64th Oswego International Classic Arrives This Weekend
64th Oswego International Classic Arrives This Weekend
Unprecedented situation brings the first of two International Classics in the same year to Oswego Speedway.
The 64th edition of the most prestigious Supermodified race in the country will take place this weekend at Oswego Speedway, and for the first time ever, it will occur in the spring.
Traditionally held on Labor Day weekend, it was announced in September that a second Budweiser International Classic weekend would be added to the 2021 schedule to make-up for for the loss of the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 200-lap Classic for the Novelis Supermodifieds will headline Saturday's action at the 'Steel Palace', with defending winner Tyler Thompson looking to repeat.
In the most recent Supermodified feature at Oswego on May 15, Thompson had the checkered flag in sight when he ran out of fuel off the final corner. His teammate Max McLaughlin took advantage and just barely edged out Thompson at the line.
Five-time Classic champion Otto Sitterly will seek a record-tying sixth win on Saturday. Sitterly captured his first classic in 2009, then followed up in 2011, 2012, 2014 and most recently in 2018.
Bentley Warren, Nolan Swift and Greg Furlong are tied with the most career Classic wins with six each.
One driver looking to break through will be Michael Barnes, who has yet to win the Classic despite finishing on the podium five years in a row from 2015 to 2019.
Two-time runner-up Russ Wood just announced he will enter the Classic for the first time in 11 years. Wood will steer the John Colloca No. 41 big block machine.
BIG CLASSIC NEWS ‼ ?
— Oswego Speedway (@OswegoSpeedway) May 25, 2021
John Colloca has confirmed that Hall of Fame driver Russ Wood will make a surprise return to Oswego Speedway piloting the No. 41 Supermodified in the International Classic this Saturday, May 29th! pic.twitter.com/uIC3TPI30w
Racing on Saturday will begin at 1:00 PM ET live on FloRacing. The weekly Pathfinder Bank Small Block Supermodifieds and winged J&S Paving 350 Supermodifieds will both have extra-distance features as well.
The 65th edition of the Classic will return on schedule on Labor Day Weekend in September.
All-Time Oswego International Classic Results
| YEAR | CLASSIC | WINNER | SECOND | THIRD | FOURTH | FIFTH |
| 2019 | 63rd | Tyler Thompson | Dave Shullick Jr. | Michael Barnes | Jeff Abold | Doug Didero |
| 2018 | 62nd | Otto Sitterly | Doug Didero | Michael Barnes | Jeff Abold | Keith Shampine |
| 2017 | 61st | Dave Shullick Jr. | Michael Barnes | Brandon Bellinger | Joe Gosek | Joey Moriarty |
| 2016 | 60th | Jeff Abold | Michael Barnes | Otto Sitterly | Dave Shullick Jr. | Davey Hamilton |
| 2015 | 59th | Bob Bond | Michael Barnes | Joey Payne | Davey Hamilton | Dave Shullick Jr. |
| 2014 | 58th | Otto Sitterly | Pat Lavery | Davey Hamilton | Bobby Santos | Joe Gosek |
| 2013 | 57th | Bobby Bond | Otto Sitterly | Shaun Gosselin | Ryan Litt | David Gruel |
| 2012 | 56th | Otto Sitterly | Davey Hamilton | David Gruel | Tim Snyder | Joey Payne |
| 2011 | 55th | Otto Sitterly | Mike Lichty | Randy Ritskes | Dave Danzer | Tim Snyder |
| 2010 | 54th | Bobby Bond | Ray Graham | Davey Hamilton | Russ Wood | Randy Ritskes |
| 2009 | 53rd | Otto Sitterly | Doug Didero | Ray Graham | Dave McKnight | Pat Lavery |
| 2008 | 52nd | Doug Didero | Joe Gosek | Dave Shullick Jr. | Davey Hamilton | Joey Payne |
| 2007 | 51st | Greg Furlong | Otto Sitterly | Jeff Abold | Steven Gioia III | Dave Shullick Jr. |
| 2006 | 50th | Greg Furlong | Mike Ordway | Doug Heveron | Pat Abold | Danny Kapuscinski |
| 2005 | 49th | Greg Furlong | Doug Didero | Randy Ritskes | Dave McKnight | Mike Lichty |
| 2004 | 48th | Greg Furlong | Bobby Santos III | Tim Gareau | Tim Snyder | Todd Stowell |
| 2003 | 47th | Mike Ordway | Joey Payne | Tim Snyder | Otto Sitterly | Greg Furlong |
| 2002 | 46th | Joe Gosek | Greg Furlong | Tim Snyder | Bob Bond | Shawn Muldoon |
| 2001 | 45th | Tim Snyder | Greg Furlong | Joe Gosek | Chris Perley | Lou Cicconi |
| 2000 | 44th | Greg Furlong | Randy Ritskes | Joey Payne | Davey Hamilton | Tim Gareau |
