MUSKEGON, MI — July 10, 2019 — Defending DIRTcar Summer Nationals Champion Brian Shirley took the lead from polesitter Rusty Schlenk on lap 2 of the Feature and led all remaining laps for the $5,000 win at Thunderbird Raceway. Meanwhile, behind him, three-time Hell Tour Champion Bobby Pierce charged from his 24th starting position to second with 15 laps to go, and held on for a second-place finish. Frank Heckenast Jr. completed the podium.
Late Model Feature (40 Laps) – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley [3]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [24]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [4]; 4. 55-Jeep VanWormer [2]; 5. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 6. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [14]; 7. 79-Nick Kurtz [17]; 8. 25F-Jason Feger [5]; 9. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen [10]; 10. 87M-David Mielke [11]; 11. 27-Eric Spangler [6]; 12. O6-Jake Rendel [15]; 13. 25H-Chuck Hummer [19]; 14. O2-Jeramy Lange [16]; 15. 41V-Mike VanderMark [12]; 16. 78-Drew Wilkerson [13]; 17. 1S-Andrew Sprague [23]; 18. P3-Truck Robertson [25]; 19. O7-Shawn Reed [7]; 20. 41-Jason Playter, Jr. [8]; 21. 21S-Tom Sprague [22]; 22. 53-Hillard Miller [18]; 23. 3-Scott Wenell [21]; 24. 87-Richard Neiser [9]; 25. 94-Bill Bray [20]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 32-Bobby Pierce[+22]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. O7-Shawn Reed, 12.776; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley, 12.861; 3. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen, 13.189; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr., 13.324; 5. O2-Jeramy Lange, 13.712; 6. 78-Drew Wilkerson, 13.949; 7. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 14.069; 8. 21S-Tom Sprague, 14.24; 9. P3-Truck Robertson, 14.617
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 13.009; 2. 25F-Jason Feger, 13.043; 3. 41-Jason Playter, Jr., 13.147; 4. 87M-David Mielke, 13.19; 5. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 13.441; 6. 79-Nick Kurtz, 13.695; 7. 1S-Andrew Sprague, 14.096; 8. 94-Bill Bray, 99.999
Qualifying Flight-C – 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 12.634; 2. 55-Jeep VanWormer, 12.867; 3. 27-Eric Spangler, 13.387; 4. O6-Jake Rendel, 13.715; 5. 41V-Mike VanderMark, 13.865; 6. 87-Richard Neiser, 14.218; 7. 53-Hillard Miller, 14.429; DQ. 3-Scott Wenell, 13.897
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley [2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [4]; 3. O7-Shawn Reed [1]; 4. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen [3]; 5. 78-Drew Wilkerson [6]; 6. O2-Jeramy Lange [5]; 7. 25H-Chuck Hummer [7]; 8. 21S-Tom Sprague [8]; 9. P3-Truck Robertson [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – 1. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger [2]; 3. 41-Jason Playter, Jr. [3]; 4. 87M-David Mielke [4]; 5. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [5]; 6. 79-Nick Kurtz [6]; 7. 94-Bill Bray [8]; 8. 1S-Andrew Sprague [7]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (10 Laps) – 1. 55-Jeep VanWormer [2]; 2. 27-Eric Spangler [3]; 3. 87-Richard Neiser [6]; 4. 41V-Mike VanderMark [5]; 5. O6-Jake Rendel [4]; 6. 53-Hillard Miller [7]; 7. 3-Scott Wenell [8]; 8. 32-Bobby Pierce [1]
