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Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway
September 13th, 2014: Shannon Babb takes St. Louis Showdown at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55! Mike Harrison takes big Modified win! Troy Medley
Shannon Babb
Mike Harrison
Troy Medley
Travis Bittle
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(Story by DirtonDirt.com) PEVELEY, Mo. (Sept. 13) — Using a lap-28 restart to his advantage, second-starting Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., overtook polesitter Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, leading the remaining 12 laps to earn $10,000 victory in Saturday’s St. Louis Showdown finale at Federated Raceway at I-55.
Babb, the 2014 Summernationals points champion, charged to an early lead at the drop of the green flag. Gustin cruised to the front of the field on a lap-13 restart, but was unable to hold on to the race lead, as Babb regained the point on lap 28 en route to his first victory at I-55 in two years.
“Ryan was really good tonight,” Babb said. “It looked like his car was turning good, doing everything right. The track was good. There was some obstacles out there, but that made for a good racetrack.
“I knew I had to do something there at the end. Little Bobby (Pierce) was really good. I figured that there was gonna be a lot of action happen there in one and two on the restart. Luckily, it turned out in my advantage.”
Gustin held off late-race challenges from Bobby Pierce and Billy Moyer to notch a runner-up finish. Pierce, of Oakwood, Ill., finished third, with seventh-starting Moyer taking the fourth-place spot. In what is expected to be his final start at I-55, retiring driver Randy Korte of Highlands, Ill., rounded out the top five.
“Shannon’s a good racer obviously,” Gustin said after the race. “It’s just a privilege for us to even run second to him as much as he’s been at these tracks and as long as he’s been doing it. I didn’t know it was only going to be 40 laps, or maybe would’ve tried a little harder right there.
“Went up top, kind of got it rolling better again, starting to reel him (Babb) in. Just kind of looking at the board, I figured it was 50 laps. I guess they shortened it. It is what it is. Good racetrack. A lot better than what we had last night. I’ll take that over racing the rubber. All in all a good night for us.”
Pierce advanced nine spots from the 12th starting position, finding himself right in the mix of the action in the race’s final laps.
“It sure was a mess,” Pierce said. “A lot of those guys just fighting for position. It was crazy out there … especially how rough it was … it gets tough to pass here when the track’s like that. You almost just got to be patient, wait for guys to make mistakes. And you can’t make a mistake. It was a crazy night. Just glad we picked up a podium.”
Trace Westling drew the race’s first caution when he spun on lap 13. Another yellow flew for Brian Shirley on lap 22 when he slowed on the racetrack. Jack Sullivan spun on lap 28 for the final caution.
LATE MODEL - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 18 Shannon Babb
2 1 19R Ryan Gustin
3 12 32 Bobby Pierce
4 7 21 Billy Moyer
5 9 0 Randy Korte
6 17 777 Jared Landers
7 6 28E Dennis Erb Jr
8 10 B5 Brandon Sheppard
9 3 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
10 11 15B Brian Birkhofer
11 5 6M Wendall Wallace
12 23 33M Tim Manville
13 18 6K Michael Kloos
14 19 11G Gordy Gundaker
15 16 11 Jeff Herzog
16 21 17V Mike Vanderriet Jr
17 22 71 Trace Westling
18 8 17M Robert Baker
19 14 18X Jack Sullivan
20 4 81 Brian Shirley
21 15 17 James Shereck
22 13 92W Scott Weber
23 24 5A Paul Schrempf Jr
24 20 16H Mike Hammerle
LATE MODEL - SEMI
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 777 Jared Landers
2 8 6K Michael Kloos
3 7 11G Gordy Gundaker
4 4 16H Mike Hammerle
5 6 17V Mike Vanderriet Jr
6 1 71 Trace Westling
7 5 5A Paul Schrempf Jr
8 3 54 Dane Dacus DNS
9 9 77 Gavin Landers DNS
10 10 25 Jason Feger DNS
11 11 33M Tim Manville DNS
12 12 24HR Ricky Horton DNS
LATE MODEL - HEAT 4
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
2 5 17M Robert Baker
3 3 32 Bobby Pierce
4 6 11 Jeff Herzog
5 7 16H Mike Hammerle
6 2 6K Michael Kloos
7 4 33M Tim Manville
LATE MODEL - HEAT 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 18 Shannon Babb
2 1 21 Billy Moyer
3 3 15B Brian Birkhofer
4 4 17 James Shereck
5 5 54 Dane Dacus
6 6 11G Gordy Gundaker
7 7 24HR Ricky Horton DNS
LATE MODEL - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 19R Ryan Gustin
2 5 28E Dennis Erb Jr
3 2 B5 Brandon Sheppard
4 4 18X Jack Sullivan
