BOBBY VARIN EARNS FIRST CANANDAIGUA WIN

CANANDAIGUA, NY..7/12/97...Bobby Varin from Sharon Springs, NY, made

the long trip to Canandaigua a profitable one by taking his very

first feature win at the Canandaigua Speedway last Saturday

evening. Paul Guererri earned victory number two in the sportsman

division while Les Whyte racked up win number four at Canandaigua

in the street stock classification. Russ Hefti took top honors in

an exciting enduro main event.

Bryon Turner turned his pole starting position into what

looked like gold as he streaked out into the lead at the drop of

Tommy Burton's green flag for the Earl "Hoot" Frarey Memorial

modified 35-lapper on Ontario County Fairboard night at the

speedway. But before the oil temperatures could even get warm the

yellow flew when Fran Hilton and Chuck Hebing spun, making

contact in the third turn. The restart was not much better as

Darryl Ruggles was forced to stop in the middle of the fourth

turn, causing the second yellow of the event. With two laps in

and both being yellow, the racers were looking to make a long

green run. That happened for just two laps as the field was

slowed again when Bob McCreadie suffered a flat tire and stopped

in the fourth turn. The attempt at the restart saw Ray Bliss Jr.

stop in the second turn for the fourth yellow of the race.

One more yellow, for a spin by Chuck Hebing on lap 7, forced

the field to regroup yet again. On this last restart Bobby Varin

took the lead from Turner. The track would now stay green for the

time needed to for Varin to stretch out a substantial lead over

Gary Tomkins. Tomkins in turn stretched out a thirty car lead

over third place runner Charlie Donk. The yellow then flew for

debris in the first turn. On the restart Varin seemed to be able

to stretch his lead at will over Tomkins.

The final yellow saw some controversy as the scorers placed

Joe Plazek ahead of John Moravec. Moravec felt he still was in

front of Plazek. However as the green flew Plazek powered away

from Moravec and into third, as Donk was now battling Moravec for

fourth. In the closing laps Bob McCreadie was able to catch

Moravec, nipping him at the finish by a mere bumper. Moravec had

to settle for fifth. Varin took the victory followed by Tomkins,

Plazek and McCreadie.

In sportsman action Paul Guererri led from start to finish

of the 20-lap main event. On lap four the yellow flew when Scott

Ridley made contact with the rear of the Rich Swarthout machine.

Ridley, the track sportsman points leader, then took action by

hitting the Swarthout car under caution. Ridley was then black

flagged for the evening.

Guererri took the win over Chuck Graham, Vince Vitale, Todd

Henderson and Karl Comfort.

There were five lead changes in the 15-lap street stock

feature. Randy Miller was recorded as the first driver to lead

the race. On lap two Chris Ferguson took over the top spot, as

Foster Hughes spit off a rear wheel going down the back stretch

and directly into the pits. Ferguson led until lap 10, when Les

Whyte took over with a down low move out of turn two. Whyte then

found himself in a side-by-side battle with Frank Guererri.

Guererri was recorded as the leader on lap 11, but Whyte

immediately got the lead back until the finish. Guererri finished

in second followed by last week's winner David Aurand and

Ferguson. Only two yellows slowed the race.

Fred Salsburg looked to have victory in his sights for the

second week in a row, when a lapped car knocked him out of the

lead in turn four of the final lap of the enduro race. He

recovered to finish second behind Russ Hefti.

This Saturday night will see a complete program of

modifieds, sportsman, street stocks and enduros on tap, starting

at 7 p.m. It will be senior citizens night at the track.

ONTARIO COUNTY FAIRBOARD presents the EARL "HOOT" FRAREY MEMORIAL

NIGHT SUMMARY

ENDURO

FEATURE (15-laps): RUSS HEFTI, Fred Salsburg, Tom Juhl, Walt

Bond, Ron Hawker, Beatle Peters, Dave Conant, Mike Archer, Leroy

Lewis, Dave Ferguson, Scott Knapp, Mike Darling, Mike Minutolo,

Jermiah Wagner, Kevin Pollieck, David Allen, Leonard Boor.

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: B. Brown, Ri. Miller, D. Aurand, Ra. Miller.

HEAT 2: L. Whyte, C. Ferguson, F. Hughes, S. Pesarek.

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

Ferguson, Rick Miller, Randy Miller, Steve Pesarek, Lee Burnett,

Jim Burba, Bobby Lutz, Carl Reynolds, Dave VanArsdale, Billy

Brown, Dave McQuay, Dean DeMallie, Betty Fremouw, Foster Hughes.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: T. Henderson, S. Ridley, L. Dusett, L. Lincoln, D.

Darling.

HEAT 2: P. Guererri, C. Graham, S. Gray, R. Swarthout, K.

Comfort.

CONSI: V. Vitale, B. Hoff, R. Richmond, K. Stell, G. Farnsworth,

B. Champion Jr., C. Ridsdale, R. Holden, J. Haers.

FEATURE (20-laps): PAUL GUERERRI, Chuck Graham, Vince Vitale,

Todd Henderson, Karl Comfort, Loren Lincoln, Lance Dusett, Dale

Darling, Rob Richmond, Keith Stell, Bill Hoff, Jerry Haers, Chris

Ridsdale, Steve Gray, Bob Champion Jr., Gary Farnsworth, Rich

Swarthout, Scott Ridley, Randy Holden.

MODIFIED

HEAT 1: P. Ward, T. Bauer, J. Plazek, V. Coffey, R. Bliss Jr.

HEAT 2: J. Moravec, B. Turner, A. Johnson, D. Ruggles, S.

Boudinot.

HEAT 3: G. Tomkins, B. McCreadie, C. Donk, S. Schrader, B. Varin.

CONSI: G. Tegg Jr., S. Schultz, T. Griffin, C. Hebing, F. Hilton,

B. Morseman, G. Tatich, S. Updike.

FEATURE (35-laps): BOBBY VARIN, Gary Tomkins, Joe Plazek, Bob

McCreadie, John Moravec, Charlie Donk, Pat Ward, Bryon Turner,

Gil Tegg Jr., Vic Coffey, Scott Schrader, Ted Bauer, Alan

Johnson, Troy Griffin, Scott Boudinot, Darryl Ruggles, Steve

Schultz, Fran Hilton, Buddy Morseman, Chuck Hebing, Dan West,

Greg Tatich, Scott Updike, Ray Bliss Jr.