Fulton Mod Feature Goes To Wight

FULTON, N.Y.  – Larry Wight took home the Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified victory on Saturday night at Fulton Speedway.

Matt Becker took advantage of a front row starting spot and would bolt out to a half a straightaway lead in the 35-lap modified feature by lap five with Tommy Collins, Bob Henry Jr., Andrew Ferguson, and Corey Barker racing in the top-five. 

A caution on lap nine would see Becker’s lead evaporate. On the restart, Becker would jump back out to a lead, still running the topside of the speedway. 

With fifteen laps showing on the scoring tower, Becker still showed the way out front as the division heavy hitters made their way to the front as Dave Marcuccilli, Collins, Wight, and Tim Sears Jr. raced in the top five. 

On lap twenty you could have thrown a blanket over Becker, Marcuccilli, and Wight, with Wight blasting into the lead one lap later. 

The caution lights would come on lap twenty-four. On the restart, points leader Sears suddenly slowed to a stop on the front straight. He would be pushed to the pits, ending his night. 

Over the final laps Larry Wight had his car working no matter where he put it on the speedway and would cruise under the checkers, two seconds ahead of Ron Davis III, Marcuccilli, Todd Root, and Tommy Collins. 

Marcuccilli’s third place finish and Sears’ mechanical issues now have Marcuccilli the new points leader with only six point-paying races left to decide the 2022 track championship. 

Other feature winners were Rocky Grosso & Jake Davis (DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman) Ron Hawker (Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stocks) Danny Allen (E&V Energy Novice Sportsman) Joe August (Dirt Car Modified Nostalgia Tour). 

The Finish:

Feature (35 Laps): 1. 99L-Larry Wight[16]; 2. 32R-Ronald Davis III[15]; 3. M1-David Marcuccilli[11]; 4. 15-Todd Root[9]; 5. 713-Tommy Collins[3]; 6. 34-Andrew Ferguson[5]; 7. 58M-Marshall Hurd[14]; 8. 31-Corey Barker[8]; 9. 42-Colton Wilson[7]; 10. 11-Justin Crisafulli[19]; 11. 29K-Chris Cunningham[10]; 12. 18$-Sean Beardsley[17]; 13. 79-Jeff Prentice[4]; 14. 160-Max Hill[18]; 15. 10R-Ryan Richardson[6]; 16. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[13]; 17. 329-Matt Becker[1]; 18. 21H-Bob Henry Jr[2]; 19. 60X-Rusty Smith[21]; 20. 16-Aaron Jacobs[22]; 21. 3K-AJ Kingsley[12]; 22. 13-Teddy Starr[20]