Tanner Thorson on his way to victory Saturday night during the Shamrock Classic. (Mark Coffman Photo)
Tanner Thorson on his way to victory during the Shamrock Classic. (Mark Coffman Photo)

Thorson Goes From 15th To First In Shamrock Classic

Tanner Thorson in victory lane Saturday night inside the Southern Illinois Center. (Scott Frazier Photo)
Tanner Thorson in victory lane Saturday night inside the Southern Illinois Center. (Scott Frazier Photo)

RESULTS: NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget Series; Southern Illinois Center; March 7, 2020

Heat One (10 laps): 1. Tanner Carrick (4), 2. Andy Bishop (1), 3. Trey Robb (6), 4. Sam Johnson (5), 5. Kyle Simon (3), 6. Gage Rucker (2), 7. Derek Hagar (DNS).

Heat Two (10 laps): 1. Tyler Courtney (4), 2. Brady Bacon (3), 3. Ronnie Gardner (7), 4. Logan Faucon (1), 5. Kyle May (5), 6. Tyler Robbins (6), 7. Michael Klein (2).

Heat Three (10 laps): 1. Cannon McIntosh (8), 2. Chris Windom (4), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 4. David Budres (1), 5. Anthony Nicholson (6), 6. Robert Bell (2), 7. Thomas Chandler (5), 8. Tyler Nelson (3).

Heat Four (10 laps): 1. Buddy Kofoid (8), 2. Trey Gropp (4), 3. Robert Dalby (7), 4. Andrew Layser (6), 5. Aiden Purdue (1), 6. Austin Yarbrough (5), 7. Matt Durbin (3), 8. Mark Chisholm (2).

Heat Five (10 laps): 1. Ace McCarthy (1), 2. Cole Bodine (6), 3. Tanner Thorson (4), 4. Riley Kreisel (5), 5. Chris Urish (3), 6. Kendall Ruble (2), 7. Chris Andrews (DNS).

Heat Six (10 laps): 1. Daison Pursley (2), 2. Tyler Thomas (4), 3. Jake Neuman (5), 4. Justin Grant (7), 5. Kyle Jones (3), 6. Craig Oakes (6), 7. Sean Robbins (1), 8. Oliver Akard (DNS).

Qualifier One (12 laps): 1. Cannon McIntosh (6), 2. Sam Johnson (1), 3. Justin Grant (2), 4. Cole Bodine (5), 5. Austin Yarbrough (9), 6. Thomas Chandler (10), 7. Trey Robb (3), 8. Kyle Jones (8), 9. David Budres (7), 10. Daison Pursley (4), 11. Tyler Nelson (DNS).

Qualifier Two (12 laps): 1. Buddy Kofoid (6), 2. Chris Windom (4), 3. Ace McCarthy (3), 4. Andy Bishop (2), 5. Aiden Purdue (8), 6. Riley Kreisel (1), 7. Mark Chisholm (11), 8. Ronnie Gardner (5), 9. Gage Rucker (9), 10. Matt Durbin (10), 11. Kyle May (7).

Qualifier Three (12 laps): 1. Brady Bacon (3), 2. Anthony Nicholson (1), 3. Kyle Simon (7), 4. Robert Bell (9), 5. Trey Gropp (4), 6. Tanner Thorson (2), 7. Tanner Carrick (6), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 9. Tyler Robbins (8), 10. Michael Klein (10).

Qualifier Four (12 laps): 1. Jake Neuman (3), 2. Tyler Courtney (6), 3. Robert Dalby (5), 4. Tyler Thomas (4), 5. Kendall Ruble (9), 6. Logan Faucon (1), 7. Andrew Layser (2), 8. Sean Robbins (10), 9. Craig Oakes (8), 10. Chris Urish (7).

B-Main #1 (15 laps, top four transfer): 1. Kyle Simon (1), 2. Tanner Thorson (6), 3. Daison Pursley (8), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5) / 5. Aiden Purdue (4), 6. Austin Yarbrough (3), 7. Kyle Jones (9), 8. Thomas Chandler (7), 9. Tyler Robbins (11), 10. David Budres (10), 11. Gage Rucker (12), 12. Michael Klein (13), 13. Tanner Carrick (2), 14. Andy Bishop (DNS), 15. Kyle May (DNS).

B-Main #2 (15 laps, top four transfer): 1. Trey Gropp (1), 2. Trey Robb (4), 3. Robert Bell (3), 4. Kendall Ruble (6) / 5. Anthony Nicholson (2), 6. Ronnie Gardner (5), 7. Riley Kreisel (7), 8. Andrew Layser (8), 9. Chris Urish (11), 10. Logan Faucon (9), 11. Matt Durbin (12), 12. Mark Chisholm (10), 13. Sean Robbins (DNS), 14. Craig Oakes (DNS), 15. Tyler Nelson (DNS).

A-Feature (50 laps): 1. Tanner Thorson (15), 2. Tyler Thomas (10), 3. Chris Windom (5), 4. Robert Dalby (7), 5. Kyle Simon (13), 6. Cole Bodine (8), 7. Buddy Kofoid (2), 8. Tanner Carrick (21), 9. Daison Pursley (17), 10. Trey Robb (16), 11. Kevin Thomas Jr. (19), 12. Kendall Ruble (20), 13. Ace McCarthy (9), 14. Justin Grant (11), 15. Cannon McIntosh (1), 16. Jake Neuman (6), 17. Brady Bacon (4), 18. Sam Johnson (12), 19. Robert Bell (18), 20. Tyler Courtney (3), 21. Trey Gropp (14).

Lap Leader(s): Cannon McIntosh 1-12, Chris Windom 13-34, Tanner Thorson 35-50.

ProSource Hard Charger: #19 – Tanner Thorson (+14)