Canyon Raceway Winter Series Finale

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For Immediate Release Contact Bill Martin

Feb. 23, 2004 (319) 472-2201, x225

 

Penney paces finale, Fitzgerald wraps up Winter Series title

PEORIA, Ariz. (Feb. 21) – Phil Penney and Dan Fitzgerald both went home

winners Saturday afternoon.

Penney, from Percival, Iowa, won the final event in the Barnett

Harley-Davidson Winter Series at Canyon Raceway. Las Vegas, Nev., pilot

Fitzgerald, meanwhile, wrapped up the I.M.C.A. Sunoco Modified tour title with

an eighth-place run.

Fitzgerald notched a win and finished no lower than fifth in any of the

first six series events, earning a $1,000 share of the $5,000 point fund to be

paid out to the top 15 drivers.

Two-time feature winner Christy Georges was runner-up in points, with Chris

Olexiewicz, Jerry Harpole Jr. and Jim Collinsworth completing the top five.

The Winter Series crown is Fitzgerald’s career first.

Also winning features over the course of the seven-week series were Ronnie

Wallace, David Murray Jr. and George Fronsman.

Penney also pocketed $1,000 for the feature victory. Harpole ran second and

Olexiewicz was third.

 

Barnett Harley Davidson Winter Series Top 15 Point Standings

1. Dan Fitzgerald, Las Vegas, Nev. 258

2. Christy Georges, El Paso, Texas 244

3. Chris Olexiewicz, Gilbert 224

4. Jerry Harpole Jr., Farmington, N.M. 223

5. Jim Collinsworth, Cottonwood 217

6. Phil Penney, Percival, Iowa 214

7. Darin Center, Mesa 213

8. Sherman Barnett, El Paso, Texas 205

9. George Fronsman, Surprise 197

10. Jim MacNeil, Phoenix 152

11. Tim Palmer, Prescott 151

12. Steve West, Aztec, N.M. 142

13. Dan Collinsworth, Chandler 134

Jim Hurd, Queen Creek 134

15. Mark Fowler, Phoenix 133

 

Feb. 21 Feature Results – 1. Penney; 2. Harpole; 3. Olexiewicz; 4. Dan

Collinsworth; 5. Center; 6. Georges; 7. Fowler; 8. Fitzgerald; 9. Barnett; 10.

Fronsman; 11. Hurd; 12. MacNeil; 13. Palmer; 14. Mark Dryer, Glendale; 15. Shawn

Zelenka, Phoenix; 16. West; 17. Jim Collinsworth; 18. John Cox, Glendale; 19.

Hollywood Leary, Glendale; 20. Dean Smith, Denver, Colo.; 21. Brandon Carley,

Farmington, N.M.; 22. Bill Saltzman, Merced, Calif.

 

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