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Shannon Babb wins second straight UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals with win at Sycamore Speedway!

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Shannon Babb – Jim Denhamer photo

Babb Strikes Again with Late Lap Battle at Sycamore Speedway

MAPLE PARK, IL — June 15, 2018 — Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, IL out dueled Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR for the second consecutive night — this time in a down-to-the-wire thriller — to score a $10,000 victory in Friday’s 55-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals Feature at Sycamore Speedway. Moyer grabbed the lead from Babb on lap two and set the pace until the final six circuits, when the two longtime rivals swapped the top spot five times before Babb made his decisive pass on lap 54. Babb would go on to see the checkered flag in front of a packed house at Sycamore Speedway.
“It’s all fun and games when its like this,” commented Babb after the night’s event. “I was going to be content with 2nd place. I thought that’s where we were going to end up, and I was fine with that. It got to be 12 laps to go, and I could see we were approaching lap cars and knew something was going to change. I wasn’t sure what the outcome was going to be.”

Following Babb and Moyer to the checkered flag was tour regular Ryan Unzicker with his strongest finish in the first three nights of competition. Devin Gilpin of North Vernon, IN finished in the fourth position, making his way up from the 14th starting spot in the Jim Beeman-owned 1G.

Pole-sitter Brian Shirley rounded out the top five. Shirley now finds himself in the points lead, ahead of the dueling calls of Moyer and Babb.

Sycamore Speedway
June 15th, 2018

Late Models Heat 1

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 1. Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il.
2. 5. Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il.
3. 4. Nick Hoffman (2)
Mooresville, Nc.
4. 3. Chris Simpson (32s)
Oxford, Ia.
5. 2. Allen Murray (2m)
San Antonio, Tx.
6. 7. Paul Stubber (31AUS)
Bunbury, Ar.
7. 9. Victor Benedetto (14B)
Marengo, Il.
8. 6. Paul Parker (10P)
Depere, Wi.
9. 8. John Provenzano (7)
Streater, Il.

 

Late Models Heat 2

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 2. Billy Moyer (21)
Batesville, Ar.
2. 3. Billy Moyer Jr (21JR)
Batesville, Ar.
3. 4. Tony Jackson Jr. (56)
Lebanon, Mo.
4. 5. Devin Gilpin (1G)
North Vernon, In.
5. 6. Bob Gardner (4G)
Washington, Il.
6. 8. Randy Manos (118)
Rockford, Il.
7. 7. Jeremy Conaway (15C)
Springfield, Il.
8. 1. Billy Drake (75)
Bloomington, Il.
9. 9. Scott Schmitt (10S)
Tonica, Il.

 

Late Models Heat 3

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 1. Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il.
2. 3. Timothy Culp (C8)
Prattsville, Ar.
3. 7. Tony Peterson (6)
Big Bend, Wi.
4. 5. Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il.
5. 6. Brandon Thirlby (M14)
Traverse City, Mi.
6. 2. Austin Rettig (94)
Sikeston, Mo.
7. 4. Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il.
8. 9. Rich Bell (21B)
Sheffield, Il.
9. 8. Toby Kuntzelman (65)
Peratonica, Il.

 

Late Models Heat 4

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 1. Ryan Unzicker (24)
El Paso, Il.
2. 2. Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo.
3. 5. Mike Spatola (89)
Manhattan, Il.
4. 3. Charlie Olson (28)
Kingston, Il.
5. 4. Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh.
6. 7. Roger Markham (11m)
Virgil, Il.
7. 8. Jay Brendle (15)
Kirkland, Il.
8. 6. Spencer Diercks (29)
Davenport, Ia.
9. 9. Brad Stewart (3)
Milledgeville, Il.

 

Late Models C-Feature

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 1. Paul Parker (10P)
Depere, Wi.
2. 5. John Provenzano (7)
Streater, Il.
3. 3. Rich Bell (21B)
Sheffield, Il.
4. 7. Toby Kuntzelman (65)
Peratonica, Il.
5. 2. Billy Drake (75)
Bloomington, Il.
0
6. 4. Spencer Diercks (29)
Davenport, Ia.
10
7. 6. Scott Schmitt (10S)
Tonica, Il.
10
8. 8. Brad Stewart (3)
Milledgeville, Il.
10

 

Late Models B-Feature

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 2. Bob Gardner (4G)
Washington, Il.
2. 7. Austin Rettig (94)
Sikeston, Mo.
3. 3. Brandon Thirlby (M14)
Traverse City, Mi.
0
4. 1. Allen Murray (2m)
San Antonio, Tx.
33
5. 4. Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh.
0
6. 8. Roger Markham (11m)
Virgil, Il.
0
7. 6. Randy Manos (118)
Rockford, Il.
32
8. 11. Brian Diveley (11D)
Springfield, Il.
31
9. 15. Rich Bell (21B)
Sheffield, Il.
30
10. 13. Paul Parker (10P)
Depere, Wi.
29
11. 12. Jay Brendle (15)
Kirkland, Il.
28
12. 5. Paul Stubber (31AUS)
Bunbury, Ar.
27
13. 14. John Provenzano (7)
Streater, Il.
26
14. 10. Jeremy Conaway (15C)
Springfield, Il.
25
15. 9. Victor Benedetto (14B)
Marengo, Il.
24
16. 16. Toby Kuntzelman (65)
Peratonica, Il.

 

Late Models A-Feature

PLACE START DRIVER POINTS
1. 3. Shannon Babb (18)
Moweaqua, Il.
80
2. 2. Billy Moyer (21)
Batesville, Ar.
75
3. 4. Ryan Unzicker (24)
El Paso, Il.
70
4. 14. Devin Gilpin (1G)
North Vernon, In.
65
5. 1. Brian Shirley (3s)
Chatham, Il.
60
6. 8. Gordy Gundaker (11G)
St Charles, Mo.
55
7. 10. Tony Jackson Jr. (56)
Lebanon, Mo.
53
8. 9. Nick Hoffman (2)
Mooresville, Nc.
51
9. 15. Jason Feger (25)
Bloomington, Il.
49
10. 13. Chris Simpson (32s)
Oxford, Ia.
47
11. 17. Bob Gardner (4G)
Washington, Il.
45
12. 21. Rusty Schlenk (CJ1)
Mcclure, Oh.
44
13. 7. Timothy Culp (C8)
Prattsville, Ar.
43
14. 16. Charlie Olson (28)
Kingston, Il.
42
15. 18. Austin Rettig (94)
Sikeston, Mo.
41
16. 20. Brandon Thirlby (M14)
Traverse City, Mi.
40
17. 6. Billy Moyer Jr (21JR)
Batesville, Ar.
39
18. 11. Tony Peterson (6)
Big Bend, Wi.
38
19. 12. Mike Spatola (89)
Manhattan, Il.
37
20. 19. Roger Markham (11m)
Virgil, Il.
36
21. 5. Frank Heckenast Jr (99JR)
Frankfort, Il.
35
22. 22. Billy Drake (75)
Bloomington, Il.
34
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