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Podium finish with MARS Racing Series at Spoon River

After losing Thursday’s Cowboy Classic to Mother Nature, Bob Cullen Motorsports and Brian Shirley kicked off the Memorial Day weekend on Friday afternoon at Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, Mo.) for the Tribute to Don & Billie Gibson. (Heath Lawson photo)

Drawing a stout field of 63 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) entries, Brian followed up a sixth-to-fourth run in his heat race with a B-Main victory. Starting the $6,000-to-win preliminary feature in 20th, Shirley faded two spots in the 30-lapper to finish 22nd.

With his finish on Friday relegating him into the B-Main on Saturday, Shirley secured his spot into the $50,000-to-win Show-Me 100 with a second-place finish. Rolling off 22nd, Brian was credited with a 26th-place outing after retiring on lap 63.

On Sunday, Brian stopped at Spoon River Speedway (Banner, Ill.) for the MARS Racing Series-sanctioned Gary Cook Jr. Memorial. With a heat race win placing him on the front-row for the $5,064-to-win A-Main, Brian dropped one positon in the 40-lapper to finish third. He trailed Jason Feger and Ryan Unzicker to the checkers.

For complete results, please visit www.LucasDirt.com and www.MARSRacingSeries.com.

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