PAINE TOPS CANANDAIGUA MOD RUN

CANANDAIGUA, NY...Steve Paine, from Waterloo, NY, nearly

lapped the entire starting field on his way to winning his second

DIRT Modified feature of the year at Canandaigua Speedway last

Saturday. Lance Dusett earned Canandaigua Sportsman victory

number 12, his first time back in victory lane since April 2000.

Jipp Ortiz won the Pro-Stock main while Adam DePuy continues as a

dominate force in the Street Stocks. Kaylee Schrader rocketed to

the victory in the first woman's "powder puff" race of the year.

The start of the 35-lap DIRT Modified main saw the yellow

immediately fly when Jeff Brownell Jr. slide off the speedway in

the first turn. He returned to the back of the line up and

continued.

Steve Gray was the early leader with Derrick Podsiadlo in

second. Gray built a two second lead over Podsiadlo as Charlie

Donk and Ray Bliss battled for third. But coming through the

field, from his 18th place starting spot, was Steve Paine. Paine

was fifth by lap nine and, in what seemed to be one move, passed

Podsiadlo, Donk and Gary Tomkins for second on lap 11. Two laps

later he dusted off Gray and started to build at lead.

By lap 17 Paine had pulled out to nearly a four second

advantage over the field and was in heavy lapped traffic. Donk

was now second followed by Tomkins, Vic Coffey, Gray and Chad

Brachmann. The final laps saw Paine lap all but the top seven

cars in what amounted to a high speed driving school lesson.

Tomkins passed Donk with ten to go to take second.

At the finish it was Paine followed by Tomkins, Donk, Coffey

and Brachmann. Randy Chrysler finished sixth and was the first

358-modified in the finish. The last car on the lead lap was

Justin haers in seventh.

Lance Dusett lead all 25-laps of the DIRT Sportsman feature.

He pulled away from the field, with Steve Doell, Phil LaVare, Rob

Bussey and Rick Miller, all in hot pursuit. But none of them

could keep up with Dusett. By lap 10, Lance held a six second, or

over a full straight away lead on Doell in second.

Scott Schrader seemed to be the only car faster then Dusett.

He took second from Doell on lap 11. One lap later the yellow

flew when Frank Wadsworth looped out in the first turn. This

would tighten the field up for the restart.

Schrader immediately started to challenge Dusett for the

lead on the restart. On the back stretch he tried to duck low,

but Dusett still had enough power to hold Schrader off.

The yellow came out for a second time when points leader

Eldon Payne Jr. spun in the first turn. A two car spin, Loren

Lincoln and John Plumb, in the third turn slowed the action one

lap later.

Finally a six lap dash to the checkers was in motion. Dusett

held on for the win, beating Schrader to the line by .526

seconds. Paul Guererri worked his way into third followed by Dan

Weisner and Dick Park Jr.. Dusett averaged 90.726 miles per hour

for the victory.

The start of the Pro-Stock feature saw three different

leaders in the first three laps; Wayne Ellison, Brian Thompson

and Roger Chrysler. It would be Chrysler who could pull away and

start to take command of the race. On lap five the yellow flew

when Thompson, running in second, spun out with a flat tire in

the third turn. This moved Frank Guererri jr. into second.

Guererri Jr. started to challenge Chrysler repeatedly. then

on lap ten, Jipp Ortiz entered the picture attempting to pass

Guererri Jr. on the high side down the back stretch for second.

This move failed, but two laps later Ortiz was able to make his

pass stick when the yellow flew for Matt Grubbe, who had spun in

the first turn.

Ortiz was able to pass Chrysler for the lead on lap 14 and

come home the winner. Chrysler held on for second followed by

Guererri Jr., James Henry and Kevin Smith. The average speed for

the race was 72.569 miles per hour.

The Street Stock main saw 29 cars answer the starter's call.

The start of the feature had to be aborted for a multi car tangle

in the first turn. The second attempt to start the feature was

much better with Mike Minutolo taking the lead followed by Jason

Whipple, Mike Murphy and Randy Peters.

Lap five saw Nick Dandino slow to a stop on the front

stretch for the yellow. On the restart Mike Welch passed Minutolo

for the front position. Welch was now leading Murphy, Adam Depuy

and Minutolo. Depuy finally passed Welch on lap 10 for the lead.

Dandino, who had returned from the pits two laps down, was

now the cause of a red flag. As the field exited turn four the

car of Steve Faulkner was hit and disabled. Without steering his

car drifted high across the front stretch. Dandino had no place

to go, slamming the outside wall and flipping over the Faulkner

car. Both drivers emerged uninjured.

With just three laps remaining Depuy led the field down to

the checkers. Welch finished second. A torrid battle for third

saw Rocco Conte drift high and make contact with Blane Smith in

the fourth turn of the final lap. This sent both drivers spinning

and wheels flying. Minutolo weaved through the accident to take

third. Murphy and Nick Rizzo completed the top five finishers.

