Moyer Captures Third Victory of 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Tri-State Speedway
By Jordan Morris
HAUBSTADT, Ind. — July 6, 2014 — Billy Moyer dominated Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway leading all 40 laps en route to claiming his first career victory at the quarter-mile oval and his third win of the 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals.
Moyer claimed the pole-position with Curtis Roberts starting on his outside. Roberts faded early, losing second to Tanner English, who started third, and Randy Korte, who started fifth. English and Korte challenged Moyer for the lead early but had no luck at wrestling the lead away from the Hall of Fame driver from Batesville, Ark.
As Moyer pulled away from the rest of the field, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Austin Dillon charged his way to the front. Dillon, who finished a career-best fifth place Sunday morning at Daytona International Speedway, made the trek to the Indiana track after rain showers cut the Sprint Cup race short.
Dillon started the 40-lap feature in the seventh position, but made his way to the front with just a handful of laps remaining as he passed English for the third position on lap 36. After being passed by Dillon, English spun in turn one causing the caution to come out for the third time of the night. With the caution out, Moyer’s large race lead was erased as Korte and Dillon were brought back to his bumper.
On the ensuing restart, Dillon made his way around Korte for second but could not get to Moyer in time, as Moyer led the final laps, claiming the $5,000 checkered flag, his 85th career DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory, tying Shannon Babb at the top of the series all-time wins list.
“We just guessed everything right here tonight,” said Moyer, who was making his firststart at Tri-State Speedway since switching to Longhorn Chassis in the offseason. “Right off the trailer, it wasn’t too bad when we hot-lapped, and we just kept tweaking on it through the night, then in the heat race it felt pretty good, and we did just a few other things for the main event. The track just always keep you guessing, and we just made the right decisions.”
Korte, Bobby Pierce and Ryan Unzicker rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners included Curtis Roberts, Moyer, English and Jason Feger.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues on Tuesday night as they join the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Tri-State Speedway; Haubstadt, Ind.;
July 6, 2014; A-Main (40-laps): 1. 21-Billy Moyer ($5,000), 2. 3-Austin Dillon, 3. 0-Randy Korte, 4. 32-Bobby Pierce, 5. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 6. 7R-Kent Robinson, 7. 25-Jason Feger, 8. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 9. 18-Shannon Babb, 10. 81-Brian Shirley, 11. 11R-Tyler Reddick, 12. 6K-Michael Kloos, 13. 54-Dillan White, 14. 7T-Steve Thorsten, 15. 81JR-Jason Riggs, 16. 25L-Steve Lance Jr, 17. 96-Tanner English, 18. 9R-Curtis Roberts, 19. 33-Kevin Cole, 20. 27S-Mike Schulte, 21. 1M-Jim Moon, 22. 61-Caleb Ashby.
2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule
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Date |
Day |
Track |
Location |
Win |
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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(2) |
|
June 16 |
Mon |
Off |
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|
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. |
RAIN |
|
June 20 |
Fri |
Tri-City Speedway |
Pontoon Beach, Ill. |
Billy Moyer(2) |
|
June 21 |
Sat |
Fairbury Speedway |
Fairbury, Ill. |
RAIN |
|
June 22 |
Sun |
I-96 Speedway |
Ionia, Mich. |
Brian Shirley |
|
June 23 |
Mon |
Peoria Speedway |
Peoria, Ill. |
Brandon Sheppard |
|
June 24 |
Tue |
Off |
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|
June 25 |
Wed |
Clarksville Speedway |
Clarksville, Tenn. |
Shannon Babb(2) |
|
June 26 |
Thur |
Clayhill Motorsports |
Atwood, Tenn. |
Brian Shirley (2) |
|
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int. Raceway |
Paducah, Ky. |
RAIN |
|
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated Auto Parts Raceway |
Pevely, Mo. |
Brian Birkhofer |
|
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln, Ill. |
Brady Smith |
|
June 30 |
Mon |
Off |
||
|
July 1 |
Tue |
Belle Clair Speedway |
Belleville, Ill. |
Bobby Pierce |
|
July 2 |
Wed |
Jacksonville Speedway |
Jacksonville, Ill. |
Jason Feger(2) |
|
July 3 |
Thur |
LaSalle Speedway |
LaSalle, Ill. |
Brian Birkhofer(2) |
|
July 4 |
Fri |
Fayette Co. Speedway |
Brownstown, Ill. |
Brandon Sheppard(2) |
|
July 5 |
Sat |
Highland Speedway |
Highland, Ill. |
Tyler Reddick |
|
July 6 |
Sun |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt, Ind. |
Billy Moyer(3) |
|
July 7 |
Mon |
Off |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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.
