History of the " Prairie Dirt Classic "

[MontanaMagic1619*]

LAST 4 YEARS OF THE
“PRAIRIE DIRT CLASSIC“
Fairbury American Legion Speedway
29 July, 2017 / 28-27-26-29 cars started feature in the four years

RK – DRIVERS – FINISHES – WINS

01) SHANNON BABB.....1-4-5 ( 1 win )
02) Josh Richards.....6-4-1 ( 1 win )
03) Jimmy Owens.....2-6
04) Tim McCreadie.....4-1-8-7 ( 1 win )
04) Dennis Erb Jr.....11-2-2
06) Brandon Sheppard.....8-3
07) Mason Zeigler.....3-11
08) Chase Junghans.....12-5
09) Jason Feger.....7-12
10) Morgan Bagley.....8-7-14
11) Shane Clanton.....5-14-19-3
12) Frank Heckenast.....16-9-10
13) Billy Moyer.....9-6-21
14) Rick Eckert.....18-9-13-6
15) Darrell Lanigan.....19-5-11
16) Bobby Pierce.....3-23
17) Brian Shirley.....7-21-22-8
18) Chub Frank.....10-18-10-20
19) Eric Wells.....17-10-26-9
20) Eric Smith.....20-14
21) Brandon Overton.....17-17
22) Derek Chandler.....16-19
23) Jonathan Davenport.....25-1-28 ( 1 win )
24) Rick Briggs.....15-22
25) Mike Spatola.....11-27
26) Billy Moyer Jr.....24-15
27) Kevin Weaver.....21-20-18
28) Joe Harlan.....22-19-21
29) Scott Bull.....12-24-23-25
30) Daren Friedman.....26-16
31) Randy Korte.....23-23
32) Tim Fuller.....25-27
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33) Dale McDowell.....2
34) Don O’Neal.....4
35) Jake O’Neil.....12
36) Tyler Redd1ck.....13
36) Chris Simpson.....13
36) Steve Francis.....13
39) Kyle Logue.....14
40) McKay Wenger.....15
40) Jimmy Mars.....15
42) Kolby Vandenbergh.....16
43) Brian Birkhofer.....17
44) Scott Bloomquist.....18
45) Gregg Satterlee.....20
46) Wendell Wallace.....22
47) Ricky Weiss.....24
47) Michael Kloos......24
49) Torin Mettille.....25
50) Billy Drake.....26
50) Steve Casebolt.....26
52) Bub McCool.....27
53) Aaron Ricketts.....28
54) Scott Schmitt.....29
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[MontanaMagic1619*]

$ 12,000 (+) to win races so far in 2017
( 19 ) races ( 489 ) cars started feature
( after Macon race 25 July )

WINS : SCOTT BLOOMQUIST, JOSH RICHARDS (4), Tim McCreadie, Brandon Overton, Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard (2), Eddie Carrier Jr, Mike Marlar, Jimmy Owens (1)

RK – DRIVERS – RACES – AVG FINISH

01) JOSH RICHARDS (12).......4.92
02) Tim McCreadie (14).......5.43
03) Scott Bloomquist (15).......7.27
04) Brandon Sheppard (8).......8.00
05) Earl Pearson Jr (14).......8.79
06) Don O’Neal (15).......9.20
07) Dennis Erb (14).......10.71
08) Jimmy Owens (12).......11.00
09) Hudson O’Neal (13).......11.15
10) Darrell Lanigan (15).......12.87
11) Steve Francis (12).......14.17
12) Gregg Satterlee (13).......15.08
13) Rick Briggs (11).......15.36
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14) Brandon Overton (6).......2.17
15) Dale McDowell (5).......4.60
16) Chris Madden (5).......5.20
17) Bobby Pierce (5).......6.60
18) Shannon Babb (7).......7.71
19) Brian Shirley (6).......8.50
20) Mike Marlar (7).......9.43
21) Devin Moran (5).......10.40
22) Jonathan Davenport (6).......11.17
23) Chase Junghans (6).......12.00
24) Shane Clanton (4).......12.25
25) Tyler Erb (5).......12.60
26) Rick Eckert (5).......14.00
26) Chris Simpson (4).......14.00
28) Frank Heckenast (5).......14.60
29) Billy Moyer (6).......16.17
30) Timothy Culp (5).......16.20
31) Billy Moyer Jr (5).......19.00
32) Joey Coulter (4).......19.25
33) Jesse Stovall (4).......21.50
34) Mason Zeigler (6).......22.50
35) Tony Jackson (5).......22.60
36) Colton Flinner (4).......23.00
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37) Eddie Carrier Jr (2).......5.00
38) Jason Feger (2).......7.50
39) Rod Conley (2).......8.50
40) Dale Hollidge (2).......9.50
41) Jack Sullivan (3).......9.67
42) Kenny Moreland (2).......10.00
42) Jared Landers ( 2 ).......10.00
44) Kyle Bronson (3).......10.33
45) Eric Wells (3).......11.67
46) Chris Ferguson (3).......12.33
47) Doug Drown (3).......12.67
48) Tyler Millwood (3).......13.33
48) Chub Frank (3).......13.33
50) Russ King (2).......13.50
50) Brett Hamm (2).......13.50
52) R.J.Conley (2).......14.00
53) Jason Welshan (2).......14.50
53) Michael Chilton (2).......14.50
55) Morgan Bagley (3).......14.67
56) Michael Lake (2).......15.00
56) Logan Martin (2).......15.00
58) Garrett Alberson (2).......15.50
59) Jon Henry (2).......16.00
60) Kent Robinson (3).......16.33
61) Austin Hubbard (3).......16.67
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[Duke100]

Good post. Races $30,000+ to win.McCreadie 1Bloomquist 1Pierce 1Where did all those other guys go?

