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: Tri-City Speedway
Thunderstorms Cancel Summer Nationals, Summit Modifieds at Tri-City
June 25, 2024
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Due to rainfall received Tuesday night and weather models indicating Thunderstorms throughout the day Wednesday, DIRTcar Racing and Tri-City Speedway officials have canceled Wednesday’s DIRTcar Summer Nationals and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals events, which will not be rescheduled. Week 3 competition resumes Thursday, June 27, at Macon Speedway
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
Michael Long Leads Flag-to-Flag at Tri-City for Eighth Career Summit Modified Win
June 15, 2024
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Michael Long won the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature at Tri-City Speedway for the second-straight year Friday night. Long, of Fowler, IL won his Heat and redrew the pole for the main event, jumped out to the lead on Lap 1 and never looked back. He led all
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
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
Nicely Wins Tri-City for Fourth Summit Modified Triumph of 2023
July 5, 2023
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Tyler Nicely padded his stats Tuesday night at Tri-City Speedway, leading another DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature flag-to-flag, garnering his ninth career victory with the series. The 27-year-old from Owensboro, KY, took advantage of his pole starting spot, grabbed the lead on the opening lap and never looked
Harrison Wins Tri-City for First Career Late Model, Summer Nationals Victory
July 5, 2023
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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
Long Holds off Wallace, Conoyer to Win at Tri-City
June 17, 2023
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Michael Long stood atop the UMP Modified world Friday night, winning an incredible battle with two of the best St. Louis-area racers in Kenny Wallace and Rick Conoyer to score his seventh career DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature win. Conoyer led early from the pole but was soon
Pierce Rules Tri-City, Bags First $10,000 Check of 38th Hell Tour
June 17, 2023
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In his return to the DIRTcar Summer Nationals roster, Bobby Pierce reminded the packed Tri-City Speedway crowd he hadn’t forgotten how to win with the series he’s ruled over for the past two years. Pierce, the five-time Hell Tour champion from Oakwood, IL, bagged the first $10,000 check of the
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
New Points Fund Format Established for 38th DIRTcar Summer Nationals
April 25, 2023
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A new points fund distribution has been established for the 38th edition of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals – one that rewards Late Model drivers for their week-to-week commitment to racing as much of The Hell Tour as possible. Similar to the weekly bonus points funds that Summer Nationals competitors have been