Brandon Sheppard shines in the Dome
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Brandon Sheppard led the distance but had to hold off a furious charge from Ricky Thornton Jr.through lap traffic to win the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Saturday night at the Dome at America's Center. Starting outside front row, Sheppard maintained a solid lead until having to maneuver through lap cars while Thornton was able to pass Tanner English and Devin Moran for second. It was the Illinois driver's first Gateway Nationals victory and he earned $30,000 for his efforts.
Drake Troutman led the entire way in the Modified feature as Mile Harrison was on Troutman's tail end at the checkered flag. Friday night's preliminary winner Jordan Grabouski was third. Troutman walked away with $10,000 for the victory.
SUPER LATE MODELS
Velocita Super Late Models Main Event A Feature (40 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 96V-Tanner English[10]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[8]; 5. 4C-Chris Simpson[6]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[20]; 7. C4-Freddie Carpenter[7]; 8. 24H-Mike Harrison[15]; 9. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 10. J8-Jadon Frame[5]; 11. 00-Kyle Hardy[9]; 12. 29-Jason Welshan[1]; 13. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[16]; 14. 18-Shannon Babb[13]; 15. 4G-Bob Gardner[17]; 16. 19M-Spencer Hughes[12]; 17. 10M-Jacob Magee[19]; 18. (DNF) 78-Chad Zobrist[11]; 19. (DNF) 28-Tyler Carpenter[18]; 20. (DNF) 20-Jimmy Owens[14]
Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 10M-Jacob Magee[4]; 2. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[2]; 3. 75D-Patrik Daniel[1]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[9]; 5. 19X-Cody Bauer[8]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 7. 71W-Zach Wohlers[11]; 8. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[10]; 9. 87Z-Jason Zobrist[3]; 10. 5L-Jonathan Lee[12]; 11. (DNF) 17A-Austin Howes[6]; 12. (DNF) 4W-Ryan Wilson[5]
Illinois State Rifle Association Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. C4-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[4]; 3. 75D-Patrik Daniel[7]; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw[6]; 5. 84-Myles Moos[14]; 6. 5-Jon Mitchell[13]; 7. 3-Luke Bennett[5]; 8. 53M-Jason Miles[9]; 9. NE11-Matthew Tribble[11]; 10. M14-David Marlow[12]; 11. (DNF) 88E-Mike Epplett[8]; 12. (DNF) 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 13. (DNF) 91-Rusty Schlenk[3]; 14. (DNF) 27K-Greg Kimmons[10]
Hellraizer Jacks Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 4. 19X-Cody Bauer[3]; 5. 11R-Josh Rice[1]; 6. 10-Joseph Joiner[7]; 7. 14JR-Michael King Jr[8]; 8. C2-Corey DeLancey[9]; 9. 00F-Carson Ferguson[14]; 10. 14-Quentin White[6]; 11. 93-Mike Kline[11]; 12. 88-Dustin Rollins[12]; 13. (DNF) 9XX-Dakota Dellinger[10]; 14. (DNS) C66-Donald Johns
Mittler Brothers Machine Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 00-Kyle Hardy[2]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]; 3. 87Z-Jason Zobrist[4]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[7]; 5. 34C-Delbert Crum III[8]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[13]; 7. C6-Oakley Johns[6]; 8. 5RT-Scott Rhoades[14]; 9. 20W-Alan Westling[5]; 10. 73-Layne Bellm[9]; 11. 41-Casey White[10]; 12. 111-Jon Woods[12]; 13. (DNF) 05B-Josh Boller[3]; 14. (DNF) 27E-Kyle Mixon[11]
FK Rod Ends Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 2. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[3]; 3. 10M-Jacob Magee[5]; 4. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 5. 9D-Josh Dietz[4]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[10]; 7. 2B-Jordan Barbee[11]; 8. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[12]; 9. 95-Nicky Pennington[8]; 10. 28W-Bill Wagner[7]; 11. (DNF) 260-Erik Thorne[14]; 12. (DNF) 32H-Lindsey Hansen[9]; 13. (DNF) 66-Jody Knowles[6]; 14. (DNF) 8-Megan Sanders[13]
Wilde Arms Qualifier 5 (10 Laps): 1. 78-Chad Zobrist[3]; 2. 4G-Bob Gardner[2]; 3. 4W-Ryan Wilson[4]; 4. 71W-Zach Wohlers[12]; 5. 81J-Jack Riggs[5]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[9]; 7. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[11]; 8. 4K-Jason Knowles[7]; 9. (DNF) 11-Gordy Gundaker[1]; 10. (DNF) 18S-David Seibers[6]; 11. (DNF) 32F-Derek Fetter[13]; 12. (DNF) 317-Blake Creech[14]; 13. (DNF) 24R-Robbie Bostic[10]; 14. (DNS) 77C-Scott Cimfl
MD3 Products Qualifier 6 (10 Laps): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 28-Tyler Carpenter[5]; 3. 17A-Austin Howes[4]; 4. 5L-Jonathan Lee[6]; 5. 229-Kip Hughes[8]; 6. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 7. 15F-Chris Fetter[12]; 8. T22-Tegan Evans[11]; 9. 21-Joe Bellm[10]; 10. (DNF) USA1-Kylan Garner[2]; 11. (DNF) 11B-Lance Brasington[14]; 12. (DNF) 24-Ryan Unzicker[3]; 13. (DNF) 9H-Tim Hancock Jr[9]; 14. (DNS) 16T-Brandon Tibaldi
