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DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Spoon River Speedway
June 23, 2016
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Dennis Erb Jr. Dominates Summer Nationals at Spoon River Speedway
Pierce adds to his Summer Nationals points lead
by Aaron Fiedler
CANTON, Ill. (June 23) - Dennis Erb Jr., fresh of his win at the Dirt Late Model Dream, came into Thursday night's DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Spoon River Speedway with the wind at his back and did it ever show.
Erb cruised to a dominant victory over Billy Moyer and Bobby Pierce in the 50-lap feature and scored the $10,000 payday.
"I didn't know if it was easy or not," Erb said. "The car was good and I didn't see anybody challenge me there. We were able just to get out front and I didn't feel no challenge, so I just kept driving my line."
Erb started the feature on the pole and and easily pulled away from Moyer through the opening half of the feature. A caution flag flew on lap 28, but Erb maintained when the feature returned to green. Through traffic in the closing laps, Moyer tried to close the gap on Erb but was unable to make a move.
The win was the 20th Summer Nationals victory of Erb's career.
Pierce charged through the field and battled past Mike Marlar to finish in third. He added to his Summer Nationals points lead.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to action on Friday at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill.
A-Main
1 1 28E Dennis Erb, Jr Carpentersville, IL
2 3 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR
3 7 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
4 6 157 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN
5 2 12B Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
6 11 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
7 9 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
8 10 C8 Timothy Culp Sheridan, AR
9 5 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
10 8 32S Chris Simpson Oxford, IA
11 16 75D Billy Drake Lincoln, IL
12 18 74 Taylor Scheffler Waukesha, WI
13 12 11 Gordy Gundaker St Charles, MO
14 4 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
15 15 1ST Justin Reed Camp Point, IL
16 17 15 Kolby Vandenbergh Ashland, IL
17 13 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
18 20 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
19 19 4G Bob Gardner East Peoria, IL
20 14 1M Jim Moon New Florence, MO
21 22 45 Don Hammer Clinton, IL
22 21 B1X Nick Bauman New Berlin, IL
B-Main
1 1 15 Kolby Vandenbergh
2 2 74 Taylor Scheffler
3 4 12J Jason Wagner
4 5 45 Don Hammer
5 3 51 Matt Furman
6 7 20 Dustin Griffin
7 9 A9 A.j. May
8 10 28K Clint Kirkham
9 11 B1X Nick Bauman
10 13 11D Brian Diveley
11 6 74A Russ Adams
12 8 4G Bob Gardner
13 14 7D Austin Theiss
14 15 B1 Brent Larson
15 12 44 Matt Taylor
C-Main
1 1 11D Brian Diveley
2 2 7D Austin Theiss
3 3 B1 Brent Larson
4 5 15F Jeremy Conaway
5 6 3C Cody Conner
6 9 1F Evan Fink
7 4 27C Chris Cowling
8 7 28R Mark Rose
9 13 1X Daniel Hopper
10 11 98 Cole Swibold
11 15 05G Gary Graham
12 17 9M Melissa Hansmeyer
13 8 7S Jay Sparks
14 10 21R Danny Riekena
15 12 25K Bill Kettering Jr
16 14 10S Scott Schmitt
17 16 15D Morey Denney
Heat #4
1 5 12B Kevin Weaver
2 2 32S Chris Simpson
3 1 11 Gordy Gundaker
4 4 75D Billy Drake
5 7 12J Jason Wagner
6 6 4G Bob Gardner
7 3 44 Matt Taylor
8 8 27C Chris Cowling
9 9 7S Jay Sparks
10 10 25K Bill Kettering Jr
11 11 15D Morey Denney
Heat #3
1 2 21 Billy Moyer
2 1 157 Mike Marlar
3 6 C8 Timothy Culp
4 5 1M Jim Moon
5 8 74 Taylor Scheffler
6 4 74A Russ Adams
7 9 28K Clint Kirkham
8 7 7D Austin Theiss
9 3 3C Cody Conner
10 10 21R Danny Riekena
11 11 10S Scott Schmitt
Heat #2
1 1 28E Dennis Erb, Jr
2 4 32 Bobby Pierce
3 3 B5 Brandon Sheppard
4 2 1ST Justin Reed
5 5 51 Matt Furman
6 6 20 Dustin Griffin
7 9 B1X Nick Bauman
8 7 B1 Brent Larson
9 10 28R Mark Rose
10 8 98 Cole Swibold
11 11 05G Gary Graham
Heat #1
1 3 24 Ryan Unzicker
2 1 18 Shannon Babb
3 4 25 Jason Feger
4 5 94 Austin Rettig
5 2 15 Kolby Vandenbergh
6 6 45 Don Hammer
7 7 A9 A.J. May
8 9 11D Brian Diveley
9 8 15F Jeremy Conaway
10 10 1F Evan Fink
11 11 1X Daniel Hopper
12 12 9M Melissa Hansmeyer
