HIGHLAND, IL — June 29, 2019 — Moweaqua, IL-native Shannon Babb scored his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals win of the season — and 98th of this career — at Highland Speedway, battling Brandon Sheppard in the opening laps before taking the lead on lap 18 and maintaining it for the remaining 32 for a $10,000 payday. Billy Moyer and Rusty Schlenk completed the podium, while Jason Feger chargef from 14th to finish fourth.
Late Model Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 18-Shannon Babb [4]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [9]; 3. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [6]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger [15]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley [7]; 6. 33M-Tim Manville [11]; 7. 96-Tanner English [3]; 8. 32-Bobby Pierce [5]; 9. 78-Chad Zobrist [12]; 10. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [13]; 11. 22-Daniel Jacober [16]; 12. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [19]; 13. 16H-Mike Hammerle [20]; 14. 25H-Chuck Hummer [22]; 15. B5-Brandon Sheppard [2]; 16. 10-Daryn Klein [10]; 17. B1-Brent Larson [18]; 18. 16-Rusty Griffaw [1]; 19. 6K-Michael Kloos [17]; 20. 11-Gordy Gundaker [14]; 21. 30V-Mark Voigt [21]; 22. 33-Rodney Melvin [8]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 25F-Jason Feger[+11]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 13.444; 2. 18-Shannon Babb, 13.532; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.613; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 13.646; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast,, 13.647; 6. 33M-Tim Manville, 13.809; 7. 21-Billy Moyer, 13.819; 8. 25F-Jason Feger, 13.917; 9. 11K-Shannon Kuhn, 14.048; 10. T4-Adam Tischhauser, 14.061; 11. 6K-Michael Kloos, 14.28; 12. 67-Mark Oller, 14.399; 13. 5-Dave Jacober, 14.513; 14. 87-Jason Zobrist, 14.602; 15. 9T-Travis Horner, 15.21; 16. 26M-Brent McKinnon, 15.258; 17. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 15.661
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 13.602; 2. 33-Rodney Melvin, 13.671; 3. 96-Tanner English, 13.678; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 13.783; 5. 10-Daryn Klein, 13.9; 6. 78-Chad Zobrist, 13.956; 7. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 14.047; 8. 30V-Mark Voigt, 14.112; 9. B1-Brent Larson, 14.137; 10. 22-Daniel Jacober, 14.287; 11. 1S-Rick Salter, 14.565; 12. 14-Paul Kuper, 14.599; 13. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 14.905; 14. 11G-Trevor Gundaker, 14.939; 15. 18W-Trent Workman, 14.953; 16. 18M-Jimmy Miller, 15.438; 17. 16H-Mike Hammerle, 15.686
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard [1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [2]; 3. 21-Billy Moyer [4]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [3]; 5. 6K-Michael Kloos [6]; 6. 11K-Shannon Kuhn [5]; 7. 9T-Travis Horner [8]; 8. 5-Dave Jacober [7]; 9. 25H-Chuck Hummer [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 18-Shannon Babb [1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley [2]; 3. 33M-Tim Manville [3]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger [4]; 5. T4-Adam Tischhauser [5]; 6. 87-Jason Zobrist [7]; 7. 67-Mark Oller [6]; 8. 26M-Brent McKinnon [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 96-Tanner English [2]; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 3. 10-Daryn Klein [3]; 4. 11-Gordy Gundaker [4]; 5. B1-Brent Larson [5]; 6. 1S-Rick Salter [6]; 7. 18W-Trent Workman [8]; 8. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [7]; 9. 16H-Mike Hammerle [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 16-Rusty Griffaw [2]; 2. 33-Rodney Melvin [1]; 3. 78-Chad Zobrist [3]; 4. 22-Daniel Jacober [5]; 5. 30V-Mark Voigt [4]; 6. 18M-Jimmy Miller [8]; 7. 14-Paul Kuper [6]; 8. 11G-Trevor Gundaker [7]
Last Chance Showdown #1 (12 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 6K-Michael Kloos [1]; 2. B1-Brent Larson [2]; 3. 1S-Rick Salter [6]; 4. 11K-Shannon Kuhn [5]; 5. 87-Jason Zobrist [7]; 6. 30V-Mark Voigt [4]; 7. 18M-Jimmy Miller [8]; 8. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [14]; 9. 67-Mark Oller [11]; 10. 16H-Mike Hammerle [18]; 11. 9T-Travis Horner [9]; 12. 5-Dave Jacober [13]; 13. 25H-Chuck Hummer [17]; 14. 14-Paul Kuper [12]; 15. 26M-Brent McKinnon [15]; 16. T4-Adam Tischhauser [3]; 17. 18W-Trent Workman [10]; 18. 11G-Trevor Gundaker [16]
