Mat Williamson responded to getting disqualified from the Outlaw 200 at Fulton Speedway that took place on Saturday, October 3rd.

On Saturday, Williamson crossed the line in first and appeared to take home his third win in a row at the event and fourth overall. He started in third and eventually worked his way to the front past Stewart Friesen on lap 52. Felix Roy was able to wrestle the lead from him on lap 91. But Williamson got back to the front with a pass on lap 141 and led the rest of the way. Roy came in second with Mike Mahanay in third, Stewart Friesen in fourth, and Alex Yankowski in fifth.

However, the win would not stand following technical inspection. The track announced Williamson was disqualified on Tuesday, October 6th. It explained, “During this inspection process, the engine was inspected and the intake manifold in Mr. Williamson’s car was removed. During this inspection process the intake was determined to have internal and external alterations.”

The track then cited the DIRTcar engine rule that Williamson violated, “The intake manifold must remain unaltered with the exception of an optional coolant intake bypass may be added. Matching, welding, the addition of material and/or epoxy will not be permitted.”

The track then announced that due to the failure he was disqualified by forfeiting his finishing position and all purses and awards earned. It then declared that Felix Roy was the winner of the race.

Williamson responded to the disqualification with a statement on Facebook. He wrote, “After a meeting taking place with the Fulton management, we have been disqualified from the Outlaw 200. Our intake was milled on the gasket mating surface to fit our combination. The intakes from factory do not fit most combinations of 358 motors. As the rule states, the bolt holes must remain stock.”

“This will become a major issue with the 358 division as many leading engine builders are building similar combinations,” he added, “The deck of cards have fallen today and unclarity in the rulebook that was written in 2007 leads to many grey areas with unclear specifications on what can and cannot be done. Nothing with our Modified intake enhanced the air flow or performance of our engine.”

Additionally, in a video upload before the track made its announcement, Williamson said, “With our combination and like a lot of others, the intake needs to be machined externally — nothing into the ports or anything like that — to fit the motor. The way the rule is written you can’t oval holes, you can’t mill it, you can’t mill the cylinder heads. You can’t do anything to make these things fit. That’s what we did to make it fit on top of the motor.”

“I wanted to come on here and tell everybody that’s what happened and get it out there. DIRT Week’s off to an interesting start,” he concluded.

As Williamson noted, he’s back in action this week for Super DIRT Week at Oswego Speedway. He will be competing in both the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series as well as the Super DIRTcar Series. Racing action begins tonight, October 7th, with qualifying action for the DIRTcar Pro Stocks and 358 Modifieds. He will also be on track on Thursday, October 8th, when the Super DIRTcar Series has its qualifying night.

The 358 Modifieds will race their Salute the Troops 150 feature on Friday night. It’s scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM. The Billy Whittaker Cars 200 finale for the Super DIRTcar Series takes place on Saturday. Opening ceremonies are expected to begin at 6:30 PM.

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