CRYSTAL, MI (September 16, 2023) — Max Frank used some final lap heroics to win the Great Lakes Traditional Sprints portion of the Great Lakes Nationals Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway. Frank ran down Steve Irwin for the lead, making the pass off the final corner to edge out Irwin by a nose for the victory. Aidan Salisbury, Jay Steinebach, and Mike Galajda rounded out the top five.
Great Lakes Nationals
Great Lakes Traditional Sprints
Crystal Motor Speedway
Crystal, Michigan
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Qualifying
1. 0-Steve Irwin, 14.387[19]
2. 85-Dustin Daggett, 14.412[5]
3. 33F-Jason Ferguson, 14.679[25]
4. 25-Max Frank, 14.737[15]
5. 18S-Aidan Salisbury, 14.868[2]
6. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 14.886[9]
7. 3A-Mike Astrauskas, 15.010[27]
8. 10S-Jay Steinebach, 15.040[18]
9. 00-Mike Galajda, 15.275[24]
10. 5M-Mike Moore, 15.281[7]
11. 33-RJ Payne, 15.395[13]
12. 31-Jim Girard, 15.434[21]
13. 10X-Ricky Droke, 15.440[26]
14. 89-Chris Pobanz, 15.446[20]
15. 22-Tom Lowe, 15.583[22]
16. 3G-John Gurley, 15.668[14]
17. 53-Steve Little, 15.669[11]
18. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin, 15.678[17]
19. 61-Don Smith, 15.854[6]
20. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr, 15.863[3]
21. 54-Joel Hummel, 15.912[8]
22. 199-Craig Sharfenberg Jr, 16.019[1]
23. 9-Gary Hayward, 16.038[16]
24. 56-Mark Irwin, 16.259[4]
25. 2T-Bill Murawski Jr, 16.367[10]
26. 23-Tank Brakenberry, 16.414[12]
DNS: 5X-Trent Musk, 16.414
DNS: 10G-Kent Gardner, 16.414
DNS: 45-Colton Stepke, 16.414
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 0-Steve Irwin[4]
2. 18S-Aidan Salisbury[3]
3. 00-Mike Galajda[2]
4. 10X-Ricky Droke[1]
5. 2T-Bill Murawski Jr[7]
6. 53-Steve Little[5]
7. 54-Joel Hummel[6]
DNS: 45-Colton Stepke
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]
2. 89-Chris Pobanz[1]
3. 09-Clayton Rossmann[3]
4. 5M-Mike Moore[2]
5. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[5]
6. 199-Craig Sharfenberg Jr[6]
7. 23-Tank Brakenberry[7]
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[3]
2. 33F-Jason Ferguson[4]
3. 33-RJ Payne[2]
4. 5X-Trent Musk[7]
5. 61-Don Smith[5]
6. 9-Gary Hayward[6]
DNS: 22-Tom Lowe
Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 10S-Jay Steinebach[3]
2. 25-Max Frank[4]
3. 31-Jim Girard[2]
4. 3G-John Gurley[1]
5. 56-Mark Irwin[6]
6. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr[5]
7. 10G-Kent Gardner[7]
B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 56-Mark Irwin[4]
2. 53-Steve Little[5]
3. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[2]
4. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr[8]
5. 2T-Bill Murawski Jr[1]
6. 199-Craig Sharfenberg Jr[6]
7. 54-Joel Hummel[9]
8. 9-Gary Hayward[7]
9. 23-Tank Brakenberry[10]
10. 22-Tom Lowe[11]
11. 61-Don Smith[3]
DNS: 10G-Kent Gardner
DNS: 45-Colton Stepke
Feature (25 Laps)
1. 25-Max Frank[6]
2. 0-Steve Irwin[5]
3. 18S-Aidan Salisbury[8]
4. 10S-Jay Steinebach[7]
5. 00-Mike Galajda[9]
6. 33F-Jason Ferguson[3]
7. 3A-Mike Astrauskas[2]
8. 53-Steve Little[18]
9. 89-Chris Pobanz[1]
10. 09-Clayton Rossmann[10]
11. 10X-Ricky Droke[13]
12. 31-Jim Girard[12]
13. 5X-Trent Musk[15]
14. 33-RJ Payne[11]
15. 99-Craig Sharfenberg Sr[20]
16. 5M-Mike Moore[14]
17. 3G-John Gurley[16]
18. 00J-Joseph (Joey) Irwin[19]
19. 56-Mark Irwin[17]
20. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]