PRENTICE, LIAS, FURLONG AND GRANOWSKI VISIT VICTORY LANE AT BREWERTON
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE Race date July 11, 1997
Brewerton, N.Y.-Another new face joined the winner's circle at the Brewerton Speedway on
Exide Battery-Carquest Night at the D-Shaped DIRT Demon. Central Square driver Scott Prentice
captured his first main event of the year in his family owned 47. Prentice!
held off the charge of Bob McCreadie and Pat Ward. In victory lane he indicated, "Our other
car didn't work and we thought we would try this one. I think we'll keep running it." The
Prentice car was originally built to compete on the mile at Syracuse, but !
ironically it showed it could master the short surface on the three-eighth's of a mile track.
Meanwhile, Greg Furlong captured the dwarf main, Sean Lias snapped a season long drought in
the IMCA division and it was Ed Granoski coming on in the late stages t!
o win the four cylinder feature.
Roger Phelps took the lead from his outside front row starting spot, but two laps later it
was Gil Tegg leading the way. On the sixth lap Bob Melone ended up with front-end damage in
the second turn, but on the restart Scott Prentice took over. By the tent!
h lap it was Billy Decker closing in on Prentice, but the eventual winner was able to
continue to set the pace. On the 16th lap the field bunched again at Bobby Varin's right
front was ripped off. As the race reached the halfway point it was Prentice, Decke!
r, Pat Ward, Bob McCreadie and Gill Tegg holding down the top five positions. A lap later
Ward powered under Decker for the runner up spot, but Bob McCreadie was on the move. With
nine laps to go McCreadie was second and started to pressure Prentice. Bob p!
ulled down low and nearly pulled off the pass with a few laps left, but Prentice drove away
for his biggest win of the season. Following Prentice and McCreadie were Pat Ward, Billy
Decker and Tim McCreadie.
In the 20-lap dwarf feature Greg Furlong started12th and by the fifth lap was seventh. On a
restart after a yellow Furlong went from seventh to first in one lap as he dove under Jim
Gray and Frank Doll Jr. Furlong ran off for his second win of the year. The!
race was redflagged on the 11th lap as Butch Wadsworth flipped wildly down the front
stretch. His car was extensively damaged, but the driver was only shaken by the crash. At
the checker it was Greg Furlong winning over Troy Van Allen, Frank Doll, C. J. C!
rawford and Buddy Lewis.
Many new faces were running toward the front of the IMCA main event as John Thayer set the
early pace, but on the ninth lap defending track champion Sean Lias went into the lead. Lias
was threatened in the waning stages of the event by newcomer Craig Simmo!
ns, but held on for the win. Lias was followed by Simmons, Rob Keller, Thayer and Curt
Stiles.
The four cylinder main event was a side-by-side battle between Ed Granoski and Bill
Klinkowsky. In the early stages Klinkowsky was on top, but by the second circuit Bob Haws
took over. A scramble near the midway point saw Granoski go in front again while Ge!
orge Kirchoff was solidly in the lead group. Granoski gained his second win of the year while
Klinkowsky settled for second. In third was Haws followed by Kirchoff and Jim Olin.
Pit Stops-Heats went to Lias, Rob Keller and New Hampshire's Len West in IMCA competition,
Prentice and Tegg won mod prelims. Frank Doll and Furlong were tops in their dwarf heats.
Haws and Granoski won the four cylinder heats...Modified driver Bill Smith's!
car broke in warm ups...Scott Updyke was the newest modified driver...Women on wheels
winners were Kari Shuba, Shelly O'Neil and Lisa Chesbro...Next Friday at 7:30 p.m. a four
division show is on tap along with Supermodified drivers on dirt as Ken Bell, Da!
n Soule, Howard Page, Todd Stowell, Steve Gioia, Ed Bellinger, and others are expected to
compete.
Modified Feature-Scott Prentice, Bob McCreadie, Pat Ward, Billy Decker, Tim McCreadie, Gil
Tegg, Tim Fuller, Chuck Bower, Bill Gill, Jim Phelps, Roger Phelps, Dana Wagner, Ray Bliss,
Bob Varin, Tom Sears, Scott Updyke, Bob Melone.
Dwarf Main-Greg Furlong, Troy Van Allen, Frank Doll, C.J. Crawford, Buddy Lewis, Darren
Forbes, Chuck Weiland, Ed Bell, Jim Fredenburg, Pat Pontello, Ted Clinton, Scott Nash, Eric
Crawford, Martin Amyot, Jim Gray, Butch Wadsworth, Alan Ziprich, Clark Weston!
, Kelly Skinner, Bob Bird, Dennis Johnson.
IMCA Feature-Sean Lias, Craig Simmons, Rob Keller, John Thayer, Curt Stiles, Kevin Auyer, Len
West, Neil Edgar, Don Alvord, Jim Walsh, Carmen Vona, Dane Keller, Jim Graves, Ron O'Neil,
Tom Horning, Les Hubbard, Coleen Finch, Henry Tanner, Tony Finch, Bill A!
nderson, Dick Weiland, Glen Erwin, Jim Evans.
Four Cylinders-Ed Granoski, Bill Klinkowsky, Bob Haws, George Kirchoff, Jim Olin, Ken
Klinkowsky, Jonathan Amidon, Chuck Powelczyk, Julio Garcia, Tom Koch, Billy Clark, Ray
Chittenden, Gary Morrissette, Nick Leonard, Phil Trimm and Roger Olschewske. DNS Ric!
k Shannon and Eric Clark.