Dirt racing results from Thursday inside The Dome at America’s Center
Tonight, it’s night one of three for the Gateway Dirt Nationals. Dirt late models and dirt modifieds are set to roll on the 1/5-mile inside the Dome at America’s Center.
View full 2022 Gateway Dirt Nationals results below.
Gateway Dirt Menu
Entry List | Schedule | Dec 1 | Dec 2 | Dec 3
Late Model
Main Event
Report
Bobby Pierce and Ryan Unzicker set the front row for the main event. 25 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Green flag, they run side by side into turn one and off turn two. A lap later, Pierce completes the pass on the inside.
Lap 4, car stopped on the wall, caution.
Green, Pierce is clear into turn one.
Lap 5, Tanner English is knocking the cushion and hanging even with Unzicker for 2nd.
Lap 10, Unzicker holds 2nd as English tucks in behind him.
Pierce opens the gap.
Lap 15, Pierce has caught the tail of the field. Unzicker is closing quickly.
4 to go, Pierce works under the lap car and opens the gap back up.
2 to go, most of the field is glued to the inside lane.
Bobby Pierce wins night one of the Gateway Dirt Nationals!
Dirt Late Model
Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 1, 2022
View full results for the dirt late model division below:
Practice
Hot Laps (Combined) : 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:11.643[9]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:11.722[6]; 3. 71K-Jim Rogers, 00:11.763[2]; 4. 9J-Jayme Zidar, 00:11.835[10]; 5. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:11.865[1]; 6. 7Z-Chad Zobrist, 00:11.906[18]; 7. 187-David McCoy, 00:11.915[11]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:11.922[21]; 9. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:12.017[17]; 10. 4W-Ryan Wilson, 00:12.020[22];
11. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:12.039[16]; 12. 14W-Quentin White, 00:12.051[12]; 13. 5X-Brian Wolfmeier, 00:12.058[15]; 14. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.097[47]; 15. 57-Blake Higginbotham, 00:12.101[3]; 16. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 00:12.146[13]; 17. 14JR-Michael King Jr, 00:12.148[4]; 18. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:12.189[14]; 19. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:12.203[27]; 20. 96V-Tanner English, 00:12.234[39];
21. 45S-Colt Smith, 00:12.235[8]; 22. 11E-Adam Elliott, 00:12.244[7]; 23. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.277[64]; 24. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer, 00:12.280[25]; 25. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.288[48]; 26. 28-Jeff Neubert, 00:12.337[20]; 27. 45B-Scott Bell, 00:12.348[23]; 28. 20W-Justin White, 00:12.360[26]; 29. 0K-Freddie Carpenter, 00:12.365[37]; 30. J12-Jason Wagner, 00:12.376[32];
31. 05B-Josh Boller, 00:12.379[33]; 32. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.391[49]; 33. 10-Jacob Magee, 00:12.493[43]; 34. 24C-Tanner Collins, 00:12.516[36]; 35. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:12.517[28]; 36. 34W-James Walters, 00:12.519[53]; 37. 28M-Jake Miller, 00:12.531[35]; 38. 16-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:12.578[30]; 39. 2B-Jordan Barbee, 00:12.598[41]; 40. 4-Chris Simpson, 00:12.609[31];
41. 18C-Chris Carpenter, 00:12.657[54]; 42. 711-Morgan Alexander, 00:12.694[51]; 43. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:12.718[63]; 44. 2K-Patrick Kelley, 00:12.845[29]; 45. E11-Matthew Tribble, 00:12.849[19]; 46. 32P-Preston Farmer, 00:12.867[50]; 47. 18B-Chase Burda, 00:12.881[45]; 48. 51-Steve Fairbanks, 00:12.922[62]; 49. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:12.931[61]; 50. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:12.981[52];
