Two weeks ago, Damian Kiefer was ecstatic to just get one DIRTcar Summit Modified Nationals win. Now, he has two and his name associated with a historic milestone.
Kiefer, of Ste. Genevieve, MO, picked up the win at Farmington Empire Speedway after a battle with Mike Savage in the Summit Modified Nationals’ 400th Series race.
Savage bolted from third to the lead in the opening lap after pole-sitter Ray Bollinger washed up high in Turn 4. However, they had to reset with the start being called back.
On the next attempt, Bollinger led the opening lap. But Savage made another quick march to the front, using the bottom line to race his way back to the lead on Lap 2.
Behind Savage, who checked out, Kiefer was charging from the ninth position. He was sixth on Lap 2, fifth on Lap 4, and second on Lap 9.
The long green flag run allowed lap traffic to become a factor, and that proved to be what Kiefer needed to catch Savage. Building a run on Lap 10, he was able to pass the No. 13 for the lead down the backstretch on Lap 11.
Kiefer led the final 14 laps to grab his second career Summit Modified win in the Series’ debut at Farmington.
“It’s an honor to even be on this stage,” Kiefer said. “We got a great piece of equipment under us here, and I can thank each and every person that gets me up and down the road. I just had to stay calm and hit my marks. It felt like I made a few mistakes, but all in all, we got the job done.”
Savage finished second, points leader Bollinger finished third, Dylan Sharp was fourth, and Zeke McKenzie rounded out the top five.
UP NEXT
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals heads to Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL on Thursday, July 2.
How can you watch every Summit Modifieds race? Every race is streamed live on DIRTVision.
FEATURE RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 0-Damian Kiefer[9]; 2. 13S-Mike Savage[3]; 3. 77-Ray Bollinger[1]; 4. 23-Dylan Sharp[7]; 5. 24-Zeke McKenzie[4]; 6. 27G-Jason Garver[5]; 7. J82-Treb Jacoby[8]; 8. 18-Brent Thompson[10]; 9. 74-James Hileman[16]; 10. 21-Chasten Boen[13]; 11. 7-Tim Nash[20]; 12. 1-Shane Blair[12]; 13. T23-John Toppozini[15]; 14. 98-Joshua Hawkins[11]; 15. 13K-Kodi Savage[14]; 16. 94-Mark Clary[2]; 17. 52-Bradley Stanfill[19]; 18. 14-Dalton Lane[22]; 19. (DNF) 4G-Paul Schrempf Jr[17]; 20. (DNF) 27J-Johnny Crump[18]; 21. (DNF) 23W-Tyler Worley[6]; 22. (DNF) 22-Jordan Borgmann[21]