| 1999 | 43rd | Greg Furlong | Mike Muldoon | Joe Gosek | Russ Wood | Joey Payne |
| 1998 | 42nd | Bentley Warren | Davey Hamilton | Doug Didero | Dave Shullick Sr. | Pat Abold |
| 1997 | 41st | Davey Hamilton | Jeff West | Russ Wood | Pat Abold | Dave Shullick Sr. |
| 1996 | 40th | Doug Didero | Russ Wood | Pat Abold | Mike Ordway | Scott Martel |
| 1995 | 39th | Mike Muldoon | Mike Ordway | Doug Didero | Gary Allbritain | Jamie Moore |
| 1994 | 38th | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Pat Abold | Steve Gioia Jr. | Joe Gosek | Dave McKnight Jr. |
| 1993 | 37th | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Russ Wood | Pat Abold | Dave McKnight Jr. | Mike Ordway |
| 1992 | 36th | Joe Gosek | Steve Gioia Jr. | Davey Hamilton | Kenny Bell | Jamie Moore |
| 1991 | 35th | Joe Gosek | Pat Abold | Cliff Graves | Doug Didero | Doug Saunier |
| 1990 | 34th | Bentley Warren | Dave Shullick Sr. | Pat Abold | Joey Moriarty | Randy Wynne |
| 1989 | 33rd | Bentley Warren | Doug Didero | Gary Allbritain | Randy Ritskes | Doug Saunier |
| 1988 | 32nd | Ed Bellinger Jr. | A.J. Michaels | Gary Allbritain | Steve Gioia Jr. | Mike Muldoon |
| 1987 | 31st | Warren Coniam | Doug Didero | Joe Gosek | Bentley Warren | Steve Gioia Jr. |
| 1986 | 30th | Bentley Warren | Steve Gioia Jr. | Doug Didero | Warren Coniam | Dave Shullick Sr. |
| 1985 | 29th | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Bentley Warren | Doug Saunier | Dave Shullick Sr. | Warren Coniam |
| 1984 | 28th | Bentley Warren | Dave Shullick Sr. | Steve Gioia Jr. | Jamie Moore | Joe Gosek |
| 1983 | 27th | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Warren Coniam | Bentley Warren | Doug Heveron | Tim Nelson |
| 1982 | 26th | Doug Heveron | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Warren Coniam | Brian Herb | Dave Shullick Sr. |
| 1981 | 25th | Doug Heveron | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Bentley Warren | Steve Gioia Jr. | Brian Herb |
| 1980 | 24th | Jim Shampine | Doug Heveron | Steve Gioia Jr. | Denny Wheeler | Ed Thompson |
| 1979 | 23rd | Chuck Ciprich | Dave Shullick Sr. | Doug Heveron | Joe Paeno | Jim Cheney |
| 1978 | 22nd | Chuck Ciprich | Jim Shampine | Warren Coniam | Jim Winks | Joe Paeno |
| 1977 | 21st | Warren Coniam | Steve Gioia Jr. | Jim Winks | Troyer/Shampine | Denny Wheeler |
| 1976 | 20th | Steve Gioia Jr. | Gary Allbritain | Bentley Warren | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Jim Shampine |
| 1975 | 19th | Gary Allbritain | Steve Gioia Jr. | Johnny Logan | Ed Bellinger Jr. | Nolan Swift |
| 1974 | 18th | Jim Shampine | Bob Stelter | Warren Coniam | Nolan Swift | John Spencer |
| 1973 | 17th | Kenny Andrews | Warren Coniam | Nick Rowe | John Spencer | Mark Letcher |
| 1972 | 16th | Nolan Swift | Jim Cheney | Don MacLaren | John Spencer | Mark Letcher |
| 1971 | 15th | Nolan Swift | Warren Coniam | Todd Gibson | Eldon Schrader | Jim Cheney |
| 1970 | 14th | Jim Shampine | Al Wood | Andy Brown | Wayne Landon | Don MacLaren |
| 1969 | 13th | Bentley Warren | Norm Mackereth | Jack Conley | Jack Greedy | Nolan Swift |
| 1968 | 12th | Nolan Swift | Bentley Warren | Johnny Logan | Jack Murphy | Nolan Johncock |
| 1967 | 11th | Nolan Swift | Johnny Benson Sr | Bill Keppler | Nolan Johncock | Art Bennett |
| 1966 | 10th | Johnny Benson Sr | Gordon Dukes | Baldy Baker | Norm Mackereth | Jim Shampine |
| 1965 | 9th | Gordon Dukes | Jim Gresley | Bob Smith (OH) | Wayne McGuire | Joe Hlywka |
| 1964 | 8th | Nolan Johncock | Ken Fisher | Norm Rust | Jack Nichols | Harry Jones |
| 1963 | 7th | Nolan Swift | Gordon Johncock | Art Bennett | Sam Sessions | Dave Paul |
| 1962 | 6th | Dave Paul | Dick Good | Nolan Swift | Gordon Johncock | Nelson Ward |
| 1961 | 5th | Art Bennett | Nolan Swift | Smokey Boutwell | Bill Cromb | Dick Dickson |
| 1960 | 4th | Nolan Swift | Lee Bliss | Gene Bergin | Hugh Darrow | Jack Murphy |
| 1959 | 3rd | Lee Bliss | Billy Blum | Nolan Swift | John Pawlicki | Chuck Mahoney |
| 1958 | 2nd | Billy Blum | Frankie Schneider | Dick Jerrett, Sr. | Art Reynolds | Jack Murphy |
| 1957 | 1st | Jack Murphy | Nolan Swift | Jim Fuller | Mel Dodge | Jim Lerkins |