Canandaigua, NY – Thursday, July 4 – On lap ninety-nine out of one hundred Max McLaughlin and Erick Rudolph swapped the lead and made heavy contact in the final corner coming to the checkered flag. A few laps before that Matt Sheppard made a stunning three-wide move going into turn three to get into a podium position. As it turned out, that was the winning move. Billy Dunn crossed the finish line in second place after spending a majority of the race battling wheel-to-wheel in the top 3. In third place, outside pole sitter Just Wright kept his nose clean and finished an impressive third place. 

Qualifying Flight-A

1. 91-Billy Decker, 19.225; 2. 49-Billy Dunn, 19.275; 3. 21A-Peter Britten, 19.318; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson, 19.408; 5. 5H-Chris Hile, 19.411; 6. 18-Anthony Perrego, 19.832; 7. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 19.939; 8. 82-Billy VanPelt, 20.035; 9. 1p-Billy Pauch, 20.149; 10. 22-Jeffery Daugherty, 20.335

Qualifying Flight-B
1. 99L-Larry Wight, 19.053; 2. 35-Mike Mahaney, 19.32; 3. 88-Mat Williamson, 19.375; 4. 21X-Eric Williams, 19.774; 5. 12X-Dillon Grover, 19.863; 6. 48TL-Gary Lindberg, 19.864; 7. 14j-Alan Johnson, 19.883; 8. 7F-Matt Farnham, 19.885; 9. R2-Rusty Smith, 20.266; 10. 88a-Dave Allen, 20.277

Qualifying Flight-C
1. 42p-Pat Ward, 19.162; 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 19.253; 3. 3-Justin Haers, 19.334; 4. 19W-Justin Wright, 19.557; 5. 23-Kyle Coffey, 19.826; 6. 11R-Rob Bellinger, 19.833; 7. 37-Paul StSauveur, 20.039; 8. 14NY-Daniel Johnson, 20.275; 9. 2L-Jack Lehner, 20.364

Qualifying Flight-D
1. 6H-Max McLaughlin, 19.204; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 19.228; 3. 25-Erick Rudolph, 19.458; 4. 26-Ryan Godown, 19.533; 5. M1-Dave Marcuccilli, 19.555; 6. 35L-LJ Lombardo, 19.984; 7. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 20.082; 8. 11J-James Sweeting, 20.368; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 21.211

Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 91-Billy Decker [1]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn [2]; 3. 21A-Peter Britten [3]; 4. 27J-Danny Johnson [4]; 5. 5H-Chris Hile [5]; 6. 111-Demetrios Drellos [7]; 7. 18-Anthony Perrego [6]; 8. 82-Billy VanPelt [8]; 9. 22-Jeffery Daugherty [10]; 10. 1p-Billy Pauch [9]

Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 99L-Larry Wight [1]; 2. 88-Mat Williamson [3]; 3. 35-Mike Mahaney [2]; 4. 12X-Dillon Grover [5]; 5. 14j-Alan Johnson [7]; 6. 7F-Matt Farnham [8]; 7. 48TL-Gary Lindberg [6]; 8. 88a-Dave Allen [10]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [9]; 10. 21X-Eric Williams [4]

Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 42p-Pat Ward [1]; 2. 19-Tim Fuller [2]; 3. 19W-Justin Wright [4]; 4. 3-Justin Haers [3]; 5. 11R-Rob Bellinger [6]; 6. 23-Kyle Coffey [5]; 7. 2L-Jack Lehner [9]; 8. 37-Paul StSauveur [7]; 9. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [8]

Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [2]; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph [3]; 3. 6H-Max McLaughlin [1]; 4. 26-Ryan Godown [4]; 5. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [7]; 6. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [5]; 7. 11J-James Sweeting [8]; 8. 35L-LJ Lombardo [6]; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins [9]

LCS1 – Last Chance Showdowns (10 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 7F-Matt Farnham [2]; 2. 111-Demetrios Drellos [1]; 3. 18-Anthony Perrego [3]; 4. 48TL-Gary Lindberg [4]; 5. 1P-Billy Pauch [9]; 6. 88A-Dave Allen [6]; 7. 82-Billy VanPelt [5]; 8. 22-Jeffery Daugherty [7]; 9. R2-Rusty Smith [8]; 10. 21X-Eric Williams [10]

LCS2 ( Laps)
1. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [2]; 2. 23-Kyle Coffey [1]; 3. 2L-Jack Lehner [3]; 4. 11J-James Sweeting [4]; 5. 35L-LJ Lombardo [6]; 6. 37-Paul StSauveur [5]; 7. 14NY-Daniel Johnson [7]; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins [8]

FEATURE (100 Laps)
1. 9s-Matt Sheppard [11]; 2. 49-Billy Dunn [3]; 3. 19W-Justin Wright [2]; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [20]; 5. 21A-Peter Britten [5]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight [10]; 7. 27J-Danny Johnson [13]; 8. 19-Tim Fuller [9]; 9. 91-Billy Decker [12]; 10. 42p-Pat Ward [7]; 11. 88-Mat Williamson [6]; 12. 5H-Chris Hile [17]; 13. 35-Mike Mahaney [4]; 14. 3-Justin Haers [15]; 15. 7F-Matt Farnham [21]; 16. 111-Demetrios Drellos [23]; 17. 23-Kyle Coffey [24]; 18. 25-Erick Rudolph [8]; 19. 26-Ryan Godown [16]; 20. 12X-Dillon Grover [14]; 21. 6H-Max McLaughlin [1]; 22. 2L-Jack Lehner [25]; 23. 18-Anthony Perrego [28]; 24. R2-Rusty Smith [26]; 25. 17-Marcus Dinkins [27]; 26. 14j-Alan Johnson [18]; 27. M1-Dave Marcuccilli [22]; 28. 11R-Rob Bellinger [19]

KSE Hard Charger Award: 98H-Jimmy Phelps[+16]