OWEGO, NY

The weather at Champion Speedway on July 31 was better than the previous week, when the program was washed out by rain just minutes after it had started. This week, the track was in good condition and ready for racing.

Round one of the all-Scratch program kicked off with Tuff McBride taking a win on his new GM motorcycle; second place went to Dave Clark, while Shawn "Steamboat" Engel was third and Dee Holden finished fourth. Casey Donholt (97, above) took three points in the next outing, over Corey Brookes, Keith Hawkins and Jeff Garlinghouse. Four-time East Coast points champion "Mean Gene" Bonsignore scored a surprise win over current champion Adam "Missile" Mittl in the last heat, with Andy Crawford third and Russ "Doctor Dirt" Cornell fourth.

Clark got on the winners' board to start round two when he beat out Brookes, Crawford and Hawkins in the first heat of the second round. Next, McBride remained unbeaten by handing Mittl a loss; Donholt was third, with Holden fourth. Bonsignore again scored three points by keeping ahead of Engel, Garlinghouse and Cornell.

McBride was making good use of his GM as he took another win in the third series of heats; taking second in that one was Hawkins, while Crawford was third and Garlinghouse was last. Donholt met up with Mittl again and this time got the best of him by winning; Mittl had second in hand but fell on the last lap and Cornell got by for runner-up, though Mittl recovered quickly enough to keep third, over Holden. In the next heat, Bonsignore made another nice start and held off Brookes for a win. Engel was third. Clark had bike problems at the back.

The final heat races began with a big match between McBride and Mittl; McBride outgated Mittl, though, and could not be caught. Mittl took second, with Brookes third and Crawford fourth.

Bonsignore capped off a perfect run of heats with a win, over Hawkins; Engel was third and Holden fourth. Donholt finished off the heats with the checkered flag, while Clark took a second, Garlinghouse a third and Cornell a fourth.

Bonsignore and McBride were tied at 12 points and would toss a coin for first gate selection for the final. McBride won, and chose gate one. Bonsignore took two, with Donholt taking three, Mittl in four and Clark on the outside. Donholt burst out of the gate first and rode off with his third win of the season. McBride was a close second, with Mittl third, Clark fourth and Bonsignore fifth.

Results

SCR MAIN: 1. Casey Donholt; 2. Tuff McBride; 3. Adam Mittl; 4. Dave Clark; 5. Gene Bonsignore.

SUP A FINAL: 1. Jeff Garlinghouse; 2. Dee Holden; 3. Brian Bailey; 4. Zach Peters; 5. Bunk Harris.

SUP B: 1. Bill Papula; 2. Delbert Roser.

JR: 1. Spencer Portararo; 2. Dakota Crone.

DIRT/BK: 1. Jordan Engel; 2. Roger Roberts; 3. Dakota Crone.

P/W: 1. Kaitlan Bailey.