RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. — The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series was off for the past month, the same amount of time between wins for Billy Decker as he scored his second-straight tour triumph Thursday night at Ransomville Speedway.
Decker authored a rare triple decker as he posted his first fast time of the season and copped his second qualifying heat-race win en route to a third Advance Series victory.
It took the Franklin Flyer a dozen circuits to overtake front-row partner Robbie Krull and cruise home for his 42nd-career Advance Auto Parts Series triumph. It was his third victory at Ransomville in the past five tour attempts.
“We were sore when this race was taken off the series schedule (2005) because we really enjoy coming here and I hope the fans enjoy having us just as much. This is Scott’s (Jeffery, crew chief) hometown and we have a lot of fun coming back here to Ransomville. The last couple years things have been going good; all the guys work really hard. I’m lucky to be a part of this program and to have this opportunity. We’ve got great stuff and we should win,” stated a confident Decker, after his 13th big-block triumph of the season.
Decker collected the $6,000 top prize, 15 car lengths ahead of Ransomville regular Krull, six-time Ransomville Series race-winner Alan Johnson, third-generation Canadian standout Stewart Friesen and track 358-modified point-leader Todd Burley.
The finish:
Billy Decker, Robbie Krull, Alan Johnson, Stewart Friesen, Todd Burley, Scott Kerwin, Ryan Phelps, Justin Haers, Jeff McGinnis, Gary Tomkins, Danny Johnson, Rick Richner, Rich Vinson, Jeff Brownell, Jr., Phil Vigneri, Kevin Wills, Brett Hearn, Jimmy Phelps, Kevin Bates, Boyd MacTavish, Tony Steiner, Pat O’Brien, Matt Sheppard, Chris Steele, Frankie Caprara, Steve Paine, Dale Planck, Pete Bicknell, Larry Wight, Billy Dunn.