Matt Sheppard raced up from his third-place starting position to snatch the $10,000-to-win Battle on the Midway 100 at Orange County. In his tracks, the Ringoes Rocket Ryan Godown fought off red hot runner Erick Rudolph to secure his best Series finish and a guaranteed starting spot in the Billy Whittaker Cars 200 at NAPA Super DIRT Week XLVIII.
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 22.418; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 22.922; 3. 42p-Pat Ward, 23.024; 4. 35-Mike Mahaney, 23.08; 5. 93X-Craig Mitchell, 23.105; 6. 6D-Dillon Steuer, 23.211; 7. 17J-Mat Janiak, 23.332; 8. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 23.411; 9. 19JR-Roger Henion, 23.54; 10. 59-Yanick Mathieu, 23.669; 11. R2-Rusty Smith, 23.803; 12. 6C-Josh Delea, 24.364
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 43H-Jimmy Horton, 23.026; 2. 1P-Billy Pauch, 23.03; 3. 2L-Jack Lehner, 23.031; 4. 4v-Billy VanInwegen, 23.15; 5. 5H-Chris Hile, 23.155; 6. 2a-Michael Gular, 23.404; 7. 220-John Ferrier, 23.576; 8. 97-Gerry Higbie, 23.633; 9. 4S-Michael Storms, 23.669; 10. 91NY-John Brown, 23.683; 11. 37-Paul StSauveur, 23.748
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 3w-Mat Williamson, 22.655; 2. 20-Brett Hearn, 22.937; 3. 44-Anthony Perrego, 23.171; 4. 4-Andy Bachetti, 23.297; 5. 69-Tyler Boniface, 23.366; 6. 33-Marc Johnson, 23.627; 7. 14ny-Daniel Johnson, 23.755; 8. J7-Brandon Finley, 24.127; 9. 88D-Steve Dodd, 24.181; 10. 47-Chris Grbac, 24.526; 11. 88K-Michael Kolka, NT; DQ. 28-Michael Trautschold, 23.717
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 21A-Peter Britten, 22.993; 2. 17Z-Brian Krummel, 23.17; 3. 18D-Billy Dunn, 23.423; 4. 99L-Larry Wight, 23.596; 5. 66-Tom Meier, 23.732; 6. 72-DominicK Buffalio, 23.752; 7. 4SL-Bob Hentschel, 24.051; 8. 10-Rich Eurich, 24.114; 9. 21m-Bob McGannon, 24.125; 10. 24-Chris Shultz, 25.959; DQ. 21E-Gary Edwards, 23.524
Qualifying Flight-E
1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 23.112; 2. 7-Rick Laubach, 23.114; 3. 27j-Danny Johnson, 23.141; 4. 35L-LJ Lombardo, 23.318; 5. 18s-Tim Sears, 23.38; 6. 33H-Matt Hitchcock, 23.626; 7. 1Z-Jessica Friesen, 23.701; 8. 16x-Daniel Creeden, 24.057; 9. 3-Sam Martz, 24.144; 10. 29-Ryan Krachun, 24.157; 11. 88t-Tyler Jashembowski, 24.864; 12. 30-John Guarino, 26.907
Qualifying Flight-F
1. 26-Ryan Godown, 23.087; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph, 23.181; 3. 19-Tim Fuller, 23.58; 4. J17-Jeff Heotzler, 23.749; 5. 244-Chris Whitehead, 23.773; 6. 3p-Billy Pauch, 23.896; 7. 126-Jeffery Strunk, 23.997; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 24.24; 9. 6-Matthew Stangle, 24.716; 10. k3-Danny Cronk, 24.96
Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 91-Billy Decker [2]; 3. 6D-Dillon Steuer [6]; 4. 42p-Pat Ward [3]; 5. 35-Mike Mahaney [4]; 6. 111-Demetrios Drellos [8]; 7. 93X-Craig Mitchell [5]; 8. 17J-Mat Janiak [7]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [11]; 10. 19JR-Roger Henion [9]; 11. 59-Yanick Mathieu [10]; 12. 6C-Josh Delea [12]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 1P-Billy Pauch [2]; 2. 43H-Jimmy Horton [1]; 3. 5H-Chris Hile [5]; 4. 4v-Billy VanInwegen [4]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner [3]; 6. 2a-Michael Gular [6]; 7. 220-John Ferrier [7]; 8. 91NY-John Brown [10]; 9. 4S-Michael Storms [9]; 10. 37-Paul StSauveur [11]; 11. 97-Gerry Higbie [8]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 3w-Mat Williamson [1]; 2. 20-Brett Hearn [2]; 3. 4-Andy Bachetti [4]; 4. 44-Anthony Perrego [3]; 5. 69-Tyler Boniface [5]; 6. 33-Marc Johnson [6]; 7. J7-Brandon Finley [8]; 8. 14ny-Daniel Johnson [7]; 9. 88D-Steve Dodd [9]; 10. 47-Chris Grbac [10]; 11. 28-Michael Trautschold [12]; 12. 88k-Michael Kolka [11]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 21A-Peter Britten [1]; 2. 17Z-Brian Krummel [2]; 3. 18D-Billy Dunn [3]; 4. 66-Tom Meier [5]; 5. 99L-Larry Wight [4]; 6. 72-DominicK Buffalio [6]; 7. 21E-Gary Edwards [11]; 8. 21m-Bob McGannon [9]; 9. 4SL-Bob Hentschel [7]; 10. 10-Rich Eurich [8]; 11. 24-Chris Shultz [10]
