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FULTON, NY – Lightning struck again at the Fulton Speedway in the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Car Modifieds as Larry Wight behind the wheel of his FX Caprara Chevy, LJL Kevlar Racing Engines, No. 99L, Bicknell went to victory lane for the third straight week to start the 2019 season.

Wight would start the 35-lap main in the 18th position and around the halfway point would move into second and then set his sights on leader Tom Sears Jr. who had a 15-car length advantage. Wight would move in on Sears’ back bumper on lap 20 and then would need just one more lap to drive by Sears on the exit of turn four to be scored the new leader.

Once out front there was no stopping Wight as his car was working no matter where he drove on the speedway to put cars down a lap and outrun Sears to the checkers by 2.167 seconds at the finish.

In the 35-lap Modified feature Joe Shields would lead the opening 5 laps until Tom Sears Jr., running the top of the speedway, would drive by Shields into the lead.

Ten laps showing on the scoring tower would see Sears build up a full straightaway lead while behind him Greg Martin, Shields, Jeff McGinnis and Collin DuBois would race for top-five positions.

A quick yellow on lap 13 would erase Sears’ 4.3 seconds lead. When the green came back out Sears took off once again from the field.

At the halfway point Sears still showed the way, but by this point Wight had moved into second and started cutting into the lead. McGinnis, Bobby Herrington and Martin were having a close battle for third through fifth.

On lap 20 Wight ran Sears down and would need just one more lap to dive under Sears in turns three and four and have the lead by the flag stand.

With 10 laps to go Wight was on rails leading by almost two seconds. Sears, McGinnis, Herrington and Pat Ward who started deep were battling for top-five spots.

On lap 28 the caution lights would come on erasing Wight’s three-second lead and giving the field one more shot at Wight for the win.

When the green came back out Wight was on rails as he drove away for feature win number three in three races in 2019. Tom Sears Jr. held on for second with Jeff McGinnis a strong third Bobby Herrington and Pat Ward coming home fourth and fifth.

Scott Jeffery’s Performance Plus May 18 Results

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