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: Macon Speedway
Mike McKinney Wins Summit Modifieds at Macon for Second-Straight Year
June 28, 2024
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For the second year in-a-row, Mike McKinney led all 25 laps of the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature at Macon Speedway. McKinney, 31, of Plainfield, IL, set himself up by earning Quick Time honors in Qualifying, winning his Heat Race and redrawing the pole for the Feature. He
Jason Feger Wins Wild Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway
June 28, 2024
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Jason Feger summed up Thursday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals main event the best. “It’s Macon,” he said. “Nothing surprises me here. I’ve seen so many crazy races here over the years and to me that’s what makes this special.” Feger, the 46-year-old former champion of the Hell Tour from Bloomington, IL,
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Illinois Staple Tracks, Herald & Review 100 and More Headline Hell Tour Week 3
June 25, 2024
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Two weeks down, three remain on the 39th annual DIRTcar Summer Nationals, which continues with six Late Model races and five for the UMP Modifieds on the Week 3 schedule. The action begins Tuesday, June 25, at Springfield Raceway with a Late Model-only event while the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment
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 McKinney Leads Summit Modifieds Flag-to-Flag for First Career Win at Macon
July 7, 2023
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For only having raced the Mighty Macon Speedway twice before in his career, you wouldn’t have known it watching Mike McKinney’s night of domination at the 1/5-mile bullring Thursday night. McKinney, 30, of Plainfield, IL, bagged his first career Feature win at Macon and his first DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment
Ryan Unzicker Wins Second Career Herald & Review 100 at Macon
July 7, 2023
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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
PURSE INCREASES: Lincoln, Macon, Lake Cumberland Add to Winner’s Shares
June 10, 2023
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Three races on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model tour schedule have been given an $2,500 upgrade in winnings for the 38th annual season. Lincoln Speedway (Sunday, June 25) – $7,500-to-win Promoter Bob Sargent has upped the winner’s share of the Summer Nationals Late Model Feature to $7,500 from its original
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
SIX-STRAIGHT: Harrison Wins Summit Modifieds at Macon for Sixth Consecutive Year
September 2, 2022
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When it comes to Macon Speedway, nobody has dominated quite like Mike Harrison in the Modified portion of the Herald & Review 100. The six-time DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals champion has won each of the last five editions of this race and continued that streak Thursday night with
WANTED IT BAD: Feger Wins 42nd Herald & Review 100 at Macon
September 2, 2022
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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
Macon, Thunderbird Makeup Events to Complete Summer Nationals Season, Farmer City Canceled
August 19, 2022
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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