Aug 1, 2026 02:29 PM EDT
OUTLAW SPEEDWAY STEVE KENT MEMORIAL 11TH ANNUAL SUMMER NATIONALS FEATURE WINS GO TO BRADY FULTZ IN MODIFIEDS
The Hometown Hero picks up his first Outlaw Speedway Mod feature in several seasons.
QUINTIN BUCHANAN CLAIMS VICTORY IN CRATE SPORTSMAN HIS SECOND IN 2026 AND MARC MINUTOLO TAKES HOME FIRST PLACE MONEY IN HOBBY STOCKS FOR HIS SIXTH OF THE YEAR.
ESS 360 SPRINT MAIN IS WON BY DAVIE FRANEK AND PAUL COLAGIOVANNI SR. VISITS VICTORY LANE IN CRSA 305 SPRINTS FOR HIS FIRST EVER TRIUMPH.
Story by Kenny Shupp JR.
(Dundee, NY) Brady Fultz has a never give up attitude. If he did he and his family team could easily have packed it up last year and never looked back.
A rash of setbacks including flat tires, a chassis that they continually fought with, motor woes, wrong chassis set up. You name the issue and it found its way to Team 70, but when many others would have tossed in the towel, Brady Fultz, his dad, uncle and cousin kept their nose to the grindstone, worked hard, never gave up and all the frustration finally came to an end on this night as he claimed the Friendly Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Modified 30 lap feature.
With a brand-new Bicknell and a freshened Mullen power plant to begin the 2026 campaign Fultz lined up outside the front row after claiming his earlier qualifying heat race.
He was joined there by third gen Waterloo pilot Tommy Payne who has also had more than his share of problems thus far.
Fultz got the jump off the drop of the opening green and set a torrid pace throughout the first half of the thirty-lap grind until the first of a pair of caution flags waved on lap seventeen with top point contenders Michael Maresca and Matt Sheppard heading pit side with flat tires with both running within the top six at the time.
“On the restart Fultz once again opened a comfortable second and a half lead over The Genoa Giant Pat Ward who had moved up from position five.
Last week’s feature winner, Tommy Collins who had moved up to challenge after beginning in spot four got around Ward and was set to give Fultz a race to the checkered flag and was within a second of the race leader when the final yellow flag waved on lap twenty-six, something Fultz did not want to see.
On the restart, Alex Payne who was running third disposed of his Big Boy Motorsports teammate, Collins and set sail for the high flying Fultz, however the laps ran out with Payne within striking distance but having to settle for second and solidifying his chance in backing up his 2024 Outlaw Speedway Modified Track Championship as he is in a tightly contested point battle with Matt Sheppard, Micheal Maresca and Collins with less than one hundred thirty points separating the top ten with three point shows yet to determine the 2026 Champion, perhaps the tightest Modified point battle in the past decade.
Pat Ward, one of the trio of drivers out of the Tyler Siri Motorsports Team, put on a consistent drive through the entire distance, racing within the lead pack and securing the last step of the top three podium finishers.
Jeffery Daugherty who has problems in qualifying as of late started deep in the field lining up fourteenth on the opening grid and put on a masterful performance to claim fourth with Tommy Collins drifting back after the final restart to round out the top five.
The win for Fultz was worth $3,069 and comes at the heels of his 2024 Woodhull Raceway Modified Track Championship driving for Herbie Wright, a first for both driver and car owner.
The Knapp and Schlappi Lumber 602 Crate Sportsman sent a stout field of twenty-three to the post with Collin Brown of Corning and Horseheads native Quintin Buchanan comprising the front row and as the opening green waved the pair jumped out into the top two spots and leave the rest of the field in their wake and that is just how they would finish with Buchanan claiming his second feature win of the season and in doing so backed up his previous win on May 22 with Colllin Brown claiming the runner-up spot.
The drive of the night came from Justice Mayo who began the twenty-lap event in the fifteenth starting position and very methodically worked his way into the top three at the finish as the Beaver Dams youngster completed the podium.
Mayo’s fellow Beaver Dams neighbor, Bryan Rhodes began the feature right where he started in spot four with AJ Lloyd of Canandaigua rounding the top five after starting third on the opening green.
Buchanan’s victory ended a six-week run of first time 2026 Sportsman feature winners as he along with Tim Guild are the only two-time winners entering the final month of point paying shows.
Buchanan pocketed a cool $1,769 for his efforts.
In Addison, Corning, Hornell, Wellsville NAPA Auto Parts Stores Hobby Stock twenty-lap feature action Newark, NY speedster and many time Outlaw HS Track Champion, Marc Minutolo made short work of the field as he would blast into the lead from spot eight and from there go on to his sixth trip to victory lane in 2026 and with that opening a bit of breathing room over number one nemesis, Danny Kerrick in the point standings with Kerrick having a bit of an off night in finishing fourth at the completion.
