7th Annual Dirt Derby Opener

Race Story

RUDOLPH CHARGES TO FIRST ELDORA WIN

Erick Rudolph turned in an impressive performance at Eldora on Wednesday evening to win the 100-lap Super DIRTcar Series Big Block main event. Chase Briscoe turned the fastest laps in NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series practice. Full story to come…

Race Results

Event Box Score

Qualifying Flight-A
1. 91-Billy Decker, 16.303; 2. 25-Erick Rudolph, 16.548; 3. 111-Demetrios Drellos, 16.663; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps, 16.665; 5. 165-Rex King, 16.696; 6. 35-Mike Mahaney, 16.778; 7. 7F-Matt Farnham, 16.853; 8. 44-Stewart Friesen, 16.904; 9. 10-Dave Blaney, 17.144; 10. 14W-Ryan Watt, 17.194

Qualifying Flight-B
1. 88-Mat Williamson, 16.437; 2. 20-Brett Hearn, 16.524; 3. 21J-Danny Johnson, 16.684; 4. 37MD-Jeremiah Shingledecker, 16.874; 5. 6H-Josh Hohenforst, 16.998; 6. 5H-Chris Hile, 17.127; 7. 13-Rick Regalski, 17.239; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins, 17.697; 9. 3RS-Mike Marler, 18.041; 10. 47-Chris Grbac, 18.044

Qualifying Flight-C
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard, 16.758; 2. 37-Paul StSauveur, 16.821; 3. 21A-Peter Britten, 16.842; 4. 2L-Jack Lehner, 16.937; 5. 99L-Larry Wight, 16.961; 6. 9t-Will Thomas, 16.963; 7. 23-Kyle Coffey, 16.983; 8. 26-Ryan Godown, 17.097; 9. R2-Rusty Smith, 17.964

Heat #1 – Flight (A) – Spon.-1 (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 25-Erick Rudolph [2]; 2. 165-Rex King [5]; 3. 91-Billy Decker [1]; 4. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [4]; 5. 10-Dave Blaney [9]; 6. 14W-Ryan Watt [10]; 7. 111-Demetrios Drellos [3]; 8. 7F-Matt Farnham [7]; 9. 35-Mike Mahaney [6]; 10. 44-Stewart Friesen [8]

Heat #2 – Flight (B) – Spon.-2 (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 20-Brett Hearn [2]; 2. 88-Mat Williamson [1]; 3. 6H-Josh Hohenforst [5]; 4. 21J-Danny Johnson [3]; 5. 5H-Chris Hile [6]; 6. 37MD-Jeremiah Shingledecker [4]; 7. 3RS-Mike Marler [9]; 8. 47-Chris Grbac [10]; 9. 17-Marcus Dinkins [8]; 10. 13-Rick Regalski [7]

Heat #3 – Flight (C) – Spon.-3 (8 Laps) – Top 6 Transfer
1. 9S-Matt Sheppard [1]; 2. 21A-Peter Britten [3]; 3. 99L-Larry Wight [5]; 4. 37-Paul StSauveur [2]; 5. 2L-Jack Lehner [4]; 6. 26-Ryan Godown [8]; 7. 9t-Will Thomas [6]; 8. R2-Rusty Smith [9]; 9. 23-Kyle Coffey [7]

LCS1 – Last Chance Showdowns (10 Laps) – Top 11 Transfer
1. 111-Demetrios Drellos [1][]; 2. 3RS-Mike Marler [2][]; 3. 9T-Will Thomas [3][]; 4. 7F-Matt Farnham [4][]; 5. 47-Chris Grbac [5][]; 6. R2-Rusty Smith [6][]; 7. 35-Mike Mahaney [7][]; 8. 17-Marcus Dinkins [8][]; 9. 23-Kyle Coffey [9][]; 10. 13-Rick Regalski [11][]; 11. 44-Stewart Friesen [10][]

FEATURE (100 Laps)
1. 25-Erick Rudolph [5][$10,000]; 2. 91-Billy Decker [2][$5,000]; 3. 88-Mat Williamson [8][$2,500]; 4. 9S-Matt Sheppard [10][$1,800]; 5. 165-Rex King [1][$1,600]; 6. 99L-Larry Wight [7][$1,400]; 7. 26-Ryan Godown [18][$1,300]; 8. 44-Stewart Friesen [29][$1,200]; 9. 21J-Danny Johnson [3][$1,100]; 10. 35-Mike Mahaney [25][$1,000]; 11. 10-Dave Blaney [13][$800]; 12. 37MD-Jeremiah Shingledecker [17][$700]; 13. 7F-Matt Farnham [22][$600]; 14. 20-Brett Hearn [11][$575]; 15. 111-Demetrios Drellos [19][$550]; 16. 98H-Jimmy Phelps [12][$525]; 17. 21A-Peter Britten [9][$500]; 18. 14W-Ryan Watt [16][$500]; 19. 9t-Will Thomas [21][$500]; 20. 2L-Jack Lehner [15][$500]; 21. 6H-Josh Hohenforst [6][$500]; 22. 13-Rick Regalski [28][$500]; 23. R2-Rusty Smith [24][$500]; 24. 17-Marcus Dinkins [26][$500]; 25. 5H-Chris Hile [14][$500]; 26. 37-Paul StSauveur [4][$500]; 27. 47-Chris Grbac [23][$500]; 28. 23-Kyle Coffey [27][$500]; 29. 3RS-Mike Marler [20][$500]

KSE Hard Charger Award: 44-Stewart Friesen[+21]

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