CANTON, IL — June 25, 2018 — Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, IL took the lead from polesitter and fellow front-row starter Brian Shirley on the ninth lap and held off Shirley’s late challenge to win Monday’s 40-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Spoon River Speedway. Babb earned $5,000 for his season-leading fifth victory and 97th of his career.
FEATURE
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS | PLACE |
| 1 | 2 | Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il. |
75 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il. |
70 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Tyler Erb (91)
New Waverly, Tx. |
65 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il. |
60 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Bobby Pierce (32)
Oakwood, Il. |
55 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Chase Junghans (18c)
Manhattan, Ks. |
50 | 6 |
| 7 | 9 | Billy Drake (75)
Bloomington, Il. |
48 | 7 |
| 8 | 10 | Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il. |
46 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Kolby Vandenbergh (15v)
Ashland, Il. |
44 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 | Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo. |
42 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
40 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | Billy Moyer (21)
Batesville, Ar. |
39 | 12 |
| 13 | 21 | Bob Gardner (4G)
Washington, Il. |
38 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 | Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh. |
37 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Cole Swibold (98)
Fairview, Il. |
36 | 15 |
| 16 | 4 | Timothy Culp (C8)
Prattsville, Ar. |
35 | 16 |
| 17 | 20 | Jose Parga (6P)
New Berlin, Il. |
34 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | Russ Adams (74)
Princeville, Il. |
33 | 18 |
| 19 | 22 | Austin May (A9)
Creve Coeur, Il. |
32 | 19 |
| 20 | 17 | Myles Moos (84)
Lincoln, Il. |
31 | 20 |
| 21 | 23 | Nick Hoffman (2)
Mooresville, Nc. |
30 | 21 |
| 22 | 16 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
29 | 22 |
| 23 | 18 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
28 | 23 |
QUALIFYING 1
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il. |
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| 2 | 3 | Timothy Culp (C8)
Prattsville, Ar. |
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| 3 | 8 | Billy Moyer (21)
Batesville, Ar. |
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| 4 | 5 | Bobby Pierce (32)
Oakwood, Il. |
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| 5 | 6 | Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il. |
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| 6 | 7 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
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| 7 | 4 | Russ Adams (74)
Princeville, Il. |
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| 8 | 2 | Austin May (A9)
Creve Coeur, Il. |
QUALiFYING 2
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tyler Erb (91)
New Waverly, Tx. |
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| 2 | 3 | Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il. |
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| 3 | 4 | Kolby Vandenbergh (15v)
Ashland, Il. |
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| 4 | 7 | Nick Hoffman (2)
Mooresville, Nc. |
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| 5 | 2 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
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| 6 | 8 | Myles Moos (84)
Lincoln, Il. |
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| 7 | 6 | Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh. |
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| 8 | 5 | Jose Parga (6P)
New Berlin, Il. |
QUALIFYING 3
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il. |
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| 2 | 7 | Chase Junghans (18c)
Manhattan, Ks. |
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| 3 | 6 | Billy Drake (75)
Bloomington, Il. |
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| 4 | 4 | Bob Gardner (4G)
Washington, Il. |
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| 5 | 5 | Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo. |
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| 6 | 2 | Cole Swibold (98)
Fairview, Il. |
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| 7 | 3 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
HEAT 1
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il. |
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| 2 | 2 | Timothy Culp (C8)
Prattsville, Ar. |
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| 3 | 4 | Bobby Pierce (32)
Oakwood, Il. |
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| 4 | 5 | Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il. |
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| 5 | 3 | Billy Moyer (21)
Batesville, Ar. |
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| 6 | 6 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
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| 7 | 7 | Russ Adams (74)
Princeville, Il. |
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| 8 | 8 | Austin May (A9)
Creve Coeur, Il. |
HEAT 2
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tyler Erb (91)
New Waverly, Tx. |
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| 2 | 3 | Kolby Vandenbergh (15v)
Ashland, Il. |
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| 3 | 2 | Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il. |
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| 4 | 5 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
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| 5 | 7 | Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh. |
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| 6 | 6 | Myles Moos (84)
Lincoln, Il. |
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| 7 | 8 | Jose Parga (6P)
New Berlin, Il. |
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| 8 | 4 | Nick Hoffman (2)
Mooresville, Nc. |
HEAT 3
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il. |
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| 2 | 2 | Chase Junghans (18c)
Manhattan, Ks. |
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| 3 | 3 | Billy Drake (75)
Bloomington, Il. |
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| 4 | 5 | Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo. |
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| 5 | 6 | Cole Swibold (98)
Fairview, Il. |
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| 6 | 7 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
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| 7 | 4 | Bob Gardner (4G)
Washington, Il. |
