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06/25/07

“JAM THE CAN NIGHT” FRIDAY AT PENN CAN SPEEDWAY

Susquehanna, PA… The hot racing action continues at Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna this Friday with the annual “Jam the Can” Night. This fan appreciation special will include a great night of racing with five big twenty lap feature events on the schedule. The Late Models, Sportsman, Trackside Products Super Stocks, Pure Stocks, and Four Cylinder Stocks will all be running qualifying events leading up to a big twenty lap feature for each division. All this racing will be presented for a low $3.00 admission price for the main grandstand.

In the late model division local favorites Tracy Gregory, Dave Zona, and Jammie Griffiths have all be having great seasons at Penn Can. Veterans Budd Phillips, Jeremy Randall, Keith Mudge, and Chad Hollenback have also been contenders all season.

The popular sportsman division has been wide open with many drivers capable of winning on any given night. Rick Brown was a first time winner last week and will be challenged by one of the strongest field of sportsman at any local track. Joey Colsten, Jeff Crambo, Shaun Walker, Paul Rooney, and Dan Pompey are just a few of the great sportsman drivers ready to compete weekly at Penn Can.

The Trackside Products Tour will be back in action Friday. Drivers will be looking to beat Denny Decker. His win streak at the speedway came to an end the last time out when Tom Herman came home first.

The modifieds will be back in action Tuesday July 3rd with a special mid week show featuring one of the largest fireworks displays in the area. They will be joined with the sportsman, late models, pure stocks, and the Empire Series for the IMCA Modifieds.

Gates open both nights at 5:00 with racing on schedule for 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928 or on the web at www.penncan.com. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA AT PENN CAN TUESDAY JULY 3RD

Susquehanna, PA… Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna will come to life Tuesday July 3rd with the huge Fireworks Extravaganza to start off the Independence Day Weekend. This display of fireworks is always one of the best in the southern tier. This year will not be any different as Legion Fireworks Company will be on hand to present another super fireworks show.

On this special holiday the speedway will also present a special modified event when the best drivers come to Penn Can Speedway for a $1500 to win Firecracker 35.This should attract some new faces to Penn Can for the holiday special.

Joining the modifieds for this Tuesday night special event will be the popular sportsman competing in a twenty lap qualifying event with the winner a guaranteed starter in the Sportsman Special scheduled on Friday July 20th. The late models will also be in competition.

Another added treat for this high speed night of action will be the first ever Empire State IMCA Modified race. This will be the first time the Empire State IMCA Series has visited the state of Pennsylvania. It is sure to bring the best IMCA racers in the area as Penn can will be the only track running July 3rd.

Rounding out the evening of racing will be the popular pure stocks. They will be racing for a guaranteed spot in the Homer Ferrante Memorial Race to be run Tuesday July 31st as part of the Hot Summer Night Special.

The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from the Binghamton and Scranton areas. For more information call the speedway office at 570-585-9928 or check our web page at www.penncan.com. 

The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2006 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, Stone Excavating, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

ALAN RUDALAVAGE CLAIMS MODIFIED VICTORY AT PENN CAN

-Rick Brown notches career first sportsman victory
Alan Rudalavage topped the Modified field to pick up his first win of the
2007 season in a race that saw the Modifieds run off their 30 lap feature
without a caution flag on BK Norris Distributors night at the speedway.
Rick Brown ended three years of frustration in the Sportsman class as he
drove to his first career feature win while Tracy Gregory won his second
Late Model feature of the season. The Pure Stocks ran a pair of feature
races, the first being a rain postponed event from June 8th which saw
Steve Polhamus earn his first career Penn Can Speedway win. Rich Green
picked up the win in the nightcap in a borrowed ride as he drove the
Harry Marvin III machine to victory. Kenny Frederick topped the Four
Cylinder Stock feature in only his second ever start.
Chad Cook jumped out to the early lead in the 30 lap Modified feature
before surrendering the top spot to Rick Virkitis on the eighth lap.
Behind them, eventual winner Alan Rudalavage was on his way to the front
of the field. With the race running without a caution flag, Rudalavage
was forced to make his way through the field under green flag conditions.
Just past the halfway point of the event, the veteran drive from
Olyphant, Pa. worked past Cook for second and set his sights on Virkitis
for the top spot.
As Rudalavage was making his way to the front, Virkitis found himself
mired in lapped traffic. With Rudalavage charging hard, Alan was able to
close down on Virkitis, setting up a battle for the top spot between the
two veteran drivers. Rudalavage found the opening he needed on the 23rd
lap as he and Virkitis split a lapped car, putting them three wide for a
moment. Rudalavage's bold move in traffic garnered him the lead, but the
race was not yet over. Over the closing laps, Virkitis was able to stay
with Rudalavage, pressuring Alan all the way to the finish. Virkitis was
not able to find a way back past Rudalavage as Alan's Quinn's Market/Pine
Line Auto Sales sponsored #145 flashed under the checkered flags to score
his first win of the season by a narrow margin over Virkitis. Early race
leader Chad Cook finished third with Billy Thornton Jr. fourth ahead of
current point leader Jeff Rudalavage. Mike Nagel, Joey Grammes, Mike
Colsten, Carl Nagel, and Butch Getz completed the top ten finishing
order.
In Sportsman action, "Slick" Rick Brown ended three seasons of
frustration as he was finally able to pick up his first career victory in
the Sportsman class. The Dalton, Pa. driver scored the victory in fine
style as he took the lead with a nice pass of multiple feature winner
already this season Shaun Walker. Over the closing laps, Brown was able
to pull away from Walker to take the victory, a popular win with the Penn
Can fans who have watched Brown progress from a struggling rookie to
feature winner over the past three seasons. Walker chased Brown all the
way to the finish to earn the runner-up spot while Paul Rooney survived a
last lap bump with the backstretch wall to finish third. Alex Konopka and
teenage sensation Mike Nagel Jr. rounded out the top five running order.
Mike Lartz, Bill Deckelman, Jeff Crambo, Ryan Olsommer, and Dwayne
Robbins completed the top ten.
Tracy Gregory utilized a dramatic late race pass to pick up the win in
the 20 lap Late Model feature. Jamie Griffiths led the majority of the
event, but could not hold off Gregory's charge as Tracy was able to slip
to the inside of Griffiths on the 18th circuit. Having the preferred
inside groove, Gregory was able to complete the pass entering the turn
and go on to score the win Griffiths brought his Ford powered machine
home second while Dave Zona charged from deep in the field at the start
to finish third. Brett Spoor gave the Larry DeLello owned machine another
strong drive to finish fourth with Bud Phillips fifth. Chad Hollenbeck
was sixth with Keith Mudge and Dan Snyder seventh and eighth. Dave Snyder
finished ninth in his first Penn Can appearance with Ben Whittaker tenth.

The first feature of the evening was the Pure Stock feature postponed by
rain back on June 8th. Steve Polhamus took advantage of an up front
starting position to lead all twenty laps of the event to score his first
ever Penn Can win. Chad Stone made a late run at Polhamus, but came up
just short, finishing second. Dee Ramey, Butch Green, and Ryan Stone
completed the top five. Rich Green picked up the ride in the Harry Marvin
III #8m for the evening and finished sixth in his first outing in the
Marvin machine. Tom Garren, Jamie Batzel, Mahlon Shoemaker, and Charlie
Gilbert completed the top ten.
In the regularly scheduled Pure Stock feature, Rich Green drove to his
second win of the season as he took the Harry Marvin III mount to victory
lane. Green took over the top spot just three laps from the finish when
race leader Kevin Beach slowed with a flat right front tire. Dee Ramey
drove to a runner-up finish with Shane Wolf turning in his best run of
2007 to finish third with Mahlon Shoemaker and Charlie Gilbert rounding
out the top five. Jamie Batzel was sixth with Steve Polhamus seventh.
Beach was able to slavage an eight place finish following his misfortune
with Jon Carpenter and Ken Sparks rounding out the top ten.
In only his second ever race, Kenny Frederick drove the Cody Decker owned
#27D to victory in the 12 lap Four Cylinder Stock feature. Mark Andrus
made his first start of the season, charging from the back of the pack to
finish second. Mike Taylor, Gary Kinne, and Chris Taylor completed the
top five running order.
This Friday night is "Pack the Track" night with grandstand admission set
at only $3 for the evening. A big night of racing will be presented,
headlined by the , Sportsman division. The Late Models, Super Stocks,
Pure Stocks, and Four Cylinder Stocks will all be in action, along with a
Powder Puff Race rounding out the big night of racing action. Racing gets
underway at 7:15 PM. For all of the latest news and information, log onto
the speedway's official website at www.penncan.com. 

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps) 1. ALAN RUDALAVAGE 2. Rick Virkitis 3. Chad Cook 4.
Billy Thornton 5. Jeff Rudalavage 6. Mike Nagel 7. Joey Grammes 8. Mike
Colsten 9. Carl Nagel 10. Butch Getz 11. Mike Gular 12. Brian Decker 13.
Brett Tonkin 14. Brian Weaver 15. Darwin Greene 16. Brian Franco 17.
Garth Tonkin Jr. 18. Bobby Trapper 19. Rick Whitney 20. Bernie Griffin
21. Chris Weaver DNS: Chris Shupp, Craig Terrell

SPORTSMAN (25 laps) 1. RICK BROWN 2. Shaun Walker 3. Paul Rooney 4. Alex
Konopka 5. Mike Nagel Jr. 6. Mike Lartz 7. Bill Deckelman 8. Jeff Crambo
9. Ryan Olsommer 10. Dwayne Robbins 11. Jamie Cortazar 12. Eric Griffin
13. Russ Zimmerman 14. Chris Wood 15. Casey Plumer 16. Nick Petrilak 17.
Paul Strohl 18. Mike Loney 19. Bob Janesky 20. Dave Carlin 21. Dan Pompey
22. Steve Chapple 23. PJ Goodwin 24. Joey Colsten

LATE MODELS (20 laps) 1. TRACY GREGORY 2. Jamie Griffiths 3. Dave Zona 4.
Brett Spoor 5. Bud Phillips 6. Chad Homllenbeck 7. Keith Mudge 8. Dan
Snyder 9. Dave Snyder 10. Ben Whittaker 11. Jeremy Randall 12. Randall
Paxton 13. Jim O'Hara

PURE STOCKS (20 laps) 1. RICH GREEN 2. Dee Ramey 3. Shane Wolf 4. Mahlon
Shoemaker 5. Charlie Gilbert 6. Jamie Batzel 7. Steve Polhamus 8. Kevin
Beach 9. Jon Carpenter 10. Ken Sparks 11. Chad Stone 12. Butch Green 13.
Glen Robinson 14. Daryl Ellis 15. Ryan Stone

PURE STOCKS (postponed from 6-8-07) (20 laps) 1. STEVE POLHAMUS 2. Chad
Stone 3. Dee Ramey 4. Butch Green 5. Ryan Stone 6. Rich Green 7. Tom
Garren 8. Jamie Batzel 9. Mahlon Shoemaker 10. Charlie Gilbert 11. Glen
Robinson 12. Shane Wolf 13. Kevin Beach 14. Ken Sparks DNS: Steve
Deinhardt

FOUR CYLINDER STOCK: 1. KENNY FREDERICK 2. Mark Andrus 3. Mike Taylor 4.
Gary Kinne 5. Chris Taylor 6. Nick Stark 7. Andy Brigham 8. Mike Brewer

