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Information By: GATEWAY DIRT NATIONALS – ST. LOUIS, MO – Brandon Sheppard captured the seventh annual Gateway Dirt Nationals Late Model $30,000-to-win main event Saturday night inside the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, MO.
Ricky Thornton Jr. charged hard late but came home second with Tanner English, Devin Moran and Chris Simpson completing the top five.
Velocita Super Late Models Main Event A Feature (40 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 96V-Tanner English[10]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[8]; 5. 4C-Chris Simpson[6]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[20]; 7. C4-Freddie Carpenter[7]; 8. 24H-Mike Harrison[15]; 9. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 10. J8-Jadon Frame[5]; 11. 00-Kyle Hardy[9]; 12. 29-Jason Welshan[1]; 13. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[16]; 14. 18-Shannon Babb[13]; 15. 4G-Bob Gardner[17]; 16. 19M-Spencer Hughes[12]; 17. 10M-Jacob Magee[19]; 18. (DNF) 78-Chad Zobrist[11]; 19. (DNF) 28-Tyler Carpenter[18]; 20. (DNF) 20-Jimmy Owens[14]
Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 10M-Jacob Magee[4]; 2. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[2]; 3. 75D-Patrik Daniel[1]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[9]; 5. 19X-Cody Bauer[8]; 6. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 7. 71W-Zach Wohlers[11]; 8. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[10]; 9. 87Z-Jason Zobrist[3]; 10. 5L-Jonathan Lee[12]; 11. (DNF) 17A-Austin Howes[6]; 12. (DNF) 4W-Ryan Wilson[5]
Illinois State Rifle Association Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. C4-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[4]; 3. 75D-Patrik Daniel[7]; 4. 16-Rusty Griffaw[6]; 5. 84-Myles Moos[14]; 6. 5-Jon Mitchell[13]; 7. 3-Luke Bennett[5]; 8. 53M-Jason Miles[9]; 9. NE11-Matthew Tribble[11]; 10. M14-David Marlow[12]; 11. (DNF) 88E-Mike Epplett[8]; 12. (DNF) 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 13. (DNF) 91-Rusty Schlenk[3]; 14. (DNF) 27K-Greg Kimmons[10]
Hellraizer Jacks Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 3. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 4. 19X-Cody Bauer[3]; 5. 11R-Josh Rice[1]; 6. 10-Joseph Joiner[7]; 7. 14JR-Michael King Jr[8]; 8. C2-Corey DeLancey[9]; 9. 00F-Carson Ferguson[14]; 10. 14-Quentin White[6]; 11. 93-Mike Kline[11]; 12. 88-Dustin Rollins[12]; 13. (DNF) 9XX-Dakota Dellinger[10]; 14. (DNS) C66-Donald Johns
Mittler Brothers Machine Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 00-Kyle Hardy[2]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]; 3. 87Z-Jason Zobrist[4]; 4. 89-Mike Spatola[7]; 5. 34C-Delbert Crum III[8]; 6. 1T-Tyler Erb[13]; 7. C6-Oakley Johns[6]; 8. 5RT-Scott Rhoades[14]; 9. 20W-Alan Westling[5]; 10. 73-Layne Bellm[9]; 11. 41-Casey White[10]; 12. 111-Jon Woods[12]; 13. (DNF) 05B-Josh Boller[3]; 14. (DNF) 27E-Kyle Mixon[11]
