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For Immediate Release – September 25th, 2016 – Greg Mesler photo -
(Dundee, NY) – Dave Marcuccilli makes rare appearances at Outlaw Speedway from season to season, but always seems to capitalize when he makes the trip.
Marcuccilli cashed in this weekend at the Outlaw Fall Nationals by winning not only the Grit Hoosier Series event on Friday night, but also by winning the open tire Crate Sportsman Shootout on Saturday at the “Fast Four-Tenths-Mile”.
Friday night saw Marcuccilli roll off from the fourth starting position, while AJ Lloyd took off and led the opening eleven laps from the pole position. Lloyd had the Fox’s Auto No. 1F running well on Friday night after running the full season at Outlaw.
Lloyd was doing yeoman’s work to keep the blue painted No. M1 behind him, while Marcuccilli worked on slipping by Lloyd on the bottom lane. After eleven laps of not being able to make the pass down low, Marcuccilli went to the outside lane to make his move.
Marcuccilli tossed it up top and rode the cushion around turns three and four, snookering Lloyd to make the pass for the lead exiting turn four. From there, it was all done except for the photos and victory lane interview.
A caution on lap fifteen for Dylan Zacharias allowed the field to bunch back up to Marcuccilli, but he would drive away on the restart to secure the win. It was a big win for Marcuccilli for Grit Hoosier points, as he and Rocky Warner were tied going into the event. Warner drove from his eighteenth starting spot to finish fifth, but would lose the tie for the point lead.
Marcuccilli, Lloyd, Woodhull regular Brandon Butler, Outlaw regular Stacey Jackson and Warner filled out the top five.
Saturday saw the Crate Sportsman drivers return for an open tire show, with the same driver ending his night in Victory Lane. But it wasn’t nearly as easy, as Marcuccilli had to go through 2016 Outlaw Speedway Crate Sportsman track champion Chris Fisher.
Fisher led the event from the drop of the green flag, leading the first eighteen laps of the thirty-five-lap event that paid two thousand dollars to the victor. Marcuccilli got by Fisher to lead the event on lap nineteen, but Fisher wouldn’t go away easy as he reclaimed the lead on lap twenty-one.
It took Marcuccilli three more laps to work his way back by Fisher for good, as he would race away to the weekend sweep. Rocky Warner picked off several cars late in the going to finish second over Nick Guererri who advanced to third from mid-pack. Fisher and Corey Curuli rounded out the top five.
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Outlaw Speedway is located at 82 Main St in Dundee, NY and holds dirt track racing weekly on Friday nights from mid-April through Labor Day Weekend in September. The speedway also hosts special events on the grounds with special races run during the fall months of September and October. A new era is being ushered in for 2016 as Tyler Siri takes over ownership of the Yates County oval nestled in the heart of the Finger Lakes.
Outlaw Speedway Outlaw Fall Nationals Night 1 Official Results 9/23/2016:
GRIT SPORTSMAN HOOSIER SERIES, 35 cars (25 Laps): DAVE MARCUCCILLI, AJ Lloyd, Brandon Butler, Stacey Jackson, Rocky Warner, Tommy Collins, Brady Fultz, Karl Comfort, Josh Butler, Eric Giguere, Nick Guererri, Jake Dgien, Austyn Fugle, Glenn Forward, Brett Buono, Matt Guererri, Damien Long, Tim Guild, Todd Root, Dylan Zacharias, Anthony Kimble, Mike Jackson, Frank Guererri Jr., Todd Hayward, Rob Bussey
Heat Winners: Frank Guererri Jr., AJ Lloyd, Dave Marcuccilli, Stacey Jackson, Brandon Butler
Consi #1: Brett Buono, Todd Root
Consi #2: Mike Jackson, Nick Guererri
Outlaw Speedway Outlaw Fall Nationals Night 2 Official Results 9/24/2016:
OPEN TIRE CRATE SPORTSMAN, 30 cars (35 Laps): DAVE MARCUCCILLI, Rocky Warner, Nick Guererri, Chris Fisher, Corey Curuli, Mike Jackson, Brandon Butler, Tommy Collins, AJ Lloyd, Rob Bussey, Ray Bliss, Ken Hammond, Stacey Jackson, Tim Guild, Mike Austin, Doug Smith, Brent Ayers, Dylan Zacharias, Eric Williams, Greg Turner, Ron Cartwright, Loren Lincoln, Josh Butler, Dale Welty
Heat Winners: Rocky Warner, Mike Jackson, AJ Lloyd, Chris Fisher
Consi Winner: Corey Curuli