ROSSBURG, OH – July 19, 2017 – Billy Whittaker started on the pole and drove the cushion to perfection on his way to victory in the Super DIRTcar Series All-Star Showdown at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday night. While it was a non-points race, it was Whittaker’s first Feature win of any kind with the Series. Whittaker built a sizable lead that Brett Hearn and Billy Decker tried to erase, but fell about five car lengths short. Max McLaughlin and Mat Williamson rounded out the top-five. The All-Star Showdown featured the Super DIRTcar Series full-time drivers and the top-six non-regular finishers from the July 18 full points event.
Eldora Speedway – All-Star Showdown Notebook
Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 109-Billy Whittaker [1]; 2. 20-Brett Hearn [5]; 3. 91-Billy Decker [7]; 4. 6h-Max McLaughlin [12]; 5. 6m-Mat Williamson [4]; 6. 9s-Matt Sheppard [11]; 7. 43h-Jimmy Horton [9]; 8. 99L-Larry Wight [13]; 9. 23-Kyle Coffey [8]; 10. 43-Keith Flach [6]; 11. 22-Brandon Walters [3]; 12. 5h-Chris Hile [17]; 13. 14w-Ryan Watt [19]; 14. 21a-Peter Britten [14]; 15. 8-Rich Scagliotta [2]; 16. 7m-Mike Maresca [18]; 17. 42p-Pat Ward [15]; 18. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [10]; 19. 6-Josh Hohenforst [20]; 20. 19-Tim Fuller [16].
Heat 1 (8 Laps) – 1. 21a-Peter Britten [1]; 2. 6h-Max McLaughlin [2]; 3. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [3]; 4. 23-Kyle Coffey [6]; 5. 43-Keith Flach [8]; 6. 6m-Mat Williamson [5]; 7. 8-Rich Scagliotta [4]; 8. 42p-Pat Ward [9]; 9. 5h-Chris Hile [7]; 10. 14w-Ryan Watt [10].
Heat 2 (8 Laps) – 1. 99L-Larry Wight [3]; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard [1]; 3. 43h-Jimmy Horton [2]; 4. 91-Billy Decker [6]; 5. 20-Brett Hearn [5]; 6. 22-Brandon Walters [4]; 7. 109-Billy Whittaker [7]; 8. 19-Tim Fuller [8]; 9. 7m-Mike Maresca [9]; 10. 6j-Josh Hohenforst [10].
Feature Line-Up Inversion: 14
CONTINGENCY WINNERS: Bicknell Racing Products ($100 Product Certificate): Billy Whittaker; Comp Cams ($50 Product Certificate): Billy Decker; JE Pistons (Product Certificate): Pat Ward; KSE Racing Products Inc. ($50 Product Certificate): Larry Wight (+5 – 13th to 8th); Wrisco Aluminum (Product Certificate): Billy Whittaker.
