BURLEY, SPATORICO, NASHWINTER, ISRAEL, AND SLITER TAKE WINS AT
RANSOMVILLE
 

(Alex and Helen Bruce Photos)

Friday, July 20, 2007-It was another banner night at the big R as a nice field of cars filled the pit area along with a vast amount of fans in the grandstands. Bright blue skies and chilly temps greeted race fans for the 12th week of racing in the 2007 season.
Todd Burley of Spencerport, NY won his third of the season, second in row aboard the Mighty Taco Modified division. Burley took the lead away from Mr. Smallblock Pete Bicknell on lap nineteen and quickly pulled away from the field. The defending champion Burley further padded his points lead in the head-lining class. Bicknell, Boyd
MacTavish, Robbie Krull, and Todd Gordon. Mark Golding led the early going prior to losing the handle in turn two. Chad Brachmann was caught up in the maylay ending his night early. MacTavish led the next several laps until he gave up the point position to Bicknell. Bicknell held the top spot through lap nineteen when Burley used a move on the highside of turn four to take over the top spot

Don Spatorico of Ransomville, NY took his Able Auto Wrecking sponsored #5 to the front in last Fridays twenty-five lap Original Pizza Logs Sportsman main. Spatorico took the top spot away from Mike Short on lap thirteen and quickly put a lot of real estate between himself and the remainder of the field. Spatorico collected his third win of the season and padded his points lead. Just, Ortiz, Schumacher, and Purgarich rounded out the top five.It was yellow fever as four cautions plagued the event in the early going.

Webb Nashwinter of Ransomville, NY took top honors aboard the first fifteen lap Johnston’s Restaurant Streetstock main event. Nashwinter took control at the drop of the green and held off persistent challenges by Derrick Borkenhagen. Borkenhagen finished in second followed by Kenny Washburn, Nate Vetter, and Ryan Susice.
Roger Israel won his third Johnston’s Restaurant Streetstock feature main last Friday night. Israel was declared the winner after apparent winner Dave Conant was disqualified in post race inspections. Conant led the entire fifteen laps. Boots Martin, Chris Burek, Dan Baughman, and Ricky Washburn rounded out the top five. 

Shawn Sliter of Port Colbourne, Ontario took top honors aboard the NYDCA Open Wheel Lites fifteen lap feature main. Sliter took control at the drop of the green and maintained the top spot through the entire distance aboard his Modern Corporation #71 machine. Andy Tallman, Andrew Shartner, Jordan Curran, James Cortiss, James Curran, Malvin Jeffrey, and Andrew Sittler rounded out the field.

DESTINO’S PIZZERIA, HALLEENS, AND RINEHART FAMILY SUMMARY:

MIGHTY TACO MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH – TODD BURLEY, Pete Bicknell, Boyd
MacTavish, Robbie Krull, Todd Gordon, Rick Hoctor, Jeff McGinnis, Kevin
Wills, Sam Crogan, Rich Vinson, Ricky Richner, Jon Miller, Joe
Kubiniec, Randy Chrysler, Dave Just, Bill Torissi, Francesco Pereira,
Mark Golding, Chad Brachman, and Sam Crogan. Heat Winners – Boyd
MacTavish, Todd Gordon, and Jon Miller

ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH – DON SPATORICO, Scott
Just, Jipp Ortiz, Steve Schumacher, Tony Purgarich, Ricky Newton, Steve
Miller, Mike Short, John Panattoni, Sandy Pembleton, Bob Broomfield,
Dennis Giancola, Rick Ballente, Tim Downs, Mark Williams, Jess Cotriss,
John Smith, Jim Zimmerman, Greg Martin, Tommy Flannigan, Ed Cain, Dave
Flannigan, and Mark Potter. Heat Winners – Jesse Cotriss, Mike Short,
and John Smith.


JOHNSTON’S RESTAURANT STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #1 – WEBB NASHWINTER,
Derrick Borkenhagen, Ken Washburn, Nate Vetter, Ryan Susice, Sean
Letts, Billy Coleman, Joe Rickard Jr., Cliff Gregg, Jaren Israel, Brian
Sparks, Allan Wills, Tim Raymond, and Gerald Poole. Heat Winners – Webb
Nashwinter, Boots Martin, and Kenny Washburn.

JOHNSTON’S RESTAURANT STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #2 – ROGER ISRAEL,
Boots Martin, Chris Burek, Dan Baughman, Ricky Washburn, Kirk Tuttle,
Wayne Close, Brandon Sherwood, Ron Graham, Randy Zimmerman, Stuart
Kumm, Pat Dell, Carla Duchnick, Charles Harvey, and Dave Conant.