Track Champions To Be Decided This Saturday At Fulton Speedway; Sprints To Invade
Story By: DAVE MEDLER / FULTON SPEEDWAY – FULTON, NY – This Saturday, September 1 the Fulton Speedway is set for a huge Labor Day weekend show to send out in a big way the 2018 weekly racing schedule presented by Unique eCigs and Ehrlich Pest Control.
The methanol breathing, winged warriors of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints are coming for an all-out assault on the Fulton Speedway, bringing some of the best 360 Sprint Car racers from the Northeast, Ontario, Canada and Quebec, Canada.
Back in July when the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints battled on the ‘Highbanks’ Quebec’s Jordan Poirier won his first A-Main on American soil over Danny Varin, Steve Poirier, Jason Barney and Chuck Hebing.
Championships will be decided in the Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds, SUNY Canton DIRTcar Sportsman and the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux RUSH Late Models. The E&V Energy Novice Sportsman will also be in action.
It all comes down to 35 feature laps to decide the Modified Track Champion between two veterans and a talented rookie. Larry Wight leads Tim Sears Jr. by 11 points and impressive rookie Ron Davis III by 15 markers.
Alan Fink shows the way in the Sportsman division. His car owner related that they are not letting the title slip away this season and are bringing both cars to be safe.
The Late Models are always a shootout right down to the checkers on a weekly basis. The pressure will be turned up this Saturday for two racers as Jason Parkhurst leads Kevan Cook by a slim 8 points.
Adult grandstand admission is $22 with everyone 18 years old and under free. Pit admission is $35. Pit gate will open at 4:00 pm, grandstands 5:00 pm with racing at 7:00 pm.
Top-Five Division Point Standings coming into Championship Night.
(Tracey Road Equipment DIRTcar Modifieds) – 99L-Larry Wight (749) 83x-Tim Sears Jr. (738) 32R-Ron Davis III (734) 42p-Pat Ward (712) 62s-Tom Sears Jr. (671).
(SUNY Canton DIRTcar Sportsman) – Points on hold until completion of Nate Higgins engine tech. Check track website for updates.
(Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux RUSH Late Models) – 38-Jason Parkhurst (1,601) 3x-Kevan Cook (1,593) 81-Bret Belden (1,570) 93-Sean Beardsley (1,555) 10-Chris Fleming (1,537).
