MAPLE PARK, IL — July 9, 2019 — With a caution-inspired bit of luck on the opening lap, Bobby Pierce led all 50 laps of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Feature at Sycamore Speedway. The Oakwood, IL native ran off with $10,000 and the championship points lead, stealing it away from defending Champion Brian Shirley. Jason Feger and Pyuan Unzicker rounded out the podium.
Late Model Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 32-Bobby Pierce [4]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger [6]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker [3]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [11]; 5. 89-Mike Spatola [8]; 6. 3S-Brian Shirley [13]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb, [1]; 8. 21B-Rich Bell [10]; 9. 15B-Jay Brendle [15]; 10. 9-Lyle Zanker [16]; 11. 25W-Allen Weisser [5]; 12. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [12]; 13. 28O-Charlie Olson [2]; 14. 25H-Chuck Hummer [14]; 15. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [7]; 16. 22B-Jonathan Brauns [9]; 17. B5-Brandon Sheppard [17]; 18. 87-Walker Arthur [18]; 19. 21-Billy Moyer [19]; 20. 2-Allen Murray [20]; 21. 18-Shannon Babb [21]; 22. 29-Spencer Diercks [22]; Hard Charger:99JR-Frank Heckenast,[+7]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 14.593; 2. 21-Billy Moyer, 14.594; 3. 18-Shannon Babb, 14.709; 4. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 14.815; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 14.819; 6. 89-Mike Spatola, 14.877; 7. 21B-Rich Bell, 14.892; 8. 3-Dale Markham, 14.987; 9. 25F-Jason Feger, 14.995; 10. M27-Mike Provenzano, 15.111; 11. 11M-Roger Markham, 15.31; 12. 2-Allen Murray, 15.381; 13. 01J-Greg Cantrell,, 15.406; 14. 8-Corey Trump, 15.534; 15. 65-Toby Kuntzelman, 15.598; 16. P3-Truck Robertson, 16.048; 17. 15-Matt Shannon, 99.999
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley, 14.605; 2. 28-Dennis Erb,, 14.61; 3. 28O-Charlie Olson, 14.782; 4. 22B-Jonathan Brauns, 14.916; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast,, 15.126; 6. 29-Spencer Diercks, 15.171; 7. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 15.255; 8. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 15.319; 9. 9-Lyle Zanker, 15.359; 10. 14B-Victor Benedetto, 15.45; 11. 15B-Jay Brendle, 15.474; 12. 25W-Allen Weisser, 15.588; 13. 87-Walker Arthur, 15.603; 14. 76-Titus Sneed, 15.691; 15. 18M-Jimmy Miller, 16.596; 16. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 16.71; 17. 20-Dustin Vandermeir, 17.505
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard [3]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [1]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger [5]; 4. 21B-Rich Bell [4]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 6. 01J-Greg Cantrell, [7]; 7. 65-Toby Kuntzelman [8]; 8. 11M-Roger Markham [6]; 9. 15-Matt Shannon [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker [2]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [1]; 3. 89-Mike Spatola [3]; 4. 2-Allen Murray [6]; 5. 3-Dale Markham [4]; 6. M27-Mike Provenzano [5]; 7. 8-Corey Trump [7]; 8. P3-Truck Robertson [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 28O-Charlie Olson [2]; 2. 87-Walker Arthur [7]; 3. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [4]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [3]; 5. 9-Lyle Zanker [5]; 6. 15B-Jay Brendle [6]; 7. 3S-Brian Shirley [1]; 8. 18M-Jimmy Miller [8]; 9. 20-Dustin Vandermeir [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer – 1. 28-Dennis Erb, [1]; 2. 25W-Allen Weisser [6]; 3. 22B-Jonathan Brauns [2]; 4. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [4]; 5. 29-Spencer Diercks [3]; 6. 14B-Victor Benedetto [5]; 7. 76-Titus Sneed [7]; 8. 25H-Chuck Hummer [8]
Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 18-Shannon Babb [1]; 2. 29-Spencer Diercks [4]; 3. 15B-Jay Brendle [6]; 4. M27-Mike Provenzano [7]; 5. 11M-Roger Markham [13]; 6. 01J-Greg Cantrell, [5]; 7. 76-Titus Sneed [12]; 8. 25H-Chuck Hummer [16]; 9. P3-Truck Robertson [15]; 10. 65-Toby Kuntzelman [9]; 11. 20-Dustin Vandermeir [18]; 12. 9-Lyle Zanker [2]; 13. 3-Dale Markham [3]; 14. 14B-Victor Benedetto [8]; 15. 18M-Jimmy Miller [14]; 16. 8-Corey Trump [11]
