BREWERTON, NY – September 14, 2018 – A driver’s fate in dirt racing is often decided by a thin membrane of rubber, a drop of racing fuel, or one final lap. Tonight, Matt Sheppard made the winning difference on the very last lap over Pat Ward, who galloped away from the field most of the night. Sheppard motored his no. 9s Big-Block Modified out of turn four and swept passed Ward, who had become mired in lapped traffic. The crowd was stunned as Sheppard, who started in position 9, slowly but surely worked his way up to the top 3. Pat Ward, while disappointed not to come home with the win, finished second after leading most of the laps. In third place was young gun Tim Sears Jr, who battled wheel-to-wheel with some of the best in Big-Block Modified racing to stand on the podium.
Duel at the Demon Brewerton Speedway (100 Laps)
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [9]; 2. 42p-Pat Ward [4]; 3. 83x-Tim Sears [2]; 4. 25r-Erick Rudolph [5]; 5. 99L-Larry Wight [1]; 6. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [12]; 7. 91-Billy Decker [11]; 8. 6h-Max McLaughlin [3]; 9. 21J-Danny Johnson [16]; 10. 62s-Tom Sears [8]; 11. 88-Mike Mahaney [10]; 12. 8R-Rob Bellinger [25]; 13. 5H-Chris Hile [18]; 14. 8-Rich Scagliotta [27]; 15. 20-Brett Hearn [13]; 16. 109-Billy Whittaker [6]; 17. 55-Matt Hulsizer [7]; 18. 3b-Chad Brachmann [22]; 19. 84-Gary Tomkins [20]; 20. X-Chad Phelps [14]; 21. B16-Alan Barker [19]; 22. 34-Andrew Ferguson [21]; 23. 93v-Danny Varin [15]; 24. 63-Adam Roberts [28]; 25. R2-Rusty Smith [30]; 26. 21a-Peter Britten [17]; 27. 93-Ryan Bartlett [24]; 28. 48t-Dave Rauscher [29]; 29. 11J-James Sweeting [23]; 30. 1x-Willy Decker [26]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 8R-Rob Bellinger[+13]
Qualifying Flight-A
1. 99L-Larry Wight, 14.407; 2. 20-Brett Hearn, 14.561; 3. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 14.703; 4. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 14.751; 5. 21a-Peter Britten, 14.805; 6. 42p-Pat Ward, 15.051; 7. 8R-Rob Bellinger, 15.187; 8. 34-Andrew Ferguson, 15.302; 9. 2-Roy Bresnahan, 15.329
Qualifying Flight-B
1. 109-Billy Whittaker, 14.603; 2. 55-Matt Hulsizer, 14.682; 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph, 14.725; 4. X-Chad Phelps, 14.865; 5. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 14.967; 6. 5H-Chris Hile, 14.991; 7. 93-Ryan Bartlett, 14.997; 8. 2L-Jack Lehner, 15.304; 9. 38-Tim Harris, 15.373
Qualifying Flight-C
1. 88-Mike Mahaney, 14.512; 2. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 14.562; 3. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 14.692; 4. B16-Alan Barker, 14.858; 5. 93v-Danny Varin, 15.002; 6. R2-Rusty Smith, 15.056; 7. Z-Butch Tittle, 15.106; 8. 11J-James Sweeting, 15.144; 9. m1-Tim Murphy, 15.438
Qualifying Flight-D
1. 83x-Tim Sears, 14.613; 2. 91-Billy Decker, 14.623; 3. 62s-Tom Sears, 14.69; 4. 21J-Danny Johnson, 14.828; 5. 84-Gary Tomkins, 14.831; 6. 1x-Willy Decker, 14.882; 7. 3b-Chad Brachmann, 15.208; 8. 24k-Nick Krause, 15.243; 9. 63-Adam Roberts, 15.639
Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 99L-Larry Wight [1]; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard [3]; 3. 42p-Pat Ward [6]; 4. 20-Brett Hearn [2]; 5. 21a-Peter Britten [5]; 6. 8-Rich Scagliotta [4]; 7. 34-Andrew Ferguson [8]; 8. 2-Roy Bresnahan [9]; 9. 8R-Rob Bellinger [7]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 55-Matt Hulsizer [2]; 2. 109-Billy Whittaker [1]; 3. 25r-Erick Rudolph [3]; 4. X-Chad Phelps [4]; 5. 5H-Chris Hile [6]; 6. 93-Ryan Bartlett [7]; 7. 2L-Jack Lehner [8]; 8. 38-Tim Harris [9]; 9. 48t-Dave Rauscher [5]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 6h-Max McLaughlin [2]; 2. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [3]; 3. 88-Mike Mahaney [1]; 4. 93v-Danny Varin [5]; 5. B16-Alan Barker [4]; 6. 11J-James Sweeting [8]; 7. R2-Rusty Smith [6]; 8. Z-Butch Tittle [7]; 9. m1-Tim Murphy [9]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 91-Billy Decker [2]; 2. 83x-Tim Sears [1]; 3. 62s-Tom Sears [3]; 4. 21J-Danny Johnson [4]; 5. 84-Gary Tomkins [5]; 6. 3b-Chad Brachmann [7]; 7. 1x-Willy Decker [6]; 8. 24k-Nick Krause [8]; 9. 63-Adam Roberts [9]
B-Main – Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer
1. 34-Andrew Ferguson [3]; 2. 11J-James Sweeting [2]; 3. 8R-Rob Bellinger [7]; 4. 8-Rich Scagliotta [1]; 5. R2-Rusty Smith [4]; 6. 2-Roy Bresnahan [5]; 7. m1-Tim Murphy [8]; 8. Z-Butch Tittle [6]
B2 ( Laps)
1. 3b-Chad Brachmann [2]; 2. 93-Ryan Bartlett [1]; 3. 1x-Willy Decker [4]; 4. 24k-Nick Krause [6]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner [3]; 6. 38-Tim Harris [5]; 7. 63-Adam Roberts [8]; 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher [7]