Kerrick and Minutolo entered the night with both having five feature wins on the season with both holding down the top two positions in the current point standings.
Sandwiched in between were a pair of Dundee residents as Jared Hill having one of his best runs of the year finished second with third generation pilot Jake Karlnoski coming home third.
Rookie of the Year competitor, Jackson Dunning of Lindley, still a high school student and running somewhat of a limited schedule in 2026 raced within the top five after lining up third at the start and followed Kerrick across the line to complete the top five after picking up his first ever checkered flag in earlier evening heat race competition.
Mr. Smooth took home $1,069 for the Hobby Stock “W”.
The Empire 360 Super Sprints made their second appearance of 2026 at the Fast 4/10 of a Mile clay oval with twenty of the high-powered machines running for the top price of just over $4,000.
Davie Franek of Sussex, New Jersey has made the Outlaw Speedway his personal sand box over the past several years and this event would be no different as he moved past race leader Jordan Poirier on lap nine and from there cruise to the popular win.
Only one caution flag coming on lap fourteen of the 25-lap A Main would slow Franek’s torrid pace and, on the restart, he was able to hold off a hard charging Shawn Donath to claim the victory.
Poirier would hold on for third at the finish with former Outlaw Speedway Hoosier Tire Sportsman Champion, Zach Sobotka now running sprints full time claiming fourth at the finish.
Billy VanInwegen would advance from starting position seven to complete the top five.
Both Sobotka and Billy V. along with several others were in the hunt for the $5,000 bonus for winning both the ESS and CRSA feature events with all drivers coming up short.
For a complete and concise look at the entire program of the Empire Super Sprints Show as part of the 11th Annual Steve Kent Summer Nationals, ESS journalist Curtis Berleue will have a full story and can be found by going to www.empiresupersprints.com.
Joining the Empire Super Sprints and also making their second appearance at Outlaw Speedway in 2026 where the popular Mike Emhoff led CRSA 305 Sprints with thirty-one drives entering the night all looking for the $2,000 winner’s share of the massive Summer Nationals purse structure.
Several qualifying heat events along with a B-Main whittled it down to a starting field of twenty-five and in direct contrast to their earlier season event at Outlaw which produced a green to checkered flag finish, yellow fever was the name of the game as no less than five caution flags and a full event red flag keeping the pace slowed and the field bunched throughout the entire twenty-five lap affair.
The Motorized Madman, Darrly Ruggles along with Paul Colagiovanni Sr. would bring the field to the opening green with Ruggles leading the charge for the first eight circuits before he was overhauled by Colagiovanni on a lap nine restart and from there the late bloomer in racing would go on to his first ever A Main feature win as a driver after supporting his son Paulie Jr. before taking a turn himself in a sprint car.
After the final yellow and subsequent red flag stoppage on lap twenty, Paul C. just had to keep his composure and hold off a pair of hard chargers in Kyle Pierce and Jordan Thomas to claim his first ever.
Chasing the top three across the finish line were Zach Sobotka and Dillon Paddock who completed the top five.
CRSA Announcer and Public Relations Director Marty Czekala has a complete and concise report of the entire CRSA program from start to finish and can be found by logging on at www.crsasprints.com.
Congratulations to all competitors.
Up next at Outlaw Speedway Owner/Promoter Tyler Siri will open the month of August with a Regular Fast 5* Show featuring all the weekly divisions plus 1 on 1 Spectator Races. It will be SPCA Night at the Famed Yates County Speedway and all in attendance are encouraged to bring along pet food and other pet supplies for the local SPCA locations.
For more information log on at www.outlawspeedwayllc.com or go to www.Facebook.comOutlawSpeedwayLLC/.
RACE RESULTS. July 31, 2026.
FRIENDLY CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, RAM MODIFIEDS. 15 cars.
