Week 3: DIRTcar Summer Nationals / Summit Modified Nationals

Like the summer temperatures, Ashton Winger has been heating up recently and threw another load of coal in the fire with his second Feature win in two weeks Wednesday night at Adams County (IL) Speedway.

Winger, 23, of Senoia, GA, is in hot pursuit of his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship this year, aiming to compete in every race on the 38th annual Hell Tour calendar. Since his first win of the summer one week ago at Davenport Speedway, Winger has finished on the podium in every Feature except one and extended that streak Wednesday with his eighth career Summer Nationals Feature win.

From fifth on the grid, Winger worked his way to second in the first 10 laps, trailing only polesitter Drake Troutman after a quick restart. Troutman was ripping his Jay Dickens/Longhorn #7 – with duct tape numbers and all – around the 1/4-mile bullring at a torrid pace on the high side, opening an advantage of over two full seconds at one point before reaching lapped traffic.