Tyler Nicely is back on top.
The 2023 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals champ orchestrated the night at Oakshade Raceway on Saturday night as he flew to his seventh win of the tour in 2025.
The Owensboro, KY native got the 25-lap Feature started from the Pole Position as Thursday winner Michael Ledford ran behind in second place.
When Nicely began to set the pace around the 3/8-mile track, Ledford kept Nicely within a one-second gap as the two drivers expanded their distance away from third-place Daniel Adam to over eight seconds.
When Nicely approached the lap traffic ahead of him, he did not feel any pressure from Ledford as he managed to drive towards the middle lane and use it to pass the lappers around him.
Ledford attempted a final charge towards Nicely as the checkered flag was in sight, he could not stop Nicely from scoring the 18th win of his Summit Modified Nationals career, and his first Birthday Race triumph. His dominant night at Oakshade gave him the points lead by 26 points over Trevor Neville heading into the final three tour races of 2025.
“Business as always,” Nicely said. “I’ve been saying we got a good group of guys with me. Just go over this thing, make sure nothing’s gonna fall off tomorrow. We’re all having a blast out here, going up and down the road with (Tyler Erb) is fun.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models campaign of 2025 concludes on Sunday night as the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals join the Hell Tour for the finale at Wayne County Speedway on Sunday, July 13.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or by downloading the DIRTVision App.
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 4-Michael Ledford[3]; 3. 75-Daniel Adam[2]; 4. 43-Mark Anderson[4]; 5. 14-Dalton Lane[8]; 6. 21C-Drew Charlson[5]; 7. 60-Shannon Fisk[7]; 8. 42-Nate Young[11]; 9. 74M-Manix Furqueron[9]; 10. B4U-Brad Eitniear[6]; 11. 12M-John McClure[13]; 12. 14T-Mario Toniolo[10]; 13. 32-Scott Boyd Jr[12]; 14. 23B-Ethan Boomsma[14]; 15. 313-Clayton Smith[16]; 16. 74D-Craig Dippman[19]; 17. 09-Dan Price[17]; 18. 21-Roger South[15]; 19. 31J-Ray Jackson[18]; 20. (DNS) 52-John Haynes
