WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 39th Summer Nationals Kicks Off With National Stars, New Faces in Illinois
June 11, 2024
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Tyler Erb, past champions Erb Jr. and Feger plus Hunt the Front regulars all scheduled to race
Tag: Fairbury Speedway
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
Mike Harrison Survives Multiple Duels For Third Prairie Dirt Classic Win
July 30, 2023
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Standing atop the roof of his DIRTcar UMP Modified, Mike Harrison’s cheers were drowned by the emphatic celebration resonating from a sea of fans encompassing Fairbury Speedway. Helping bring the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals 2023 season to an epic conclusion, Harrison fended off a series of onslaught attacks
PDC NIGHT 1: Dotson, Young, Harrison, Ledford Score Showdown Wins During Opening Night
July 29, 2023
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The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals opened the 33rd Prairie Dirt Classic with four edge-of-your seat Showdown Features. Sixty-three of the best Modified drivers gathered at Fairbury Speedway Friday night to set the stage for the Series’ 2023 season finale on Saturday. Mike Harrison took the early advantage in
SUMMER CHAMP: Tyler Nicely Bringing Summer Nationals Championship Stride to Prairie Dirt Classic
July 25, 2023
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Tyler Nicely will have his name etched in the history books alongside Modified legends Mike Harrison, Kenny Wallace and Nick Hoffman during the 33rd Prairie Dirt Classic, July 28-29. The Owensboro, KY driver will officially be crowned the 2023 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals champion during the Series’ finale
Harrison Holds off Ledford to Win Summit Modifieds at Fairbury
June 18, 2023
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The box scores will show Mike Harrison led every lap en route to DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified victory Saturday night at Fairbury Speedway, but his journey to get there was anything but a cakewalk. Harrison, the six-time Summit Modified champion from Highland, IL, led comfortably from the drop of
Pierce Beats Babb in Traffic to Win First Summer Nationals Feature at Fairbury
June 18, 2023
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Several trophies earned at Fairbury Speedway sit tall atop the mantle of Bobby Pierce and his young career. But besides the track’s iconic Prairie Dirt Classic event, there was one other field he’d yet to conquer at the famed Illinois bullring – the DIRTcar Summer Nationals. Saturday night, after fighting
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Big Names Line Prospective Roster for Week #1 of 2023 Hell Tour
June 12, 2023
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Twenty-eight Late Model race dates. Thirty-three calendar days. Five-straight weeks of nothing but the best dirt track racing in the Midwest. The 38th DIRTcar Summer Nationals is here. The DIRTcar Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals are set to kick off a new season of competition this
38th Season of DIRTcar Summer Nationals Set For June 14 Start
May 15, 2023
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The 38th edition of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals will kick off in June for a five-week Hell Tour running through nine states for the DIRTcar Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds. The best DIRTcar Late Model drivers in the country will contest 28 races in 33 days, and
WANTED IT MORE: McKinney Outduels Hoffman for First Modified Prairie Dirt Classic Victory at Fairbury
July 31, 2022
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From Summit Modified races, the FALS Super Nationals, to the FALS Cup points championship, Mike McKinney had won just about every marquee DIRTcar UMP Modified race on the Fairbury Speedway schedule, except one. The Prairie Dirt Classic had evaded his grasp throughout his career, but now, it’s finally his. “I
WE FOUR KINGS: Marshall, McKinney, Long and Nicely Win Modified PDC Showdowns at Fairbury
July 30, 2022
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Sixty-two answered the bell, and sixteen are now locked-in to the main event. The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals portion of the 32nd Prairie Dirt Classic kicked off Friday night at Fairbury Speedway and contested four individual 20-lap Showdown Features, taking the top-four finishers from each into Saturday’s 40-lap,
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Stacked Summit Modified Field Takes on 32nd Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury
July 26, 2022
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The biggest event on the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals calendar caps off its 12th season in operation this Friday-Saturday, July 29-30 in the 32nd annual Prairie Dirt Classic. Fairbury Speedway hosts the Summit Modifieds with the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series for the seventh