06/18/19 Jacksonville Speedway

JACKSONVILLE, IL — June 18, 2019 — New Berlin, Il native Brandon Sheppard scored his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals win of the season (of two completed events) and second consecutive Hell Tour win at Jacksonville Speedway in a late race pass over former tour champion Bobby Pierce. Starting on the pole and leading the first 37 laps of the $5,000-to-win Feature with defending tour Champion Brian Shirley, Pierce settled for second. Shirley, who shot up from sixth in the opening laps, maintained position to complete the podium. 

 

Late Model Feature (40 Laps) – 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard [3]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley [6]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [9]; 5. 96-Tanner English [8]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb [5]; 7. 25-Jason Feger [12]; 8. 25W-Allen Weisser [7]; 9. 16-Rusty Griiffaw [15]; 10. 33-Rodney Melvin [11]; 11. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [4]; 12. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [10]; 13. 30-Mark Voigt [18]; 14. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [14]; 15. 27-Greg Kimmons [21]; 16. 87-Walker Arthur [13]; 17. 16H-Mike Hammerle [20]; 18. 32M-Cody Maguire [17]; 19. 4-Jason Suhre [22]; 20. 21-Billy Moyer [2]; 21. 25H-Chuck Hummer [19]; 22. 55-Matt Bailey [16]; 23. 6-Cliff Powell [23]; Hard Charger:16-Rusty Griiffaw[+6]

 

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 12.266; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 12.319; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser, 12.359; 4. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 12.533; 5. 4-Jason Suhre, 12.733; 6. 87-Walker Arthur, 12.851; 7. 55-Matt Bailey, 13.035; 8. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 13.697

 

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 12.405; 2. 18-Shannon Babb, 12.515; 3. 96-Tanner English, 12.539; 4. 33-Rodney Melvin, 12.838; 5. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 12.851; 6. 32M-Cody Maguire, 13.224; 7. 16H-Mike Hammerle, 14.155; 8. 6-Cliff Powell, 14.696

 

Qualifying Flight-C – 1. 21-Billy Moyer, 12.318; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast,, 12.479; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 12.598; 4. 16-Rusty Griiffaw, 12.901; 5. 25-Jason Feger, 12.942; 6. 22-Daniel Jacober, 13.174; 7. 30-Mark Voigt, 13.22; 8. 27-Greg Kimmons, 13.371; 9. 18M-Jimmy Miller, 99.999

 

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 32-Bobby Pierce [2]; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser [3]; 4. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh [4]; 5. 87-Walker Arthur [6]; 6. 55-Matt Bailey [7]; 7. 4-Jason Suhre [5]; 8. 25H-Chuck Hummer [8]

 

Heat #2 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard [1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 3. 96-Tanner English [3]; 4. 33-Rodney Melvin [4]; 5. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [5]; 6. 32M-Cody Maguire [6]; 7. 6-Cliff Powell [8]; 8. 16H-Mike Hammerle [7]

 

Heat #3 – Flight (C) (10 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 21-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley [3]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, [2]; 4. 25-Jason Feger [5]; 5. 16-Rusty Griiffaw [4]; 6. 22-Daniel Jacober [6]; 7. 30-Mark Voigt [7]; 8. 27-Greg Kimmons [8]; 9. 18M-Jimmy Miller [9]

 

Consolation Race (12 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 55-Matt Bailey [1]; 2. 32M-Cody Maguire [2]; 3. 30-Mark Voigt [6]; 4. 4-Jason Suhre [4]; 5. 25H-Chuck Hummer [7]; 6. 16H-Mike Hammerle [8]; 7. 6-Cliff Powell [5]; 8. 27-Greg Kimmons [9]; 9. 22-Daniel Jacober [3]