Fuller Scores Mr. DIRTcar 358-Mod Win At Can-Am

Posted Thursday, Oct 04, 2007

LaFargeville, NY — October 3, 2007 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director

It was just Wednesday of Super DIRT Week and Tim Fuller from nearby Edwards, N.Y. had already begun to build momentum for another successful assault on DIRTcar NorthEast’s biggest event of the year. Fuller made his latest stop in victory lane on home turf after the 75-lap Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series satellite event at Can-Am Motorsports Park.

Fuller led all but the initial 17 circuits with a late race caution flag extending the event to 76 laps, with Todd Burley, Bert Hard Charger Danny O’Brien, Randy Chrysler and a rallying Lance Willix II making up the final top-five running order.

“I’m glad to start out the week on a high note, its good for the whole team to find some success early,” said Fuller, following his 13th career Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified tour victory which earned him a guaranteed starting berth in Saturday’s ITT Corporation-Goulds Pumps 150-lap ‘Salute to the Troops’ Championship at the New York State Fairgrounds. “John Lazore’s guys took care of this small-block car all week so they deserve all the credit. It’s a big week so picking up a win is a big morale booster heading back to Syracuse.”

Chrysler was among the top-three finishers in the four qualifying heats to earn a re-draw, and once the green flag flew the Lewiston, N.Y. traveler jumped out front of pole-sitter and front row partner Mario Clair to set the early pace. Yet that only lasted one circuit as Burley flew past the second time around the spacious half-miler with top-two Mr. DIRTcar 358 point chasers Clair and Carey Terrance in hot pursuit.

Canadian chauffeur Kyle Dingwall slowed in the first corner to incur the initial caution period on lap seven while on the ensuing restart a turn four tangle forced a rare red flag situation as Orange County Fair Speedway invader Danny Creeden ended upside down. Also involved in the mid-pack mishap were Pat O’Brien, Bill Gill, Steve Planck and Robbie Grant.

Burley continued his stronghold up front back under green while Fuller worked his way toward the front from his 11th-place starting spot on the original 30-car grid. Cutting through the pack even quicker was 28th-place starter Danny O’Brien, who was scored 13th with eight laps complete.

Willix slowed to bring out a second yellow flag and Fuller took advantage of the lap 12 restart to bolt past Chrysler for second and he nosed past Burley for first following another slowdown on lap 18 to forge the final lead change. With 25 laps in the books, Fuller opened up a comfortable margin over Burley and Chrysler, with O’Brien moving into fourth ahead of Kyle Jacobs.

Fast time trailer Stewart Friesen began 21st after winning the consolation race and became a factor two-thirds of the way through as only 16 cars remained trackside with 50 laps complete. Friesen tried to improve on his fifth-place position as the laps clicked off yet turn three contact with O’Brien cost him terminal front end damage with just a dozen laps remaining in the scheduled 75-lap finale.

The order of Fuller, Burley, O’Brien, Chrysler and Jacobs remained intact until Mike Adderley slowed just off the infield to bring the yellow lights back on for the eighth and final time on lap 72. The green-white-checkered flag finish was enough to give Willix his first top-five finish of the Series as the feature was prolonged an additional lap.

“The track got a little narrow out there, you just had to treat it with kid gloves and you’d be alright,” added Fuller, following his first Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series win of the season behind the wheel of the no. 19 Street Wise Fighting Gear-JL Motorsports/TEO entry. “We had to pound it out on the cushion a few times but fortunately things worked out for us tonight and here we are.”

Runner-up Burley recorded his first top-five finish of the 2007 tour, never dropping out of the top two spots for the duration. “The car was really tight all night so I had nothing for Tim out there. I was trying to run the bottom since I knew Tim was good up top. Second isn’t too bad considering who came out first.”

O’Brien was just happy to start the main event after missing his heat and coming home eighth in the last chance qualifier. “I owe this one all to Norm Dunn from Number One Speed. We blew an oil line early and he drove back to Watertown to find a replacement. Without him we would’ve already been heading back home about now.”

