Greenwood, NE (July 23, 2021) – Stormy Scott and Chase Junghans topped the charts as highest in passing points, claiming the front row for Saturday Night’s Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals at I-80 Speedway. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series sanctioned event will pay $53,000-to-win, $5,300 to start.
On Friday Night there were two rounds of heat races contested, setting up the first nine rows for Saturday based on passing points. The top three finishers in each of the Hoker Trucking Round 1 Heats and the Strobel Manufacturing Round 2 Heats were awarded cash prizes with the winner of each collecting $250 in Silver Dollars.
In the first heat of round one it was Brian Shirley scoring the win leading all the way as he took the victory over Chris Ferguson, Tim McCreadie, and Tyler Erb.
The second heat of round one went to Chris Simpson as the Iowa driver scored the victory over sixth place starting Jimmy Owens, Josh Richards, and eighth starter Jonathan Davenport, completed the top four.
Heat number three of round one went to Nebraska native Tad Pospisil who took the win after race leader Ricky Thornton, Jr. suffered engines woes heading to the checkered flag. Chase Junghans, who was one of the big movers of the night in his heat race came from ninth to finish in second. Frank Heckenast, Jr. was third with Matt Cosner crossing the line in fourth.
The fourth heat of round number one was taken by outside front row starter Kyle Bronson. Trailing Bronson across the finish line was seventh starting Stormy Scott, Chad Simpson, and Tyler Bruening.
The fifth and final heat of round one would see Shane Clanton come home with the victory. Spencer Hughes, who started fourth, finished second. Defending Silver Dollar Nationals winner Brandon Sheppard crossed the line in third as Hudson O’Neal finished fourth.
To start round two, Ricky Weiss would capture the first heat in dominating fashion. Jimmy Owens had another good point run by finishing in second after starting fourth. Ryan Gustin was third with Tyler Bruening placing fourth.
The second heat of round two saw Hall-of-Fame driver Scott Bloomquist take an impressive win after passing Chase Junghans for the lead. Bloomquist pulled away to take the victory over Junghans, Brian Shirley, and Jake Timm.
The third heat of round two saw Stormy Scott work his way from third to the lead, to go on to win giving him enough points for the pole starting position for Saturday Night. Tyler Erb charged from fifth to second with Brandon Sheppard and Kyle Bronson rounding out the top four finishers.
The fourth heat of round two would have former Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion, Jonathan Davenport, score the win ahead of current Series Championship Point leader Tim McCreadie. Brandon Overton and Spencer Hughes finished out the top four.
Round two’s fifth and final heat of the night would see Hudson O’Neal grab the early lead to take the checkers over Earl Pearson Jr., Terry Phillips, and John Anderson.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
I-80 Speedway – Greenwood, NE
Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish, Round 1 (11 Laps): 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[3]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[4]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 5. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[8]; 6. 49T-Jake Timm[6]; 7. 53-Andrew Kosiski[7]; 8. 52-Brian Kosiski[9]; 9. 45-Dan Battaglia[2]
Summit Racing Equipment Heat Race #2 Finish, Round 1 (11 Laps): 1. 32S-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 3. 14-Josh Richards[2]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[8]; 5. 22M-Charlie McKenna[3]; 6. 14J-Jake Neal[7]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 8. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[9]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar[5]
Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish, Round 1 (11 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil[1]; 2. 18J-Chase Junghans[9]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[3]; 4. 66C-Matt Cosner[5]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[6]; 6. 24-Bill Leighton[7]; 7. 7R-Ross Robinson[8]; 8. 80-Allan Hopp[4]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]
Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish, Round 1 (11 Laps): 1. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[7]; 3. 1C-Chad Simpson[1]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 5. 76-Brandon Overton[6]; 6. 0-Scott Bloomquist[8]; 7. 7W-Ricky Weiss[9]; 8. 18A-John Anderson[5]; 9. 6D-Cory Dumpert[3]
MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish , Round 1 (10 Laps): 1. 25-Shane Clanton[2]; 2. 11H-Spencer Hughes[4]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[8]; 5. 98-Ben Schaller[3]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 7. 3C-Mike Collins[1]; 8. 7D-Dusty Leonard[6]
Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish, Round 2 (11 Laps): 1. 7W-Ricky Weiss[1]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 5. 25-Shane Clanton[7]; 6. 32S-Chris Simpson[9]; 7. 53-Andrew Kosiski[3]; 8. 66C-Matt Cosner[5]; 9. 45-Dan Battaglia[8]
Summit Racing Equipment Heat Race #2 Finish, Round 2 (11 Laps): 1. 0-Scott Bloomquist[2]; 2. 18J-Chase Junghans[1]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[8]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm[3]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 6. 6D-Cory Dumpert[6]; 7. 80-Allan Hopp[5]; 8. 3C-Mike Collins[7]; 9. (DNS) 7D-Dusty Leonard
Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish, Round 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[3]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[8]; 5. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[1]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[7]; 7. 7R-Ross Robinson[2]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]
Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish, Round 2 (10 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie[6]; 3. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 4. 11H-Spencer Hughes[5]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[9]; 6. 1C-Chad Simpson[8]; 7. 24-Bill Leighton[3]; 8. 52-Brian Kosiski[1]; 9. 22M-Charlie McKenna[7]
MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish , Round 2 (11 Laps): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[2]; 3. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 4. 18A-John Anderson[5]; 5. 98-Ben Schaller[6]; 6. 14-Josh Richards[8]; 7. 14J-Jake Neal[3]; 8. 22F-Chris Ferguson[7]; 9. 04-Tad Pospisil[9]
Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals A-Main Lineup (80 laps):
Row Car # Driver Car # Driver
1 2S Stormy Scott – Las Cruces, NM 18J Chase Junghans – Manhattan, KS
2 20 Jimmy Owens – Newport, TN 3S Brian Shirley – Chatham, IL
3 39 Tim McCreadie – Watertown, NY 40B Kyle Bronson – Brandon, FL
4 49 Jonathan Davenport – Blairsville, GA 71 Hudson O’Neal – Martinsville, IN
5 1T Tyler Erb – New Waverly, TX 25 Shane Clanton – Zebulon, GA
6 11H Spencer Hughes – Meridian, MS 1S Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL
7 32S Chris Simpson – Oxford, IA 1 Earl Pearson Jr – Jacksonville, FL
8 0 Scott Bloomquist – Mooresburg, TN 7W Ricky Weiss – Headingley, MB
9 16 Tyler Bruening – Decorah, IA 76 Brandon Overton – Evans, GA
LINE-X B-Main 1 Lineup (12 laps, Top 4 Transfer):
