PAINE, PAYNE JR., ORTIZ AND SMITH ALL WIN AT CANANDAIGUA

CANANDAIGUA, NY...Steve Paine picked up yet another win in the 35-lap DIRT Modified feature last Saturday at Canandaigua Speedway. It was Paine's fifth win of the 2004 campaign at the speedway. Eldon Payne Jr. made it two Sportsman feature victories in the last three weeks. Payne Jr. has been making up point after missing a night to race a Sunoco Race Fuels DIRT Sportsman East Region event. His win propelled him into the points lead a the track.

In full fender action Jipp Ortiz upped his victory total t 30 wins, taking the 20-lap Pro-Stock main event last Saturday Blane Smith took home Canandaigua Street Stock win number three on the year. A special ladies Powder Puff race saw Jamie Ordway take the lead on the last lap and cruise home with her first eve Canandaigua victory.

Ron Cartwright Jr. blasted into the lead at the drop of the green in the DIRT Modified feature. Cartwright's car showed heavy plume of blue smoke coming off the tail of the spoiler an he was black flagged into the pits. The yellow flew just after a Cartwright did not get off the track and stalled in pit lane.

The green came out again, this time with Darryl Ruggles a the leader. Ruggles held the lead until a lap nine yellow, when Ron White coasted to the stop on the back stretch.

The restart saw Steve Paine duck low and grab the fron position. Charlie Donk followed Paine to the front and was running second, with former feature winner Vic Coffey in third.

The yellow flew again on lap 14 when Ruggles slowed on the speedway. Paine now held off  brilliant charge by Donk for the lead, using the high grove. Gary Tomkins sailed into third wit Justin Haers in tow. This pushed Coffey back to fifth.

The final yellow of the race came on lap 29 when Shannon Whaley spun violently in the second turn, breaking hi suspension. This set up a five lap dash to the checkers. Pain took top honors followed closely by Donk. Tomkins, who earlier had sent shivers down the fans' back after contacting the front stretch cement wall and showering sparks as he went, finished third. Coffey and Chad Brachmann rounded out the top five finishers. Paine averaged 82.276 mph in taking the victory.

The 25-lap Sportsman main saw Rob Bussey take the lead a the green. The yellow flew on lap three for a spin in the fourth turn between Rick Miller and Ricky VanNeil. Both cars returned t the fray.

On lap six Scott Schrader drove to the high side and passe Bussey for the lead. Schrader had built up a 1.2 second lead when the yellow flew, lap nine, after Todd Henderson scrapped the front stretch wall and slowed on the track.

Schrader continued to lead. Payne Jr. was now third an moving fast for the lead. On lap 12, Payne Jr. moved to the outside of Schrader, but failed to complete the pass. Two lap later it was Payne Jr. with the lead.

A late race yellow, caused by Dan Wiesner spinning off the track in the second turn, slowed the finish of the race. Payne Jr. eventually took the checkers and was followed across the finish line by Schrader, Russ Hefti, Gus Hurlburt and Henderson.

I learned to run the high grove from Randy Chrysler," state Payne Jr.. "We were setting the car up to run low. The high groove seems much better." Payne Jr. won the race with an average speed of 78.162 mph.

Jipp Ortiz waited until the 15th lap to take the lead away from James Henry. Henry, who had lead the race from the drop o the green, did not give up easily, making Ortiz work for the win Three yellows slowed the race.

The 15-lap Street Stock main saw Leroy Lewis hold onto the lead at the drop of the green despite a lose race car. Lewis the proceeded to hold off the advances of Adam Depuy, until lap six when Depuy ducked low to take the lead. The first of just three yellows flew on lap eight, when Lewis, who was running second spun on the back stretch after losing air in one of his rear tires.

This put Blane Smith on Depuy's back bumper. Smith did no take long to make his presents known, taking the lead down the back stretch on lap 10.

