BARBERVILLE, FL – February 14, 2019 – Love for dirt racing was in the air at Volusia Speedway Park this Valentine’s Day as a tremendous crowd watched three super-powered heroes battle it out for the podium. Super Matt Sheppard triumphed over Stewart Mr. Freeze Friesen, and Batman Peter Britten. Sheppard made a two-for-one pass coming out of turn two for his first win of 2019 in a new car with a new engine.
FEATURE (30 Laps)
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [4]; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen [5]; 3. 21a-Peter Britten [1]; 4. 18-Anthony Perrego [8]; 5. 91-Billy Decker [10]; 6. 19m-Jessey Mueller [2]; 7. 25-Erick Rudolph [16]; 8. 1-Billy Pauch [13]; 9. 99l-Larry Wight [12]; 10. 20-Brett Hearn [9]; 11. 3-Justin Haers [11]; 12. 42p-Pat Ward [15]; 13. 19-Tim Fuller [14]; 14. 88-Mat Williamson [18]; 15. 111-Demetrios Drellos [22]; 16. 118-Jim Britt [25]; 17. 5-Ryan Godown [20]; 18. 9t-Will Thomas [3]; 19. 2L-Jack Lehner [17]; 20. 33-Marc Johnson [19]; 21. 98t-Tyler Thompson [24]; 22. 23-Kyle Coffey [21]; 23. 46-Jeremy Smith [26]; 24. 1g-Darwin Greene [23]; 25. 7-Rick Laubach [7]; 26. 27j-Danny Johnson [6]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 25-Erick Rudolph[+9]
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.54; 2. 7-Rick Laubach, 17.584; 3. 46-Jeremy Smith, 17.874; 4. 20-Brett Hearn, 17.944; 5. 1-Billy Pauch, 18.114; 6. 1g-Darwin Greene, 18.381; 7. 2L-Jack Lehner, 18.405; 8. 5st-Tyler Siri, 18.492; 9. 118-Jim Britt, 18.53; 10. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky, 19.517
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 9t-Will Thomas, 17.749; 2. 21a-Peter Britten, 17.911; 3. 91-Billy Decker, 17.93; 4. 88-Mat Williamson, 18.042; 5. 19-Tim Fuller, 18.136; 6. 23-Kyle Coffey, 18.403; 7. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 18.592; 8. 35c-Mario Clair, 18.691; 9. 44R-Russell Morseman, 18.993; 10. 72-Cass Bennett, 19.749
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 44-Stewart Friesen, 17.744; 2. 3-Justin Haers, 18.145; 3. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 18.209; 4. 42p-Pat Ward, 18.224; 5. 33-Marc Johnson, 18.461; 6. 42-Kyle Sheldon, 18.54; 7. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 18.572; 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 18.639; 9. 98t-Tyler Thompson, 18.743; 10. 30-Jo Jo Watson, 19.237
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 27j-Danny Johnson, 18.258; 2. 99l-Larry Wight, 18.3; 3. 65-Scott Hitchen, 18.305; 4. 18-Anthony Perrego, 18.308; 5. 5-Ryan Godown, 18.558; 6. 21-Yan Bussiere, 18.62; 7. 25-Erick Rudolph, 18.672; 8. 88a-Dave Allen, 18.8; 9. 35-Francois Bellemare, 18.877
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 7-Rick Laubach [2]; 3. 20-Brett Hearn [4]; 4. 1-Billy Pauch [5]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner [7]; 6. 46-Jeremy Smith [3]; 7. 1g-Darwin Greene [6]; 8. 118-Jim Britt [9]; 9. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky [10]; 10. 5st-Tyler Siri [8]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9t-Will Thomas [1]; 2. 21a-Peter Britten [2]; 3. 91-Billy Decker [3]; 4. 19-Tim Fuller [5]; 5. 88-Mat Williamson [4]; 6. 23-Kyle Coffey [6]; 7. 35c-Mario Clair [8]; 8. 8-Rich Scagliotta [7]; 9. 44R-Russell Morseman [9]; 10. 72-Cass Bennett [10]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 44-Stewart Friesen [1]; 2. 19m-Jessey Mueller [3]; 3. 3-Justin Haers [2]; 4. 42p-Pat Ward [4]; 5. 33-Marc Johnson [5]; 6. 111-Demetrios Drellos [7]; 7. 98t-Tyler Thompson [9]; 8. 42-Kyle Sheldon [6]; 9. 48t-Dave Rauscher [8]; 10. 30-Jo Jo Watson [10]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 27j-Danny Johnson [1]; 2. 18-Anthony Perrego [4]; 3. 99l-Larry Wight [2]; 4. 25-Erick Rudolph [7]; 5. 5-Ryan Godown [5]; 6. 88a-Dave Allen [8]; 7. 21-Yan Bussiere [6]; 8. 35-Francois Bellemare [9]; 9. 65-Scott Hitchen [3]
Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 23-Kyle Coffey [2]; 2. 1g-Darwin Greene [3]; 3. 46-Jeremy Smith [1]; 4. 118-Jim Britt [5]; 5. 35c-Mario Clair [4]; 6. 8-Rich Scagliotta [6]; 7. 44R-Russell Morseman [8]; 8. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky [7]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 111-Demetrios Drellos [1]; 2. 98t-Tyler Thompson [3]; 3. 88a-Dave Allen [2]; 4. 21-Yan Bussiere [4]; 5. 30-Jo Jo Watson [9]; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher [7]; 7. 65-Scott Hitchen [8]; 8. 42-Kyle Sheldon [5]; 9. 35-Francois Bellemare [6]
