George Suprick Superb in ASCS Patriot
Sunday Night Special at Cayuga County
Rich Vleck,
WEEDSPORT, NY (July 27, 2008) - George Suprick has struggled on
nights other than Saturday and on smooth and slick surfaces, but he
eliminated both of those stigmas with his win Sunday Night at the
Cayuga County Fair Speedway.
Suprick, of
Clarks Summit, PA, scored his 12th career ASCS Patriot
win, leading all 25-laps at the tricky 3/8-mile, holding off a slew
of challengers with mechanical performance and mental wherewithal in
the third feature of the year for the A-Verdi Storage Containers
King of Central New York Series.
“This is the
sixth race on the car, and it has been great for us all year,” said
Suprick of his Pancho’s Racing Products J&J. “This means a lot to
win hear at Weedsport, this place has great history and is a lot of
fun to race on.”
After claiming
his National Parts Peddler Heat, the 2004 ASCS Patriot Champion
redrew an outside front-row starting spot for the feature. On the
start of the 25-lap feature, he would charge in hard on the top and
snatch the lead away from Scott Kreutter; once he was clear of the
No. 52, Suprick put his No. 87 to the bottom and kept it there the
rest of the way.
“I figured this
race might be a race in to turn one, I caught the cushion in turn
two before it went away and then ran the bottom,” added the veteran
in Victory Lane. “I was really good in (turn) two and were going
enough in three and four.”
After a lap five
caution for Chris Muhleisen spinning out of third after getting
tangled with Mike Stelter, Scott Kreutter made his first bid for the
lead with the same move that Suprick used to take the lead
initially, but Suprick was up to the challenge.
“I saw (Kreutter)
peaking his nose up there a couple times but I knew the bottom off
of two is really where you need to be,” noted Suprick of the turn
which leads to the bending backstretch.
After the same
story on the lap 11 restart, Suprick began to work slow his lap
times by two full seconds as he began to work traffic, something
that he said he had all under control.
“I didn’t want to
hit the lapped cars too fast. I knew I had a pretty good lead
because I didn’t see and flash boxes going off, a little something
I’ve learned over the years.”
The win was also
gratifying for Suprick because it came under conditions that he has
seemed to struggle on over the last few years, something he admitted
after climbing down from a wing dance atop his No. 87.
While Scott
Kreutter gave Suprick the biggest chase for the win, he would fall
back to third on the final lap for the second night in a row, as
point leader Bryan Howland would move around him for second.
Howland, who won
the Riverside Bar and Grill/ DeMaree Fruit Farms Four Laps of Fame
Dash, used that experience to slice his way up from a ninth place
starting spot to expand on his point lead. The Auburn, NY driver
would also find relief in the point battle with Jared Zimbardi
falling out on lap 11 with a broken front end.
Kreutter’s third
place showing was his fourth of the year. The 2007 Rookie of the
Year said he was frustrated with his string of “almosts”, but
admitted that it is better than his four seventh place finishes last
season.
Rick Wilson would
struggle in a loaded heat, forcing him to start 18th in
the feature. The inaugural Patriot winner at CCFS would rally
though to finish in fourth, earning him the KSE Hard Charger of the
Night.
Blake Breen would
round out the top-five, the second year in a row the Savannah, NY
driver has finished in that spot at his hometown race.
Doug Emery,
another NPP Heat Winner, finished in sixth, ahead of Mike Stelter
and Tommy Wickham. Ray Preston, in his first weekend back after a
broken leg, was ninth, beating out Bobby Breen, who completed the
top-10.
Chuck Hebing, who
was slicing his way through the pack, hit the inside wall on lap 10,
cutting down the tire while under caution. “Cobra” would make it
back out with help from a number of teams changing tires, and
allowing the two time CCFS winner to finish in 12th.
Hebing was planning on driving the Bud Burlew-Owned No. 28, but
after a motor problem in hot laps, the decision to return to his own
No. 45 was made.
A total of 32
cars were on hand on a gorgeous Sunday Night. Doug Bowman’s first
trip to CCFS would end without making a lap in his No. 57x. Bobby
Magner made hard contact in his hot lap session and would also not
take a competitive lap.
ASCS Patriots
Results: 7/27/08, Cayuga County Fair Speedway, Weedsport, NY.
A-Verdi
A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. George Suprick (87), 2. Bryan Howland (51),
3. Scott Kreutter (52), 4. Rick Wilson (42w), 5. Blake Breen
(8), 6. Doug Emery (33), 7. Mike Stelter (36), 8. Tommy Wickham
(75), 9. Ray Preston (22), 10. Bobby Breen (9), 11. Don Adamczyk
(21), 12. Chuck Hebing (45), 13. Bubba Broderick (5), 14. Jared
Fink (21F), 15. Gordy Button (714), 16. Kyle Moffit (7), 17.