MIKE GULAR WINS SECOND IN A ROW AT PENN CAN

Harleysville, Pa.'s Mike Gular drove to victory in Friday night's 30 lap
Modified feature at the Penn Can Speedway, earning his second victory in
as many weeks. Joey Colsten earned his second Sportsman victory of 2007
while Dave Zona topped the Bernheisel Race Components (BRC) Lazer
Challenge Series for the Late Models. Defending Super Stock champion
Denny Decker won his fifth consecutive feature in the race that was
postponed by rain back on June 8th. Decker's winning streak was snapped
in the regularly scheduled feature as Tom Herman drove to his first
career victory, narrowly defeating Decker to score the win. Butch Green
took the Pure Stock win, his second of 2007 with Nick Stark winning the
Four Cylinder Stock feature, his third of 2007.
The early stages of the Modified feature saw veterans Mike Colsten and
Brian Weaver battling for the top spot. After suffering through a couple
of tough weeks, Colsten and Weaver started near the head of the field for
the 30 lap feature event. Colsten was able to hold Weave off as the two
veterans battled for the lead. Meanwhile, eventual winner Gular and
current point leader Jeff Rudalavage had made their way through the
field, setting up a four way battle for the lead as the race crossed the
halfway point.
The entire complexion of the race changed just past the 20th circuit as
the tight racing at the head of the field got even tighter. As Weaver and
Rudalavage were racing side by side, Weaver went for a low move around
Colsten. Rudalavage was running the outside groove and suddenly found
Colsten right in his groove. Rudalavage tried to slip between Colsten and
Weaver, but in doing so he and Weaver made hard contact with Colsten also
getting knocked out of shape in the incident. Weaver was able to gather
up his car first and drive away with the lead as Gular pounced on the
situation to drive past Rudalavage and Colsten into second.
Though he had the race lead, the incident took a toll on Weaver's race
car as Brian had to deal with front end damage as well as a loss of
brakes both front and rear. Without brakes, Weaver had no choice but to
slow his pace, running the outside groove of the speedway just trying to
make it to the finish. Brian could not put up much of a fight as Gular
was able to drive past and into the lead on the low side of the speedway
with only two laps remaining. At the controls of his Grandview legal
small block, Gular was able to drive away from Weaver over the final two
laps to earn his second consecutive feature win. Six time defending
champion Weaver drove the final laps with no brakes, but held on for
second with current point leader Jeff Rudalavage third. Alan Rudalavage
was fourth with early race leader Mike Colsten fifth. Brian Decker was
sixth over Mike Nagel. Bobby Trapper finished eighth in only his second
start of the season with Billy Thornton and Rick Virkitis completing the
top ten.
In Sportsman division action, second generation star Joey Colsten drove
to his second win of the season. Colsten, who was the opening night
feature winner back in April, came out on top of an exciting three way
battle that saw him, Chris Wood, and Jeff Crambo locked in a tight three
way battle that lasted all the way to the checkered flag. Colsten was
able to come out on top of this battle to earn the win aboard his Don's
Automotive Mall sponsored entry. Wood settled for a solid runner-up
finish, his best to date in 2007. Jeff Crambo finished third with Russ
Zimmerman turning in a strong drive to finish fourth with Dan Pompey
completing the top five running order. Bill Deckelman, Shaun Walker,
defending track champion Mike Loney, Alex Konopka, and Dwayne Robbins
were sixth through tenth respectively.
The Late Model division went to the post in the 20 lap BRC Lazer
Challenge Series feature with Bud Phillips grabbing the early race lead.
Phillips led the first five laps before 2006 Late Model champion Dave
Zona was able to work past Phillips to take over the lead on the sixth
lap. Once out front, Zona was able to open up a lead over the closing
laps to take the victory, the second of the season for the Montrose, Pa
.based driver. Phillips turned in another strong drive to finish second,
holding off a late charge by Jamie Griffiths to finish second with
Griffiths settling for a third place finish. Tracy Gregory slipped past
Brett Spoor late to finish fourth with Spoor finishing fifth. Keith
Mudge, was sixth ahead of Dan Snyder and Jeremy Randall . Junior Grebe
finished ninth while Jim O'Hara recovered from a first lap incident that
found his mount perched atop the backstretch wall to finish tenth.
The Super Stocks ran a pair of feature races on Saturday night, opening
the show with their event that was postponed by rain back on 6-8-07.
Denny Decker drove to his seventh victory of the season in that event,
besting Pat Nolan to pick up the win. Nolan hung on to finish second with
Chris Piasecki, Darren stout, and Tom Herman completing the top five.
Carl Heater finished sixth with Matt Holmes, Doug Polhamus, Jim Sykes,
and David Brown rounding out the top ten.
Decker's winning streak came to an end in the nightcap as Tom Herman
drove to his first career feature win. Early in the event it appeared as
if Decker would continue his winning streak, but he and David Luff
tangled while racing for the lead on the seventh lap, sending both to the
rear of the field. Luff's night would end a few laps later when he was
involved in another incident, but Decker was able to charge his way back
through the field to contend for victory. Exiting the fourth turn on the
final lap, second running Darren Stout tried an outside move on Herman to
go for the win, but got into the retaining wall and flipped his machine.
The checkered and caution flags waved, giving Herman his first career
win. Stout's misfortune gave Decker a runner-up finish, keeping alive his
nearly two year string of finishing either first or second in every
feature. Carl Heater earned a season best third place finish as did
fourth finishing Jim Hughes Sr. Doug Polhamus rounded out the top five.
Neil
Palladino, Jim Sykes, and Chris Piasecki were sixth through eighth. Stout
was cored ninth, the first car not completing the 20 lap distance with
David Brown earning his second top ten finish of the night.
In Pure Stock action, Butch Green returned to victory lane for the second
time this season as he held off a determined challenge from Charlie
Gilbert to pick up the win. Green and Gilbert put on a show as they
fought for the top spot for several laps before Green was able to gain
the upper hand for good. Gilbert finished second with Jamie Batzel third.
Chad Stone and Dee Ramey were fourth and fifth. Finishing in positions
six through ten were Mahlon Shoemaker, Ryan Stone, Jon Carpenter, Kevin
Beach and Steve Polhamus.
Nick Stark won his third Four Cylinder Stock feature of the season,
driving the Jeremy Hale owned #19j to victory. Newcomer John Hoover
finished second with Chris Taylor, Mike Taylor, and Kenny Frederick
rounding out the top five.
Racing continues this Friday night with a big six division racing card
featuring the Modifieds, Sportsman, Late Models, Super Stocks, Pure
Stocks, and Four Cylinder Stocks. The Pure Stocks will also make up their
rain postponed feature, making for a big night of racing for the Pure
Stocks. Racing gets underway at 7:15 PM. For all of the latest news and
information, log onto the speedway's official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps) 1. MIKE GULAR 2. Brian Weaver 3. Jeff Rudalavage 4.
Alan Rudalavage 5. Mike Colsten 6. Brian Decker 7. Mike Nagel 8. Bobby
Trapper 9. Billy Thornton 10. Rick Virkitis 11. Chad Cook 12. Garth
Tonkin Jr. 13. Joey Grammes 14. Brett Tonkin 15. Butch Getz 16. Alan
Kellogg 17. Carl Nagel 18. Chris Shupp 19. Bill Miller 20. Darwin Greene
21. Craig Terrell 22. Bernie Griffin 23. Chris Weaver

SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 1. JOEY COLSTEN 2. Chris Wood 3. Jeff Crambo 4. Russ
Zimmerman 5. Dan Pompey 6. Bill Deckelman 7. Shaun Walker 8. Mike Loney
9. Alex Konopka 10. Dwayne Robbins 11. Ryan Olsommer 12. Mike Martz 13.
Eric Griffin 14. Nick Petrilak 15. Jamie Cortazar 16. Josh pursell 17.
Rick Brown 18. Paul Strohl 19. Dave Carlin 20. Bob Janesky 21. Christine
Martin 22. Paul Rooney 23. Steve Chapple 24. Mike Nagel Jr. 25. Casey
Plumer

BRC LAZER CHALLENGE SERIES LATE MODELS: 1. DAVE ZONA 2. Bud Phillips 3.
Jamie Griffiths 4. Tracy Gregory 5. Brett Spoor 6. Keith Mudge 7. Dan
Snyder 8. Jeremy Randall 9. Junior Grebe 10. Jim O'Hara 11. Chad
Hollenbeck 12. Randall Paxton 13. Bill Ropp 14. Dan Stone 15. Mike
Kellner 16. Ben Whittaker

SUPER STOCKS: 1. TOM HERMAN 2. Denny Decker 3. Carl Heater 4. Jim Hughes
5. Doug Polhamous 6. Neil Palladino 7. Jim Sykes 8. Chris Piasecki 9.
Darren Stout 10. David Brown 11. John Lewis 12. Pat Nolan 13. David Luff
14. Frank Payne 15. Dick Koch DNS: Matt Holmes

SUPER STOCKS (held over from 6-8-07) (20 laps) 1. DENNY DECKER 2. Pat
Nolan 3. Chris Piasecki 4. Darren Stout 5. Tom Herman 6. Carl Heater 7.
Matt Holmes 8. Doug Polhamus 9. Jim Sykes 10. David Brown 11. John Lewis
12. Jim Hughes 13. Frank payne 14. Dave Luff 15. Dick Koch 16. Neil
Palladino

PURE STOCK S (20 laps) 1. BUTCH GREEN 2. Charlie Gilbert 3. Jamie Batzel
4. Chad Stone 5. Dee Ramey 6. Mahlon Shoemaker 7. Ryan Stone 8. Jon
Carpenter 9. Kevin Beach 10. Steve Polhamus 11. Toby Sparks 12. Glen
Robinson 13. Tom Garren 14. Jerry Lobdell 15. Rich Green

FOUR CYLINDER (12 laps) 1. NICK STARK 2. John Hoover 3. Chris Taylor 4.
Mike Taylor 5. Kenny Frederick 6. Leo Shew

MIKE GULAR AND MIKE LONEY WIN AT PENN CAN BEFORE RAINS HALT SHOW

Harleysville, Pa.'s Mike Gular drove to victory in Friday night's 30 lap
Modified feature at the Penn Can Speedway, his first win of 2007.
Defending track champion Mike Loney drove to his third victory of the
season. The ASCS Sprint Cars had completed four laps of their feature
when Blake Breen flipped, bringing out the red flag. During the red flag,
heavy rain began to fall, washing out the remainder of the show on RWG
Construction night..
Gular turned in a dominating run to pick up his first win of the 2007
season. The second generation star drove to the lead early on and
immediately began to open up a big advantage over the rest of the field.
Joey Grammes charged his way to the runner-up position, but with the race
running without a caution flag over the final 20 laps, Grammes was not
able to close in on Gular.
Over the closing laps, Gular's biggest challenge was working lapped
traffic. Mike did a masterful job of working the traffic as Mike was able
to pick his way through the traffic to maintain his advantage over
Grammes. Joey made a late run, but came up just short at the finish.
Gular, who travels nearly 3 hours each way every Friday night from his
home to race at Penn Can, made the long trip worthwhile as he flashed
under the checkered flag to score the victory over Grammes. Brian Decker
drove to a solid third place finish with Craig Terrell making a late
charge on the outside of the speedway to advance to fourth. Butch Getz
rounded out the top five finishers. Jeff Rudalavage, Rick Virkitis, Brett
Tonkin, Carl Nagel, and Billy Thornton completed the top ten finishers.
The 20 lap Sportsman feature fell to defending track champion Mike Loney.
The veteran driver from Taylor, Pa. made the winning pass on a lap ten
restart. Loney took advantage of the high side of the speedway to drive
around the outside of race leader Alex Konopka in the first turn to seize
control of the event. Loney led the remainder of the way to earn the win,
his third triumph of the season. Dwayne Robbins worked past Konopka late
in the event to finish second with Konopka scoring third. Second year
Sportsman campaigner Nick Petrilak finished fourth with Paul Rooney
fifth. Shaun Walker drove to a sixth with Russ Zimmerman, Bill Deckelman,
Joey Colsten, and Jeff Crambo filling the remainder of the top ten
running order.
The first ever ASCA Patriot/MASC Sprint Car Shootout had four laps in the
books when the red flag waved for a flip by Blake Breen. Breen was not
injured in the flip, but as track crews went to work to remove the car
from the racing surface, a steady rain began to fall. The rain got
progressively heavier, forcing officials to postpone the final 16 laps of
the feature event. The final 16 laps of the ASCS Patriots feature will be

Made up on August 17th when they return to Penn Can, running a full show
in addition to completing their feature event.
When the feature restarts, Chuck Hebing will continue his quest to keep
his perfect record at Penn Can intact as Chuck has won every feature in
which he has started at Penn Can. After winning the Rob's Market Dash for
Cash on Friday night, Hebing accepted a challenge to forfeit his pole
starting position and start the feature from the rear. If successful,
Hebing will collect a $1,000 bonus for his charge through the field. At
the time of the caution, Hebing had advanced from the rear to seventh.
The Super Stocks and Pure Stocks will make up their postponed features
over the next two weeks. On Friday, June 15th , the Super Stocks will
make up their rain postponed feature in addition to their regularly
scheduled event. The Pure Stocks will get their turn at a double feature
show on June 22nd.
Racingt continues this Friday night with a big six division racing card
featuring the Modifieds, Sportsman, Late Models, Super Stocks, Pure
Stocks, and Four Cylinder Stocks. The Super Stocks will also make up
their rain postponed feature, making for a bigh night of racing for the
Super Stocks. Racing gets underway at 7:15 PM. For all of the latest news
and information, log onto the speedway's official website at
www.penncan.com. 

