Mat Williamson Wins, Again, At Weedsport Speedway; Takes Ferris 50 DIRTcar Modified Feature
Story By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY – WEEDSPORT, NY – Although he piloted a different racecar on Tuesday night at Weedsport Speedway, it yielded the same results as Mat Williamson once again cruised to a Modified win at Weedsport, scoring $5,000 as the winner of the Ferris Mowers 50.
Williamson’s win marked his fourth Weedsport victory since 2023 and second consecutive of this season, but his first in that stretch driving the S&W Service Centre No. 6 machine.
After the redraw put him starting in the sixth position, Williamson used a long green flag stretch to position himself behind longtime race leader Jimmy Phelps, before snagging the lead on a lap 36 restart and running away by more than a second for the victory.
Phelps, who lead the first 36-laps of the event from the pole position, held on for a solid second place finish ahead of Matt Sheppard, Jack Lehner and Peter Britten in the top five positions. The top ten was filled by Anthony Perrego, Alex Payne, Tim Fuller, Chris Hile and Chad Phelps.
A total of 28 DIRTcar Modifieds were on hand Tuesday night with Chris Hile, Larry Wight and Sheppard scoring heat race wins. The 10-car consolation win went to Dalton Slack, who would charge to a 12th place finish in the main event.
The companion DIRTcar Sportsman Series Central Region main event was won by Cody McPherson, who started from the ninth position. McPherson topped Cedric Gauvreau, Zach Sobotka, Gavin Eisele and Hunter Hollenbeck.
Weedsport returns to action on Sunday, July 7 for the ESS Speedweek Finale featuring the ESS Sprint Cars and the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series.
Pit gates will open at 4 p.m. with grandstand gates opening at 5 p.m. and racing getting underway at 7 p.m.
Reserved seating will be set at $40 with adult general admission seating $35, youth general admission $15 and kids 10 and under FREE. Advance sale reserved seating and general admission tickets can be purchased at a $5 discount through June 30.
Feature 1 #6 Mat Williamson, 2 #98h Jimmy Phelps, 3 #9s Matt Sheppard, 4 #2 Jack Lehner, 5 #21a Peter Britten, 6 #4 Anthony Perrego, 7 #70a Alex Payne, 8 #19 Tim Fuller, 9 #5H Chris Hile, 10 #X Chad Phelps, 11 #15 Todd Root, 12 #3rs Dalton Slack, 13 #25 Erick Rudolph, 14 #12 Darren Smith, 15 #10c Tanner VanDoren, 16 #7z Zach Payne, 17 #M1 Dave Marcuccilli, 18 #5 Amy Holland, 19 #32r Ronnie Davis III, 20 #11 Matt Caprara, 21 #28 Mike Trautschold, 22 #121 Will Shield, 23 #14b Brendan Darrah, 24 #34 Kevin Root, 25 #99L Larry Wight, 26 #27J Danny Johnson, 27 #7s Torrey Stoughtenger, 28 #8r Chris Hulsizer
