Shirley Sweeps DIRTcar Summer Nationals Michigan Events
LAKE ODESSA, MI – July 11, 2019 – Brian Shirley is seizing every opportunity in his quest to win a third DIRTcar Summer Nationals crown, holding off Frank Heckenast Jr. on Thursday night at I-96 Speedway for his second consecutive victory during Champions Week presented by Summit Racing Equipment.
The $5,000 victory, his sixth overall win during this tour, moved Shirley back atop the standings headed into Oakshade Raceway for the Series’ final two races on Friday and Saturday. Shirley has been battling three-time Summer Nationals champion Bobby Pierce for the championship lead, but Pierce missed the scales after winning the second heat race and was forced to come through the field from the Last Chance Showdown and into the 40-lap Feature, where he was up to third before a broken rear end halted his night on lap 24.
Several cautions helped to keep the field bunched, with Heckenast challenging Shirley for the lead on the bottom. Shirley edged ahead one thousandth of a second every lap to pull into Victory Lane.
Feature
1 | #3S Brian Shirley 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
74
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40 | 32:27.754 | 27 | 00:17.283 | ||||
2 | #99JR Frank Heckenast 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
40 | 32:28.613 | 8 | 00:17.417 | 0.859 | 0.859 |
Jr.
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3 | #87M David Mielke 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
47
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40 | 32:31.026 | 1 | 00:17.468 | 3.272 | 2.413 | ||
4 | #23V Ryan VanderVeen 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
1
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40 | 32:31.770 | 27 | 00:18.179 | 4.016 | 0.744 | ||
5 | #CJ1 Rusty Schlenk 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
52
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40 | 32:32.481 | 3 | 00:17.454 | 4.727 | 0.711 | ||
6 | #25F Jason Feger 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
67
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40 | 32:33.416 | 13 | 00:17.948 | 5.662 | 0.935 | ||
7 | #2S Travis Stemler 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
33
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40 | 32:33.746 | 30 | 00:17.963 | 5.992 | 0.330 | ||
8 | #55 Jeep VanWormer 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
26
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40 | 32:34.312 | 17 | 00:17.705 | 6.558 | 0.566 | ||
9 | #12 Scott Fisk 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
7
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40 | 32:35.573 | 6 | 00:18.453 | 7.819 | 1.261 | ||
10 | #113 Kyle Roberts 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
13
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40 | 32:36.851 | 27 | 00:18.596 | 9.097 | 1.278 | ||
11 | #5X Bryant Dickinson 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
53
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40 | 32:38.504 | 37 | 00:19.134 | 10.750 | 1.653 | ||
12 | #O6 Jake Rendel 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
91
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40 | 32:39.149 | 27 | 00:18.871 | 11.395 | 0.645 | ||
13 | #P3 Truck Robertson 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
65
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39 | 32:40.095 | 38 | 00:19.215 | 12.341 | 0.946 | ||
14 | #25H Chuck Hummer 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
14
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39 | 32:43.099 | 6 | 00:19.048 | 15.345 | 3.004 | ||
15 | #M14 Brandon Thirlby 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
10
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28 | 26:14.610 | 8 | 00:18.261 | ||||
16 | #53 Hillard Miller 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
50
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25 | 23:12.802 | 19 | 00:19.021 | ||||
17 | #32 Bobby Pierce 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
54
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23 | 19:42.664 | 17 | 00:17.609 | ||||
18 | #41 Jason Playter 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap | ||
19 | 17:03.083 | 6 | 00:18.322 |
Jr.
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19 | #31AUS Paul Stubber 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
34
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13 | 13:42.572 | 8 | 00:18.762 | ||||
20 | #8 Rob Anderzack 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
63
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13 | 13:43.319 | 7 | 00:19.168 | 0.747 | |||
21 | #51 Devin Shiels 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
17
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10 | 10:31.288 | 6 | 00:17.939 | ||||
22 | #52 Brad Harden 2019 DIRTcar Late Model | ||||||
Laps | Total Time | Best Lap | Best Time | Diff | Gap |
62
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3 | 02:37.005 | 2 | 00:18.809 |