August 9, 2008

Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Race #14 & #15 �
Canandaigua Speedway, August 9, 2008 ‘Ferris Mowers Twin 50s’ Big-Block Modified Event Summary
Feature #1
1 91 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY($3,000)
2 77x Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
3 32c Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY
4 9s Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
5 7x Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY
6 fx1Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY
7 14j Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
8 99 Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
9 20 Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
10 3 Justin Haers/Phelps,NY
11 49  Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
12 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY
13 21 Derrick Podsiadlo/Penn Yan,NY
14 42b Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA
15 98h Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
16 56  Vince Vitale/Phoenix,NY
17 99c Charlie Donk/Macedon,NY
18 99L Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY®
19 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
20 6t  Pete Taylor/Marcellus,NY
21 99b Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY
22 48too Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY
23 19h Chris Higgins/Syracuse,NY®
24 37c  Eric Fisher/Bluff Point,NY®
25 29 Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY
26 42  Brian Murphy/Cicero,NY
27 91h Chad Homan/Macedon,NY
28 28p Eldon Payne,Jr./Hopewell,NY
29 45m Mike Ward/Genoa,NY
30 89b Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY
31 27j  Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY
*no. 89b-Burley started rear in #2b-Cartwright car,
no. 27j-Johnson started rear in #2-Lincoln car.
Feature #2
1          8          91        Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY($3,000)
2          7          77x      Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
3          4          7x        Steve Paine/Waterloo,NY
4          5          9s        Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
5          10        3          Justin Haers/Phelps,NY
6          2          14j       Alan Johnson/Middlesex,NY
7          15        98h     Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
8          1          99        Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
9          12        84        Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY
10        9          20        Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
11        16        56        Vince Vitale/Phoenix,NY
12        11        49        Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
13        3          fx1       Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY
14        19        6          Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
15        13        21        Derrick Podsiadlo/Penn Yan,NY
16        17        99c      Charlie Donk/Macedon,NY
17        21        99b     Chuck Bower/Lansing,NY
18        25        29        Jeff Brownell Jr./Waterloo,NY
19        18        99L     Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY®
20        20        6t         Pete Taylor/Marcellus,NY
21        22        48too  Dave Rauscher/Waterloo,NY
22        23        19h     Chris Higgins/Syracuse,NY®
23        24        37c      Eric Fisher/Bluff Point,NY®
24        27        91h     Chad Homan/Macedon,NY
25        30        89b     Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY
26        26        42        Brian Murphy/Cicero,NY
27        6          32c      Vic Coffey/Leicester,NY
28        14        42b     Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA
29        29        45m    Mike Ward/Genoa,NY
30        *31      27j       Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY
DNS   28        28p     Eldon Payne,Jr./Hopewell,NY
*no. 27j-Johnson started rear in #2-Lincoln car

PureStox
Heat: Hunt, Minutolo, Faulkner, R. Bush, Gingerich, LaVare Sr., Guererri, Chapman, F. Bush
Feature (12-laps): 1) 25b- MARC MINUTOLO, 2) 6- George LaVare Sr., 3) 77- Corey Hunt, 4) 9R- Roger Bush, 5) 3rd- Eric Chapman, 6) 83- Bryan Faulkner, 7) 10- Chris Gingerich, 8) 37- CJ Guererri 
DIRTcar Street Stocks
Heat: Fisk, Welch, Fisher, Burnell, Depuy, Lewis, Krebs, Smith, Lurcock, Vanderwall, Jacobs
Feature (15-laps): 1) 33- ANDY FISK, 2) 00- Mike Welch, 3) 57b- Bubba Burnell, 4) 99- Adam Depuy, 5) 742- Vance Vanderwall, 6) 17j- Chris Jacobs, 7) 05- Ross Lurcock, 8) 41- Daryl Krebs, 9) 75- Scott Smith, 10) 37- Chris Fisher, 11) 07- Leroy Lewis
Home Necessities $25 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 41- Daryl Krebs 
DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds
Heat #1: Guererri, Currier, Lewis, Cook, Wheeler, DeMallie, Henderson
Heat #2: Gray, Dinkins, P. LaVare, Wiesner, Hoteling, Hilton
Heat #3: Ridley, K. LaVare, Bussey, Rizzardo, Giguere, Lincoln, Hilkert
Feature (25-laps): 1) 29g- STEVE GRAY, 2) 24a- AJ Lewis, 3) 25g- Nick Guererri, 4) 99$- Anthony Rizzardo, 5) 66- Dan Wiesner, 6) 76- Rob Bussey, 7) 20x- Kevin Ridley, 8) 11- Ben Wheeler, 9) 18h- Todd Henderson, 10) 10- Tim Currier, 11) 8L- Phil LaVare, 12) 2L- Loren Lincoln, 13) 88- Kyle LaVare, 14) 67g- Eric Giguere, 15) 17- Marcus Dinkins, 16) 3- Fran Hitlon, 17) 8- Joe Cook Jr., 18) 4- Daryl Hilkert, 19) 44- Gary Hoteling, 20) 74- Mike DeMallie
Currier Plastics $50 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 67g- Eric Giguere

