Feger Wins Thriller at Spoon River

Feger Wins DIRTcar Summer Nationals Thriller at Spoon River Speedway

By Jordan Morris

CANTON, Ill. — June 18, 2014 — Jason Feger, the 2010 DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion, finally found his way back to a Summer Nationals victory lane Wednesday night, doing so in exciting fashion as he held off Ryan Unzicker to claim the $5,000 checkered flag at Spoon River Speedway.

Unzicker started the pole position and looked to be the car to beat early in the 50-lap feature. Unzicker dueled with Feger, who started on the outside of row one, for much of the early laps. Feger, who’s also known as The Highside Hustler, used the bottom of the race track to slide in front of Unzicker for the lead on lap 27.

Unzicker temporarily slipped back to third as the tour’s most recent winner Shannon Babb joined the fight for the lead. Babb mounted several charges at Feger, but was not be able to pass him as he and Unzicker continued to take shots at the leader, sometimes even going three wide.

Feger held off all challenges and led the final 23 laps. Feger’s victory at Spoon River Speedway becomes the 10th of DIRTcar Summer Nationals career and his first since July 3, 2012.

“It feels good to kind of get that monkey off our back,” said Feger, of Bloomington, Ill. “We’ve had some motor issues – just self-inflicted – and other stuff happen, so we needed some money to give to our engine builder and get the tire guy paid off. This definitely helps things a lot.”

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Unzicker, Brady Smith, Babb and Randy Korte rounded out the top five.

Heat race winners included Feger, Billy Moyer Jr., Randy Korte and Unzicker.

The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues on Thursday night at Quincy Raceways in Quincy, Ill.

DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Spoon River Speedway; Canton, Ill.; June 18, 2014

A-Main (50-laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger ($5,000), 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 3. 2S-Brady Smith, 4. 18-Shannon Babb, 5. 0-Randy Korte, 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 7. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr, 8. 81-Brian Shirley, 9. 1-Rick Eckert, 10. 22-Gregg Satterllee, 11. 12B-Kevin Weaver, 12. 10S-Scott Schmitt, 13. 00V-Kolby Vanderbergh, 14. 28M-Jimmy Mars, 15. 42-MCKay Wenger, 16. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 17. 17-Jim Shereck, 18. 32J-Jason Jaggers, 19. 83-Scott Bull, 20. 2-Allen Murray, 21. B1-Nick Bauman, 22. 32-Bobby Pierce.

2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule

Date	Day	Track	Location	Win
June 11	Wed	Brownstown Speedway	Brownstown, Ind.	RAIN
June 12	Thur	Kankakee Co. Speedway	Kankakee, Ill.	Billy Moyer
June 13	Fri	Cedar Lake Speedway	Somerset, Wis.	Rick Eckert
June 14	Sat	Cedar Lake Speedway	Somerset, Wis.	RAIN
June 15	Sun	Wilmot Raceway	Wilmot, Wis.	Rick Eckert
June 16	Mon	Off
June 17	Tue	Farley Speedway	Farley, Iowa	Shannon Babb
June 18	Wed	Spoon River Speedway	Canton, Ill.	Jason Feger
June 19	Thur	Quincy Raceways	Quincy, Ill.	$5,000
June 20	Fri	Tri-City Speedway	Pontoon Beach, Ill.	$10,000
June 21	Sat	Fairbury Speedway	Fairbury, Ill.	$10,000
June 22	Sun	I-96 Speedway	Ionia, Mich.	$5,000
June 23	Mon	Peoria Speedway	Peoria, Ill.	$5,000
June 24	Tue	Off
June 25	Wed	Clarksville Speedway	Clarksville, Tenn.	$5,000
June 26	Thur	Clayhill Motorsports	Atwood, Tenn.	$5,000
June 27	Fri	Paducah Int. Raceway	Paducah, Ky.	$10,000
June 28	Sat	Federated Auto Parts Raceway	Pevely, Mo.	$10,000
June 29	Sun	Lincoln Speedway	Lincoln, Ill.	$5,000
June 30	Mon	Off
July 1	Tue	Belle Clair Speedway	Belleville, Ill.	$5,000
July 2	Wed	Jacksonville Speedway	Jacksonville, Ill.	$5,000
July 3	Thur	LaSalle Speedway	LaSalle, Ill.	$5,000
July 4	Fri	Fayette Co. Speedway	Brownstown, Ill.	$7,500
July 5	Sat	Highland Speedway	Highland, Ill.	$10,000
July 6	Sun	Tri-State Speedway	Haubstadt, Ind.	$5,000
July 7	Mon	Off
July 8	Tue	Florence Speedway	Union, Ky.	$5,000
July 9	Wed	Terre Haute Action Track	Terre Haute, Ind.	$5,000
July 10	Thur	Macon Speedway	Macon, Ill.	$5,000
July 11	Fri	Farmer City Raceway	Farmer City, Ill.	$10,000
July 12	Sat	34 Raceway	Burlington, Iowa	$10,000
July 13	Sun	Vermilion Co. Speedway	Danville, Ill.	$5,000
July 14	Mon	Off
July 15	Tue	TBA
July 16	Wed	Atomic Speedway	Chillicothe, Ohio	$5,000
July 17	Thur	Brushcreek Motorsports Complex	Peebles, Ohio	$5,000
July 18	Fri	Attica Raceway Park	Attica, Ohio	$5,000
July 19	Sat	Oakshade Raceway	Wauseon, Ohio	$10,000