5 6 777 Jared Landers
6 7 17V Mike Vanderriet Jr
7 3 25 Jason Feger
LATE MODEL - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 81 Brian Shirley
2 4 6M Wendall Wallace
3 1 0 Randy Korte
4 3 92W Scott Weber
5 6 71 Trace Westling
6 7 5A Paul Schrempf Jr
7 5 77 Gavin Landers
LATE MODEL - QUALIFY 4
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
2 6 6K Michael Kloos
3 2 32 Bobby Pierce
4 7 33M Tim Manville
5 4 17M Robert Baker
6 5 11 Jeff Herzog
7 1 16H Mike Hammerle
LATE MODEL - QUALIFY 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 5 21 Billy Moyer
2 7 18 Shannon Babb
3 2 15B Brian Birkhofer
4 4 17 James Shereck
5 3 54 Dane Dacus
6 1 11G Gordy Gundaker
7 6 24HR Ricky Horton
LATE MODEL - QUALIFY 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 6 19R Ryan Gustin
2 7 B5 Brandon Sheppard
3 3 25 Jason Feger
4 4 18X Jack Sullivan
5 1 28E Dennis Erb Jr
6 5 777 Jared Landers
7 2 17V Mike Vanderriet Jr
LATE MODEL - QUALIFY 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 0 Randy Korte
2 3 81 Brian Shirley
3 6 92W Scott Weber
4 5 6M Wendall Wallace
5 7 77 Gavin Landers
6 4 71 Trace Westling
7 2 5A Paul Schrempf Jr
MODIFIED - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 24H Mike Harrison
2 2 18L Michael Long
3 20 1D Dean Hoffman
4 9 16G Rusty Griffaw
5 6 14C Rick Conoyer
6 8 47 Brad Paquet
7 14 34 Dave Armstrong
8 13 16S Steve Stotler
9 23 01W Derrick Black
10 15 87Z Zeb Moake
11 21 36A Austen Arnold
12 24 95 Josh Sissom
13 16 29S Chris Spalding
14 11 29 Preston Seratt
15 7 70B Brian Bielong
16 3 98 Joe Walsh
17 17 76 Eric Goetter
18 5 10X Jim Black
19 4 6K Justin Ketrow
20 19 128 Zach Schantz
21 10 66 Chris Hall
22 18 14 Hunter Jessup
23 12 0X Steve Picou
24 22 8B Brendan Bittle
MODIFIED - SEMI
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 128 Zach Schantz
2 6 1D Dean Hoffman
3 4 36A Austen Arnold
4 2 8B Brendan Bittle
5 5 01W Derrick Black
6 7 95 Josh Sissom
7 3 23 Darron Forrest
8 9 70 Josh Russell
9 8 A1 Gary Bentley
10 10 40X Derick Bray DNS
11 11 52K Billy Knebel, Jr DNS
MODIFIED - HEAT 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 98 Joe Walsh
2 4 14C Rick Conoyer
3 9 6K Justin Ketrow
4 8 66 Chris Hall
5 6 34 Dave Armstrong
6 3 14 Hunter Jessup
7 5 23 Darron Forrest
8 1 1D Dean Hoffman
9 7 70 Josh Russell
MODIFIED - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 10X Jim Black
2 2 70B Brian Bielong
3 5 16G Rusty Griffaw
4 6 0X Steve Picou
5 4 87Z Zeb Moake
6 7 29S Chris Spalding
7 3 8B Brendan Bittle
8 9 36A Austen Arnold
9 8 A1 Gary Bentley
10 10 52K Billy Knebel, Jr DNS
MODIFIED - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 18L Michael Long
2 8 24H Mike Harrison
3 5 47 Brad Paquet
4 4 16S Steve Stotler
5 10 29 Preston Seratt
6 1 76 Eric Goetter
7 9 128 Zach Schantz
8 7 01W Derrick Black
9 6 95 Josh Sissom
10 3 40X Derick Bray
SPORTSMAN - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 3 62 Troy Medley
2 1 29 Jeff Lebaube
3 5 C4 Chris Soutiea
4 8 14 Stu Springer
5 7 50 Kent Nations
6 4 16M Joe Mccain
7 6 269 Josh Ramer
8 9 19S Nathan Schmitt
9 12 18B Terry Brown
10 11 192 Mark Spraul
11 10 10 Chuck Adams
12 14 3 Craig Bessinger
13 13 J82 Treb Jacoby
14 18 71 Matt Schott
15 17 27 Scott Leverich
16 15 105 Jim Brown
17 2 15B Matt Brucato
18 16 20X Robin Fee
19 19 60 Jerry Raedeckar
20 20 92 Kurt Slinger
DNS 57 Trey Harris
DNS 316 David Miller
DNS 31 Mark Todd
SPORTSMAN - HEAT 3
Finish Start Car Driver
1 6 29 Jeff Lebaube
2 5 16M Joe Mccain
3 2 10 Chuck Adams
4 7 19S Nathan Schmitt
5 1 J82 Treb Jacoby
6 3 105 Jim Brown
7 4 71 Matt Schott
SPORTSMAN - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 1 C4 Chris Soutiea
2 2 50 Kent Nations
3 4 14 Stu Springer
4 6 192 Mark Spraul
5 5 18B Terry Brown
6 7 57 Trey Harris
7 3 27 Scott Leverich
8 8 92 Kurt Slinger
SPORTSMAN - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 4 15B Matt Brucato
2 7 62 Troy Medley
3 6 269 Josh Ramer
4 5 31 Mark Todd
5 3 316 David Miller
6 2 3 Craig Bessinger
7 8 20X Robin Fee
8 1 60 Jerry Raedeckar
PRO 4 - FEATURE
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 89T Travis Bittle
2 1 83D Dallas Lugge
3 3 1P Robert Price
4 6 82Q Cole Queathem
5 4 442 Sean Mccarty
6 5 74 Joe Laws
7 7 2 Eldon Hemken
8 9 74L David Laws
9 10 1 Michael Mcginniety
10 12 33 Ken Laws
11 11 15 Bryan Fisher
12 8 65 Alex Range
PRO 4 - HEAT 2
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 89T Travis Bittle
2 1 442 Sean Mccarty
3 4 82Q Cole Queathem
4 5 65 Alex Range
5 6 1 Michael Mcginniety
6 3 33 Ken Laws
PRO 4 - HEAT 1
Finish Start Car Driver
1 2 83D Dallas Lugge
2 1 1P Robert Price
3 5 74 Joe Laws
4 4 2 Eldon Hemken
5 6 74L David Laws
6 3 15 Bryan Fisher