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Feger’s Never Give Up Attitude Wins I-96

 (Jimmy Dearing)   Jason Feger Scores First Tour Win of 2018 at I-96 Speedway   LAKE ODESSA, MI (July 12) — The victory Jason Feger badly needed on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals came with just a couple races to spare.  

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07/12/18 I-96 Speedway

LAKE ODESSA, MI — July 12, 2018 — Coming alive on the inside of the track, Jason Feger of Bloomington, IL overtook Billy Moyer for the lead on lap 36 and held on to score his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory of 2018 in Thursday night’s 40-lap Dan Salay Memorial at

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Moyer Reaches 100 Career Wins at Thunderbird

  Billy Moyer Get Career Win 100 at Thunderbird Speedway   MUSKEGON, MI (July 11) — Billy Moyer assumed command of Wednesday’s 40-lap DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Thunderbird Raceway thanks to Brian Shirley’s late-race misfortune. The Hall of Famer then called on his vast experience and savvy to stay

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07/11/18 Thunderbird Raceway

MUSKEGON, MI — July 11, 2018 — Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR, inherited the lead on lap 32 when Brian Shirley’s motor went up in a thick cloud of smoke and held off Frank Heckenast Jr.’s challenges over the remaining distance to record his milestone 100th career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory

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Heckenast Returns to Victory Lane at Shadyhill

  Frank Heckenast Jr. Returns to Victory Lane at Shadyhill Speedway   MEDARYVILLE, IN (July 10) — Frank Heckenast Jr. of Frankfort, IL, sure was glad he entered Tuesday night’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Shadyhill Speedway rather than give in to his frustration and step off the grueling month-long

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07/10/18 Shadyhill Speedway

MEDARYVILLE, IN — July 10, 2018 — Finally catching a break in DIRTcar Summer Nationals action, Frank Heckenast Jr. of Frankfort, IL, inherited the lead on lap 16 when Brian Shirley tangled with a lapped car and went on to capture Tuesday night’s 40-lap feature at Shadyhill Speedway. The newly 30-year-old

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07/09/18 Lincoln Speedway

LINCOLN, IL — July 9, 2018 — Pulling ahead on lap 27 when race-long leader Rusty Schlenk slowed with mechanical trouble, Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL, won his second straight DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature and fourth of the season. Shirley beat Shannon Babb to the finish by four car lengths to

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Shirley Prevails at Lincoln Following Schlenk’s Bad Break

LINCOLN, IL — It helps to be in the right place at the right time. That’s exactly where Brian Shirley was as the laps wound down in Monday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals race at Lincoln Speedway. Shirley, running second behind Rusty Schlenk of McClure, OH, was in perfect position when Schlenk

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Champions Week Preview: Looking Back at 2018

LINCOLN, IL — It has been four weeks since the teams and drivers of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals first took the green at Peoria Speedway for the first event of the 2018 tour. Since that night there have been 10 different winners in 18

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Local Driver Chad Zobrist Takes Upset Win at Highland

HIGHLAND, IL — Chad Zobrist has run enough laps at Highland Speedway to know the place like the back of his hand. A 10-time track champion at his home oval with 20 years of experience in a Late Model, Zobrist, 40, is a master navigator at the quarter-mile bullring. But

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Shirley Wins Independence Week Finale at Quincy Raceways

QUINCY, IL — Brian Shirley survived. Again. This time is wasn’t necessarily a challenge from an opponent though. It was a challenging track. Faced with a rugged surface at Quincy Raceway, Shirley got up on the wheel and outdrove his competitors while his car outlasted them. Starting fourth, Shirley, of

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07/08/18 Quincy Raceways

QUINCY, IL — Taking the lead from Frank Heckenast Jr. just past the halfway mark, Brian Shirley of Chatham, IL, raced to his third DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory of the season and 18th of his career. In winning $5,000, the fourth-starting Shirley survived rugged track conditions that eliminated many of

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