Story By: DAVE MEDLER / BREWERTON & FULTON SPEEDWAY – FULTON, NY – Excitement continues to grow for the Power Seal/Tarvia Seal/Eastern Paving Sportsman Challenge on Saturday, August 5 at the Fulton Speedway.
Thanks to Power Seal owner and former Sportsman racer Tom Juno and his friends from Tarvia Seal and Eastern Paving, who made this event possible for the DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman racers.
The lucrative purse of $2500 will involve the top five track points, at the Brewerton and Fulton Speedways, to set the ten-car field.
Power Seal/Tarvia Seal/Eastern Paving Sportsman Challenge Purse:
1. $800
2. 400
3. 300
4. 230
5. 200
6. 175
7. 125
8. 100
9. 90
10. 80
Power Seal/Tarvia Seal/Eastern Paving Sportsman Challenge Format:
A “revenge draw” format will set the line-up, with each driver drawing then giving their number to one of the other nine competitors, even if it’s number one.
Once the line-up is determined, the field will race as one for the first six laps of the event. Adopting a pursuit race format, the last place car at the completion of lap seven and each lap after that will be sent off the track by the race director.
When just two cars remain on the track, a caution will be thrown, with the leader at the time choosing a pill to determine which lane he/she starts in for a final two lap dash for the checkered and $800 payday.
A lot can change in the point standings before the event. Currently, here are the top five track points and those in contention for one of the coveted spots.
Brewerton Speedway: 1. Zach Sobotka (308) 2. Cody Manitta (278) 3. Richard Murtaugh (274) 4. Stephen Marshall (272) 5. Brandon Carvey (266) 6. Chris Hulsizer (260) 7. Kyle Devendorf (258) 8. Brett Sears (243) 9. Ryan Dolbear (237) 10. Dorian Wahdan (221).
Fulton Speedway: 1. Andrew Buff (310) 2. Richard Murtaugh (276) 3. Kyle Devendorf (270) 4. Cody Manitta (267) 5. Emmett Waldron (264) 6. Ryan Dolbear (256) 7. Jason Parkhurst Jr. (254) 8. Clayton Brewer III (242) 9. AJ Miller (242) 10. Zach Buff (232).