Mount Pleasant Speedway
Schlenk outruns Shiels at Mount Pleasant
Winner Rusty Schlenk (91) battles with runner-up Devin Shiels. (51). (Steve Datema)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (May 25) — Rusty Schlenk of Weston, Ohio, returned to his native state Friday and won Mount Pleasant Speedway’s Woof Classic, a $2,000 victory co-sanctioned by the Sunoco American Late Model Series and first-year Michigan Dirt Cup. | Slideshow
Schlenk outran Devin Shiels of Britton, Mich., to the checkered flag while Bill Bray of Spring Lake, Mich., was third. Fellow Michigan drivers Zack Olger of St. John’s and Brandon Thirlby of Traverse City rounded out the top five finishers.
Woof Classic: (1) Rusty Schlenk, (2) Devin Shiels, (3) Bill Bray, (4) Zack Olger, (5) Brandon Thirlby, (6) Jeff Babcock, (7) Ryan VanderVeen, (8) Phil Ausra, (9) Mark Andersen, (10) Rich Neiser, (11) Tom Sprague Jr., (12) Eric Spangler, (13) Adam Thrush, (14) Jeep Van Wormer, (15) Brian Ruhlman, (16) Dona Marcoullier, (17) Keith Gentz, (18) Don Gordon, (19) Carl Ries, (20) Curtis Roberts, (21) Justin Robinson, (22) Dean Wilkerson. Heat race winners (among 35 cars): Bray, Olger, Thirlby, Schlenk. Consolation winners: Ries, Roberts. Provisional starters: Van Wormer, Gordon.
