third time when

Tegg came to a stop inside the first turn.

On lap 27 Varin used the inside of the first turn to place a

move on Coffey for the lead after a restart created when Darryl

Ruggles came to a stop in the fourth turn. Coffey, who had

drifted a little too high in the turn also gave up second to

Plazek. A battle between Plazek and Varin had the excited crowd

on edge.Plazek first tried the high road and then low, but each

time Varin was up to the challenge. On the final lap Plazek moved

past Varin to claim the victory. Coffey held on to third with Pat

Ward in fourth and John Moravec finishing fifth.

The 20-lap sportsman feature looked to run without a yellow

flag, until lap 10 when the only yellow in the race had to be

thrown after the second and third place cars came together in the

third turn. The results of this encounter found Jerry Haers, the

second place car, sitting sideways on the track and Todd

Henderson now running in the place position. Just a few laps

earlier Lance Dusett was able to take the lead from Haers and was

on a mission to stretch out an advantage.

Dusett held firm the remainder of the race and took his

second win of the year. Henderson finished in second followed by

Karl Comfort, Randy Holden and Vince Vitale.

Les Whyte took the lead on the fourth lap from rookie Dave

VanArsdale and romped home with the victory. Four yellow flags

slowed the race. The first one coming on the initial lap when

Kevin Smith was forced to spin out in the first turn. The worst

moment came on lap seven when perennial street stock track

champion Steve Pesarek came out of the fourth turn and lost a

rear axle and wheel assembly. Fortunately no one hit the

dangerous object and Pesarek's car was towed from the track.

Frank Guererri ran a super race, finishing second. Chris ferguson

was third with VanArsdale and Billy Brown rounding out the top

five finishers.

Dan Mettler took the lead on the second lap of the 15-lap

enduro and sped home the winner. Scott Knapp claimed second with

John Juhl in the third and last paying spot.

This Saturday will find the last regular program of the year

on tap at the "Land of Legends". It will be Coca-Cola night and

the challenge of champions. Featured will be the DIRT Modifieds,

Sports, Street Stocks and Enduros. Race time will be at 7 p.m..

The final program of the year will take place the following week,

August 30. That event will be double points in all classes along

with a special salute to the legends.

HONEOYE AUTO PARTS/WIX FILTERS/KODAK EMPLOYEE NIGHT SUMMARY

ENDURO

FEATURE (15-laps): DAN METTLER, Scott Knapp, John Juhl, Ron

Hawker, Dave Stoddard, David Allen, Beatle Peters, Walt Bond,

Greg DeChick, Tom Hitchcock, Art Johnson, Brad Steinruck, Dave

Conant, Phil Barone, Leroy Lewis, James Sykes, Tom Juhl, Jeff

Blaisdell, Ron Strickhorn, Brian Hoisington, Monk Weatherstone,

Ed Oldfield.

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: Ri. Miller, K. Smith, L. Burnett, C. Reynolds, J. Burba.

HEAT 2: F. Guererri, L. Whyte, D. VanArsdale, C. Ferguson, Ra.

Miller.

FEATURE (15-laps): LES WHYTE, Frank Guererri, Chris Ferguson,

Dave VanArsdale, Billy Brown, Lee Burnett, Carl Reynolds, Tiger

Chapman, Randy Miller, Foster Hughes, Betty Fremouw, Dave Aurand,

Tim Smith, Jim Burba, Rick Miller, Steve Pesarek, Jim Gagne,

Kevin Smith, Scott Trotter.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: J. Haers, L. Dusett, P. Guererri, R. Holden, S. Ridley,

L. Lincoln.

HEAT 2: T. Henderson, K. Comfort, D. Darling, S. Gray, K. Stell,

C. Ridsdale.

CONSI: V. Vitale, R. Richmond, B. Hoff, R. Swarthout, J. LaRock,

S. McKernon.

FEATURE (20-laps): LANCE DUSETT, Todd Henderson, Karl Comfort,

Randy Holden, Vince Vitale, Rich Swarthout, Scott Ridley, Paul

Guererri, Steve Gray, Bill Hoff, Loren Lincoln, Keith Stell,

Chris Ridsdale, Jim LaRock, Scott McKernon, Rob Richmond, Dale

Darling, Jerry Haers.

MODIFIED

HEAT 1: P. Ward, T. Bauer, G. Tomkins, A. Johnson.

HEAT 2: B. Varin, G. Tegg Jr., J. Plazek, S. Schrader.

HEAT 3: B. Turner, V. Coffey, T. Griffin, C. Donk.

CONSI: J. Moravec, R. Bliss Jr., J. Hoff, D. Ruggles, S. Schultz,

S. Boudinot, F. Hilton, S. Updyke, S. Benedict.

FEATURE (35-laps): JOE PLAZEK, Bobby Varin, Vic Coffey, Pat Ward,

John Moravec, Ray Bliss Jr., Ted Bauer, Alan Johnson, Charlie

Donk, Jeff Hoff, Bryon Turner, Troy Griffin, Darryl Ruggles,

Scott Boudinot, Steve Schultz, Scott Schrader, Gil Tegg Jr., Gary

Tomkins, Fran Hilton, Scott Updyke, Scott Benedict.