MACON, IL — July 4, 2019 — Putting to bed a heated battle between Shannon Babb and Bobby Pierce for 97 laps, St. Charles, MO-native Gordy Gundaker stole the lead from Pierce on the final lap at Macon Speedway to ride away with the $5,000 prize, his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals win of the season and his second consecutive Herald & Review 100 victory. Pierce came in .221 seconds behind him, with defending Series Champion Brian Shirley on his tail.
Late Model Feature (100 Laps) – 1. 11-Gordy Gundaker [6]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley [5]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger [7]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr. [3]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [9]; 7. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [11]; 8. 51-Dean Carpenter [12]; 9. 16-Rusty Griffaw [10]; 10. 24-Ryan Unzicker [4]; 11. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [15]; 12. 13-David Jaeger [17]; 13. 27-Greg Kimmons [20]; 14. 32M-Cody Maguire [18]; 15. 33H-Roben Huffman [19]; 16. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 17. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [14]; 18. 16H-Mike Hammerle [23]; 19. 25H-Chuck Hummer [21]; 20. 33B-Billy Hough [13]; 21. 18W-Trent Workman [16]; 22. 25W-Allen Weisser [8]; 23. 82B-Jason Milam [22]; 24. 48T-Phil Taylor [24]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 27-Greg Kimmons[+7]
Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr., 10.777; 2. 18-Shannon Babb, 10.802; 3. 16-Rusty Griffaw, 10.838; 4. 33B-Billy Hough, 10.98; 5. 33H-Roben Huffman, 11.135; 6. 25F-Jason Feger, 11.189; 7. 82B-Jason Milam, 11.521; 8. 18W-Trent Workman, 11.558
Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 3S-Brian Shirley, 10.654; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 10.809; 3. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 10.893; 4. 25W-Allen Weisser, 10.925; 5. 13-David Jaeger, 11.108; 6. 31AUS-Paul Stubber, 11.216; 7. 27-Greg Kimmons, 11.229; 8. 16H-Mike Hammerle, 12.054
Qualifying Flight-C – 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr., 10.623; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 10.83; 3. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 10.884; 4. 10S-Taylor Scheffler, 10.914; 5. 51-Dean Carpenter, 11.154; 6. 32M-Cody Maguire, 11.338; 7. 25H-Chuck Hummer, 11.852; 8. 48T-Phil Taylor, 14.59
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – 1. 18-Shannon Babb [2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr. [1]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger [6]; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw [3]; 5. 33B-Billy Hough [4]; 6. 18W-Trent Workman [8]; 7. 33H-Roben Huffman [5]; 8. 82B-Jason Milam [7]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – 1. 32-Bobby Pierce [2]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley [1]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser [4]; 4. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [3]; 5. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [6]; 6. 13-David Jaeger [5]; 7. 27-Greg Kimmons [7]; 8. 16H-Mike Hammerle [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (10 Laps) – 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker [2]; 2. 11-Gordy Gundaker [3]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [1]; 4. 51-Dean Carpenter [5]; 5. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [4]; 6. 32M-Cody Maguire [6]; 7. 25H-Chuck Hummer [7]; 8. 48T-Phil Taylor [8]
