December 8, 2024 | By MyRacePass

Brandon Sheppard repeats at Gateway Dirt Nationals

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Brandon Sheppard made it back-to-back victories at the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Saturday night at the Dome at America's Center.   Starting from the pole, Sheppard passed fellow front row starter Gordy Gundaker for the lead on lap 11 and then held the point the rest of the way for the $30,000 top prize.   

Bobby Pierce came within strking distance of the New Berlin, Illinois driver but broke a drive shaft on the final lap.   Pierce was able limp home in second ahead Ricky Thornton, Jr. while Thursday night's preliminary winner Mike Spatola and Nick Hoffman rounded out the top-five.

Trecor Neville became the eighth different Modified winner in eight Gateway Dirt Nationals.  Trent Young and Mike Harrison were second and third respectively.


SATURDAY RESULTS

Super Late Models (131 entries)

Velocita Super Late Models Main Event A Feature (40 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[12]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[3]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[5]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[2]; 7. 11R-Josh Rice[16]; 8. 71-Hudson O'Neal[18]; 9. 45-Kyle Hammer[9]; 10. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[13]; 11. 28-Tyler Carpenter[11]; 12. 96-Tanner English[10]; 13. 49-Jonathan Davenport[17]; 14. 76-Brandon Overton[20]; 15. 24-Ryan Unzicker[8]; 16. (DNF) 12W-Ashton Winger[6]; 17. (DNF) 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 18. (DNF) 21B-Rich Bell[19]; 19. (DNF) J8-Jadon Frame[15]; 20. (DNF) 81J-Jack Riggs[14]

Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 21B-Rich Bell[1]; 2. 25-Jason Feger[3]; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[8]; 4. 29-Jason Welshan[6]; 5. 19M-Spencer Hughes[10]; 6. 219-Gavin Cowan[11]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner[5]; 8. C4-Freddie Carpenter[4]; 9. 38-Derek Fisher[2]; 10. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[9]; 11. 14JR-Michael King Jr[7]; 12. (DNS) 17A-Austin Howes

MatMan Designs Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[6]; 3. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 4. 14JR-Michael King Jr[7]; 5. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[3]; 6. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 7. 32F-Derek Fetter[10]; 8. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 9. 34-Chad Wallace[8]; 10. (DNF) 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 11. (DNF) 1-Tyler Erb[11]

Hellraizer Jacks Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker[3]; 2. 81J-Jack Riggs[5]; 3. 38-Derek Fisher[2]; 4. 91-Rusty Schlenk[11]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[6]; 6. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[4]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[7]; 8. 222-Manny Falcon[8]; 9. (DNF) 10J-TeeJay Janousek[10]; 10. (DNF) 84-Myles Moos[1]; 11. (DNS) 4-Ryan Wilson

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Hammer[2]; 2. J8-Jadon Frame[1]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[4]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 5. 74-Mike Franklin[7]; 6. 93-Zak Blackwood[10]; 7. 11-Lance Brasington[9]; 8. 76-Brandon Overton[11]; 9. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 10. (DNF) 4G-Bob Gardner[6]; 11. (DNF) 121-Jon Mitchell[5]

FK Rod Ends Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[2]; 2. 11R-Josh Rice[3]; 3. C4-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 4. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 5. 2B-Jordan Barbee[4]; 6. C2-Corey DeLancey[10]; 7. 34C-Delbert Crum III[6]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson[11]; 9. 97-Steven Dotson[9]; 10. 19X-Cody Bauer[7]; 11. (DNF) 2*-Cole Babcock[8]

Illinois State Rifle Associatons Qualifier 5 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Tyler Carpenter[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 3. 10-Joseph Joiner[4]; 4. 219-Gavin Cowan[10]; 5. 14X-Wil Herrington[11]; 6. 17-Todd Rehg[9]; 7. (DNF) 81R-Jason Riggs[6]; 8. (DNF) C6-Oakley Johns[1]; 9. (DNF) 4S-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 10. (DNF) 27-Rodney Melvin[5]; 11. (DNF) C66-Donald Johns[8]

