DIRTcar Summer Nationals Kickoff

Age is just a number.

At 67 years old, Billy Moyer continued to write his name into the modern history of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals in Tuesday’s season opener at the Brownstown Bullring.

Using his skills of driving through a slick racetrack to his advantage, Moyer celebrated his 101st Feature win, tying Shannon Babb on the list of Hell Tour winners.

Starting on the outside of the front row for the 30-lap Feature, the Batesville, AR driver beat polesitter Mike Harrison and got clear of the No. 33 by the end of the first lap.

While Harrison let Moyer extend the lead to one second by Lap 5, he closed back in on the Longhorn Chassis No. 21 when lap traffic became an added challenge.

Moyer lost the lead on Lap 12 when he got caught in the wrong lane of lapped traffic, and Harrison was able to pounce on the opportunity for the lead.

Harrison held a slight lead over Moyer until a bad exit off of Turn 4 forced him to surrender the lead once more to “Mr. Smooth” on Lap 17.

For the remainder of the Feature, Moyer orchestrated the field of 21 Late Models as he captured his first Summer Nationals victory since 2018 under the twin checkered flags.

“(All the wins) are good, it don’t matter if it’s in your backyard or if it’s the World 100,” Moyer said. “We’ve had such a rough start to the year, we lost our trailer a couple weeks ago, and we’ve been completely rebuilding everything and changed a bunch of stuff to this hot rod.

“I mean, we got it back pretty good now. It kind of feels like the good old days again. I had something underneath me to work with, and I was nervous all night long. The Heat race felt so good that I didn’t want to mess it up, but didn’t want to leave it to free, but this hot rod was good and things worked well tonight.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head to Kankakee County Speedway for the second leg of the opening week in Illinois.

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 (30 Laps): 1. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[2]; 2. 33-Mike Harrison[1]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb[3]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 5. 96-Tanner English[6]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 7. 6P-Jose Parga[8]; 8. 25F-Jason Feger[10]; 9. 1-Tyler Erb[13]; 10. 75-Dillon McCowan[9]; 11. 10-Joseph Joiner[12]; 12. 388-Jackson Hise[16]; 13. 40B-Kyle Bronson[11]; 14. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[17]; 15. 15-Clay Stuckey[19]; 16. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[20]; 17. 6K-Michael Kloos[15]; 18. 52-Matt Bailey[18]; 19. 29-Christian Hanger[7]; 20. 38-Thomas Hunziker[22]; 21. 16-Rusty Griffaw[21]; 22. 27M-Rodney Melvin[14]

While Billy Moyer tied for all-time in Late Model wins, Treb Jacoby added a new achievement in his career with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.

The O’Fallon, MO driver picked up his first career Modified Nationals Feature win on Tuesday’s season-opening event at Brownstown Bullring with supremacy on the high side.

Similar to Moyer, Jacoby started on the outside of the front row and used his positioning to get ahead of polesitter Brayden Doyle to the lead by the end of the opening lap.

Jacoby felt no trouble as Doyle had to defend his position from Trevor Neville, Michael Ledford, and Trent Young while the No. J82 could only maintain a one-second lead over the four behind him.

Emerging from the group as the driver to challenge Jacoby for the win was Trevor Neville, as a caution on Lap 16 gave him a chance to steal the lead.

The two crossed racing lanes on the restart, with Neville leading Laps 17-18. Still, Jacoby came back for the lead on Lap 19 on the high side, then held onto the top spot until he saw the checkered flag in sight on Lap 25 to solidify his place as the 83rd different Modified Nationals winner.

“I’ve always wanted to win the Hell Tour,” Jacoby said. “It’s only fitting that it happened at Brownstown ‘cause this is where I got my first B-Modified win on the Hell Tour in 2019. This is only my first (UMP Modified) win at Brownstown, and we come every weekend, so to do it on this stage means a lot.”

Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head to Kankakee County Speedway for the second leg of the opening week in Illinois.

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. J82-Treb Jacoby[2]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville[3]; 3. 09-Michael Ledford[4]; 4. 10Y-Trent Young[5]; 5. 45-Chase Holland[8]; 6. 99-Hunt Gossum[9]; 7. 66-Cole Falloway[20]; 8. 95S-Rick Salter[14]; 9. 27C-James Walters[15]; 10. 14-Dalton Lane[16]; 11. 1A-Steve Meyer Jr[17]; 12. 11D-Brian Diveley[10]; 13. 36-Kenny Wallace[11]; 14. 24-Zeke McKenzie[19]; 15. 14C-Rick Conoyer[7]; 16. 87Z-Zeb Moake[22]; 17. 98-Joshua Hawkins[21]; 18. 2-Brayden Doyle[1]; 19. 95-Ed Roley[18]; 20. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[6]; 21. (DNF) 94-Austin Rettig[13]; 22. (DNF) 81-Kevin Cole[12]