Dalman Scores GLSS Victory at Gas City I-69 Speedway

Gregg Dalman. (T.J. Buffenbarger photo)

GAS CITY, Ind., July 27 — Gregg Dalman of Bellevue, Mich. beat Conner Morrell of Bradenton, Fla. by 1.727 seconds to win the second 25-lap Great Lakes Super Sprints (GLSS) 360 winged sprint car feature ever held at Gas City I-69 Speedway Friday night.

Thirteen-year-old Darin Naida of Adrian, Mich. won the 600cc outlaw winged micro-sprint feature, while Kevin Knittle of Van Wert, Ohio won his heat and led every lap of the 15-lap feature for the tough truck division in a program that was broadcast live by WIWU TV and was completed by 10:08 p.m.

Dalman, who finished second in the GLSS championship last year, earned $2,000 and gave himself a belated birthday present by winning the sprint car feature, as he turned 48 on July 20. He started third in the 19-car field with his No. 49T, which is sponsored by Maxima Racing Oils, Pro-Mec Engineering Services, Perfit, Edgewraps and Kistler Engines, but his victory was not easy. He and Morrell exchanged the lead multiple times and ran side-by-side several times before Dalman got the upper hand for good with a move to the outside of Morrell in Turn 2 on lap 21.

Dustin Daggett of Grand Ledge, Mich. hit the frontstretch wall on lap eight but survived to finish third. Chase Ridenour of Perry, Mich. both started and finished in fourth place. Fifteen-year-old Andrew Scheid of Sparta, Mich. was the race’s hard charger, as he started 13th but finished fifth.

On Friday, Aug. 2 Gas City will host its “Summer Slam” show of non-wing sprint cars, American Vintage Sprint Car Association (AVSCA) sprint cars, USAC SpeeD2 midgets, UMP modifieds and street stocks.

Great Lakes Super Sprints
Gas City I-69 Speedway
Gas City, IN
Friday July 26 2019

7/26/2019 at Gas City I-69 Speedway
Great Lakes Super Sprints | Great Lakes Super Sprints

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 49T-Gregg Dalman, [3]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell, [2]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett, [7]; 4. 11R-Chase Ridenour, [4]; 5. 77-Andrew Scheid, [13]; 6. 18-Josh Shantz, [9]; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron, [5]; 8. 02-Brandon Long, [10]; 9. 7C-Phil Gressman, [8]; 10. 20A-Andy Chehowski, [16]; 11. 84-Kyle Poortenga, [17]; 12. 16W-Garrett Saunders, [14]; 13. 19J-Linden Jones, [12]; 14. 27X-Jared Lamberson, [1]; 15. 18S-Micheal Summers, [11]; 16. 99-Jack James, [19]; 17. 61-Lukas Smith, [15]; 18. 27-Brad Lamberson, [6]; 19. 91L-Alexis Adgate, [18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Brad Lamberson, [1]; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman, [2]; 3. 85-Dustin Daggett, [3]; 4. 02-Brandon Long, [4]; 5. 77-Andrew Scheid, [6]; 6. 20A-Andy Chehowski, [5]; 7. 99-Jack James, [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28M-Conner Morrell, [1]; 2. 22M-Dan McCarron, [3]; 3. 7C-Phil Gressman, [4]; 4. 18S-Micheal Summers, [2]; 5. 16W-Garrett Saunders, [5]; 6. 84-Kyle Poortenga, [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Chase Ridenour, [4]; 2. 27X-Jared Lamberson, [2]; 3. 18-Josh Shantz, [3]; 4. 19J-Linden Jones, [5]; 5. 61-Lukas Smith, [1]; 6. 91L-Alexis Adgate, [6]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 02-Brandon Long, 00:11.529[18]; 2. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:11.613[19]; 3. 11R-Chase Ridenour, 00:11.639[15]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:11.672[14]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:11.728[16]; 6. 18-Josh Shantz, 00:11.766[17]; 7. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 00:11.855[12]; 8. 18S-Micheal Summers, 00:11.939[13]; 9. 27X-Jared Lamberson, 00:12.016[9]; 10. 27-Brad Lamberson, 00:12.165[7]; 11. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.280[5]; 12. 61-Lukas Smith, 00:12.283[11]; 13. 20A-Andy Chehowski, 00:12.434[10]; 14. 16W-Garrett Saunders, 00:12.451[6]; 15. 19J-Linden Jones, 00:12.629[3]; 16. 77-Andrew Scheid, 00:12.698[1]; 17. 84-Kyle Poortenga, 00:12.875[8]; 18. 91L-Alexis Adgate, 00:13.279[2]; 19. 99-Jack James, 00:13.487[4]

Micro-Sprint Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Alexis Adgate, 2. Darin Naida, 3. Rick Rhodes, 4. Tyler Fitzpatrick, 5. Gage Wilson, 6. Brenton Lamb, 7. Rich Koop (DNS).

Micro-Sprint Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Mike Landis, 2. Nate Franklin, 3. Shawn Bone, 4. Collin Grissom, 5. Jacob Koop, 6. Dawson Phillips.

Micro-Sprint Feature (15 laps): 1. Darin Naida, 2. Nate Franklin, 3. Mike Landis, 4. Alexis Adgate, 5. Tyler Fitzpatrick, 6. Rick Rhodes, 7. Jacob Koop, 8. Brenton Lamb, 9. Dawson Phillips, 10. Collin Grissom, 11. Jacob Koop, 12. Gage Wilson, 13. Shawn Bone.