Fulton Roars Back To Life With The Highbank Holdup Weekend This Friday & Saturday
Story By: DAVE MEDLER / FULTON SPEEDWAY – FULTON, NY – After a successful Test & Tune this past Saturday, the Fulton Speedway is primed for a big two-day show this Friday and Saturday, April 26-27 with the ‘Highbank Holdup weekend featuring the Modified Super DIRTcar Series, DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series and Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints.
On Friday, April 26, Tim Grevelding Snap-on-Tools will present the winged warriors of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints high-speed racing excitement. Joining ESS will be race number-one for the competitive and popular DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series Central Region ‘Highbank Holdup 50’. The Modified Super DIRTcar Series and RUSH Late Models will have hot-laps.
Last season over 30 cars signed into the pits for the Empire Super Sprints with Paul Kinney taking the exciting win over Jason Barney, Danny Varin, Shawn Donath and Steve Poirier from Quebec, Canada who went on to win the 2018 series championship.
In the DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series, Shane Pecore made the long tow from Canada payoff as he took the big win over Matt Janczuk, Kevin Root, Jessica Power and Dave Marcuccilli.
Saturday, April 27 will see the stars and cars of the ground pounding Modified Super DIRTcar Series do battle in the ‘Highbank Holdup 100’. Joining the SDS will be the first track points race for the DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman and the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux RUSH Late Models.
Fans of Modified Super DIRTcar Series regular Billy Decker from Unadilla, NY got really excited when it was announced he would be teaming again with car owner John Wight and crew chief Scott Jeffery and be back behind the wheel of the Gypsum Express/Stadium International Trucks/LJL Kevlar Racing Engines.No.91/Bicknell. Not only is Decker a former Fulton Speedway track champion, he is in the top-five in track feature wins and has three-straight ‘Highbank Holdup 100’ victories coming into Saturday.
Larry Wight who is the defending Super DIRTcar Week – Billy Whittaker’s Cars & Trux Modified 200 winner and the 2019 DIRTcar Nationals Modified champion will be looking to keep the $7,500-to-win ‘Highbank Holdup 100’ cash at his home track driving his potent FX Caprara Chevy/Tracey Road Equipment/NAPA/Penske Racing Shocks/No.99L/Bicknell. Wight has a DIRTcar Big Block Modifed and DIRTcar 358 Modified track titles in his résumé at the Fulton Speedway.
Another tour regular with a lot of Fulton Speedway accomplishments is Jimmy Phelps from nearby Baldwinsville, NY. Driving the J&B Installations/HBR/Mohawk Northeast/No.98H/Teo. Phelps has track championships and three prestigious Outlaw 200 wins that makes him a contender every time he unloads his car at the speedway.
A stout field of tour regulars will be looking to end Billy Decker’s win streak, led by defending series champion Matt Sheppard plus Erick Rudolph, Danny Johnson, Peter Britten, Mat Williamson, Brett Hearn, Rich Scagliotta, Adam Roberts, Mike Mahaney, Demetrios Drellos, Jack Lehner, Marcus Dinkins, Rusty Smith, Ryan Godown, Tim Fuller, Anthony Perrego, Paul St-Sauveur, Michael Lebreque and Dave Rauscher.
You can never count out local stars Pat Ward, Tim Sears Jr., Tom Sears Jr, Chris Hile, Chad Phelps, Rob Bellinger, Tim Kerr, Ron Davis III, Andrew Ferguson and others, who are talented and fast enough to be sitting in victory lane Saturday evening with the ‘Highbank Holdup’ trophy and check.