2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Championship Standings

Rank	Car	First	Last	Points
1	1	Rick	Eckert	334
2	24	Ryan	Unzicker	322
3	18	Shannon	Babb	299
4	81	Brian	Shirley	267
5	B5	Brandon	Sheppard	264
6	32	Bobby	Pierce	259
7	22	Gregg	Satterlee	225
8	21	Billy	Moyer Jr	223
9	10	Scott	Schmitt	215
10	81	Jason	Riggs	193
11	21	Billy	Moyer	179
12	28	Jimmy	Mars	132
13	96	Tanner	English	126
14	2	Brady	Smith	121
15	25	Jason	Feger	117
16	89	Mike	Spatola	115
17	1m	Jimmy	Moon	102
18	15b	Brian	Birkhofer	98
19	1cj	Gary	Christian	95
20	B12	Kevin	Weaver	94
21	98	Jason	Rauen	86
22	32j	Jason	Jaggers	80
23	83	Scott	Bull	76
24	77	Jason	McBride	71
25	5m	Mike	Fryar	71
26	20	Rodney	Sanders	70
27	17	Jim	Shereck	70
28	21	Rich	Bell	65
29	10	Pete	Parker	61
30	Oo	Randy	Korte	60
31	25	Steve	Lance	59
32	45	Kyle	Hammer	55
33	15	Brian	Harris	50
34	77	Tim	McCreadie	49
35	77	Jay	Morris	45
36	7k	Jason	Krohn	43
37	Oov	Kolby	Vandenbergh		43
38	10	Don	Hilleary	42
39	74	Mitch	Mcgrath	42
40	42	Shawn	Toczek	41
41	33	Adam	Hensel	41
42	42	Mckay	Wenger	41
43	99	Franky	Heckenast	40
44	90	Lance	Mathees	38
45	D7	Jim	Letizia	36
46	2	Allen	Murray	36
47	58	A J	Diemel	35
48	56	Andy	Eckrich	35
49	33h	Billy	Hough	35
50	B1	Nick	Bauman	35
51	116	Torrin	Mettille	34
52	11	Pat	Doar	34
53	8	Bill	Rezetek	34
54	58	Ray	Guss	34
55	33	Kevin	Cole	32
56	32	Chris	Simpson	32
57	75	Billy	Drake	32
58	M27	Mike	Provenzano	31
59	7	Steve	Thornsten	30
60	28	Jeff	Provinzino	30
61	4g	Bob	Gardner	30
62	2	Mike	Nutzmann	29
63	16	Tyler	Bruening	29
64	94	Evan	Fink	29
65	40	Joel	Callahan	28
66	6	Nick	Herrick	27
67	20	Jake	Meier	27
68	28	Clint	Kirkham	27
69	14	Glen	Thompson	26
70	15	Caley	Emerson	26
71	9d	Dan	Flessner	26
72	21	Joel	Collins	25
73	65	Lucas	Peterson	24
74	7s	Jay	Spark	23
75	74	Russ	Adams	22

The DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour” is brought to fans across the country by many important partners including: Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Racing Electronics (Official Communication), Velocita (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to these fine Contingency Partners: Beyea Headers, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Edelbrock, Fox Shocks, JE Pistons, JRI Shocks, Mobil 1, MSD, Quartermaster, Superflow Dynos, Summit Racing Equipment and Wrisco Aluminum; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts, Indiana Decal, Intercomp and Petroff Towing.

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