CANTON, IL — June 20, 2019 — Defending DIRTcar Summer Nationals Champion Brian Shirley scored his second win of the season at Spoon River Speedway. Shirley stole the lead from polesitter Shannon Babb on the opening lap and remained unchallenged for the remaining 39 laps. Tyler Erb and Frank Heckenast rounded out the podium.
Late Model Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley [2]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb [4]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [6]; 4. 96-Tanner English [3]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce [17]; 6. 33-Rodney Melvin [7]; 7. 25W-Allen Weisser [5]; 8. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [11]; 9. 77M-Kevin Weaver [14]; 10. 24-Ryan Unzicker [9]; 11. 40B-Kyle Bronson [10]; 12. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [15]; 13. 18-Shannon Babb [1]; 14. 4G-Bob Gardner [18]; 15. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [19]; 16. 16-Rusty Griffaw [20]; 17. 25H-Chuck Hummer [22]; 18. 25-Jason Feger [8]; 19. 30-Mike Glasscock [21]; 20. 87-Walker Arthur [16]; 21. 21-Billy Moyer [13]; 22. 75-Billy Drake [12]; Hard Charger: 32-Bobby Pierce[+12]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley, 13.064; 2. 33-Rodney Melvin, 13.14; 3. 21-Billy Moyer, 13.153; 4. 18-Shannon Babb, 13.175; 5. 25W-Allen Weisser, 13.311; 6. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 13.346; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.36; 8. 4G-Bob Gardner, 13.392; 9. 30-Mike Glasscock, 13.398; 10. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 13.46; 11. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 13.534; 12. 33F-Ricky Frankel, 13.632; 13. T2-Todd Bennett, 13.83; 14. 30V-Mark Voigt, 13.89; 15. O-Dewayne Keifer, 13.961; 16. 18M-Jimmy Miller, 14.881; 17. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 14.959; 18. 33H-Billy Hough, 23.14
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 1T-Tyler Erb, 12.955; 2. 96-Tanner English, 13.011; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 13.131; 4. 25-Jason Feger, 13.22; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast,, 13.265; 6. 75-Billy Drake, 13.472; 7. 77M-Kevin Weaver, 13.603; 8. 87-Walker Arthur, 13.692; 9. 7-Jay Sparks, 13.804; 10. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 13.865; 11. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 13.908; 12. J12-Jason Wagner, 14.119; 13. 25D-David Doherty, 14.19; 14. 40-Charley Hess, 14.414; 15. 74-Russ Adams, 14.496; 16. 44M-Mason Covey, 15.05; 17. 6-Cliff Powell, 15.928
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley [1]; 2. 25W-Allen Weisser [3]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker [6]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer [2]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce [4]; 6. 30-Mike Glasscock [5]; 7. T2-Todd Bennett [7]; 8. O-Dewayne Keifer [8]; 9. 25H-Chuck Hummer [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 2. 33-Rodney Melvin [1]; 3. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [3]; 4. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [5]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner [4]; 6. 30V-Mark Voigt [7]; 7. 33H-Billy Hough [9]; 8. 33F-Ricky Frankel [6]; 9. 18M-Jimmy Miller [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 1T-Tyler Erb [1]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [3]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson [2]; 4. 77M-Kevin Weaver [4]; 5. 7-Jay Sparks [5]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw [6]; 7. 25D-David Doherty [7]; 8. 74-Russ Adams [8]; 9. 6-Cliff Powell [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 96-Tanner English [1]; 2. 25-Jason Feger [2]; 3. 75-Billy Drake [3]; 4. 87-Walker Arthur [4]; 5. J12-Jason Wagner [6]; 6. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [5]; 7. 40-Charley Hess [7]; 8. 44M-Mason Covey [8]
C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. O-Dewayne Keifer [1]; 2. 74-Russ Adams [2]; 3. 44M-Mason Covey [4]; 4. 25H-Chuck Hummer [5]; 5. 6-Cliff Powell [6]; 6. 18M-Jimmy Miller [7]
Consolation Race (12 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 32-Bobby Pierce [1]; 2. 4G-Bob Gardner [3]; 3. 30-Mike Glasscock [5]; 4. J12-Jason Wagner [4]; 5. 7-Jay Sparks [2]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw [6]; 7. T2-Todd Bennett [9]; 8. 25D-David Doherty [10]; 9. O-Dewayne Keifer [13]; 10. 44M-Mason Covey [15]; 11. 74-Russ Adams [14]; 12. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [8]; 13. 30V-Mark Voigt [7]; 14. 40-Charley Hess [12]
