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A total of 100 entries filed through the main gate last Friday night at the Kartway, and as the Friday nights continue to wind down before Budweiser Classic Week, Oswego’s weekly kart racers are looking to fine tune their machines before the coveted Classic main events coming on August 29.

This Saturday night is your chance as the One-On-One Spectator will hit the speedway. All you need is registered, insured street vehicle, a valid driver’s license and a D.O.T approved helmet and you’re ready to race and have a good time.

No matter what racing threw at him, he always got back up to race another day. Now Hulsizer is in the biggest battle of his life. Steve Hulsizer was diagnosed this spring with stage-four colon cancer and  anyone who knows Steve, knows he is going to battle this as hard as he battled any driver he raced on the dirt tracks.

The countdown to Budweiser International Classic Week continues on Saturday as JP Jewelers of Oswego presents Ovarian Cancer Awareness Night at Oswego Speedway along with the second Entergy Driver Autograph Session of the season. Oswego Speedway will aim to paint the ‘Steel Palace’ teal on Saturday, helping to drive awareness toward ovarian cancer.

Despite a shaky forecast and a few passing showers, Oswego Kartway signed in 100 entries for its annual ‘Battle at the Bullring’ events last Friday night presented by RJ Kart Sales. By night’s end, two separate drivers signed in for the evening’s full racing slate would walk away with a pair of feature winner’s plaques from Platinum Promotional Products in Phoenix, NY.

First time winners have become synonymous with the Mr. Pathfinder Bank SBS event at Oswego Speedway, and the form held true on Saturday night as rookie driver Danny Abt cruised to the title victory worth $1,500 presented by POMCO Group. Abt snuck underneath Dennis Rupert to complete the event’s first circuit and would go on to out hustle a hard charging Mike Bruce on a late race restart to claim the victory, becoming the first rookie driver to win the Mr. Pathfinder Bank SBS since Dan Ferlito in 1999.

Sitterly had gotten tangled up in a massive, 12-car calamity just one round into the 75-lap event. However, the pilot of the blue No. 7 was able to make repairs, race his way through the field and take the lead away from Hannibal’s Brian Sweeney on the 44th lap to earn the win.

When Robbie Bellinger decided to make the Fulton Speedway his Saturday night home, he knew it would have its ups and downs learning a new track with the tough competition in the Tracey Road Equipment Big Block Modifieds.

(TRACEY ROAD EQUIPMENT BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS 35 LAPS) – ROBBIE BELLINGER, Billy Decker, Tom Sears Jr., Pat Ward, Dale Planck, Larry Wight