Walker Filtration Qualifier 6 (10 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 3. 29-Jason Welshan[6]; 4. 17A-Austin Howes[4]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[7]; 6. 93F-Carson Ferguson[2]; 7. 1E-Amelia Eisenschenk[8]; 8. 14-Quentin White[10]; 9. 51-Dean Carpenter[5]; 10. 78-Chad Zobrist[11]; 11. (DNS) B89-Dakota Smith

PeeWees Wrecker Service Non Qualifier 1 (12 Laps): 1. 32F-Derek Fetter[1]; 2. 10J-TeeJay Janousek[8]; 3. 81-Daniel Garrett[15]; 4. 48-Brody Yarbrough[14]; 5. 18X-Michael Seibers[4]; 6. 41-Casey White[7]; 7. (DNF) 19J-Justin Green[3]; 8. (DNF) 71W-Zach Wohlers[6]; 9. (DNF) 10M-Jacob Magee[10]; 10. (DNF) 21M-Chris McKeehan[11]; 11. (DNF) 41M-Matt Menzie[17]; 12. (DNF) 4E-Scott Geaschel[9]; 13. (DNF) 111-Jonathan Woods[13]; 14. (DNF) 44-James O'Hara[19]; 15. (DNF) 69-Doug Cooper[21]; 16. (DNF) 128N-James Nash[2]; 17. (DNF) 11C-Rachel Snider[5]; 18. (DNF) 25P-Mike Petersilie[12]; 19. (DNS) 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr; 20. (DNS) 45B-Scott Bell; 21. (DNS) M5-David Scott Jr

ZAMP Non Qualifier 2 (12 Laps): 1. 93-Zak Blackwood[2]; 2. C2-Corey DeLancey[7]; 3. J0-John Ownbey[4]; 4. 12-Devon Morgan[8]; 5. 88-Dustin Rollins[3]; 6. NE11-Matthew Tribble[1]; 7. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[17]; 8. 114-Evan Koehler[16]; 9. 7D-Austin Theiss[6]; 10. 18D-David Seibers[20]; 11. 122-Timmy Dick[11]; 12. 2X4-Chase Collins[22]; 13. 27E-Kyle Mixon[9]; 14. 47-Cyle Forgy[5]; 15. (DNF) 28K-Tate O'Leary[13]; 16. (DNF) 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[21]; 17. (DNF) 20H-Glen Hounshell[10]; 18. (DNF) 57-Blake Higginbotham[12]; 19. (DNF) 17J-Jared Bamberger[19]; 20. (DNS) 11-Lance Brasington; 21. (DNS) 21-Will Harris; 22. (DNS) 18S-Robbie Scott

Nightowl Designs Non Qualifier 3 (12 Laps): 1. 219-Gavin Cowan[4]; 2. 14-Quentin White[3]; 3. 16-Rusty Griffaw[1]; 4. 27K-Greg Kimmons[6]; 5. 77-William Rose[7]; 6. 1M-Blake Morris[11]; 7. 96K-Matt Koch[10]; 8. 15F-Chris Fetter[16]; 9. 75D-Patrik Daniel[18]; 10. 17SR-Brody Smith[12]; 11. 55-Benji Hicks[15]; 12. H1-Steve Hewitt Sr[20]; 13. 1S-Daniel Shelton[13]; 14. 8-Megan Sanders[17]; 15. (DNS) 115-Grimsley Fulford; 16. (DNS) 22-Bree Whittmore; 17. (DNS) 128-Kylan Garner; 18. (DNS) 57H-Nathan Higginbotham; 19. (DNS) USA 1-Devon Andrews; 20. (DNS) 18C-Cameron Reynolds; 21. (DNS) 51B-Brandon Carpenter; 22. (DNS) M14-David Marlow

Top 6 A Hot Laps: 1. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:12.673[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.689[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.795[5]; 4. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:13.081[6]; 5. 12W-Ashton Winger, 00:12.835[3]; 6. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]