FK Rod Ends Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 2. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[3]; 3. 10M-Jacob Magee[5]; 4. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[2]; 5. 9D-Josh Dietz[4]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[10]; 7. 2B-Jordan Barbee[11]; 8. 1W-Shaun WiltjerHunt[12]; 9. 95-Nicky Pennington[8]; 10. 28W-Bill Wagner[7]; 11. (DNF) 260-Erik Thorne[14]; 12. (DNF) 32H-Lindsey Hansen[9]; 13. (DNF) 66-Jody Knowles[6]; 14. (DNF) 8-Megan Sanders[13]
Wilde Arms Qualifier 5 (10 Laps): 1. 78-Chad Zobrist[3]; 2. 4G-Bob Gardner[2]; 3. 4W-Ryan Wilson[4]; 4. 71W-Zach Wohlers[12]; 5. 81J-Jack Riggs[5]; 6. 9Z-Jayme Zidar[9]; 7. 00M-Ruben Mayfield[11]; 8. 4K-Jason Knowles[7]; 9. (DNF) 11-Gordy Gundaker[1]; 10. (DNF) 18S-David Seibers[6]; 11. (DNF) 32F-Derek Fetter[13]; 12. (DNF) 317-Blake Creech[14]; 13. (DNF) 24R-Robbie Bostic[10]; 14. (DNS) 77C-Scott Cimfl
MD3 Products Qualifier 6 (10 Laps): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[1]; 2. 28-Tyler Carpenter[5]; 3. 17A-Austin Howes[4]; 4. 5L-Jonathan Lee[6]; 5. 229-Kip Hughes[8]; 6. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 7. 15F-Chris Fetter[12]; 8. T22-Tegan Evans[11]; 9. 21-Joe Bellm[10]; 10. (DNF) USA1-Kylan Garner[2]; 11. (DNF) 11B-Lance Brasington[14]; 12. (DNF) 24-Ryan Unzicker[3]; 13. (DNF) 9H-Tim Hancock Jr[9]; 14. (DNS) 16T-Brandon Tibaldi
Walker Performance Filtration Non Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 84-Myles Moos[1]; 2. 00F-Carson Ferguson[7]; 3. 18X-Robbie Scott[14]; 4. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[12]; 5. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[10]; 6. 63-Michael Luna[8]; 7. 51SR-William Stile[5]; 8. 122-Timmy Dick[3]; 9. (DNF) 99T-Dylan Thompson[4]; 10. (DNF) 14X-Wil Herrington[13]; 11. (DNF) 16R-Matthew Ratzlaff[2]; 12. (DNF) 77Y-Ronnie Yanacsek[6]; 13. (DNF) 31J-Austin Tettaton[9]; 14. (DNS) 45-Scott Bell; 15. (DNS) B89-Dakota Smith
UCoatIt Non Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5RT-Scott Rhoades[3]; 2. 260-Erik Thorne[1]; 3. 26-Glen Powell[6]; 4. 6D-Dustin Dixon[12]; 5. 25J-Ted Johnson Jr[13]; 6. (DNF) J12-Jason Wagner[9]; 7. (DNF) 32P-Preston Farmer[4]; 8. (DNF) 42-Carson Hocevar[2]; 9. (DNF) 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[7]; 10. (DNF) 29M-Chandler Moenning[5]; 11. (DNF) 20H-Glen Hounshell[10]; 12. (DNF) 10J-TeeJay Janousek[11]; 13. (DNF) 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[8]; 14. (DNS) 71-Hudson O’Neal
Non Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 317-Blake Creech[7]; 2. 11B-Lance Brasington[2]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[14]; 4. 1*-Max Baker[3]; 5. 44-James O’Hara[8]; 6. 96-Matt Koch[12]; 7. 2BN-Matthew Norman[9]; 8. 4E-Scott Geaschel[10]; 9. (DNF) 52-Sterling Freeman[1]; 10. (DNF) 82-Morgan Alexander[6]; 11. (DNF) 27D-Joe Denby[11]; 12. (DNF) 21M-Chris McKeehan[13]; 13. (DNS) 2-Justin Lee Carter; 14. (DNS) M5-Timothy Welch II
Top 6 A Hot Laps: 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.978[6]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.093[2]; 3. J8-Jadon Frame, 00:13.187[5]; 4. 4C-Chris Simpson, 00:13.223[4]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:13.270[1]; 6. 29-Jason Welshan, 00:13.654[3]
