ELBRIDGE, N.Y. — The 21st edition of World Series of DIRT Track Racing Weekend at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park offered three times the excitement as Billy Decker, Brett Hearn and Gary Tomkins reached the winner’s circle after scoring convincing victories in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Budweiser Triple 50s Saturday night.
For Decker, it was his fourth tour victory of the 2007 campaign, a tour-high seventh for Hearn and a third this season at Rolling Wheels for Tomkins.
Starting third on the 30-car grid aboard the LJL Racing No. 91 entry, Decker took advantage of a lap 17 caution and out-dragged Ryan Phelps on the ensuing restart to make the final lead exchange before cruising on to a decisive victory in the Paine Motorsports 50. Pole-sitter Vic Coffey crossed the line second ahead of Jimmy Phelps, Tim Fuller and Hearn to kick off the unique tripleheader for tour travelers.
Hearn charged from seventh in round two and used a lapped car to pick and roll around leader Pat Ward on lap 14 en route to his Advance Auto Parts Series-best seventh victory of the season in the Finger Lakes Radio 50. Hearn posted his all-time high 98th-career tour triumph despite his Madsen Motorsports No. 20 Wentworth Custom Homes-Kruger/TEO machine suffering a broken shock mount with Coffey, Jimmy Phelps, Fuller and Tomkins in the top five.
Fourth-place starter Tomkins waited patiently in the nightcap before sprinting past pole-sitter Justin Haers on a lap-24 restart and holding off Ryan Phelps to capture the Owasco Beverages 50-lap finale.
The finish:
Paine Motorsports 50: Billy Decker, Vic Coffey, Jimmy Phelps, Tim Fuller, Brett Hearn, Justin Haers, Ryan Phelps, Pat Ward, Alan Johnson, Steve Paine, Dale Planck, Danny Johnson, Billy Dunn, Kevin Bates, Chuck Bower, Randy Chrysler, Roy Bresnahan, Chad Phelps, Sean Beardsley, Joe Beyea, Russ Hefti, Dave Rauscher, Mike Bowman, Matt Sheppard, Gary Tomkins, Bob Henry, Jr., Brett Tonkin, Kenny Stafford, Eric Palmer, Pat O’Brien.
Finger Lakes Radio 50: Brett Hearn, Vic Coffey, Jimmy Phelps, Tim Fuller, Gary Tomkins, Ryan Phelps, Steve Paine, Justin Haers, Dale Plahnck, Matt Sheppard, Alan Johnson, Pat O’Brien, Billy Dunn, Chuck Bower, Kevin Bates, Randy Chrysler, Pat Ward, Roy Bresnahan, Joe Beyea, Bob Henry, Jr., Sean Beardsley, Russ Hefti, Mike Bowman, Brett Tonkin, Dave Rauscher, Danny Johnson, Eric Palmer, Billy Decker, Kenny Stafford, Chad Phelps.
Owasco Beverages 50: Gary Tomkins, Ryan Phelps, Jimmy Phelps, Tim Fuller, Billy Decker, Justin Haers, Vic Coffey, Pat Ward, Alan Johnson, Dale Planck, Kevin Bates, Steve Paine, Billy Dunn, Danny Johnson, Randy Chrysler, Sean Beardsley, Bob Henry, Jr., Joe Beyea, Chuck Bower, Dave Rauscher, Eric Palmer, Brett Tonkin, Brett Hearn, Mike Bowman, Matt Sheppard, Russ Hefti, Roy Bresnahan, Kenny Stafford, Pat O’Brien, Chad Phelps.