OWENDALE, MI (September 2, 2023) — Steve Irwin snapped Max Frank’s winning streak at Silver Bullet Speedway Saturday night with the Great Lakes Traditional Sprints. Irwin thwarted Frank’s attempt at a season sweep of the GLTS events at Silver Bullet, holding off Frank for the feature win. Brian Ruhlman, R.J. Payne, and Dale Hunter rounded out the top five.
1. 0-Steve Irwin[4]
2. 25-Max Frank[6]
3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[3]
4. 33-RJ Payne[2]
5. 26-Dale Hunter[5]
Great Lakes Traditional Sprints
Silver Bullet Speedway
Owendale, Michigan
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Qualifying
1. 0-Steve Irwin, 15.552[6]
2. 25-Max Frank, 16.184[4]
3. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 16.216[10]
4. 13-Ian Hunter, 16.611[13]
5. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr, 16.668[16]
6. 33-RJ Payne, 16.674[9]
7. 26-Dale Hunter, 16.684[15]
8. 23-Tank Brakenberry, 16.785[11]
9. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin, 16.809[3]
10. 00-Mike Galajda, 16.956[2]
11. 199-Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 16.978[8]
12. 9-Gary Hayward, 17.013[12]
13. 56-Mark Irwin, 17.090[7]
14. 89-Chris Pobanz, 17.129[14]
15. 48-Andrew Marshall, 17.396[1]
16. 2T-Bill Murawski Jr, 17.659[5]
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[3]
2. 0-Steve Irwin[4]
3. 26-Dale Hunter[1]
4. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[5]
5. 199-Craig Sharfenberg Jr[6]
6. 48-Andrew Marshall[8]
7. 56-Mark Irwin[7]
8. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr[2]
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 33-RJ Payne[2]
2. 25-Max Frank[4]
3. 23-Tank Brakenberry[1]
4. 13-Ian Hunter[3]
5. 00-Mike Galajda[5]
6. 89-Chris Pobanz[7]
7. 9-Gary Hayward[6]
8. 2T-Bill Murawski Jr[8]
A-Main (20 Laps)
1. 0-Steve Irwin[4]
2. 25-Max Frank[6]
3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[3]
4. 33-RJ Payne[2]
5. 26-Dale Hunter[5]
6. 13-Ian Hunter[8]
7. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[7]
8. 89-Chris Pobanz[12]
9. 00-Mike Galajda[10]
10. 56-Mark Irwin[13]
11. 9-Gary Hayward[14]
12. 199-Craig Sharfenberg Jr[9]
13. 48-Andrew Marshall[11]
14. 23-Tank Brakenberry[1]
15. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr[15]
16. 2T-Bill Murawski Jr[16]