[Cardirt0]

MM you do what you do so nicely .. thanks once more

[CIRF]

I remember very well the very first Prairie Dirt Classic way back on September 15, 1990. Ol' Snooky Dehm took home the cash and trophy. I was a pretty good race, too.

I especially remember it because we were on our way home from Champaign/Urbana, Illinois after watching the Fighting Illini beat Colorado by the score of 23-22. Colorado was a powerhouse football team that season and ended up winning the National Championship by beating Noder Daim in the Orange Bowl. I still have a T-shirt that says: Illinois-23, National Champions-22.

We had figured on stopping at Fairbury on the way home from the game since this was probably the biggest race Fairbury had ever held up to that time. 27 years ago and look what this race has become!

[Josh Bayko]

Good post. Races $30,000+ to win.McCreadie 1Bloomquist 1Pierce 1Where did all those other guys go?

Overton won the 30k Firecracker.

[MontanaMagic1619*]

Thanks alot Cardirt, I appreciate it

And yes CIRF, this little race has become one of the best of the year, its definitely one of my three favorite of the year because of all the lead changes that it brings. That race in 2014 between T-Mac, Babb, Owens, Zeigler, and Lanigan is without question my most favorite race to look back on and watch again and again. Those people who run Fairbury must be awfully proud of the event they have given to us late model fans over these last four years, my hat's off to them !

[klemmabyna]

MontanaMagic1619*: can't resist your posts. some of the best stuff here, along with race results. I guess I appreciate the effort you and the in race reporters feel is worth your time. again, very thankful for the effort while knowing it is also a passion.

[kidrock]

I remember very well the very first Prairie Dirt Classic way back on September 15, 1990. Ol' Snooky Dehm took home the cash and trophy. I was a pretty good race, too.

I especially remember it because we were on our way home from Champaign/Urbana, Illinois after watching the Fighting Illini beat Colorado by the score of 23-22. Colorado was a powerhouse football team that season and ended up winning the National Championship by beating Noder Daim in the Orange Bowl. I still have a T-shirt that says: Illinois-23, National Champions-22.

We had figured on stopping at Fairbury on the way home from the game since this was probably the biggest race Fairbury had ever held up to that time. 27 years ago and look what this race has become!

Yeah I have been to the pdc in the past before they went to the 2 day show but, I haven't been since the days of the one day show.

[MontanaMagic1619*]

# 1

Devin Moran 1
Kody Evans 2
Jason Feger 3
McKay Wenger 4
Michael Kloos 5
Mike Spatola 6
Billy Moyer 7
Steve Thorsten 8
Spencer Diercks 9
Dustin Nobbe 10
Eric Wells 11
Earl Pearson Jr 12
Mike Glassc*ck 13
Daniel Flessner 14
Kyle Bronson 15
Brent Larson 16
Derrick Ramey 17

[MontanaMagic1619*]

# 2

Shannon Babb 1
Shane Clanton 2
Brian Shirley 3
Justin Duty 4
Tyler Erb 5
Kolby Vandenbergh 6
Ryan Unzicker 7
Scott Bull 8
Darrell Lanigan 9
Dennis Erb Jr 10
Chub Frank 11
Cody Mahoney 12
Derek Doll 13
Jake O’Neil 14
Don Hammer 15
Derek Chandler 16

[MontanaMagic1619*]

# 3

Chris Simpson 1
Chris Madden 2
Brandon Sheppard 3
Gordy Gundaker 4
Bobby Pierce 5
Frank Heckenast Jr 6
Jason Jameson 7
Bob Gardner 8
Scott Bloomquist 9
Joey Moriaty 10
Gregg Satterlee 11
Mike Mataragas 12
Scott Schmitt 13
Dustin Griffin 14
Jeremy Conaway 15
Matt Shannon 16

[MontanaMagic1619*]

# 4

Chris Ferguson 1
Mike Marlar 2
Billy Drake 3
Rick Eckert 4
Tim McCreadie 5
Timothy Culp 6
Jimmy Owens 7
Jay Sparks 8
Kevin Weaver 9
Don O’Neal 10
Chase Junghans 11
Morgan Bagley 12
Glen Thompson 13
Blake Spencer 14
Doug Hammer 15
Snooky Dehm 16

[MontanaMagic1619*]

Top 3 cars who qualified in Group B have the first name of Chris, how often does that happen ?

[MontanaMagic1619*]

Fast qualifier of the night was Devin Moran, bet Donnie was happy about that