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- ↑ "John Wight to buy Brewerton and Fulton speedways". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ↑ Medler, Dave (September 5, 2013). "Fulton Speedway Countdown Is On For 28th Annual Outlaw 200 Weekend". Oswego County Today. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ↑ O'Brien, Dick (September 28, 2023). "Fulton's Outlaw 200 to return to a 358 modified race Saturday". The Post-Standard . Syracuse NY. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
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