Racing in the Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series takes less than a 24-hour break before returning for three consecutive nights of extra-distance activity during the annual Super DIRT Week extravaganza in the Salt City. The rare quadrupleheader carries on Thursday, October 4 at Brewerton Speedway followed by Rolling Wheels on Friday before closing out with the headline ITT Corporation-Goulds Pumps 150-lap ‘Salute to the Troops’ Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series Championship race Oct. 6 on the Syracuse Mile.

Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Race #9 – Can-Am Motorsports Park, October 3, 2007 Event Summary

FIN STR CAR# DRIVER

1 11 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY($3,000)

2 4 5 Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY

3 28 17d Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

4 2 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

5 26 16 Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY

6 5 37 Kyle Jacobs/Hogansburg,NY

7 7 007 Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg,NY

8 15 66w Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE

9 27 9 Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY

10 19 22 Eric Gauvreau/Chelsea,QUE

11 29 63 Steve Roberts/Watertown,NY

12 22 99 Mike Adderley/Watertown,NY

13 21 ofp1 Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT

14 18 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY

15 12 60 Bill Gill/Plessis,NY

16 1 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE

17 6 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE

18 23 28 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY

19 3 66x Carey Terrance/Hogansburg,NY

20 16 124x Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY

21 8 fx1 Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY

22 13 0 Russ Hefti/Elbridge,NY

23 24 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE

24 14 1f Fred Carleton/St.Catharines,ONT

25 9 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

26 10 16x Danny Creeden/Middletown,NY

27 20 77x Steve Planck/Cortland,NY

28 25 77g Robbie Grant/Malone,NY

29 17 96 Kyle Dingwall/Morrisburg,ONT

30 30 21h Andy Howard/Hammond,NY

GATER NEWS LAP LEADERS: Chrysler (1), Burley (2-17), Fuller (18-76).

CAUTIONS: 8 for 14 laps; 1 RED FLAG (lap 7).

SYRACUSE ITT CORP./GOULDS PUMPS 150 QUALIFIER: Tim Fuller.

DID NOT QUALIFY(4)

7j-Jeff Isabell/Pennellville,NY

37p-Francisco Perera/Etobicoke,ONT

42b-Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA

86-Mark Webb/Watertown,NY

QUALIFYING

FAST AVE

TIME MPH CAR# DRIVER

1 19.265 93.434 ofp1 Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT

2 19.322 93.158 22c Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE

3 19.324 93.148 19 Tim Fuller/Edwards,NY

4 19.331 93.115 16x Danny Creeden/Middletown,NY

5 19.351 93.018 124 Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE

6 19.443 92.578 fx1 Frankie Caprara/Watertown,NY

7 19.509 92.265 6 Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

8 19.585 91.907 66x Carey Terrance/Hogansburg,NY

9 19.622 91.734 46 Kayle Robidoux/St-Constant,QUE

10 19.699 91.375 99 Mike Adderley/Watertown,NY

11 19.753 91.125 5 Todd Burley/Spencerport,NY

12 19.790 90.955 42b Kevin Bates/Lake Ariel,PA

13 19.795 90.932 37 Kyle Jacobs/Hogansburg,NY

14 19.807 90.877 1f Fred Carleton/St.Catharines,ONT

15 19.811 90.859 28 Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY

16 19.820 90.817 37p Francisco Perera/Etobicoke,ONT

17 19.887 90.511 96 Kyle Dingwall/Morrisburg,ONT

18 19.909 90.411 9 Mark Smoke/Akwesasne,NY

19 19.926 90.334 22 Eric Gauvreau/Chelsea,QUE

20 19.944 90.253 21k Randy Chrysler/Lewiston,NY

21 19.948 90.235 0 Russ Hefti/Elbridge,NY

22 19.960 90.180 007 Roy Tarbell/Hogansburg,NY

23 20.007 89.969 66w Wallace Stacey/Kahnawake,QUE

24 20.148 89.339 124x Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY

25 20.155 89.308 60 Bill Gill/Plessis,NY

26 20.201 89.104 84 Gary Tomkins/Clifton Springs,NY

27 20.252 88.880 86 Mark Webb/Watertown,NY

28 20.274 88.784 77x Steve Planck/Cortland,NY

29 20.337 88.509 21h Andy Howard/Hammond,NY

30 20.449 88.024 63 Steve Roberts/Watertown,NY

31 20.451 88.015 77g Robbie Grant/Malone,NY

32 -NT- ----- 7j Jeff Isabell/Pennellville,NY

33 -NT- ----- 16 Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY

34 -NT- ----- 17d Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT

Heat Races (10 laps, top 5 finishers transferred to feature, top 3 went to re-draw)

