DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Clarksville Speedway
June 28, 2016
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Unzicker Rebounds for Summer Nationals Win at Clarksville Speedway
Points leader Bobby Pierce has rare bad luck



by Aaron Fiedler
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (June 28) - Ryan Unzicker has been charging through Summer Nationals but has not had the finishes he would have hoped. That changed Tuesday night at Clarksville Speedway as he was able to claim his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory of the season.

Unzicker started on the front row with current points leader and reigning Summer Nationals champion Bobby Pierce to his outside. Pierce fell back to sixth early and then got tangled in a crash - he ultimately finished 18th.

Unzicker jumped to the early lead with Tanner English taking second. The two battled throughout the feature as Terry English, father of Tanner English moved into third. Unzicker nearly had his night ended as he tangled with a lapped car, but he was able to keep running.

The win is English's first Summer Nationals victory since 2013.

"We started off slow with the Summer Nationals but we're coming along now," Unzicker said.



"I'm just a real good (low-groove) racer and I've been coming down (to Clarksville) for many years for the Toilet Bowl and the Summer Nationals, and I've just got my own little setup here," said Unzicker, who won Toilet Bowl event at the track over the winter. "It played in my favor a little bit with the rain (staying) on the bottom, but our car's been running good here for four or five nights in a row."

The DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to action tonight at Belle Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill.

A-Main
1 1 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
2 4 96 Tanner English Benton, KY
3 3 33 Terry English Benton, KY
4 5 4G Bob Gardner East Peoria, IL
5 7 11 Gordy Gundaker St Charles, MO
6 6 61 Caleb Ashby Cunningham, TN
7 13 86B Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
8 9 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN
9 11 33M Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR
10 10 15R Richard Frost Clarksville, TN
11 22 18C Ross Camponova Clarksdale, MS
12 12 9G Larry Greer Bowling Green, KY
13 21 1X Daniel Hopper Peru, IL
14 16 94 Austin Rettig Sikeston, MO
15 14 30V Mark Voigt Marine, IL
16 18 1A Levi Ashby Cumberland Furnance, TN
17 15 21M Jacob Minon Adams, TN
18 2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
19 8 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
20 20 12J Jeffrey Bailey Calvert City, KY
21 19 13 Mitchell Lingauer Clarksville, TN
22 23 1M Jim Moon New Florence, MO
23 17 C8 Timothy Culp Sheridan, AR

Heat #1
1 2 32 Bobby Pierce
2 1 96 Tanner English
3 4 11 Gordy Gundaker
4 5 15R Richard Frost
5 3 86B Kyle Beard
6 6 94 Austin Rettig
7 8 13 Mitchell Lingauer
8 7 18C Ross Camponova

Heat #2
1 2 33 Terry English
2 1 4G Bob Gardner
3 3 25 Jason Feger
4 7 33M Wendell Wallace
5 6 30V Mark Voigt
6 5 C8 Timothy Culp
7 4 12J Jeffrey Bailey
8 8 1M Jim Moon

Heat #3
1 1 24 Ryan Unzicker
2 3 61 Caleb Ashby
3 2 B1 Brent Larson
4 4 9G Larry Greer
5 5 21M Jacob Minon
6 7 1A Levi Ashby
7 6 1X Daniel Hopper


Event Photos courtesy of Jim Denhamer












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