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 70-Brady Fultz[2]; 2. 19G-Alex Payne[8]; 3. 42P-Pat Ward[5]; 4. 22JZ-Jeff Daugherty[14]; 5. 1-Tommy Collins[4]; 6. 18V-Bobby Varin[13]; 7. 9S-Matt Sheppard[10]; 8. 7MM-Mike Maresca[9]; 9. 6-Tommy Paine[1]; 10. 5*-Tyler Siri[7]; 11. 57-Pat Kelly[11]; 12. M13-David Matwiejow[3]; 13. 82S-Will Shields[12]; 14. 14-Brian Swarthout[6]; 15. 007-Christain Thompson[15]
KNAPP AND SCHLAPPI LUMBER CRATE SPORTSMAN. 23 cars
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 27B-Quintin Buchanan[2]; 2. 87-Collin Brown[1]; 3. 181-Justice Mayo[15]; 4. 4R-Bryan Rhoads[4]; 5. 1F-AJ Lloyd[3]; 6. 5-Brent Ayers[9]; 7. 714-Chris Darling[7]; 8. 1-Steve Lead[5]; 9. 55-Blake Parsons[11]; 10. 123-Dale Welty[14]; 11. 84-Colton Coots[19]; 12. 88T-Scot Torbitt[21]; 13. 13K-Daryl Krebs[12]; 14. 41S-Chase Spoor[17]; 15. 41-Josh Nobriga[8]; 16. 72A-Dominic Albanese[23]; 17. 36-Brandon Grover[16]; 18. 14G-Craig Gardner[20]; 19. 44-Bradly Morseman[18]; 20. 17-Mikenna Buchanan[13]; 21. 06-Tim Guild[6]; 22. 37-Chris Fisher[10]; 23. 14-Chris Hall[22]
ADDISON, CORNING, HORNELL, WELLSVILLE NAPA HOBBY STOCKS 13 cars
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 25B-Marc Minutolo[8]; 2. 93-Jared Hill[2]; 3. 4-Jake Karlnoski[6]; 4. 61-Danny Kerrick[9]; 5. 21-Jackson Dunning[3]; 6. 36X-Brighton Grant[7]; 7. 23-Mike Stone[4]; 8. 3X-Meadow Dgien[5]; 9. 3-Jesse Ballance[1]; 10. 89-Randy Mathews[11]; 11. 1-Carl Cleveland[12]; 12. 21B-William Bradley[10]; 13. X30-Don Slover[13]
CRSA 305 Sprints 31 cars
A Main (25 Laps): 1. 10SR-Paul Colagiovanni Sr[2]; 2. 9K-Kyle Pierce[3]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas[7]; 4. 38-Zach Sobotka[8]; 5. 27G-Dillon Paddock[15]; 6. 56V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[11]; 7. D9-Dustin Sehn[21]; 8. 18C-Dan Craun[6]; 9. 29-Dalton Herrick[4]; 10. 3-Bailey Boyd[17]; 11. 17E-Ethan Gray[24]; 12. 61-Johnny Scarborough[5]; 13. 25NG-Nolan Groves[10]; 14. 15B-Spencer Burley[14]; 15. 22-Gary Drum[23]; 16. 410-Jerry Sehn Jr[20]; 17. (DNF) 23-John Smith[13]; 18. (DNF) 48JR-Darryl Ruggles[1]; 19. (DNF) 99-Adam Depuy[19]; 20. (DNF) 27W-Nick Webb[22]; 21. (DNF) 121-Steve Glover[25]; 22. (DNF) 66-Jordan Hutton[9]; 23. (DNF) 48A-Alysha Bay[12]; 24. (DNF) 18-Timmy Lotz[18]; 25. (DNF) 25G-Tyler Graves[16]
B Main (10 Laps): 1. D9-Dustin Sehn[2]; 2. 27W-Nick Webb[1]; 3. 22-Gary Drum[4]; 4. 17E-Ethan Gray[3]; 5. 9Z-Zach Bobbett[5]; 6. 121-Steve Glover[7]; 7. 4-Cliff Pierce[9]; 8. 30-Kirsten Dombroski[6]; 9. 3V-Zach Virkler[8]; 10. 31C-Maverick Coffey[10]; 11. 22M-CJ Jones[11]
Elab Smokers Boutique Dash (10 Laps): 1. 66-Jordan Hutton[1]; 2. 25NG-Nolan Groves[2]; 3. 56V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[4]; 4. 48A-Alysha Bay[3]; 5. 23-John Smith[5]; 6. 15B-Spencer Burley[6]
EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS 360 Sprints 20 cars
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 2. 53-Shawn Donath[1]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[2]; 4. 38-Zach Sobotka[10]; 5. 4V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[7]; 6. 35-Jared Zimbardi[4]; 7. 87-Jason Barney[6]; 8. 3-Denny Peebles[12]; 9. 90-Matt Tanner[11]; 10. 25G-Tyler Graves[14]; 11. 8-Dillon Paddock[18]; 12. 41-Dalton Rombough[20]; 13. 31C-Maverick Coffey[13]; 14. 79-Jordan Thomas[8]; 15. 29-Dalton Herrick[17]; 16. 33-Lacey Hanson[15]; 17. 77-Matt Rotz[16]; 18. 13T-Trevor Years[9]; 19. 66-Jordan Hutton[3]; 20. (DNS) 21B-Spencer Burley
Lanes Yamaha Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 4V-Billy VanInwegen Jr[1]; 2. 79-Jordan Thomas[4]; 3. 13T-Trevor Years[2]; 4. 38-Zach Sobotka[3]; 5. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 6. 3-Denny Peebles[5]
