WEEDSPORT, NY – July 28, 2019 – Super Matt Sheppard needed all of his power and green flag laps he could get to seal his sixth Super DIRTcar Series win of 2019. Having secured a guaranteed start for NAPA Super DIRT Week XLVIII, Sheppard passes the guarantee to runner-up and rival Erick Rudolph. Rudolph started eleventh and worked his way passed all of the best Big Block Modified drivers around except for one. Outside pole-sitter and early race leader Mat Williamson finished third to round out the podium.
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 5H-Chris Hile, 15.707; 2. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 15.724; 3. 23-Kyle Coffey, 15.853; 4. 25-Erick Rudolph, 15.875; 5. 49-Billy Dunn, 16.006; 6. 35-Mike Mahaney, 16.159; 7. 21J-Danny Johnson, 16.608
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 91-Billy Decker, 15.772; 2. 109-Billy Whittaker, 15.776; 3. 21A-Peter Britten, 16.006; 4. 37-Paul StSauveur, 16.223; 5. 14j-Alan Johnson, 16.244; 6. 63-Adam Roberts, 16.341; 7. 36-Ben Bushaw, 16.383; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 16.56
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 15.568; 2. 32R-Ronnie Davis, 15.761; 3. M1-Dave Marcuccilli, 15.856; 4. 9X-Tyler Trump, 15.927; 5. 88-Mat Williamson, 15.935; 6. 15-Todd Root, 16.134; 7. 2L-Jack Lehner, 16.351; 8. 26-Ryan Godown, 16.361; 9. R2-Rusty Smith, 16.543
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 99L-Larry Wight, 15.782; 2. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot, 15.824; 3. 83X-Tim Sears, 15.855; 4. 42P-Pat Ward, 15.972; 5. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 16.037; 6. 3B-Chad Brachmann, 16.125; 7. 19W-Justin Wright, 16.468; 8. 14NY-Daniel Johnson, 16.668
Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 5H-Chris Hile [1]; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph [4]; 3. 111-Demetrios Drellos [2]; 4. 23-Kyle Coffey [3]; 5. 21J-Danny Johnson [7]; 6. 49-Billy Dunn [5]; 7. 35-Mike Mahaney [6]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 91-Billy Decker [1]; 2. 109-Billy Whittaker [2]; 3. 14j-Alan Johnson [5]; 4. 21A-Peter Britten [3]; 5. 63-Adam Roberts [6]; 6. 37-Paul StSauveur [4]; 7. 36-Ben Bushaw [7]; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [1]; 2. 32R-Ronnie Davis [2]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson [5]; 4. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [3]; 5. 26-Ryan Godown [8]; 6. 9X-Tyler Trump [4]; 7. 2L-Jack Lehner [7]; 8. 15-Todd Root [6]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 99L-Larry Wight [1]; 2. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot [2]; 3. 9S-Matt Sheppard [5]; 4. 3B-Chad Brachmann [6]; 5. 42P-Pat Ward [4]; 6. 19W-Justin Wright [7]; 7. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [8]; 8. 83X-Tim Sears [3]
LCS1 – Last Chance Showdowns (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 49-Billy Dunn [1][]; 2. 35-Mike Mahaney [5][]; 3. 83X-Tim Sears [11][]; 4. 37-Paul StSauveur [2][]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner [7][]; 6. 19W-Justin Wright [4][]; 7. 36-Ben Bushaw [6][]; 8. 9X-Tyler Trump [3][]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [12][]; 10. 15-Todd Root [10][]; 11. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [8][]; 12. 17-Marcus Dinkins [9][]
FEATURE (100 Laps)
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [4][$10,000]; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph [11][$5,000]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson [1][$3,500]; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [9][$2,000]; 5. 99L-Larry Wight [10][$1,600]; 6. 32R-Ronnie Davis [3][$1,400]; 7. 91-Billy Decker [7][$1,200]; 8. 5H-Chris Hile [5][$1,000]; 9. 21J-Danny Johnson [17][$800]; 10. 35-Mike Mahaney [22][$700]; 11. 109-Billy Whittaker [2][$600]; 12. 21A-Peter Britten [14][$550]; 13. 26-Ryan Godown [19][$500]; 14. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [15][$500]; 15. 3B-Chad Brachmann [16][$500]; 16. 42P-Pat Ward [20][$500]; 17. 111-Demetrios Drellos [6][$500]; 18. R70-Ryan Arbuthnot [12][$500]; 19. 2L-Jack Lehner [25][$500]; 20. 37-Paul StSauveur [24][$500]; 21. R2-Rusty Smith [26][$500]; 22. 49-Billy Dunn [21][$500]; 23. 23-Kyle Coffey [13][$500]; 24. 83X-Tim Sears [23][$500]; 25. 63-Adam Roberts [18][$500]; 26. 14j-Alan Johnson [8][$500]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 35-Mike Mahaney[+12]
