Fultz & JCR3Racing Make Impressive Debut At South Georgia

The name Jeff Fultz is not new to anyone in the racing world, especially in the short track realm. The veteran is a two-time NASCAR Southeast Series champion and one of the best in the business.

This year though, Fultz and his JCR3 team decided to go a different route than they have in the past. Their new plan would include a full-slate of Pro Cup racing. The team couldn’t get their car finished for the Lakeland opener, but had it ready for South Georgia and put on quite a show.

“Fultzy” started 22nd and finished an impressive 10th, which included leading 22 laps in the middle portion of the race and picking up the $1,000 award for leading at the halfway point.

Not bad for a driver and team that had never even had a lap on their new car until Saturday morning’s practice.

“It is a fun series for sure and I’m really impressed,” said Fultz. “We had a really good time. So far, we really enjoy the series. So to get out here and get a nice finish out of it, lead some laps and everything else is really good.

“Some of the lapped cars are really tough. If you stay up front it is better. We just needed some track position. If we would have.”

pitted with those guys, it might have played out a little better as we could have stayed with them. The car just wasn’t as good in the back.”

Fultz and his team didn’t even finish building their car until Thursday night. Despite that though, he was impressive and still thinking about how to make the car better.

“We are learning,” added Fultz. “The car was super tight. We just couldn’t get the tightness out of it. We tired a little bit different of a pit strategy. The car just really wouldn’t run in the back. I just stayed out to see what the car would do out front. The car was way better out front. We had to finally come in and get our tires. We thought we’d wait and come in late and use those tires to pass everyone. We just wish that track positions would have played out a little bit better and if people weren’t beating and banging as much, we probably would have gotten up to sixth or so.

“We only have one little mark on the car. I tried to keep the car very clean and more cautious so we could take the car to the next race."