Treb Jacoby knew the first DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature during the World of Outlaws St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff was his to lose.
He was in his home state – Missouri – at his home track – I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park – with a car he’d already brought to Victory Lane with the Series last week. And, he found himself on the pole of the 25-lap Feature due to being quickest in his Qualifying group, and the night’s Heat Races being scrapped due to excessive temperatures delaying the program.
While he’d won at the track during weekly competition, he’d never won there with a national tour. Jacoby was eager to change that.
When the green flag dropped, he launched ahead of the field and raced in his own zip code. By Lap 3, he already had a 1.3-second lead over the field. By Lap 10, it was nearly a two-second lead.
The race was his to lose. However, with every lap, Ethan Dotson was putting himself in a position to help him lose it.
The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision rookie, driving a car that had won the night before, was up to fourth from sixth on Lap 10, and a restart at the halfway point helped him jump to second.
That didn’t shake Jacoby, though. He continued his march and maintained a straightaway lead.
Dotson got one last shot at the white and pink No. J82 car on a restart with three laps to go. But like every other restart, no one could keep up with Jacoby.
He scored his second career Summit Modified Nationals win and first national win at home.
“I think when they decided not to do the Heat Races, I don’t want to say it played into our favor, but we’re here every Saturday, it’s our home track,” said Jacoby, of O’fallon, MO. “This is only my third Feature win here, we’ve come here every week for the last 12 years, so that’s a good track record… But, I want to thank everyone here that came to help tonight.”
UP NEXT: The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals return to I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway Park for the World of Outlaws St. Louis Firecracker Faceoff finale on Saturday, June 21. For tickets, click here.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch the entire event live on DIRTVision.
RESULTS:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. J82-Treb Jacoby[2]; 2. 5-Ethan Dotson[6]; 3. 777-Trevor Neville[13]; 4. 22-Josh Harris[3]; 5. 66-Cole Falloway[5]; 6. 14-CJ Springer[1]; 7. 14C-Rick Conoyer[12]; 8. 13-Charlie Mefford[11]; 9. 36-Kenny Wallace[9]; 10. 0X-Steve Picou[4]; 11. 51-Timmy Hill[15]; 12. 45H-Chase Holland[21]; 13. 98-Joshua Hawkins[16]; 14. 24S-Jacob Steinkoenig[7]; 15. 8A-Austin Holcombe[8]; 16. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[14]; 17. 23-Dylan Sharp[19]; 18. 75-Daniel Adam[23]; 19. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[24]; 20. 10X-Jim Black[20]; 21. 17V-Mike Vanderiet Jr[22]; 22. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[18]; 23. 24H-Mike Harrison[17]; 24. 18L-Michael Long[10]