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps) 1. MIKE GULAR 2. Joey Grammes 3. Brian Decker 4.
Craig Terrell 5. Butch Getz 6. Jeff Rudalavage 7. Rick Virkitis 8. Brett
Tonkin 9. Carl Nagel 10. Billy Thornton 11. Chad Cook 12. Mike Nagel 13.
JR Crouse 14. Mike Colsten 15. Brain Franko 16. Bobby Trapper 17. Chris
Shupp 18. Brian Weaver 19. Darwin Greene 20. Bill Miller 21. Bernie
Griffin 22. Aloan Rudalavage 23. Garth Tonkin Jr. 24. Chris Weaver
SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 1. MIKE LONEY 2. Dwayne Robbins 3. Alex Konopka
4.Nick Petrilak 5. Paul Rooney 6. Shaun Walker 7. Russ Zimmerman 8. Bill
Deckelman 9. Joey Colsten 10. Jeff Crambo 11. Jamie Cortazar 12. Mike
Lartz 13. Chris Wood 14. Josh pursell 15. Paul Strohl 16. Dan pompey 17.
Mike Nagel Jr. 18. Bob Janesky 19. Casey Plumer 20. Steve Chapple 21.
Jason Griffith 22. Frank Doty 23. Rick Brown 24. Eric Griffin 25.
Christime Martin DQ: Grant Hilfiger
ASCA SPRINT CARS - Postponed by rain after 4 laps. Will be completed on
8-17-07
SUPER STOCKS: postponed by rain - will be made up 6-15-07
PURE STOCKS: Postponed by

ASCS SPRINT CARS RETURN TO PENN CAN FRIDAY JUNE 8th

The ASCS Patriot Sprint Cars will be making their first two appearances at Penn Can Speedway Friday June 8th. The sprint cars will be joined by the exciting Penn Can Speedway modifieds, sportsman, Super stocks, and pure stocks. The night of racing will be sponsored by RWG Construction of Endicott, New York.

Always one of the most popular shows of the year, something extra has been added to the sprint shows for the new season. The sprint event will have even more importance as each race will be a combined challenge event between the Pennsylvania based ASCS Mid Atlantic Sprint Car Group and the New York based ASCS Patriot Sprint Car Group.

With extra points and purse money being put up for both the Friday June 8th and Friday August 17th event an overflow number of cars is expected. For the past two seasons, Chuck Hebing of Ontario, New York has owned the Penn Can Speedway. It is understandable that Hebing calls Penn Can one of his favorite tracks. He currently has won every event that he has entered at the Susquehanna County oval.

This season Hebing will have a stellar field of competitors looking to unseat him as the King of Sprint Car racing at Penn Can. Local favorite George Suprick is returning to the Mid Atlantic Sprint Car fold after a season away from ASCS action. While taking a break from the Patriot tour, Suprick won the Clinton County Speedway sprint car championship. Suprick currently is the Mid Atlantic point leader.

During the 2006 season Suprick served as tutor for young Coleman Gulick of Binghamton, New York. The young sprint car phenoem pick up his first full size sprint car win in August at Clinton County where he finished fourth in points. Gulick will be in the Penn Can field for both events. Currently Gulick is sitting third in Mid Atlantic points. This will be the first local start for this teenage sensation.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat scheduled at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

ROOKIE GARTH TONKIN Jr. SCORES PENN CAN MODIFIED FEATURE WIN
-story by Ted Schmidt

In only his fourth Modified division start, rookie Garth Tonkin Jr. drove
to victory in Friday night's 30 lap Modified feature event at the Penn
Can Speedway. Mike Lartz won his first Sportsman feature of 2007, as did
Dan Stone in the Late Model division. Denny Decker won the Trackside
products Super Stock feature, his fifth visit to victory lane in as many
starts this season. Kurt Decker won the Pure Stock feature in his first
Penn Can appearance of 2007, as did Ken Hollenbeck in the Four Cylinder
Stock feature.
Tonkin took advantage of a front row starting position to take the lead
at the drop of the green flag to put his Grim Construction sponsored
entry at the head of the field. Tonkin immediately began to open up a
lead over the battle for second place which saw Garth's brother Brett and
Joey Grammes lock up in a tight battle for the runner-up position,
swapping the spot back and forth between themselves.
Tonkin continued to open up his lead as the race passed the halfway
point. As the race leaders entered lapped traffic, second running Grammes
and third running Brett Tonkin were able to close the gap on the race
leader. Leader Tonkin was having a difficult time in traffic and his near
straightaway lead had been whittled down to mere car lengths by the time
the race's final caution flag waved on lap 22.
With lapped traffic no longer a factor, Tonkin was able to drive away
from the battle for second over the closing laps, flashing under the
checkered flag to claim his first win of the season. Joey Grammes came
out on top of the battle for second with Jeff Rudalavage making a late
charge to finish third. Brett Tonkin held on to finish fourth, putting
both of the Tonkin Brothers in the top five. Alan Rudalavage rounded out
the top five finishing order. Billy Thornton Jr. finished sixth ahead of
JR Crouse, Butch Getz, and Craig Terrell. Stewart Friesen completed the
top ten in his first Penn Can appearance of the season.
In Sportsman action, Mike Lartz drove to his first win of the 2007
season. Lartz was able to wrestle the lead away from Paul Rooney on a lap
13 restart then hold off Rooney over the final seven laps to earn the
victory. Rooney earned a season best runner-up finish with Rick Brown
also having his best run of the season to finish third. Defending track
champion Mike Loney and rookie standout Paul Strohl rounded out the top
five finishing order. Frank Doty, Josh Pursell, Chris Wood, Joey Colsten,
and Jeff Crambo filled positions six through ten.
The 20 lap Late Model feature saw Dan Stone pick up his first win of the
2007 season. After a rough couple of weeks, Stone was handicapped to the
front row for the start of the 20 lap feature. Stone grabbed the lead at
the drop of the green flag and proceeded to lead all 20 laps of the event
to score the victory. Dave Zona made a late charge to finish second, but
ran out of laps before he was able to challenge Stone for the top spot.
Tracy Gregory finished third ahead of Bud Phillips and Jamie Griffiths.
Brett Spoor crossed the finish line in sixth with previous winner Jeremy
Randall seventh. Chad Hollenbeck, Jim O'Hara, and Junior Grebe rounded
out the top ten.
Denny Decker continued his domination of Super Stock racing, driving to
victory in the 20 lap Trackside Products Super Stock Series event to
score his fifth win in as many starts in 2007. Per Trackside Products
Series rules, the feature event was lined up via the luck of the draw.
Decker drew the outside pole position and wasted little time in taking
over the top spot. Once out front, Decker would lead the remainder of the
event despite some intermittent smoke from the rear of his vehicle due to
a slight rear end leak. Chris Piasecki finished second behind Decker with
Jason Rhodes, Tom Herman, and Darren Stout completing the top five
running order. Matt Holmes, Carl Heater, Doug Polhamus, Richard Post, and
David Luff were sixth through tenth respectively.
Curt Decker emerged victorious in the 20 lap Pure Stock feature in his
first Penn Can appearance of 2007. Decker took over the top spot on lap
17 when Dee Ramey and Chad Stone tangled while battling for the top spot.
Decker led the final three laps to pick up the win. Finishing behind
Decker was Randy Gates, who was making his first Penn Can start in nearly
a decade, having not raced at Penn Can since he ran in the Super Stock
ranks back in 1998. Charlie Gilbert, Mahlon Shoemaker, and Steve Polhamus
rounded out the top five. Butch Green finished sixth aboard the Stone
racing #67R with Jon Carpenter seventh. Chad Stone recovered from the
late race incident to finish eighth ahead of Tom Garren and Glen
Robinson.
Ken Hollenbeck drove to victory in his first appearance in the Four
Cylinder Stock ranks. Nick Stark crossed the line second but was set back
one position for jumping the final restart, giving the runner-up finish
to Leo Shew. Stark was placed third in the final rundown with Josh Mudge
and newcomer Mike Brewer fourth and fifth.
The ASCS patriot Sprint Cars return to Penn Can for their second
appearance of the 2007 racing season this Friday night. Expected to be in
competition on Friday night will be teenage sprint car racing sensation
Coleman Gullick, who will be making his first ever Penn Can Speedway
Sprint Car start. Also on the card will be complete shows for the
Modifieds, Sportsman, Super Stocks, and Pure Stocks. The Late Models and
Four Cylinder Stocks will have the night off. Racing gets underway at
7:15 PM. For all of the latest news and information, log onto the
speedway's official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps) 1. GARTH TONKIN Jr. 2. Joey Grammes 3. Jeff
Rudalavage 4. Brett Tonkin 5. Alan Rudalavage 6. Billy Thornton 7. JR
Crouse 8. Butch Getz 9. Craig Terrell 10. Stewart Friessen 11. Chad Cook
12. Mike Nagel 13. Brian Decker 14. Chris Shupp 15. Mike Gular 16. Rick
Virkitis 17. Brian Weaver 18. Eric Bonham 19. Mike Colsten 20. Chris
Ostrowsky 21. Brian Franko 22. Wade Decker 23. Chris Weaver 24. Darwin
Greene DNS: Chris Grbac, Joe Krisovich, Bill Miller

SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 2. MIKE LARTZ 2. Paul Rooney 3. Rick Brown 54. Mike
Loney 5. Paul Strohl 6. Frank Doty 7. Josh Pursell 8. Chris Wood 9. Joey
Colsten 10. Jeff Crambo 11. Alex Konopka 12. Russ Zimmerman 13. Jamie
Cortazar 14. Nick Petrilak 15. Chaun Walker 16. Casey Plumer 17. Bob
Janesky 18. Steve Chapple 19. Grant Hilfiger 20. Bill Deckelman 21.
Dwayne Robinson 22. Dave Carlin 23. Mike Nagel Jr. DNS: Dan Pompey

LATE MODEL (20 laps) - 1. DAN STONE 2. Dave Zona 3. Tracy Gregory 4. Bud
Phillips 5.Jamie Griffths 6. Brett Spoor 7. Jeremy Randall 8. Chad
Hollenbeck 9. Jim O'Hara 10. Junior Grebe 11. Randall Paxton 12. Dan
Snyder 13. Bill Ropp 14. Randall Paxton DNS: Ben Whittaker

TRACKSIDE PRODUCTS SUPER STOCKS (20 laps) : 1. DENNY DECKER 2. Chirs
Piasecki 3. Jason Rhodes 4. Tom Herman 5. Darren Stout 6. Matt Holmes 7.
Carl Heater 8. Doug Polhamus 9. Richard Post 10. Dave Luff 11. Neil
Palladino 12. Frank Payne 13. Fred Christ 14. John Lewis 15. John
Williams 16. Mike Reynolds DNS: Pat Nolan

PURE STOCKS (20 laps) 1. CURT Decker 2. Randy Gates 3. Charlie Gilbert 4.
Mahlon Shoemaker 5. Steve Polhamus 6. Butch Green 7. Jon Carpenter 8.
Chad Stone 9. Tom Garren 10. Glen Robinson 11. Jamie Batzel 12. Tom
Groover 13. Kevin Beach 14. Dee Ramey 15. Brian Hall DNS: Shane Wolf

FOUR CYLINDER (12 laps) 1. KEN HOLLENBECK 2. Leo Shew 3. Nick Stark 4.
Josh Mudge 5. Mike Brewer

RICK LAUBACH SOCRES FIRST CAREER PENN CAN VICTORY IN MEMORIAL DAY STAR
SERIES FEATURE
- Race of Champions Dart Dirt Sportsman feature to Mike Loney
Story by Ted Schmidt

