Two visits to Oakshade Raceway for Ashton Winger, two Feature wins. The 23-year-old from Senoia, GA, led the final 36 laps of the 25th annual Birthday Race Saturday night, bagging the $10,000 check, his sixth DIRTcar Summer Nationals Feature win of the season and 12th of his career – tying
One trip to Butler Motor Speedway, one win for Ryan Unzicker. The 2011 DIRTcar Late Model national champion from El Paso, IL, grabbed the family and crew and set out on the road to take part in the final week of competition in the 38th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell
Four-straight weeks of Late Model and UMP Modified racing have brought the 38th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour down to its final week of competition, where the overall Late Model points champion will be crowned in the season finale as the tour ventures east. Jason Feger, the 2010 Summer
Speeding out of Turns 1-2 and down the backstretch with the lead, Shannon Babb was only a half-lap away from a record seventh DIRTcar Summer Nationals win Sunday at Tri-State Speedway. And then, disaster. As Babb entered in on the high side of Turn 3, two lapped cars got into
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
Severe thunderstorms bringing heavy rainfall Saturday afternoon, coupled with more rain forecasted later in the day, has forced DIRTcar Racing and Clarksville Speedway officials to cancel the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals events. The event will not be made up. The Late Models and
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