Heat #5 – Flight (E) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [1]; 2. 35L-LJ Lombardo [4]; 3. 27j-Danny Johnson [3]; 4. 18s-Tim Sears [5]; 5. 7-Rick Laubach [2]; 6. 16x-Daniel Creeden [8]; 7. 1Z-Jessica Friesen [7]; 8. 33H-Matt Hitchcock [6]; 9. 3-Sam Martz [9]; 10. 29-Ryan Krachun [10]; 11. 88t-Tyler Jashembowski [11]; 12. 30-John Guarino [12]
Heat #6 – Flight (F) (8 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer
1. 26-Ryan Godown [1]; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph [2]; 3. 19-Tim Fuller [3]; 4. 244-Chris Whitehead [5]; 5. 3p-Billy Pauch [6]; 6. J17-Jeff Heotzler [4]; 7. 126-Jeffery Strunk [7]; 8. 6-Matthew Stangle [9]; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins [8]; 10. k3-Danny Cronk [10]
LCS1 – Last Chance Showdowns (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 111-Demetrios Drellos [3][]; 2. 35-Mike Mahaney [1][]; 3. 93X-Craig Mitchell [5][]; 4. 72-DominicK Buffalio [4][]; 5. 21m-Bob McGannon [8][]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight [2][]; 7. 21E-Gary Edwards [6][]; 8. 17J-Mat Janiak [7][]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [9][]; 10. 4SL-Bob Hentschel [10][]; 11. 19JR-Roger Henion [11][]; 12. 59-Yanick Mathieu [13][]; 13. 10-Rich Eurich [12][]; 14. 24-Chris Shultz [14][]
LCS2 ( Laps)
1. 2L-Jack Lehner [1][]; 2. 16x-Daniel Creeden [4][]; 3. 7-Rick Laubach [2][]; 4. 2a-Michael Gular [3][]; 5. 91NY-John Brown [7][]; 6. 4S-Michael Storms [9][]; 7. 1Z-Jessica Friesen [6][]; 8. 33H-Matt Hitchcock [8][]; 9. 3-Sam Martz [10][]; 10. 29-Ryan Krachun [12][]; 11. 37-Paul StSauveur [11][]; 12. 220-John Ferrier [5][]; 13. 88t-Tyler Jashembowski [14][]; 14. 97-Gerry Higbie [13][]
B3 ( Laps)
1. 126-Jeffery Strunk [6][]; 2. 69-Tyler Boniface [1][]; 3. 3p-Billy Pauch [2][]; 4. 33-Marc Johnson [3][]; 5. J17-Jeff Heotzler [4][]; 6. J7-Brandon Finley [5][]; 7. 17-Marcus Dinkins [10][]; 8. 14ny-Daniel Johnson [7][]; 9. 28-Michael Trautschold [13][]; 10. 6-Matthew Stangle [8][]; 11. 88D-Steve Dodd [9][]; 12. 47-Chris Grbac [11][]; 13. 6C-Josh Delea [14][]; 14. k3-Danny Cronk [12][]
FEATURE (100 Laps)
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [3][$10,000]; 2. 26-Ryan Godown [2][$5,000]; 3. 25-Erick Rudolph [7][$3,000]; 4. 91-Billy Decker [6][$2,750]; 5. 20-Brett Hearn [8][$2,500]; 6. 1P-Billy Pauch [10][$2,250]; 7. 21A-Peter Britten [1][$2,000]; 8. 27j-Danny Johnson [17][$1,750]; 9. 3w-Mat Williamson [9][$1,500]; 10. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [12][$1,400]; 11. 5H-Chris Hile [14][$1,300]; 12. 18D-Billy Dunn [16][$1,200]; 13. 35-Mike Mahaney [28][$1,150]; 14. 99L-Larry Wight [34][$1,100]; 15. 18s-Tim Sears [23][$1,050]; 16. 42p-Pat Ward [19][$1,000]; 17. 66-Tom Meier [22][$975]; 18. 111-Demetrios Drellos [25][$950]; 19. R2-Rusty Smith [36][$425]; 20. 37-Paul StSauveur [35][$900]; 21. 17-Marcus Dinkins [37][$375]; 22. 44-Anthony Perrego [21][$850]; 23. 43H-Jimmy Horton [4][$825]; 24. 17Z-Brian Krummel [11][$800]; 25. 4v-Billy VanInwegen [20][$775]; 26. 35L-LJ Lombardo [5][$750]; 27. 4-Andy Bachetti [15][$725]; 28. 6D-Dillon Steuer [13][$700]; 29. 16x-Daniel Creeden [29][$675]; 30. 7-Rick Laubach [32][$650]; 31. 93X-Craig Mitchell [31][$625]; 32. 69-Tyler Boniface [30][$500]; 33. 19-Tim Fuller [18][$500]; 34. 126-Jeffery Strunk [27][$500]; 35. 3p-Billy Pauch [33][$500]; 36. 244-Chris Whitehead [24][]; 37. 2L-Jack Lehner [26][]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 99L-Larry Wight[+20]
