6/26/2022
I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park
Dennis Erb, Jr. grabs Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 WoO/Summer Nationals win!
Dennis Erb, Jr.
ULTIMATE OPPORTUNIST: Erb Scores Night 1 of St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff
The Carpentersville, IL driver passed Billy Moyer Jr. with 12 Laps to go to earn his third World of Outlaws Triumph of 2022
PEVELY, MO 鈥� JUNE 24, 2022 鈥� A second chance isn鈥檛 something that slips away from Dennis Erb Jr.
However, the veteran Late Model driver needed that second chance Friday at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 after a caution negated his pass for the lead.
Erb found another opportunity to strike 18 laps later, as race leader Billy Moyer Jr. caught the tail of the field. That's when Erb dove to the bottom, splitting Kye Blight's car as Moyer tried to pass him on the outside. Erb took the advantage, thundering past both of them with momentum to take the lead with 12 laps to go.
This time, a caution wouldn鈥檛 get in Erb鈥檚 way as he bested the top drivers with the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series and DIRTcar Summer Nationals to earn the $10,000 prize on night one of the St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff.
Erb stressed the importance of hitting his marks as a key to finding Victory Lane.
鈥淲e really would鈥檝e liked to have gotten [the lead] earlier, but you know we were able to just wait and got it at the right time and was able to make a move on [Moyer],鈥� Erb said. 鈥淥ur car was working really good around that bottom, and we just had to hit our marks real good.
鈥淥nce I got out front, I was able to move up and move around. It was a little slippery tonight, but we were able to go out and get it.鈥�
Erb鈥檚 win is his 12th World of Outlaws victory and 24th DIRTcar Summer Nationals triumph.
The four-time Hell Tour champion stated his time running Summer Nationals events the past two weeks gave him the chance to get better, despite his consistency in the first half of the season.
鈥淲e spent the last week or so going out and running [DIRTcar Summer Nationals] races,鈥� Erb said. 鈥淲e tried a few different things to see if we can make ourselves better. So, we picked up on a few things, and hopefully, it鈥檒l help us out the rest of the year.鈥�
Erb鈥檚 win extends his World of Outlaws CASE Late Models points lead鈥�122 points over Max Blair, who finished 12th.
Billy Moyer Jr. settled for second after leading the race鈥檚 first 28 laps.
The Batesville, AK driver stated he had a good car but started to tighten up once he reached traffic.
鈥淚f the whole time we are in clean air, I don鈥檛 know if [Erb] would鈥檝e got us,鈥� Moyer said. 鈥淗is car was just way better than ours maneuverability-wise.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 run that bottom like he did, and hell, I felt like I had a parachute back there. So, I just moved back up and tried to use the whole track. All in all, the car is good, just not as good as his around the bottom.鈥�
Frank Heckenast Jr. crossed the line third, his first podium with the World of Outlaws and DIRTcar Summer Nationals in 2022.
Despite coming home third, the Frankfort, IL driver said his finish felt like a win.
鈥淚 screwed up in the Heat,鈥� Heckenast said. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 screw up in the Heat; I just mean [Shannon Babb], and I had such a good race, and I have so much respect for him. I could鈥檝e tried to slide him, and then I would鈥檝e had the last pill for the fourth heat and started second.
鈥淭his feels like a win. We just had so much stuff going wrong lately. When you get that close, it really just tears at you that you had a shot to win.鈥�
Jason Feger finished fourth, his fifth DIRTcar Summer Nationals top five this season, and first with the World of Outlaws鈥攁fter starting 12th.
鈥淥nce we got rolling, the car was pretty good, and it came to life,鈥� Feger said. 鈥淚t felt really good on the restarts, and we were rolling by guys. We couldn鈥檛 get by Frankie at the end, and you know we were probably a little too nice to him.
鈥淏ut I鈥檓 really happy; 12th to fourth against this bunch of guys. The car is fast and in one piece, and maybe we have something for them [Saturday].鈥�
Four-time Hell Tour champion Brian Shirley rounded out the top five.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals points leader Bobby Pierce finished eighth, extending his lead over Ryan Unzicker.
Dennis Erb Jr.鈥檚 ability to take advantage of a second chance allowed him to get the edge on the competition Friday at I-55. If having that edge pays off on Saturday, it could be another $20,000 in his bank account.
UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models and DIRTcar Summer Nationals return to I-55 on Saturday, June 25 for the second night of the St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff.
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DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS
Case Construction Feature (40 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[1]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger[12]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[14]; 8. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 9. 14G-Joe Godsey[9]; 10. 25-Shane Clanton[16]; 11. 11-Gordy Gundaker[24]; 12. 111V-Max Blair[8]; 13. 97-Cade Dillard[10]; 14. B1-Brent Larson[17]; 15. 81E-Tanner English[21]; 16. 1-Josh Richards[23]; 17. 24-Ryan Unzicker[22]; 18. 16G-Rusty Griffaw[26]; 19. 99B-Boom Briggs[29]; 20. 77-Preston Luckman[19]; 21. F1-Payton Freeman[25]; 22. 31K-Kye Blight[15]; 23. 11H-Jeff Herzog[20]; 24. 10J-Jordan Bauer[13]; 25. 2S-Stormy Scott[18]; 26. 10-3377体育平台官网入口网页版 Klein[4]; 27. 36-Logan Martin[11]; 28. 23-Paul Roider[28]; 29. 30-Mark Voigt[27]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. B1-Brent Larson[2]; 2. 77-Preston Luckman[3]; 3. 81E-Tanner English[6]; 4. 14K-Paul Kuper[1]; 5. 86-Kyle Beard[4]; 6. 11-Gordy Gundaker[13]; 7. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[8]; 8. 26M-Brent McKinnon[10]; 9. 14R-Jeff Roth[5]; 10. 99-Hunt Gossum[12]; 11. 16-Tony Wolf[11]; 12. 23NZ-Mick Quin[7]; 13. 86S-Jebadiah Simmons[14]; 14. 4E-Scott Geaschel[9]; 15. 30-Mark Voigt[15]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[4]; 2. 11H-Jeff Herzog[1]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs[3]; 5. 16G-Rusty Griffaw[10]; 6. 93-Mason Oberkramer[6]; 7. 4D-Doug Tye[13]; 8. 15-Justin Duty[15]; 9. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[14]; 10. 11E-Adam Elliott[12]; 11. 23-Paul Roider[7]; 12. 26-Tyler Worley[9]; 13. F1-Payton Freeman[8]; 14. (DNS) 1-Josh Richards; 15. (DNS) 54-Dane Dacus
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 2. 111V-Max Blair[4]; 3. 14G-Joe Godsey[2]; 4. 10J-Jordan Bauer[3]; 5. 14K-Paul Kuper[7]; 6. 77-Preston Luckman[6]; 7. 14R-Jeff Roth[8]; 8. 23NZ-Mick Quin[9]; 9. 4E-Scott Geaschel[12]; 10. 16-Tony Wolf[11]; 11. 11-Gordy Gundaker[5]; 12. 30-Mark Voigt[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 3. 36-Logan Martin[2]; 4. 31K-Kye Blight[3]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[5]; 6. 86-Kyle Beard[7]; 7. 81E-Tanner English[8]; 8. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[10]; 9. 26M-Brent McKinnon[4]; 10. 99-Hunt Gossum[9]; 11. 86S-Jebadiah Simmons[11]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-3377体育平台官网入口网页版 Klein[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[6]; 5. 11H-Jeff Herzog[5]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 7. 54-Dane Dacus[7]; 8. 23-Paul Roider[10]; 9. 26-Tyler Worley[11]; 10. 1-Josh Richards[8]; 11. 4D-Doug Tye[12]; 12. 15-Justin Duty[9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[1]; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[4]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[3]; 5. 24-Ryan Unzicker[6]; 6. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 7. 93-Mason Oberkramer[7]; 8. F1-Payton Freeman[9]; 9. 16G-Rusty Griffaw[11]; 10. 11E-Adam Elliott[10]; 11. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[8]
Qualifying Group A (2 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:12.354[17]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer Jr, 00:12.576[21]; 3. 14G-Joe Godsey, 00:12.599[7]; 4. 36-Logan Martin, 00:12.698[10]; 5. 10J-Jordan Bauer, 00:12.719[1]; 6. 31K-Kye Blight, 00:12.721[6]; 7. 111V-Max Blair, 00:12.834[22]; 8. 26M-Brent McKinnon, 00:12.846[2]; 9. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 00:12.902[20]; 10. B1-Brent Larson, 00:12.906[8]; 11. 77-Preston Luckman, 00:12.933[23]; 12. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:12.981[16]; 13. 14K-Paul Kuper, 00:13.043[14]; 14. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:13.098[11]; 15. 14R-Jeff Roth, 00:13.220[4]; 16. 81E-Tanner English, 00:13.260[18]; 17. 23NZ-Mick Quin, 00:13.330[12]; 18. 99-Hunt Gossum, 00:13.345[15]; 19. 30-Mark Voigt, 00:13.461[19]; 20. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich, 00:13.523[9]; 21. 16-Tony Wolf, 00:13.621[5]; 22. 86S-Jebadiah Simmons, 00:13.965[3]; 23. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:14.170[13]
