Story By: FULTON SPEEDWAY – FULTON, NY – Fulton Speedway’s prestigious Neivel Precision Plumbing Outlaw 200 Weekend kicked off with a set of five feature events on Thursday night presented by Smith Structures. In all 116 entries among four divisions piled into the pits, with five feature events held.
Cale Gareau took the checkered in the Novice Sportsman event, while Willy Easling and Nate Powers nailed down victories in the Four Cylinder features. The big Mod Lite payday went home with Justin Williams, while Russ Marsden claimed the flag in the Hobby Stock main.
Austin Harmer spent the first half of the E&V Energy Novice Sportsman championship race comfortably out front, with Gareau in tow. As the laps clicked off, Gareau found a lane to his liking, running right around the infield tires, slowly reeling in Harmer. The yellow waved on lap 12, and with the gap closed up, Gareau got a chance to show what he learned. When racing resumed, Gareau slipped under Harmer to take the top spot, driving away in the final laps for his first Outlaw Weekend victory. Harmer held on for a strong second place run, with Logan Brown driving up to third at the finish.
A fun battle between Matt Kitts, Ray Hyer, Nate Powers, and Zak Petrie was fought at the front of the field in the early stages of the RL Cleaning Four Cylinder Open, but many eyes were focused a bit further back. After starting 22nd, Easling was carving through the field at rapid pace, cracking the top five on lap six. By lap ten, Easling had marched by them all, taking the top spot from Hyer. While the battle for second raged on, Easling was in a zip code of his own, stretching his lead to over seven seconds during a long run. At the checkered, it was Easling cruising to his first Fulton win, with Powers and Hyer completing the top three.
Zack Babcock had a handful of the Williams family in the IMCA STARS Mod Lite feature event, facing multiple challenges from Doug and Justin Williams. At halfway, Justin Williams finally got momentum built up around the top side of the surface, rolling by Babcock for the lead. While Babcock had to fend off Joe Isabell, Williams kept the car smooth and straight, running away for the feature win. Babcock crossed the line in second, with Isabell a close third.
Adam Hunt and Marsden ran door-to-door for the lead for many laps in a row to open the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stock feature, with Marsden eventually getting the best of their battle. Hunt spent equal effort keeping up with Marsden while also holding off Nate Peckham, with the top two running low and Peckham high. On lap 17, Peckham snagged second, reeling in Marsden at a steady clip. However, Peckham’s run fell a few laps short of reaching Marsden, with Marsden claiming victory after 25 laps. Peckham finished in second, with Danny Kerrick getting past Hunt for third.
The evening’s closing event was a rained-out Four Cylinder feature originally scheduled to be contested on June 22nd. Nate Powers and Chris Bonoffski went at it for the duration of the 20-lap feature, with Powers out front and Bonoffski stalking his rear bumper. Bonoffski looked low, high, all around Powers, but Powers held steady. A late restart gave Bonoffski one final swing at it, but as the checkered fell, it was Powers scoring the close win. Bonoffski fell a car length short and brought it home second, while Rich Wagner claimed third.
Two more nights are on deck for Outlaw Weekend, culminating with the Outlaw 200 for the DIRTcar 358-Modifieds on Saturday night.
E & V Energy Novice Sportsman
