Scott Fuller Wins the Street Stock Shootout as South Arcade Speedway Closes Out the Season and Crowns the 2011 Track Champions

by Charlie Langlois - August 27, 2011 – Delevan, NY

The first annual Schwab Aggregates Street Stock Shootout closed out the South Arcade Speedway season in dramatic fashion as Scott Fuller captured the $500 prize on Saturday August 27. Other winners on Championship night were Josh Pangrazio in the Pangrazio Mac Tools E-Mods, Nick Snayczuk in the D & H Mini Horse Pull Team Mini Stocks and Zach Hamer in the Arcade Tractor Supply Company Pure Stocks. Davey Lowe captured the Lauterborn Electric Enduro.

Track championships were also decided as Josh Wilcox captured the title in the Schwab Aggregates Street Stocks by one point over Andy Michael. Other champions crowned included Vic Vena in the Pangrazio Mac Tools E-Mods, Steve Mowery in the D & H Mini Horse Pull Team Mini Stocks and Curt Pastorius in the Arcade Tractor Supply Company Pure Stocks.

The Street Stock Shootout presented itself as a double edge sword as not only was the biggest payday of the year on the line but the tightest championship battle in track history found Andy Michael with a two point lead over Josh Wilcox to begin the night.

Michael captured his heat and Wilcox finished second in his qualifier so Michael began the Street Stock Shootout with a three point lead. He also picked the pole in the redraw while Wilcox drew the number six pill.

At the drop of the green of the Street Stock Shootout, Michael jumped to the lead followed by Ted Mascho, Dan Giboo, Nate Arnold and Randy Taylor. Mascho and Giboo were all over Michael and after a few early race cautions, Giboo found the bottom of the racetrack to his liking and passed both to take the top spot on lap 6. Each caution found Wilcox to the pits to replace tires and repair damage to his machine. He would restart in the rear.

Giboo’s head of the pack run was short lived as he spun on lap 8 to bring out the caution. Again, Wilcox was pitside.

On the restart, Michael led Scott Fuller and Mascho but the man on the move was Chris Austin who charged into second on lap 9. Michael and Austin proceeded to put on a tremendous battle for the lead as Austin pulled alongside each lap.

Halfway in the 25 lap feature showed Michael, Austin, Scott Fuller, Levi Watson and Mascho your top five. Wilcox had still not cracked the top ten. The caution flew on lap 15 as Watson spun. Wilcox and Andy Eastman also spun to avoid the stalled machine. Wilcox again joined the back of the pack.

Michael and Austin continued their crowd pleasing duel as green reappeared. Wilcox motored through the field and began to pick off cars each lap as Michael held off Austin.

The complexion of the race changed on lap 22. Into turn three with three laps to go, Michael and Austin came together. Michael went around and Austin spun into the turn four pit opening. Austin was ok but was through for the night. Now it was Michael who would go to the rear of the field. Scott Fuller assumed command with Wilcox fifth and Michael outside the top ten for the restart.

Green was back out as Mascho put the pressure on Fuller and Michael sliced his way through the field. The white flag indicated Mascho had one more shot at Fuller as Wilcox was able to displace Steve Mowery for fourth and Michael was eighth.
Fuller of Little Genesee was able to hold off Masco for the $500 to win payday. Michael gained two more spots on the last lap to finish sixth but fell one point shy of Wilcox who finished fourth.

“The only shot I would have had (at Michael and Austin) would have been the last lap. I want to thank all of the people who got me here,” stated Fuller in victory lane. Mascho, Watson, Wilcox and Giboo completed the top five. Post race found Watson disqualified which moved everyone up one position and elevated Wilcox to third, Giboo fourth and Michael fifth. Michael garnered the majority of the lap money as he led the most circuits.

It was an intense duel that highlighted the Pangrazio Mac Tools E-Mods feature as Josh Pangrazio and Vic Vena traded the top spot early. As the front pair raced hard, Mike Eschrich and Darren Tarabori waged war for third.

Pangrazio and Vena were glued together the entire distance and Pangrazio was able to hold off leading feature event winner and track champion Vena to record his first win of the year.

“It was close a couple of times there,” the Oakfield resident stated. Vena, Eschrich, Tarabori and Carl Ballinger rounded out the top five.

Nick Snayczuk grabbed the top spot at the start of the D & H Mini Horse Pull Team Mini Stocks and was able to thwart the advances of Kyle Babcock. Brad Ullman sat third while Steve Mowery kept point rival Riley Ellison in his sights in a battle for fourth.

Ullman got second from Babcock on lap 12 but Snayczuk of West Valley was able to hold off Ullman for win number two on the season. “Brad’s (Ullman) a good runner and so is Babcock, they always run me clean, I want to thank my dad for everything,” he said. Ullman, Babcock, Ellison and Mowery were your top five and Mowery took the championship.

Zach Hamer and Curt Pastorius had the crowd on the edge of their seats all race long in the Arcade Tractor Supply Company Pure Stock feature with Hamer able to get through lapped traffic unscathed to take down his second win in a row.
“My throttle kept sticking, I wasn’t sure I was going to make it,” Hamer of Belfast said. Pastorius settled for second and took the championship while Butch Jackson, James Brown and Rod Winans were third through fifth.

South Arcade Feature Events

Schwab Aggregates Street Stock Shootout (25 laps)-
SCOTT FULLER, Ted Mascho, Josh Wilcox, Daniel Giboo, Andy Michael, Steve Mowery, Andy Eastman, Nate Arnold, Dale Wolfer, Randy Taylor, Barry Tingue, Ken Lane, Chris Austin, Dan Scharf, Bruno Mowery, Ed Mighells, Jeff Hellwig, Levi Watson (DQ), John Ellwood (DNS).
Heat Winners- Mascho, Michael, Austin.

Pangrazio-Mac Tools E-Mods (15 laps) –
JOSH PANGRAZIO, Vic Vena, Mike Eschrich, Darren Tarabori, Carl Ballinger.
Heat Winner- Vena.

D&H Mini Horse Pull Team 4 Cylinder Mini Stocks (15 laps)-
NICK SNAYCZUK, Brad Ullman, Kyle Babcock, Riley Ellison, Steve Mowery, Dave Burdick, Davey Lowe, George Quintana, Michael Oakes, Josh Fuller, Duane Powers, Randy Lananger.
Heat Winners- Snayczuk, Lananger.

Tractor Supply Company Pure Stock Stampede (15 laps)-
ZACH HAMER, Curt Pastorius, Butch Jackson, James Brown, Rod Winans, Bud Barone, Dana Speta.
Heat Winners- Pastorius.