Quakertown, Pa.'s Rick "Scooby" Laubach earned his first career Penn Can
Speedway feature win on Memorial Day as he drove to victory in the 50 lap
Southern Tier Auto Racing (STAR) Series Modified feature. Defending Penn
Can Speedway Sportsman track champion Mike Loney drove to victory in the
50 lap Race of Champions Dart Dirt Sportsman feature. Denny Decker
continued his dominance of the Super Stock division, winning his fourth
feature in as many starts thus far in 2007.
Laubach's victory came in a dominating performance that saw him turn in a
dominating performance to pick up the victory. "The Quaker Shaker" took
advantage of a front row starting position to grab the lead at the drop
of the green flag. Wheeling the Dick Beiver owned Alpha Mills #14
Bicknell machine equipped with a Small Block power plant under the hood,
Laubach grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag. Rick immediately
began to open up a lead over the field, a lead that would only be erased
by a couple of early race caution flags.
About the only thing that would slow Laubach's pace would be lapped
traffic as during the middle and late stages of the event the race leader
found himself mired in heavy lapped traffic. This allowed second and
third place runners Billy Thornton and Brian Decker to close the gap on
Laubach, but neither were able to get close enough to attempt to take the
lead from Laubach. Rick was able to maintain his lead all the way to the
finish to claim his first career feature Penn Can feature win. Decker
worked past Thornton late in the event to take the runner-up finish while
Thornton turned in a strong run to finish third. Jeff Strunk, wheeling
Joey Grammes' back-up car, drove from last on the grid to finish fourth
with Pat Ward fifth. Alan Rudalavage, Craig Terrell, Ryan Watt, Jeff
Rudalavage, and Tom McGuriin were sixth through tenth respectively.
The early stages of the Sportsman event featured a battle at the head of
the field between front row starters Bill Deckelman and Danny Creeden.
The two second generation stars put on a show fir the Penn Can fans,
often racing side by side for the top spot. The entire complexion of the
race changed on a lap 21 restart when contact between the two forced
Deckelman to the pits to repair damage from the contact. Deckelman was
able to get back out of the pits still on the lead lap.
With Deckelman temporarily out of the picture, Creeden was now the race
leader with Mike Loney challenging. A flat left rear tire would prove to
be Creeden's undoing a few laps later as Danny stopped on the track to
draw a caution, then duck into the pits for a tire change, making it back
onto the track in time to stay on the lead lap. This turned the lead over
to Loney, but the man on the move was Deckelman, who found the high side
of the speedway to his liking. Bill ran the high groove to perfection,
charging his way back through the field to move back into the runner-up
position by the time the caution flag waved with four laps remaining.
This set up a four lap dash to the checkered flag with Loney leading in
the low groove with Deckelman challenging up high. Deckelman was able to
pull alongside Loney exiting the fourth turn on the final lap when
Deckelman's mount began to lose power, smoking heavily. Loney flashed
under the checkered flag to take the win. Kyle Weiss completed a charge
from the 20th starting position to finish second, slipping past
Deckelman's disabled mount. Deckelman limped across the line third after
an amazing charge through the field with Dan Pompey and Brad Brightbill
completing the top five. John Stangle finished sixth ahead of Josh
Pursell while Danny Creeden rebounded from his flat tire to finish
eighth. Joey Colsten and Jeff Crambo completed the top ten finishing
order.
Denny Decker's amazing start to the 2007 season continued as he drove to
victory in the 25 lap Pure Stock feature. Decker charged from his ninth
starting position to take the lead from Tom Herman on the eighth lap.
Decker led the remainder of the event to pick up the win over Herman.
Doug Polhamous finished third ahead of Jason Rhodes and Darren Stout.
Racing continues this Friday night with a big six division racing card
headlined by a 30 lap Modified feature. Also featured on this big racing
card will be the Super Stocks, doing battle in a Trackside Products
Series event. The Sportsman, Late Models, Pure Stocks, and Four Cylinder
Stocks will all be in action as well. Racing gets underway at 7:15 PM.
For all of the latest news and information, log onto the speedway's
official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
STAR SERIES MODIFIEDS (50 laps) 1. RICK LAUBACH 2. Brian Decker 3. Billy
Thornton 4. Jeff Strunk 5. Pat Ward 6. Alan Rudalavage 7. Craig Terrell
8. Ryan Watt 9. Jeff Rudalavage 10. Tom McGurrin 11. Mike Nagel 12. Butch
Tittle 13. Mike Colsten 14. JR Crouse 15. Ken Titus 16. Jim Crawn 17.
James Cornell 18. Joey Grammes 19. Brett Graham 20. Brian Weaver 21.
Darwin Greene 22. Mike Gular 23. Carl Nagel DNS: Butch Getz, Dave
Reynolds

RACE OF CHAMPIONS DART DIRT SPORTSMAN (50 laps) - 1. MIKE LONEY 2. Kyle
Weiss 3. Bill Deckelman Jr. 4. Dan Pompey 5. Brad Brghtbill 6. John
Stangle 7. Josh Pursell 8. Danny Creeden 9. Joey Colsten 10. Jeff Crambo
11. Andt Stout 12. Mike Lartz 13. Les Gillette 14. Bob Lineman Jr. 15.
Eric Griffin 16. Tim Votra 17. Craig Whitmoyer 18. Frank Doty 19. Eric
Holmgren 20. Keith Fleming 21. Justin Holland 22. Eric Stephens 23. Paul
Rooney 24. Mike Nagel Jr. DNS: Nick Petrilak DNQ: Jason Tuttle, Paul
Harrington, Shaun Walker

SUPER STOCKS (25 laps) - 1. DENNY DECKER 2. Tom Herman 3. Doug Polhamous
4. Jason Rhodes 5. Darren Stout 6. Shane Wolf 7. Frank Payne 8. Carl
Heater 9. Jim Sykes DNS: Daviid Brown, Mike Decker.

RICK VIRKITIS CAPS COMEBACK WITH MODIFIED FEATURE WIN AT PENN CAN
-Story by Ted Schmidt

Rick Virkitis completed his comeback at the Penn Can Speedway last Friday
night as he drove to victory in the 20 lap Modified features. After
sitting out the 2006 racing season dealing with some serious health
issues, Virkitis made his return to Friday night racing at Penn Can in
2007. In only his fourth start since returning to action, the
Clintondale, Pa. Based veteran drove to victory in the 30 lap Modified
feature on Friday night. Freemont Center, NY's Bill Deckelman drove to
his first Sportsman victory of 2007 while defending Super Stock track
champion Denny Decker won his third feature of the season. "Chargin"
Charlie Gilbert took his first Pure Stock win of the year while Jimmy
"Bubba" Broderick won the Central New York Mini Sprint feature.
Darwin Greene and Eric Bonham paced the 24 car starting field to the
green flag to start the 30 lap feature event. Greene gabbed the lead at
the drop of the green flag and led the early stages of the event. Several
caution flag slowed the pace of the feature event in the early stages,
keeping the field tightly bunched. Third starting Garth Tonkin Jr. moved
into a challenging position, taking the lead from Greene with eventual
winner Virkitis moving from his fifth starting position to challenge for
the lead.
The decisive moment in the race came on a lap nine restart as Tonkin and
Virkitis charged hard into the first turn, racing side by side for the
lead with Tonkin on the high side and Virkitis low. Charging into the
turn on the high side, Tonkin's mount suddenly swapped ends, sending him
into a spin and ending his bid for victory. This turned the lead over to
Virkitis, who would lead the remainder of the event aboard his Community
Bank sponsored #77.
While Virkitis led the remainder of the event, the battle for the
runner-up position was on behind him as previous week's feature winner
Jeff Rudalavage moved into a contending position behind second place
runner Eric Bonham. Though under heavy pressure from the veteran
Rudalavage, the second year Modified driver Bonham was up to the
challenge as he held Rudalavage off the remainder of the event to socre a
career best runner-up finish with Rudalavage third. Billy Thornton Jr.
and Mike Nagel rounded out the top five finishing order. Former Sportsman
division champion Chad Cook drove to a sixth place finish in his first
Penn Can start of the season with Brett Tonkin, JR Crouse, Mike Colsten,
and Joey Grammes completing the top ten finishing order.
In Sportsman division action, Fremont Center, NY's Bill Deckelman Jr.
drove to his first victory of the 2007 campaign. Second year Sportsman
driver Nick Petrilak grabbed the lead at the start of the 20 lap feature
event. Petrilak would lead the first eight laps of the event before fifth
starting Deckelman was able to make the winning pass, ducking underneath
Petrilak exiting the fourth turn and completing the pass for the lead
entering the first turn.
Deckelman would lead the rest of the way, but the race featured a
thrilling finish as over the closing laps the man on the move was Shaun
Walker. Walker was easily the fastest car on the track over the final
laps as he utilized the outside groove of the speedway to advance to the
runner-up position. Exiting the fourth turn on the final lap, Walker
drove to the outside of Deckelman to try to make the winning pass. Walker
was able to get alongside Deckelman exiting the fourth turn on the final
lap. As they flashed under the flagstand, Deckelman was able to just hang
on by less than half a car length to secure the win over a fast closing
Walker, who settled for a runner-up finish. Sportsman rookie Paul Strohl
earned a career best third place finish with Dan Pompey and early leader
Nick Petrilak rounding out the top five finishers. Mike Lartz, Jeff
Crambo, Alex Konopka, Paul Rooney, and Grant Hilfiger completed the top
ten.
The Central New York Mini Sprint made their first appearance of the 2007
season with Jimmy "Bubba" Broderick picking up the win in a feature race
slowed by only one caution flag. Broderick, who also picked up a win at
Penn Can in 2006, dominated the event. A caution flag on the 16th lap
tightened up the field, but Broderick was able to drive away from second
running Michael Kiser over the closing laps to score the win over Kiser.
Don Harvey finished third with Denny Lamke and Frederick Hoffman fourth
and fifth respectively.
Denny Decker continued his hot streak in the 20 lap Super Stock feature,
driving to his third victory of the season. Decker drove past early race
leader Tom Herman to take over the top spot, then held off a late
challenge from Chris Piasecki to pick up the feature win. Piasecki
trailed Decker across the line to finish second with Herman scoring the
third place finish. Pat Nolan and Carl Heater completed the top five.
Matt Holmes, Dave Luff, Neil Palladino, John Williams, and Jim Hughes
were sixth through tenth respectively.
The Pure Stock division ran off their 20 lap feature without a caution
flag being needed as Charlie Gilbert became the fourth different winner
in as many events. Gilbert had to battle Steve Deinhardt for the victory,
as Deinhardt made a run at Gilbert, but "Chargin' Charlie was up to the
task as he was able to hold off the challenge. Deinhardt, a newcomer to
Penn Can this season, continued his string of top three finishes with a
second place run while Butch Green finished third. Shane Wolf took over
the ride in the Bimmer Gulley #81and drove to a fourth place finish in
his first start of the season. Rich Green completed the top five. Jamie
Batzel, Dee Ramey, Kevin Davies, Steve Polhemus, and Josh Towner
completed the top ten.
Racing continues this Friday night with a big six division racing card
headlined by a 30 lap Modified feature. Also featured on this big racing
card will be the Super Stocks, doing battle in a Trackside Products
Series event. The Sportsman, Late Models, Pure Stocks, and Four Cylinder
Stocks will all be in action as well. Racing gets underway at 7:15 PM.
For all of the latest news and information, log onto the speedway's
official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps) 1. RICK VIRKITIS 2. Eric Bonham 3. Jeff Rudalavage 4.
Billy Thornton 5. Mike Nagel 6. Chad Cook 7. Brett Tonkin 8. J.R. Crouse
9. Mike Colsten 10. Joey Grammes 11. Carl Nagel 12. Chris Shupp 13. Brian
Decker 14. Alan Rudalavage 15. Darwin Greene 16. Mike Gular 17. Butch
Getz 18. Bill Miller 19. Garth Tonkin Jr. 20. Brian Franko 21. Craig
Terrell 22. Dave Reynolds 23. Brian Weaver 24. Chris Weaver

SPORTSMAN (20 laps): 1. BILL DECKELMAN 2. Shaun Walker 3. Paul Strohl 4.
Dan Pompey 5. Nick Petrilak 6. Mike Lartz 7. Jeff Crambo 8. Alex Konopka
9. Paul Rooney 10. Grant Hilfiger 11. Josh Pursell 12. Mike Loney 13.
Joey Colsten 14. Chris Wood 15. Russ Zimmerman 16. Rick Brown 17. Dwayne
Robbins 18. Jamie Cortazar 19. Eric Griffin 20. Bob Janesky 21. Casey
Plumer 22. Dave Carlin 23. Frank Doty 24. Steve Chapple 25. Brian Franco
26. Mike Nagel Jr.

SUPER STOCK (20 laps) 1. DENNY DECKER 2. Chris Piasecki 3. Tom Herman 4.
Pat Nolan 5. Carl Heater 6. Matt Holmes 7. Dave Luff 8. Neil Palladino 9.
John Williams 10. Jim Hughes 11. Pat Nolan 12. Dick Koch 13. Mike
Reynolds 14. David Brown 15. Darren Stout
PURE STOCK (20 laps) 1. CHARLIE GILBERT 2. Steve Deinhardt 3. Butch Green
4. Shane Wolf 5. Rich Green 6. Jamie Batzel 7. Dee Ramey 8. Kevin Davies
9. Steve Polhemus10. Josh Towner 11. Cory Bond 12. Glenn Robinson 13. Jon
Carpenter 14. Kevin Beach 15. Mike Coddington DNS: Ray Swanson

CENTRAL NEW YORK MINI SPRINTS (20 laps) 1. JIMMY BRODERICK 2. Michael
Kiser 3. Donald Harvey 4. Denny Lamke 5.Frederick Hoffman 6. Arthur Kiser
Jr. 7. Jerry Sehn Jr. 8. Shaun Gosselin 9. Justin Phillips 10. Sierra
Lister 11. Ricky Donovan 12. Gary Reyer 13. Justin Longacre 14. Jared
Fink 15. Michelle Conway-Predmore

TWO RACE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AT PENN CAN SPEEDWAY

Susquehanna, PA…This Friday action returns to begin the Memorial Day weekend at Penn Can Speedway for the first of two holiday weekend shows. The mighty modifieds will return to action with a big thirty lap feature events. After thre weeks of racing the modified division has had three different winners. Eight time track champion Brian Weaver won the opener with Craig Terrell and Jeff Rudalavage both coming home with feature wins. A strong field of modifieds will be on hand to challenge for top honors including Mike Gular, Mike Nagel, Carl Nagel, Al Rudalavage, Mike Colsten, Joey Grammes, Brett Tonkin, and many more talented drivers.