#1: Dagenais, Jacobs, Gill, Hefti, Dingwall, Friesen, Robidoux, Howard, Isabell (DNS).

#2: Clair, Caprara, Tarbell, Carleton, Tomkins, Adderley, Smoke, Roberts, Willix.

#3: Fuller, P.O’Brien, Burley, Stacey, Gauvreau, Decker, Grant, Webb.

#4: Creeden, Terrance, Chrysler, Dunn, Planck, Perera, Bates, D.O’Brien (DNS).

Consolation Round (10 laps, top 10 finishers transferred to feature)

#1: Friesen, Adderley, Decker, Robidoux, Grant, Willix, Smoke, D.O’Brien, Roberts, Howard, Webb Perera (DNS), Bates (DNS), Isabell (DNS).

2007 ITT CORP./GOULDS PUMPS 358-MOD SYRACUSE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

(+)-denotes Mr. DIRT 358-Modified Series event.

DAY-DATE TRACK LOCATION WINNER/QUALIFIER(S)

Sat-Apr 21 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Brett Hearn

Sat-Apr 28 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Dom Roselli

Fri-May 25 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY Scott Kerwin

Fri-May 25 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE Sebastien Gougeon

Sat-May 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY J.R. Heffner

Sat-May 26 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY Danny Johnson

Thr-May 31 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Tim Hindley

Sat-Jun 2 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Chuck McKee

Sat-Jun 2 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE Mario Clair

Sat-Jun 9 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY T.Hindley/Jeremy Markle-2nd

Sat-Jun 23 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Kirk Horton

Sat-Jun 23 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY Ray Hoard

Sat-Jun 23 Genesee Speedway Batavia,NY Tim Jones

Wed-Jun 27 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY Dale Planck

Wed-Jun 27 New Egypt Speedway New Egypt,NJ Jeff Strunk

Fri-Jun 29 Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE Pierre Dagenais

Sat-Jun 30 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Johnny Guarino

Fri-Jul 6 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY D.Johnson/Pete Bicknell-8th

Tue-Jul 10 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT Pat O'Brien/Jeff Sykes-13th

Sat-Jul 14 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY Andy Bachetti

Sat-Jul 21 Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua,NY D.Johnson/Bob Henry Jr.-9th

Sat-Jul 21 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY Chris Shultz

Sun-Jul 22 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY A.Bachetti/Jeff Trombley-3rd

Sun-Jul 22 Humberstone Speedway Port Colborne,ONT P.Bicknell/Chris Steele-2nd

Sun-Jul 22 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT B.Decker/Clement Therrien-5th

Mon-Jul 23 Autodrome Drummond Drummond,QUE B.Hearn/Kayle Robidoux-11th

Tue-Jul 24 Airborne Speedway Plattsburgh,NY Mike Bruno

Fri-Jul 27 Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE Laurent Ladouceur

Sat-Jul 28 Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT Pat O'Brien

Sat-Jul 28 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT Chad Brachmann

Sun-Jul 29 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT P.O'Brien/Yan Bussiere-2nd

Fri-Aug 3 Ohsweken Speedway Ohsweken,ONT P.Bicknell/Scott Wood-3rd

Sat-Aug 4 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY B.Hearn/Brian Krummel-4th

Sat-Aug 4 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY Kenny Tremont

Mon-Aug 6 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT D.Johnson/Larry Lampman-9th

