PLATTSBURGH, NY – July 1, 2019 – Lightning Larry Wight takes advantage of a restart at the halfway point to drive passed Matt Sheppard on the outside. Wight and the Gypsum Racing team went home $10,000 richer and now have a guaranteed starting position in the Billy Whittaker Cars 200 at NAPA Super DIRT Week XLVIII in October at Oswego Speedway. Runner-up Matt Sheppard drove to the front early, passing both Mat Williamson and then leader Brett Hearn for the lead. Sheppard had a massive half-track lead at one point but after the bottom line went away for him, he lost his speed. In third place came the No. 27J of Danny Johnson who battled hard in the top ten all night to earn his podium result.
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 25-Erick Rudolph, 17.565; 2. 21A-Peter Britten, 17.675; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney, 17.87; DQ. 31-Lance Willix, 18.094; 5. 99l-Larry Wight, 18.108; 6. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 18.149; 7. 66J-Louis Jackson, 18.364; 8. 35B-Francois Bellemare, 18.441; 9. 34f-George Foley, 18.663; 10. 88J-Jeffery Lapalme, 19.512; 11. 1ny-Greg Atkins, NT
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.547; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen, 17.707; 3. 88-Mat Williamson, 17.776; 4. 2L-Jack Lehner, 17.866; 5. 91-Billy Decker, 17.904; 6. 66X-Carey Terrance, 17.943; 7. 96b-Steve Bernier, 17.98; 8. 1-Chris Raabe, 18.064; 9. 24-Patrick Dupree, 18.605; 10. 37-Paul StSauveur, 19.03
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 20-Brett Hearn, 17.891; 2. 27J-Danny Johnson, 17.926; 3. 26-Ryan Godown, 18.037; 4. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 18.107; 5. 90-Dany Gagne, 18.132; 6. 55-Matt Woodruff, 18.552; 7. R2-Rusty Smith, 18.606; 8. 91NY-Jackie Brown, 18.611; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 19.03; 10. 19m-jesse Mueller, NT
Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 21A-Peter Britten [2]; 2. 99l-Larry Wight [4]; 3. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [5]; 4. 35-Mike Mahaney [3]; 5. 66J-Louis Jackson [6]; 6. 25-Erick Rudolph [1]; 7. 88J-Jeffery Lapalme [9]; 8. 34f-George Foley [8]; 9. 35B-Francois Bellemare [7]; 10. 1ny-Greg Atkins [10]; 11. 31-Lance Willix [11]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen [2]; 3. 2L-Jack Lehner [4]; 4. 88-Mat Williamson [3]; 5. 66X-Carey Terrance [6]; 6. 91-Billy Decker [5]; 7. 96b-Steve Bernier [7]; 8. 1-Chris Raabe [8]; 9. 24-Patrick Dupree [9]; 10. 37-Paul StSauveur [10]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 20-Brett Hearn [1]; 2. 27J-Danny Johnson [2]; 3. 26-Ryan Godown [3]; 4. 90-Dany Gagne [5]; 5. 55-Matt Woodruff [6]; 6. 111-Demetrios Drellos [4]; 7. 17-Marcus Dinkins [9]; 8. R2-Rusty Smith [7]; 9. 91NY-Jackie Brown [8]; 10. 19m-jesse Mueller [10]
LCS1 – Last Chance Showdowns (10 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 96b-Steve Bernier [2]; 2. 1-Chris Raabe [5]; 3. 17-Marcus Dinkins [3]; 4. 35B-Francois Bellemare [7]; 5. 91NY-Jackie Brown [9]; 6. 34f-George Foley [4]; 7. 37-Paul StSauveur [11]; 8. 88J-Jeffery Lapalme [1]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [6]; 10. 24-Patrick Dupree [8]; 11. 1ny-Greg Atkins [10]; 12. 31-Lance Willix [13]; 13. 19m-jesse Mueller [12]
FEATURE (100 Laps)
1. 99l-Larry Wight [8]; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard [5]; 3. 27J-Danny Johnson [10]; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [6]; 5. 25-Erick Rudolph [16]; 6. 88-Mat Williamson [4]; 7. 91-Billy Decker [17]; 8. 66X-Carey Terrance [14]; 9. 21A-Peter Britten [9]; 10. 26-Ryan Godown [3]; 11. 20-Brett Hearn [1]; 12. 96b-Steve Bernier [19]; 13. 90-Dany Gagne [2]; 14. 1-Chris Raabe [20]; 15. 35B-Francois Bellemare [22]; 16. 2L-Jack Lehner [11]; 17. 91NY-Jackie Brown [23]; 18. R2-Rusty Smith [25]; 19. 55-Matt Woodruff [15]; 20. 44-Stewart Friesen [7]; 21. 35-Mike Mahaney [12]; 22. 37-Paul StSauveur [26]; 23. 111-Demetrios Drellos [18]; 24. 66J-Louis Jackson [13]; 25. 24-Patrick Dupree [27]; 26. 17-Marcus Dinkins [21]; 27. 34f-George Foley [24]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 25-Erick Rudolph[+11]