Modifieds  (65 entries)

Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 2. 10Y-Trent Young[4]; 3. 24H-Mike Harrison[9]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 5. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[2]; 6. 18L-Michael Long[6]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis[16]; 8. 02-Tanner Mullens[18]; 9. 36-Kenny Wallace[10]; 10. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[14]; 11. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[20]; 12. (DNF) 4TW-Tim Ward[12]; 13. (DNF) 4W-Tyler Wolff[15]; 14. (DNF) 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 15. (DNF) 5-Drake Troutman[7]; 16. (DNF) 96M-Mike McKinney[17]; 17. (DNF) 37L-Michael Ledford[11]; 18. (DNF) 30-Jordan Grabouski[3]; 19. (DNF) 22A-Austen Becerra[19]; 20. (DNF) 45-Chase Holland[13]

Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 22A-Austen Becerra[3]; 2. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[4]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[8]; 4. 24C-Jim Chisholm[12]; 5. 6-Ryan Ayers[6]; 6. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[10]; 7. (DNF) 0-Jake O'Neil[9]; 8. (DNF) 47-Jack Sartain[2]; 9. (DNF) 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 10. (DNF) 22-Brandon Copp[7]; 11. (DNF) 01-Peyton Taylor[1]; 12. (DNS) 74M-Manix Furqueron

STAKT Products Qualifer 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 37L-Michael Ledford[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 4. 01-Peyton Taylor[2]; 5. 6X-Zach Johnson[6]; 6. 0-Jake O'Neil[8]; 7. 54-Zach Hawk[14]; 8. 1-Drake Powell[12]; 9. (DNF) 15W-Alex Williamson[7]; 10. (DNF) 49-Jake Timm[4]; 11. (DNF) 2-Darrell Hoffman[9]; 12. (DNF) 77-Ray Bollinger[10]; 13. (DNF) 18-Charlie Mefford[11]; 14. (DNF) 26-Adam Ogle[13]; 15. (DNF) B75-Braydon Berry[15]

PPM Racing Products Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 4TW-Tim Ward[3]; 3. 65-Tyler Davis[4]; 4. 47-Jack Sartain[11]; 5. 6-Ryan Ayers[10]; 6. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[9]; 7. 44-KC Burdette[5]; 8. 7N-Tim Nash[12]; 9. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 10. (DNF) 05-Dave Wietholder[13]; 11. (DNS) B1-Jeff Larson; 12. (DNS) 19-Tom Berry Jr; 13. (DNS) 44H-Dave Hess Jr; 14. (DNS) 20S-Rodney Sanders

MatMan Designs Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]; 2. 45-Chase Holland[4]; 3. 96M-Mike McKinney[3]; 4. 22A-Austen Becerra[2]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp[9]; 6. 74M-Manix Furqueron[7]; 7. 12-Jason Hughes[8]; 8. 33C-Cole Chernosky[14]; 9. 43LV-Logan Veloz[5]; 10. (DNF) 8A-Austin Holcombe[10]; 11. (DNF) 07X-Troy Morris III[11]; 12. (DNF) 7-Clay Money[12]; 13. (DNF) 99-Tim Luttrell[13]; 14. (DNF) J82-Treb Jacoby[6]

Deatherage Opticians Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 36-Kenny Wallace[1]; 2. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[3]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[2]; 4. J3-Jimmy Lennex Jr[5]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 6. 24C-Jim Chisholm[9]; 7. 8S-Kyle Steffens[6]; 8. 1D-Dean Hoffman[4]; 9. 14-Rick Conoyer[12]; 10. 75JR-Chaz Baca[10]; 11. (DNF) 82-Gary Dillon[11]; 12. (DNF) 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 13. (DNS) 130-Chase Allen; 14. (DNS) C4-Chris Soutiea

Dirt Draft Top 6 Hot Laps: 1. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:12.571[2]; 2. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:12.602[4]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.616[1]; 4. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:12.720[6]; 5. 18L-Michael Long, 00:12.737[5]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:12.791[3]