TOMKINS SAILS TO LAND OF LEGENDS VICTORY, ORTIZ REMAINS HOT!

CANANDAIGUA, NY...Gary Tomkins, from Phelps, NY, seems to

have turned the corner with the Elaine James-Honeyoe Auto Parts

Modified program at Canandaigua. Saturday he picked up his second

feature win of the year and his third top three finish in a row

at the track. He joins Steve Paine and Vic Coffey as the only

DIRT Modified feature winners this year at the speedway.

In Sportsman action Gus Hurlburt took the 25-lap Sportsman

feature. Hurlburt had earlier won a Canandaigua points race when

the sportsman teams went to Black Rock Speedway in a speedway

exchange program.

In full-fender action Jipp Ortiz remains hot picking up his

fourth Pro-Stock main in the last five outings. Mike Welch worked

his way through the wreckage and won the Street Stock feature. A

special appearance by the Central new York Mini-Sprints found

Rick Hench, from Newport, PA, in victory lane.

Shannon Whaley took the lead at the drop of the green in the

DIRT Modified 35-lap feature. Whaley was drawing away from the

competition when the yellow flew for Steve Paine, who performed a

rare spin-out in the second turn. On the restart Randy Chrysler

slide along the front stretch wall to bring out another yellow.

Chrysler had been running in seventh when he was punted into the

concrete. Also Whaley and Gary Tomkins touched resulting in

Whaley making contact with the outside second turn wall, ending

his great run.

Tomkins was now the leader and began to stretch out what

eventually resulted in a nine second lead over second place

Justin Haers. A tight battle for third between Coffey, Paine,

Chuck Bower and Chad Brachmann took the attention of the fans.

At the finish wire it was Tomkins averaging 83.911 mph to

take the victory. Haers, Paine, Coffey and Bower rounded out the

top five.

"I am sorry that the 44 (Whaley) and I got together on the

restart," lamented Tomkins. "He never saw me on the outside and

we touched."

The 25-lap Sportsman feature seemed like it would never get

over as caution-after-caution slowed the race. Five long caution

periods slowed the event.

Hurlburt took over the lead on lap four from Loren Lincoln

and never had to look back. The most interesting on track

incident involved Mike John, who's car was seen to be on fire.

Starter Dave Farney tried to get Johnson to stop or go to the pit

area, but he said he never saw the flag signals to do so. Finally

Ricky VanNeil came to a stop in front of the Johnson car forcing

Johnson to stop and have officials put the fire out.

In the closing laps invader Scott George tried numerous

times to try and get around for the lead. Hurlburt held steady

and took the win. George finished second followed by Paul

Guererri, John Plumb and Todd Henderson.

Hurlburt's win was tainted in post race inspection when he

was fined his winnings and earned only last place points for a

cylinder head infraction.

The Pro-Stock feature saw Chad Homan led all but the final

four circuits. For most of the race Homan held off the advances

of Daryl Hilkert and Roger Chrysler. On lap 12 the yellow flew

when James Henry came to a stop in the second turn with a flat

tire. During this yellow Chrysler too had to pit for a new tire

giving third place over to Frank Guererri Jr..

Jipp Ortiz, who started last in the 11 car starting field,

now took to the outside grove and picked off cars one-b-one. It

was as if he had waited until the last few laps before he started

to move up. By lap 15 he was second and on lap 17 he swung high

around Homan for the lead.

Ortiz came home the winner followed by Homan, Guererri Jr.,

Bill Hallett and Hilkert.

The 15-lap Street Stock feature started off on the wrong

foot when the red flag had to be flown for a multi-car accident

on the front stretch. Darren Phippen's car was completely

destroyed, with the fuel cell ripped from the car. Also involved

were Phil LaVare, Jim Cronin and Corey Hunt. The accident was

triggered when Steve Faulkner made contact with the concrete wall

and sent the field scrambling.

By lap four, with three cautions and a red flag under their

belts, it was Mike Murphy in the lead over Adam Depuy and Blane

Smith. On lap 11 Depuy dropped from the race with a flat tire.

One lap later it was Smith suffering the same fate. This moved

Mike Welch into second. On the final lap Murphy seemed to slow

going down the backstretch and Welch made his move to take the

win. Murphy finished second followed by newcomer Kevin Pangrazio.

Nat Peckham and Rocco Conte rounded out the top five.

Dale Beach, from Franklin, NY, took the lead in the 15-lap

Mini-Sprint feature at the drop of the green. Unfortunately his

car slowed to a stop exiting the fourth turn on lap four to cause

the first caution of the race.

Rick Hench was now leading and started to pull away from the

field. Cory Sparks, from Scotia, NY, was running a strong second

followed by Jared Fink, from Germantown, NY, in third.

A caution on lap 11 for the stopped sprinter of Jerry Sehn

on the back stretch did bunch up the front runners. Hench was

able to break free and score a ten car length victory over Sparks

and Fink. James Tomlinson, from Westport, CT, and Garry Moore,

from Oneonta, NY, rounded out the top five finishers. Sixteen

mini-sprints were on hand for the feature event.