Qualifying Group B (2 Laps): 1. 10-3377体育平台官网入口网页版 Klein, 00:12.710[6]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:12.731[20]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.763[22]; 4. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.774[19]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:12.835[14]; 6. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:12.861[11]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:12.906[3]; 8. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:12.924[8]; 9. 11H-Jeff Herzog, 00:13.005[4]; 10. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:13.056[7]; 11. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.095[15]; 12. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:13.116[17]; 13. 54-Dane Dacus, 00:13.123[18]; 14. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:13.134[16]; 15. 1-Josh Richards, 00:13.140[5]; 16. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:13.165[1]; 17. 15-Justin Duty, 00:13.185[2]; 18. F1-Payton Freeman, 00:13.199[23]; 19. 23-Paul Roider, 00:13.252[10]; 20. 11E-Adam Elliott, 00:13.437[12]; 21. 26-Tyler Worley, 00:13.464[21]; 22. 16G-Rusty Griffaw, 00:13.549[9]; 23. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:13.815[13]
Hot Laps: 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:12.848[43]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.928[45]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:12.976[38]; 4. F1-Payton Freeman, 00:13.060[46]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:13.147[17]; 6. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:13.276[37]; 7. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:13.298[34]; 8. 10-3377体育平台官网入口网页版 Klein, 00:13.388[29]; 9. 111V-Max Blair, 00:13.402[22]; 10. 11H-Jeff Herzog, 00:13.405[27]; 11. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:13.443[31]; 12. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:13.445[30]; 13. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:13.501[39]; 14. 21-Billy Moyer Jr, 00:13.587[21]; 15. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:13.616[42]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:13.740[26]; 17. 1-Josh Richards, 00:13.750[28]; 18. 16G-Rusty Griffaw, 00:13.775[32]; 19. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:13.777[40]; 20. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 00:13.785[20]; 21. 23-Paul Roider, 00:13.811[33]; 22. 54-Dane Dacus, 00:13.889[41]; 23. 11E-Adam Elliott, 00:13.987[35]; 24. 36-Logan Martin, 00:14.287[10]; 25. 4D-Doug Tye, 00:14.434[36]; 26. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:14.481[11]; 27. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.535[16]; 28. 30-Mark Voigt, 00:14.583[19]; 29. 31K-Kye Blight, 00:14.684[6]; 30. 81E-Tanner English, 00:14.700[18]; 31. 26-Tyler Worley, 00:14.782[44]; 32. 23NZ-Mick Quin, 00:14.807[12]; 33. 4E-Scott Geaschel, 00:14.817[13]; 34. 99-Hunt Gossum, 00:14.894[15]; 35. 14R-Jeff Roth, 00:15.059[4]; 36. 26M-Brent McKinnon, 00:15.222[2]; 37. 10J-Jordan Bauer, 00:15.225[1]; 38. B1-Brent Larson, 00:15.409[8]; 39. 14K-Paul Kuper, 00:15.895[14]; 40. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich, 00:16.037[9]; 41. 86S-Jebadiah Simmons, 00:16.417[3]; 42. 16-Tony Wolf, 00:19.441[5]; 43. 15-Justin Duty, 00:19.441[25]; 44. 14G-Joe Godsey, 00:19.441[7]; 45. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:19.441[24]; 46. 77-Preston Luckman, 00:19.441[23]
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