FULTON, NY September 18, 2010 – Billy Clark Jr. and AJ Kingsley were the big winners Saturday night in the SUNY Canton Sportsman and NAPA Late Models as they both picked up feature wins and guaranteed starting spots in their divisions in the upcoming 25th annual “Outlaw 200” weekend presented by SUNY Canton on October, 1st and 2nd on the Fulton Speedway high banks.
Other winners Saturday night were, Josh Blackwell E&V Energy Novice Sportsman, Gary Jeffries Mod Lites, Jim Money Four-Cylinder Super Stocks and Mark Johnston Gladiators.
Jeremy Pitcher got the jump on the field as he led the opening lap by inches over Rob Humphreys at the stripe in the 20 lap SUNY Canton Sportsman feature.
After a quick yellow, Humphreys got a great restart grabbing the lead from Pitcher as did Billy Clark Jr. who started 6th, he moved into 2nd dropping Pitcher to third.
On lap 5 Clark using the bottom drove by Humphreys to be scored the new leader, Jordan Bennett, Pitcher and Justin Henderson showed in the top-five.
At the halfway point Clark opened up a 2 second lead, Humphreys ran alone in 2nd with Pitcher, Bennett and Brandon Sweet running a distant third through fifth.
Over the second half of the race even with yellows to tighten the field up, nobody had anything for Clark as he drove away for his first win of the 2010 season. Pitcher, Humphreys, Sweet and Henderson rounded out the top-five.
An emotional Billy Clark Jr. who had a season he said he wanted to forget thanked his Crew, sponsors, and family for sticking with him. He also gave a big thanks to Eric Kingsley for helping him get his car going in the right direction.
In the 20 lap NAPA Late Model feature Gordy Button led the opening 2 laps before AJ Kingsley running the cushion took the lead on lap three.
At the halfway point lap 10, Kingsley and Sean Beardsley took off from the rest of the field while Button, Gus Schmidt and Dale Caswell fought for third through fifth.
With 5 laps to go, Kingsley led by a comfortable margin over Beardsley. Button, Schmidt and Caswell ran inches apart for top-five finishes.
Over the remaining laps Kingsley hit his marks as he was the first under the checkers for his 3rd win of the season. Beardsley, Schmidt, Button and Caswell rounded out the top-five.
Gary Jeffries who was the hottest driver in the Mod Lites over the last half of the 2010 season led the opening laps of the 20 lap feature. Sterling Miller wasn’t going to let Jeffries just drive away for another easy win. Jeffries and Miller would swap the lead back and forth over the second half of the race till a couple late yellows. The yellows seemed to slow down the momentum down Miller had as Jeffries grabbed the win. Miller, Joe Garafolo, Doug Williams and Lowell Zehr rounded out the top-five.
In the final E&V Energy Novice Sportsman feature of the 2010 season Josh Blackwell took the lead at the halfway point and was never seriously challenged after that for his 2nd win of the year. Colton Donath, Bill Thomas, Jim Graham and Scott Kline chased Blackwell across the line.
Jim Money did something very few have done during the 2010 season in the Four-Cylinder Super Stocks, beat Stephen Denton. Jim Money took the lead from Denton on lap 3 of the 15 lap feature. Once in the lead Money was never seriously challenged the rest of the way for the win. Denton, Brett Johnson, Wendall Washington and Sam Carista rounded out the top-five.
Mark Johnston took top honors in the Gladiators holding off Skip DeGroff. Eric M Zirbel, Jerry Herbert and Keith Zirbel finished third through fifth.
Fulton Speedway will be silent this week as the staff prepares for the 25th annual “Outlaw 200” weekend presented by SUNY Canton on Friday October 1st and Saturday October 2nd.
On Friday, October 1st it will be the the SUNY Canton Super DIRT Series for Sportsman, NAPA Late Model Championship, Top Stitch Embroidery IMCA Modified Empire State Series plus Modified Hot Laps and Quick Time Sessions. Pit gates will open at 3:00 P.M. Grandstands at 5:00 P.M Hot Laps at 6:00 P.M. with racing starting at 7:00 P.M.
Saturday, October 2nd it will be all Modifieds as SUNY Canton presents the 25th annual “Outlaw 200”. Pit gates will open at 11:00 A.M. Grandstands at noon. Modified drivers meeting and draw will be in front of the grandstands at 1:45 P.m. Hot Laps at 3:00 P.M. Heats at 4:30 P.M. with the “Outlaw 200” starting at approx at 7:30 P.M.
For more information go to www.fultonspeedway and click on the “Outlaw 200” tab at the top of the page or call the Speedway office at 315-593-6531or the Raceline 315-668-RACE.
(SUNY Canton Sportsman 20 Laps) - BILLY CLARK JR., Jeremy Pitcher, Rob Humphreys, Brandon Sweet, Justin Henderson, Jordan Bennett, Daryl Hilkert, Matt Hulsizer, Timmy Sears Jr., Ben Wheeler, Stewart Garrison, Mark Dixon, Mike Fowler, Joe Kline, Gregg Kimball, Jon Tesoriero, Tim Schneider, Katelyn Kane, Matthew Parkhurst.
(NAPA Late Models 20 Laps) - AJ KINGSLEY, Sean Beardsley, Gus Schmidt, Gordy Button, Dale Caswell, Rob Pratt, Shayne Tenace, Laslow Hollyfeld, Joe August Jr., Jim Southard, Jordan Keruskie, Mike Vaughn, Alan Fink, Eric Cupernall.
(E&V Energy Novice Sportsman 15 Laps) - JOSH BLACKWELL, Colton Donath, Bill Thomas, Jim Graham, Scott Kline, Craig Kingsbury.
(Mod Lites 20 Laps) - GARY JEFFRIES, Sterling Miller, Joe Garafalo, Doug Williams, Lowell Zehr, Clayton Brewer III, Adam Murphy, Jamie King, Terry Lapham, Jim Tuttle, Sam Usborne, Lisa Thomas, Jim Bogett, Jeff Herbert, Jeff Blackburn, Lorrie Herbert, Ryan Blackburn, Mike Mullen, Frank Sobotka, Nick Graziano, Rick Demo, Bryan Green, Ricky Yelle, John Behron.
(Four Cylinder Super Stocks 12 Laps) - JIM MONEY, Stephen Denton, Brett Johnson, Wendell Washington, Sam Carista, Shane Ray, Jessica Herbert.
(Gladiators 15 Laps) - MARK JOHNSTON, Skip Degroff, Eric M Zirbel, Jerry Herbert, Keith Zirbel, Kevin Hendrix, Terry Royce, and Chris Bonoffski.