Dirt late model results for the XR Super Series in Iowa
Tonight, the national dirt late model driver unload at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway in Dubuque County, Iowa. The XR Super Series is set to pay $20,000 to the feature winner on the 3/8-mile dirt track.
View Dubuque Speedway results below.
Ricky Thornton Jr and Brandon Sheppard set the front row. 50 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Main Event
Report
Green flag, Ricky Thornton Jr leads into turn one. Devin Moran follows him through to take 2nd away.
Lap 5, Garrett Alberson slows, caution.
Green, multiple cars stack off turn two, Chad Simpson is around, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads Moran as they both head for the bottom lane.
Lap 11, Brandon Sheppard and Bobby Pierce both head for the inside lane in turn three. They run out of room, bang wheels and Sheppard is around. The caution is out.
Green, Thornton Jr leads as Hudson O’Neal takes 2nd.
Lap 15, race leader Ricky Thornton Jr slows with a flat tire! The caution is out. Hudson O’Neal is handed the lead.
Green, Hudson O’Neal takes over the race lead. Moran runs 2nd.
Lap 18, Tyler Erb and Luke Merfeld tangle in turn one. Both cars pick up heavy damage and the caution is out.
Race leader Hudson O’Neal heads for the pit lane with a flat tire! Devin Moran is handed the lead.
Green, Moran leads as they run three wide for 2nd. Pierce moves to 2nd as he rolls the cushion.
Lap 27, Pierce to the lead. Moran crosses under to retake the spot.
Lap 30, Moran and Pierce both roll the bottom in turn one. They each bang the cushion in turn three.
13 to go
13 to go, Pierce looks inside of Moran into turn one. He can’t complete the pass as Moran has momentum off turn two.
12 to go, Sheppard takes 3rd away from Marlar after pitting early in this race.
10 to go, Pierce slides Moran for the lead. Moran crosses under to retake the lead.
9 to go, Pierce slides him once more. Moran crosses under and returns to the lead yet again. Sheppard has closed on both of them.
8 to go, caution.
Green, Moran leads as they run three wide for 2nd. Pierce holds 2nd off turn two.
5 to go, Mike Marlar spins off turn four, caution.
Under caution, Mike Marlar pulls nose first with Thornton Jr and points a finger at him.
Green, Moran leads Pierce into turn one.
2 to go, Pierce heads for the cushion in turn one. He has momentum off turn two. Piece dives inside of Moran into turn three and he slides him for the lead.
1 to go, Pierce opens the gap.
Bobby Pierce wins at Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway!
Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway
Race Results
July 10, 2023
XR Super Series
View full 2023 results from the Iowa dirt track below:
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:14.191[3]; 2. 99-Devin Moran, 00:14.316[6]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:14.522[7]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.537[10]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.557[20]; 6. 25S-Chad Simpson, 00:14.559[16]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.604[4]; 8. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:14.617[9]; 9. 51-Matt Furman, 00:14.638[2]; 10. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:14.655[13];
11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:14.679[11]; 12. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:14.696[17]; 13. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:14.703[15]; 14. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:14.786[18]; 15. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:14.893[12]; 16. 96V-Tanner English, 00:14.902[14]; 17. 44-Luke Goedert, 00:14.915[5]; 18. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:14.957[8]; 19. 42-Johnathan Huston, 00:15.053[1]; 20. 44W-David Webster, 00:15.792[19]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.523[7]; 2. 1-Hudson O’Neal, 00:14.586[5]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.619[18]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:14.620[1]; 5. 111-Max Blair, 00:14.740[19]; 6. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:14.769[15]; 7. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.794[17]; 8. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:14.795[16]; 9. 40-Jeremiah Hurst, 00:14.892[12]; 10. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:14.911[11];
11. 174-Ethan Dotson, 00:14.923[14]; 12. B1-Brent Larson, 00:14.937[2]; 13. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.975[6]; 14. 21M-Luke Merfeld, 00:15.074[3]; 15. 99L-Jeff Larson, 00:15.085[20]; 16. 99P-Luke Pestka, 00:15.328[9]; 17. 74-Mitch McGrath, 00:15.428[10]; 18. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.513[4]; 19. 99B-Logan Jaquay, 00:15.525[8]; 20. 9-Bobby Hansen, 00:15.952[13]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 6. 32S-Chris Simpson[8]; 7. 51-Matt Furman[5]; 8. 29-Spencer Diercks[7]; 9. 44-Luke Goedert[9]; 10. 42-Johnathan Huston[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[4]; 3. 25S-Chad Simpson[3]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[5]; 5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 6. 96V-Tanner English[8]; 7. 25-Shane Clanton[6]; 8. 98-Jason Rauen[7]; 9. 10T-Jeff Tharp[9]; 10. 44W-David Webster[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 111-Max Blair[3]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening[1]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]; 5. 40-Jeremiah Hurst[5]; 6. 99L-Jeff Larson[8]; 7. 74-Mitch McGrath[9]; 8. 99B-Logan Jaquay[10]; 9. 174-Ethan Dotson[6]; 10. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 1-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman[4]; 6. B1-Brent Larson[6]; 7. 21M-Luke Merfeld[7]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[9]; 9. 9-Bobby Hansen[10]; 10. (DNS) 99P-Luke Pestka
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[4]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson[3]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[6]; 5. 10T-Jeff Tharp[10]; 6. 29-Spencer Diercks[7]; 7. 51-Matt Furman[5]; 8. 42-Johnathan Huston[11]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 10. 44-Luke Goedert[9]; 11. 44W-David Webster[12]; 12. 98-Jason Rauen[8]
B-Main 2 (Top 3 Advance) : 1. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 2. B1-Brent Larson[4]; 3. 174-Ethan Dotson[9]; 4. 40-Jeremiah Hurst[1]; 5. 21M-Luke Merfeld[6]; 6. 99B-Logan Jaquay[7]; 7. 74-Mitch McGrath[5]; 8. 99P-Luke Pestka[12]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 10. 99L-Jeff Larson[3]; 11. (DNS) 9-Bobby Hansen; 12. (DNS) 3S-Brian Shirley
Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway
Feature Race Results
XR Series
July 10, 2023
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[8]
2. 99-Devin Moran[3]
3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]
4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]
5. 1-Hudson O’Neal[4]
6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[9]
7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[13]
8. 3S-Brian Shirley[23]
9. 111-Max Blair[6]
10. 96V-Tanner English[19]
11. B1-Brent Larson[20]
12. 18D-Daulton Wilson[7]
13. 157-Mike Marlar[5]
14. 32S-Chris Simpson[21]
15. 7T-Drake Troutman[18]
16. 1T-Tyler Erb[16]
17. 7-Ross Robinson[12]
18. 21M-Luke Merfeld[24]
19. 49-Jonathan Davenport[17]
20. 76-Brandon Overton[15]
21. 25S-Chad Simpson[11]
22. 16-Tyler Bruening[10]
23. 58-Garrett Alberson[14]
24. 174-Ethan Dotson[22]
