Rain Postpones Fairbury

Rain Washes Fairbury Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals

Fairbury, Ill. – June 25, 2011 – Persistent rain showers throughout the day Saturday forced DIRTcar Racing and Fairbury Speedway track officials to postpone the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals event that was slated to be the sixth night of racing during the month long tour.  The event will now be run on July 23 but will not count towards Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals point standings.

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The rainout is the fifth Summer Nationals event out of 10 to be either postponed or canceled by rain since the series began last Wednesday.  The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals will return to action Sunday, June 26 at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich.  John DeMoss of Bloomington, Ind., will lead the tour into I-96 Speedway holding a 53-point advantage over Jeff Curl of Forrest, Ill.  Jay Ledford of Pontiac, Ill., sits in third place 61 markers behind DeMoss.

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DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Point Standings (Top 20) Through (6/25/11) Fairbury American Legion Speedway

RANK

DRIVER

TOTAL

DIFF

1

JOHN DEMOSS

238

2

JEFF CURL

185

-53

3

JAY LEDFORD

177

-61

4

KELBY SIMMONS

175

-63

5

TIM HANCOCK

170

-68

6

KEN SCHRADER

160

-78

7

MIKE HARRISON

160

-78

8

MCKAY WENGER

153

-85

9

CLINT DEMOSS

133

-105

10

BRENT MULLINS

123

-115

11

CRAIG KERN

120

-118

12

NICK HOFFMAN

112

-126

13

DONOVAN LODGE

109

-129

14

STEVE LACH

109

-129

15

GABE MENSER

107

-131

16

AARON DRAEGE

106

-132

17

SCOTT WEBER

105

-133

18

DEAN HOFFMAN

103

-135

19

BRIAN LYNN

102

-136

20

DAVE WEITHOLDER

99

-139

2011 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Schedule

*denotes will not count towards Summit Modified Nationals points

Date

Track

Location

Winner (Cars)

June 15

Brownstown Speedway

Brownstown, Ind.

PPD/July 12

June 16

Kankakee County Speedway

Kankakee, Ill.

Ken Schrader (39)

June 17

Cedar Lake Speedway

Cedar Lake, Wis.

Ryan Gustin (52)

June 18

Cedar Lake Speedway

Cedar Lake, Wis.

Canceled Rain

June 20

LaSalle Speedway

LaSalle, Ill.

PPD/July13

June 21

Spoon River Speedway

Canton, Ill.

PPD/July 14

June 22

Highland Speedway

Highland, Ill.

Ken Schrader (37)

June 23

Fayette County Speedway

Brownstown, Ill.

Mike Harrison(35)

June 24

Tri-City Speedway

Pontoon Beach, Ill.

Mike Harrison(41)

June 25

Fairbury American Legion Speedway

Fairbury, Ill.

PPD/July 23*

June 26

I-96 Speedway

Lake Odessa, Mich.

June 28

Lincoln Park Speedway

Putnamville, Ind.

June 29

Belle Clair Speedway

Belleville, Ill.

June 30

Clay Hill Motorsports Park

Atwood, Tenn.

July 1

Paducah International Raceway

Paducah, Ky.

July 2

I-55 Raceway

Pevely, Mo.

July 3

Lincoln Speedway

Lincoln, Ill.

July 6

Peoria Speedway

Peoria, Ill.

July 7

Macon Speedway

Macon, Ill.

July 8

Farmer City Raceway

Farmer City, Ill.

July 9

Clarksville Speedway

Clarksville, Tenn.

July 10

Tri-State Speedway

Haubstadt, Ind.

July 12

Brownstown Speedway

Brownstown, Ind.

July 13

LaSalle Speedway

LaSalle, Ill.

July 14

Spoon River Speedway

Canton, Ill.

July 15

Attica Raceway Park

Attica, Ohio

July 16

Oakshade Raceway

Wauseon, Ohio

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