MALTA, NY – June 25, 2019 – Brett Hearn’s The Big Show 11 lived up to its name. In a 111-lap race that few will soon forget, five-time NAPA Super DIRT Week Champion Stewart Friesen passed race promotor and eight-time Series Champion Brett Hearn on lap 110. Mat Williamson put together another solid finish to round out the podium.
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 15.909; 2. X-Chad Phelps, 16.012; 3. 88-Mat Williamson, 16.039; 4. 91NY-Jackie Brown, 16.061; 5. 34-Andrew Ferguson, 16.082; 6. 2L-Jack Lehner, 16.158; 7. 26-Ryan Godown, 16.197; 8. 19m-Jesse Mueller, 16.28; 9. 60-Brian Berger, 16.289; 10. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 16.313; 11. R2-Rusty Smith, 16.615
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 97-Bobby Hackel, 15.796; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 15.833; 3. 2rj-Ronnie Johnson, 15.849; 4. 43-Keith Flach, 15.99; 5. 27j-Danny Johnson, 16.15; 6. 35L-LJ Lombardo, 16.243; 7. 18-Anthony Perrego, 16.264; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 16.359; 9. 667-Matthew Depew, 16.576; 10. 14-CG Morey, 16.608; 11. 10-Don Mattison, NT
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 20-Brett Hearn, 15.677; 2. 44-Stewart Friesen, 15.878; 3. 3d-Matt Delorenzo, 15.946; 4. 3G-Brian Gleason, 15.999; 5. 42p-Pat Ward, 16.002; 6. 25-Erick Rudolph, 16.021; 7. 99L-Larry Wight, 16.059; 8. 23-Kyle Coffey, 16.081; 9. 1-Richard Ronca, 16.104; 10. 0-Lou Torres, 16.492; 11. 14NY-Daniel Johnson, 16.612
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 15.816; 2. 6H-Max McLaughlin, 15.916; 3. 21A-Peter Britten, 16.013; 4. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 16.044; 5. 35-Mike Mahaney, 16.127; 6. 10j-Jim Nagle, 16.189; 7. 3j-Marc Johnson, 16.204; 8. 97w-Rocky Warner, 16.208; 9. 115-Kenny Tremont, 16.226; 10. 7-Donald Ronca, 16.345; 11. 37-Paul StSauveur, 16.784
Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [1]; 2. 88-Mat Williamson [3]; 3. X-Chad Phelps [2]; 4. 26-Ryan Godown [7]; 5. 19m-Jesse Mueller [8]; 6. 60-Brian Berger [9]; 7. 34-Andrew Ferguson [5]; 8. 48T-Dave Rauscher [10]; 9. 91NY-Jackie Brown [4]; 10. 2L-Jack Lehner [6]; 11. R2-Rusty Smith [11]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 91-Billy Decker [2]; 2. 97-Bobby Hackel [1]; 3. 27j-Danny Johnson [5]; 4. 2rj-Ronnie Johnson [3]; 5. 43-Keith Flach [4]; 6. 18-Anthony Perrego [7]; 7. 35L-LJ Lombardo [6]; 8. 14-CG Morey [10]; 9. 667-Matthew Depew [9]; 10. 17-Marcus Dinkins [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 20-Brett Hearn [1]; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph [6]; 3. 44-Stewart Friesen [2]; 4. 3d-Matt Delorenzo [3]; 5. 42p-Pat Ward [5]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight [7]; 7. 23-Kyle Coffey [8]; 8. 1-Richard Ronca [9]; 9. 3G-Brian Gleason [4]; 10. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [11]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 6H-Max McLaughlin [2]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney [5]; 4. 21A-Peter Britten [3]; 5. 115-Kenny Tremont [9]; 6. 3j-Marc Johnson [7]; 7. 10j-Jim Nagle [6]; 8. 97w-Rocky Warner [8]; 9. 111-Demetrios Drellos [4]; 10. 7-Donald Ronca [10]
LCS1 – Last Chance Showdowns (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 18-Anthony Perrego [2]; 2. 60-Brian Berger [1]; 3. 34-Andrew Ferguson [3]; 4. 35L-LJ Lombardo [4]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner [9]; 6. 48T-Dave Rauscher [5]; 7. 14-CG Morey [6]; 8. R2-Rusty Smith [11]; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins [10]; 10. 10-Don Mattison [-]; 11. 667-Matthew Depew [8]; 12. 91NY-Jackie Brown [7]
LCS2 ( Laps)
1. 99L-Larry Wight [1]; 2. 3j-Marc Johnson [2]; 3. 111-Demetrios Drellos [8]; 4. 10j-Jim Nagle [4]; 5. 7-Donald Ronca [10]; 6. 23-Kyle Coffey [3]; 7. 1-Richard Ronca [5]; 8. 3G-Brian Gleason [7]; 9. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [9]; 10. 37-Paul StSauveur [-]; 11. 97w-Rocky Warner [6]; 12. 0-Lou Torres [-]
FEATURE (111 Laps)
1. 44-Stewart Friesen [7]; 2. 20-Brett Hearn [4]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson [8]; 4. 6H-Max McLaughlin [10]; 5. 9s-Matt Sheppard [12]; 6. 91-Billy Decker [3]; 7. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [6]; 8. 35-Mike Mahaney [2]; 9. 26-Ryan Godown [13]; 10. 25-Erick Rudolph [5]; 11. 43-Keith Flach [18]; 12. 99L-Larry Wight [22]; 13. X-Chad Phelps [1]; 14. 27j-Danny Johnson [11]; 15. 42p-Pat Ward [19]; 16. 3j-Marc Johnson [24]; 17. 115-Kenny Tremont [20]; 18. 21A-Peter Britten [16]; 19. 19m-Jesse Mueller [17]; 20. 111-Demetrios Drellos [26]; 21. 2L-Jack Lehner [27]; 22. 60-Brian Berger [23]; 23. R2-Rusty Smith [28]; 24. 18-Anthony Perrego [21]; 25. 3d-Matt Delorenzo [15]; 26. 97-Bobby Hackel [9]; 27. 48T-Dave Rauscher [25]; 28. 2rj-Ronnie Johnson [14]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 99L-Larry Wight[+10]