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ALAN RUDALAVGE BECOMES FIRST MODIFIED REPEAT WINNER AT PENN CAN
Susquehanna, PA…On another night threatened by rain, Alan Rudalavage of Newton Lake , Pennsylvania rebounded from a previous race crash to become the first modified repeat winner at Penn Can Speedway on Pump-N-Pantry Night. In the companion races, Jeremy Randall won his first late model feature event of 2008 while Jeff Crambo repeated as the sportsman winner. In the super stock division Frank Payne captured his second feature win of the year while Rich Green was the pure stock winner. In the four cylinder nightcap, Dan Wood was another first time victor.
Mike Lartz and Alex Tonkin, two modified rookies, lead the starting field to the green flag with Tonkin using the outside lane to get the lead. The hot action was interrupted by a lap two caution for the car of Billy Thornton’s sitting against the first turn wall. When racing resumed, the youngest Tonkin of three in the field, continue to keep his car out front with Alan Rudalavage, Lartz, and Craig Terrell right on his bumper. Caution came out again on lap ten for a spin in turn four grouping the field.
Tonkin continued his strong performance once racing started holding off everything Rudalavage had to offer. At the half way mark of the race Tonkin was leading followed by Rudalavage, Terrell , Chad Cook, Mike Colsten, and Dan Vauter. With laps clicking off at a fast pace, Tonkin bobbled slightly on lap eighteen allowing Rudalavage to take the control. Terrell moved to second on lap twenty and the two front runners would fight for the top spot lap after lap. With only two laps remaining, the front running cars of Rudalavage and Terrell moved into lap traffic. Terrell moved under Rudalavage and pulled even coming down the backstretch on the final lap only to come up short as Rudalavage kept the momentum up and came home for his second win of the year. Tonkin held on for his best ever modified finish with Colsten getting by Cook at the line. Point leader Jeff Rudalavage got sixth with Vauter, Joey Grammes, Brian Weaver, and Brett Tonkin rounding out the top ten.
Jeremy Randall was the story in the twenty lap late model feature as he moved out from his fourth starting position into the lead on lap two followed by Adam Diaz and Dan Snyder. The first of two cautions came out on lap ten when the top running cars of point leader Randall Paxton, Dave Zona, Bud Phillips, and Tracy Gregory tangled in turn three. When racing resumed, Randall was out in front followed by Snyder, James Cornell, and Alan Kellogg. Randall stay strong until caution flew on lap nineteen setting up a one lap dash. Randall held strong and came home first with Snyder second followed by Joe Domiano, Cornell, and Chad Hollenbeck.
Casey Plummer used his front row starting position to take the lead in the twenty lap sportsman feature event. Plummer would lead the Stanley Wilkins, Mike Nagel, and Dwayne Robbins for the first seven laps before the first caution came out and brought the field together. Plummer continued his strong run when the green came back out with Nagel, Jeff Crambo, and Robbins in close pursuit. With only three laps remaining, Plummer drifted high and allowed Crambo to take the lead. Crambo held on for his second sportsman win of the season while Plummer came home second followed by Nagel, Robbins, and Wilkins. Wilkin was penalized five spots for not having a working radio moving Paul Strohl into the top five at the finish.
Fred Christ led the super stock field to the green to start their twenty lap feature event. Frank Payne was the man on the move getting to the front on a lap three restart. With Payne out front, last race winner, Jim Sykes, would move to second and the two would battle the remaining seventeen caution free laps to the finish. Sykes did take the lead for a short time but drifted high allowing Payne to move back to the front. Two time feature winner Chris Strohl worked into third by Doug Polhamus and then second before laps ran out. Sykes held off Polhamus for third with Tom Herman getting fifth at the finish.
The twenty lap pure stock event was one of the most competitive races of the night with lead changes and side by side racing action. Paul Carpenter was the early leader while the cars of Harry Marvin III, Rich Green, Butch Green, and Steven Deinhardt would all be jockeying for position behind the front runner. Carpenter led the first eight laps before Rich Green took control. Two time feature winner Deinhardt took second on lap ten with Carpenter, Marvin, and Becky Davies fight for position. The fight continued for the final eight laps with Green holding off Deinhardt for his second win. Carpenter came home third followed by Butch Green and Marvin.
In the four cylinder night cap, Chris Conrad was the early leader. Dan Wood would take the point on lap three and keep his car out front to get his first win of the year over Bezzer Wilkie, John Hoover, Conrad, and Andy Colwell.
Penn Notes: Next Friday racing resumes with a big holiday show including the area’s largest fireworks display. Also on the card is a special modified forty four lap feature paying $1500 to win with $150 to take the green.
Pump-N-Pantry Modified Feature: Al Rudalavage, Craig Terrell, Alex Tonkin, Mike Colsten, Chad Cook, Jeff Rudalavage, Dan Vauter, Joey Grammes, Brian Weaver, Brett Tonkin, Mike Lartz, Mike Nagel, Dan Pompey, Butch Tittle, Garth Tonkin Jr, Bobby Trapper, Dave Jenkins, Darwin Greene, Steve Babicek, Matt Latwinski, Bill Miller , Chris Weaver. Billy Thornton
Jim Corcoran, DNQ, Bobby Trapper Jr, Mike McCollum
Pump-N-Pantry Late Model Feature: Jeremy Randall, Dan Snyder, Joe Domiano, James Cornell, Chad Hollenbeck, Curt Tunilo Jr, Dave Zona, Tracy Gregory, Ben Whithaker, Tom Lainhart, Adam McGeorge, Scott Adams, Chris Hunsinger, Alan Kellogg, Eric Millon, Ernie Millon, Adam Diaz, Bud Phillips, Randall Paxton
Pump-N-Pantry Sportsman Feature: Jeff Crambo, Casey Plummer, Mike Nagel Jr, Dwayne Robbins, Paul Strohl, Tim Howell, Grant Hilfiger, Rick Brown, Joey Colsten, Stanley Wilkins, Nick Petrilak, Eric Griffin, Paul Rooney, Jamie Cortazar, Bob Janesky, Les Gillette, Chris Piasecki, Josh Ainey, Tom Witko
Pump-N-Pantry Super Stock Feature: Frank Payne, Chris Strohl, Jim Sykes, Doug Polhamus, Tom Herman, Carl Heater, Jason Bartsch, Pat Nolan, Ray Swanson, David Brown, Darren Stout, Bill Metschulat, John Lewis, Mark Hiller, Fred Christ, Andrew Alia, Chad Welsh, DNS, Chuck Murray, Dick Koch
Pump-N-Pantry Pure Stock Feature: Rich Green, Steve Deinhardt, Jon Carpenter, Butch Green, Harry Marvin III, Becky Davies, Ray Lindquist, Richard Post, Carl Shimer, Jim Thompson-Ortiz, Steve Polhamus, Glen Robinson, Paul Carpenter, Ryan Stone, Chris Shimer, Josh Hislop, Tom Garren
Pump-N-Pantry Four Cylinder Feature: Dan Wood, Beezer Wilkie, John Hoover, Chris Conrad, Andy Colwell, Cody Decker, Chris Taylor. Andy Brigham, Mike Taylor, Jason Colwell, Mark Andrus, Josh Wilder, Gary Kinne
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