For its 38th consecutive campaign, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to its familiar five-week format, spread out over a one-month period in June-July 2023. The Late Models will contest 29 races over 33 days, while the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals are slated for 25 races over the same
After several years of trying, Jason Feger is now finally a Herald & Review 100 winner. The veteran racer from Bloomington, IL, grabbed the lead after a Lap 30 restart and never looked back, leading the rest of the distance for the $5,000 check and his 23rd career DIRTcar Summer
Rain throughout the morning that is expected to continue later in the day has forced DIRTcar and track officials to postpone Saturday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals events at Thunderbird Raceway. Officials are currently exploring options for a new makeup date, which will be announced
With the points-paying portion of the 37th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals season complete, the Hell Tour now turns its attention to the non-points makeup events remaining on the schedule. Thunderbird Raceway – Summer Nationals Makeup Thunderbird Raceway in Muskegon, MI was originally slated to host the Summer Nationals Late Models and
For the fifth time in their young, yet storied careers, Bobby Pierce and Nick Hoffman have conquered the Hell Tour. Pierce, the 25-year-old from Oakwood, IL, won seven Features on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model trail this year with 15 top-fives and only two finishes outside the top-10. With
A run, a dive, a bump, a pass, and a victory. That was Brandon Thirlby’s 40th lap around Merritt Speedway Saturday night – one that made him $10,000 richer and a first-time DIRTcar Summer Nationals Feature winner. “It was definitely interesting,” said Thirlby, of Buckley, MI. “It was going to be
For the second time in three years, Dona Marcoullier reigns supreme over the DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Tri-City Motor Speedway. Two seasons ago, it was a late pass for the lead that sealed his first Hell Tour triumph. Friday night, it was a display of dominance by the 38-year-old from
Billy Moyer Jr. has gone through his ups-and-downs racing part-time on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals trail this season, but he and his team’s hard work and perseverance finally earned them a win Thursday night at Butler Motor Speedway. “It’s good to finally get a win; It feels really good,” Moyer
Joe Godsey has been racing for more than 20 years, but the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model Hell Tour is like nothing he’d experienced before. He went from racing two nights a week at his local Indiana tracks to about six consecutive nights every week for six straight weeks, around
His father Donnie did it in 1999, and now Devin Moran has a big slice of Birthday Race cake cut all for himself. Moran took the lead from Colin Shipley on Lap 10 and never looked back, leading the final 31 circuits around Oakshade Raceway Saturday night en route to
Make it three-straight trips to Victory Lane for the reigning champion. Twenty-two years after father Bob took the checkers in the DIRTcar Summer Nationals’ debut at Shadyhill Speedway in July of 2000, son Bobby Pierce has done the same, winning the Hell Tour’s return to the 1/4-mile for the first
Not even Mother Nature could hold back the determination of Bobby Pierce Wednesday night. After a rain shower delayed the program, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals’ debut at Montpelier Motor Speedway took the green flag for 40 laps around the 1/4-mile. Pierce started from fifth on the grid and worked his