Star Headlight Night at the Races presented by Cold Fire Event Summary (8-2-08): 
ESDCA Mod Lites
Heat #1: Barker, Brodell, Gwilt, Lapham, Blackburn, Jeffries
Heat #2: Gamlen, Zehr, Mike Virginia, Sobotka, Matt Virginia, Thomas
Feature (15-laps): 1) 22x- KEN GAMLEN, 2) 18- Joe Gwilt, 3) 29- Lowell Zehr, 4) 17- Gary Jeffries, 5) 42- Frank Sobotka, 6) 32- Mike Virginia, 7) 51- Jeff Barker, 8) 34- Matt Virginia, 9) 10- Lisa Thomas, 10) 4- Jeff Blackburn, 11) 75- Jason Brodell, 12) 7- Terry Lapham    
PureStoxFeature (12-laps): 1) 25b- MARC MINUTOLO, 2) CJ1- Chris Guererri, 3) 83- Bryan Faulkner, 4) 9f- Floyd Bush, 5) 9r- Roger Bush, 6) 77- George LaVare Jr., 7) 10- Chris Gingerich, 8) 22t- Eric Chapman 
Street StocksFeature (20-laps): 1) 57b- BUBBA BURNELL, 2) 00- Mike Welch, 3) 07- Leroy Lewis, 4) 33- Andy Fisk, 5) 99- Adam Depuy, 6) 37- Chris Fisher, 7) 05- Ross Lurcock, 8) 55b- Blane Smith, 9) 17j- Chris Jacobs, 10) 75- Scott Smith, 11) 742- Vance Vanderwall
Wheel of Fortune $25 Home Necessities Bonus: 17j- Chris Jacobs 
DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds
Heat #1: Cook Jr., Dinkins, Guererri, Rizzardo, P. LaVare, Lewis, Juhl, Henderson, Wheeler, Hilkert
Heat #2: K. LaVare, Hoteling, Bussey, Wiesner, Giguere, Ridley, Currier, Gray, Hilton
Feature (25-laps): 1) 67g- ERIC GIGUERE, 2) 20x- Kevin Ridley, 3) 66- Dan Wiesner, 4) 8L- Phil LaVare, 5) 10- Tim Currier, 6) 17- Marcus Dinkins, 7) 11- Ben Wheeler, 8) 4- Daryl Hilkert, 9) 3- Fran Hilton, 10) 24a- AJ Lewis, 11) 44- Gary Hoteling, 12) 8- Joe Cook Jr., 13) 88- Kyle LaVare, 14) 25g- Nick Guererri, 15) 99$- Anthony Rizzardo, 16) 29g- Steve Gray, 17) 18h- Todd Henderson, 18) 17d- Tom Juhl, 19) 76- Rob Bussey
Wheel of Fortune $50 Currier Plastics Bonus: 24a- AJ Lewis 
DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds
Heat #1: Burley, Sheppard, Brachman, Fisher, Podsiadlo, Bower, Paine, Habeck
Heat #2: Vitale, Whaley, Rauscher, Cartwright, Tomkins, Haers, Donk, Homan, Pfeffer, Slover
Feature (35-laps): 1) 9s- MATT SHEPPARD, 2) 56- Vinnie Vitale, 3) 89b- Todd Burley, 4) 7x- Steve Paine, 5) 84- Gary Tomkins, 6) 44- Shannon Whaley, 7) 3- Justin Haers, 8) 99b- Chuck Bower, 9) 3b- Chad Brachman, 10) 37c- Eric Fisher, 11) 99- Charlie Donk, 12) 21- Derrick Podsiadlo, 13) 79- John Pfeffer, 14) 48T- Dave Rauscher, 15) 29- Jeff Brownell Jr., 16) 25- Paul Habeck, 17) 2b- Ron Cartwright, 18) 91- Chad Homan, 19) 28p- Eldon Payne Jr., 20) 50- Don Slover
Wheel of Fortune $100 Gypsum Wholesalers Bonus: 99- Charlie Donk

