Tim Fuller
Hometown: Watertown, NY
Birthday: Oct. 28, 1967
Marital Status: Married (Lori)
Children: Daughter Ainsley (3)
Car: No. 19 Gypsum Express Rocket
Car Owner: John Wight
Website: www.gypsumracing.com 2007 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stats:
Events: 37
Starts: 31
Wins: 1 (Grand Forks, N.Dak.)
Top 5: 11
Top 10: 16
Fast Times: 0
Heat Wins: 6
B-Main Wins: 2
Points Standings Finish: 8th (-1498)
Total Season Earnings: $107,065
WoO LMS History: Made first start in a tour feature on Aug. 15, 2005, at Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. Finished 11th in the 50-lap event… His four WoO LMS A-Main runs in ’05 also included a 13th-place finish at Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, N.Y.; a 19th at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Ga.; and an 18th at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park… Limited dirt Late Model schedule in 2006 included WoO LMS feature qualifications at Golden Isles (11th place), Volusia (22nd) and Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y. (15th)… Won a heat race during Cayuga County program… Stepped up dirt Late Model program in 2007 and traveled WoO LMS for first time, entering 37 of the 45 scheduled events while still following the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for big-block Modifieds in the Northeast… Finished eighth in the 2007 points standings and earned the WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Award over Brian Shirley… Won first career WoO LMS A-Main on June 12, 2007, at North Dakota’s River Cities Speedway to become the third driver to win in their rookie season… Registered back-to-back runner-up finishes at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway and Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kans. (June 15-16)…
Other Racing History: Began career in Street Stock division and steadily climbed through ranks to become one of the Northeast’s biggest DIRT Modified stars… Won Mr. DIRT 358-Modified championship in 1993 and 2003 and captured the coveted Mr. DIRT Modified (big-block) points crown in 2005… Registered the richest victory of his career in 2004, pocketing over $60,000 for winning the prestigious Eckerd 200 DIRT Modified classis at the one-mile New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y… Owns over 100 DIRT-sanctioned feature wins in big-block and 358-Modified competition… In 2005, accepted offer from Gypsum Express team owner John Wight to enter selected dirt Late Model events as a teammate to Billy Decker, who was the best man at Fuller’s wedding… Won first career dirt Late Model feature on May 4, 2007, at Georgetown (Del.) Speedway… Fuller continued racing his own John Lazore-backed DIRTcar big-block Modified in Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series action in 2007, winning two series events and finishing second in the Mr. DIRTcar Modified points standings to Brett Hearn (mechanical trouble cost him the points lead in the season finale). Also finished second in 2007 Rite Aid 200 to close Super DIRT Week at the Syracuse Mile… Plans to run WoO LMS fulltime in 2008 and enter selected Super DIRTcar Series big-block Modified events…
Interesting Facts: His first race car was a street car that he bought for $60. The rollcage he installed in it came from the rusted pipes of a boat dock, and he towed it to the track using an ambulance and an open trailer made out of planks and an old mobile home frame… Received guidance early in his racing career from legendary New York big-block Modified driver ‘Barefoot’ Bob McCreadie, the father of 2006 WoO LMS champion Tim McCreadie… In May 1995, quit his job working 3,100 feet underground in a zinc mind to become a fulltime race car driver…