CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Updates and results from Sunday’s 16th round of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Clarksville Speedway, an event highlighted by a 40-lap, $5,000-to-win feature for DIRTcar Super Late Models (results unofficial):
Feature
Ending Jason Feger's two-race winning streak on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, Brandon Sheppard led all but the first lap Sunday at Clarksville Speedway for a $5,000 victory. Sheppard, who started outside the front row, took the checkers 1.810 seconds ahead of the polesitting Feger, who won Illinois races the previous two nights in Farmer City and Highland.
Feature lineup
(30 laps)
Row 1: Jason Feger, Brandon Sheppard
Row 2: Rodney Melvin, Dillon McCowan
Row 3: Haiden Cowan, Carson Brown
Row 4: Jadon Frame, Trey Mills
Row 5: Kyle Bronson, Jason Riggs
Row 6: Josh Putnam, Mario Gresham
Row 7: Dillard Hatchett, Mark Whitener
Row 8: Richard Frost, Michael Luna
Row 9: Tyler Millwood, Tyler Erb
Row 10: Christian Hanger, Thomas Hunziker
Row 11: Larry Barber Jr., Jackson Hise
Consolation race results
(10 laps; top two transfer)
B-main: Tyler Millwood, Tyler Erb, David Siebers, Eli Johnson, Brody Smith, Michael Seibers, Larry Barber Jr., Christian Hanger, Thomas Hunzicker, Steven Ashby, Jackson Hise, Jeremy Anderson, Jensen Ford, Robert Ardry. Scratched: Bree Whitmore, Brenden Smith, Matt Cooper.
Heat race results
(Eight laps; top four transfer)
First heat: Rodney Melvin, Haiden Cowan, Kyle Bronson, Dillard Hatchett, Tyler Erb, David Seibers, Thomas Hunziker, Robert Ardry, Steven Ashby.
Second heat: Jason Feger, Jadon Frame, Josh Putnam, Richard Frost, Brody Smith, Bree Whitmore, Brenden Smith, Matt Cooper.
Third heat: Dillon McCowan, Carson Brown, Jason Riggs, Mark Whitener, Eli Johnson, Larry Barber Jr., Michael Seiberts, Jeremy Anderson.
Fourth heat: Brandon Sheppard, Trey Mills, Mario Gresham, Michael Luna, Tyler Millwood, Jackson Hise, Jensen Ford, Christian Hanger.
Time trials
Group A
Driver (car. no), hometown, time (unofficial)
- Rodney Melvin (27), Benton, Ill., 13.350
- Josh Putnam (212), Florence, Ala., 13.663
- Haiden Cowan (14c), Rincon, Ga., 13.739
- Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 13.749
- Kyle Bronson (40B), Brandon, Fla., 13.772
- Jadon Frame (81f), Decherd, Tenn., 13.776
- Dillard Hatchett (59), Cornersville, Tenn., 13.780
- Brenden Smith (17ss), Dade City, Fla., 13.874
- Tyler Erb (1), New Waverly, Texas, 13.881
- Brody Smith (17sr), Dade City, Fla., 14.006
- David Seibers (18), Chapel Hill, Tenn., 14.056
- Matt Cooper (10c), McKenzie, Tenn., 14.093
- Thomas Hunziker (38), Bend, Ore., 14.242
- Richard Frost (15), Clarksville, Tenn., 14.275
- Robert Ardor (127), La Vergne, Tenn., 14.498
- Bree Whitmore (22), McMinnville, Tenn., 14.562
- Steven Ashby (16a), Cunningham, Tenn., 15.105
Group B
- Dillon McCowan (75), Urbana, Mo., 13.718
- Brandon Sheppard (B5), New Berlin, Ill., 13.870
- Mark Whitener (5), Middleburg, Fla., 13.944
- Christian Hanger (29), Winchester, Tenn., 13.947
- Carson Brown (28), New London, N.C., 13.958
- Jensen Ford (83), Johnson City, Tenn., 13.997
- Eli Johnson (55), Moore Haven, Fla., 14.012
- Trey Mills (14jr), St. Augustine, Fla., 14.017
- Jason Riggs (81r), College Grove, Tenn., 14.024
- Tyler Millwood (31), Kingston, Ga., 14.043
- Michael Seibers (18x), Chapel Hill, Tenn., 14.132
- Mario Gresham (21), Rome, Ga., 14.148
- Larry Barber Jr. (54jr), Hopkinsville, Ky., 14.198
- Jackson Hise (388), Ocala, Fla., 14.204
- Jeremy Anderson (89), Princeton, Ky., 14.321
- Michael Luna (63), Sparta, Tenn., 14.472
Sunday’s schedule
(All times local)
4 p.m. - Pits open
5:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6 p.m. - On-track activity
- Late Model hot laps
- Modified group qualifying
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- Street stock group qualifying
- Modlite hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Modified heats (8 laps)
- Modlite heats (6 laps)
- Late Model B-main (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Modified feature (25 laps)
- Street stock feature (15 laps)
- Late Model feature (40 laps)
- Modlite feature (15 laps)