51. 260-Erik Thorne, 00:13.000[40]; 52. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:13.053[55]; 53. 5R-Scott Rhoades, 00:13.097[38]; 54. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:13.158[60]; 55. 15F-Chris Fetter, 00:13.249[42]; 56. 2S-Kevin Smith, 00:13.314[59]; 57. 51S-WL Stile, 00:13.317[44]; 58. 96-Matt Koch, 00:13.348[57]; 59. 111-Jon Woods, 00:13.419[58]; 60. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford, 00:13.490[65];
61. 13-Brayton Laster, 00:13.553[56]; 62. B17-Timothy Welch II, 00:13.846[5]; 63. 1B-Josh Baker, 00:14.158[34]; 64. 45-Kyle Hammer[24]; 65. 34-Kyle Wiser[46]
Qualifying
Qualifying (Group A) : 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.333[6]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:12.589[9]; 3. 4-Chris Simpson, 00:12.660[31]; 4. 9J-Jayme Zidar, 00:12.701[10]; 5. 71K-Jim Rogers, 00:12.751[2]; 6. 4W-Ryan Wilson, 00:12.782[22]; 7. 91-Rusty Schlenk, 00:12.798[17]; 8. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:12.799[21]; 9. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:12.829[1]; 10. 05B-Josh Boller, 00:12.855[33];
11. 4S-Ryan Montgomery, 00:12.926[27]; 12. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:12.938[24]; 13. J12-Jason Wagner, 00:13.059[32]; 14. 45B-Scott Bell, 00:13.069[23]; 15. 7Z-Chad Zobrist, 00:13.069[18]; 16. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer, 00:13.077[25]; 17. 5X-Brian Wolfmeier, 00:13.103[15]; 18. 187-David McCoy, 00:13.158[11]; 19. 45S-Colt Smith, 00:13.191[8]; 20. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:13.202[16];
21. 57-Blake Higginbotham, 00:13.213[3]; 22. 14W-Quentin White, 00:13.224[12]; 23. 2K-Patrick Kelley, 00:13.292[29]; 24. E11-Matthew Tribble, 00:13.326[19]; 25. 11E-Adam Elliott, 00:13.390[7]; 26. 28-Jeff Neubert, 00:13.398[20]; 27. T22-Tegan Evans, 00:13.472[14]; 28. 20W-Justin White, 00:13.483[26]; 29. 11C-Rachel Carpenter, 00:13.487[13]; 30. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck, 00:13.554[28];
31. 16-Brandon Tibaldi, 00:13.641[30]; 32. 14JR-Michael King Jr[4]; 33. (DNS) B17-Timothy Welch II
Qualifying (Group B) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.586[15]; 2. 96V-Tanner English, 00:12.689[6]; 3. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.719[31]; 4. 24C-Tanner Collins, 00:12.804[3]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.866[14]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.877[16]; 7. 0K-Freddie Carpenter, 00:13.025[4]; 8. USA1-Kylan Garner, 00:13.040[19]; 9. 10-Jacob Magee, 00:13.121[10];
10. 2B-Jordan Barbee, 00:13.133[8]; 11. 34W-James Walters, 00:13.176[20]; 12. 28M-Jake Miller, 00:13.192[2]; 13. 18C-Chris Carpenter, 00:13.251[21]; 14. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:13.270[30]; 15. 27D-Joe Denby, 00:13.293[27]; 16. 51-Steve Fairbanks, 00:13.324[29]; 17. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:13.349[28]; 18. 1B-Josh Baker, 00:13.451[1]; 19. 260-Erik Thorne, 00:13.489[7]; 20. 18B-Chase Burda, 00:13.494[12];
21. 5R-Scott Rhoades, 00:13.533[5]; 22. 34-Kyle Wiser, 00:13.570[13]; 23. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford, 00:13.637[32]; 24. 96-Matt Koch, 00:13.694[24]; 25. 711-Morgan Alexander, 00:13.701[18]; 26. 32P-Preston Farmer, 00:13.705[17]; 27. 2S-Kevin Smith, 00:13.708[26]; 28. B89-Dakota Smith, 00:13.740[22]; 29. 15F-Chris Fetter, 00:13.944[9]; 30. 111-Jon Woods, 00:14.535[25];
