KERWIN, SPATORICO, COBB, BAUGHMAN, AND VETTER COLLECT WINS AT
RANSOMVILLE

(Alex and Helen Bruce Photos)

Ransomville, NY - Friday, August 24, 2007 – A total of one hundred and five cars packed the pit area last Friday night at Ransomville Speedway. The temperatures were hot and so was the action as a great racing surface greeted drivers providing fans with some of the best racing of the season.
     Scott Kerwin of Newfane, NY took top honors aboard the Mighty Taco Modified main last Friday night. Kerwin piloted his Niagara Maintenance sponsored #7k machine by Sam Crogan on lap twelve and was never seriously challenged after that point. Kerwin held a full straight away lead at times as he collected his second win of the
season.
     Crogan took the early lead followed by Kerwin who quickly advanced to second. The pair of sevens gave the fans a great show as they battled side by side for the top spot. Kerwin was able to make the pass stick on a lap twelve restart and maintained the top spot through a few caution periods. Earlier in the week-Kerwin didn’t believe he would be in competition as a blown motor side lined the team the week prior. Vic Coffey lent the Kerwin team a powerplant enabling them to be in competition. The Kerwin team thanked Coffey immensely for his generosity as they enjoyed victory lane.
    

 Don Spatorico of Ransomville, NY took top honors aboard the twenty-five lap Original Pizza Logs Sportsman main event. Spatorico took the lead away from Steve Schumacher on a lap twelve restart and was never seriously challenged after that point. Spatorico collected his eighth win of the season and extended his points lead over Scott Just and Schumacher. Schumacher, Ed Cain, Steve Miller, and Tony
Purgarich rounded out the top five.

     Matt Cobb of Bradford, Pa won the thirty lap BRP CanAm Late Model feature main. Cobb was in the right place at the right time as he inherited the lead with just a hand full of laps remaining.  Current leader Randy Hall appeared to have the race in hand but mechanical woes side-lined him on lap twenty-four. Hall headed pitside while Cobb went on for the win. Paul Grigsby, Jim Johnson, Mike Williams, and Bob Buono
rounded out the top five.

     Dan Baughman of Lockport, NY took top honors aboard the first Johnston’s Restaurant Streetstock main event. Baughman became the nineteenth different winner in the entry level division after leading all fifteen circuits. Sean Letts, Kenny Washburn, Stuart Kumm, and Ben Harms rounded out the top five.
    

 Nate Vetter won his third Johnston’s Restaurant Street Stock main. Vetter took the lead away from Boots Martin with the white flag in the air. The pair went into turn four side by side-Vetter appeared to slip high making contact with the Martin machine. Martin suffered a flat tire while Vetter went on for the win. Chris Burek, Kirk Tuttle, Webb
Nashwinter, and Ricky Washburn rounded out the top five.

GREATER NIAGARA NEWSPAPERS SUMMARY;

MIGHTY TACO MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH – SCOTT KERWIN, Pete Bicknell,
Chad Brachmann, Robbie Krull, Ricky Richner, Jeff McGinnis, Sam Crogan,
Boyd MacTavish, Joe Kubiniec, Todd Burley, Kevin Wills, Dave Just,
Roger Chrysler, Bill Torissi, Mark Golding, Jon Miller, Pete Cosco, Bob
Broomfield, Randy Chrysler, Francesco Perera, Dave Kubiniec, Rich
Vinson, Rick Hoctor, Tony Hartman, and Corey Brachmann.  Heat Winners –
Jon Miller, Scott Kerwin, and Robbie Krull.

ORIGINAL PIZZA LOGS SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH – DON SPATORICO, Steve
Schumacher, Ed Cain, Steve Miller, Tony Purgarich, Scott Just, Mike
Short, Jipp Ortiz, Rick Ballante, Sandy Pembleton, Nate Reynolds,
Dennis Giancola, John Smith, Jim Zimmerman, Derek Smith, Bernie
Pangrazio, Mark Williams, John Panattoni, Peter Gordon, Jessy Cotriss,
Greg Martin, and Tommy Flannigan. Heat Winners – John Panattoni, Steve
Schumacher, and Jessie Cotriss.

BRP CANAM LATE MODEL FEATURE FINISH – MATT COBB, Paul Grigsby, Jim
Johnson, Mike Williams, Bob Buono, Jeff Chesebro, Larry Knowles, Steve
Dixon, Derek Boyle, Keith Cabeon, Jipp Ortiz, Pete Stefanski, Randy
Hall, Rick Baker, Mike Wonderling, Bruce Miller, Bob Babbit, Jason
Tingue, Neil Patterson, Quinn Sutherland, Beamer Guzzardi, Bob
Bartlett, Ron Baker, and Ray Henry.  Heat Winners – Neil Patterson,
Quinn Sutherland, and Paul Grigsby

JOHNSTON’S RESTAURANT STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #1 – DAN BAUGHMAN,
Sean Letts, Kenny Washburn, Stuart Kumm, AJ Cole, Joe Rickard Jr.,
Allan Wills, Ron Graham, Gerald Poole, Roger Israel, Jeff Schulze,
Billy Coleman, Dave Conant, Chad Livermore, Randy Zimmerman, Brian
Harms, and Cliff Gregg. Heat Winners – Dan Baughman, Joe Rickard, and
Boots Martin.

JOHNSTON’S RESTAURANT STREETSTOCK FEATURE FINISH #2 – NATE VETTER,
Chris Burek, Kirk Tuttle, Webb Nashwinter, Ricky Washburn, Ryan Susice,
Brandon Sherwood, Charles Harvey, Derek Borkenhagen, Carla Duchnick,
Wayne Close, Brian Sparks, Dave Stolzenburg, Boots Martin, Brandon
Poole, Bob Urtel, and Pat Dell.