Three-time champ throws late slide job for the lead, extends points lead over English Bobby Pierce knew the top would be there at the end – he’d driven it to DIRTcar Summer Nationals Victory Lane many times before. With just seven trips left around the Spoon River Speedway, he knew it was time to crack
Feature (40 Laps) 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[4]; 2. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 5. 25-Jason Feger[7]; 6. 81E-Tanner English[13]; 7. 11-Gordy Gundaker[15]; 8. 74-Mitch McGrath[8]; 9. 15-Kolby Vandenbergh[10]; 10. 12-Ashton Winger[18]; 11. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[21]; 12. 14G-Joe Godsey[19]; 13. 4G-Bob Gardner[16]; 14. 19X-Cody Bauer[20]; 15. 14R-Jeff Roth[22]; 16. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[9]; 17. 10J-Jordan Bauer[14];
Six tracks, six days begins with debut at Knox County Fair on Tuesday All five races scheduled for last week were completed, and now the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals get set for Week #4 of competition with six races in six days. Week #4 Schedule Tuesday, July 6 | Knox
Storms in the weather forecast throughout the day Thursday have forced DIRTcar and Spoon River Speedway officials to reschedule Thursday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals and Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals events to Wednesday, July 7. Belle-Clair Speedway will not be opening this year, and Spoon River will take its July 7 spot on the schedule. The
Feature (40 Laps) 1. 7R-Kent Robinson [9]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley [2]; 3. 28-Tyler Carpenter [5]; 4. 75-Billy Drake [12]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb [3]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast [19]; 7. 9-Devin Moran [16]; 8. 1ST-Johnny Scott [17]; 9. 10S-Taylor Scheffler [18]; 10. 32-Bobby Pierce [1]; 11. O-Rick Eckert [13]; 12. 33M-Tim Manville [14]; 13. 4G-Bob Gardner [22];
LEWISTOWN, IL – Pulling into the Spoon River Speedway Thursday afternoon, Kent Robinson had never turned a single lap around the high-banked 3/8-mile. By the time he pulled out of his parking space eight hours later, a big $5,000 DIRTcar Summer Nationals winner’s check was heading out with him. Robinson brought the fans to their