FULTON – Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway Chad Phelps and his crew had his big block modified running in the fast lane as he picked up the 35 lap Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modified feature. Phelps would take the lead on lap 4 from Willy Decker and then would hold off all challenges for the popular win.
Other winners on Scott Jeffery’s Performance night were, Tony Finch II (Sportsman) Kevan Cook (Late Models) Tyler Thompson & Willy Decker Jr. (Novice Sportsman) Chuck Powelczyk (4-CYL.). The name Goodspeed swept the King’s Spring Smashdown Demo Derbies. Jacob won the youth derby with Tommy winning the 4 & 6 Cylinder.
On the opening lap of the 35-lap modified feature you could have thrown a blanket over Willy Decker, Andrew Ferguson and Chad Phelps as they weren’t wasting any time trying to get the early advantage.
On lap 4 Phelps went as low as you could go on the speedway as he drove by Decker to be scored the new leader. Max McLaughlin, Ferguson and Tim Sears Jr. showed third through fifth on the scoring tower.
With 10 laps in the record books Phelps was quick out front opening a half-a-straightaway lead over Decker who raced alone in second. Behind the top two, Sears, McLaughlin, Mike Bowman and Chris Hile waged their own battle for position.
On lap 19 Sears was able to run down and pass Decker for second and then took off after Phelps.
A quick caution on lap 21 was what Phelps didn’t want to see as it erased the lead he had built up. The restart Phelps would see Sears, Decker, McLaughlin, Hile and Jimmy Phelps who started 18th ready to challenge.
With 10 laps to go, Phelps, running the bottom of the speedway where moisture appeared to be, held a one second lead over Sears with Jimmy Phelps right there in third. Decker, Hile and Ryan Phelps were putting on their own show for fourth, fifth and sixth.
Over the final laps Tim Sears Jr. who had major damage and repairs from Brewerton Friday and Jimmy Phelps tried every groove on the speedway to try and run down Chad Phelps, but to no avail. Phelps kept hitting his marks that got him the lead early in the race as he cruised under the checkers for the win. Tim Sears Jr., Jimmy Phelps, Ryan Phelps and Chris Hile finished second through fifth. Pat Ward, Willy Decker, Larry Wight, Mike Bowman and Matt Hulsizer completed the top ten.
Once again a strong field of SUNY Canton Sportsman signed in the pits. It would take three heats and a consolation to set the 26-car feature.
Young guns Brett Draper and Tyler Trump would set a quick pace out front in the 25-lap feature with two and three wide racing throughout the field setting up an exciting race.
With 5 laps showing on the scoring tower you could have thrown a blanket over Draper, Trump, Jordan Bennett, Chris Mackey, Kyle Fink and Tony Finch II who were battling like it was the last lap.
On lap 6 the yellow would wave and on the restart Jordan Bennett would bolt to the lead using the top of the speedway. Finch made a huge jump on the restart going from fifth to second.
With Bennett running in the top spot using the high side of the speedway, Finch running the bottom found the speed he needed on lap 8 to go to the top of the scoring tower.
On lap 15 Finch held onto a narrow one car lead over Mackey and Billy Clark Jr. . Bennett ran fourth and Mike Button who started deep in the field was making his presence known running fifth.
With 5 laps remaining Finch held a narrow three-car length lead over Mackey with Button, Clark and Corey Barker still in contention for the win.
On lap 22 Mackey made contact with Finch allowing the veteran Button to shoot into second for a shot at Finch and the win. In the dash to the finish Finch didn’t get rattled as he hit his marks and was first under the checkers over Button by 00.932 of a second. Chris Mackey, Billy Clark Jr. and Corey Barker finished third through fifth.
In the 20-lap Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Late Model feature Alan Fink would outrun Dave Talbot to lead the opening lap. Fink’s lead was short lived as he would slide up the speedway on lap 3 that let Kevan Cook drive by and into the lead.
With 5 laps in the books Cook bolted out to almost a full straightaway lead. Fink and Billy Eisele who started seventh were in a battle for second and third with Jason Parkhurst and Chad Homan making his first-ever Fulton Late Model start were fourth and fifth.
A yellow on lap 9 would erase the big lead Cook had built up. The restart would have Eisele, Fink, Homan, Parkhurst and Bret Belden right with Cook with half the feature left.
When the flagger gave the field the 5-laps-to-go sign Cook was still dominating out front. Eisele, Parkhurst, Brandon Ford, and AJ Kingsley were using every inch of the speedway in a tight fight as the final laps clicked off.
With no yellows to tighten up the field Cook cruised to the three second win at the finish. Billy Eisele, Jason Parkhurst and Brandon Ford finished in a tight pack for second, third and fourth with AJ Kingsley fifth. Chad Homan, Bret Belden, Chris Fleming, Johnny Hill and Jason Occhino finished sixth through tenth.
The E&V Energy Novice Sportsman field continues to grow. Saturday night the field was big enough they had to run two 15-lap features.
