FAIRBURY, IL — June 22, 2019 — Defending DIRTcar Summer Nationals Champion Brian Shirley, of Chatham, IL, fended off Frank Heckenast Jr. to win his 22nd all-time Summer Nationals Feature and get his second win at Fairbury Speedway in tour history, this one worth $10,000. Heckenast and Tanner English rounded out the podium.
Late Model Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley [1]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [4]; 3. 96-Tanner English [6]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce [11]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb [17]; 6. 11-Gordy Gundaker [3]; 7. 10-Scott Schmitt [8]; 8. 77M-Kevin Weaver [10]; 9. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [19]; 10. 89-Mike Spatola [5]; 11. 1W-Donny Walden [15]; 12. 42-McKay Wenger [21]; 13. 25W-Allen Weisser [9]; 14. 22B-Jonathan Brauns [12]; 15. 25-Jason Feger [18]; 16. 24-Ryan Unzicker [20]; 17. 40B-Kyle Bronson [2]; 18. 30-Mike Glasscock [7]; 19. 7R-Kent Robinson [14]; 20. 11H-Jeff Herzog [13]; 21. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [22]; 22. 75-Billy Drake [16]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 18-Shannon Babb[+12]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 12.694; 2. 30-Mike Glasscock, 12.868; 3. 89-Mike Spatola, 12.908; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 12.917; 5. 11H-Jeff Herzog, 12.957; 6. 87-Walker Arthur, 13.028; 7. 25W-Allen Weisser, 13.123; 8. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.132; 9. 35-Derek Chandler, 13.264; 10. 1W-Donny Walden, 13.275; 11. 6K-Michael Kloos, 13.291; 12. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 13.357; 13. 9D-Daniel Flessner, 13.425; 14. 79W-Greg Wagner, 13.585; 15. 56-Brandon Pralle, 14.032; 16. 18M-Jimmy Miller, 14.145; 17. 20-Dustin Vandermeir, 14.495; 18. 5-Brian Dunn, 99.999; 19. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 99.999
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast,, 12.631; 2. 75-Billy Drake, 12.705; 3. 42-McKay Wenger, 12.802; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 12.804; 5. 77M-Kevin Weaver, 12.831; 6. 10-Scott Schmitt, 12.837; 7. 7R-Kent Robinson, 12.844; 8. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 12.851; 9. 96-Tanner English, 12.958; 10. 7-Jay Sparks, 12.995; 11. 25-Jason Feger, 13.023; 12. 25D-David Doherty, 13.032; 13. 18-Shannon Babb, 13.06; 14. 33H-Billy Hough, 13.151; 15. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 13.189; 16. 22B-Jonathan Brauns, 13.221; 17. 12-Jeff Curl, 13.221; 18. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 13.276; DQ. 26M-Brent McKinnon, 13.252
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 11-Gordy Gundaker [1]; 2. 89-Mike Spatola [2]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser [4]; 4. 11H-Jeff Herzog [3]; 5. 6K-Michael Kloos [6]; 6. 35-Derek Chandler [5]; 7. 9D-Daniel Flessner [7]; 8. 56-Brandon Pralle [8]; 9. 20-Dustin Vandermeir [9]; 10. 25H-Chuck Hummer [10]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley [2]; 2. 30-Mike Glasscock [1]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce [4]; 4. 1W-Donny Walden [5]; 5. 87-Walker Arthur [3]; 6. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [6]; 7. 79W-Greg Wagner [7]; 8. 18M-Jimmy Miller [8]; 9. 5-Brian Dunn [9]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [1]; 2. 96-Tanner English [5]; 3. 77M-Kevin Weaver [3]; 4. 7R-Kent Robinson [4]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb [7]; 6. 25-Jason Feger [6]; 7. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [8]; 8. 26M-Brent McKinnon [10]; 9. 12-Jeff Curl [9]; 10. 42-McKay Wenger [2]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson [2]; 2. 10-Scott Schmitt [3]; 3. 22B-Jonathan Brauns [8]; 4. 75-Billy Drake [1]; 5. 25D-David Doherty [6]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw [9]; 7. 33H-Billy Hough [7]; 8. 7-Jay Sparks [5]; 9. 24-Ryan Unzicker [4]
C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 26M-Brent McKinnon [2]; 2. 12-Jeff Curl [6]; 3. 56-Brandon Pralle [1]; 4. 18M-Jimmy Miller [3]; 5. 20-Dustin Vandermeir [5]; 6. 25H-Chuck Hummer [9]; 7. 7-Jay Sparks [4]; 8. 5-Brian Dunn [7]; 9. 24-Ryan Unzicker [8]; 10. 42-McKay Wenger [10]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 2. 25-Jason Feger [6]; 3. 6K-Michael Kloos [1]; 4. 35-Derek Chandler [5]; 5. 25D-David Doherty [4]; 6. 33H-Billy Hough [12]; 7. 56-Brandon Pralle [15]; 8. 9D-Daniel Flessner [9]; 9. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [10]; 10. 12-Jeff Curl [14]; 11. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [7]; 12. 79W-Greg Wagner [11]; 13. 26M-Brent McKinnon [13]; 14. 18M-Jimmy Miller [16]; 15. 87-Walker Arthur [3]; 16. 16-Rusty Griffaw [8]
