HAUBSTADT, Ind. (July 9) — Updates and results from the 20th round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Tri-State Speedway, an event highlighted by a $5,000-to-win feature for Super Late Models (results unofficial):
Feature
Scoring an upset victory when all-time winningest series driver Shannon Babb was caught up in lapped traffic between turns three and four on the final lap, Dylan Thompson of Paducah, Ky., scored his first career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory Sunday at Tri-State Speedway. Thompson earned $5,000 in taking the checkers 1.878 seconds ahead of Babb, who was in control when Mick Quin’s car forced Babb high on the last lap, allowing Thompson to slip by to lead his only lap, the 40th.
Feature lineup
(40 laps)
Row 1: Skyller Lewis, Shannon Babb
Row 2: Kye Blight, Ashton Winger
Row 3: Rusty Schlenk, Bob Gardner
Row 4: Jason Suhre, Dylan Thompson
Row 5: Jason Feger, Greg Williams
Row 6: Rodney Melvin, Clay Stuckey
Row 7: Blaze Burwell, B.J. Robinson
Row 8: Jimmy Miller, Mick Quin
Row 9: Thomas Hunziker, Robby Moore
Row 10: Steven Reinacher, Doug Tye
Row 11: Lee Williams, Brandon Tibaldi
Row 12: Cliff Tooley, Steve Stultz
Heat race notes
Skyller Lewis took the lead from Ashton Winger on lap five and paced the final four circuits to win heat race one; Winger threw a last-lap, last-corner slider, but Lewis executed a perfect crossover move to secure the victory by 0.389 of a second. Shannon Babb led all eight laps to win heat two by 2.769 seconds over Rusty Schlenk. Kye Blight narrowly repelled Bob Gardner in the closing laps, leading green-to-checkered to win the third and final heat race by 0.191 of a second.
Heat race results
(Eight laps; top five transfer)
First heat: Skyller Lewis, Ashton Winger, Jason Suhre, Greg Williams, Blaze Burwell, Mick Quin, Steven Reinacher, Brandon Tibaldi, Jeremy Anderson.
Second heat: Shannon Babb, Rusty Schlenk, Dylan Thompson, Rodney Melvin, B.J. Robinson, Thomas Hunziker, Doug Tye, Cliff Tooley.
Third heat: Kye Blight, Bob Gardner, Jason Feger, Clay Stuckey, Jimmy Miller, Robby Moore, Lee Williams, Steve Stultz.
Time trials
Driver (car no.), hometown, time
Group A
Ashton Winger (12), Hampton, Ga., 14.731
Greg Williams (17w), Haubstadt, Ind., 14.847
Skyller Lewis (22), Brownstown, Ind., 14.854
Blaze Burwell (44), Mount Vernon, Ill., 14.938
Steven Reinacher (7), Pocahontas, Ill., 15.085
Jeremy Anderson (89), Princeton, Ky., 15.122
Mick Quin (23nz), Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 15.128
Jordan Suhre (4), Alhambra, Ill., 15.237
Brandon Tibaldi (16), Almo, Ky., 18.464
Group B
Rusty Schlenk (91), McClure, Ohio, 14.491
Shannon Babb (18), Moweaqua, Ill., 14.573
Dylan Thompson (99), Paducah, Ky., 14.643
Rodney Melvin (27m), Benton, Ill., 15.015
Thomas Hunziker (38), Bend, Ore., 15.290
B.J. Robinson (1), Bossier City, La., 15.463
Doug Tye (4D), Troy, Ill., 15.765
Cliff Tooley (15T), Evansville, Ind., 16.362
Group C
Kye Blight (31aus), Katanning, W. Australia, 14.578
Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 14.791
Bob Gardner (4G), East Peoria, Ill., 14.834
Clay Stuckey (15), Shreveport, La., 15.190
Robby Moore (11), Poplar Bluff, Mo., 15.593
Jimmy Miller (18m), Highland, Ill., 15.658
Steve Stultz (78s), Peoria, Ariz., 15.893
Lee Williams (17), Haubstadt, Ind., 16.005
Sunday’s schedule
(All times local)
4:30 p.m. - Grandstands open
5:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6 p.m. - On-track activity begins
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified hot laps/qualifying (3 laps)
- Late Model qualifying (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heat races (8 laps)
- Modified heat races (8 laps)
- Modified consolation (8 laps; if needed)
- Late Model consolation (10 laps; if needed)
Intermission/track prep
Feature races
- Late Models (40 laps)
- Modifieds (25 laps)