Canandaigua Results 7/27/08
Weedsport, NY � July 27, 2008 � By Dan Kapuscinski, Canandaigua Speedway PR and Promotions Coordinator 
Not even a nearly two hour rain delay could slow down Canandaigua’s Todd Henderson on his way to his third win of the season in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified ranks at Canandaigua Speedway. 
The win marked Henderson’s 20th career Sportsman victory at the ‘Land of Legends’, putting him in a tie for second on the all-time win list with 2-time track champion Mike Button.
The driver of the no. 18h pocketed the lion’s share of the winner’s purse, including a $100 victory bonus from Benedict Performance. “We probably should have had got one last week,” said Henderson.  “We were in the wrong place at the wrong time, picking up the flat but we made up for it tonight.  It always helps to start up front like we did, but the car was right on.  The track came in perfect; the guys really did a nice job to get this track back in racing condition.” 
Dan Wiesner, Daryl Hilkert, Anthony Rizzardo, and Tom Juhl filled out the top five runners in the Sportsman main event.   Adam Depuy took the checkered flags in the DIRTcar Street Stocks, while Marc Minutolo grabbed a second win in a row in the PureStox and Timex Morgan stole the 15-lap New York Modified Midget A-Main. After two brief rain showers slowed the racing action at around 7:30pm after the three NYMM heat races, the racing program had to be shortened in order to try and get the rest of the schedule in ahead of the 11pm curfew. 
As a result only the Sportsman Modified heats were run, all other divisions besides the NYMM ran features only. Unfortunately, the Sportsman Trifecta 45 also had to be shortened to a regular 25-lap main event in the interest of time. Gary Hoteling and Marcus Dinkins started the 25-lapSportsman finale from the front row leading the 22-car field to the green flag. 
Driving the Dash Racewear no. 17, Dinkins snagged the early race lead before a multiple car incident occurred in the second turn on lap-2. The incident began when the no. 11 of Ben Wheeler, the no. 20x of Kevin Ridley, and the no. 29g of Steve Gray bottled up between turns one and two.  Gray and Ridley then made contact sending Ridley around which collected several cars including Nick Guererri, Eric Giguere, Tim Currier, Ryan Susice, Fran Hilton, and Joe Cook Jr. Most cars were able to continue with the exception of last week’s feature winner, Currier, and Guererri.  Ridley made it back on track for the restart but would head pit side after just a few laps finishing the night in 20th position. 
 It marked the first time all season that Ridley had not finished in the top five. When the field came back to green Dinkins led Hoteling, Henderson, Hilkert, and Phil LaVare down the front straight.  Dinkins would lead two more circuits before Henderson, who had won his heat race earlier in the night by over a full straightaway, blasted into the race lead to lead lap-4. Henderson took command of the field, racing to a 2-second advantage on his competitors before the race’s next caution flag would come out on lap-7. 
 Kyle LaVare lost the handle on the no. 88 in turn four, slowing the field one more time.   With Henderson the race leader, the field doubled-up for another restart.  Dinkins restarted to the outside of row one, but got a slow start going in for the restart in turn three.  As the cars rounded through the apex of turns three and four, Dinkins got sideways and came down the racetrack making contact with the no. 44 of Hoteling who re-started in third. 
Hoteling ran into the inside burm in the fourth turn bouncing back into Dinkins, sending both cars across the racetrack in front of the rest of the field.  With the two cars sliding across the track, Phil LaVare and Rob Bussey had no place to go.  LaVare tried to slow his momentum, but the no. 8L bit into the racetrack causing the machine to tumble at least once into the outside catch fence.   
Bussey, Dinkins, and Hoteling would all be collected ending top five runs for each driver.  When it was all said and done, all drivers were just fine after this multi-car collision. After two cautions on the 7th circuit, Henderson was able to rattle of several green flag laps in front of the field.  By lap-19 Henderson held a comfortable lead on Hilkert, Wiesner, Rizzardo, and Juhl in the top five.
 By this time Henderson had approached lapped traffic, including the no. 11nz of Peter Gordon.  As the passing flag was displayed Henderson and Hilkert were able to make their way by safely.  However, Wiesner had a tougher time in the Monroe Wheelchair no. 66. As Wiesner and Gordon rounded out of turn four, the two made contact.  Wiesner, who was on the extreme low side trying to make the pass, was able to keep control but Gordon lost it and found himself sitting sideways on the front straight.  Cars tried to find a way by on the high and low side of the Speedway, with all but one succeeding.   
The no. 2L of Loren Lincoln was in a battle on the Speedway and did not see the no. 11nz until the last moment.  Lincoln locked his brakes and slid directly into Gordon just before the start finish line.  Both cars were inflicted with heavy damage, resulting in the hook treatment for each.  When the track was cleared, Henderson restarted as the leader with 5-laps to go.  Hilkert, Wiesner, Rizzardo, and Juhl lined up single file behind the no. 18h, throwing everything they had at the race leader. 
Henderson proved to be too touch though over the final five circuits, racing to his 20th career Sportsman Modified win at Canandaigua Speedway. Wiesner managed to edge Hilkert at the line for the runner-up spot with Rizzardo, Juhl, Steve Gray, AJ Lewis, Ryan Susice, Ben Wheeler, and Fran Hilton finishing the top ten. 
Ridley, who had a 70-point lead coming into the night, will undoubtedly take a hit in the Championship standings as his closest competitors, Wiesner and Gray, each had top six finishes. 
The 20-lap DIRTcar Street Stock feature saw Kevin Collins and Leroy Lewis pace the field out front.  For the second week in a row, Lewis would emerge as the early race leader in the no. 07.  All eyes however were on the no. 57b of Bubba Burnell, as he quickly powered into the runner-up spot from his fourth starting position. After grabbing second, it wouldn’t take long for Burnell to claim the race lead.  The no. 57b dove under Lewis for the top spot on the low side to lead lap-4.  Burnell paced the field until the event’s first caution flag on lap-9. 