Joining the modifieds this Friday will be the exciting sportsman. Large fields have been on hand weekly in this division where three different drivers have also claimed victory. Joey Colsten, Mike Loney, and Shaun Walker have all been to Victory Lane. The super stocks and pure stocks will also be in competition in heat races and feature events. The late models and four cylinders will have the night off.

For an added holiday bonus the Central New York Mini Sprints will be making their first of two visits to Penn Can Speedway in 2007. These ultra fast race cars put on an excellent show at the three eighths mile Penn Can oval and this should be one of the highlights of the night’s racing.

Gates open at 5:00 with the first heat hitting the track at 7:15.

Action continues Memorial Day Monday with the rescheduled Spring 125. This three division special event will feature three of the speedway’s popular divisions. The modifieds will be in action in a big fifty lap STAR Series event paying the winner a cool $2000. The STAR series features the best racers in the area. The eight race series is divided between Five Mile Point Speedway and Penn Can.

The Race of Champions DART Sportsman Southern Tour will kick off with race number one. The best sportsman drivers in the area will be on hand to compete for the $1200 winner’s share of the purse. This race annually attracts a huge field of cars looking to get the upper hand in ROC points for 2007.

Because of a scheduling conflict with the Empire IMCA Series the twenty five lap IMCA portion of the program has to be rescheduled. The IMCA feature will be replaced by a Super Stock twenty five lap feature event paying the winner a handsome $400.

This great holiday special will be sponsored by Don’s Automotive Mall and Gary’s U-Pull-It both located on Colesville Road in Binghamton, New York.

Gates open for this special holiday show at 2:00 pm with the first heat scheduled to take the green at 4:15 pm.

JEFF RUDALAVAGE STARS IN STAR MODIFIED SERIES AT PENN CAN
-story by Ted Schmidt

Eynon, Pa.'s Jeff Rudalavage topped a star-studded 32 car Modified field
to pick up the win in the second race on the eight race STAR Series
Modified feature last Friday night at Penn Can. Wheeling his Dag's Auto
Parts/WPC Warranty Companies Bicknell machine, Rudalavage collected the
$2,000 winner's share of the purse for his efforts in the 40 lap feature
event. The CSRA 305 Sprint Cars made their first ever Penn Can appearance
with Bill Jaycox Jr. out dueling Warren Alexson to pick up his first
career feature win. Shaun Walker topped the Sportsman field for his first
win of 2007 while Jeremy Randall won his first career Late Model feature.
Jamie Batzel topped the Pure Stock feature.
With the feature line-up set by the luck of the draw, Joey Grammes
capitalized on a front row starting position to grab the lead at the drop
of the green flag. Eventual winner Rudalavage was on the move early as he
quickly advanced from his fourth starting position to run second behind
Grammes. Rudalavage was able to make what would prove to be the winning
move on the ninth lap as he got a big run out of the fourth turn and was
able to pull alongside Grammes, completing the pass to take over the top
spot.
With the first 25 laps of the 40 lap event running without a caution
flag, Rudalavage was able to open up a half straightaway lead over
Grammes as the two worked lapped traffic. A lap 25 caution for a minor
incident closed up the field and put Grammes right on Rudalavage's rear
bumper on the restart. Rudalavage was up to the challenge as he was able
to hold off Grammes' challenge over the closing laps. As the checkered
flag waved, Rudalavage claimed his first Penn Can win since the 2002
racing season over Grammes. Alan Rudalavage made a late change to take
the third position from Mike Nagel, who finished a strong fourth. Bill
Thornton Jr. opening night feature winner Brian Weaver drove to a sixth
place finish with Mike Gular, Craig Terrell, Jim Crawn, and Tom McGurrin
rounding out the top ten finishers.
The CSRA Sprint Cars made their first ever appearance at Penn Can,
bringing 15 of their 305 C.I. powered sprint cars for their inaugural
Penn Can appearance. The Sprint Cars put on a show for the Penn Can fans
with a tight battle for the win with the outcome of the race in doubt all
the way to the checkered flag. Middleburgh, NY's Bill Jaycox Jr. came out
on top of an entertaining battle with Warren Alexson to score his first
career victory. Jaycox and Alexson swapped the lead back and forth with
Jaycox grabbing the lead for good on lap 18 with a perfectly executed
slide job in the third turn. Alexson tried to make a late charge but fell
just short, settling for a runner-up finish. Todd Spangler, Matt
Dermitrazzer, and Butchie Irwin rounded out the top five. Kyle Dutcher
was sixth ahead of Jami Russell. Former Sportsman division hotshoe Tom
Laner Jr. drove to an eighth place finish in his first ever sprint car
start with Chuck Alessi and Anthony Brennay completing the top ten
finishing order.
Shaun Walker drove his Walker's Concrete Construction sponsored Bicknell
2007x machine to victory in the 20 lap Sportsman feature, his first Penn
Can win of 2007. Chris Wood grabbed the lead early and led the first nine
laps of the event before Walker made the winning pass. Walker would lead
the remainder of the event to pick up the victory over Wood. Jeff Crambo
drove to a third place finish with Dwayne Robbins and Joey Colsten fourth
and fifth respectively. Defending champion Mike Loney rebounded from an
early race spin to finish sixth with Alex Konopka and Rick Brown seventh
and eighth. Danny Creeden finished ninth in his first Penn Can start of
the season with Bill Deckelman rounding out the top ten finishers.
The Late Model division had a first time winner on Friday night as South
Gibson, Pa.'s Jeremy Randall drove his Manzer Stone sponsored entry to
his first career victory. Randall's win was a dominating one as he passed
early race leader Brett Spoor and was able to drive away from the pack.
While Randall was having things his way up front, the closing laps of the
event featured a tight battle for second involving ne less than five
cars. With those cars fighting for position, Randall was able to open up
a straightaway lead to earn the win in only his eighth ever start. Tracy
Gregory came out on top of the runner-up battle finishing second with
Jamie Griffiths slipping past Brett Spoor on the final lap to finish
third with Spoor fourth. Bud Phillips completed the top five finishing
order. Defending champion Dave Zona finished sixth with Chad Hollenbeck,
Dan Stone, Randall Paxton, and Keith Mudge filling positions seven
through ten respectively.
Jamie Batzel topped the 20 lap Pure Stock feature to earn his first win
of the 2007 season. Batzel capitalized on a front row start as he led
every lap of the feature to earn the victory. Steve Deinhardt turned in
another impressive drive to finish second behind Batzel with Butch Green,
Rich Green, and Mahlon Shoemaker rounding out the top five finishers.
Harry Marvin Jr., Charlie Gilbert, Steve Polhemus, Kevin Beach, and Corey
Bond made up the second half of the top ten.
Racing continues this Friday night with a big five division racing show.
The Central New York Mini Sprints will be in town for their first Penn
Can appearance of 2007. They will be joined by the Modifieds, Super
Stocks, Sportsman, and Pure Stock divisions. On Monday, May 28th, Penn
Can will also be in action with a big Memorial Day racing card. The STAR
Series Modifieds will be in action in a big 50 lap feature event. The
Race of Champions Sportsman Tour will see the area's top Sportsman
drivers competing in a 50 lap, $1,200 to win feature event. The IMCA
Modifieds will make their first of four Penn Can appearances of 2007,
doing battle in a 20 lap feature event. For all of the latest news and
information, log onto the speedway's official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
STAR SERIES MODIFIEDS (40 laps): 1. JEFF RUDALAVAGE 2. Joey Grammes 3.
Alan Rudalavage 4. Mike Nagel 5. Billy Thornton 6. Brian Weaver 7. Mike
Gular 8. Craig Terrell 9. Jim Crawn 10. Tom McGurrin 11. Rick Virkitis
12. Brian Decker 13. Mike Colsten 14. Carl Nagel 15. Butch Getz 16. Alan
Kellogg 17. Brett Tonkin 18. Chris Shupp 19. James Cornell 20. JR Crouse
21. Ken Titus 22. Bill Miller 23. Eric Bonham 24. Bob Hamm 25. Darwin
Greene DNQ: Brian Malcolm, Darrin Schuler, Billy Jenkins, Dave Jenkins,
Ricky Yetter, Brian Franko, Bernie Griffin

CRSA SPRINT CARS (20 laps) 1. BILL JAYCOX JR. 2. Warren Alexson 3. Todd
Spangler 4. Matt Demitrazzer 5. Butchie Irwin 6. Kyle Dutcher 7. Jami
Russell 8. Tom Laner Jr. 9. Chuck Alessi 10. Anthony Brennay 11. Jeff
VanSteenburg 12. Tyler Rice 13. Jeff McCaffrey 14. Matthew Shuart
15.Marshall Gogg

SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 1. SHAUN WALKER 2. Chris Wood 3. Jeff Crambo 4.
Dwayne Robbins 5. Joey Colsten 6. Mike Loney 7. Alex Konopka 8. Rick
Brown 9. Danny Creeden 10. Bill Deckelman 11. Frank Doty 12. Brian Franco
13. Paul Rooney 14. Josh Pursell 15. Dan Pompey 16. Mike Lartz 17. Russ
Zimmerman 18. Jamie Cortazar 19. Mike Nagel Jr. 20. Nick Petrilak 21.
Dave Carlin 22. Grant Hilfiger 23. Eric Griffin 24. Paul Strohl DNQ:
Robbie Fairweather, Frank Yankowski, Steve Chapple, Bob Janesky, Casey
Plummer

LATE MODEL (20 laps) 1. JEREMY RANDALL 2. Tracy Gregory 3. Jamie
Griffiths 4. Brett Spoor 5. Bud Phillips 6. Dave Zona 7. Chad Hollenbeck
8. Dan Stone 9. Randall Paxton 10. Keith Mudge 11. Jim O'Hara 12. Steve
Cummings 13. Junior Grebe 14. Rick Schaffer 15. Bill Ropp DNS: Ben
Whittaker

PURE STOCK (20 laps) 1. JAMIE BATZEL 2. Steve Deinhardt 3. Butch Green 4.
Rich Green 5. Mahlon Shoemaker 6. Harry Marvin III 7. Charlie Gilbert 8.
Steve Polhemus 9. Kevin Beach 10. Corey Bond 11. Bimmer Gulley 12. Glen
Robinson 13. Chad Stone 14. Jon Carpenter 15. Dee Ramey 16. Josh Towner
17. Ken Washburn 18. Ray Swanson

STAR MODIFIED SERIES COMES TO PENN CAN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY

Susquehanna, PA…The second race of the new STAR modified series will be contested at Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania this Friday. The top modified drivers in the southern tier of New York and the northern tier of Pennsylvania will all be in the field looking for the $2000 pay check for the winner. Late models, sportsman, pure stocks, and the first ever visit of the CRSA Sprint cars will also be on the card Friday.

The first race of the STAR Series was run at Five Mile Point Speedway in late April. After a one week rain delay racing legend Carl Nagel of Windsor, New York came home the winner and took the point lead over Five Mile Point regular Jim Crawn of LeRaysville, Pennsylvania. J.R. Crouse sits in third place in points followed by Joey Grammes, Bob Hamm, James Cornell, Joel Batzel, and Jeremy Smith.

Drivers will qualify in heat races set up by the luck of the draw. They will then redraw for their starting positions in the forty lap feature event.

