Fairbury (il) - 5-7-2022.

Fairbury American Legion Speedway
Fairbury, Illinois


Track - www.fairburyspeedway.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Fairbury-Am...27131240638893
Twitter - https://twitter.com/FALS_NATION


Saturday, May 7th, 2022
"2022 Season Opener"


CAR COUNTS
UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models ---------- 26 Entries
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds ---------- 43 Entries
UMP DIRTcar Sportsmans ---------- 13 Entries
UMP DIRTcar Street Stocks ---------- 36 Entries
Hobby Mods ---------- 17 Entries


My Race Pass
Drivers Entered in each Division - https://www.myracepass.com/events/423528/entries


PAYOUTS
UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models - $2,500 win & $300 start
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds - $1,500 win & $175 start
UMP DIRTcar Sportsman - $350 win & $75 start
UMP DIRTcar Stock Cars - $350 win & $75 start
Hobby Mods - $100 win & $100 start. <> Payout is a Gentlemens agreement between drivers




THE RACE IS BEING STREAMED LIVE ON FLO RACING

Modified Qualifying

Group A. Mike Harrison - 13.801
Group B. Michael Ledford - 14.042

Overall Fast Qualifier. Mike Harrison

Late Model Qualifying

Results

Fast Qualifier. McKay Wenger - 12.994
Ryan Unzicker
Jeffery Ledford
Myles Moos
Mike Chasteen Jr.
Kevin Weaver
Scott Schmitt
Nick Allen
Mike Spatola
Scott James
Tommy Sheppard Jr.
Derek Chandler
Derek Suhre
Mike Provenzano
Jake Little
Mark Voigt
Glen Thompson
Dale Markham
James Walter
Jayme Zidar
Titus Sneed
Jay Sparks
Greg Wagner
William Tye
Bill Weistart
Matt Adkins

Mod heat 1
Mike Harrison
Allen Weisser

Mod heat 2
Frank Marshall
Ray Bollinger

Mod heat 3
Michael Long
Michael Ledford

Both drivers trading clean slider for the lead.

Mod heat 4
Trevor Neville
Steven Brooks

Heat race draw invert for the Late Models was 3


Late Model heat 1

Myles Moos
Scott Schmitt
Scott James
McKay Wenger
Jason Suhre

Unzicker just wadded one up. He slammed the turn 4 wall, and was drilled by Glen Thompson. Rear clip folded up like an accordion.

Late Model heat 2
Kevin Weaver
Tommy Sheppard Jr.
Nick Allen
Glen Thompson
Jayme Zidar

Unzicker jumped the coushion running second and heavy cosmetic damage to the back of the car. No where to go for Glen Thompson. Glens car was ok to restart.

Late Model heat 3
Mike Spatola
Jake Little
Michael Ledford
Mike Chasteen Jr.
Derek Chandler

Street Stock heat 1
Megan Erwin
Cody Clubb

Street Stock heat 2
Zane Reitz
Jesse Simmons

Street Stock heat 3
Ian Keller
Tanner Sullivan



Sullivan gets car up on two wheels in turn two and still finished second

Street Stock heat 4
Dave Crawley Jr.
Adam Williams

Sportsman heat 1
Landen Miller
Steven Mattingly

Sportsman heat 2
Tommy Duncan
Tyler Roth

Hobby Mod heat 1
Brian Devers
Kirby McCormick

Hobby Mod heat 2
Bryce Cunningham
Jimmy Hoselton

Mod b-main 1
Willy Meyers
Kasey Schrock
Chris Morefield

Mod b-main 2
Dawson Cook
Dustin King
Mike Learman

Late Model b-main
James Walters
Dale Markham
Mark Voigt
Billy Weistart
Titus Sneed

Street Stock b-main 1
Austin Hubbard
Jeff Hartzell

Street Stock b-main 2
Andy Zahan
Shaun Wiltjerhunt

UMP DIRTcar Sportsman feature

Top 5
Tommy Duncan
Landen Miller
Tyler Roth
Jim Farley III
Victor Long

Late Model Feature line-up

Moos - Weaver
Spatola - Schmitt
Sheppard - Little
James - Allen
Ledford - Wenger
Thompson - Chasteen Jr.
Suhre - Zidar
Chandler - Walters
Markham - Voigt
Weistart - Sneed

UMP DIRTcar Modifieds feature

Top 5
Mike Harrison
Allen Weisser
Michael Long
Michael Ledford
Ray Bollinger

UMP DIRTcar Late Model feature

Top 10
Tommy Sheppard Jr.
Mike Spatola
Myles Moos
McKay Wenger
Kevin Weaver
Scott Schmitt
Jake Little
Jason Suhre
Nick Allen
Mike Chasteen Jr.
Jeffery Ledford
Mark Voigt
Dale Markham
James Walters
Derek Chandler
Scott James
Jayne Zidar
Bill Weistart
Titus Sneed

UMP DIRTcar Street Stock feature

Top 5
Megan Erwin
Ian Keller
Tanner Sullivan
Jarred Krick
Joe Brown Jr.

Hobby Mod feature

Top 5
Bryan Deavers
Bryce Cunningham
Jordan Walker
Luke Gebhardt
Wes Ricketts

Watched the show at Fairbury on Flo Racing last night and the racing was in my opinion fantastic for a season opener with good car counts. It's awesome to see a town and a community support a track like Fairbury does. They have something special there and they all know it. Good Luck to Matt Curl and the FALS staff during the 2022 season.

What’s the background on Tommy Sheppard jr?

I have the same question as Pennsboro after watching Tommy Sheppard Jr win the Late Model feature last night on Flo. Is he related to Brandon, I saw they are from the same hometown?

Pennsboro32 & BTExpress

What’s the background on Tommy Sheppard jr?


He's Brandon Sheppard's cousin. He was running UMP Modifieds the last handful of years and did pretty good. He thanked Brandon and family for helping him get a late model going earlier this year in a Facebook post.

Also, in his interview after the win he stated that this was only his 7th time in a late model, and he would be at FALS every Saturday. He just kind of laid back while Opie and Moos were going back and forth then passed them both on the bottom. Good racing i thought. 135 total cars in the pits.