Brian Shirley holds off Kyle Logue to win UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Fayette County Speedway!
BROWNSTOWN, ILL (June 21, 2012) – Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., dominated Thursday night at Fayette County Speedway en route to his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour victory of 2012 worth $5,000.
Shirley, who is second in Summer Nationals point standings, started on pole and held off a late rally by Kyle Logue of Oreana, Ill., to earn his first tour win since 2010. Logue used the knowledge he gained running at Fayette County in a DIRTcar UMP Modified earlier in his racing career and charged from 11th to finish second. Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., was third. Jason Feger, the 2010 Summer Nationals champion from Bloomington, Ill., finished fourth while Jon Henry of Ada, Ohio, started 15th and rallied to finish fifth.
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The tour returns to action Friday night at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill., where Dan Schlieper won the Summer Nationals event in 2011. The event at Tri-City Speedway is set to be heavily contested with a $10,000 winner’s purse up for grabs.
Heat 1:
Wendell Wallace, Jason Feger, Billy Moyer Jr., Greg Johnson, Mike Spatola, Ryan Unzicker, Michael Kloos, Scott Weber, Chad Zobrist, Jason Zobrist, Frankie Martin
Heat 2:
Jason McBride, Dillan White, Nick Bartels, Jason Riggs, Rusty Schlenk, Mark Burgtorf, Clay Baumann, Lee Thomason
Heat 3:
Brian Shirley, Shannon Babb, Kyle Logue, Jon Henry, Dennis Erb Jr., Steve Lance Jr., Jerry Lierly, Chad Stapleton, Kathy Jarvis
Heat 4:
Kevin Cole, Frank Heckenast Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Kevin Weaver, Bobby Pierce, Tanner English, Steve Casebolt, Duane Kiefer, Rodney Melvin
C-Main:
Scott Weber, Chad Zobrist, Dewayne Kierfer, Jason Zobrist, Dan Jacober, Frankie Martin, Chad Stapleton, Adam Tischhauser, Lee Thomason, Kathy Jarvis
B-Main:
Mike Spatola, Dennis Erb Jr., Bobby Pierce, Mark Burgtorf, Tanner English, Ryan Unzicker, Michael Kloos, Steve Lance Jr., Steve Thornsten, Clay Baumann, Dewayne Kiefer
Feature:
1. Brian Shirley
2. Kyle Logue
3. Wendell Wallace
4. Jason Feger
5. Jon Henry
6. Shannon Babb
7. Frank Heckenast Jr.
8. Brandon Sheppard
9. Bobby Pierce
10. Billy Moyer Jr.
11. Kevin Weaver
12. Dennis Erb Jr.
13. Dillan White
14. Ryan Unzicker
15. Jason McBride
16. Jason Riggs
17. Jerry Lierly
18. Nick Bartels
19. Mike Spatola
20. Rusty Schlenk
21. Kevin Cole
22. Greg Johnson
