McCREADIE AND FERRI TAKE CANANDAIGUA CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

CANANDAIGUA, NY...Tim McCreadie, from Watertown, NY and Adam Ferri, from Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, were the big winners last Wednesday at Canandaigua Speedway. McCreadie took the $6,000 victory in the Advance Auto Parts 100, with his father Bob receiving the guaranteed starting spot at Syracuse for Super DIRT Week in October. Ferri won the 30-lap Western Region Sunoco Fuels DIRT Sportsman main event.

Brett Hearn, who set a new record of 100.083 mph in time trials, was lucky enough to redraw the pole starting position for the 100-lap feature. Hearn blasted into the lead at the drop of the green with Tim Fuller, Billy Decker, Pat Ward and Tim McCreadie in tow. As the second lap was going into the record books the yellow flew when Vince Vitale and Jeff brownell Jr. came together in the second turn and made contact with the outside barrier.

Hearn was able to build up a three car advantage over Decker on the restart, with McCreadie grabbing third. On lap nine, McCreadie made his patented outside move to pass Decker for second just before the yellow flew, lap 10, when Ron Cartwright Jr. came to a stop on the back stretch.

Danny Johnson, running in fifth before the yellow, made an excellent restart and moved into third. The yellow flew for the third time on lap 15 when Darryl Ruggles came to a stop in the first turn. A long period of green flag racing started with Hearn and McCreadie pulling away from Danny Johnson, Decker and Vic Coffey. Decker retook third from Johnson on lap 25.

On lap 36, McCreadie dove low in the second turn to pass Hearn for the lead in lapped traffic. By now the two leaders held nearly a half straight away lead over Decker in third.

The yellow came out on lap 44 when Gary Tomkins, who was not having the best night and had been lapped, slowed on the back stretch. Following the restart McCreadie blasted out to a half straight away lead over Hearn. At the halfway mark it was McCreadie, Hearn, Decker, Coffey, Danny Johnson and Alan Johnson.

The next yellow came on lap 56 when rookie Jeff Isabell, Shawn Beardsley and Brownell Jr. came together in the first turn. The restart came on lap 62, and just three green flags later the yellow flew when Chuck hebing brought the Troyer Experimental car to a stop just off the back stretch.

McCreadie set sail after this yellow to pull out a seven car advantage over Hearn. Decker lost third to Coffey on the restart, with Coffey nearly a half straight away behind the two leaders by lap 90.

Chuck Bower, running one lap down, suffered a flat tire. In a true act of sportsmanship, Bower nursed his car into the pits to avoid a yellow. The race looked to go green until lap 93 when Chad Brachmann slowed with a flat tire.

The race resumed on lap 97. As the field exited the final turn Alan Johnson was able to move outside of Coffey for third. At the finish line it was McCreadie, Hearn, Alan Johnson, Coffey and Decker. Bob McCreadie, who finished ninth, was the first non-Syracuse Super DIRT Week guaranteed car across the finish line. Bob McCreadie will represent Canandaigua at Syracuse during Super DIRT Week.

The 30-lap DIRT Sportsman Western Regional race saw Adam Ferri, winner of the first heat race, grab the lead at the drop of the green and never relinquish that advantage.

The tone of the race was set in the early laps with three yellow flags during the first three laps. The third lap saw a five car shunt in the first turn involving Stewart Friesen, Phil LaVare, Tony Pargarich, Scott George and Gary Smoker. Six additional yellows would plague the race.

Through out it all Ferri held off Brian Sage. In the closing stages of the race, local multi-time feature winner, Todd Henderson, moved into the picture. Ferri held a 1.3 second lead over George and Henderson with just three laps remaining. With just one lap to go the yellow flew for the last time when Russ Hefti slowed in the back stretch. This set up a one lap dash to the checkers with Ferri taking the win. As the field started that final lap Henderson was able to get around Sage for second. Sage came home in third followed by Richard Briggs and Eldon Payne Jr..

PIT NOTES: Thirty-Two modifieds and thirty-seven sportsman were on hand at Canandaigua under extremely threatening weather conditions. Rains again plagued the region for the sixth night in a row.

