Afton 8/6/1993
Mike Clapperton, Al Macrabie, Russell Hendrickson, Brian Steigerwald, and Jim Giles each picked up feature wins on Mirabito Fuel Group/Quickway Convenience Stores Night on August 6 at Afton Raceway Park. The win was Clapperton's second win in a row and it marked the second time in as many years that he has won on his sponsor's night.
Mike Baldwin and Earl Walrath brought the field around for the start of the 358 Sportsmen Modified 25 lap feature event. Walrath took the early lead until Steve Eldred and Ed Hawley brought out the first caution on the second lap. Duane Hiller pulled into the the lead when the race was restarted and held it until Dave Rosa out powered him down the back stretch on the sixth lap. Rosa maintained the lead until his car got a little too loose and the rear end came around in turn two bringing out the caution.
This put Duane Hiller back in front but now six time feature winner Mitch Gibbs was sitting in the number two spot. Gibbs would not be a factor as after an eighth lap caution Gibbs took the #7 pitside for the evening. Hiller now had to hold off the charges of Jamie Page and J.R. Hurlburt and the three battled at the front until Chuck Kennison and Mike Clappeton worked by Jamie Page on the 13th lap. On lap 14 Mike Clapperton moved into third place just before J.R. Hurlburt spun out in turn two bringing out, the caution. This put Hiller in front, Clapperton in second, Kennison in third, Jamie Page in fourth and Dave Rosa in fifth. On the 17th circuit Clapperton pulled ahead of Hiller and never relinguished the lead. At the checkers it was Clapperton, Kennison, Page, newcomer Jeff Sheely and Wink Hinkley rounding out the top five.
In the Street Stock feature Ed Ward took the early lead only to have the 777 go up in smoke in turn two on the third lap. This put Gary Smith in the top spot with two time winner Herm Slack in second. Slack worked the Thunderbird by Smith for the lead on the 4th lap with Al MacRabie following him by on the 6th lap. The two battled for the lead with MacRabie gaining the advantage on the 10th lap. After Gary Smith pulled into the pits Gary Roberts moved up to join the race for the lead when the U2 spun out collecting Jerry Northrup, Tim French and Joel Batzel. This put Jeff Norton in third and Skip French in fourth. At the finish Al MacRabie held off Herm Slack to take the win, Jeff Norton crossed the line in third with Tim French fourth and Joel Batzel in fifth.
In the 4 Cylinder A Main Jonathan Lafever took the lead from Early race leader Rich Watson on the third lap. Watson recaptured the lead on a 6th lap restart until a 3 wide battle for the lead put Ron Flannery into the top spot. Flannery held the lead until Russell Hendrickson drove under the 6R on the ninth lap. Hendrickson held on to take the win. Jonathan Lafever crossed the line in second with Rich Watson third and Randy Haynes fourth. John Kostbar finished in the fifth spot.
In the 4 Cylinder B Main Brian Steigerwald lead flag-to-flag with Duane Kane taking second, Curt Sherman finishing in third and Lonnie Barnes and Jerry Lanfare rounding out the top five. In the first ever Pure Stock feature Jim Giles took the lead from Johh Terry on the 8th lap and never looked back in picking up his first ever feature win. Don Hart passed John Terry with two laps to go to take second with Kevin Craver finishing in fourth and Mark Wainwright taking fifth.