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DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Clayhill Motorsports Park
June 27, 2013
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Sheppard Goes Back-to-Back at Clayhill Motorsports, Sweeps DIRTcar Summer Nationals Tennessee Events
ATWOOD, Tenn. (June 27) - Brandon Sheppard, with a little bit of good luck, scored his fourth victory of the 2013 DIRTcar Summer Nationals "Hell Tour" Thursday night when leader Shannon Babb's car broke with two laps remaining at Clayhill Motorsports.
A 30-car field took to the 3/8-mile oval, but it was Sheppard, the Wednesday night winner at Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway, who pulled out his broom and swept the "Hell Tour" events held in Tennessee in 2013.
Sheppard sat on the pole and led the race's opening 18 laps before surrendering the lead to Babb, who then dominated the next 20 laps and looked as if he was going to cruise to his second win of the season. However, Babb's car quit on him with two laps remaining and Sheppard slipped by Babb and held off Dennis Erb Jr. to secure the $5,000 checkered flag for the second consecutive year at Clayhill Motorsports.
"I owe this to (Babb), if it wasn't for him breaking I would've ran second," said Sheppard, who led 20 of the race's 40 laps. "I hate it for Shannon because he's had some bad luck here lately. But we'll take them however we can get it."
Ryan Unzicker, Bobby Pierce and Jack Sullivan rounded out the top five.
A-Main
1 1 B5 Brandon Sheppard
2 2 28E Dennis Erb, Jr
3 5 24 Ryan Unzicker
4 7 32P Bobby Pierce
5 6 1S Jack Sullivan
6 8 11R Tyler Reddick
7 9 96 Terry English
8 11 33B Eric Cooley
9 16 81K Randy Korte
10 10 2 Tanner English
11 19 48 Tim Lance
12 18 77M Jason McBride
13 17 20 Dustin Griffin
14 20 16S Chris Shelton
15 4 18 Shannon Babb
16 14 12B Kevin Weaver
17 15 21M Billy Moyer
18 22 21 Todd Frank
19 21 15JR Thomas Dacus
20 12 7R Kent Robinson
21 3 81JR Jason Riggs
22 13 C8 Timothy Culp
B-Main
1 81K Randy Korte
2 20 Dustin Griffin
3 77M Jason McBride
4 61 Caleb Ashby
5 48 Tim Lance
6 16S Chris Shelton
7 1 Austin Rettig
8 21 Todd Frank
9 6M Wendell Wallace
10 15JR Thomas Dacus
11 87 Walker Auther
12 14T Tim Brown
13 16A Steven Ashby
14 3X Randy Sellars
15 81R Scott Riggs
Heat #1
1 81JR Jason Riggs
2 18 Shannon Babb
3 32P Bobby Pierce
4 2 Tanner English
5 C8 Timothy Culp
6 81K Randy Korte
7 6M Wendell Wallace
8 61 Caleb Ashby
9 15JR Thomas Dacus
10 16A Steven Ashby
Heat #2
1 28E Dennis Erb, Jr
2 24 Ryan Unzicker
3 11R Tyler Reddick
4 33B Eric Cooley
5 12B Kevin Weaver
6 20 Dustin Griffin
7 14T Tim Brown
8 16S Chris Shelton
9 3X Randy Sellars
10 81R Scott Riggs
Heat #3
1 B5 Brandon Sheppard
2 1S Jack Sullivan
3 96 Terry English
4 7R Kent Robinson
5 21M Billy Moyer
6 77M Jason McBride
7 87 Walker Auther
8 48 Tim Lance
9 21 Todd Frank
10 1 Austin Rettig
Point Standings
1 B5 Brandon Sheppard 695
2 32 Bobby Pierce 573
3 24 Ryan Unzicker 573
4 18 Shannon Babb 556
5 81 Randy Korte 485
6 20 Dustin Griffin 468
7 77 Jason McBride 467
8 11 Tyler Reddick 454
9 B12 Kevin Weaver 428
10 48 Tim Lance 363
Event Photos courtesy of Thomas Hendrickson
