RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. – Mat Williamson continued his recent hot streak on Friday night at Ransomville Speedway as he nabbed his first Krown Undercoating 358 Modified of the season.
It was Williamson’s third-straight top two finish in the past six days, after winning the Super DIRTCar Series event at Weedsport Speedway last Sunday and finishing second the following night at Lebanon Valley Speedway.
Williamson started on the front row of the Krown Undercoating 358 Modified main event and led all 30 laps in a race that went virtually caution-free.
The only slow down came on the race’s initial start, when original polesitter Jesse Cotriss slowed as the field headed into turn two for the first time. Most of the cars were able to dodge Cotriss’s slowing modified except for John Smith, who spun to avoid hitting him.
When the race resumed, Williamson was on a tear as he pulled away from the pack. While he was in a class of his own on this night, there was still plenty of action inside the top five.
Chad Brachman moved quickly from the seventh starting spot to mix it up with the leaders. He passed Gill Tegg, Jr. for third on lap nine, and then wrestled with Ricky Richner for several laps over the runner-up spot.
Former track champions Ryan Susice and Erick Rudolph spent the entire race battling each other while racing their way through the top five. The duo got past Tegg just past the halfway point to move into fourth and fifth place.
They battled with Richner for third in the closing laps, with Rudolph managing to claim the spot by race’s end for his third-straight top three finish to start the season at Ransomville. Susice hopped the cushion, which allowed Richner to hold on to fourth, while Susice settled for fifth.
Williamson pulled out to a lead of more than six seconds as he cruised to his first Ransomville win of the season. He credited his Wendt’s Propane team for the win and the extra work they put in at Fulton Speedway last Friday after Ransomville rained out to help dial in the car.
Additional feature winners on Moley Magnetics Night at Ransomville included Brett Senek, who picked up the win in the Investor’s Service Sportsman. Pete Stefanski netted his second win of the year in the KIPO Chevrolet Street Stocks. Reigning Sunflowers of Sanborn Mini Stock track champion Cole Susice scored his first win of the year, while Dylan Duhow claimed his second Kevin’s Carpet Cleaning Novice Sportsman win of the season.
The finish:
1. 6-Mat Williamson [2]; 2. 3-Chad Brachmann [7]; 3. 25-Erick Rudolph [6]; 4. 26-Rich Richner [3]; 5. 38-Ryan Susice [4]; 6. 22-Gil Tegg Jr. [5]; 7. 11J-James Sweeting [8]; 8. 4-Greg Martin [9]; 9. 9-Jonathan Reid [10]; 10. 11S-Steven Lewis Jr. [13]; 11. 9J-Jeff Jepson [12]; 12. 33J-Robbie Johnston [11]; 13. 55C-Jesse Cotriss [1]; 14. 678-John Smith [14].