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Brian Shirley Gets 43rd Career Summer Nationals Victory at Fairbury
Brian Shirley has been eager for a return to Victory Lane in 2025. Before visiting Fairbury Speedway, Brian Shirley scored 18 top fives, 25 top-10s, and seven podium finishes. 15 of those finishes came since his only previous win of the year at Springfield Raceway. On Saturday night, the “Squirrel” broke the waiting period with
Due to morning rainfall and weather models showing more rain throughout the day in Granite City, DIRTcar Racing and Tri-City Speedway officials have postponed tonight’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals programs to Wednesday, June 25, during Week 3 of the Hell Tour. Week 1 continues
Rolling with early momentum in the 2025 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals wins in 2024, Trevor Neville was determined to leave Peoria Speedway as a Feature winner. The Mackinaw, IL driver had to use his home track skills of the 0.25-mile bullring to drive him towards a fifth career
After a series of second and third-place finishes to start his first season with Team 22 Inc., Drake Troutman was itching to win his first Feature for the team in 2025. That moment came on Thursday night as the Hyndman, PA driver earned his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals win at
Derek Losh wasn’t going to be denied a second DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals win after four years of anticipation. Early in the Wednesday program at Kankakee County Speedway, Losh went fastest in his Qualifying group, then proceeded to win the Heat race. That set him up for a
Jason Feger’s muscle on the high side of dirt tracks remains unmatched. On his home turf at Kankakee County Speedway, the Bloomington, IL driver put his expertise to use on Wednesday night as he led every lap for his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model win of 2025. Feger began
While Billy Moyer tied for all-time in Late Model wins, Treb Jacoby added a new achievement in his career with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals. The O’Fallon, MO driver picked up his first career Modified Nationals Feature win on Tuesday’s season-opening event at Brownstown Bullring with supremacy on
Age is just a number. At 67 years old, Billy Moyer continued to write his name into the modern history of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals in Tuesday’s season opener at the Brownstown Bullring. Using his skills of driving through a slick racetrack to his advantage, Moyer celebrated his 101st Feature
As the warm summer skies fall upon June and July, so does the annual challenge of racing every day for over a month with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Traveling over 5,000 miles in 2025, the renowned Hell Tour will endure 31 race nights in a 34-day timespan and visit nine
I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park has helped mold some of the best national and regional Late Model drivers in the country, and at the end of June, it’ll see them face off for two straight nights. The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision
Eleven wins in 19 starts made Erb first Texan to win overall Hell Tour championship
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals closed the book on its 2024 season by crowning two new champions at Fairbury Speedway Saturday night – both Illinois natives. Michael Long, of Fowler, IL, conquered the Prairie Dirt Classic for the first time, while Mike McKinney, of Plainfield, IL, was officially
The first night of the 34th Annual Prairie Dirt Classic brought a stout field, thrilling racing, and a new champion for the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals. Nearly 60 drivers gather at Fairbury Speedway on Friday to compete in Showdown Features, which locked the top-four finishers in each into
Twenty-one DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals races, and the championship will come down to the final lap at Fairbury Speedway. Joining the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models during the Prairie Dirt Classic weekend, Friday-Saturday, July 26-27, the Summit Modifieds will conclude their 2024 season with four
Feger joins O’Neal, Shirley, Pierce, Moyer and Babb in 30-win club
Mike McKinney had been chasing Trevor Neville in the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals standings for most of the summer until he finally moved ahead of him Sunday night at Wayne County Speedway. McKinney of Plainfield, IL, led all 25 laps of the Feature while having to persevere through
When Tyler Erb set out to do the first week of the 39th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models tour, he had no intentions of competing for the overall championship. Even when he was atop the points standings after Week 3, he still had no plans to take the crown.
Trevor Neville had no problems figuring out Oakshade Raceway in his first trip to the Ohio dirt track with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Saturday night. Neville of Mackinaw, IL, led all 25 laps at Oakshade for his fourth Hell Tour win of 2024. He held off Mike
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models race at Oakshade Raceway has become a special date for Ashton Winger with three Birthday Race wins in his three appearances at the event. Winger, 24, of Hampton, GA, led all 40 laps at Oakshade Raceway Saturday night for his second-straight DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Mike McKinney dominated in his first-ever trip to Crystal Motor Speedway with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Friday night. McKinney of Plainfield, IL, led all 25 laps of the Feature for his second-straight Summit Racing Equipment Modified National win and sixth of 2024. McKinney rode the high side
Tyler Erb has started to put his signature on dramatic late race passes for the lead with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models. During the 40-lap Feature at Crystal Motor Speedway Friday night, Erb, 27, of New Waverly, TX, had been hunting down race-long leader Dona Marcoullier for the last
Thursday night at Butler Motor Speedway wrote the next chapter of a summer-long battle between Trevor Neville and Mike McKinney. Coming into the contest, the two Illinois racers held first and second place in the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals points standings – a fitting scene for the two,
Another DIRTcar Summer Nationals race, another win for Tyler Erb. Erb, 27, of New Waverly, TX, claimed his ninth win of the 2024 Hell Tour Thursday night at Butler Motor Speedway, but not without putting his aggressive driving style on display throughout the 30-lap main event. After he and new
For the fifth and final full week of competition in the 39th edition of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals, the Hell Tour championship battle will turn north to Michigan and Ohio. Following the rain-related cancelations of the first two races – July 9 at Shadyhill Speedway and July 10 at Hartford Speedway
Due to weather models showing heavy rain throughout the day Wednesday, DIRTcar Racing and Hartford Speedway officials have canceled the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals programs, which will not be made up. This pushes the beginning of the fifth and final week of the 39th
Due to weather models showing heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day Tuesday, DIRTcar Racing and Shadyhill Speedway officials have canceled the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals programs, which will not be made up. This pushes the beginning of the fifth and final week of
With two laps-to-go, Trent Young said, “I knew I had to go for it.” Coming out Turn 4 on Lap 24, Young ripped the high side around Turns 3 and 4 behind race-leader Lucas Lee and Austin Wayne-Self and decided to put his car between both. As Young was splitting
Back like he never left, Tyler Erb has returned to Victory Lane with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Making his first Hell Tour start since winning at Red Hill Raceway on June 30, Erb made his return in the Week 4 finale Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway, leading all 30 laps
David Breazeale didn’t start racing until he was 22. He didn’t join a national tour until he was 42. And Saturday night at Clarksville Speedway, at the age of 48, Breazeale earned his first career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory. Breazeale, of Four Corners, MS, led all 40 laps of the
Lucas Lee has topped the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals field seven times in his career – four of which have now come at Clarksville Speedway after a dominating performance Saturday night. Lee, of Paris, TN, led all 25 laps of the main event while holding off Friday night
Eight minutes and one second was all Trent Young needed to win the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature Friday Night at Paducah International Raceway. Young, 39, of Crofton, KY, led all 25 laps and finished over five seconds ahead of runner-up Cole Falloway for his third career Hell
Right when it appeared that all hope was lost for Tanner English, the Kentucky native gathered-in his concentration and refused to be denied in front of his home-state crowd Friday night at Paducah International Raceway. English, the former World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year from Benton, KY, led the
Lucas Lee looked to be en route to his first DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature win since 2022 Thursday night at Riverside International Speedway. And then, pop. Lee, 36, of Paris, TN, had been leading since Lap 5 and was almost two seconds ahead of the field when
For the first time since 2012, Rodney Melvin is a Feature winner with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Melvin, the veteran racer from Benton, IL, led all 30 laps of the Feature while holding off Tanner English and Ethan Dotson in the final laps for his eighth career Hell Tour victory