Front row starter Kevin Collins lost his right rear wheel out of turn four, causing the car to spin to the inside of the Speedway.  The no. 16 of Mike Schultz collected the wheel forcing him pit side.  Schultz would return to the track for a brief time before retiring for good on lap-11. At the same time that Collins brought out the caution in turn four, top five runner Mike Rasbeck also spun in turn two.  The no. 00R of Rasbeck had to be towed into the pit area ending his day. 
When the field was ready for green Burnell led Depuy, Blane Smith, Welch, and Fisher across the stripe.  Depuy, who started 5th and managed to close on Burnell before the yellow, slid his car to the outside of the Speedway on the restart.  The no. 99 found the bite he was looking for as he powered to the outside of Burnell in turns three and four, and took the lead coming down to complete lap-10. 
The outside pass proved to be the winning move, as Depuy was never again challenged for the win.  It was Depuy’s 18th career win at the ‘Land of Legends’, and third win of 2008. “We may only have nine or ten cars, but you never know who is going to win this thing,” said Depuy.  “I really wasn’t looking forward to having to restart to the outside of Bubba, but somehow I was able to make it work and get by.  The track was fast, and the car just stuck out there.  I pulled it back to the bottom though as soon as I was able to get by.” Burnell, Blane Smith, Fisher, and Welch completed the top five at the finish. 
Point leader Andy Fisk had a terrible night, twice spinning and finishing one lap behind the leaders in 8th position. The 10-lap PureStox main event saw three different race leaders, and a green-to-checkered finish.  Chris Guererri started the race from the point, but the car immediately broke out of turn two handing the lead over to Bryan Faulkner. Faulkner would come around to lead lap-1, but fourth place starter Roger Bush was on the move.  Bush moved to the outside of Faulkner in turn four and grabbed the lead on the second circuit.  Bush paced the field for 2-laps before Minutolo made his charge in the no. 25b. 
Minutolo wasted little time dropping Bush back to the runner-up spot just before halfway on lap-4.  From there Minutolo ran away from the field for his second PureStox win in a row and 5th of 2008. “Not much to say tonight, the car ran great once again,” said Minutolo, who celebrated with a couple of victory donuts in the back straight infield.  “We didn’t have too many cars tonight, but I’ll take the win.  My team really has the car working good right now.” Bush hung on for a great runner-up finish ahead of Faulkner in the top three. The New York Modified Midget A-Main turned into a two car show.  Heat race winners Timex Morgan and Eric Rudolph were the class of the field, jumping out front right from the drop of the green. Rudolph, the young son of 17-time Canandaigua Speedway Modified feature winner Charlie Rudolph, hounded Morgan for the entire 15-lap distance but was unable to do anything with the all-black no. 2 Lafler Chassis. Morgan would lead wire-to-wire on his way to sweeping the night in the NYMM main. 
Rudolph finished a very strong runner-up well ahead of the rest of the top five including Doug Etue, Frank Jarkiewicz, and Darryl Ruggles. “Lafler Chassis is the only way to go,” said Morgan.  “They have won some 80% of 600cc Sprint races in New York State, and tonight was another example of that with us getting the win and Eric riding in second.  I knew he was close, on that last restart he gave me a little sign to let me know he was there.  It was great running here tonight at Canandaigua.” Next Saturday night at Canandaigua Speedway, Star Headlight presents the Drivers vs. Kids Ice Cream race.  The DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds will make their return along with the Sportsman, Street Stocks, PureStox, and the ESDCA Mod Lites at 7pm. 
For more information call the DIRTcar NE Headquarters at 315/834-6606 or visit www.canandaiguaspeedway.com.  
Ontario Fair Week Event Summary (7-26-08): 
New York Modified Midgets
Heat #1: Rudolph, Jordan, Z. Morgan, Radney, Gray, Groescup
Heat #2: T. Morgan, Jarkiewicz, Miller, Ruggles, E. Morgan, Heater
Heat #3: Smith, Lafler, Etue, Dombroski, Scott, Holliday
Feature (15-laps): 1) 2- TIMEX MORGAN, 2) 72- Eric Rudolph, 3) 01- Doug Etue, 4) 48J- Frank Jarkiewicz, 5) 48JR- Darryl Ruggles, 6) 17k- Kirsten Dombroski, 7) 22- Ryan Jordan, 8) 95- Jim Radney, 9) 47- Keith Heater, 10) 44- Amy Scott, 11) 48JRS- Steve Gray, 12) 32- Jim Lafler, 13) 20c- George Holliday, 14) 15B- Chad Groescup, 15) 5- Ethan Morgan, 16) 7- Zack Morgan, 17) 17- Dan Miller, 18) 23- John Smith 
PureStoxFeature (10-laps): 1) 25b- MARC MINUTOLO, 2) 9R- Roger Bush, 3) 83- Bryan Faulkner, 4) 6- George LaVare Jr., 5) 10- Chris Gingerich, 6) CJ1- Chris Guererri
$50 Benedict Performance Bonus: 25b- Marc Minutolo 
DIRTcar Street StocksFeature (20-laps): 1) 99- ADAM DEPUY, 2) 57b- Bubba Burnell, 3) 55b- Blane Smith, 4) 37- Chris Fisher, 5) 00- Mike Welch, 6) 07- Leroy Lewis, 7) 742- Vance Vanderwall, 8) 33- Andy Fisk, 9) 16- Mike Schultz, 10) 00r- Mike Rasbeck, 11) 70- Kevin Collins
$50 Benedict Performance Bonus: 99- Adam Depuy 
DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds
Heat #1: P. LaVare, Hoteling, Hilkert, Wheeler, K. LaVare, Guererri, Gordon, DeMallie
Heat #2: Henderson, Dinkins, Lewis, Wiesner, Gray, Giguere, Hilton
Heat #3: Ridley, Rizzardo, Bussey, Currier, Lincoln, Juhl, Cook Jr., Susice
Feature (25-laps): 1) 18h- TODD HENDERSON, 2) 66- Dan Wiesner, 3) 4- Daryl Hilkert, 4) 99$- Anthony Rizzardo, 5) 17d- Tom Juhl, 6) 29g- Steve Gray, 7) 24a- AJ Lewis, 8) 38- Ryan Susice, 9) 11- Ben Wheeler, 10) 3- Fran Hilton, 11) 67g- Eric Giguere, 12) 8- Joe Cook Jr., 13) 2L- Loren Lincoln, 14) 11nz- Peter Gordon, 15) 17- Marcus Dinkins, 16) 44- Gary Hoteling, 17) 8L- Phil LaVare, 18) 76- Rob Bussey, 19) 88- Kyle LaVare, 20) 20x- Kevin Ridley, 21) 25g- Nick Guererri, 22) 10- Tim Currier
$100 Benedict Performance Bonus: 18h- Todd Henderson

