Johnson and Howard Collect Big Wins on Big Weekend of Racing

It was a big weekend in racing as 10 tracks were originally scheduled to race this weekend. Canandaigua, Big Diamond, and Lernerville all postponed, but 7 races still got in. Duane Howard and Ronnie Johnson picked up the biggest pay days this weekend with their $4,000 wins at Grandview and Fonda, respectively. Here are the weekend results and updated win list.

4/8 Results

Big Blocks

Lernerville- POSTPONED

Glen Ridge Motorsports Park (Opener $2,000 to win)
1st 9s Matt Sheppard
2nd 1 Stewart Friesen
3rd 20c Craig Hanson
4th 115 Kenny Tremont
5th 97 Bobby Varin

4/9 Results

Canandaigua- POSTPONED

Big Blocks

Fonda Speedway (Opener 40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 2 Ronnie Johnson
2nd 9s Matt Sheppard
3rd 1 Stewart Friesen
4th 76 Alton Palmer
5th 4 Tim McCreadie

Orange County Fair Speedway (Opener)
1st 11 Danny Creeden
2nd 33 1/3 Tommy Meier
3rd 98H Jimmy Phelps
4th 97 Jerry Higbie
5th 24 Chris Shultz

Sharon Speedway (Opener)
1st 65 Rex King
2nd 00 Rob Kristyak
3rd 777 Kevin Bolland
4th 8J Dean Pearson
5th 11R Brad Rapp

New Egypt Speedway (Opener)
1st 1 Billy Pauch
2nd 14 Jimmy Horton
3rd 711 Mike Iles
4th 09 Bob Drayton
5th 76 Rick Laubach

Delaware International Speedway (Opener)
1st 90w Beau Wilkins
2nd 30 JoJo Watson
3rd 62 Matt Jester
4th 85 H.J. Bunting
5th 09 Howard O'Neal

Small Blocks

Grandview Speedway (40 laps $4,000 to win)
1st 4 Duane Howard
2nd 976 Don Norris
3rd 33 Ray Swinehart
4th 357 Jeff Strunk
5th 1c Craig Von Dohren

Mercer Raceway Park
1st 28H Jimmy Holden
2nd 1G Frank Guidance
3rd 21k Randy Chrysler
4th 7s Mike Stine
5th B2 Rick Hall

4/10 Results

Small Blocks

Big Diamond Raceway- POSTPONED

2011 Big/Small Block Win List

Stewart Friesen- 2
Jeff Strunk- 2
Matt Sheppard- 2
Duane Howard- 2
Brett Hearn- 1
Danny Johnson- 1
Rex King- 1
Danny Creeden- 1
Ronnie Johnson- 1
Jimmy Holden- 1
Beau Wilkins- 1

Jeff Strunk and Matt Sheppard are the only drivers to win at more than 1 track this season. Sheppard has collected wins at Volusia and Glen Ridge, and Strunk has won at Selinsgrove and New Egypt.