Ashton Winger’s been on one mission this summer – win more races. His relentless drive and determination to do that was tested Saturday night at Highland Speedway as he battled to keep the lead against some of Illinois’ best racers. He took the lead in the opening laps, lost it,
Nine minutes and 52 seconds is all Brian Shirley needed to assert his dominance over the star-studded DIRTcar Summer Nationals field at Farmer City Raceway. Shirley, the four-time Hell Tour champion from Chatham, IL, put on a clinic Friday night, leading all 40 laps of the caution-free Feature en route
For the second time in his career and first in eight years, Ryan Unzicker is victorious in one of Illinois dirt track racing’s most prestigious events – the Herald & Review 100. Unzicker, the 2011 DIRTcar Late Model national points champion from El Paso, IL, won a late-race duel with
Fifty-nine DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature wins. Six Summit Modified championships. A record eight DIRTcar UMP Modified national points titles. And now, at 48 years young and 27 years into his racing career, Mike Harrison is a DIRTcar Late Model Feature winner. Harrison, of Highland, IL, piloted the
Week 4 of the 38th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals sends the Hell Tour to some of Illinois most exciting tracks – including a marquee event – and a fan-favorite in Indiana. The first five events of the six-race stretch will keep the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit
With three wins in the last five DIRTcar Summer Nationals Features, Ashton Winger is Week 3 champion of the 38th annual Hell Tour. The 23-year-old Georgian scored his fourth victory of the season Monday night in the Summer Nationals Late Models’ debut at Lake Cumberland Speedway, making the move around
From national and regional touring series events, to the marquee Wayne Coakley Memorial and USA World 50 races, Jason Feger had won nearly every prestigious event held at Paducah International Raceway, except one. The DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event had, for many years, escaped his grasp. Friday night, he put
With the laps winding down and only one car ahead of him, Ashton Winger knew he needed to make a big-time move to take the lead. And fast. A few car lengths ahead of him ran leader Drake Troutman, who by the halfway point appeared to be well on his
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
For the first time in his career, Logan Martin is a Feature winner with the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Martin, the 27-year-year regional racer from West Plains, MO, has made several Hell Tour starts in his career, including a top-five finish in the Summer Nationals visit to Springfield Raceway last year,
The midway point of the 38th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour has arrived as Week 3 commences, presenting a schedule of six races in four different states. Jason Feger ruled over Week 2, posting top-five finishes in all five races and scoring two Feature wins. Though he leads overall
A solid second week on the trail of the Hell Tour ended just the way Jason Feger had planned – in Lincoln Speedway Victory Lane, hoisting a $10,000 check as Week 2 points champion after his second Feature win of the season. Feger, the 2010 DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion from Bloomington,