The ladies races saw Kaylee Schrader pass both Laurie Hixson

and Jill Mott to win her first "Powder Puff" race of the year.

This Saturday Autogenesis and Canandaigua Chrysler-Dodge

will be hosting the racing action from the "Land of Legends". A

full program of DIRT Modified, Sportsman, Pro-Stock and Street

Stocks will be added to by the Central New York Mini-Sprints.

Also new this Saturday the Street Stock division will be running

qualifying heats, like all other divisions. A special B-Main for

non-qualified cars will then be run separately, with points

awarded in the B-Main also. Starting time for the evening events

will be at 7 p.m. sharp.

CASTLE CAR CARE PRODUCTS NIGHT SUMMARY

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: J. Whipple, R. Peters, A. Depuy, S. Deline, K. LaVare.

HEAT 2: N. Peckham, M. Welch, C. Hunt, B. Smith, C. Jacobs.

HEAT 3: M. Murphy, M. Minutolo, R. Conte, E. Chapman, D. Barrett.

FEATURE (15-laps): ADAM DEPUY, Mike Welch, Mike Minutolo, Mike

Murphy, Nick Rizzo, Nat Peckham, Leroy Lewis, Randy Peters, Jason

Whipple, Eric Chapman, Josh Smallidge, Darren Phippen, Corey

Hunt, George LaVare, Don Jones, Charles Vohs, Daryl Barrett,

Kevin Collins, Blane Smith, Rocco Conte, Rod Comfort Jr., Joe

Woodruff, Steve Faulkner, Chris Jacobs, Mike Ventra, Nick

Dandino, Frank Burnell, Kyle LaVare, Scott Deline, DNS: Chris

Force.

LADIES FEATURE (8-laps): KAYLEE SCHRADER, Jill Mott, Laurie

Hixson, Tracy Cooper, Ashley Barbar, Jamie Ordway, Patty Rizzo,

Sandra Lawren, Laurie Whipple, Gail Jones, Judy Woodruff, Car

41m, Julie DeWind, Mary Anne Minutolo, Vicky Martin.

PRO-STOCK

HEAT 1: C. Homan, W. Ellison, K. Smith, B. Thompson, D. Hilkert,

J. Ortiz.

HEAT 2: F. Guererri Jr., J. Henry, R. Chrysler, B. Hallett, M.

Grubbe, B. Brown.

FEATURE (20-laps): JIPP ORTIZ, Roger Chrysler, Frank Guererri

Jr., James Henry, Kevin Smith, Bill Hallett, Daryl Hilkert, Chad

Homan, Brian Thompson, Matt Grubbe, Billy Brown, Doug Smith,

Wayne Ellison, DNS: Tom Fuller.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: L. Dusett, R. VanNeil, J. Henderson, P. LaVare, C.

Mangiarelli, J. Miller.

HEAT 2: E. Payne Jr., S. Doell, T. Henderson, S. Schrader, D.

park Jr., R. Bussey.

HEAT 3: P. Guererri, D. Allen, D. Weisner, L. Lincoln, R. Miller,

J. Plumb.

FEATURE (25-laps): LANCE DUSETT, Scott Schrader, Paul Guererri,

Dan Weisner, Dick Park Jr., David Allen, Rob Bussey, Todd

Henderson, Eldon Payne Jr., Jon Miller, Loren Lincoln, John

Plumb, Phil LaVare, Rick Miller, Steve Doell, Justin Henderson,

Gus Hurlburt, Mike Johnson, Amy Pfeffer, Chris Mangiarelli, Ricky

VanNeil, Frank Wadsworth, Dale Kissel, DNS: Andrew Joy.

DIRT MODIFIEDS

HEAT 1: J. Haers, C. Brachmann, D. Ruggles, R. Chrysler, S. Gray,

R. Bliss.

HEAT 2: D. Podsiadlo, K. Comfort, V. Coffey, C. Donk, G. Tomkins,

C. Graham.

HEAT 3: S. Paine, C. Bower, M. Bliss, J. Brownell Jr., M. Ward,

J. Pfeffer.

CONSI: S. Boudinot, R. Miller, S. Whaley, R. Cartwright Jr., J.

Hull, B. Michels, J. Roberts.

FEATURE (35-laps): STEVE PAINE, Gary Tomkins, Vic Coffey, Charlie

Donk, Chad Brachmann, Randy Chrysler, Justin Haers, Steve Gray,

Darryl Ruggles, Chuck Bower, Chuck Graham, Karl Comfort, Jeff

Brownell Jr., Ray Bliss, John Pfeffer, Derrick Podsiadlo, Scott

Boudinot, Jim Roberts, Ron Cartwright Jr., Randy Miller, Shannon

Whaley, Mike Ward, Jim Hull, Brian Michels, Bobby Parrow, Mike

Bliss.