Defending Champ Tim Sears Jr. Scores Another DIRTcar 358-Modified Win At Fulton Speedway
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Story By: HANNAH DOLL / FULTON SPEEDWAY – FULTON, NY – Saturday night, Fulton Speedway opened the gates to a large crowd of fans coming from all over to witness a night of racing action capped off with the “World-Famous Boat Race”.
In the end, current points leader and defending track champion Tim Sears Jr cruised to victory lane for the fourth time this season on Chris Nichols’ Snap-On Tools and Thompson and Johnson Equipment Co. Night.
Other feature winners included Zach Sobotka (DIRTcar Sportsman Series), Brennan Fitzgibbons (Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stocks) and Cale Gareau (E & V Energy Novice Sportsman).
Bob Bennett and Willy Decker Jr. paced the Tracey Road Modified Field to the Comfort Windows firing point, bringing the field to green for the 35-lap feature event.
A three-wide battle for the lead on the opening laps would occur between Bennett, Decker Jr., and Brent Joy, with Bennett taking the early advantage.
Bennett’s lead would be short lived as the first Milton CAT Caution flew on lap 2 for a car spun in turns 3 & 4. The field would regroup with Bennett and Joy leading the way.
As the green flag waved, Joy jumped out to the race lead with a three-wide battle for second unfolding behind him. The second caution of the night quickly waved again, this time for the 18$ of Sean Beardsley stopped in turn 3.
On the restart Joy once again drove away with the lead but Jordan Bennett began hunting down Joy and used the bottom to take over the lead on lap 7. His lead would be short-lived, however, as the third and final Milton CAT caution slowed the pace once again on lap 13.
Sears came from the fifteenth starting spot to restart second next to Bennett on the final restart of the evening. At the drop of the green a three-wide battle for the lead involving Sears Jr, Bennett, and Billy Dunn occurred, with Sears Jr taking advantage.
The multi-time and defending track champion would drive out to over a 3-second gap to secure the win over fourteenth starter Billy Dunn. Jordan Bennett followed in the third – his best run of the season – with seventh starter Marshall Hurd coming home in the fourth. David Marcuccilli completed the top 5.
The DIRTcar Sportsman Series invaded the high banks for their Central Region finale. Parish, New York driver Zach Sobotka led 23 laps to earn the win and Central Region title over second place Nicholas Root. Fourth Starter Jason Parkhurst Jr. rounded out the podium, with Kyle Devendorf following in fourth. Wade Chrisman completed the top 5.
Brennan Fitzgibbons picked up the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stock feature win over second-place Ron Hawker. Adam Hunt followed in third, with Nathan Peckham and John Pietrowicz rounding out the top five.
Cale Gareau grabbed the E & V Energy Novice Sportsman feature win. Brian Harber, Sam Groom, Andrew Eaton, and Kingston Sprague occupied the remaining top 5 spots.
Nick Olek from Rochester took home a $1000 victory in the ‘World-Famous Boat Race’ outlasting 26 other competitors. Zak Petrie from Oswego took second with Pulaski’s Max Lowery taking home third.
Tracey Road DIRTcar Modifieds A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[15]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn[14]; 3. 06J-Jordan Bennett[8]; 4. 58M-Marshall Hurd[7]; 5. M1-David Marcuccilli[12]; 6. 19C-Brandon Carvey[6]; 7. 28-Alan Fink[13]; 8. 31W-Lance Willix[11]; 9. 5H-Amy Holland[25]; 10. 02-Roy Bresnahan[5]; 11. 3-Chris Mackey[22]; 12. 32R-Ronald Davis III[23]; 13. 34-Andrew Ferguson[9]; 14. 94X-Willy Decker Jr[2]; 15. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[21]; 16. 17J-Brent Joy[3]; 17. 31-Corey Barker[10]; 18. 38H-Tim Harris[4]; 19. 11J-Justin Crisafulli[18]; 20. 160-Max Hill[17]; 21. 31D-Ryan Dolbear[24]; 22. (DNF) 06-Bob Bennett[1]; 23. (DNF) 92-Andrew Buff[16]; 24. (DNF) 38-Jason Parkhurst[19]; 25. (DNF) 18$-Sean Beardsley[20]; 26. (DNF) B2-Bob Henry Jr[26]
DNS: 00 Connor Sellars, 10R Ryan Richardson, 01R Gage Robert, 11C Matt Caprara
DIRTcar Sportsman Feature (30 Laps): 1. 38-Zach Sobotka[8]; 2. 30-Nicholas Root[5]; 3. 38JR-Jason Parkhurst Jr[4]; 4. 5D-Kyle Devendorf[2]; 5. 00W-Wade Chrisman[1]; 6. 410-Mike Fowler[6]; 7. 4-Emmett Waldron[3]; 8. 6-Cody Manitta[9]; 9. 72-Hunter Hollenbeck[7]; 10. 01-Zachary Buff[16]; 11. 33JR-Clayton Brewer III[14]; 12. 18E-Gavin Eisele[11]; 13. 64-Tyler Corcoran[10]; 14. 32C-Kasey Coffey[15]; 15. 0-Tony Finch II[12]; 16. FOX28-Tyler Stevenson[22]; 17. 7S-Torrey Stoughtenger[18]; 18. 63-Teddy Clayton Jr[13]; 19. 80-Dominic Roselli[28]; 20. 44C-Greg Carner[20]; 21. 21J-Justin Liechti[19]; 22. 52-Jessica Power[27]; 23. 06W-Dorian Wahdan[17]; 24. 21X-Ryan Barrett[30]; 25. 28X-Stephen Marshall[24]; 26. (DNF) 83X-Brett Sears[21]; 27. (DNF) 71-Tim Falter[26]; 28. (DNF) 10G-Austin Germinio[29]; 29. (DNF) 19J-Joe Kline[23]; 30. (DNF) R1-Riley Rogala[25]
DNS: 77L Buddy Leathley, 57HG Rocky Grosso, 45 Timmy Catalano, 11C Austin Cooper, 48 Kearra Backus, 39S Josh Fellows, 99 Jordan Millard
Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stocks A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14-Brennan Fitzgibbons[1]; 2. 14JR-Ronald Hawker[4]; 3. 13-Adam Hunt[9]; 4. 90-Nathan Peckham[10]; 5. 17-John Pietrowicz; 6. Z4-Shawn Doucette[2]; 7. 28-Brandon Barron[3]; 8. 4-Brian Burkle Jr[8]; 9. 13G-Aidan Galvin[7]; 10. OV1-Andy Kieffer[6]; 11. 88X-Chuck Thomas[5]; 12. (DNF) 83T-Rich Sharpsteen[11]
E & V Energy Novice Sportsman A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5G-Cale Gareau[2]; 2. 18-Brian Harber[7]; 3. 14-Samuel Groom[9]; 4. 55-Andrew Eaton[4]; 5. 29K-Kingston Sprague[13]; 6. 55H-Austin Harmer[12]; 7. 21A-Phillip Loosen[14]; 8. 36-Matt Bukovan[5]; 9. 73-Doug Shattell[6]; 10. 63-Dylan Woodworth[15]; 11. 5S-Keith Simpson[11]; 12. (DNF) 42K-Dave Kingsley[1]; 13. (DNF) 89-Belle Hogan[3]; 14. (DNF) 199-Ryan Halliday[10]; 15. (DNS) 98S-Savannah Simmons