Penn Can regulars will all be on hand to defend their territory. After the first two races of the season Brian Weaver of Windsor, New York has a first and a second place finish and will be the man to beat Friday evening. Also expected to be strong is last Fridays winner, Craig Terrell of Windsor. Mike Colsten, Butch Getz, Al and Jeff Rudalavage, Brett and Garth Tonkin, Mike Gular and a host of other stars are all expected to be in the running for the checkered flag.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

CRAIG TERRELL BAGS FIRST PENN CAN MODIFIED VICTORY
-Story by Ted Schmidt

Craig Terrell drove his way to victory in the 30 lap Modified feature at
the Penn Can Speedway last Friday night, holding off a strong challenge
from six time defending track champion Brian Weaver to earn his first
ever Modified victory at Penn Can. Defending Sportsman division champion
Mike Loney drove to his first win of the season in Sportsman action. Dave
Zona opened the BRC Lazer Challenge Series for the Late Model division
with a victory while Denny Decker opened the Trackside Products Super
Stock Tour with an impressive victory. Rich Green slipped past his twin
brother Rich on the final lap of the Pure Stock feature to claim his
first win of 2007 with Nick Stark winning his second Four Cylinder Stock
feature in as many starts.
Garth Tonkin Jr. took advantage of his outside pole starting position to
grab the lead as the Modified feature took the green flag. The early part
of the feature saw Tonkin, making his first Modified start after moving
up from the Sportsman ranks, set the pace for the first nine laps of the
event. Tonkin's strong run would come to an end during a lap nine caution
period when his car shut off and refused to refire.
When Tonkin retired from the event, eventual winner Craig Terrell
inherited the race lead at this point. As the race passed the halfway
point, Terrell was under pressure from both Jeff Rudalavage and opening
night feature winner Brian Weaver. After some tight side by side racing,
Weaver was able to take over the runner-up position and set his sights on
race leader Terrell. Weaver was able to close on Terrell and began
looking to duck under Terrell in the corners, but Craig was up to the
challenge.
With just five laps remaining, Weaver was able to get underneath Terrell
exiting the second turn, but the caution lights came on for a minor
incident before Weaver could complete the pass, thus Terrell remained the
race leader as the green flag waved again. Terrell was able to hold off
Weaver's charge over the final laps to pick up the victory with Weaver
second and Jeff Rudalavage third. Alan Rudalavage and Joey Grammes
tangled while battling for fourth on the final lap, costing both a top
five finish. This allowed Brian Decker to take the fourth place finish
with Mike Nagel rounding out the top five finishing order. Butch Getz,
Mike Colsten, Chris Shupp, Carl Nagel, and JR Crouse were sixth through
tenth respectively
In Sportsman action, defending track champion Mike Loney drove to his
first victory of the 2007 season. The battle for the feature win came
down to last year's championship contenders as Loney was under heavy
pressure from Jeff Crambo over the closing stages of the event. Crambo
tried several times to work underneath Loney, but Mike was able to hold
off every challenge to pick up the win. Opening night feature winner Joey
Colsten charged from twelfth starting position to finish third with Josh
Purcell and Bill Deckelman fourth and fifth. Alex Konopka, Frank Doty,
Paul Rooney, Dwayne Robbins, and Mike Nagel Jr. rounded out the top ten
finishing order.
The Late Model division took to the track for their 20 lap BRC Lazer
Challenge Series event. Dave Zona started on the pole and led the early
laps before Bud Phillips drove past Zona to take over the top spot. Tracy
Gregory was also able to work past Zona to move into the runner-up
position with Zona third. With the 20 lap feature running off without a
caution flag, lapped traffic would play a major role in this event as
Phillips got slowed down momentarily by lapped traffic, allowing Gregory
to drive past into the lead and Zona to move up to second. Gregory was
able to open up a bit of a lead on Zona, but a faulty fuel pump would
prove to be his undoing, slowing Gregory's pace considerably over the
closing laps as his car was stumbling badly off the turns due to fuel
starvation. This allowed Zona to move past Gregory and back into the lead
with two laps remaining. Dave led the final two laps to pick up the win
with Phillips earning the runner-up finish. Jamie Griffiths, Randall
Paxton, and Chad Hollenbeck were third through fifth. Dan Snyder finished
sixth while Gregory managed to limp his disabled machine to a seventh
place finish. Jeremy Randall, Keith Mudge, and Ben Whittaker rounded out
the top ten.
The Super Stock division kicked off the Trackside Products Tour with a 20
lap feature event as well. Denny Decker drove to his second win of 2007
in the Super Stock feature, driving past early race leader Chris Piasecki
near the halfway point and leading the remainder of the event. With
Decker leading the event, the action was the battle for second as
Piasecki and Dave Luff engaged in a tight battle for second with Piasecki
claiming the runner-up finish after some tight racing. Luff settled for
third with Jason Rhodes fourth in his first start of 2007. Rick Post
rounded out the top five finishers. Carl Heater was scored sixth ahead of
Tom Herman, Matt Holmes, Neil Palladino, and Pat Nolan.
In Pure Stock action, Rich Green drove to his first feature win of 2007.
For most of the event, it appeared as if Rich was destined to run second
behind twin brother Butch but things changed quickly on the final lap of
the event. Coming off the fourth turn for the checkered flag, Butch
pushed up the track, opening the bottom side of the speedway for his
brother. Rich took advantage of the slip and drove past to claim his
first win of the season. After the race, the reason for Butch's slip
became apparent as he reported to the scale with a flat right front tire.
The Green Brothers swept the top two positions with newcomer Steve
Deinhardt third over Charlie Gilbert and Mahlon Shoemaker. Bob Boynton
finished sixth in his first Penn Can start of the season while Matt
Polhemus, Jamie Batzel, Dee Ramey and Cory Bond completed the top ten
finishing order.
Racing continues this Friday night with a big racing card. Headlining the
card will be a 40 lap STAR Series race for the Modifieds, the second of
eight races on the series featuring the top drivers from both Penn Can
and Five Mile Point. In addition, the Sprint Cars of the CSRA will be on
hand, making their first ever appearance at Penn Can. The Sportsman, Late
Models and Pure Stocks will also be on the card, doing battle in 20 lap
features. Racing gets underway at 7:15 PM sharp. For all the latest
information, log onto the speedway's official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps): 1. CRAIG TERRELL 2. Brian Weaver 3. Jeff Rudalavage
4. Brian Decker 5. Mike Nagel 6. Butch Getz 7. Mike Colsten 8. Chris
Shupp 9. Carl Nagel 10. JR Crouse 11. Brian Franko 12. Chris Weaver 13.
Bill Miller 14. Alan Rudalavage 15. Joey Grammes 16. Billy Thornton Jr.
17. Mike Gular 18. Alan Kellogg 19. Rick Virkitis 20. Garth Tonkin Jr.
21. Bernie Griffin 22. Brett Tonkin 23. Darwin Greene 24. Eric Bonham
DNQ: Dave Reynolds, Mike Trautschold, Steve Babicek

SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 1. MIKE LONEY 2. Jeff Crambo 3. Joey Colsten 4. Josh
Pursell 5. Bill Deckelman 6. Alex Konopka 7. Frank Doty 8. Paul Rooney 9.
Dwayne Robbins 10. Mike Nagel Jr. 11. Brian Franko 12. Eric Griffin 13.
Casey Plumer 14. Sheve Chapple 15. Ted DeGroat 16. Shawn Walker 17. Nick
Petrilak 18. Rick Brown 19. Dan Pompey 20. Bob Janesky 21. Mike Lartz 22.
Dave Carlin 23. Chris Wood DNS: Paul Strohl

BRC LAZER CHALLENGE SERIES LATE MODELS (20 laps) 1. DAVE ZONA Bud
Phillips 3. Jamie Griffiths 4. Randall Paxton 5. Chad Hollenbeck 6. Dan
Snyder 7. Tracy Gregory 8. Jeremy Randall 9. Keith Mudge 10. Ben
Whittaker 11. Bill Ropp 12. Jim O'Hara 13. Brett Spoor 14. Steve Cummings
TRACKSIDE PRODUCTS SUPER STOCKS (20 laps) 1. DENNY DECKER 2. Chris
Piasecki 3. Dave Luff 4. Brian Rhodes 5. Rick Post 6. Carl Heater 7. Tom
Herman 8. Matt Holmes 9. Neil Palladino 10. Pat Nolan 11. Frank Payne 12.
John Williams 13. Steve Polhemus 14. David Brown 15. Jim Hughes 16. Jim
Sykes 17. Dick Koch 18. James Millard 19. Darren Stout 20. Fred Christ

PURE STOCKS (20 laps) 1. RICH GREEN 2. Butch Green 3. Steve Deinhardt 4.
Charlie Gilbert 5. Mahlon Shoemaker 6. Bobby Boynton 7. Matt Polhemus 8.
Jamie Batzel 9. Dee Ramey 10. Corey Bond 11. Bimmer Gully 12. Josh Towner
13. Kevin Beach 14. Bob Mills DNS: Glenn Robinson, Mike Coddington

FOUR CYLINDER STOCKS (12 laps) 1. NICK STARK 2. Mike Taylor 3. Dale
Shoemaker 4. Kerrie Hollenbeck 5. Chris Taylor 6. Gary Kinne 7. Josh
Mudge

BRIAN WEAVER OPENS PENN CAN SEASON WITH VICTORY
-story by Ted Schmidt

It took three tries, but the Penn Can Speedway finally got their 2007
season off the ground last Friday night after previous attempts were
thwarted by the heavy spring rains. Six time defending Modified track
champion Brian Weaver got his quest for a seventh straight title off to a
good start as he drove his Randy Decker owned machine to the opening
night victory. Second generation star Joey Colsten drove to his first
ever Penn Can victory in the Sportsman main while Tracy Gregory picked up
the Late Model win. Defending Super Stock champion Denny Decker won the
Super Stock feature and Butch Green topped the Pure Stock field on
Boughton's Auto Salvage night. Nick Stark won the inaugural Four Cylinder
Stock feature.
With the feature line-ups set by luck of the draw among the top heat race
performers, Mike Colsten took advantage of a front row starting position
to grab the lead as the green flag waved. Red flag conditions were on the
track after just two laps as Brian Franko and Brian Sheard made contact
attempting to avoid a collision ahead of them with Franko's mount rolling
over onto its roof. There were no injuries in the crash.
Colsten continued to lead the early stages of the event as eventual
winner Brian Weaver made his way into contention behind Colsten. The
decisive moment in the event would come on a lap 12 restart as Weaver was
able to hand right with Colsten as the green flag waved. The two veteran
drivers charged hard into the first turn side by side with Weaver able to
complete what would be the winning pass. Mike Gular was also able to
drive past Colsten to take over the runner-up position.
With the second half of the event running off without a caution flag,
Weaver was able to open up a bit of a lead over Gular as the laps wound
down. As the checkered flag was displayed, Weaver crossed the line for
the victory with a bout a ten car length lead over Gular. Colsten hung on
to finish a solid third with Chris Shupp scoring a solid fourth place
finish. Butch Getz drove from 21st starting position to fifth to complete
the top five finishing order. Alan Rudalavage, Brian Decker, Billy
Thornton, newcomer Ricky Yetter and Mike Nagel rounded out the top ten
finishers.
With 33 Modifieds on hand for opening night action, Joey Grammes, Mike
Colsten, Billy Jenkins, and Mike Gular won the four heat races. Butch
Getz topped the consolation event.
In Sportsman action, Joey Colsten turned in a dominating performance to
pick up his first ever Penn Can Speedway feature win. Colsten capitalized
on a front row starting position, grabbing the lead at the drop of the
green flag and going on to lead all 20 laps aboard his Don's Automotive
Mall sponsored entry. Paul Rooney tried to make a late run at Colsten for
the top spot, but Joey was not going to be denied his first trip to Penn
Can's victory lane. Joey took the checkered flag by about six lengths
over Rooney. Frank Doty drove to a solid third place finish with Josh
Pursell and Paul Rooney completing the top five finishing order. Alex
Konopka, Shawn Walker, Dan Pompey, Eric Griffin, and Jeff Crambo were
sixth through tenth respectively.
Heat races for the 27 Sportsman cars signed in were won by Joey Colsten,
Dwayne Robbins, and Paul Rooney. Jamie Cortazar topped the consolation
round.
Tracy Gregory made a late charge to pull out the victory in the 20 lap
opening night Late Model feature. Gregory started ninth on the field and
spent the early laps picking his way to the front as Bud Phillips and
defending track champion Dave Zona spent a good portion of the event
battling for the top spot. Phillips, looking for his first career victory
and Zona put on a show for the Penn Can fans racing side by side several
times. Lapped traffic would prove to be the equalizer in this one as
Phillips and Zona both got held up momentarily in traffic. That would be
the only break that Gregory needed as he was carrying plenty of momentum
on the top side of the speedway which allowed him to sweep past both Zona
and Phillips with the two lap sign being shown to the field. Gregory
would lead the final two laps to open the 2007 campaign with a victory.
Bud Phillips held off Zona to finish second with the defending champ
opening his title defense with a solid third place finish. Randall Paxton
and Dan Stone were fourth and fifth respectively. Jamie Griffiths
finished sixth ahead of veteran Junior Grebe, Adam MacGeorge, Chad
Hollenbeck, and Keith Mudge
Tracy Gregory and Jamie Griffiths topped the Late Model heat races.
Denny Decker continued his winning ways in the Super Stock feature as the
defending track champion drove to the opening night win. Decker drove
past Chris Piasecki in the closing stages of the event to secure the
victory. Piasecki, returning to action after a couple of seasons off,
drove to a solid second place finish with Neil Palladino, David Luff, and
Pat Nolan completing the top five. Rich Post, Dick Koch, Jim Hughes Sr.,
Carl Heater, and Matt Holmes were sixth through tenth respectively.
Tom Herman and Denny Decker won Super Stock preliminary events.
Butch Green used some final lap heroics to pull out the win in the Pure
Stock feature. The second half of the feature event saw a great side by
side battle for the lead between Mahlon Shoemaker and Green as the two
Pure Stock veterans battled for the top spot. Green would not forge out
front until the two were exiting the fourth turn on the final lap with
Green taking the win by less than a car length over Shoemaker in a
thrilling race. Bimmer Gulley, Charlie Gilbert, and Harry Marvin III
finished third through fifth. Josh Towner, Ron Mawson, Steve Polhemus,
Cory Bond, and Dee Ramey occupied the sixth through tenth positions.
Rich Green and Jamie Batzel won the Pure Stock heats.
Nick Stark topped Mike Taylor to win the inaugural Four Cylinder Stock
feature event. The two engaged in a tight, fender banging duel for the
top spot with Stark earning the victory over Taylor. Gary Kenne, Chris
Taylor, and Dave Simms completed the top five.
Racing continues this Friday night with a big racing card. Taking center
stage for the evening wll be the Late Models and Super Stocks as both
will be competing in special events. The Late Model feature will be the
first race on the BRC Lazer Challenge Series while the Super Stocks will
be in action in the first Trackside Products Tour event. The Modifieds,
Sportsman, Pure Stocks and Four Cylinder Stocks will all be in action as
well. Racing gets underway at 7:15 PM sharp. For all the latest
information, log onto the speedway's official website at www.penncan.com.

