BARBERVILLE, FL – February 16, 2019 – After a breathless week of incredible Super DIRTcar Series action, Stewart Friesen held off Gypsum Racing teammates Larry Wight and Billy Decker to win the 50-lap DIRTcar Nationals finale. Friesen outran Larry Wight on a green, white, checkered flag restart, but Wight tallied enough points to capture the Gator Championship. Billy Decker, who won the first round of DIRTcar Nationals Big-Block Modified competition, ran well enough to round out the podium.
FEATURE (50 Laps)
1. 44-Stewart Friesen [8]; 2. 99l-Larry Wight [7]; 3. 91-Billy Decker [3]; 4. 3-Justin Haers [2]; 5. 27j-Danny Johnson [1]; 6. 18-Anthony Perrego [21]; 7. 9s-Matt Sheppard [5]; 8. 21a-Peter Britten [12]; 9. 42p-Pat Ward [9]; 10. 20-Brett Hearn [4]; 11. 2L-Jack Lehner [13]; 12. 19m-Jessey Mueller [18]; 13. 88-Mat Williamson [16]; 14. 111-Demetrios Drellos [27]; 15. 23-Kyle Coffey [15]; 16. 8-Rich Scagliotta [11]; 17. 118-Jim Britt [28]; 18. 42-Kyle Sheldon [19]; 19. 5-Ryan Godown [23]; 20. 98t-Tyler Thompson [25]; 21. 21-Yan Bussiere [26]; 22. 9t-Will Thomas [6]; 23. 1-Billy Pauch [14]; 24. 25-Erick Rudolph [22]; 25. 30-Jo-Jo Watson [20]; 26. 19-Tim Fuller [24]; 27. 65-Scott Hitchens [10]; 28. 5st-Tyler Siri [17]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 18-Anthony Perrego[+15]
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 9t-Will Thomas, 17.755; 2. 3-Justin Haers, 17.784; 3. 42p-Pat Ward, 17.906; 4. 5st-Tyler Siri, 18.071; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner, 18.079; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 18.346; 7. 98t-Tyler Thompson, 18.376; 8. 46-Jeremy Smith, 18.423; 9. 35c-Mario Clair, 19.197; 10. 72-Cass Bennett, 19.941
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 99l-Larry Wight, 17.996; 2. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 18.056; 3. 65-Scott Hitchens, 18.084; 4. 91-Billy Decker, 18.177; 5. 1-Billy Pauch, 18.409; 6. 7-Rick Laubach, 18.438; 7. 18-Anthony Perrego, 18.485; 8. 5-Ryan Godown, 18.561; 9. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 18.573; 10. 44R-Russell Morseman, 19.38
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 20-Brett Hearn, 18.175; 2. 27j-Danny Johnson, 18.224; 3. 23-Kyle Coffey, 18.402; 4. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 18.45; 5. 1g-Darwin Greene, 18.549; 6. 118-Jim Britt, 18.752; 7. 42-Kyle Sheldon, 18.806; 8. 35-Francois Bellemare, 19.021; 9. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky, 19.758
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 44-Stewart Friesen, 17.656; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.955; 3. 88-Mat Williamson, 18.252; 4. 21a-Peter Britten, 18.265; 5. 25-Erick Rudolph, 18.295; 6. 30-Jo-Jo Watson, 18.348; 7. 21-Yan Bussiere, 18.39; 8. 33-Marc Johnson, 18.715; 9. 19-Tim Fuller, NT
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9t-Will Thomas [1]; 2. 3-Justin Haers [2]; 3. 42p-Pat Ward [3]; 4. 2L-Jack Lehner [5]; 5. 5st-Tyler Siri [4]; 6. 98t-Tyler Thompson [7]; 7. 46-Jeremy Smith [8]; 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher [6]; 9. 35c-Mario Clair [9]; 10. 72-Cass Bennett [10]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 99l-Larry Wight [1]; 2. 91-Billy Decker [4]; 3. 65-Scott Hitchens [3]; 4. 1-Billy Pauch [5]; 5. 19m-Jessey Mueller [2]; 6. 5-Ryan Godown [8]; 7. 18-Anthony Perrego [7]; 8. 111-Demetrios Drellos [9]; 9. 7-Rick Laubach [6]; 10. 44R-Russell Morseman [10]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 27j-Danny Johnson [2]; 2. 20-Brett Hearn [1]; 3. 8-Rich Scagliotta [4]; 4. 23-Kyle Coffey [3]; 5. 42-Kyle Sheldon [7]; 6. 118-Jim Britt [6]; 7. 35-Francois Bellemare [8]; 8. 1g-Darwin Greene [5]; 9. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 44-Stewart Friesen [1]; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard [2]; 3. 21a-Peter Britten [4]; 4. 88-Mat Williamson [3]; 5. 30-Jo-Jo Watson [6]; 6. 25-Erick Rudolph [5]; 7. 19-Tim Fuller [9]; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere [7]; 9. 33-Marc Johnson [8]
LCS – Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 18-Anthony Perrego [4]; 2. 5-Ryan Godown [2]; 3. 98t-Tyler Thompson [1]; 4. 46-Jeremy Smith [3]; 5. 111-Demetrios Drellos [6]; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher [5]; 7. 72-Cass Bennett [9]; 8. 7-Rick Laubach [8]; 9. 44R-Russell Morseman [10]; 10. 35c-Mario Clair [7]
B2 ( Laps)
1. 25-Erick Rudolph [2]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller [4]; 3. 21-Yan Bussiere [6]; 4. 118-Jim Britt [1]; 5. 33-Marc Johnson [8]; 6. 35-Francois Bellemare [3]; 7. 1g-Darwin Greene [5]; 8. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky [7]