July, 20 2008 � By Dan Kapuscinski, Canandaigua Speedway PR and Promotions Coordinator 
Steve Paine took a tumble at the Georgetown Speedway Thursday evening, but bounced back for his second win of the season Saturday night at Canandaigua Speedway.  Paine snagged the lead from race leader Matt Sheppard on lap-27 and sailed to the $1,500 victory on Honeoye Auto Parts Night at the Races. 
Paine was pleased in victory lane in front of the Canandaigua crowd. 
“We won last night at Black Rock, and the win here tonight is really good after the flip,” said Paine.  “When Matt and I were running clear we were about the same, but then we got in a little traffic and that left me catch up.  He hooked the cushion once in turn one, and then really hard in turn three.  That gave me the opening.” 
Sheppard held on for second with Derrick Podsiadlo, Justin Haers, and Chuck Bower rounding out the top five finishers. Tim Currier took the Integrity Tool 25-lap Sportsman main, while Andy Fisk and Marc Minutolo took the Street Stock and PureStox features. Paul Habeck and Derrick Podsiadlo started the Honeoye Auto Parts 35-lap main event from row number one.  The Penn Yan Mini Storage no. 21 took the top spot at the drop of the green flag with Ron Cartwright and Haers filing in behind him.

Podsiadlo built a comfortable lead on the field, as Sheppard began to pick his way through the pack.  By lap-4 Sheppard ran to the top five, and on lap-9 he made the low side move on Haers for the runner-up position.  Sheppard was certainly on a tear, as on the next circuit the no. 9s dove low on Podsialdo.  Unfortunately for Sheppard, the no. 84 of Gary Tomkins lost the handle in turn two while running in the top five. On the restart Podsiadlo led Sheppard, Haers, Chad Homan, and Gil Tegg Jr. 
Podsialdo took the low side on the restart which gave Sheppard all the room he needed to power into the lead off turn four.  Sheppard then immediately began to pull away from the field. With Sheppard out front Paine began his charge in the no. 7x.  By lap-18 Paine made his way passed Podsialdo for the runner-up position and looked to reel in the no. 9s. As the cushion continued to build between the corners, it was evident that some cars were having issues. 
As Sheppard closed in on lapped cars, Paine caught the leader and began to apply pressure. On the 26th circuit Sheppard found the cushion in turn three and climbed over it.  The no. 9s got way out of shape leaving Paine the entire low side of the Speedway to take over the lead.  Sheppard rebounded from the mistake quickly, and stayed on the back bumper of the no. 7x for the next several laps. Eventually though, Paine checked out in the lead and steamed under Dave Farney’s checkered flags for his second win of the 2008 season. 
Sheppard once again ran a great race to finish second with Podsiadlo, Haers, Bower, Todd Burley, Homan, Charlie Donk, Tomkins, and Vinnie Vitale in the front ten. Tim Currier has had less than stellar luck this season in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified division. 
For two weeks in a row Currier has led his heat race only to have a flat tire put him out of the running.  Saturday night, a flat tire finally worked in Currier’s favor. Joe Cook Jr. and Currier started the 25-lap Integrity Tool 25-lap main event from the front row, and it was Currier gaining the advantage.  Currier led the first 13-laps with ease in the Currier Plastics no. 10 before Nick Guererri brought out a caution flag in the fourth turn. Currier restarted at the point with hard charging Todd Henderson, Kevin Ridley, Rob Bussey, and Anthony Rizzardo in tow.  
Henderson looked to be the fastest car on the Speedway, and in turned out that way on the restart as the no. 18h blasted to the point off turn four. Henderson stretched his lead after lap-14 and looked to be well on his way to his third win of 2008.  However, after a caution for the spinning Eric Giguere in turn two, it became clear that Henderson’s right rear tire was going soft with just 4-laps to go. Henderson tried to keep his momentum going on the restart, but the no. 18h slid high right away handing the lead over to Currier once again.  
Henderson fell through the field rapidly, eventually pulling off the Speedway in turn one. With Henderson out of the event, Currier powered to the lead for the second time and pulled away from both Ridley and Steve Gray for his first win of 2008.  The victory was Currier’s third career triumph at the ‘Land of Legends.’ “We lost brakes at about lap-15 after I hooked the cushion,” said Currier.  “I wanted to keep running the top, but I had to let the car roll more without brakes and keep it on the bottom.  I didn’t notice Todd had the flat until he pulled out of the way, but finally we had something go our way this season.”Ridley, Gray, Dan Wiesner, and Rob Bussey filled out the top five runners in the 25-lapper.