Mon-Aug 6 Autodrome Drummond Drummond,QUE Y.Bussiere/Step.LaFrance-4th

Tue-Aug 7 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE Martin Roy

Tue-Aug 14 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY Pat Ward/Jeff McGinnis-4th

Sat-Aug 18 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY J.Markle/Craig Mitchell-2nd

Sat-Aug 18 Lebanon Valley Speedway W.Lebanon,NY A.Bachetti/Matt Quinn-3rd

Sun-Aug 19 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY D.Johnson-T.Fuller/Tom Juhl

Mon-Aug 20+ Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE B.Hearn/David Hebert-2nd

Tue-Aug 21+ Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE K.Robidoux/Alain Boisvert-2nd

Wed-Aug 22 Oswego Speedway Oswego,NY Patrick Dupree

Fri-Aug 31 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY P.Bicknell/Todd Burley-2nd

Sat-Sep 1 Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown,NY B.Hearn/David VanHorn-3rd

Sat-Sep 1 Frogtown Int'l Speedway Hogansburg,NY D.Heaslip/Carey Terrance-2nd

Sat-Sep 1 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT P.Bicknell/Stewart Friesen-3rd

Sat-Sep 1 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE D.Hebert/Gino Clair-6th

Sun-Sep 2+ Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT D.Hebert/Danny O'Brien-4th

Sun-Sep 2 Northern Region Champion DIRT NorthEast Yan Bussiere

Sun-Sep 2 Eastern Region Champion DIRT NorthEast David VanHorn

Sun-Sep 2 Western Region Champion DIRT NorthEast Pete Bicknell

Fri-Sep 7+ Autodrome Edelweiss Hull,QUE D.O'Brien/Mike Adderley-4th

Sat-Sep 8+ Lebanon Valley Speedway(4) W.Lebanon,NY K.Tremont/Alan Johnson-7th,

Roy Bridge-8th, Ryan Larkin-15th, Ric Hill-22nd

Fri-Sep 14+ Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY D.O'Brien/Gary Tomkins-4th

Sat-Sep 15+ Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT D.O'Brien/Mark Hitchcock-4th

Fri-Sep 21+ Rolling Wheels Raceway(4) Elbridge,NY Pat Ward, John Lazore-2nd

Vic Coffey-3rd, Jimmy Phelps-4th

Sat-Sep 29 Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY B.Decker/Ronnie Johnson-5th

Wed-Oct 3+ Can-Am Motorsports Park, LaFargeville,NYTim Fuller.

Thr-Oct 4+ Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY

Fri-Oct 5+ Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY

Sat-Oct 6+ New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY

Sat-Oct 6+ New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY

UPCOMING EVENTS

Super DIRT Week XXXVI activity continues with Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified satellite events slated for Brewerton Speedway (Oct. 4) and Rolling Wheels Raceway Park (Oct. 5) while Syracuse stages the ITT-Goulds Pumps Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Series Championship event on Saturday afternoon.

2007 Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series Schedule

DAY-DATE LAPS TRACK LOCATION/WINNER

Mon-Aug 20 100 Autodrome Drummond Brett Hearn

Tue-Aug 21 100 Autodrome Granby Kayle Robidoux

Sun-Sep 2 100 Cornwall Motor Speedway David Hebert

Fri-Sep 7 100 Autodrome Edelweiss Danny O’Brien

Sat-Sep 8 50 Lebanon Valley Speedway Kenny Tremont

Fri-Sep 14 52 Can-Am Motorsports Park Danny O’Brien

Sat-Sep 15 100 Brockville Ont Speedway Danny O’Brien

Fri-Sep 21 75 Rolling Wheels Raceway Pat Ward

Wed-Oct 3 76 Can-Am Motorsports Park Tim Fuller

Thr-Oct 4 75 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton, NY

Fri-Oct 5 100 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge, NY

Sat-Oct 6 150 New York State Fairgrnds Syracuse,NY

Sat-Oct 20 100 Orange Co Fair Speedway Middletown,NY

*All events subject to change.

The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels. Promotional partners include AMB i.t., F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Rite Aid Corporation and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions, Miller Electric Manufacturing Company, Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries.