Gypsum Racing.com

By Dave Medler
FULTON, NY – July 9, 2016 –Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway Mother Nature threw a few curve balls but not enough to dampen the spirits of the racers and fans in attendance on a successful family autograph night presented by McDonald’s Restaurants and the JPW Companies.

Katelyn Hile and Adam Roberts would bring the Big Block Modified field down to the green with Roberts setting the early pace in the feature.

With 10 laps complete you could have thrown a blanket over the top three that saw Mike Bowman using the top of the speedway to shoot into the lead with Roberts and Chad Phelps right there with Bowman. Just a couple car lengths back Billy Whittaker and Jim Witko Jr. showed fourth and fifth.

At the 15 lap mark Bowman was setting a quick pace out front still running the top of the speedway. Phelps, Roberts, Tim Sears Jr., Whittaker and Larry Wight were using every inch of the track in a tight fight for second through sixth.

With 10 laps to go Bowman still ran out front as Sears, Phelps, Whittaker and Wight started narrowing Bowman’s lead.

A lap 28 caution and restart would be the difference in the race. On the restart Wight looked like he was shot out of cannon using the bottom of the speedway to drive into the lead. Over the remaining laps no one challenged Wight as he was the first under the checkers by over one second over the second place. Chad Phelps, Mike Bowman, Billy Whittaker and Jimmy Phelps finished second through fifth.

Larry Wight talked about his win after parking his Gypsum Express/Tracey Road Equipment/NAPA Auto Parts/Penske Racing Shocks/LJL Kevlar Racing Engines/No.99L, Teo Pro Car in victory lane.

“The car was phenomenal coming up through. Being in the top ten with half the race left it definitely makes it a lot easier to make some moves and get your way up through.”

Wight gave big credit to his crew who not only keeps the equipment in top shape for weekly racing at Brewerton Speedway, Fulton Speedway and Utica-Rome Speedway but the Modified Super DIRTcar Series that has 10 races in July in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Province of Quebec.

(Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds 35 Laps) - LARRY WIGHT, Chad Phelps, Mike Bowman, Billy Whittaker, Jimmy Phelps, Chris Hile, Chuck Bower, Adam Roberts, Pat Ward, Jim Witko Jr., Ryan Phelps, Willy Decker, Katelyn Hile, Max McLaughlin, Tim Sears Jr., Tim Kerr, Tim Schneider Jr., Tom Sears Jr., Joe August Jr.