RACE SUMMARY:
MODIFIEDS (30 laps): 1. BRIANWEAVER 2. Mike Gular 3. Mike Colsten 4.
Chris Shupp 5. Butch Getz 6. Alan Rudalavage 7. Brian Decker 8. Billy
Thornton 9. Ricky Yetter 10. Mike Nagel 11. Chris Weaver 12. Steve
Babicek 13. Brian Sheard 14. Rick Virkitis 15. Dave Jenkins 16. Carl
Nagel 17. Joey Grammes 18. Brett Tonkin 19. Billy Jenkins 20. Jeff
Rudalavage 21. JR Crouse 22. Ron Mawson 23. Brian Franko 24. Bill Miller
DNQ: Mike Trautschold, Frank Bonham, Darwin Greene, Craig Terrell, Garth
Tonkin Jr., Bernie Griffin

SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 1. JOEY COLSTEN 2. Paul Rooney 3. Frank Doty 4. Jason
Pursell 5. Dwayne Robbins 6. Alex Konopka 7. Shawn Walker 8. Dan Pompey
9. Eric Griffin 10. Jeff Crambo 11. Mike Lartz 12. Mike Loney 13. Brian
Franko 14. Tommy Groover 15. Rick Brown 16. Mike Nagel Jr. 17. Paul
Strohl 18. Dave Carlin 19. Bill Deckelman 20 Chris Wood 21. Matt
Latwinski 22. Nick Petrilak 23. Bob Janesky 24. Jamie Cortazar DNS: Casey
Plumer, Ted DeGroat, Steve Chapple

LATE MODELS (20 laps) 1. TRACY GREGORY 2. Bud Phillips 3. Dave Zona 4.
Randall Paxton 5. Dan Stone 6. Jamie Griffiths 7. Junior Grebe 8. Adam
MacGeorge 9. Chad Hollenbeck 10. Keith Mudge 11. Jeremy Randall 12. Ben
Whittaker 13. Dan Snyder 14. Jeremy Williams 15. Mark Malcolm 16. Jim
O'Hara DNS: Brett Spoor

SUPER STOCKS (15 laps) 1. DENNY DECKER 2. Chris Piasecki 3. Neil
Palladino 4. Dave Luff 5. Pat Nolan 6. Rich Post 7. Dick Koch 8. Jim
Hughes 9. Carl Heater 10. Matt Holmes 11. Tom Herman 12. Darren Stout 13.
Doug Polhemus DNS: Jim Sykes, David Brown, Frank Payne, James Millard,
John Williams

PURE STOCKS (15 laps) 1. BUTCH GREEN 2. Mahlon Shoemaker 3. Bimmer Gulley
4. Charlie Gilbert 5. Harry Marvin III 6. Josh Towner 7. Mike Coddington
8. Steve Polhemus 9. Corey Bond 10. Dee Ramey 11. Nick Robinson 12. Jamie
Batzel 13. Kevin Beach 14. Herb Whittemore DNS: Rich Green

FOUR CYLINDER STOCK: 1. NICK STARK 2. Mike Taylor 3. Gary Kinne 4. Chris
Taylor 5. Dave Simms 6. Lee Shaw

OPENING NIGHT RESCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY AT PENN CAN SPEEDWAY

Susquehanna, PA…Mother Nature continues to play havoc with Opening Night at Penn Can Speedway. The rain, snow, and wet weather conditions have not allowed the speedway to dry out properly and with the unsettled weather forecast of last Friday, the Can Opener had to be rescheduled. The big Opening Night at Penn Can Speedway will now take the green flag this Friday May 4th with six of the area’s top divisions in racing competing on the ultra-fast clay oval. In competition will be the mighty modifieds, late models, sportsman, super stocks, pure stocks, and four cylinder stocks. The BRC Late Model Series and Trackside Products Super Stock Tour races scheduled for May 4th will now be run May 11th. The first event of the evening will take the green flag at 7:15 with spectator gates opening at 5:00.

The top modified teams in the area will all be out to top modified champion Brian Weaver looking to make it six championships in a row. Al Rudalavage, Mike Gular, Mike Colsten, Joey Grammes, Chris Weaver, Carl Nagel, Mike Nagel, and a host of other top modified competitors will all be looking to claim the checkered flags every Friday night.

The late models, sportsman, super stocks, and pure stocks are sure to keep fans on the edge of their seats week in and week out at the Susquehanna County raceway. These four divisions are also the best the area has to offer. Exciting two and three wide action is a must when these drivers come to race. New for the 2007 season is the introduction of the new beginners four cylinder stock class. This will be a true entry level division where the emphasis will be on affordable racing aimed at developing future drivers.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928 or on the web at www.penncan.com. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY CANCELS FRIDAY RACING

Susquehanna, PA…Promoters Reed Miller and Al Wilcox have decided to wait another week before opening Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Track conditions caused by the snow, rain, and cool weather have made the track very soft and not race ready. The official Opening Night will now be scheduled for Friday May 4th. All divisions scheduled to be in competition Friday will now kick the season off one week later. The BRC Late Models Series race and Trackside Products Tour event originally scheduled for May 4th will now be moved to May 11th.

“The wet weather conditions of the last few weeks have played havoc with the speedway. We have major soft spots in turns three and four that we need to address before holding at race. Reed and I do not feel right trying to put on a race that is not up to our normal standards. We do not want to cut the fans short or do we want to put the race drivers at risk just for the sake of having a race. Race teams spend too much money on their cars and we do not expect them to come to Penn Can and damage their cars because the track is not yet ready to race on Friday,” explains Wilcox. “We have talked with people with more knowledge about track conditions than we have and are formulating plans to correct this problem as soon as possible. We have been at the track every day monitoring track conditions. Right now we just have to be patient. We will solve this problem and get the season off to a great start.”

Next Friday May 4th gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928 or on the web at www.penncan.com. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY OPENS FRIDAY APRIL 27th

Susquehanna, PA…The big Opening Night at Penn Can Speedway will take place Friday April 27th with six of the area’s top divisions in racing competing on the ultra-fast clay oval. In competition will be the mighty modifieds, late models, sportsman, super stocks, pure stocks, and four cylinder stocks. The first event of the evening will take the green flag at 7:15 with spectator gates opening at 5:00.

The top modified teams in the area will all be out to top modified champion Brian Weaver looking to make it six championships in a row. Al Rudalavage, Mike Gular, Mike Colsten, Joey Grammes, Chris Weaver, Carl Nagel, Mike Nagel, and a host of other top modified competitors will all be looking to claim the checkered flags every Friday night.

The late models, sportsman, super stocks, and pure stocks are sure to keep fans on the edge of their seats week in and week out at the Susquehanna County raceway. These four divisions are also the best the area has to offer. Exciting two and three wide action is a must when these drivers come to race. New for the 2007 season is the introduction of the new beginners four cylinder stock class. This will be a true entry level division where the emphasis will be on affordable racing aimed at developing future drivers.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928 or on the web at www.penncan.com. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY FORCED TO CANCEL SPRING 125 FRIDAY

Susquehanna, PA… The highly anticipated running of the Penn Can Spring 125 has unfortunately become another victim of the unseasonable spring weather in the northeast. Promoters Reed Miller and Al Wilcox waited as long as possible hoping that the snow covering the speedway would be gone and that drying would take place. While the snow is gone, the water left behind has left the facility too wet to chance running a race. The Spring 125 will now be rescheduled for Memorial Day Monday May 28th.

Racing will now begin with the first schedule point race Friday April 27th for all divisions competition at Penn Can Speedway. Modifieds, late models, sportsman, super stocks, pure stocks, four cylinder stocks will all be in competition.

The test and tune scheduled for this Sunday April 22nd will remain on schedule as planned. Gates for this first and only practice session at the speedway before the big season opener will open at 2:00 pm with cars taking to the speedway at 3:00 pm. Any local race team wishing for track time is welcome to test their car on this practice day. Grandstand admission will be free of charge.

Drivers wishing to purchase track memberships may do so at this test and tune session to avoid the long lines opening night. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas.

ROC SPORTSMAN TOUR OPENS AT PENN CAN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY

Susquehanna, PA…Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania will play host to the inaugural 2007 Race of Champions South Tour Sportsman Series race this Friday as part of the Spring 125. The top ROC Sportsman drivers will be coming to the speedway to compete in a huge fifty lap feature event paying $1200 to the winner. Qualifying heats and the feature will be lined up by luck of the draw in each of the series races.

Traditionally Penn Can Speedway has one of the strongest fields of sportsman weekly competing at the speedway. This year shouldn’t be any different. 2006 sportsman champion Mike Loney of Taylor, PA will be returning to defend his crown and protect his turf when the ROC Tour comes to Penn Can Speedway. Other Penn Can Speedway regulars expected to be tough when the invaders come calling are Jeff Crambo, Micheal Lartz, Joey Colsten, Dan Pompey, Nick Petrilak, and a host of other Penn Can hotshoes.

The invading talent will be coming from not only Pennsylvania but from New York and New Jersey as well. Expected to be in the field is defending ROC Champion Danny Creeden of Middletown, New York. Creeden has taken a liking to the fast Penn Can oval having finished in the top two positions the last four times he has been at the speedway winning the last ROC Sportsman event as well. Drivers from Big Diamond Speedway should be invading as they have a night off from their home track. New York drivers from Five Mile Point, Orange County Fair Speedway, and Accord also should be at the track for the big fifty lap event.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY OPENS FRIDAY WITH THE SPRING 125

Susquehanna, PA…The long winter wait is now over and the gates of Penn Can Speedway are ready to open for a new season Friday with the annual Spring 125 at the Susquehanna County oval. Interest has been at an all time high for this special three division opener feature the three open wheeled divisions competing at the speedway.

The first of the featured divisions will be the mighty modifieds kicking off the eight race Stars Series. This mini tour will have the best area modified drivers from the southern tier of New York and the northern tier of Pennsylvania competing in extra distance races at both Penn Can Speedway and Five Mile Point Speedway. The tour is open to any modified team wishing to compete. The first race at Penn Can will be over the fifty lap distance. Qualifying heats and the feature will be lined up by luck of the draw in each of the series races. The first series race at Penn Can will pay the winner a handsome $2000.

Many of the top area race teams are expected to be in competition at Penn Can Friday. Multi-time champion Brian Weaver leads the list of top drivers that will be at the speedway for the Spring 125. Local hotshoes Joey Grammes, Alan Rudalavage, Mike Colsten, Mike Gular, Carl Nagel, and a host of Penn Can stars will all be in competition. Five Mile Point veterans, Mitch Gibbs, Jim Crawn, J.R. Crouse, Glenn Knapp, Joel Batzel, and Mike Doty are all expected to run for the STARS Series crown.

The Race of Champions Sportsman Series Southern Tour will make its first start of 2007 at Penn Can April 20th. With Five Mile Point forcing to cancel their April 15th Southern Tier Open, the ROC Sportsman will now kick the season off running a big fifty lap feature paying the winner $1200. Last season over forty sportsman signed in for the opening race at Penn Can. Another strong field of sportsman should be in the pits at Penn Can when the green flag drops for the best sportsman in the area.

Joining the open wheeled warriors will be the IMCA modifieds. This popular division will be competing in four races at Penn Can during the 2007 season. This first race will be a great tune-up. The Empire Series Tour for IMCA modifieds will be in competition at Penn Can Tuesday July 3rd for a huge sanctioned event that is sure to attract the top IMCA drivers in the east.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAL CANCELS PRACTICE

Susquehanna, PA…Because of the wet conditions at the speedway and the forecast for more wet weather this afternoon and this evening, we have cancelled tonight’s test and tune session. The opening night Spring 125 schedule for the Star Series modifieds, Race of Champions Tour sportsman, and the IMCA modifieds will take place next Friday, April 20th.