CANANDAIGUA BRIEFS: At intermission a parade of Canandaigua

Chryslers was present including many of the newest Chrysler

models...Vic Coffey took his WoO Late Model out for a spin at the

end of the night. Coffey planned to race the car on Monday, June

21, at Fulton Speedway.

This Saturday will be Canandaigua Window Cleaning Plus, The

Comfort Zone and the Ontario County Fairboard night, honoring all

deceased board members. On track the DIRT Modifieds, Sportsman,

Pro-Stocks and Street Stocks will be ready for action. Race time

starts at 7 p.m. sharp.

AUTOGENESIS/CANANDAIGUA CHRYSLER-DODGE NIGHT SUMMARY

CNY MINI-SPRINTS

HEAT 1: R. Hench, P. Kuerner, D. Beach, G. Moore, C. VanBuren.

HEAT 2: C. Sparks, Car 2, J. Tomlinson, J. Kiser, A. Screbo.

FEATURE (15-laps): RICK HENCH, Cory Sparks, Jared Fink, James

Tomlinson, Garry Moore, Pat Kuerner, Dale Beach Jr., Aric

Copeland, Car 2, Marshall Gogg, Al Screbo, Jamie Kiser, Jeremy

Quick, Jerry Sehn, Chris VanBuren, Dale Beach, DNS: Don Harvey.

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: M. Minutolo, N. Dandino, K. Pangrazio, D. Barrett, N.

Rizzo.

HEAT 2: B. Smith, M. Murphy, R. Peters, N. Peckham, J. Whipple.

HEAT 3: A. Depuy, J. Condren, L. Lewis, R. Conte, S. Faulkner.

FEATURE (15-laps): MIKE WELCH, Mike Murphy, Kevin Pangrazio, Nat

Peckham, Rocco Conte, Nick Rizzo, Mike Minutolo, Daryl Barrett,

Nick Dandino, Mike Rasbeck, Randy Peters, Kevin Collins, Leroy

Lewis, Steve Faulkner, Don Jones, Rod Comfort Jr., George LaVare,

Joe Woodruff, Charles Vohs, Blane Smith, Mike Ventra, Adam Depuy,

Dave Buscemi, Corey Hunt, Jason Whipple, Jerry Condren, Darren

Phippen, Kyle LaVare.

PRO-STOCK

HEAT 1: J. Henry, F. Guererri Jr., J. Ortiz, B. Brown, K. Smith,

M. Grubbe.

HEAT 2: C. Homan, B. Thompson, D. Hilkert, B. Hallett, Ro.

Chrysler, S. Smith.

FEATURE (20-LAPS): JIPP ORTIZ, Chad Homan, Frank Guererri jr.,

Bill Hallett, Daryl Hilkert, Brian Thompson, James henry, Roger

Chrysler, Billy Brown, Kevin Smith, Spike Smith, DNS: Matt

Grubbe.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: J. Henderson, R. Bussey, S. George, P. Guererri, D. Park

Jr., M. Johnson.

HEAT 2: L. Lincoln, T. Henderson, S. Schrader, D. Allen, R.

Miller, J. Miller.

HEAT 3: J. Plumb, S. Doell, R. VanNeil, L. Dusett, G. Hurlburt,

P. LaVare.

FEATURE (25-laps): GUS HURLBURT, Scott George, Paul Guererri,

John Plumb, Todd Henderson, Eldon payne Jr., Ricky VanNeil, Dick

park Jr., Justin Henderson, David Allen, Rob Bussey, Lance

Dusett, Scott Schrader, Jon Miller, Phil LaVare, Amy Pfeffer,

Steve Cheeseman, Loren Lincoln, Rick Miller, Mike Johnson, Frank

Wadsworth, Steve Doell, Chris Mangiarelli, Dan Weisner, DNS: Dale

Kissel.

DIRT MODIFIED

HEAT 1: S. paine, D. Podsiadlo, K. Comfort, D. Ruggles, G.

Tomkins, R. Chrysler.

HEAT 2: J. Haers, C. Bower, B. Parrow, R. Smoker, S. Whaley, C.

Graham.

HEAT 3: V. Coffey, C. Donk, C. Brachmann, R. Bliss, S. Gray, B.

Michels.

CONSI: M. Ward, R. Cartwright Jr., J. Brownell Jr., E. White, M.

Bliss, D. Darling, J. Pfeffer,

FEATURE (35-laps): GARY TOMKINS, Justin haers, Steve Paine, Vic

Coffey, Chuck Bower, Chad Brachmann, Ron Smoker, Karl Comfort,

Darryl Ruggles, Charlie Donk, Bobby Parrow, Randy Chrysler, Ray

Bliss, Steve Gray, Jeff Brownell Jr., Chuck Graham, John Pfeffer,

Mike Ward, Derrick Podsiadlo, Ron Cartwright Jr., Ron White,

Brian Michels, Mike Bliss, Dale Darling, Shannon Whaley, Scott

Boudinot.