31. 51S-WL Stile, 00:14.596[11]; 32. 13-Brayton Laster, 00:15.777[23]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 9J-Jayme Zidar[2]; 3. 91-Rusty Schlenk[3]; 4. J12-Jason Wagner[5]; 5. 05B-Josh Boller[4]; 6. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer[6]; 7. 45S-Colt Smith[7]; 8. 14W-Quentin White[8]; 9. 20W-Justin White[10]; 10. 16-Brandon Tibaldi[11]; 11. 11E-Adam Elliott[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer) : 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker[1]; 2. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 3. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[4]; 4. 71K-Jim Rogers[2]; 5. 45B-Scott Bell[5]; 6. 75A-Daniel Adam[7]; 7. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[10]; 8. 28-Jeff Neubert[9]; 9. 2K-Patrick Kelley[8]; 10. 14JR-Michael King Jr[11]; 11. 5X-Brian Wolfmeier[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 4-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 45-Kyle Hammer[4]; 3. 4W-Ryan Wilson[2]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[3]; 5. 7Z-Chad Zobrist[5]; 6. 187-David McCoy[6]; 7. 57-Blake Higginbotham[7]; 8. E11-Matthew Tribble[8]; 9. 21K-Jacob Kolwyck[10]; 10. B17-Timothy Welch II[11]; 11. (DNS) T22-Tegan Evans
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 24C-Tanner Collins[2]; 3. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[3]; 4. 18C-Chris Carpenter[5]; 5. 51-Steve Fairbanks[6]; 6. 711-Morgan Alexander[9]; 7. 260-Erik Thorne[7]; 8. B89-Dakota Smith[10]; 9. 51S-WL Stile[11]; 10. 34-Kyle Wiser[8]; 11. 2B-Jordan Barbee[4]
Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 96V-Tanner English[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. USA1-Kylan Garner[3]; 4. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 5. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[8]; 6. 4D-Doug Tye[6]; 7. 15F-Chris Fetter[10]; 8. 34W-James Walters[4]; 9. 32P-Preston Farmer[9]; 10. 18B-Chase Burda[7]; 11. 13-Brayton Laster[11]
Heat 6 (8 Laps – Top 2 Transfer ) : 1. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 25-Jason Feger[1]; 3. 28M-Jake Miller[4]; 4. 10-Jacob Magee[3]; 5. 27D-Joe Denby[5]; 6. 1B-Josh Baker[6]; 7. 96-Matt Koch[8]; 8. 2S-Kevin Smith[9]; 9. 5R-Scott Rhoades[7]; 10. 111-Jon Woods[10]
LCQs
B-Main 1 (8 Laps – Top 3 Transfer) : 1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1]; 2. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[2]; 3. 4W-Ryan Wilson[3]; 4. 4G-Bob Gardner[6]; 5. 71K-Jim Rogers[5]; 6. 7Z-Chad Zobrist[9]; 7. 0D-Dewayne Kiefer[10]; 8. 45B-Scott Bell[8]; 9. 75A-Daniel Adam[11]; 10. 05B-Josh Boller[7]; 11. 187-David McCoy[12]; 12. 45S-Colt Smith[13]; 13. 57-Blake Higginbotham[15]; 14. 11C-Rachel Carpenter[14]; 15. J12-Jason Wagner[4]
B-Main 2 (8 Laps – Top 3 Transfer) : 1. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[1]; 2. USA1-Kylan Garner[2]; 3. 18C-Chris Carpenter[4]; 4. 18L-Jeffrey Ledford[5]; 5. 10-Jacob Magee[6]; 6. 28JS-Jeffrey Shackelford[8]; 7. 28M-Jake Miller[3]; 8. 51-Steve Fairbanks[7]; 9. 260-Erik Thorne[13]; 10. 711-Morgan Alexander[10]; 11. 15F-Chris Fetter[14]; 12. 27D-Joe Denby[9]; 13. 1B-Josh Baker[12]; 14. 4D-Doug Tye[11]; 15. (DNS) 96-Matt Koch
Super Late Model
Main Event
25 Laps | $5,000 to win
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]
2. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2]
3. 96V-Tanner English[4]
4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]
5. 18-Shannon Babb[3]
