SIX DIFFERENT WINNERS AT THE LAND OF LEGENDS

CANANDAIGUA, NY...It was make up night at Canandaigua

Speedway last Saturday as the Pro-Stock and Sportsman features

from May 1 were finally able to be recorded in the record books.

Jipp Ortiz took top honors in the 20-lap Pro-Stock main while Jon

Miller added his name to the Canandaigua Sportsman Division

feature win list with victory number one in the 25-lap Sportsman

feature.

In regular night action Gary Tomkins cruised home the winner

in the exciting 35-lap DIRT Modified feature. Dan Weisner won the

regular Sportsman main and dedicated the win to his fallen crew

member Shane Palmer. Bill Hallett took top honors in the 20-lap

Pro-Stock feature and big Mike Minutolo won the 15-lap Street

Stock main.

Ron Cartwright Jr. took command of the DIRT Modified feature

at the drop of the green. He dropped back to second on the second

lap when Justin Haers took the lead in the race. Unfortunately

Cartwright Jr. was also the first caution as he slowed to a stop

in the second turn on lap eight following a side-by-side duel

with gary Tomkins for the runner up spot.

Haers continued to lead with Tomkins second followed by

Chuck Bower, Danny Johnson and Steve Paine. Multi-time feature

winner Vic Coffey was also not far behind in sixth.

Darryl Ruggles slowed on the front straight, lap 12, to

bring out the next yellow. This restart saw Coffey shot from

sixth to third as Tomkins passed Haers for the lead of the race.

As the pack exited the fourth turn on lap 16, the field was sent

scrambling as Chuck Graham had the front end suddenly break on

his 34g car. Shannon Whaley, to avoid contact with Graham's

disabled car, slammed the outside wall and buckled under his

right front wheel. Whaley was able to steer his car clear of the

action and come to a stop in the first turn.

Tomkins continued to lead with haers second. However this

restart saw Coffey bounced back to seventh, with Steve Paine

taking the third spot in the running order.

Danny Johnson was now on the move in the high line around

the track. Each lap he would go high around the leaders until lap

23, when the yellow came out again as Ron White and Mike Payne

got together in the second turn. Both drivers continued in the

event.

The restart saw Tomkins take advantage of the track and move

out to a strong lead over Johnson. the final yellow came on lap

31 when Mike Payne came to a stop in the second turn. Tomkins led

the parade home followed by Johnson, Paine, Bower and Haers. The

average speed of the race was 79.861 mph.

Bobby Parrow was the first 358-Modified across the finish

line, breaking the 358-modified honors built up by Randy

Chrysler.

The regular 25-lap DIRT Sportsman main saw Rick Miller take

the lead until a lap four restart when Dan Weisner then took

command of the race. A number of early race cautions slowed the

race but the long green run to the checkers from lap seven on

made for a quick average speed of 79.315 mph, just a tick slower

then the modified main. Weisner took the win nearly a full

straight away (3.149 seconds) ahead of last years track

divisional champion, Paul Guererri. Todd Henderson, Eldon Payne

Jr. and Ricky VanNeil rounded out the top five runners.

The 20-lap Pro-Stock feature was one of the most exciting

races of the night. Following a scary spin on a lap two restart

by Scott Fremouw, that nearly saw him pile up his Chevrolet on

the inside first turn cement, the real race was on.

The early laps were marked by three side-by-side, row-by-row

duels between the top six cars. Lap after lap they circled the

half mile speedway in position, and at speed to the delight of

the crowd. Chad Homan was recorded as the leader during most of

these laps. But on lap nine Roger Chrysler inched ahead. Homan

was again recorded as the leader on lap ten. A two car spin in

the second turn, between Matt Grubbe and Scott Fremouw brought

out the yellow.

Two laps after the restart Bill Hallett ducked low and

passed Homan for the lead. Hallett then pulled out to a .8 second

lead at the checkers. he was followed across the finish line by

James Henry, Jipp Ortiz, Homan and Chrysler. Hallett averaged

74.301 mph in his victory.

The usual ecstatic Hallett seemed somewhat subdued as he

explained the victory came largely due to his daughter altering

her wedding plans and reception during the afternoon so he could

race that evening.

The last of the regular features was the 15-lap Street Stock

main. Mike Minutolo took the lead from Darren Phippen on lap six

and sailed home the winner. Mike Welch, Darren Phippen, Rocco

Conte and returning veteran Nick Rizzo rounded out the top five

finishers.

In the early evening make up features from May 1, sixteen

Pro-Stocks answered the call for the start with Billy Brown and

Daryl Hilkert pacing the field to the green. Hilkert immediately

took the lead in an event that was to go green-to-checkers. On

lap nine Jipp Ortiz ducked low exiting the second turn and passed

Hilkert going down the backstretch. Jipp then pulled out to a

7.288 second lead at the finish, nearly a full half lap ahead of

Roger Chrysler, who passed Hilkert on the last lap for second.

Following Hilkert in fourth and fifth were Chad Homan and Bill

Hallett. The race averaged 82.842 mph on the nearly perfect

racing surface and proved to be the fastest feature race of the

evening.

The 25-lap rain delayed sportsman main was also clipped off

at the fast pace of 80.884 mph. Jon Miller beat Rick Miller into

the lead and never gave up his advantage during the race. Despite

five yellow flags, the race was run at near record pace. A lap

seven crash in the first turn saw Rob Bussey's car damaged enough

to have to sit out most of the qualifying races for the regular

night's program. His crew were able to get him back out for the

second feature of the night. Likewise Lance Dusett exploded a

motor on lap 13, ending his racing for the night. The remainder

of the yellow flags were all for minor spin outs.