The 20-lap DIRTcar Street Stock finale saw ‘The Lone Racer’ Leroy Lewis steam to the point and lead the first 11-laps.  Lewis ran a tremendous racing line in the no. 07, but made one slight mistake in turn two which was costly. 2007 Rookie of the Year Andy Fisk was able to take the top spot in turn number two to lead lap-12 out front.  Fisk, who finished in the runner-up spot the last two weeks to Mike Welch, would not be denied Saturday night racing to victory in the no. 33. 
The win was the first of the season for Fisk, and his third career victory. “I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to get back here,” said Fisk.  “The car was really good tonight, and I hate that we have finished second so may times this season.  It makes you want it so much more.” Blane Smith, Chris Fisher, Mike Welch, and Nate Peckham finished the top five runners. 
Marc Minutolo was declared the winner of the 12-lap PureStox event after Vance Vanderwall was declared illegal in post race tech.  Minutolo ran a smooth race in the second position on the Speedway, but in the end was able to bring his no. 25b machine to victory lane once again in 2008. “I don’t know what happened with Vance, it is not really my business.  I am just glad to be back in victory lane,” said Minutolo. 
“The car ran great tonight, and I just have to thank all my crew and my sponsors, especially my dad Mike.  This is really a family team.” Roger Bush, Bryan Faulkner, George LaVare Jr., and Chris Guererri followed Minutolo across the line in the feature order. 
Next Saturday night it is the Ontario Fair Week “Sportsman Trifecta 45” featuring three 15-lap main events at Canandaigua Speedway. 
The Sportsman will be joined by the Street Stocks, PureStox, and the New York Modified Midgets with racing starting at 7pm.
 For more call the DIRTcar NE Headquarters at 315/834-6606 or visit www.canandaiguaspeedway.com.            
Honeoye Auto Parts Night at the Races Event Summary (7-19-08): PureStox Heat: Vanderwall, Minutolo, R. Bush, Chapman, Faulkner, LaVare Jr., F. Bush, Guererri
Feature (12-laps): 1) 25b- MARC MINUTOLO, 2) 9r- Roger Bush, 3) 83- Bryan Faulkner, 4) 6- George LaVare Jr., 5) CJ1- Chris Guererri, 6) 9F- Floyd Bush, 7) 22t- Eric Chapman, 8) 742- Vance Vanderwall (DQ)  
DIRTcar Street Stocks Heat: Lewis, Fisher, Depuy, Peckham, Welch, Smith, Rasbeck, Fisk, Collins
Feature (20-laps): 1) 33- ANDY FISK, 2) 37- Chris Fisher, 3) 00- Mike Welch, 4) 55b- Blane Smith, 5) 90- Nate Peckham, 6) 00r- Mike Rasbeck, 7) 07- Leroy Lewis, 8) 99- Adam Depuy, 9) 70- Kevin Collins, 10) 57b- Bubba Burnell
Home Necessities $25 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 00- Mike Welch  
DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds 
Heat #1: Henderson, Wiesner, P. LaVare, Lewis, Wright, Wheeler, Lerch, Hoteling
Heat #2: Cook Jr., Rizzardo, Ridley, K. Lavare, Maier, Gordon, Dinkins, Giguere
Heat #3: Gray, Bussey, Hilkert, Cool, Currier, Guererri, Newton
Feature (25-laps): 1) 10- TIM CURRIER, 2) 29g- Steve Gray, 3) 20x- Kevin Ridley, 4) 66- Dan Wiesner, 5) 76- Rob Bussey, 6) 4- Daryl Hilkert, 7) 99$- Anthony Rizzardo, 8) 24a- AJ Lewis, 9) 25g- Nick Guererri, 10) 19w- Justin Wright, 11) 88- Kyle LaVare, 12) 11n- Ricky Newton, 13) 8L- Phil LaVare, 14) 67g- Eric Giguere, 15) 44- Gary Hoteling, 16) 22- Greg Cool, 17) 3m- Henry Maier, 18) 8- Joe Cook Jr., 19) 11nz- Peter Gordon, 20) 18h- Todd Henderon, 21) 11- Ben Wheeler, 22) 72- Rob Lerch, 23) 17- Marcus Dinkins
Currier Plastics $50 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 11n- Ricky Newton  
DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds 
Heat #1: Haers, Donk, Paine, Vitale, Habeck, Fisher, Monroe
Heat #2: Tomkins, Homan, Guererri, Whaley, Cartwright Jr., Rauscher, Brownell Jr.
Heat #3: Burley, Podsiadlo, Sheppard, Tegg Jr., Bower, Payne Jr.
Feature (35-laps): 1) 7x- STEVE PAINE, 2) 9s- Matt Sheppard, 3) 21- Derrick Podsialdo, 4) 3- Justin Haers, 5) 99b- Chuck Bower, 6) 89b- Todd Burley, 7) 91- Chad Homan, 8) 99- Charlie Donk, 9) 84- Gary Tomkins, 10) 56- Vinnie Vitale, 11) Gil Tegg Jr., 12) 37c- Eric Fisher, 13) 48T- Dave Rauscher, 14) 28p- Eldon Payne Jr., 15) 25- Paul Habeck, 16) 2b- Ron Cartwright Jr., 17) 25g- Paul Guererri, 18) 4- Ed Monroe, 19) 50- Don Slover, 20) 44- Shannon Whaley, 21) 29- Jeff Brownell Jr.
Gypsum Wholesalers $100 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 2b- Ron Cartwright Jr.