6. 4-Chris Simpson[6]
7. B5-Brandon Sheppard[10]
8. 25-Jason Feger[12]
9. USA1-Kylan Garner[16]
10. 45-Kyle Hammer[11]
11. 91-Rusty Schlenk[13]
12. 4S-Ryan Montgomery[15]
13. 4W-Ryan Wilson[17]
14. 24C-Tanner Collins[8]
15. 18C-Chris Carpenter[18]
16. 9J-Jayme Zidar[7]
17. 0K-Freddie Carpenter[14]
18. (DNF) 11G-Gordy Gundaker[9]
Dirt Modified
Gateway Dirt Nationals
Race Results
December 1, 2022
View full results for the dirt modified division below:
Qualifying
Qualifying (Combined) : 1. 95-Michael Altobelli, 00:12.664[20]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:12.731[21]; 3. 7-Drake Troutman, 00:12.775[11]; 4. 37L-Michael Ledford, 00:12.788[17]; 5. 1H-Ben Harmon, 00:12.876[24]; 6. 6ST-Joseph Thomas, 00:12.905[27]; 7. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:12.921[25]; 8. 12-Dylan Thornton, 00:12.963[22]; 9. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:12.977[13]; 10. 7N-Tim Nash, 00:12.985[19];
11. 25-Tyler Nicely, 00:13.016[29]; 12. 12T-Tyler Droste, 00:13.024[16]; 13. 6-Ryan Ayers, 00:13.028[28]; 14. 14-Rick Conoyer, 00:13.041[26]; 15. 31-Mark Anderson, 00:13.103[23]; 16. 97-Mitch Thomas, 00:13.109[2]; 17. 8-Kyle Steffens, 00:13.117[15]; 18. 7M-Clay Money, 00:13.118[12]; 19. 44-KC Burdette, 00:13.266[4]; 20. 16W-Dillon Nusbaum, 00:13.270[6];
21. 1D-Dean Hoffman, 00:13.303[8]; 22. B1-Jeff Larson, 00:13.377[9]; 23. 5-Joe Dresch, 00:13.495[18]; 24. 65-Todd Sherman, 00:13.513[14]; 25. J82-Treb Jacoby, 00:13.545[5]; 26. 84-Ryan Toole, 00:13.612[7]; 27. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 00:13.757[3]; 28. 42-Michael Steele, 00:13.823[1]; 29. 10Y-Trent Young[10]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps) : 1. 95-Michael Altobelli[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 8-Kyle Steffens[5]; 4. 1H-Ben Harmon[2]; 5. 1D-Dean Hoffman[6]; 6. 10Y-Trent Young[8]; 7. 6-Ryan Ayers[4]; 8. J82-Treb Jacoby[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) : 1. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]; 2. 7N-Tim Nash[3]; 3. 7M-Clay Money[5]; 4. 14-Rick Conoyer[4]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[2]; 6. B1-Jeff Larson[6]; 7. 84-Ryan Toole[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) : 1. 7-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely[3]; 3. 44-KC Burdette[5]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 5. 8A-Austin Holcombe[7]; 6. 31-Mark Anderson[4]; 7. (DNS) 5-Joe Dresch
Heat 4 (8 Laps) : 1. 37L-Michael Ledford[1]; 2. 12-Dylan Thornton[2]; 3. 97-Mitch Thomas[4]; 4. 16W-Dillon Nusbaum[5]; 5. 12T-Tyler Droste[3]; 6. 65-Todd Sherman[6]; 7. 42-Michael Steele[7]
LCQs
B-Main 1 : 1. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[2]; 2. 1D-Dean Hoffman[1]; 3. 8A-Austin Holcombe[3]; 4. 65-Todd Sherman[8]; 5. 10Y-Trent Young[5]; 6. 31-Mark Anderson[7]; 7. 6-Ryan Ayers[9]; 8. 12T-Tyler Droste[4]; 9. 84-Ryan Toole[10]; 10. B1-Jeff Larson[6]; 11. J82-Treb Jacoby[13]; 12. (DNS) 5-Joe Dresch; 13. (DNS) 42-Michael Steele
Dirt Modified
Main Event
20 Laps | $3,000 to win
1. 7-Drake Troutman[2]
2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]
3. 37L-Michael Ledford[3]
4. 95-Michael Altobelli[4]
5. 24H-Mike Harrison[1]
6. 25-Tyler Nicely[7]
7. 12-Dylan Thornton[8]
8. 8-Kyle Steffens[9]
9. 7M-Clay Money[10]
10. 1D-Dean Hoffman[18]
11. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[17]
12. 97-Mitch Thomas[12]
13. 44-KC Burdette[11]
14. 20-Trevor Anderson[15]
15. (DNF) 7N-Tim Nash[6]
16. (DNF) 14-Rick Conoyer[14]
17. (DNF) 1H-Ben Harmon[13]
18. (DNF) 16W-Dillon Nusbaum[16]
