2025 SCHEDULE: 40th Summer Nationals Tour Holds 30 Races in 33 Days
December 9, 2024
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Summit Modifieds to race 28 times from June 11 opener to 35th Prairie Dirt Classic
Tag: Davenport Speedway
Tyler Erb Wins at Davenport for Fourth-Straight Summer Nationals Victory
June 19, 2024
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Before the 2024 season, only two drivers had won four or more consecutive races to open the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Tyler Erb has now made that a three-person club with his fourth-straight Feature win Tuesday night at Davenport Speedway. His company? National Dirt Late Model Hall-of-Famers Scott Bloomquist, who won
2024 SCHEDULE: Five-Week Lineup Features 29 Late Model Races, 25 Modified Events
December 8, 2023
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The DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns for its 39th installment with a five-week lineup of events in 2024. Late Models will contest a total of 29 races over a 33-day period, starting with the season opener at Peoria Speedway on June 12, traveling through nine different states before ending with the
Winger Retakes Lead from Simpson Late to Win Davenport
June 22, 2023
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After blowing tires, breaking internal components and a couple DNFs, Ashton Winger knew his luck on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals trail had to turn around some place at some point. Davenport Speedway was that place, and Wednesday night was that point for the Hell Tour championship contender. In a span
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Week 2 of 38th Hell Tour Visits Six Tracks in Three States
June 20, 2023
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A stretch of six races in six days through three different states is set to commence on the 38th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals as the Hell Tour heads for Week 2. Multi-time champions Brian Shirley and Bobby Pierce reaped the rewards during Week 1, sharing wins in each of the
HAWKEYE HERO: Pierce Breaks, Simpson Wins First Hell Tour Feature in Nearly Seven Years at Davenport
June 17, 2022
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Chris Simpson crossed underneath the start/finish line with six laps remaining, over two seconds behind leader Bobby Pierce. It didn’t appear to him that he was going to catch Pierce before the checkered. And then, snap. The driveshaft yoke had busted on Pierce’s car, and he slowed suddenly in Turns
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 37th Hell Tour Kicks off in Illinois, Iowa
June 14, 2022
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It’s time to feel the heat on the trail of the Hell Tour. The 37th DIRTcar Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals is here. Illinois-Iowa Week kicks off the 32-race schedule Tuesday night at Kankakee County Speedway – the 34th visit in tour history. A potential $39,000 Late
SMOOTH SAILING: Pierce Outruns Field at Davenport to Win Back-to-Back
July 2, 2021
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Heckenast rebounds to finish second, Babb moves 21st-to-fifth after provisional start Four wins in nine races. Not bad for the three-time DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion Bobby Pierce, who’s off to one of the best starts to a Hell Tour campaign in his young career. His latest trip to Victory Lane
7/1/21 – Davenport Speedway
July 2, 2021
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Feature (40 Laps) 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[6]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[13]; 4. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[1]; 5. 18- Shannon Babb[21]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[11]; 7. 97-Cade Dillard[4]; 8. 81E-Tanner English[3]; 9. 11H-Spencer Hughes[5]; 10. 12-Ashton Winger[7]; 11. 25-Jason Feger[17]; 12. 3S-Brian Shirley[16]; 13. 48-Tim Lance[19]; 14. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[18]; 15.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Shirley Meets Sheppard, Hoffman Eyes Eight in Hell Tour Week Three
June 29, 2021
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Late Models race five times, Modifieds scheduled for three in second Wed-Sun stretch After a rainy second week of competition, the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals are ready to take on a busy Independence Day weekend in three different states. Week #3 Schedule Wednesday,