At the finish it was Miller beating out Eldon payne Jr. by

.42 seconds. Scott Schrader came home in third with Todd

Henderson and Dan Weisner rounding out the top five.

This Saturday will be Castle Car Care Products night

featuring a regular program of DIRT Modified, Sportsman, Pro-

Stock and Street Stocks, plus the first ladies race of the year.

Race time starts at 7 p.m. sharp.

THE WALL 99.3 FM/LAVARE MOTORSPORTS NIGH SUMMARY

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: D. Marcuccilli, A. Depuy, T. Burnell, D. Phippen, R.

Peters, D. Barrett.

HEAT 2: M. Minutolo, B. Smith, N. Peckham, R. Conte, N. Dandino,

N. Rizzo.

HEAT 3: J. Whipple, S. Deline, L. Lewis, M. Welch, F. Burnell, M.

Murphy.

FEATURE (15-laps): MIKE MINUTOLO, Mike Welch, Darren Phippen,

Rocco Conte, Nick Rizzo, Blane Smith, Frank Burnell, Nick

Dandino, Nat Peckham, Jerry Condren, Leroy Lewis, Kevin Collins,

Chris Jacobs, Steve Faulkner, Don Jones, Jason Whipple, Corey

Hunt, George LaVare, Jeff Woodruff, Dave Marcuccilli, Mike

Murphy, Charles Vohs, Dave Buscemi, Mike Ventra, Randy Peters,

Daryl Barrett, Rod Comfort Jr., Adam Depuy, Scott Deline, Tim

Burnell, Kyle LaVare, Rick Gorton, Eric Chapman, DNS: Chris

Force.

PRO-STOCK

MAKE UP FEATURE 5/1/04 (20-laps): JIPP ORTIZ, Roger Chrysler,

Daryl Hilkert, Chad Homan, Bill Hallett, James Henry, Frank

Guererri Jr., Billy Brown, Bob Buono, Matt Grubbe, Brian

Thompson, Jim McGuigan, Scott Fremouw, Wayne Ellison, Tom Fuller,

Doug Smith, DNS: Kevin Smith, John Panatoni.

HEAT 1: J. Henry, C. Homan, R. Chrysler, D. Hilkert, B. Brown.

HEAT 2: F. Guererri Jr., J. Ortiz, B. Hallett, W. Ellison, M.

Grubbe.

FEATURE (20-laps): BILL HALLETT, James Henry, Jipp Ortiz, Chad

Homan, Roger Chrysler, Frank Guererri Jr., Daryl Hilkert, Billy

Brown, Bob Buono, Brian Thompson, Matt Grubbe, Doug Smith, Scott

Fremouw, Wayne Ellison, Tom Fuller, DNS: Jim McGuigan.

SPORTSMAN

MAKE UP FEATURE FROM 5/1/04 (25-laps): JON MILLER, Eldon payne

Jr., Scott Schrader, Todd Henderson, Dan Weisner, Gus Hurlburt,

Ricky VanNeil, Dick Park Jr., Rick Miller, Richard Briggs, Paul

Guererri, Justin Henderson, Dave Allen, Mike Johnson, Steve

Cheeseman, Phil LaVare, Steve Doell, Chris Mangiarelli, Lance

Dusett, Frank Wadsworth, Rob Bussey, DNS: Scott Joy, Loren

Lincoln.

HEAT 1: Ri. Miller, D. Weisner, D. Park Jr., J. Henderson, M.

Johnson.

HEAT 2: E. Payne Jr., T. Henderson, J. Miller, D. Allen, S.

Doell.

HEAT 3: P. LaVare, R. Briggs, P. Guererri, G. Hurlburt, S.

Schrader.

FEATURE (25-laps): DAN WEISNER, Paul Guererri, Todd Henderson,

Eldon Payne Jr., Ricky VanNeil, Scott Schrader, Dick park Jr.,

Rick Miller, Rob Bussey, Dave Allen, Justin Henderson, Phil

LaVare, Steve Doell, Richard Briggs, Mike Johnson, Loren Lincoln,

Frank Wadsworth, Gus Hurlburt, Jon Miller, Steve Cheesman, DNS:

Lance Dusett.

DIRT MODIFIED

HEAT 1: C. Bower, R. Cartwright Jr., K. Comfort, D. Podsiadlo, S.

Boudinot.

HEAT 2: C. Donk, C. Brachmann, J. Pfeffer, M. Ward, M. Bliss.

HEAT 3: J. Haers, G. Tomkins, S. Paine, V. Coffey, C. Graham.

HEAT 4: D. Johnson, D. Ruggles, R. Bliss, B. Parrow, S. Gray.

CONSI: Ra. Chrysler, S. Whaley, R. White, M. Payne, B. Michels.

TOP 5 IN 358 POINTS ADDED: J. Roberts

FEATURE (35-laps): GARY TOMKINS, Danny Johnson, Steve Paine,

Chuck Bower, Justin Haers, Chad Brachmann, Bobby Parrow, Charlie

Donk, Karl Comfort, Vic Coffey, Randy Chrysler, Ray Bliss, John

Pfeffer, Mike Ward, Scott Boudinot, Mike Bliss, Mike Payne,

Darryl Ruggles, Ron White, Steve Gray, Chuck Graham, Derrick

Podsiadlo, Shannon Whaley, Brian Michels, Ron Cartwright Jr., Jim

Roberts.