Row Car # Driver Car # Driver
1 75 Terry Phillips – Springfield, MO 1C Chad Simpson – Mt. Vernon, IA
2 19R Ryan Gustin – Marshalltown, IA 98 Ben Schaller – Omaha, NE
3 4 Tad Pospisil – Norfolk, NE 18A John Anderson – Omaha, NE
4 24 Bill Leighton – Lavista, NE 7R Ross Robinson – Georgetown, DE
5 157 Mike Marlar – Winfield, TN 22M Charlie McKenna – Ames, IA
6 99B Boom Briggs – Bear Lake, PA 3C Mike Collins – New Orleans, LA
7 7D Dusty Leonard – Marysville, KS
UNOH B-Main 2 Lineup (12 laps, Top 4 Transfer):
Row Car # Driver Car # Driver
1 14 Josh Richards – Shinnston, WV 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr – Frankfort, IL
2 22F Chris Ferguson – Mt. Holly, NC 49T Jake Timm – Winona, MN
3 66C Matt Cosner – Ridgeley, WV 14J Jake Neal – Omaha, NE
4 22H Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. – Adel, IA
5 53 Andrew Kosiski – Lavista, NE 6D Cory Dumpert – York, NE
6 80 Allan Hopp – Harlan, IA 52 Brian Kosiski – Papillion, NE
7 45 Dan Battaglia – Gretna, NE
Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals Point Standings:
Rank Car Driver Hometown Points Time Rnd1 Rnd2
1 2S Scott, Stormy Las Cruces, NM 126.32 18.657 18.657 19.458
2 18J Junghans, Chase Manhattan, KS 122.32 18.681 18.681 19.128
3 20 Owens, Jimmy Newport, TN 120.56 18.189 18.189 19.295
4 3S Shirley, Brian Chatham, IL 118.8 17.836 17.836 19.275
5 39 McCreadie, Tim Watertown, NY 114.8 17.915 17.915 19.265
6 40B Bronson, Kyle Brandon, FL 114.8 18.456 18.456 19.468
7 49 Davenport, Jonathan Blairsville, GA 114.8 18.478 18.478 19.159
8 71 O’Neal, Hudson Martinsville, IN 113.04 18.776 18.776 19.034
9 1T Erb, Tyler New Waverly, TX 109.04 18.127 18.127 19.461
10 25 Clanton, Shane Zebulon, GA 107.28 18.255 18.255 19.36
11 11H Hughes, Spencer Meridian, MS 107.28 18.427 18.427 19.386
12 1S Sheppard, Brandon New Berlin, IL 107.28 18.912 18.912 19.316
13 32S Simpson, Chris Oxford, IA 103.28 17.927 17.927 19.38
14 1 Pearson, Earl Jr Jacksonville, FL 103.28 18.261 18.261 19.359
15 0 Bloomquist, Scott Mooresburg, TN 103.28 18.924 18.924 19.148
16 7W Weiss, Ricky Headingley, MB 97.52 18.667 18.821 18.667
17 16 Bruening, Tyler Decorah, IA 97.52 18.833 18.833 19.33
18 76 Overton, Brandon Evans, GA 97.52 18.921 18.921 19.153
19 75 Phillips, Terry Springfield, MO 97.52 19.065 19.065 19.603
20 14 Richards, Josh Shinnston, WV 93.52 17.912 17.912 19.83
21 1C Simpson, Chad Mt. Vernon, IA 93.52 18.751 18.751 20.014
22 99JR Heckenast, Frank Jr Frankfort, IL 91.76 19.006 19.006 19.724
23 19R Gustin, Ryan Marshalltown, IA 91.76 19.24 19.288 19.24
24 22F Ferguson, Chris Mt. Holly, NC 87.76 17.889 17.889 19.729
25 98 Schaller, Ben Omaha, NE 87.76 19.011 19.011 19.858
26 49T Timm, Jake Winona, MN 86 18.279 18.279 19.534
27 4 Pospisil, Tad Norfolk, NE 86 18.436 18.436 20.249
28 66C Cosner, Matt Ridgeley, WV 79.76 18.991 18.991 19.604
29 18A Anderson, John Omaha, NE 79.76 19.364 19.364 19.483
30 14J Neal, Jake Omaha, NE 75.76 18.94 18.94 19.659
31 24 Leighton, Bill Lavista, NE 75.76 18.998 18.998 20.276
32 22H Hilsabeck, Daniel Earlham, IA 75.76 19.322 19.322 19.601
33 7R Robinson, Ross Georgetown, DE 71.76 19.17 19.17 20.088
34 20RT Thornton, Ricky Jr. Adel, IA 70 17.936 17.936 19.374
35 157 Marlar, Mike Winfield, TN 70 18.372 18.372 19.834
36 53 Kosiski, Andrew Lavista, NE 70 18.678 18.678 19.545
37 22M McKenna, Charlie Ames, IA 70 18.857 18.857 99
38 6D Dumpert, Cory York, NE 66 19.268 19.268 19.932
39 99B Briggs, Boom Bear Lake, PA 66 19.372 19.372 20.233
40 80 Hopp, Allan Harlan, IA 66 19.633 19.633 20.163
41 3C Collins, Mike New Orleans, LA 66 19.966 19.966 20.24
42 52 Kosiski, Brian Papillion, NE 63.76 18.792 18.792 20.239
43 7D Leonard, Dusty Marysville, KS 58 19.9 19.9 99
44 45 Battaglia, Dan Gretna, NE 54 20.299 20.299 21.05