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5G-Cale Gareau[2]; 2. 55-Austin Harmer[1]; 3. 2RJ-Bodie Marks[4]; 4. 9-Logan Brown[14]; 5. 24-Kirsten Swartz[3]; 6. 00-Dennis Wischman[5]; 7. 199-Ryan Halliday[10]; 8. 41S-Chase Spoor[21]; 9. 20K-Kyle Ridley[20]; 10. 21A-Daniel Smith[18]; 11. 89-Belle Hogan[17]; 12. 45-Jay Reid[19]; 13. 26B-Maddy Broedel[16]; 14. 18S-Brian Harber[7]; 15. 14-Samuel Groom[6]; 16. 40X-Tim Halsey[11]; 17. 73-Doug Shattell[15]; 18. 29K-Kingston Sprague[9]; 19. 77-Bobby Newman[22]; 20. 98S-Savannah Simmons[12]; 21. 2-Michael Block Sr[8]; 22. 42K-Dave Kingsley[13]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 29K-Kingston Sprague[2]; 2. 5G-Cale Gareau[6]; 3. 24-Kirsten Swartz[3]; 4. 199-Ryan Halliday[4]; 5. 42K-Dave Kingsley[7]; 6. 26B-Maddy Broedel[1]; 7. 45-Jay Reid[5]; 8. (DNF) 77-Bobby Newman[8]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 18S-Brian Harber[2]; 2. 2-Michael Block Sr[5]; 3. 14-Samuel Groom[1]; 4. 40X-Tim Halsey[4]; 5. 9-Logan Brown[3]; 6. 89-Belle Hogan[7]; 7. 20K-Kyle Ridley[6]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 55-Austin Harmer[5]; 2. 2RJ-Bodie Marks[7]; 3. 00-Dennis Wischman[1]; 4. 98S-Savannah Simmons[2]; 5. 73-Doug Shattell[6]; 6. 21A-Daniel Smith[3]; 7. 41S-Chase Spoor[4]
RL Cleaning 4-Cylinder Open Series
A Feature 1: 1. 4T4-Willy Easling[22]; 2. 113-Nathan Powers[8]; 3. 122-Ray Hyer[4]; 4. 16-Zak Petrie[6]; 5. 27-Justin Pope[14]; 6. 8W-Rich Wagner jr[3]; 7. 96T-Tim Dunn[25]; 8. 13-Jason Porter[24]; 9. 55-Anthony VanEpps[5]; 10. 88-Justin Guyle[10]; 11. 78-Jacob Kimball[18]; 12. 8-Don Whiteside[7]; 13. 99-Walt VanEpps[13]; 14. 9B-Steven Burdick[15]; 15. 5K-Jack Taskey[1]; 16. 06-Maggie Guyle[16]; 17. 22C-Craig Decamp[9]; 18. 17P-Chuck Powelczyk[19]; 19. 67K-Clayton Koch[27]; 20. 22-Daniel Valade[21]; 21. 21-Scott Beach[23]; 22. 60-Francis White[20]; 23. 3P-David Rasz[11]; 24. 0D-Jason Peck[17]; 25. 19-Collin Bauter[29]; 26. 21V-Corey Valade[2]; 27. 9D-Dylan Burdick[26]; 28. 09-Darik VanEpps[28]; 29. 5M-Damien Bechler[12]; 30. 20-Eric Rowley[30]
B Feature 1: 1. 22-Daniel Valade[1]; 2. 21-Scott Beach[6]; 3. 96T-Tim Dunn[7]; 4. 67K-Clayton Koch[8]; 5. 19-Collin Bauter[3]; 6. 17S-Sam Curcie[5]; 7. 21JR-Justin Buske[9]; 8. 28P-Tony Pettinelli[11]; 9. 22E-Eric Inman[2]; 10. 99K-Phil Burns[12]; 11. 3-Jeremy Guyle[14]; 12. 17G-Michael Greenfield[4]; 13. XXX-Donald Kimball[10]; 14. R1-Donny Rider Jr[13]; 15. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[15]
B Feature 2: 1. 4T4-Willy Easling[11]; 2. 13-Jason Porter[1]; 3. 9D-Dylan Burdick[7]; 4. 09-Darik VanEpps[3]; 5. 20-Eric Rowley[14]; 6. 73T-Timothy Greenfield[2]; 7. 23B-Brian Mettler[4]; 8. 4-Chris Hall[5]; 9. 77X-Brian Evenden[13]; 10. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[12]; 11. 007JR-Paul Becker Jr[6]; 12. 22F-Tony Frezzo[8]; 13. 27A-Alexandra Parker[9]; 14. 2E-Emma Burdick[10]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 8-Don Whiteside[1]; 2. 5K-Jack Taskey[5]; 3. 22C-Craig Decamp[7]; 4. 99-Walt VanEpps[4]; 5. 0D-Jason Peck[2]; 6. 22-Daniel Valade[9]; 7. 19-Collin Bauter[6]; 8. 17S-Sam Curcie[3]; 9. 96T-Tim Dunn[8]; 10. 21JR-Justin Buske[10]; 11. 28P-Tony Pettinelli[11]; 12. R1-Donny Rider Jr[12]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 113-Nathan Powers[5]; 2. 8W-Rich Wagner jr[7]; 3. 88-Justin Guyle[1]; 4. 27-Justin Pope[10]; 5. 78-Jacob Kimball[2]; 6. 13-Jason Porter[4]; 7. 09-Darik VanEpps[9]; 8. 4-Chris Hall[12]; 9. 9D-Dylan Burdick[6]; 10. 27A-Alexandra Parker[3]; 11. 4T4-Willy Easling[8]; 12. 77X-Brian Evenden[11]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 122-Ray Hyer[1]; 2. 16-Zak Petrie[7]; 3. 3P-David Rasz[3]; 4. 9B-Steven Burdick[10]; 5. 17P-Chuck Powelczyk[2]; 6. 22E-Eric Inman[6]; 7. 17G-Michael Greenfield[11]; 8. 21-Scott Beach[5]; 9. 67K-Clayton Koch[8]; 10. XXX-Donald Kimball[9]; 11. 99K-Phil Burns[4]; 12. 3-Jeremy Guyle[12]
