VIC COFFEY SURVIVES TO CLAIM THIRD MODIFIED MAIN OF THE YEAR; WINS ALSO TO GUERERRI, DEPUY AND ORTIZ
CANANDAIGUA, NY...Vic Coffey survived six yellow flags to
claim his third win of the year at Canandaigua Speedway last
Saturday evening. Paul Guererri earn the victory in the DIRT
Sportsman 25-lap main. In full fender action Adam DePuy won the
15-lap Street Stock feature and Jipp Ortiz won the 20-lap Pro-
Stock main.
The start of the 35-lap DIRT Modified feature saw Jeff
Brownell Je. take the lead with Shannon Whaley challenging. These
two broke away by three car lengths before a rash of yellows
flew. On lap five, Darryl Ruggles brought out the initial yellow
when he slowed going down the back stretch. On the restart Gary
Tomkins got crossed up in the second turn and was hit from behind
by John Pfeffer. The second attempt to restart the main saw Dale
Darling tag the front stretch concrete and had the front end on
his 48x collapse.
Finally following numerous realignments and yellows it
seemed that the race would resume. Chuck Bower took the lead with
Brownell jr. in tow. But one lap later the yellow was out again
when Ron Cartwright Jr. sailed over the fourth embankment. One
lap later the yellow flew for Brian Michels, who spun out in the
same spot in the fourth turn.
Bower now was leading Vic Coffey, Steve Paine and Ron
Smoker. Paine started to move up on lap 17 taking to the high
side of the back stretch to pass Coffey. The next lap he ducked
to the low side of the back stretch and tried to get by Bower for
the lead. Bower was able to hold him off. On lap 21 the yellow
was out again this time for a spin by Whaley in the second turn.
The restart saw Coffey get by both Bower and Paine to grab
the lead. Coffey then began to stretch his advantage. At first
his lead hovered in the two second range. But after getting into
lapped traffic Coffey took the checkers nearly six seconds in the
lead. Paine came home in second followed by Chad Brachmann,
Smoker and Haers. Bower fell back to finish seventh. Randy
Chrysler was the first 358-Modified across the finish line to
earn victory lane honors.
The 25-lap saw Loren Lincoln leading nearly three-fourths of
the race. At first he was able to hold off David Allen. When Dick
park Jr. passed Allen on lap seven, Lincoln was able to race
side-by-side with Park Jr. and still maintain his lead. From lap
eight to 15 it was Lincoln vs. Park Jr.. On lap 16 Lance Dusett
took his run at lincoln and fell short. What finally spelled the
end to Lincoln's lead was the yellow flag!
Two earlier yellows had flown. On lap two for a three car
jingle in the second turn and on lap five for a tangle on the
inside of the fourth turn involving Gus Hurlburt and Mike
Johnson. Each time Lincoln had been able to maintain his
advantage. Now on lap 18 the yellow was out when newcomer Eric
Heffernan slide off the first turn and into the Jersey Barrier.
On the restart Paul Guererri made his pass on Lincoln stick.
Guererri even had to hold off Lincoln one more time when
Rick Miller looped out in the first turn on lap 20 to bring out
the yellow.
Guererri took the win followed by Scott George, Dusett,
Eldon Payne Jr. and Lincoln.
The 20-lap Pro-Stock main turned out to be a great race.
Daryl Hilkert took off to an early lead with Jipp Ortiz in tow
some seven cars back. By lap five Ortiz had caught Hilkert, but a
mistake by Ortiz, going too high in the fourth turn caused
Hilkert to again open up a seven car lead.
Again Ortiz caught Hilkert. On lap 15 it was Hilkert's turn
to go too high in the third turn allowing Ortiz to draw along
side. Following a side-by-side duel Hilkert came out in the lead.
On lap 18, Ortiz swung to the high side of the back stretch and
passed Hilkert for the lead. One lap later, with the white flag
flying, late arrival at the speedway, Bill Hallett, ducked low
and was able to get by Hilkert for second. Chad Homan and James
Henry rounded out the top five finishers.
A post race protest on the Ortiz car was posted by Hilkert.
As of this writing nothing was found illegal with the Ortiz car.
The 15-lap Street Stock main also got off to a rocky start
with a three car tangle on the low side of the fourth turn on the
first lap. Daryl Barrett was credited with leading that first
lap. From that point on it would all be Adam Depuy in the lead.
Numerous problems existed in realigning the field following
cautions as no one seemed to want to freeze the field when the
yellow came out. A number of drivers tried to advance themselves
under the yellow.
