BARBERVILLE, FL – February 16, 2018 – Super Matt Sheppard started the third Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modified DIRTcar Nationals Feature in third but wasted no time positioning himself in pole-sitter Danny Johnson’s tire tracks. Johnson lead the field for the first 17 laps until he caught up to lapped traffic. Johnson attempted to make a pass on the high-side. Unfortunately for the no. 27j, he slid up and Sheppard made the best of the opportunity and set sail en route to his first victory of 2018 season.
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [3]; 2. 27J-Danny Johnson [1]; 3. 6h-Max McLaughlin [4]; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie [5]; 5. 3-Justin Haers [8]; 6. 5-Ryan Godown [10]; 7. 42p-Pat Ward [16]; 8. 99L-Larry Wight [2]; 9. 43-Jimmy Horton [7]; 10. 88-Mike Mahaney [12]; 11. 9-Ryan Watt [9]; 12. 20-Brett Hearn [15]; 13. 91-Billy Decker [18]; 14. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [21]; 15. 1-Billy Pauch [14]; 16. 19m-Jessey Mueller [20]; 17. 19k-Brett Kressley [19]; 18. 25R-Erick Rudolph [28]; 19. 19-Tim Fuller [23]; 20. 7-Rick Laubach [11]; 21. 30M-Joseph Watson [6]; 22. 4-Billy VanInwegen [26]; 23. 74-J.R. Heffner [17]; 24. 5s-Tyler Siri [22]; 25. cb3-Chad Brachmann [24]; 26. 109-Billy Whittaker [27]; 27. 48t-Dave Rauscher [29]; 28. 6d-Dillon Steuer [13]; 29. 85-H.J. Bunting [25]
Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 27J-Danny Johnson, 17.592; 2. 30M-Joseph Watson, 17.62; 3. 9-Ryan Watt, 17.627; 4. 74-J.R. Heffner, 17.659; 5. 98h-Jimmy Phelps, 17.7; 6. 19-Tim Fuller, 17.818; 7. 96-J-F Corriveau, 17.822; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere, 17.829; 9. 109-Billy Whittaker, 17.9; 10. 6d-Dillon Steuer, 18.123; 11. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 18.155
Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 5-Ryan Godown, 17.248; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.425; 3. 99L-Larry Wight, 17.68; 4. 5s-Tyler Siri, 17.697; 5. 1-Billy Pauch, 17.794; 6. 118-Jim Britt, 17.996; 7. 13-Rick Regalski, 18.005; 8. 91-Billy Decker, 18.049; 9. cb3-Chad Brachmann, 18.131; 10. 17-Kyle Sheldon, 18.366; 11. 73-Kevin Poitras, 19.837
Qualifying Flight-C: 1. 6h-Max McLaughlin, 17.728; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 17.756; 3. 7-Rick Laubach, 17.768; 4. 4-Billy VanInwegen, 17.83; 5. 20-Brett Hearn, 17.847; 6. 19k-Brett Kressley, 17.862; 7. 65-Scott Hitchens, 17.925; 8. 85-H.J. Bunting, 17.975; 9. 165-Rex King, 18.084; 10. 30-Jamie Mills, 18.113; 11. 32-Jim Rasey, 18.694
Qualifying Flight-D: 1. 43-Jimmy Horton, 17.764; 2. 3-Justin Haers, 17.926; 3. 88-Mike Mahaney, 17.931; 4. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 17.998; 5. 42p-Pat Ward, 18.064; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher, 18.085; 7. 1G-Darwin Greene, 18.397; 8. 44R-Russel Morseman, 18.71; 9. 46-Jeremy Smith, 18.753; 10. 35-Francois Bellemare, 18.867
Heat #1 – Flight (A)(8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 27J-Danny Johnson [1]; 2. 30M-Joseph Watson [2]; 3. 9-Ryan Watt [3]; 4. 6d-Dillon Steuer [10]; 5. 74-J.R. Heffner [4]; 6. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [5]; 7. 19-Tim Fuller [6]; 8. 21-Yan Bussiere [8]; 9. 96-J-F Corriveau [7]; 10. 25R-Erick Rudolph [11]; 11. 109-Billy Whittaker [9]
Heat #2 – Flight (B)(8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [2]; 2. 99L-Larry Wight [3]; 3. 5-Ryan Godown [1]; 4. 1-Billy Pauch [5]; 5. 91-Billy Decker [8]; 6. 5s-Tyler Siri [4]; 7. 118-Jim Britt [6]; 8. cb3-Chad Brachmann [9]; 9. 17-Kyle Sheldon [10]; 10. 13-Rick Regalski [7]; 11. 73-Kevin Poitras [11]
Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 39-Tim McCreadie [2]; 2. 6h-Max McLaughlin [1]; 3. 7-Rick Laubach [3]; 4. 20-Brett Hearn [5]; 5. 19k-Brett Kressley [6]; 6. 4-Billy VanInwegen [4]; 7. 165-Rex King [9]; 8. 65-Scott Hitchens [7]; 9. 32-Jim Rasey [11]; 10. 85-H.J. Bunting [8]; 11. 30-Jamie Mills [10]
Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer: 1. 3-Justin Haers [2]; 2. 43-Jimmy Horton [1]; 3. 88-Mike Mahaney [3]; 4. 42p-Pat Ward [5]; 5. 19m-Jessey Mueller [4]; 6. 48t-Dave Rauscher [6]; 7. 1G-Darwin Greene [7]; 8. 46-Jeremy Smith [9]; 9. 35-Francois Bellemare [10]; 10. 44R-Russel Morseman [8]
Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer: 1. 98h-Jimmy Phelps [1]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller [3]; 3. 4-Billy VanInwegen [2]; 4. 21-Yan Bussiere [5]; 5. 165-Rex King [4]; 6. 25R-Erick Rudolph [9]; 7. 65-Scott Hitchens [6]; 8. 85-H.J. Bunting [10]; 9. 32-Jim Rasey [8]; 10. 96-J-F Corriveau [7]; 11. 109-Billy Whittaker [11]; 12. 30-Jamie Mills [12]
Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer: 1. 5s-Tyler Siri [1]; 2. cb3-Chad Brachmann [5]; 3. 48t-Dave Rauscher [2]; 4. 46-Jeremy Smith [6]; 5. 118-Jim Britt [3]; 6. 1G-Darwin Greene [4]; 7. 35-Francois Bellemare [8]; 8. 17-Kyle Sheldon [7]; 9. 13-Rick Regalski [9]; 10. 44R-Russel Morseman [10]; 11. 73-Kevin Poitras [11]