Canandaigua Results 7/13/08
Weedsport, NY � July 13, 2008 � By Dan Kapuscinski, Canandaigua Speedway PR and Promotions Coordinator
Todd Burley won 14 Sportsman Modified feature events in his career at Canandaigua Speedway, but had never visited victory lane in a Big-Block Modified.  That changed Saturday night with a mid-race pass on Derrick Podsiadlo, as the no. 89b took Dave Farney’s checkered flag on Dig Safely New York “Kid’s Flag Night” presented by Currier Plastics.
Burley won by over a full straight-away, claiming the $1,500 top prize.

“It feels good to finally get a win here in a Modified, we’ve been trying for quite some time,” said Burley in victory lane.  “Of course I would have liked to have beat guys like Gary (Tomkins), Matt (Sheppard), and Steve (Paine) to do it, but we’ll take it.  When you are able to beat guys like that you know you are doing something.”

Paul Guererri and Podsiadlo started the 35-lap Big-Block Modified main event from the front row with Podsiadlo taking the early advantage.  Burley started the feature from 5th, and began to pick his way through the field from the very start.

As the race unfolded it looked as though Podsiadlo would be the man to beat in the Penn Yan Mini Storage no. 21.  Podsialdo had built quite the lead over the rest of the field, but it would not take long for Burley to mount a challenge. 

Near the halfway point Burley began to find his racing line, and closed in on the no. 21.  Eventually, Burley was able to make a low move and breeze into the race lead never looking back as he stretched his lead on the way to victory.

Podsialdo finished all alone in second followed by Shannon Whaley, Vinnie Vitale, and Chuck Bower in the top five.

Western New York driver Rich Vinson in the no. 93 came to Canandaigua Saturday night with his 358-Modified in search of the $100 bonus and Syracuse Qualifier.  He was able to do just that with a fine 8th place finish in the final rundown.  Vinson edged out four other 358’s in the field vying for the guaranteed spot.

One of those was the no. 2B of Ron Cartwright Jr.  Cartwright though took a vicious ride into the first turn wall, flipping his machine up and over the turn one barrier.  The no. 2B ended up out of the ball park, but Cartwright was able to climb out of the car under his own power.  He did take a ride in the ambulance for pre-cautionary measures.
The 25-lap DIRTcar Sportsman Modified main event saw Steve Gray in the no. 29g pull into victory lane for the 3rd time this season.  Gray passed Canadian front-runner AJ Lewis for the top spot on his way to victory. 

Lewis held on for a strong second place run after crashing heavily down the front straight while leading one week ago.  The no. 24a pressured Gray all the way to the finish line in the Currier Plastics main event.

Gray was a happy driver in victory lane after picking up his 11th career win at the ‘Land of Legends’ oval.

“I really don’t know what to say,” commented Gray in victory lane.  “I just have to thank all my guys.  This car runs absolutely great, even though it is yellow.  My wife wasn’t a big fan of yellow, but I think it will work.  These cars don’t have a lot of power, but you still have to work the throttle quite a bit.  We just seemed to have it figured out lately.”

Point leader Kevin Ridley came home third ahead of Rob Bussey, and Anthony Rizzardo in the front five.

The DIRTcar Street Stock main event saw a familiar face in victory lane for the fourth time this season, and third consecutive week.  The no. 00 of Mike Welch once again took the top spot, pulling down his 31st career win at the ‘Land of Legends.’

“We had a rough start to the season,” laughed Welch.  “I told everyone I was going to start over and we needed to start winning in July.  The car has been perfect this month, and we have been able to put some finishes together.  I want to thank my sponsors and everyone involved.”

