June 10, 2003
COZZE PASSES PLANCK ON FINAL LAP TO WIN BURKES DO IT BEST HOME CENTERS 6TH ANNUAL SHOWDOWN AT SUNDOWN
FULTON,
NY…Frank Cozze passed Dale Planck on the final circuit to win the Burke’s Do
It Best Home Centers 100-lap 6th Annual Showdown at Sundown at Fulton
Speedway last Tuesday night. The veteran driver from Wind Gap, Pa. earned $3,000
for the thrilling victory in the Turning Stone Casino DIRT 358 Modified Series
event. Cozze and Planck swapped the lead back and forth during the final 25 laps
of the hotly contested event.
John Barker raced out to the
early lead at the start of the Burke’s Do It Best Home Centers 100 from the
pole starting position. Jack Johnson took the top spot away from Barker on the
second circuit. Johnson would lead the 32-car starting field through lap 27.
Johnson spun after some contact with Frank Cozze. Dale Planck inherited the lead
at this time, in search of his third Fulton Speedway win of the season.
Planck and Cozze started their
battle for the lead instantly on the restart. Planck would be the official race
leader until lap 75, but the top spot changed hands quite a bit around the
track. Cozze was the official race leader on laps 76 and 77. Planck would lead
lap 78, then Cozze lap 79. That is about how the race would go the final 20
circuits with the former Victoria 200 Champions swapping the lead.
At the end Cozze would
lead the most important circuit, the final lap. Planck held on for a second
place finish with brake problems. Alan Johnson drove the back-up Jeff Rudalavage
car to a solid third place finish. Tim McCreadie came back from an early race
spin to finish fourth. Barker drove a solid race to finish in the fifth
position.
Sean Lias claimed the win in the
25-lap IMCA Modified Empire State Series race. Rob Keller, Dale Caswell, Larry
Bezner and Jeff Cleveland followed Lias across the finish line. Lias jumped out
to the early lead at the start of race from the third starting position and he
would never look back.
Todd Storace won his first Pure
Stock feature race of the season last Tuesday night in the Hood Racing car. Phil
Marsden, Dave Mannise, Mark Davison and Chris Cunningham followed Storace across
the finish line. Storace took the lead away from Cunningham took the lead away
from Cunningham on lap four and he would lead the rest of the distance in the
15-lap affair.
Racing will continue every
Saturday night at Fulton Speedway with the DIRT 358 Modifieds, DIRT Sportsman,
DIRT Pro Stocks and Pure Stocks all in competition plus many special events. For
more information please contact the track office at 315-593-6531 or the race
line at 668-RACE. The track is located on Route 57 just south of the city
limits.
BURKE’S DO IT BEST HOME CENTERS FEATURE RACE SUMMARY
TURNING
STONE CASINO 358 MODIFIED SERIES---Frank Cozze, Dale Planck, Alan Johnson,
Tim McCreadie, John Barker, Justin Haers, Jeff Rudalavage, Brett Hearn, Mitch
Gibbs, Chad Brachmann, Pete Bicknell, Matt Sheppard, Frankie Caprara, Alex Hoag,
Jimmy Phelps, Tim Burnett, John Ramsey, Gus Schmidt, Chuck Hebing, Ron White,
Danny Johnson, Tim Fuller, Jack Johnson, Billy Decker, Todd Burley, Craig
Terrell, Steve Paine, Tom Kinsella, Roy Shields, Willy Decker, Tom Sears, Ted
Lamb.
Full Box Score Including Time Trials.
EMPIRE
STATE IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE---Sean Lias, Rob Keller, Dale Caswell, Larry
Bezner, Jeff Cleveland, Mike Jeffries, Kevan Cook, Rich Keller, Gregg Kimball,
John Dumas, Pete Neff, Neil Edgar, Brian Rice, Les Hubbard, Bobby Thurston, Tim
Hearne, Rich Townsend, Skip Pabis, George Proctor, Bill Anderson Sr., Mike
Chilson, Tony Finch, Tommy Paige, George Catazano.
PURE
STOCK FEATURE---Todd Storace, Phil Marsden, Dave Mannise, Mark Davison,
Chris Cunningham, Paul Mercier, Nathan Peckham, Bill Flask, John Phillips, Don
Stevenson, Joe Buske, Irving Casler, Ricky Degroff, Steve Woodworth, Gary
Barton, Ricky Trexler, Ed Rogers, Ron Billings, Russ Marsden, Kenneth Hamm, Paul
Becker, Jim Wallace, Rob Whipple, Pat Sullivan.
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