FULTON, N.Y. — There is nothing more exciting than seeing a racer get his first ever win. That is exactly what happened Saturday night at the Fulton Speedway when Derek Webb won his first ever Tracey Road DIRTcar Modified feature that was not decided until the last corner on the final lap of the 35-lap feature.
Webb would take the lead on lap 20 with a slide job in turns three and four after a close battle for the top spot with Andrew Ferguson.Â
Once out front, Webb would have to hold off a furious late challenge for the win from Dave Marcuccilli, winning by a slim 0.241 seconds at the checkered flag.Â
Tommy Collins and Robert Gage would bring the thirty-car starting field down to the green flag, with Collins grabbing the early advantage in the 35-Lap Modified feature.
After a pair of quick early cautions that would see Collins still leading on lap five with Sean Beardsley, Andrew Ferguson, Corey Barker, and Derek Webb racing for second through fifth.
After hounding Collins for a number of laps, Ferguson would drive into the lead on lap 11 just before a caution.
Ferguson and Webb would be in a two-car breakaway on lap 15.
On lap twenty, Webb would throw a slide job on Ferguson in turns three and four, taking the lead.
A yellow on lap 21 would slow the race. The restart would have some of the heavy hitters in the top-three rows with Ferguson, Marcuccilli, Amy Holland, Billy Dunn and Tim Sears Jr. setting their sights on Webb.
With 10 laps to go, Webb held a slim lead over Marcuccilli, with Ferguson, Sears, and Larry Wight in a tight battle for third through fifth.
Over the final laps, Marcuccili put heavy pressure on Webb that came down to the final lap. Going into turns three and four, Marcuccilli went in hard hoping to pull a slide job on Webb exiting turn four.
Webb’s speed off the high side was enough to win. Sears, Wight and Dunn completed the top-five.
Other winners included Andrew Buff (DOT Foods DIRTcar Sportsman) Sam Groom (E&V Energy Novice Sportsman) John Pietrowicz (Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux Hobby Stocks).
Feature Finish (35 Laps)
1. 66W-Derek Webb[10]; 2. M1-David Marcuccilli[13]; 3. 83X-Tim Sears Jr[17]; 4. 99L-Larry Wight[21]; 5. 49-Billy Dunn[20]; 6. 34-Andrew Ferguson[7]; 7. 5H-Amy Holland[16]; 8. 3-Chris Mackey[12]; 9. 32R-Ronald Davis III[14]; 10. 31-Corey Barker[4]; 11. 38JR-Jason Parkhurst[8]; 12. 28-Alan Fink[23]; 13. 60-Jackson Gill[22]; 14. 58M-Marshall Hurd[11]; 15. X-Chad Phelps[26]; 16. 29K-Chris Cunningham[29]; 17. 11-Justin Crisafulli[18]; 18. 17J-Brent Joy[28]; 19. 27Z-Dylan Zacharias[15]; 20. 3K-AJ Kingsley[25]; 21. 01R-Robert Gage[2]; 22. 117JR-CJ Castelletti[19]; 23. 38-Tim Harris[5]; 24. 10R-Ryan Richardson[24]; 25. 713-Tommy Collins[1]; 26. 31W-Lance Willix[27]; 27. 18$-Sean Beardsley[3]; 28. 1-Jack Meeks[9]; 29. 9-Tyler Meeks[6]; 30. (DNS) 00-Connor Sellars