Shane Clanton Claims $40,000 Top Prize in Belleville Dirt Nationals Finale
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(06/14/22) – Less than a week after being injured at Eldora Speedway, Shane Clanton triumphantly returned to the driver’s seat of his Skyline Motorsports No. 25 Bennett Explosives/ Super K Express/ Capital Race Cars/ Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.
Clanton claimed a whopping $40,000 winner’s check on Tuesday evening in the finale of the inaugural Belleville Dirt Nationals at Belleville High Banks. The victory came on the facilities’ ultra-slick, infield oval.
“I got a little banged up at Eldora last Thursday when I took a dirt clod to the face on the first lap of the Eldora Million. It broke my helmet and gave me a black eye. Other than that, I felt fine, but to be safe we decided to sit out the (Dirt Late Model) Dream to give me a few days to bounce back,” Clanton shared. “We made the decision to come to Belleville (High Banks) to see what this place was all about. We were decent on Monday night with an eighth-place finish on the big track after blowing a right-front tire and getting into the wall in the heat race.”
Track and series officials made the decision to move Tuesday’s program to the infield, ¼-mile oval. The transition was just what the doctor ordered for Shane.
“Hat’s off to my crew. We stayed up until about 4 o’clock this morning putting this thing back together,” said Clanton in Victory Lane. “We debated getting the other car out but (they) did a good job putting this thing back together. I (said) after the heat race that the best car is gonna win the race, so, there it is. This is a big win for our team, and I want to thank Skyline Motorsports and everyone who supports us.”
Shane Clanton invaded the Belleville (Kan.) High Banks on Monday evening for the opening round of the inaugural Belleville Dirt Nationals. Twenty-one XR Super Series entries were on hand for the $20,000-to-win event at the lightning-fast, ½-mile oval. Clanton blew a tire in his heat race, which sent him into the wall. The team made repairs for the 20-lap feature, and he rebounded to finish eighth.
Due to safety concerns, track and series officials moved Tuesday night’s $40,000-to-win program to the facility’s, ¼-mile infield oval. Clanton qualified third fastest to earn the pole position for his heat race, which he won to lock into the third-starting spot for the feature.
Shane moved into the second spot early in the feature and slipped past Jonathan Davenport for the lead on the 10th circuit and went on to pace the remainder of the 50 lapper to claim the $40,000 victory.
Clanton’s second win of the year came over Chris Madden, Jonathan Davenport, Chris Ferguson, and Gordy Gundaker.
24 entries
DIRT LATE MODELS
A Feature (50 Laps): 1. 25-Shane Clanton[3]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[7]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 5. 11-Gordy Gundaker[6]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 7. 04-Tad Pospisil[9]; 8. 0-Scott Bloomquist[10]; 9. 76-Blair Nothdurft[12]; 10. 10M-Jacob Magee[13]; 11. 8-Kyle Strickler[14]; 12. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 13. 53-Andrew Kosiski[15]; 14. 14W-Dustin Walker[11]; 15. 10 4-Adam Popp[24]; 16. 11B-Justin Bussell[20]; 17. (DNF) 9-Joseph Gorby[17]; 18. (DNF) 22C-Charlie McKenna[4]; 19. (DNF) 6-Al Humphrey[16]; 20. (DNF) 7D-Dusty Leonard[18]; 21. (DNF) 92S-Dan Smith[19]; 22. (DNF) 92-Delbert Smith[22]; 23. (DNF) 66-Hayden Ross[21]; 24. (DNF) 10-TeeJay Janousek[23]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 22C-Charlie McKenna[2]; 3. 44-Chris Madden[3]; 4. 0-Scott Bloomquist[5]; 5. 10M-Jacob Magee[4]; 6. 6-Al Humphrey[6]; 7. 92S-Dan Smith[8]; 8. 92-Delbert Smith[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 22-Chris Ferguson[3]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[5]; 4. 14W-Dustin Walker[4]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 6. 9-Joseph Gorby[6]; 7. 11B-Justin Bussell[7]; 8. 10-TeeJay Janousek[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 11-Gordy Gundaker[2]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil[4]; 4. 76-Blair Nothdurft[5]; 5. 53-Andrew Kosiski[3]; 6. 7D-Dusty Leonard[6]; 7. 66-Hayden Ross[8]; 8. 10 4-Adam Popp[7]
Qualifying: 1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.312[5]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:13.547[13]; 3. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:13.640[14]; 4. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 00:13.668[4]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:13.712[9]; 6. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 00:13.734[2]; 7. 44-Chris Madden, 00:13.769[19]; 8. 22-Chris Ferguson, 00:13.770[8]; 9. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:13.771[7]; 10. 10M-Jacob Magee, 00:13.919[11]; 11. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:13.966[21]; 12. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:13.995[1]; 13. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 00:14.125[22]; 14. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:14.184[3]; 15. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.316[16]; 16. 6-Al Humphrey, 00:14.349[15]; 17. 9-Joseph Gorby, 00:14.382[18]; 18. 7D-Dusty Leonard, 00:14.427[20]; 19. 92-Delbert Smith, 00:14.427[17]; 20. 11B-Justin Bussell, 00:14.521[6]; 21. 10 4-Adam Popp, 00:14.710[10]; 22. 92S-Dan Smith, 00:14.952[23]; 23. 10-TeeJay Janousek, 00:15.051[24]; 24. 66-Hayden Ross[12]
12 entries
DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
Malvern Bank A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 14-Kyle Berck[5]; 2. 24-Bill Leighton[11]; 3. 99-Jesse Sobbing[4]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[9]; 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[7]; 6. 53-Andrew Kosiski[8]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 8. 3AM-Cole Wayman[12]; 9. 52-Brian Kosiski[10]; 10. 22-Charlie McKenna[2]; 11. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[6]; 12. 1-Jake Neal[1]
Speedway Motors Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15C-Curt Schroeder[3]; 2. 52-Brian Kosiski[1]; 3. 1-Jake Neal[5]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna[4]; 5. 3AM-Cole Wayman[2]; 6. 99-Jesse Sobbing[6]
Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[1]; 2. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[3]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil[2]; 4. 14-Kyle Berck[6]; 5. 53-Andrew Kosiski[5]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton[4]
Qualifying: 1. 99-Jesse Sobbing, 00:13.585[11]; 2. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:13.725[6]; 3. 1-Jake Neal, 00:13.732[1]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:13.784[3]; 5. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:13.784[5]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:13.845[7]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:13.914[12]; 8. 26JR-Corey Zeitner, 00:13.969[9]; 9. 3AM-Cole Wayman, 00:13.986[8]; 10. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:14.118[2]; 11. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:14.203[10]; 12. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:14.246[4]