Walker Performance Filtration Non Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 84-Myles Moos[1]; 2. 00F-Carson Ferguson[7]; 3. 18X-Robbie Scott[14]; 4. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[12]; 5. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[10]; 6. 63-Michael Luna[8]; 7. 51SR-William Stile[5]; 8. 122-Timmy Dick[3]; 9. (DNF) 99T-Dylan Thompson[4]; 10. (DNF) 14X-Wil Herrington[13]; 11. (DNF) 16R-Matthew Ratzlaff[2]; 12. (DNF) 77Y-Ronnie Yanacsek[6]; 13. (DNF) 31J-Austin Tettaton[9]; 14. (DNS) 45-Scott Bell; 15. (DNS) B89-Dakota Smith
UCoatIt Non Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5RT-Scott Rhoades[3]; 2. 260-Erik Thorne[1]; 3. 26-Glen Powell[6]; 4. 6D-Dustin Dixon[12]; 5. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[13]; 6. (DNF) J12-Jason Wagner[9]; 7. (DNF) 32P-Preston Farmer[4]; 8. (DNF) 42-Carson Hocevar[2]; 9. (DNF) 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[7]; 10. (DNF) 29M-Chandler Moenning[5]; 11. (DNF) 20H-Glen Hounshell[10]; 12. (DNF) 10J-TeeJay Janousek[11]; 13. (DNF) 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[8]; 14. (DNS) 71-Hudson O'Neal
Non Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 317-Blake Creech[7]; 2. 11B-Lance Brasington[2]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[14]; 4. 1*-Max Baker[3]; 5. 44-James O'Hara[8]; 6. 96-Matt Koch[12]; 7. 2BN-Matthew Norman[9]; 8. 4E-Scott Geaschel[10]; 9. (DNF) 52-Sterling Freeman[1]; 10. (DNF) 82-Morgan Alexander[6]; 11. (DNF) 27D-Joe Denby[11]; 12. (DNF) 21M-Chris McKeehan[13]; 13. (DNS) 2-Justin Lee Carter; 14. (DNS) M5-Timothy Welch II
Top 6 A Hot Laps: 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.978[6]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.093[2]; 3. J8-Jadon Frame, 00:13.187[5]; 4. 4C-Chris Simpson, 00:13.223[4]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:13.270[1]; 6. 29-Jason Welshan, 00:13.654[3]
MODIFIEDS
Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5-Drake Troutman[2]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison[5]; 3. 30-Jordan Grabouski[4]; 4. 37L-Michael Ledford[6]; 5. 8S-Kyle Steffens[8]; 6. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[14]; 7. 7-Clay Money[9]; 8. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[20]; 9. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[18]; 10. 777-Trevor Neville[17]; 11. 20-Jimmy Owens[11]; 12. 18-Michael Long[15]; 13. J82-Treb Jacoby[7]; 14. 05-Dave Wietholder[16]; 15. 4TW-Tim Ward[19]; 16. (DNF) 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 17. (DNF) 242-Logan Veloz[13]; 18. (DNF) 44H-Dave Hess Jr[3]; 19. (DNF) 22A-Austen Becerra[10]; 20. (DNF) 96M-Mike McKinney[12]
Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[6]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[11]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 4. 45-Chase Holland[12]; 5. 1D-Dean Hoffman[10]; 6. 10Y-Trent Young[5]; 7. 19H-Trey Harris[7]; 8. 22-Brandon Copp[2]; 9. 95-Michael Altobelli[3]; 10. J24-Jeremy Nichols[1]; 11. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 12. 93W-Brayden Watson[9]
Abilene Racing Rads Qualifer 1 (10 Laps): 1. J82-Treb Jacoby[2]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[5]; 3. 18-Michael Long[4]; 4. J24-Jeremy Nichols[3]; 5. 10Y-Trent Young[8]; 6. 93W-Brayden Watson[1]; 7. 6X-Zach Johnson[6]; 8. 14C-Rick Conoyer[10]; 9. 17N-Dillon Nusbaum[7]; 10. 19-Chad Bauer[11]; 11. C4-Chris Soutiea[12]; 12. (DNF) 65-Todd Sherman[9]; 13. (DNS) 130-Chase Allen
DRP Performance Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 8S-Kyle Steffens[1]; 2. 96M-Mike McKinney[6]; 3. 05-Dave Wietholder[2]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[4]; 6. 1D-Dean Hoffman[8]; 7. 8A-Austin Holcombe[11]; 8. 44-KC Burdette[5]; 9. 13-Charlie Mefford[9]; 10. 25N-Rob Neubauer[10]; 11. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[7]; 12. 84-Ryan Toole[12]; 13. (DNS) 47-Jack Sartain
UCoatIt Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Clay Money[4]; 2. 242-Logan Veloz[13]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 4. 95-Michael Altobelli[10]; 5. 19H-Trey Harris[5]; 6. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 7. 7N-Tim Nash[7]; 8. 1S-Scott Bintz[6]; 9. 36-Kenny Wallace[2]; 10. 787-Cody Zobrist[9]; 11. (DNF) 69L-Josh Lemke[11]; 12. (DNF) 77-Ray Bollinger[8]; 13. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane
MOD Wars 100 Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 22A-Austen Becerra[3]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[1]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[4]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[10]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]; 6. 45-Chase Holland[5]; 7. 01-Peyton Taylor[9]; 8. 44P-Jeff Parsons[7]; 9. 12T-Jeff Larson[11]; 10. (DNF) 4T-Guy Taylor[2]; 11. (DNF) 99L-Tim Luttrell[6]; 12. (DNF) 60-William Gould[12]; 13. (DNS) 97-Mitch Thomas
Dirt Draft Top 6 Hot Laps: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.347[1]; 2. 44H-Dave Hess Jr, 00:13.376[6]; 3. 37L-Michael Ledford, 00:13.405[5]; 4. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:13.526[4]; 5. 30-Jordan Grabouski, 00:13.526[2]; 6. 5-Drake Troutman, 00:13.526[3]
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