Gates open at 5:00 with the first heat race at 7:15. For more information call the speedway office at 570-585-9928 or check us out on the web at www.penncan.com.

TEST AND TUNE CANCELLED FRIDAY AT PENN CAN

Susquehanna, PA…Penn Can Speedway promoters Al Wilcox and Reed Miller have decided to cancel the Friday April 6th test and tune session. The decision was based strictly on weather conditions expected the next few days. Test and tune sessions for those wishing to get their cars dialed in will now be held Friday April 13th and Sunday April 22nd. Gates for practice will open at 5:15 on Friday with test and tune at 6:30. On Sunday gates will open at noon with testing at 1:00.

The speedway came through the winter months in great condition. If it wasn’t for the freezing temperatures, everything would have run on schedule. The staff continues to make improvements to the facility and will be all ready for the big Spring 125 to be held Friday April 20th. Top modified teams from all over the area will be there to compete in the first of eight STAR Series races. The Race of Champions Sportsman Tour will also race at the speedway along with the IMCA modifieds making it a night of open wheeled excitement.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

SPRING 125 AT PENN CAN SPEEDWAY FRIDAY APRIL 20TH

Susquehanna, PA…The gates of Penn Can Speedway will open for action Friday evening April 20th with the running of the Spring 125. This special program of open wheel racing will feature the mighty modifieds, the Race of Champions Sportsman Tour, and the IMCA modifieds competing in 125 laps of feature action.

The rejuvenated STAR Series for southern tier modified race teams will make its first of four visits to Penn Can Speedway. The series features eight races between Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and Five Mile Point Speedway in Kirkwood, New York. The two speedways are located within twenty miles of each other making travel for this mini series minimal for the race teams and fans. All area modified race teams are encouraged to compete in as many races as possible. The draw for qualifying heats system will make for exciting qualifying action. The top qualified drivers will then redraw for the feature. The first race of the series at each race will be fifty laps. The last two races will also be over the fifty lap distance while the middle four races of the mini series will be forty lap events.

The Race of Champions Sportsman Series Southern Tour will make their second start of 2007 at Penn Can April 20th. Last season over forty sportsman signed in for the opening race at Penn Can. Another strong field of sportsman should be in the pits at Penn Can when the green flag drops for the best sportsman in the area. The race will feature an extra ten laps for the sportsman who normally run forty lap features. This fifty lap event will pay $1200 for the win.

Joining the open wheeled warriors will be the IMCA modifieds. This popular division will be competing in four races at Penn Can during the 2007 season. This first race will be a great tune-up. The Empire Series Tour for IMCA modifieds will be in competition at Penn Can Tuesday July 3rd for a huge sanctioned event that is sure to attract the top IMCA drivers in the east.

Gates will open at 5:00 with the first heat race scheduled to take the track at 7:15. For more information about racing at Penn Can Speedway call the track office at 570-585-9928. The speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both the Binghamton and Scranton areas. The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY SCHEDULES SPRING 125 FRIDAY APRIL 20TH

Susquehanna, PA…Penn Can Speedway promoters Al Wilcox and Reed Miller are excited to announce the return of the Spring 125 Opening Night special at the Susquehanna County oval. The original date has been rescheduled to Friday evening April 20, 2007 with gates opening at 5:00 with racing at 7:15. Once again this season the Spring 125 will offer special events for three of the competing divisions at the speedway. This year’s edition will feature Penn Can Speedway’s three open wheeled divisions competing in extra distance feature events plus qualifying events.

The mighty modifieds will begin the season with the first of four special combination events with Five Mile Point Speedway. This mini series will carry its own point system plus a set of special awards and a point fund. This series is intended to feature the best teams in the northern tier of Pennsylvania and the southern tier of New York. The spring opener will be a fifty lap feature event paying an increased purse.

The second special attraction of the Spring 125 at Penn Can Speedway will be the return of the Race of Champions Sportsman for a southern region event. This too will be a fifty lap special event with the new ROC Sportsman purse structure. For the last two seasons, the ROC Sportsman have put on a great show whenever they run at the speedway. Last season Willie Osmun won the spring ROC race at Penn Can and went on to finish third in the Southern Region. With the other ROC participating speedways idle this night, a great field of sportsman are expected.

The IMCA modifieds will fill out the field for a special 25 lap feature event. Originally this race was scheduled to be one of the first Empire State Series races. Unfortunately because of the schedule change to Friday night, the Empire race has been rescheduled to Tuesday July 3rd and this race will be a regular IMCA event. The IMCA modifieds will compete in four events at the speedway again in 2007.

Regular Friday night racing will begin the following Friday, April 27th. All divisions will be in competition including the modifieds, late models, sportsman, super stocks, pure stocks, and the new four cylinder stocks. Gates will open at 5:00 with racing at 7:15.

Penn Can Speedway is located in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both Binghamton, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania on Route 171. It is seven miles from the Great Bend exit 230 of Interstate 81. For more information about Penn Can Speedway call the speedway office at (570) 585-9928 or check out the web site at www.penncan.com. E-mail reaches us at penncan@hotmail.com.

The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY SCHEDULES SPRING 125 FRIDAY APRIL 20TH

Susquehanna, PA…Penn Can Speedway promoters Al Wilcox and Reed Miller are excited to announce the return of the Spring 125 Opening Night special at the Susquehanna County oval. The original date has been rescheduled to Friday evening April 20, 2007 with gates opening at 5:00 with racing at 7:15. Once again this season the Spring 125 will offer special events for three of the competing divisions at the speedway. This year’s edition will feature Penn Can Speedway’s three open wheeled divisions competing in extra distance feature events plus qualifying events.

The mighty modifieds will begin the season with the first of four special combination events with Five Mile Point Speedway. This mini series will carry its own point system plus a set of special awards and a point fund. This series is intended to feature the best teams in the northern tier of Pennsylvania and the southern tier of New York. The spring opener will be a fifty lap feature event paying an increased purse.

The second special attraction of the Spring 125 at Penn Can Speedway will be the return of the Race of Champions Sportsman for a southern region event. This too will be a fifty lap special event with the new ROC Sportsman purse structure. For the last two seasons, the ROC Sportsman have put on a great show whenever they run at the speedway. Last season Willie Osmun won the spring ROC race at Penn Can and went on to finish third in the Southern Region. With the other ROC participating speedways idle this night, a great field of sportsman are expected.

The IMCA modifieds will fill out the field for a special 25 lap feature event. Originally this race was scheduled to be one of the first Empire State Series races. Unfortunately because of the schedule change to Friday night, the Empire race has been rescheduled to Tuesday July 3rd and this race will be a regular IMCA event. The IMCA modifieds will compete in four events at the speedway again in 2007.

Regular Friday night racing will begin the following Friday, April 27th. All divisions will be in competition including the modifieds, late models, sportsman, super stocks, pure stocks, and the new four cylinder stocks. Gates will open at 5:00 with racing at 7:15.

Penn Can Speedway is located in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania just a short drive from both Binghamton, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania on Route 171. It is seven miles from the Great Bend exit 230 of Interstate 81. For more information about Penn Can Speedway call the speedway office at (570) 585-9928 or check out the web site at www.penncan.com. E-mail reaches us at penncan@hotmail.com.

The speedway is sponsored in part for the 2007 season by great corporate partners including Don’s Automotive Mall, Gary’s U-Pull-It, Pump-N-Pantry Stores, Trackside Products, Bernheisel Race Components, Pine Line Auto, American Race Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuels.

MODIFIED MINI-SERIES PLANNED FOR FIVE MILE POINT AND PENN CAN IN 2007

Binghamton, NY…Track promoters from Five Mile Point Speedway in Kirkwood, New York and Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania have joined together to announce a mini-series for the popular modified division competing at both speedways. The new series will be comprised of extra distance feature events at each speedway during the 2007 season. The series will tentatively begin early in the season and concluded with the series ending weekend on September 7th and 8th at both tracks. The complete schedule will be released shortly.

“Penn Can and Five Mile Point have always worked well together over the years,” states Five Mile Point’s Andrew Harpell. “There are so many great modified race teams based right here in the southern tier area, we really wanted to feature these teams and make our own drivers the stars. This seems to be the trend in local racing with many of the central New York speedways doing the same thing.”

The series will combine the rules used at both speedways. Qualifying will use an open draw system for both heats and features. A potential title sponsor is currently in the works so that a point fund for the mini-series can be established for the top fifteen race teams. If other major sponsors can be secured the point fund will increase. Other incentives will also be part of the program. Points will be awarded using a modified IMCA style system to keep competition exciting throughout the eight race series.

“We were the innovators of the mini-series when we developed the North South Street Stock Series back in 1999 and when Five Mile Point developed the STAR Series” states Penn Can co-promoter Al Wilcox. “This new mini-series for our big block/ small block modifieds will allow our own track regulars to race for extra money and a point fund with very limited travel and expense. A true small block bonus is also being considered.”

Five Mile Point and Penn Can will also host the popular Race of Champions Tour during the 2007 season for the modifieds and the sportsman. This new mini-series will feature the best local drivers and teams at both tracks including many teams unable to make the commitment to the ROC Tour. With an open qualifying system, any non-regular at Five Mile and Penn Can is welcome to compete as well.

Sponsorship of this new series is currently in the works and will be announced shortly. Anyone interested in assisting with sponsoring the series or with questions should contact the Five Mile Point at 607-775-5555 or Penn Can at 570-585-9928.

PENN CAN SPEEDWAY BANQUET SCHEDULED

Susquehanna, PA...Penn Can Speedway officials are pleased to announce the scheduling of the annual season ending banquet Saturday evening January 20th. The beautiful Montdale Country Club in Montdale, Pennsylvania will again be the site where Penn Can Speedway honors the champions of the 2006 season.

The top drivers in the five regular divisions will take center stage on this night of celebration. Trophies will be presented to the top ten in all divisions along with the distribution of the point fund sponsored by American Racers, Sunoco Fuels, and Trackside Products of Vestal, New York. Other special awards will also be presented including Best Appearing Car, and Rookies of the Year.

The champion in the hotly contested modified division will be repeat winner Brian Weaver of Windsor, New York. Weaver now has eight Penn Can Speedway Championships to his credit. He won the title over Joey Grammes, Mike Colsten, Bill Huff, and Al Rudalavage.

The late model division point championship also came down to the wire. Dave Zona repeated his championship over Bud Phillips, Jamie Griffiths, Randall Paxton, and Tracy Gregory.

The sportsman championship was also a tight race all season long with Mike Loney claiming his first sportsman championship. Jeff Crambo, Dan Pompey, Mike Lartz, and Ken Titus rounded out the top five.

In the super stock division Denny Decker ended a near perfect year repeating as the champion. He finished ahead of Harry Marvin Jr, Paul Strohl, Chris Hunsinger, and Tom Herman.

Mahlon Shoemaker of Johnson City claimed his first pure stock championship at Penn Can in a close battle with two time pure stock champion, Charlie Gilbert. Butch Green, Tom Garren, and Kevin Beach rounded out the top five.

In the four race IMCA series at the speedway Kevin Cole of Binghamton was named the track champion over Joe Cole.

The banquet will begin with a cocktail hour at 6:00 followed by dinner, awards and dancing. The cost of the banquet will be $32 per person and tickets can be ordered by calling the speedway office at (570) 585-9928. Reservations for the banquet are necessary as only 300 tickets will be sold. The deadline for ticket sales is Friday January 12th. No tickets will be sold at the door.

SUPER STOCKS RETURN TO PENN CAN IN 2007

Susquehanna, PA… Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that there will be super stock racing at the speedway in 2007. Rumors circulating had the speedway dropping the division next season. Promoters Al Wilcox and Reed Miller have full intentions of running the division in 2007.
“We have had many teams talk with us about running at Penn Can in 2007. Because other area tracks are cutting their super stock schedules back in 2007, we want to give the teams a track to compete at on a regular basis.” states Miller. “We will also strongly support the super stock tour again in 2007.”
The popular Trackside Product Tour will also return in the 2007 season with Five Mile Point and Thunder Mountain also announcing that they will be running the super/pro stocks on selected nights during the year. The Trackside Products Tour schedule is currently in the works and will be announced shortly. The purse structure is also being worked out and will be similar at all participating tracks. Car count will also be taken into consideration when making the final purse paid during the tour. All series races will have a pre-race draw to determine starting positions in the heats. A modified draw/handicapping system will be tentatively used to determine the feature starting positions. This procedure will tentatively have the top two drivers in points starting in the eleventh and twelfth positions in the feature with the other top qualifying drivers drawing for the remaining positions.
Trackside Products in Endicott, New York will be the title sponsor for the series again this season. Additional sponsors are being sought for the tour. Contingency sponsors are also welcome for the tour in 2007. For sponsorship or general information about the Trackside Products Tour please call 570-585-9928.

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