Heat 4 (6 Laps): 1. 21V-Corey Valade[4]; 2. 55-Anthony VanEpps[5]; 3. 5M-Damien Bechler[10]; 4. 06-Maggie Guyle[11]; 5. 60-Francis White[3]; 6. 73T-Timothy Greenfield[7]; 7. 23B-Brian Mettler[12]; 8. 007JR-Paul Becker Jr[2]; 9. 22F-Tony Frezzo[13]; 10. 2E-Emma Burdick[1]; 11. 16B-Chris Bonoffski[8]; 12. 20-Eric Rowley[9]; 13. 111J-Anthony St Mary Jr[6]
Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stocks
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14X-Russ Marsden[2]; 2. 90-Nathan Peckham[4]; 3. 61-Danny Kerrick[10]; 4. 13-Adam Hunt[1]; 5. 14-Brennan Fitzgibbons[8]; 6. 614-Eric Beach[11]; 7. 1-Tommy Groover[7]; 8. OV1-Andy Kieffer[6]; 9. 7-Mahlon Shoemaker[17]; 10. 14JR-Ronald Hawker[12]; 11. 15-Buck Mills III[22]; 12. 88X-Chuck Thomas[13]; 13. Z4-Shawn Doucette[15]; 14. 98T-Jack Terrell[18]; 15. 19-Chuck Cushman[20]; 16. 87-Jeremie Hale Jr[19]; 17. 22-Willy Stivers[24]; 18. 5T-Charlie Towner[21]; 19. 57JR-Tyler Burnell[5]; 20. 9J-Josh Towner[3]; 21. 17-John Pietrowicz[9]; 22. 13G-Aidan Galvin[16]; 23. 11X-Glenn Vancise[23]; 24. (DNS) 36X-Jimmy Grant
B Feature 1: 1. 87-Jeremie Hale Jr[1]; 2. 19-Chuck Cushman[6]; 3. 5T-Charlie Towner[9]; 4. 15-Buck Mills III[10]; 5. 22C-Craig Dingy[3]; 6. 11X-Glenn Vancise[4]; 7. 22-Willy Stivers[8]; 8. 25B-Marc Minutolo[11]; 9. (DNS) 28-Brandon Barron; 10. (DQ) 25J-Justin Eldredge[5]; 11. (DQ) M60-Lukas Mills[2]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14X-Russ Marsden[3]; 2. 13-Adam Hunt[5]; 3. 17-John Pietrowicz[6]; 4. 61-Danny Kerrick[7]; 5. 88X-Chuck Thomas[2]; 6. 13G-Aidan Galvin[1]; 7. 87-Jeremie Hale Jr[10]; 8. 11X-Glenn Vancise[9]; 9. 28-Brandon Barron[8]; 10. 15-Buck Mills III[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 1-Tommy Groover[2]; 2. OV1-Andy Kieffer[5]; 3. 9J-Josh Towner[3]; 4. 614-Eric Beach[6]; 5. 36X-Jimmy Grant[1]; 6. 7-Mahlon Shoemaker[10]; 7. M60-Lukas Mills[9]; 8. 25J-Justin Eldredge[7]; 9. 22-Willy Stivers[8]; 10. (DNS) 25B-Marc Minutolo
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 14-Brennan Fitzgibbons[4]; 2. 57JR-Tyler Burnell[2]; 3. 90-Nathan Peckham[3]; 4. 14JR-Ronald Hawker[6]; 5. Z4-Shawn Doucette[8]; 6. 98T-Jack Terrell[1]; 7. 22C-Craig Dingy[5]; 8. 19-Chuck Cushman[9]; 9. 5T-Charlie Towner[7]
AmeriCU Mod Lites
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10W-Justin Williams[3]; 2. 88Z-Zack Babcock[2]; 3. 6J-Joe Isabell[8]; 4. 3-Pierre u Olivier Trudeau[13]; 5. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[10]; 6. 80X-Anthony Scott[9]; 7. 55-Joseph Garafolo[1]; 8. 3K-Jacob Dupra[6]; 9. 39-Sam Usborne[11]; 10. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[14]; 11. 01-Josh Kunz[15]; 12. 9W-Doug Williams[4]; 13. 6Z-Greg Zack[12]; 14. 06-Mike Mullen[5]; 15. 1-Billy Applebee[7]; 16. 24G-Michael Gloska[17]; 17. (DNS) 22-Kyle Demo
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10W-Justin Williams[6]; 2. 55-Joseph Garafolo[5]; 3. 3K-Jacob Dupra[2]; 4. 1-Billy Applebee[8]; 5. 80X-Anthony Scott[4]; 6. 39-Sam Usborne[7]; 7. 3-Pierre u Olivier Trudeau[1]; 8. 01-Josh Kunz[3]; 9. 24G-Michael Gloska[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 06-Mike Mullen[4]; 2. 88Z-Zack Babcock[5]; 3. 9W-Doug Williams[7]; 4. 6J-Joe Isabell[8]; 5. 9-Roger Olschewske Jr[2]; 6. 6Z-Greg Zack[1]; 7. 155-Nicholas Garafolo[3]; 8. 22-Kyle Demo[6]