Two additional yellows seemed to slow the race. The most questionable of these came when Mike Minutolo, running in third made contact with Depuy sending the Depuy car spinning in the first turn. Both cars were then motioned to the back of the restart line. In the end Smith took his third Street Stock feature win of the season. Mike Welch, Roco Conte, Kevin Collin and Nat Peckham rounded out the top five finishers.

Racing continues this Saturday at Canandaigua Speedway. Heat take to the track starting at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

LAKEVIEW MENTAL HEALTH CENTER NIGHT SUMMARY

STREET STOCKS

HEAT 1: M. Welch, A. Depuy, S. Faulkner, D. Jones, K. Collins
HEAT 2: R. Conte, B. Smith, T. Burnell, C. Vohs, C. Hunt
HEAT 3: N. Rizzo, J. Eldridge, L. Lewis, M. Minutolo, R. Cooper.

FEATURE (15-laps): BLANE SMITH, Mike Welch, Roco Conte, Kevin Collins, Nat peckham, Steve Faulkner, Tim Burnell, Frank Burnell, Jason Whipple, Ray Cooper, Leroy lewis, Jamie Eldridge, Don Jones, Corey Hunt, Mike Shaw, Charles Vohs, Adam Depuy, Rod Comfort Jr., John Pratt, Mike Minutolo, Mike Schultz, Joe Woodruff, Daryl Barrett, Nick Rizzo, Mike Walters, George LaVare, DNS: Billy Odea, Bob Kelly, Love Buscemi, Mike Murphy.

LADIES FEATURE (10-laps): JAMIE ORDWAY, Vicky Martin, Leslie LaVare, Tracy Cooper, Kaylee Schrader, Diane Peters, Laurie Whipple, Michelle Cair, Gail Jones, Judy Woodruff, Mary Collins, Laurie Hixson, Bambi Hurlburt, Jill Mott.

PRO-STOCKS

HEAT 1: J. Henry, D. Hilkert, C. Homan, J. McGuigan, S. Miller, M. Grubbe.
HEAT 2: J. Ortiz, K. Smith, R. Chrysler, B. Hallett, F. Guererri Jr., D. Smith.

FEATURE (20-laps): JIPP ORTIZ, James Henry, Chad Homan, Kevin Smith, Roger Chrysler, Frank Guererri Jr., Billy Brown, Rick Florack, Matt Grubbe, Doug Smith, Daryl Hilkert, Steve Miller, Jim McGuigan, Bill Hallett.

SPORTSMAN

HEAT 1: J. Henderson, P. Guererri, S. Schrader, L. Lincoln, R. VanNeil, P. LaVare.
HEAT 2: R. Bussey, G. Hurlburt, D. Wiesner, F. Hilton, R. Miller, A. Pfeffer.

FEATURE (25-laps): ELDON PAYNE JR., Russ Hefti, Scott Schrader, Gus Hurlburt, Todd Henderson, Paul Guererri, Ricky VanNeil, Rob Bussey, Phil LaVare, Rick Miller, Justin Henderson, Mike Johnson, Amy Pfeffer, Loren Lincoln, Dan Wiesner, Steve Doell, Fran Hilton, Eric Heffernan.

DIRT MODIFIED

HEAT 1: K. Comfort, V. Coffey, R. Cartwright Jr., C. Bower, D. Podsiadlo, R. Bliss.
HEAT 2: G. Tomkins, D. Ruggles, C. Donk, M. Payne, C. Graham, M. Ward.
HEAT 3: J. Haers, C. Brachmann, S. Paine, J. Brownell Jr., B. Michaels, S. Whaley.

FEATURE (35-laps): STEVE PAINE, Charlie Donk, Gary Tomkins, Vic Coffey, Chad Brachmann, Chuck Bower, Justin Haers, Karl Comfort, Darryl Ruggles, Chuck Graham, Derrick Podsiadlo, Randy Chrysler, Scott Boudinot, Mike Ward, Mike Payne, Ron White, Allen Willoughby, Jeff Brownell Jr., Shannon Whaley, Dale Kissel, Ray Bliss, Mike Bliss, Don Slover, Brian Michaels, Ron Cartwright Jr.