BROWNSTOWN, IL — July 4, 2018 — Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL picked up his second DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature win of the season, capturing Wednesday’s 40-lap main event at Fayette County Speedway. Shirley, the polesitter, won by nearly a straightaway ahead of runner-up Brandon Sheppard, who led briefly during the middle stage of the race before falling back to second in his family-owned No. B5.
FEATURE
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il. |
78 |
| 2 | 5 | Brandon Sheppard (B5)
New Berlin, Il. |
73 |
| 3 | 4 | Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il. |
68 |
| 4 | 12 | Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo. |
63 |
| 5 | 8 | Ryan Unzicker (24)
El Paso, Il. |
58 |
| 6 | 6 | Tim Manville (33)
Highland, Il. |
53 |
| 7 | 10 | Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il. |
51 |
| 8 | 11 | Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh. |
49 |
| 9 | 15 | Dean Carpenter (51C)
Coldwater, Ms. |
47 |
| 10 | 14 | Steven Roberts (111)
Jesup, Ga. |
45 |
| 11 | 18 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
43 |
| 12 | 22 | Paul Stubber (31AUS)
Bunbury, Ar. |
42 |
| 13 | 21 | Shannon Kuhn (11K)
Highland, Il. |
41 |
| 14 | 16 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
40 |
| 15 | 13 | Brent McKinnon (26m)
Carlyle, Il. |
39 |
| 16 | 19 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
38 |
| 17 | 17 | Freddie Carpenter (K0)
Parkersburg, Wv. |
37 |
| 18 | 2 | Tyler Erb (111E)
New Waverly, Tx. |
36 |
| 19 | 3 | Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il. |
35 |
| 20 | 7 | Tanner English (96)
Benton, Ky. |
34 |
| 21 | 9 | Daryn Klein (10K)
Fairview Heights, Il. |
33 |
| 22 | 20 | Mike Hammerle (16H)
St Charles, Mo. |
32 |
QUALIFYING 1
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 8 | Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il. |
|
| 2 | 7 | Tanner English (96)
Benton, Ky. |
|
| 3 | 4 | Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il. |
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| 4 | 9 | Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il. |
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| 5 | 3 | Brent McKinnon (26m)
Carlyle, Il. |
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| 6 | 6 | Paul Stubber (31AUS)
Bunbury, Ar. |
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| 7 | 1 | Dave Armstrong (6)
Wildwood, Mo. |
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| 8 | 10 | Daniel Jacober (22)
Highland, Il. |
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| 9 | 2 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
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| 10 | 5 | Randy Bingham (B1)
Greenville, Il. |
QUALIFYING 2
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 6 | Tyler Erb (111E)
New Waverly, Tx. |
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| 2 | 9 | Brandon Sheppard (B5)
New Berlin, Il. |
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| 3 | 5 | Steven Roberts (111)
Jesup, Ga. |
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| 4 | 8 | Ryan Unzicker (24)
El Paso, Il. |
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| 5 | 3 | Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh. |
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| 6 | 7 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
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| 7 | 4 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
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| 8 | 2 | Mike Hammerle (16H)
St Charles, Mo. |
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| 9 | 1 | Freddie Carpenter (K0)
Parkersburg, Wv. |
QUALIFYING 3
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 8 | Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il. |
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| 2 | 2 | Daryn Klein (10K)
Fairview Heights, Il. |
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| 3 | 6 | Tim Manville (33)
Highland, Il. |
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| 4 | 9 | Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo. |
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| 5 | 3 | Matt Santel (17x)
New Memphis, Il. |
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| 6 | 4 | Shannon Kuhn (11K)
Highland, Il. |
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| 7 | 7 | Dean Carpenter (51C)
Coldwater, Ms. |
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| 8 | 5 | Taylor Scheffler (15s)
Waukesha, Wi. |
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| 9 | 1 | Jason Milam (51m)
Guntown, Ms. |
HEAT 1
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il. |
|
| 2 | 4 | Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il. |
|
| 3 | 2 | Tanner English (96)
Benton, Ky. |
|
| 4 | 3 | Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il. |
|
| 5 | 5 | Brent McKinnon (26m)
Carlyle, Il. |
|
| 6 | 6 | Paul Stubber (31AUS)
Bunbury, Ar. |
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| 7 | 7 | Dave Armstrong (6)
Wildwood, Mo. |
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| 8 | 9 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
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| 9 | 10 | Randy Bingham (B1)
Greenville, Il. |
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| 10 | 8 | Daniel Jacober (22)
Highland, Il. |
HEAT 2
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tyler Erb (111E)
New Waverly, Tx. |
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| 2 | 2 | Brandon Sheppard (B5)
New Berlin, Il. |
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| 3 | 4 | Ryan Unzicker (24)
El Paso, Il. |
|
| 4 | 5 | Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh. |
|
| 5 | 3 | Steven Roberts (111)
Jesup, Ga. |
|
| 6 | 7 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
|
| 7 | 6 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
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| 8 | 9 | Freddie Carpenter (K0)
Parkersburg, Wv. |
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| 9 | 8 | Mike Hammerle (16H)
St Charles, Mo. |
HEAT 3
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il. |
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| 2 | 3 | Tim Manville (33)
Highland, Il. |
|
| 3 | 2 | Daryn Klein (10K)
Fairview Heights, Il. |
|
| 4 | 4 | Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo. |
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| 5 | 7 | Dean Carpenter (51C)
Coldwater, Ms. |
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| 6 | 8 | Taylor Scheffler (15s)
Waukesha, Wi. |
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| 7 | 5 | Matt Santel (17x)
New Memphis, Il. |
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| 8 | 6 | Shannon Kuhn (11K)
Highland, Il. |
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| 9 | 9 | Jason Milam (51m)
Guntown, Ms. |
C-MAIN
| PLACE | START | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | 5 | Allen Weisser (61)
Peoria, Il. |
|
| 2 | 8 | Freddie Carpenter (K0)
Parkersburg, Wv. |
|
| 3 | 2 | Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il. |
|
| 4 | 9 | Shannon Kuhn (11K)
Highland, Il. |
0 |
| 5 | 4 | Dave Armstrong (6)
Wildwood, Mo. |
31 |
| 6 | 13 | Daniel Jacober (22)
Highland, Il. |
30 |
| 7 | 3 | Taylor Scheffler (15s)
Waukesha, Wi. |
29 |
| 8 | 6 | Matt Santel (17x)
New Memphis, Il. |
28 |
| 9 | 12 | Jason Milam (51m)
Guntown, Ms. |
27 |
| 10 | 7 | Charles Hummer (25H)
Lyons, Oh. |
0 |
| 11 | 11 | Mike Hammerle (16H)
St Charles, Mo. |
0 |
| 12 | 1 | Paul Stubber (31AUS)
Bunbury, Ar. |
0 |
| 13 | 10 | Randy Bingham (B1)
Greenville, Il. |
10 |
