MIKE CLAPPERTON WINS FIRST EVER AT FIVE MILE POINT

KIRKWOOD, NY... Mike Clapperton scored his first ever DIRT Modified feature win at Five Mile Point Speedway on Saturday. Den-

nis Dietrich and Rick Longstreet also scored first career wins while Chuck Boman took his fifth victory on Skoal Racing/Red Barrel Food

Stores/WIX Filters Night.

The DIRT Modified feature was marred by a massive pileup on lap nine that involved 15 cars. On a lap nine restart third running Roy Shields made contact with Dave Mead and Dick Sundgren, trigger-

ing the melee that saw Doug Worthing take a series of nasty flips. All drivers walked away uninjured from the devastating crash Dick Longstreet held the lead from the drop of the green and had

Sundgren, Butch Tittle and eventually Mike Clapperton hot on his bumper. Clapperton moved ahead of Tittle for second on lap 22

and went to work on Longstreet. These three drivers then put on a tremendous battle for the lead.

While Clapperton worked on leader Longstreet, Tittle was able

to sneak ahead of him on several occasions. The race went right down

to the wire between those three as well as Sundgren and Glenn Knapp, who were very close behind. With two laps to go they were running three wide for the lead.

As they got the white flag Clapperton went to the outside but Longstreet held him off until they went into turn three for the final time. It was there that Clapperton set up the winning pass as he again dove to the outside. As they came out of turn four they were side-by-side but Clapperton won the drag race to the finish to claim his first DIRT Modified win at Five Mile Point. The victory gave him a guaranted starting spot in the "VICTORIA 200" at Fulton n October.

Longstreet had to settle for second ahead of Tittle, Sundgren and Knapp. Larry Kelleher, Bobby Puckett, Dave Mead, Randy Davenport and Chuck Akulis rounded out the top ten.

The DIRT Sportsman feature found Dave Rosa in front for the

first nine laps. Right behind him was Dennis Dietrich and Gary Stage. Dietrich moved around Rosa to take the lead on lap 10 with Stage following behind him. Stage hounded Dietrich over the final ten laps and was able to get

to the outside of him on several occasions. Dietrich was not to be denied and he went on to capture his first career feature win and a guaranteed starting spot in the Sportsman portion of the "VICTORIA 200" weekend.

Stage was a very close second ahead of Rosa, Jim Gabriel, Jr. and Boyd Carlyle. Sixth through tenth went to Marty Goodwin, Bobby Yeager, Eddie McKernan, Dave Calaman and Bill Deckleman.

The Street Stock feature went right down to the wire. Rick Longstreet and Joe Scofield were looking for their first wins and they were hooked up in a three car battle for the lead with defend- ing track champ Jim Crawn. Both Scofield and Crawn tried every angle around Longstreet but

to no avail. Longstreet scored his first career feature win with Scofield

and Crawn very close behind. Ricky Whitman and Greg McKernan

rounded out the top five. Positions six through ten went to Dave Rumsey, Butch Klinger, Randy Gates, Doug Nelson and Dennis Reilly. The Pure Stock feature saw Chuck Boman go wire to wire to claim his fifth win of the year. He was followed by Reed Maryott,

Michelle Thoman, Bob Lane and Joe Rafferty. They were followed by Mike Stolarcyk, Al Colingwood, Mike Rhodes, Dan Youngs and Bryan Post. COUNTER POINTS...Clapperton was the 1989 Street Stock track champ at the Point... Five drivers have claimed first career Five Mile

Point wins in the last two weeks...Dick Longstreet fell just inches short of winning on the same night as his son Rick... This Saturday the pits will be open to the public at 1:00 p.m. where drivers will be

on hand with their cars for an autograph session. The pits will be open to the general public from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dusty the Clown will also be on hand for the kids... Later that night the DIRT Modifieds, DIRT Sportsman, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks will be in competition. The Sportsman feature will be a Citgo STAR Series Championship race...Five Mile Point will hold a Poster Contest on Saturday. Prizes will be given during the night

DIRT MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH: MIKE CLAPPERTON, Dick Longstreet, Butch Tittle, Dick Sundgren, Glenn Knapp, Larry Kelleher, Bobby Puckett, Dave Mead, Randy Davenport, Chuck Akulis, Joel Batzel, Tim Olenski, Dan Hineline, Mike Colsten, Dave Beal, Jim Witko, Jr, Brian Davis, Steve Walsh, Dave Jenkins, Doug Worthing, Mark Schoonover, Ralph Mele, Jim Witko Sr., Steve Babicek, Roy Shields.

DIRT SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH: DENNIS DIETRICH, Gary Stage, Dave Rosa, Jim Gabriel, Jr., Boyd Carlyle, Marty Goodwin, Bobby Yeager, Ed McKernan, Dave Calaman, Bill Deckleman, Dave Locke, Gary Allen, Roger Cook, Greg Hoke, Bill Walters, Mike Milewski, Jim Toy, Jerry Northrup, Bill Richards, Jason Raught.

STREET STOCK FEATURE FINISH: RICK LONGSTREET, Joe Scofield, Jim Crawn, Ricky Whitman, Greg McKernan, Dave Rumsey, Butch Klinger, Randy Gates, Doug Nelson, Dennis Reilly, Rob Harder, Jamie Shea, Al Travis, Art Darling, Jr., Mark Aldrich, Johnny Walker, Lyle Williams, Bob Getchell, Larry Lane, Pete Crawn, Charlie Hendrickson, Gary Card, Matt Ellsworth.

PURE STOCK FEATURE FINISH: Chuck Boman, Reed Maryott, Michelle Thoman, Bob Lane, Joe Rafferty, Mike Stolarcyk, Al Colingwood, Mike Rhodes, Dan Youngs, Bryan Post, Don Hart, Jr., Bill Clark, Ricky Seely.