The small block, 358-Modified, Turning Stone Casino Resort Super DIRT Series comes to Canandaigua on Wednesday, August 20. The Pro Stocks will be joining the action for a 20-lap feature. Race time will be at 7 p.m. sharp.

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WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT SUMMARY

DIRT SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: A. Ferri, D. Park Jr., M. Button, D. Wetmore Jr., R. Ledingham.
HEAT 2: R. Briggs, J. Pfeffer, R. Bussey, L. Lincoln, S. Friesen.
HEAT 3: B. Sage, E. Payne Jr., P. LaVare, S. Doell, T. Jansch.
HEAT 4: R. VanNeil, D. Just, T. Jones, T. Henderson, R. Hefti.
CONSI 1: J. Miller, P. Guererri, F. Burnell, G. Smoker.
CONSI 2: S. George, K. Wills, G. Hurlburt, T. Pargarich.
ADDED: B. Malloy, D. Wiesner.

WESTERN REGION FEATURE (30-laps): ADAM FERRI, Todd Henderson, Brian Sage, Richard Briggs, Eldon Payne Jr., Tim Jones, Ricky VanNeil, Paul Guererri, John Pfeffer, Dick Park Jr., Rob Bussey, Dave Just, Jon Miller, Kevin Wills, Gus Hurlburt, Brad Malloy, Russ hefti, Donnie Wetmore Jr., Steve Doell, Dan Wiesner, Stewart Friesen, Tony Pargarich, Gary Smoker, Rob Ledingham, Loren Lincoln, Tom Jansch, Mike Button, Scott George, Phil LaVare, Frank Burnell.

DIRT MODIFIED

TIME TRIALS: Brett Hearn 17.985 (100.083 MPH-New Track Record), Tim McCreadie 18.177, Vic Coffey 18.221, Tim Fuller 18.244, Danny Johnson 18.258, Billy Decker 18.342, Charlie Donk 18.391, Steve Hulsizer 18.393, Pat Ward 18.434, Chuck Bower 18.438, Steve Paine 18.453, Alan Johnson 18.458, Bob McCreadie 18.555, Dave Axton 18.607, Gary Tomkins 18.647, Kenny Tremont Jr. 18.695, Chuck Hebing 18.701, Jeff Brownell Jr. 18.716, Matt Sheppard 18.772, Vince Vitale 18.789, Chad Brachmann 18.891, Karl Comfort 18.923, Ray Bliss 18.941, Darryl Ruggles 18.954, Steve Gray 18.954, Derrick Podsiadlo 19.127, Jeff Isabell 19.192, Ron Cartwright Jr. 19.252, Justin Haers 19.266, Shawn Beardsley 19.313, Jim Roberts 19.87, Bobby Varin NT.

HEAT 1: V. Coffey, P. Ward, B. Decker, A. Johnson, G. Tomkins, C. Brachmann.
HEAT 2: T. Fuller, C. Donk, B. McCreadie, C. Bower, M. Sheppard, K. Tremont Jr.
HEAT 3: S. Paine, D. Johnson, S. Hulsizer, D. Axton, C. Hebing, V. Vitale.
CONSI: R. Bliss, J. Brownell Jr., D. Ruggles, J. Haers, R. Cartwright Jr., S. Gray, J. Isabell, S. Beardsley, J. Roberts, B. Varin.

FEATURE (100-laps): TIM McCREADIE, Brett Hearn, Alan Johnson, Vic Coffey, Billy Decker, Steve Paine, Danny Johnson, Matt Sheppard, Bob McCreadie, Charlie Donk, Pat Ward, Bobby Varin, Kenny Tremont Jr., Steve Gray, Darryl Ruggles, Steve Hulsizer, Chad Brachmann, Chuck Bower, Karl Comfort, Chuck Hebing, Shawn Beardsley, Eon Cartwright Jr., Ray Bliss, Jeff Isabell, Jeff Brownell Jr., Gary Tomkins, Justin Haers, Dave Axton, Tim Fuller, Jim Roberts, Vince Vitale

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