In the first feature Tyler Thompson led every lap, but the win was anything but easy. Thompson had to hold off heavy pressure from Richie Riggs winning by a mere 00.159 of a second. Ryan Hatherill, Joey Buonagurio and Charlie Tibbits finished third through fifth.
In the second feature it was a late race battle between Willy Decker Jr. and Jason Amidon with Decker grabbing the narrow win by 00.599 of a second. Dorian Wahdan, Patrick LaPage and Kyle Perry rounded out the top five.
In what many considered the best race of the night Chuck Powelczk was able to shake off early season mechanical gremlins taking the win in the 15-lap JB Logging & Firewood four Cylinders.
Dakota Bechler took the lead on the first lap but had to hold off constant pressure from different drivers through the majority of the race with the top five racing in a tight pack. The difference in the race was on lap 13 when Powelczyk was able to take away Bechler’s line in turns three and four. Once out front there was no stopping Powelczyk.
Bechler, Skip DeGroff, Sam Curcie and Justin Buske finished a close second through fifth.
June 4 will be the second race of the A-Verdi Storage Containers Brewerton & Fulton 360 Sprint Series as the Patriot Sprint Tour invades the “Highbanks.”
Also on the race card will be the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds, SUNY Canton Sportsman, Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Late Models and E&V Energy Novice Sportsman. The JB Logging & Firewood Four Cylinders have the night off.
Adult admission will be $20 with everyone 18 and under free. Pit admission is $35. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.
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May 28 Scott Jeffery’s Performance Plus Night Results
Scott Jeffery’s Performance Plus gave $50 gift certificates for the first Modified, Sportsman, Late Model and Novice Sportsman across the line in their feature with a SCP sticker on their car.
(Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds 35 Laps) – CHAD PHELPS, Tim Sears Jr., Jimmy Phelps, Ryan Phelps, Chris Hile, Pat Ward, Willy Decker, Larry Wight, Mike Bowman, Matt Hulsizer, Max McLaughlin, Chuck Bower, Tom Sears Jr., Tim Kerr, Joe August Jr., Andrew Ferguson, Billy Whittaker, Roy Bresnahan, Katelyn Hile, Tim Murphy, Adam Roberts, Rich Riggs, Vinnie Vitale.
(Tom Juno’s Power Seal Driveway Sealing $100 Heat Winners) – Chad Phelps, Pat Ward, Jimmy Phelps.
(SUNY Canton Sportsman 25 Laps) – TONY FINCH II, Mike Button, Chris Mackey, Billy Clark Jr., Corey Barker, Jordan Bennett, Joe Kline, Nick Krause, Ron Davis III, Brett Draper, Kyle Fink, Jim Spano, Todd Root, Jeremy Dygert, Gregg Kimball, Chris Cunningham, Jessica Power, Mike Phelps, Randy Gates, Joe Sobotka, Josh Blackwell, Davis Schilling, Wade Chrisman, Tyler Trump, Nate Higgins, DNS Mike Stanton.
(DNQ) – John West, Dylan Zacharias, Bill Megnin.
(Heat Winners) – Jordan Bennett, Mike Stanton Jr., Brett Draper.
(Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux RUSH Late Models 20 Laps) – KEVAN COOK, Billy Eisele, Jason Parkhurst, Brandon Ford, AJ Kingsley, Chad Homan, Bret Belden, Chris Fleming, Johnny Hill, Jason Occhino, Alan Fink, Matt Parkhurst, Dave Talbot, Aron Backus, Brandon Carvey, Tony Finch II, DNS Doug Koch.
(Heat Winners) – Bret Belden, Jason Parkhurst.
(E&V Energy Novice Sportsman Feature #1 15 Laps) – TYLER THOMPSON, Richie Riggs, Ryan Hatherill, Joey Buonagurio, Charlie Tibbits, John Strickler, Rachel Zacharias, Kelly Smith, Kearra Backus, Torrey Stoughtenger
(E&V Energy Novice Sportsman Feature #2 15 Laps) – WILLY DECKER JR., Jason Amidon, Dorian Wahdan, Patrick LaPage Kyle Perry, Michelle Courcy, Taylor Jackson, Dwight Nichols, Michael Wight.
(Heat Winners) – Tyler Thompson, Taylor Jackson, Jason Amidon.
(JB Logging & Firewood Four Cylinders 15 Laps) – CHUCK POWELCZYK, Dakota Bechler, Skip DeGroff, Sam Curcie, Justin Buske, Colby Herzog, Jamie Radley, Nate Powers, Ricky DeGroff, Sam Carista, David DeNova, Tom Mackey, Chris Bonoffski, DNS Jim Graham.
(Heat Winners) – Chuck Powelczyk, Dakota Bechler.
(King’s Spring Smashdown Demo Derbies) Youth – Jacob Goodspeed Small Car – Tommy Goodspeed.
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