{"id":50017,"date":"2005-07-21T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-21T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/?p=50017"},"modified":"2022-11-26T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T00:58:28","slug":"crannell-cops-first-points-win-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/crannell-cops-first-points-win-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Crannell Cops First Points Win of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grand Rapids<\/strong>, <\/strong>MI<\/strong> 7\/20\/05<\/strong>\u2026<\/strong>It didn\u2019t take long for Rookie Jim Crannell of Oswego, NY to figure out the fast way around Jennerstown Speedway in a non-wing supermodified, showing the SUPRS veterans he is a force to be reckoned with by taking his first feature win in Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series action Wednesday night. Crannell brought the Snap-On Tools #27 home for the victory over John Davidson, Sean Gibbs, Gary Waldron, and Jim Davidson by a 2.8 second margin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell ya what,\u201d began an out of breath Crannell, \u201cI was nervous the whole race. Starting from the pole I knew I had a good shot at a win but I also knew John (Davidson), was right there.\u201d
\u201dI got a good start but it only took him two laps to get by me, so I just stayed with him and ended up getting him behind a lapped car that was doing it\u2019s best to move out of the way,\u201d said Crannell.<\/p>\n

With a slightly ragged start for the 17 car field, the front row of Crannell and Davidson put some distance on the rest of the field. But even with Davidson being the all time SUPRS winner, he didn\u2019t have a chance to breath. \u201cOh man he was fast,\u201d said the San Diego, CA driver of Crannell. \u201cHe was clean and fast, my hats off to him for a great run.\u201d \u201cI may have had something for him but when we got into lapped traffic he made a great move and I got into the lapped car, after that my car was hurt so I\u2019m pretty happy with second.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third place finisher, Canadian, Sean Gibbs had it a bit easier throughout his race. Explained Gibbs of his run, \u201cIt was decent because I was pretty much all by myself out there the whole race.\u201d Gibbs, who had an excellent start at the drop of the green, went on to explain, \u201cJohn and Jim just plain took off and I ran out of time with the CASCAR, MOPAR #2, those guys were just awesome out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Gibbs had plenty of room to race, Gary Waldron of Wyoming, MI was feeling a bit like a sardine racing within a tough pack of SUPRS competitors. \u201cWhat can I say, it was really tough out there tonight, I got knocked around pretty bad at the start and then had to really work to get back up front,\u201d stated the driver of the Michigan Hill Gang, Wholesale Diamond Exchange, ADA Automotive, YES Michigan #10. \u201cOnce I got up to the pack I had a blast with AJ, (Truax), Steve, (Callahan), and Jim, (Davidson), but I didn\u2019t have much else. We deserve a fourth because that\u2019s all the car we had tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jim Davidson of Elyria, OH is used to the action that Waldron spoke of, but had what many would consider his best run ever and steered clear of the carnage to bring the Team Extreme #22 home for a fine fifth place finish. Said Davidson in Victory Lane, \u201cMan this feels great, it\u2019s nice to run up front and be competitive.\u201d \u201cI just tried to stay smooth and consistent even though I got a little nervous racing with Gary and AJ, because they are great competitors. I just hope this is a good start to good things to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Falling out of the top 10 for the first time in recent memory was AJ \u201cSlideways\u201d Truax in the Truax Motorsports, BurnBoys.com #35 roadster. In an uncharacteristic move, for the tough contender, Truax pulled to the bottom of the track with 3 laps to go with a badly damaged race car. \u201cI don\u2019t know what it was tonight, but from practice on it just seemed like everyone was in kill mode, \u201c began the man who led the points going into the race but dropped two spots after. \u201cEveryone up front ran real clean, Jim did a great job, but I\u2019ll tell ya what, there\u2019s not a car from mid-pack back that didn\u2019t hit me, I just had no car left so I pulled down to give way for everyone else. Kudos to Gary and Jim for some great racing out there when I was up front, we\u2019ll come back next week and try again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Truax will join the rest of the SUPRS hotshoes for race 4 of the non-wing point season this Wednesday once again at Jennerstown Speedway in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. The cars take to the track for open practice at 7pm with Driver\u2019s Meeting at 7:45pm and Racing Promptly at 8.<\/p>\n

Heat wins went to Crannell and John Davidson. Crannell had the fastest lap of the race at 16.804 seconds. In other notes, Buddy Cottom made a number change from #51 to #21.<\/p>\n

Come see why SUPRS is the \u201cUltimate Online Sim Race Car\u201d by visiting www.suprs.net.<\/p>\n

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Results – SUPRS Regular Show at Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown, PA-07\/20\/05<\/h3>\n

SUPRS Non-Wing Supermodified Points Race #3-Oswego Mod by Shaker Designs for NASCAR Heat<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Heat Race 1-12 Laps-Handicap Start(Finish determines starting place feature 1 inside row)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. #27-Jim Crannell-Oswego, NY<\/li>\n
  2. 55-Steve Callahan-Cuyahoga Falls, OH<\/li>\n
  3. #10-Gary Waldron-Wyoming, MI<\/li>\n
  4. #35 AJ Truax-Hannibal, NY<\/li>\n
  5. #11-Mike Dougherty-Grand Rapids, MI<\/li>\n
  6. #25-Bobby Gangwer-Goshen, IN<\/li>\n
  7.  #6-Nelson Bartlett-Martiville, NY<\/li>\n
  8. #00-Josh Crannell-Oswego, NY<\/li>\n
  9. #72-Joey Constanza-Hannibal, NY<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Heat Race 2-12 Laps-Handicap Start(Finish determines starting place feature 1 outside row)
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    1. #5-John Davidson-San Diego, CA<\/li>\n
    2. 22-Jim Davidson-Elyria, OH<\/li>\n
    3. #2-Sean Gibbs-Burlington, ONT, CAN<\/li>\n
    4. #23-Chris Meyers-Amherst, OH<\/li>\n
    5. #19-Frank Ferry, JR-Sandusky, OH<\/li>\n
    6. #9-Domenic Gioia-Oswego, NY<\/li>\n
    7. #83-Frank Keene-Scranton, PA<\/li>\n
    8. #21-Buddy Cottom-Oswego, NY<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Feature Finish-63 Laps-
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