Barberville, FL – February 15, 2018 – The Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds finally got their chance to shine after being falling victim to Mother Nature for two nights in a row. The Stars of the Big-Block Modifieds didn’t disappoint during their first of two Features on Thursday Night. Showing the way early was Justin Haers, however, with seven-laps remaining Haers had a fire under his No. 3 machine. Former Super DIRT Week champion, Stewart Friesen inherited the lead. It was with four laps the No. 44 came to stop. Tyler Siri would be in the right position when the checkered flag flew, giving Siri his first win victory at Volusia Speedway Park and his first Gator trophy.
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5s-Tyler Siri [2]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie [6]; 3. 43-Jimmy Horton [8]; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson [4]; 5. 42p-Pat Ward [10]; 6. 6h-Max McLaughlin [5]; 7. 85-H.J. Bunting [12]; 8. 74-J.R. Heffner [25]; 9. 9-Ryan Watt [15]; 10. 99L-Larry Wight [3]; 11. 5-Ryan Godown [22]; 12. 30M-Joseph Watson [17]; 13. 88-Mike Mahaney [9]; 14. 20-Brett Hearn [13]; 15. 91-Billy Decker [14]; 16. 25R-Erick Rudolph [19]; 17. 19m-Jessey Mueller [20]; 18. 118-Jim Britt [26]; 19. 44-Stewart Friesen [7]; 20. 46-Jeremy Smith [18]; 21. 1-Billy Pauch [11]; 22. 3-Justin Haers [1]; 23. 165-Rex King [24]; 24. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [23]; 25. 9s-Matt Sheppard [21]; 26. 32-Jim Rasey [16]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 44-Stewart Friesen, 17.559; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 17.61; 3. 88-Mike Mahaney, 17.758; 4. 30M-Joseph Watson, 17.847; 5. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.902; 6. 20-Brett Hearn, 17.903; 7. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 17.945; 8. 1G-Darwin Greene, 18.008; 9. 35-Francois Bellemare, 18.488; 10. 109-Billy Whittaker, 18.786; 11. 6d-Dillon Steuer, 18.873
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 43-Jimmy Horton, 17.383; 2. 46-Jeremy Smith, 17.743; 3. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 17.87; 4. 30-Jamie Mills, 17.881; 5. 42p-Pat Ward, 17.945; 6. 91-Billy Decker, 18.09; 7. 17-Kyle Sheldon, 18.279; 8. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 18.339; 9. 44R-Russell Morseman, 18.482; 10. 118-Jim Britt, 18.524; 11. 73-Kevin Poitras, 20.277
Qualifying Flight-C: 1. 7-Rick Laubach, 17.153; 2. 3-Justin Haers, 17.452; 3. 21-Yan Bussiere, 17.653; 4. 99L-Larry Wight, 17.654; 5. 1-Billy Pauch, 17.686; 6. 74-J.R. Heffner, 17.755; 7. 9-Ryan Watt, 17.872; 8. 19k-Brett Kressley, 17.894; 9. cb3-Chad Brachmann, 18.202; 10. 19-Tim Fuller, 18.222; 11. 25R-Erick Rudolph, NT
Qualifying Flight-D: 1. 5s-Tyler Siri, 17.545; 2. 85-H.J. Bunting, 17.636; 3. 32-Jim Rasey, 17.685; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson, 17.736; 5. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 17.764; 6. 5-Ryan Godown, 17.781; 7. 165-Rex King, 17.945; 8. 65-Scott Hitchens, 18.055; 9. 96-Jean-Frrancois Corriveau, 18.117; 10. 4-Billy VanInwegen, 18.343; 11. 13-Rick Regalski, 18.459
Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 44-Stewart Friesen [1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie [2]; 3. 88-Mike Mahaney [3]; 4. 20-Brett Hearn [6]; 5. 30M-Joseph Watson [4]; 6. 9s-Matt Sheppard [5]; 7. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [7]; 8. 1G-Darwin Greene [8]; 9. 109-Billy Whittaker [10]; 10. 6d-Dillon Steuer [11]; 11. 35-Francois Bellemare [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 6h-Max McLaughlin [3]; 2. 43-Jimmy Horton [1]; 3. 42p-Pat Ward [5]; 4. 91-Billy Decker [6]; 5. 46-Jeremy Smith [2]; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher [8]; 7. 118-Jim Britt [10]; 8. 17-Kyle Sheldon [7]; 9. 44R-Russell Morseman [9]; 10. 30-Jamie Mills [4]; 11. 73-Kevin Poitras [11
Heat #3 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 3-Justin Haers [2]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight [4]; 3. 1-Billy Pauch [5]; 4. 9-Ryan Watt [7]; 5. 25R-Erick Rudolph [11]; 6. 21-Yan Bussiere [3]; 7. 74-J.R. Heffner [6]; 8. cb3-Chad Brachmann [9]; 9. 19-Tim Fuller [10]; 10. 19k-Brett Kressley [8]; 11. 7-Rick Laubach [1]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 5s-Tyler Siri [1]; 2. 27J-Danny Johnson [4]; 3. 85-H.J. Bunting [2]; 4. 32-Jim Rasey [3]; 5. 19m-Jessey Mueller [5]; 6. 5-Ryan Godown [6]; 7. 165-Rex King [7]; 8. 4-Billy VanInwegen [10]; 9. 65-Scott Hitchens [8]; 10. 96-Jean-Frrancois Corriveau [9]; 11. 13-Rick Regalski [11]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [3]; 3. 74-J.R. Heffner [4]; 4. 19k-Brett Kressley [10]; 5. cb3-Chad Brachmann [6]; 6. 21-Yan Bussiere [2]; 7. 6d-Dillon Steuer [9]; 8. 1G-Darwin Greene [5]; 9. 109-Billy Whittaker [7]; 10. 35-Francois Bellemare [11]; 11. 19-Tim Fuller [8]; 12. 7-Rick Laubach [12]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10-Laps) – Top 3 Transfer:1. 5-Ryan Godown [2]; 2. 165-Rex King [4]; 3. 118-Jim Britt [3]; 4. 48t-Dave Rauscher [1]; 5. 4-Billy VanInwegen [6]; 6. 13-Rick Regalski [12]; 7. 65-Scott Hitchens [8]; 8. 44R-Russell Morseman [7]; 9. 96-Jean-Frrancois Corriveau [10]; 10. 73-Kevin Poitras [11]; 11. 30-Jamie Mills [9]; 12. 17-Kyle Sheldon [5]