Andy Fisk finished second to Welch for the second week in a row in the no. 33.  The 2007 Rookie of the Year has finished second six times this season, as he looks to return to victory lane in 2008.  Fisk held of hard chargers Chris Fisher, Bubba Burnell, and Adam Depuy in the top five.

The PureStox feature event saw the no. 6 of George LaVare Jr. pull into victory lane after the disqualification of race winner Eric Chapman.  LaVare had a solid second place run on the track, and after post race tech he was rewarded with the top spot in the final rundown.

LaVare Jr., who is hearing impaired, received a warm welcome in victory lane and was accompanied by his father for the victory lane ceremonies and interview.

“The car has been running good but we still need to make some changes,” said LaVare Sr., as he proudly stood next to his son in victory lane.  “We don’t have the right cam in this engine just yet, so it is a little slow on starts.  We want to thank everyone for their support, this means a lot.”

The final finishing order saw Roger Bush, Bryan Faulkner, Chris Gingerich, and Floyd Bush in the top five.

Next Saturday at night at Canandaigua Speedway it is Honeoye Auto Parts Night at the Races featuring the mighty DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds.  The DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, DIRTcar Street Stocks, and PureStox will join the card along with the WNYR 98.5 FM Crazy Chicks-n-Cars at 7pm.

For more information call the DIRTcar NE Headquarters at 315/834-6606 or visit www.canandaiguaspeedway.com.  

Dig Safely New York/Currier Plastics Event Summary (7-12-08):

PureStox
Heat: Faulkner, Chapman, Minutolo, R. Bush, Lurcock, LaVare Jr., Shoemaker, Guererri, F. Bush, Gingerich
Feature (12-laps): 1) 6- GEORGE LAVARE JR., 2) 9r- Roger Bush, 3) 83- Bryan Faulkner, 4) 10- Chris Gingerich, 5) 9f- Floyd Bush, 6) 3rd- Tom Shoemaker, 7) CJ1- Chris Guererri, 8) 22t- Eric Chapman, 9) 05- Ross Lurcock, 10) 25b- Marc Minutolo

 

DIRTcar Street
Stocks
Heat: Burnell, Lewis, Fisk, Fisher, Welch, Rasbeck, Smith, Collins
Feature (20-laps): 1) 00- MIKE WELCH, 2) 33- Andy Fisk, 3) 37- Chris Fisher, 4) 57b- Bubba Burnell, 5) 99- Adam Depuy, 6) 00r- Mike Rasbeck, 7) 75- Scott Smith, 8) 70- Kevin Collins, 9) 07- Leroy Lewis
Home Necessities $25 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 57b- Bubba Burnell

 

DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds
Heat #1: Gray, P. LaVare, Lincoln, Ridley, Giguere, Hitlon, Cook Jr., Henderson, Currier
Heat #2: Hoteling, Bussey, Hilkert, Wiesner, Lewis, Rizzardo, Guererri, K. LaVare
Feature (25-laps): 1) 29g- STEVE GRAY, 2) 24a- AJ Lewis, 3) 20x- Kevin Ridley, 4) 76- Rob Bussey, 5) 99$- Anthony Rizzardo, 6) 4- Daryl Hilkert, 7) 25g- Nick Guererri, 8) 67g- Eric Giguere, 9) 66- Dan Wiesner, 10) 18h- Todd Henderson, 11) 10- Tim Currier, 12) 8L- Phil LaVare, 13) 2L- Loren Lincoln, 14) 3- Fran Hilton, 15) 88- Kyle LaVare, 16) 8- Joe Cook Jr., 17) 44- Gary Hoteling, 18) 17- Marcus Dinkins
Currier Plastics $50 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 99$- Anthony Rizzardo

 

DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds
Heat #1: Podsiadlo, Vitale, Donk, Payne Jr.*, Burley, Slover, Brown*, Smoker
Heat #2: Homan, Brownell Jr., Rauscher, Habeck, Fisher, Vinson*, Monroe*
Heat #3: Whaley, Guererri, Bower, Tegg Jr., Bowman, Cartwright*, Onderdonk
Feature (35-laps): 1) 89b- TODD BURLEY, 2) 21- Derrick Podsiadlo, 3) 44- Shannon Whaley, 4) 56- Vinnie Vitale, 5) 99b- Chuck Bower, 6) 99- Charlie Donk, 7) 48T- Dave Rauscher, 8) 93- Rich Vinson*, 9) 91- Chad Homan, 10) 7- Paul Guererri, 11) 37c- Eric Fisher, 12) 22- Gil Tegg Jr., 13) 25- Paul Habeck, 14) 28p- Eldon Payne Jr.*, 15) 16b- Mike Bowman, 16) 2b- Ron Cartwright Jr.*, 17) 56g- Neil Onderdonk, 18) 16- Billy Brown*, 19) 62R- Ron Smoker, 20) 50- Don Slover, 21) 29- Jeff Brownell Jr.
Gypsum Wholesalers $100 Wheel of Fortune Bonus: 44- Shannon Whaley
$100 Bonus, Syracuse Qualifier: 93- Rich Vinson (358-Modified)