CNY Chevy Dealers Returns To Back Front Row For Oswego’s Int’l Classic 200

Story By: CAMDEN PROUD / OSWEGO SPEEDWAY – OSWEGO, NY – For the second consecutive season, Central New York Chevy Dealers will back the front row of the Budweiser International Classic 200 sponsoring the $1,000 Fast Time Award and $500 Outside Pole Award.

Onboard since 2016, when Michael Muldoon and Pat Lavery made up the front row for the 60th running of the Classic, CNY Chevy Dealers has returned this season not only to sponsor the front row for the Budweiser International Classic, but for the entire Friday portion of Classic Weekend, dubbed ‘CNY Chevy Dealers Classic Friday Pole Day Qualifying.’

Central New York Chevy Dealers is made up of seventeen select GM dealerships serving Syracuse, Baldwinsville, Cicero, Yorkville, Auburn, Herkimer, Rome, Oneonta, Cortland, Pulaski, Tully, Oswego, Seneca Falls, and more. CNY Chevy Dealers offers the best of new, certified pre-owned, and pre-owned Chevrolet cars, trucks, and SUVs in the Central NY region, carrying an impressive variety of pre-owned vehicles of other various makes and models. Whether it’s new or pre-owned, CNY Chevy Dealers takes pride in carrying the highest quality vehicles, such as the Chevy Silverado, Chevy Cruze, and Chevy Malibu. You can visit Central New York Chevy Dealers online at CNYChevy.com.

Friday’s action will begin with hot laps for the Oswego Supermodifieds and SBS, beginning at 1pm and running all afternoon through 4pm. Happy Hour practice will then take place from 4:15pm until 5:15pm before the Pathfinder Bank SBS hit the track for their Bud Light SBS Classic TIme Trials. Novelis Supermodified International Classic time trials will immediately follow, with the top ten qualifiers being automatically locked into the 200-lap contest presented by Budweiser. Following SBS Semi-Final races, a ‘Party in the Pits’ will cap off the night featuring the SBS Classic redraw and a performance by ‘Dirt Road Ruckus.’

International Classic Polesitters (All-Time):
1957 – Ed Bellinger Sr.
1958 – Lee Bliss
1959 – Billy Blum
1960 – Bud Crotty
1961 – Gordon Johncock
1962 – Dave Paul
1963 – Ken Bartholomew
1964 – Sam Sessions
1965 – Nolan Swift
1966 – Johnny Benson Sr.
1967 – Bentley Warren
1968 – Todd Gibson
1969 – Bentley Warren
1970 – Jim Shampine
1971 – Ken Andrews
1972 – Jim Shampine
1973 – Jim Shampine
1974 – Jim Winks
1975 – Fred Graves
1976 – Fred Graves
1977 – Jim Shampine
1978 – Chuck Ciprich
1979 – Jim Shampine
1980 – Ed Bellinger Jr.
1981 – Doug Heveron
1982 – Dave Shullick Sr.
1983 – Warren Coniam
1984 – Ed Bellinger Jr.
1985 – Dave Shullick Sr.
1986 – Bentley Warren
1987 – Doug Heveron
1988 – Bentley Warren
1989 – Bentley Warren
1990 – Bentley Warren
1991 – Joe Gosek
1992 – Gary Morton
1993 – Dave Shullick Sr.
1994 – Pat Abold
1995 – Russ Wood
1996 – Doug Didero
1997 – Doug Didero
1998 – Mike Ordway
1999 – Pat Abold
2000 – Greg Furlong
2001 – Dave McKnight Jr.
2002 – Russ Wood
2003 – Mike Ordway
2004 – Mike Ordway
2005 – Greg Furlong
2006 – Greg Furlong
2007 – Doug Didero
2008 – Joe Gosek
2009 – Doug Didero
2010 – Pat Lavery
2011 – Randy Ritskes
2012 – Pat Lavery
2013 – Pat Lavery
2014 – Joey Payne
2015 – Michael Barnes
2016 – Michael Muldoon