McCREADIE SCORES AGAIN AT CANANDAIGUA, VITALE TAKES TOP SPORTSMAN
CANANDAIGUA, NY...6/28/97.....Bob McCreadie once again found himself a
top the finishing order at the Canandaigua Speedway last Saturday
evening. Vince Vitale took top honors in the sportsman main
event, while Tom Barron topped the street stock division. Scott
Knapp won the enduro race and Bruce Carmen from Shaftsberry,
Vermont, won the special old timers race.
The modified division looked to be off to a uneventful start
as they took starter Tommy Burton's green flag. But on lap five
the yellow came out when Chuck Hebing spun in the four turn. The
restart saw Charlie Donk slow on the speedway, setting up yet
another restart. This time seven cars became entangled in a front
straight accident, which saw Bryon Turner flip his J. G. Turner
Construction mount after being slammed full bore by Troy Griffin.
Turner emerged shaken but uninjured after this hard impact.
Bobby Varin, who started near the front continued to lead
until lap nine, when Gary Tomkins passed Varin on a restart after
Chuck Hebing looped his car again. Tomkins looked to have the
field covered until lap 20 when he slowed coming down the front
chute. He pulled his Bill Trout Lincoln-Mercury mount to the high
side of the first turn with a broken right rear axle. This left
Bobby Varin in the lead again.
The restart saw Varin slow down the back stretch on lap 21
with an overheating motor due to a faulty radiator cap. This left
Bob McCreadie to assume the lead. He was followed by Joe Plazek
and Alan Johnson. Johnson's fine run ended on lap 26 when his
front wheel went sailing towards the pit area. It landed
harmlessly but Johnson was done for the night.
McCreadie held off Plazek in the closing laps to win the 35-
lap feature. He was followed across the finish line by Plazek,
John Moravec, Vic Coffey and Pat Ward.
The 20-lap sportsman main event saw Vince Vitale take the
lead on the second lap and cruise to victory. However this
"cruise" was rough to say the least as six cautions slowed the
race. He was followed across the finish line by Lance Dusett,
Scott Ridley, Karl Comfort and Randy Holden.
The 15-lap street stock main event saw only one caution,
that coming on lap 11 when Foster Hughes slowed to a stop outside
of the third and fourth turns. Tom Barron passed Dave Aurand on
lap three to chase down the victory. Frank Guererri came home in
second followed by Aurand, Les Whyte and Rick Miller.
The Old Timers Classic Club was on hand featuring a number
of antique Big Cars and Midgets from the 30's and 40's. Bruce
Carmen won aboard a 1932 Big Car (sprinter). Pat Ward
participated in the old timers' event.
The 15-lap enduro only had to be red flagged once when Leroy
Lewis flipped in the fourth turn on lap nine. Scott Knapp claimed
the victory.
This Saturday will find the return of the ESS Sprint cars
for their annual July 4th weekend appearance. They join a
complete regular program featuring the modifieds, sportsman,
street stocks and enduros. Race time at the Ontario County
Fairgrounds in Canandaigua will be at 7 p.m. sharp.
FINGER LAKES CASTLE CHEMICALS NIGHT SUMMARY
ENDURO
FEATURE (15-laps): SCOTT KNAPP, David Allen, Ron Strickland,
Beatle Peters, Mike Archer, Tom Juhl, Dave Conant, Mike Flock,
Walt Bond, Mike Darling, Dave Stoddard, Jamie Eldridge, Bob Juhl,
Russ Hefti, Leroy Lewis, Brad Steinruck, Fred Salsberg, Leonard
Boor, Dan Mettler.
STREET STOCK
HEAT 1: F. Guererri, T. Barron, J. McGuigan, F. Hughes.
HEAT 2: D. VanArsdale, L. Whyte, D. Aurand, Ri. Miller.
FEATURE (15-laps): TOM BARRON, Frank Guererri, Dave Aurand, Les
Whyte, Rick Miller, Steve Pesarek, Dave VanArsdale, Chris
Ferguson, Dave McQuay, Jim Burba, Randy Miller, Foster Hughes,
Betty Fremouw, Jim McGuigan, Nick Rizzo, Billy Brown.
SPORTSMAN
HEAT 1: B. Hoff, S. Ridley, P. Guererri, M. Button, L.
Lauffenburger.
HEAT 2: K. Comfort, V. Vitale, R. Holden, K. Stell, R. Swarthout.
HEAT 3: L. Dusett, L. Lincoln, G. Farnsworth, T. Henderson, D.
Darling.
CONSI: S. Gray, C. Graham, S. Joy, B. Champion Jr., J. Haers, R.
Richmond, J. Sauders Jr.
FEATURE (20-laps): VINCE VIATLE, Lance Dusett, Scott Ridley, Karl
Comfort, Randy Holden, Todd Henderson, Lance Lauffenburger, Rich
Swarthout, Keith Stell, Gary Farnsworth, Rob Richmond, Jerry
Haers, Steve Gray, Bob Champion Jr., Scott Joy, Paul Guererri,
Chuck Graham, Mike Button, Dale Darling, John Sauders Jr., Loren
Lincoln.
MODIFIED
HEAT 1: G. Tomkins, T. Bauer, B. Turner, B. McCreadie, P. Ward.
HEAT 2: J. Plazek, A. Johnson, J. Moravec, R. Bliss Jr., T.
Griffin, B. Varin.
FEATURE (35-laps): BOB McCREADIE, Joe Plazek, John Moravec, Vic
Coffey, Pat Ward, Charlie Donk, Tim Burnett, Scott Schrader, Alan
Johnson, Ted Bauer, Bobby Varin, Gary Tomkins, Fran Hilton, Chuck
Hebing, Bryon Turner, Troy Griffin, Ray Bliss Jr.