McCREADIE, HAERS AND BROWN BIG WINNERS AT CANANDAIGUA

CANANDAIGUA, NY...Bob McCreadie picked up Canandaigua

modified feature win number four during the 1997 campaign last

Saturday evening. Jerry Hears claimed his inaugural victory of

the season in the sportsman division, as did Billy Brown in the

DIRT Street Stock class. Top honors in the enduro went to Walt

Bond.

Ray Bliss Jr. used his pole starting position to lead the

very first lap of the 35-lap modified main event. Bryon Turner

was next to take his turn at the head-of-the-class, as he passed

Bliss for the lead in the third turn. As the yellow flew, on lap

three, Gary Tomkins had just inched out Turner for the lead. The

yellow occurred when Gil Tegg Jr. lost a wheel and slide off the

third turn.

Tomkins made the most of his restart, immediately stretching

out over a ten car advantage on Turner. But again the yellow

appeared when Ron White and Fran Hilton tangled in the third

turn. Bliss had now dropped back to third followed by Scott

Schrader, John Moravec, Vic Coffey, Alan Johnson, Bob McCreadie

and Joe Plazek.

Tomkins continued the lead until lap 10, when the yellow

flew for the third time and bunched the field together. This now

placed McCreadie in fourth behind Tomkins, Turner and Schrader.

The restart saw Tomkins power out to a lead and McCreadie follow

him forwards and challenge for the lead. But as these two began

to run side-by-side the yellow flew for the fourth time when Joe

Plazek looped his number 1 in the first turn.

McCreadie and Tomkins restarted side-by-side, with McCreadie

winning the battle. But the yellow fever was not over yet! On lap

26 the yellow reappeared when Scott Schrader, running one of his

best races of the season, broke in the first turn and slowed on

the track. The charge was now on to the finish with McCreadie

leading Tomkins, Turner, Plazek and Alan Johnson. Ted Bauer was

running in sixth followed by Pat Ward in seventh.

MccReadie held on in the closing laps by reaching out to a

five car advantage over Tomkins. Plazek pulled off a pass on

Turner to take third on lap 30. Turner came home in fourth

distantly followed by Alan Johnson in fifth.

Sportsman feature action saw Steve Gray and Gary Farnsworth

bring the field down to the green flag, with Farnsworth then

taking the early lead. On lap 5 the yellow flew for a spin by

Chris Ridsdale. Ridsdale then immediately brought out the yellow

again with a second spin. At the front of the field Farnsworth

had his hands full with Jerry Haers and Lance Dusett. Haers took

advantage on the restart and took the lead. On lap 10 one of the

wildest hits took place. Bob Champion Jr. looped his car to the

inside of the second turn. Ridsdale then slide along the top of

the Jersey Barrier and slammed into the top portion of the

Champion car. Champion was shaken but was not transported.

Ridsdale was out of the race due to the three yellow rule.

Haers continued to lead with farnsworth in second. A battle

for third, fourth and fifth found Scott Ridley, Rich Swarthout

and Karl Comfort in the thick of things. This would be the final

top five of record in the feature. A post race "P and G" test was

protested against the Swarthout car, but it passed with flying

colors to maintain the fourth place finish for Swarthout.

In street stock action Billy Brown led all 15 laps of the

feature event. In the closing laps, points leader Les Whyte was

putting heavy pressure on Brown, but Brown was up to the

challenge, taking the victory. Whyte finish second followed by

Dave Aurand, Tom Barron and Foster Hughes. As Barron cross the

finish line his front end hopped on the rear of the Aurand car,

sending Barron's car head long into the inside Jersey Barrier at

turn one. Barron's car hit and started flipping. Tom was shaken,

but uninjured in this post race accident.

Walt Bond waited until the final lap of the 15 lap enduro

run to pass Mike Archer for the victory. Archer lead the first 14

laps of the race. Ron Hawker came home in third.

This Saturday will find a complete regular program in place

starting at 7 p.m.. The Ontario County fair begins on Monday,

July 28 and runs through August 2. Three big racing events during

the Fair the SavOn Mr. DIRT Street Stock Championship on

Wednesday, July 30, the "Rush Hour Live" telecast of the Skoal

Bandit Racing sm Super DIRT Series for modifieds on Thursday July

31 and the finale for the Fair will be the Ontario County Fair

Championships run on Saturday August 2. The enduro cars will join

the Street Stock program on the 30th, while the sportsman cars

are part of the SDS race on Thursday. Fans are encouraged to

prepare racing banners for the "Rush Hour Live" program as a

special judging will determine one luck winner to advance to the

banner finals during Super DIRT Week XXVI in October, where the

banner winner will receive $1,000. Be prepared and due your best!

FARNSWORTH CHEVROLET-OLDSMOBILE NIGHT SUMMARY

ENDURO

FEATURE (15-laps): WALT BOND, Mike Archer, Ron Hawker, Scott

Knapp, Leroy Lewis, David Allen, Dave Stoddard, Jamie Elbridge,

Joe Borosky, Elder Jeffrey, Tom Juhl, Fred Salsburg, Ron

Strickhorn, John Underwood, Beetle Peters, Tom Hitchcock, Dave

Conant.

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: L. Whyte, F. Hughes, K. Smith, Ra. Miller.

HEAT 2: B. Brown, D. VanArsdale, L. Burnett, D. McQuay.

FEATURE (15-laps): BILLY BROWN, Les Whyte, Dave Aurand, Tom

Barron, Foster Hughes, Chris Ferguson, David VanArsdale, Mike

Waller, Dave McQuay, Randy Miller, Tim Smith, Rick Miller, Jim

Burba, Kevin Smith, Jason Whipple, Lee Burnett.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: J. Haers, L. Dusett, S. Ridley, P. Guererri, S. Gray, K.

Comfort.

HEAT 2: G. Farnsworth, R. Swarthout, V. Vitale, R. Richmond, C.

Graham, R. Holden.

CONSI: D. Darling, T. Henderson, K. Stell, B. Champion Jr., L.

Lincoln, C. Ridsdale, M. Button.

FEATURE (20-laps): JERRY HAERS, Gary Farnsworth, Scott Ridley,

Rich Swarthout, Karl Comfort, Paul Guererri, Vince Vitale, Bill

Hoff, Todd Henderson, Randy Holden, Lance Dusett, Dale Darling,

Loren Lincoln, Steve Gray, Chuck Graham, Keith Stell, Rob

Richmond, Bob Champion Jr., Chris Ridsdale, Mike Button.

MODIFIED

HEAT 1: G. Tomkins, B. Turner, A. Johnson, S. Schultz, J. Plazek.

HEAT 2: R. Bliss Jr., P. Ward, B. Varin, S. Schrader, G. Tegg Jr.

HEAT 3: V. Coffey, T. Griffin, T. Bauer, J. Moravec, T. Henderson

CONSI: B. McCreadie, C. Donk, S. Boudinot, F. Hilton, R. White,

D. Ruggles.

FEATURE (35-laps): BOB McCREADIE, Gary Tomkins, Joe Plazek, Bryon

Turner, Alan Johnson, Ted Bauer, Pat Ward, Vic Coffey, Troy

Griffin, Scott Boudinot, Steve Schultz, Scott Schrader, Darryl

Ruggles, Fran Hilton, Bobby Varin, John Moravec, Ray Bliss Jr.,

Ron White, Charlie Donk, Gil Tegg Jr., Scott Benedict.