BURLEY COLLECTS LUCAS OIL MODIFIED WIN AT RANSOMVILLE; SPATORICO, DELL, POOLE, AND WAGNER ALSO TAKE WINS

(Alex and Helen Bruce Photos)

 

  
Ransomville, NY – Friday, May 22, 2009 – It was another great night of racing at the big R last Friday as one hundred and three cars filled the pit area. Another great crowd was on hand to witness competitive side by side racing aboard the 4 weekly divisions.
            Todd Burley of Spencerport, NY took top honors aboard the Lucas Oil 50 Lap Modified Shoot-out. Burley used a move to the20inside of Scott Kerwin on lap forty-five to take over the top spot. Kerwin had appeared to have the feature in hand but a late race caution bunched up the field and put Burley on his back bumper. Kerwin was able to maintain the second position at the line followed by Rich Vinson, Jeff McGinnis, and Jeff McGinnis. It was Burley’s third win in as many weeks keeping his undefeated streak alive. Several yellow flags plaqued the event along with one red coming just prior to the mid-way point for Larry Lampman who went up and over the turn one wall. Lampman was ok but his racer suffered major damage.

 

 

Don Spatorico of Ransomville, NY won his first of the season last Friday aboard the twenty-five lap Original Pizza Logs Sportsman main. Spatorico took the lead away from Justin Wright with just a hand full of laps remaining enroute to the win. Two time winner Ryan Susice advanced to second at the checkered followed by Wright, Jesse Cotriss, and Nathan Reynolds.

 

 

Patrick Dell of Ransomville, NY took top honors aboard the first fifteen lap Ki-Po Chevrolet main event. Dell took the lead at the drop of the green and maintained it the entire distance aboard his #14p machine. Dell was able to keep the defending champion Chris Burek at bay and became the fifth di fferent winner of 2009 aboard the full fendered division. Tim Raymond, Stuart Kumm, and Mike Greenawalt rounded out the top five. A total of seventeen cars started the event.

 

            Gerald Poole became the sixth different driver to visit victory lane aboard the Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstocks. Poole took the lead at the drop of the green and maintained it the entire fifteen lap distance. Charles Harvey enjoyed his best finish of his racing career after scoring a second place finish. Billy Coleman, Jaren Israel, and Dave Conant rounded out the top five. A total of seventeen cars started the event.

 

            Derek Wagner of Middleport, NY won the inaugural event for the Flexcare 4 Bangers. Wagner took the lead away from Jimmy Pringle in the early going and maintained it through the remainder of the event.
 
MIGHTY TACO MODIFIEDS FEATURE FINISH – TODD BURLEY, Scott Kerwin, Rich Vinson, Jeff McGinnis, Pete Bicknell, Chad Brachmann, Sam=2 0Crogan, Ricky Richner, Mat Williamson, Tommy Flannigan, Jon Miller, James Michael Friesen, Tim Jones, Randy Chrysler, Joe Kubiniec, Todd Gordon, Travis Braun, Bobby Davidson, Dave Just, Bill Bleich, Boyd MacTavish, Bob Broomfield, Justin Sharp, Robbie Krull, Chris Steele, Rick Hoctor, Andrew Sittler, and Larry Lampman.  Heat Winners – Todd Burley, Billy Bleich, and Sam Crogan.
 
ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH – DON SPATORICO, Ryan Susice, Justin Wright, Jesse Cotriss, Nathan Reynolds, John Smith, Mike Williams, Allan Wills, John Panattoni, Rick Newton, Scott Just, Brett Martin, Ed Cain, Stephen Miller, Jipp Ortiz, Tony Purgarich, Sandy Pembleton, Derek Smith, Mark Chiddy, Chris Purgarich, Steven Schumacher, and Chris Weigand. Heat Winners – Don Spatorico, Mike Williams, and Tony Purgarich.
 
KI-PO CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #1 – PAT DELL, Chris Burek, Tim Raymond, Stuart Kumm, Mike Greenawalt, Webb Nashwinter, Ricky Washburn Jr., Ricky Washburn, Derrick Borkenhagen, Roger Israel, Randy Zimmerman, Brett Doebler, Dustin Gorhan, Brandon Sherwood, Chr is Dowling, Mike Childrose, Kenny Washburn, and Jennifer Greenawalt. Heat Winners – Gerald Poole, Patrick Dell, and Kirk Sherwood.
 
KI-PO CHEVROLET STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #2 – GERALD POOLE, Charles Harvey, Billy Coleman, Jaren Israel, Dave Conant, Brian Lonneville, Scott Krull, Donald Rappleyea, Kirk Sherwood, Tim Hall, Bob Urtel, Brandon Poole, Kevin House, Tim Kott, Patrick Burek, Jon Richael, and John Carleton.
 
FLEXCARE 4 BANGERS FEATURE FINISH – DEREK WAGNER, Jimmy Pringle, Mike Pahl, Jamie Woods, Matt Matson, Martin Peunic, Ryan Stephenson, Eugene Washburn, Charles Lewis, Edward Martin, Steve Matson, Ryan Plante, Daryl Haag, Justin Israel, Pat O’Keefe, Dave Nashwinter, Zack Sam, Dan Walchuk, and Don Spillman. Heat Winners – Derek Wagner and Jimmy Pringle.


 

 

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