At the checkers its was Depuy with the win followed by Blane
Smith, Nick Dandino, Mike Murphy and Mike Welch.
LEGENDS' LEDGER: It was great to see Troy Griffin back at
the speedway. Troy has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease.
A benefit was held for him in Shortsville on Friday that raised
over $8,000. His one wish was that he could have one last time
behind the wheel of a modified. The Ruggles family made that
happen and Griffin took the 48x, usually driven by Dale Darling,
out in hot laps and was able to start last in the first heat
race. Come feature time Darling was back aboard the 48x...A
speedy surface was not kind to starter Dave Farney, who was
celebrating his 50th birthday. A rock sailed into Farney's
forehead giving him the gift of a large lump.
This Saturday the Patriot Sprints return for their second
appearance at the speedway. Black Rock Speedway, the Patriot's
home track, will be running the sprinters the night before,
Friday and then come back with a special show not involving the
sprints on Saturday. This allows the sprinters to join
Canandaigua for the night. They will be joining the DIRT
Modifieds, Sportsman, Pro-Stocks and Street Stocks in a five Star
program. Starting time will be directly at 7 p.m. sharp in order
to complete this packed program.
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FAIRBOARD NIGHT SUMMARY
STREET STOCKS
HEAT 1: D. Barrett, R. Peters, B. Smith, M. Murphy, L. Lewis.
HEAT 2: A. Depuy, M. Minutolo, J. Peckham, K. Collins, C. Hunt.
HEAT 3: N. Dandino, N. Peckham, D. Phippen, R. Conte, C. Vohs.
FEATURE (15-laps): ADAM DEPUY, Blane Smith, Nick Dandino, Mike
Murphy, Mike Welch, Rocco Conte, Randy peters, Nat Peckham, Jason
Whipple, Daryl Barrett, Nick Rizzo, Kevin Collins, Charles Vohs,
Don Jones, George LaVare, Corey Hunt, Joe Woodruff, Dave Buscemi,
Chris Jacobs, Darren Phippen, Steve Faulkner, Leroy lewis, Frank
Burnell, Mike Rasbeck, Jason Peckham, Mike Minutolo, Tim Burnell,
DNS: Rod Comfort Jr., Scott Deline.
PRO-STOCK
HEAT: B. Thompson, D. Hilkert, K. Smith, C. Homan, J. Henry, R.
Chrysler, J. Ortiz, B. Brown.
FEATURE (20-laps): JIPP ORTIZ, Bill Hallett, Daryl Hilkert, Chad
Homan, James henry, Kevin Smith, Roger Chrysler, Frank Guererri
jr., Brian Thompson, Billy Brown, Rick Florack, Cory Koltz.
SPORTSMAN
HEAT 1: P. LaVare, T. Henderson, M. Johnson, R. VanNeil, J.
Plumb.
HEAT 2: L. Dusett, D. Park Jr., L. Lincoln, S. Schrader, D.
Wiesner.
HEAT 3: D. Allen, G. Hurlburt, E. Payne Jr., S. George, J.
Miller.
FEATURE (25-laps): PAUL GUERERRI, Scott George, Lance Dusett,
Eldon payne Jr., Loren Lincoln, David Allen, Todd Henderson,
Scott Schrader, Ricky VanNeil, John Plumb, Rob Bussey, Phil
LaVare, Rick Miller, Dick Park Jr., Dan Wiesner, Eric Heffernan,
Mike Johnson, Gus Hurlburt, Frank Wadsworth, Dale Kissel, Justin
henderson, DNS: Jon Miller.
DIRT MODIFIED
HEAT 1: V. Coffey, S. Paine, C. Graham, J. Brownell Jr., C. Donk,
B. Michels.
HEAT 2: C. Brachmann, K. Comfort, M. Ward, S. Whaley, R. Smoker,
J. Haers.
HEAT 3: R. Cartwright Jr., D. Ruggles, C. Bower, G. Tomkins, D.
Podsiadlo, R. Chrysler.
FEATURE (35-laps): VIC COFFEY, Steve Paine, Chad Brachmann, Ron
Smoker, Justin Haers, Charlie Donk, Chuck Bower, Randy Chrysler,
Karl Comfort, Chuck Graham, Ron Cartwright Jr., Darryl Ruggles,
Derrick Podsiadlo, Mike Ward, Shannon Whaley, Scott Boudinot,
Mike Bliss, Brian Michels, Jeff Brownell Jr., Ron White, Mike
Payne, Dale Darling, Gary Tomkins, John Pfeffer, Steve Gray, DNS:
Bobby Parrow.