PONTOON BEACH, IL — June 25, 2019 — Brandon, FL native Kyle Bronson scored his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals win of the season at Tri-City Speedway in a last lap pass that sent leader Tyler Erb into the wall outside turn three. Bobby Pierce and current points leader Brian Shirley — charging from his 19th starting position — completed the podium.
Late Model Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson [4]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [7]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley [19]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard [8]; 5. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [13]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb [11]; 7. 21JR-Billy Moyer, Jr. [2]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr. [9]; 9. 11-Gordy Gundaker [23]; 10. 1T-Tyler Erb [3]; 11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [12]; 12. 25-Jason Feger [14]; 13. 24-Ryan Unzicker [10]; 14. 96-Tanner English [5]; 15. 21-Billy Moyer [6]; 16. 33-Rodney Melvin [15]; 17. 16-Rusty Griffaw [20]; 18. 1S-Tim Manville [16]; 19. 6K-Michael Kloos [21]; 20. 32S-Chris Simpson [1]; 21. 97-Cade Dillard [18]; 22. 25W-Allen Weisser [22]; 23. 18J-Chase Junghans [17]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 3S-Brian Shirley[+16]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 21JR-Billy Moyer, Jr., 15.246; 2. 32S-Chris Simpson, 15.321; 3. 96-Tanner English, 15.52; 4. 18-Shannon Babb, 15.63; 5. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr., 15.735; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 15.842; 7. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 15.943; 8. 6K-Michael Kloos, 15.979; 9. T4-Adam Tischhauser, 16.105; 10. 33-Rodney Melvin, 16.119; 11. 11H-Jeff Herzog, 16.284; 12. 4G-Bob Gardner, 16.298; 13. 25W-Allen Weisser, 16.499; 14. 25D-David Doherty, 16.681; 15. 6-Blake Spencer, 16.685; 16. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 16.961; 17. 16H-Mike Hammerle, 17.271; 18. 26M-Brent McKinnon, 17.306; 19. 18M-Jimmy Miller, 17.919
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 15.701; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb, 15.741; 3. 21-Billy Moyer, 15.978; 4. 1S-Tim Manville, 16.053; 5. 18J-Chase Junghans, 16.096; 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 16.108; 7. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 16.19; 8. 97-Cade Dillard, 16.228; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley, 16.228; 10. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr., 16.239; 11. 25-Jason Feger, 16.326; 12. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 16.458; 13. 87-Walker Arthur, 16.717; 14. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 16.757; 15. 14-Paul Kuper, 16.839; 16. 10-Daryn Klein, 16.866; 17. 15-Richard Frost, 17.493; 18. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 99.999
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 21JR-Billy Moyer, Jr. [1]; 2. 96-Tanner English [2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr. [3]; 4. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [4]; 5. 25W-Allen Weisser [7]; 6. T4-Adam Tischhauser [5]; 7. 11H-Jeff Herzog [6]; 8. 18M-Jimmy Miller [10]; 9. 16H-Mike Hammerle [9]; 10. 6-Blake Spencer [8]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 32S-Chris Simpson [1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [3]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 4. 33-Rodney Melvin [5]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner [6]; 6. 25D-David Doherty [7]; 7. 26M-Brent McKinnon [9]; 8. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [8]; 9. 6K-Michael Kloos [4]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson [1]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [2]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker [4]; 4. 25-Jason Feger [6]; 5. 18J-Chase Junghans [3]; 6. 3S-Brian Shirley [5]; 7. 87-Walker Arthur [7]; 8. 14-Paul Kuper [8]; 9. 15-Richard Frost [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 1T-Tyler Erb [1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard [3]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [5]; 4. 1S-Tim Manville [2]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard [4]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw [6]; 7. 11-Gordy Gundaker [7]; 8. 10-Daryn Klein [8]; 9. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [9]
C-Main (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 18M-Jimmy Miller [1]; 2. 14-Paul Kuper [2]; 3. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [3]; 4. 10-Daryn Klein [4]; 5. 16H-Mike Hammerle [5]; 6. 15-Richard Frost [6]; 7. 6K-Michael Kloos [7]; 8. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [8]; 9. 6-Blake Spencer [9]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 18J-Chase Junghans [2]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard [4]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser [1]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner [3]; 5. T4-Adam Tischhauser [5]; 6. 25D-David Doherty [7]; 7. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [15]; 8. 15-Richard Frost [18]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley [6]; 10. 14-Paul Kuper [14]; 11. 18M-Jimmy Miller [13]; 12. 26M-Brent McKinnon [11]; 13. 11H-Jeff Herzog [9]; 14. 16-Rusty Griffaw [8]; 15. 87-Walker Arthur [10]; 16. 11-Gordy Gundaker [12]; 17. 6K-Michael Kloos [19]; 18. 10-Daryn Klein [16]; 19. 16H-Mike Hammerle [17]; 20. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [20]; 21. 6-Blake Spencer [21]