Chris Muhleisen (10M), 18. Robbie Shuttleworth (11), 19. Brandon
Warner (14), 20. Howard Singer (26), 21. Jared Zimbardi (35),
22. Dave Wickham (80).
Lap Leader- Suprick 1-25.
B-Main (10
Laps, Top-4 Transfer)- 1. Gordy Button (714), 2. Robbie Shuttleworth (11), 3. Bubba Broderick (5), 4. Howard Singer
(26), 5. Gary Troutman (44), 6. Joe August Jr. (47), 7. Jeremy
Barnard (86), 8. Andy Noto (19), 9. T.J. Newton (57), 10. April
Wilson (15a), DNS: Jason Barney (87*), Bruce Dewick (22d), Doug
Bowman (57x), Bobby Magner (27).
Riverside Bar
and Grill/ DeMaree Fruit Farms Four Laps of Fame Dash (4 Laps)-
1. Bryan Howland (51), 2. Chuck Hebing (51), 3. Tommy Wickham
(75), 4. Don Adamczyk (21), 5. Ray Preston (22), 6. Dave Wickham
(80).
National
Parts Peddler Heats (8 Laps Each)-
Race 1: 1.
Doug Emery (33), 2. Jared Zimbardi (35), 3. Chuck Hebing (45),
4. Kyle Moffit (7), 5. Rick Wilson (42w), 6. Gordy Button (714),
7. Jason Barney (87*),
DNS: Doug Bowman (57).
Race 2: 1.
George Suprick (87), 2. Mike Stelter (36), 3. Dave Wickham (80),
4. Brandon Warner (14), 5. Howard Singer (26), 6. Jeremy Barnard
(86), 7. Bruce Dewick (22d),
DNS: Bobby Magner (27).
Race 3: 1.
Chris Muhleisen (10M), 2. Blake Breen (8), 3. Don Adamczyk (21),
4. Bryan Howland (51), 5. Bobby Breen (9), 6. Gary Troutman
(44), 7. Bubba Broderick (5), 8. Joe August Jr. (47).
Race 4: 1.
Scott Kreutter (52), 2. Jared Fink (21f), 3. Tommy Wickham (75),
4. Ray Preston (22), 5. Robbie Shuttleworth (11), 6. (), 7. (),
8. ().
Contingency
Awards-
Shuttleworth
Asphalt Sealing Sealing the Deal Award- Suprick
Saldana
Racing Products Half Way Leader- Suprick
KSE Racing
Products Hard Charger of the Night- Wilson
Engler
Machine and Tool Pole Award- Kreutter
Keizer
Aluminum Wheels Passing Points Award- Emery
Kinser Air
Filters Hard Luck Award- Wickham
ISC Racer’s
Tape Keeping Things Rolling Award- A. Wilson, Singer,
Muhleisen
DMI Rear
End Award- Troutman
VMAC Fast
Lap Award- Howland (13.76 seconds)
Randy’s
Racing Filters Filter
Through the Pack Award-
Howland
The Brake Man
Tough Brake Award- Zimbardi
M&W Aluminum
Products Top-5 Award- Kreutter
Ultra-Shield
Race Products Top-10 Award- Preston
Rod End
Supply 20th Anniversary Award- Singer
Pro-Syn Oil
Technology/ Mother’s Car Wash Clean Race Award- Emery
A-Verdi King
of Central New York Standings
(Top-10)- 1. Bryan Howland 542, 2.
Chuck Hebing 520, 3. Bobby Breen 516, 4. Jared Zimbardi 502, 5.
Blake Breen 498, 6. Doug Emery 494, 7. Mike Stelter 490, 8.
Chris Muhleisen 470, 9. Scott Kreutter 459, 10. Jared Fink 444.
Bear Paw Hand
Cleaner Hard Charger of the Season Standings presented by Gater
News Online
(Top-10)- Bobby Breen 35, Chuck Hebing 31, Bryan
Howland 27, Jared Zimbardi 26, Bubba Broderick 25, Rick Wilson
21, Scott Kreutter 18, Doug Norrie 17, Ray Preston 15, Jared
Fink 12.
Walton’s Farm
and Auto Repair Hard Charger of Central New York Standings
(Top-10)- Rick Wilson 21, Bobby Breen 15, Chuck Hebing 13, Doug
Norrie 12, Jason Barney 9, Gordy Button 9, Jessica Zemken 8,
Bubba Broderick 8, Dave Wickham 7, Bryan Howland 7.
ASCS Patriot
Points
(Top Ten): 1. Bryan Howland 1,632, 2. Jared Zimbardi
1,568, 3. Chris Muhleisen 1,492, 4. Bubba Broderick 1,404, 5.
Scott Kreutter 1,279, 6. Don Adamczyk 1,246, 7. Chuck Hebing
1,222, 8. Mike Stelter 1,170, 9. Bobby Breen 1,168, 10. Kyle
Moffit 1,150.
