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FULTON, NY – Brian Weaver has won a lot of things in his career. The 44-year-old has won features, he’s won track titles, but on Saturday night he did something he’s never been able to do. The Windsor, N.Y. pilot scored his first career DIRTcar Modified feature win in the 35-lap main event at the Fulton Speedway.
“This is a huge confidence booster for us,” stated Weaver. “We’ve been struggling with the weekend stuff because I’m still trying to adjust to the DIRT tires.
“We did some things different tonight and hopefully this is a sign of good things to come.”
Weaver bolted to the top spot from his outside pole starting position as the race got underway. Weaver beat Matt Fink into turn one and pulled away off of the second turn.
“I just beat him (Fink) into turn one and I got good pull down the back straightaway,” said Weaver. “I was fortunate that I was able to parlay that into a feature win.”
Once the race leader, Weaver was only slowed once by a caution on lap 4 when Brett Tonkin and Vinnie Vitale spun in turn four.
When the race got back underway, Weaver began to pull away from the field in his Ron Dieffenbach owned ride.
As Weaver raced out in front he faced his final challenge on lap 30 when he was confronted by lapped traffic for the first time. Weaver continued to run the inside and was able to hold off Scott Prentice and Alan Johnson to secure the victory.
“I kept the car straight and tried to stay smooth without giving up the inside lane,” said Weaver. “If somebody was going to pass me they were going to have to go to the outside.
With Weaver taking the win, Prentice was forced to settle for second in his Enders powered Bicknell.
“My only chance would have been if he (Weaver) went high,” said Prentice. “I used the outside to get to the front but once I got to second it seemed like there was nothing up there.”
Prentice, of Hastings, N.Y., was happy to have a solid finish after last weekend.
“We have a really tough weekend,” commented Prentice. “I had to put a new front end in the car after last Saturday and last Friday I destroyed the rear.
“I’m happy we came away with a good finish.”
Johnson, of Phelps, N.Y., finished in third after starting the feature event from the outside of row six.
“I couldn’t go to the outside,” said Johnson. “The car was good enough to go forward but by the end of the race you had to run the bottom.”
Jimmy Phelps of Baldwinsville, N.Y., finished in third after starting 14th and Sean Beardsley of Central Square, N.Y. completed the top five.
In other action, the 20-lap Sportsman feature went to Shawn Donath; the 20-lap Pro Stock feature was won by Jason Parkhurst; Dan Williams won the 20-lap ESDCA feature; the Gypsum Crate Sportsman feature was won by Sean McCarthy; Jon Shumway won the 4-Cylinder Enduro.
Fulton Facts
The three heat races for the 24 car field were won by Phelps, Kenny Stafford and Weaver.
Last week’s winner, Dale Planck, started 15th and worked his way up through the field to finish sixth.
Kyle Lewis had problems with his no. 09 as he was unable to start his heat race and he completed one lap in the feature event.
DIRTcar Modifieds (35 Laps) - BRIAN WEAVER, Scott Prentice, Alan Johnson, Jimmy Phelps, Sean Beardsley, Dale Planck, Dan Vauter, Kenny Stafford, Roy Bresnahan, John Ramsey, Kevin Bates, Jamie Christian, Jeremy Smith, John Barker Jr., Chad Phelps, Mike Bowman, Matt Fink, Brett Tonkin, Jim Witko, Johnny Hill, Tim Sears, Tom Sears, Vinnie Vitale, Kyle Lewis.
DIRTcar Sportsman (20 LAPS) - SHAWN DONATH, Alan Fink, Rob Hile, Chris Hile, John Pietrowicz, John Behron, Sammy Reakes, IV, Jeremy Pitcher, Mark Davison, Tony Steiner, Gregg Carner, Matt Hulsizer, Curt Prevo, A.J. Kingsley, Doug Shattell, Lee Babcock, Jon, Tesoriero, Morris Mathews, Stewart Garrison, Beth Schneider, Dave Reilley.
DIRTcar Pro Stocks ( 20 LAPS) - JASON PARKHURST, Billy Clark, Dick Parkhurst, Bob Buono, Dale Guernsey, Rob Seavy, Dave Briggs, Pat Hobbs, Mike Vaughn, Adam Hunt, Jack Terrell, Jim Donaldson, Todd Streiff, Rusty Marsden
ESDCA Mod Lites (20 LAPS) - DAN WILLIAMS, Tim Devendorf, Jeff Barker, Lowell Zehr, Justin Crisafulli, Roco Leone, John Byrnes, Frank Sobotka, Mike Mullen, Andrew Schartner, Barry Virts, Joe Gwilt, Jeff Willams, Tim Schneider Jr. , Kelly Skinner, Keith Hotchkiss, Mike Virginia, Lisa Thomas, Tod Simons, Doug Williams, Jamie King, Chuck DeMott.
GYPSUM EXPRESS CRATE SPORTSMAN (15 LAPS) - SEAN McCARTHY, Timmy Sears Jr., Brad Godshalk, Laslow Howiefeld, Earl Rudy.
ENDURO (15 LAPS) - Jon Shumway, Mark Johnston, Joe Buske Jr., Les Baker, Jacob Palmiter.
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