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Posted May 12, 2019 by David

FULTON, NY – Fresh off his opening night victory, Larry Wight from Phoenix, NY made it two victories in a row Saturday night in the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds at the Fulton Speedway.

Wight would start the feature in 16th and steadily work his way forward using every inch of the speedway moving into the top-five by lap 10. On lap 20 he moved into third, then setting his sights on the top two and would make the winning pass on lap 23 exiting turn two. Once out front, Wight was never seriously challenged the rest of way.

Rob Bellinger and Glenn Forward would lead the 30-car modified field down to the green in the 35-lap feature with Bellinger blasting into the top-spot opening an almost full straightaway lead by lap 5 with two and three-wide racing behind him.

With 10 laps complete Bellinger’s lead shrunk as Forward, Tim Sears Jr., Bobby Herrington and Larry Wight made it tight fight for the top-five positions.

The yellow would slow the pace on lap 11 with Pat Ward coming to rest in the infield on the back straightaway with a collapsed front end.

On the restart Forward would take the lead driving around Bellinger. After a quick yellow on lap 15 Bellinger retook the top spot on the restart.

At the halfway point Bellinger and Forward raced side-by-side for the lead with Dale Planck, Sears and Wight slugging it out just a few car lengths behind the top two.

On lap 20 Wight moved into third and then second on lap 21. Once in the second spot, Wight needed just two more laps to blast into the lead exiting turn two.

Planck would make contact with Sears on lap 26 between turns three and four, spinning Sears. Because of the contact, Planck was sent to the rear of the field.

Over the final laps Wight wasn’t seriously challenged as he cruised under the checkers leading by two seconds. You could have thrown a blanket over second through fifth as they battled to the checkers with Bellinger, Tyler Thompson, Ryan Arbuthnot and Glenn Forward finishing second through fifth.

ngles Performance Night May 11 Results

(Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds 35 Laps) – LARRY WIGHT, Rob Bellinger, Tyler Thompson, Ryan Arbuthnot, Glenn Forward, Bobby Herrington, Jeff McGinnis, Todd Root, Tim Sears Jr., Dave Marcuccilli, Chad Phelps, Greg Martin, Nick Krause, Jeremy Dygert, Dale Planck, Ben Bushaw, Kyle DeMetro, Jeff Sykes, Andy Noto, Randy Shantel, Mike Mandigo, Joe Shields, Jason Occhino, Collin DuBois, Ron Davis III, Tom Sears Jr., Pat Ward, Billy Whittaker, Nick Webb, Brent Cross, DNS – Tyler Meeks, Billy Shantel Jr.

(Larkin Mowing $50 Hard Charger) – Larry Wight