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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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. |