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Contact: Chris Dolack
DIRTcar Racing PR
704-795-7223 | cdolack@dirtcar.com
Eckert Conquers Cedar Lake Speedway with Daring Late Race Pass
for DIRTcar Summer Nationals Victory
By Jordan Morris
SOMERSET, Wis. - June 13, 2014 - Rick Eckert claimed his first victory of the 2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals tour, and his first at Cedar Lake Speedway since 2002, after completing a daring pass with two laps to go on 17-year-old Bobby Pierce to claim the $5,000 checkered flag.
Defending Summer Nationals champ Brandon Sheppard started the race from the pole and jumped out to an early lead over Rodney Sanders and Billy Moyer. Sheppard controlled the lead for the first half of the race before surrendering it to Bobby Pierce, who managed to make his way to the front after starting fifth. The two young stars dominated much of the race, with 48-year-old Rick Eckert giving chase. Eckert made his way to Pierce's back bumper with less than 10 laps remaining, but Pierce's high-line kept Eckert from completing the pass. Finally with two laps to go, Eckert slung his car into the corner, sliding up in front of Pierce to secure the lead en route to claiming his first win since jumping into the Rocket Chassis house car nearly two months ago.
"Racing them two kids, they're going to win a lot of races, no doubt about it," said Eckert, of York, Pa. "So it's nice to steal one from them now while I still can."
(Click here for news and information on the DIRTcar Summer Nationals.)
Rodney Sanders, Brian Birkhofer and Billy Moyer rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners included Brandon Sheppard, Billy Moyer, Rick Eckert and Rodney Sanders.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues on Saturday night at Cedar Lake Speedway in Somerset, Wis.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Cedar Lake Speedway; Somerset, Wis.; June 13, 2014
A-Main (40-laps): 1. 1-Rick Eckert ($5,000), 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 4. 15B-Brian Birkhofer, 5. 21-Billy Moyer, 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 7. 28M-Jimmy Mars, 8. 2S-Brady Smith, 9. 77X-Tim McCreadie, 10. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr, 11. 22-Gregg Satterllee, 12. 96-Tanner English, 13. 7K-Jason Krohn, 14. 18-Shannon Babb, 15. 33X-Adam Hensel, 16. 98-Jason Rauen, 17. 10S-Scott Schmitt, 18. 90-Lance Matthees, 19. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 20. 81-Brian Shirley, 21. 58-AJ Diemel, 22. 11-Pat Doar.
2014 DIRTcar Summer Nationals Schedule
Date |
Day |
Track |
Location |
Win |
June 11 |
Wed |
Brownstown Speedway |
Brownstown, Ind. |
RAIN |
June 12 |
Thur |
Kankakee Co. Speedway |
Kankakee, Ill. |
Billy Moyer |
June 13 |
Fri |
Cedar Lake Speedway |
Somerset, Wis. |
Rick Eckert |
June 14 |
Sat |
Cedar Lake Speedway |
Somerset, Wis. |
$10,000 |
June 15 |
Sun |
Wilmot Raceway |
Wilmot, Wis. |
$5,000 |
June 16 |
Mon |
Off |
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June 17 |
Tue |
Farley Speedway |
Farley, Iowa |
$10,000 |
June 18 |
Wed |
Spoon River Speedway |
Canton, Ill. |
$5,000 |
June 19 |
Thur |
Quincy Raceways |
Quincy, Ill. |
$5,000 |
June 20 |
Fri |
Tri-City Speedway |
Pontoon Beach, Ill. |
$10,000 |
June 21 |
Sat |
Fairbury Speedway |
Fairbury, Ill. |
$10,000 |
June 22 |
Sun |
I-96 Speedway |
Ionia, Mich. |
$5,000 |
June 23 |
Mon |
Peoria Speedway |
Peoria, Ill. |
$5,000 |
June 24 |
Tue |
Off |
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June 25 |
Wed |
Clarksville Speedway |
Clarksville, Tenn. |
$5,000 |
June 26 |
Thur |
Clayhill Motorsports |
Atwood, Tenn. |
$5,000 |
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int. Raceway |
Paducah, Ky. |
$10,000 |
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated Auto Parts Raceway |
Pevely, Mo. |
$10,000 |
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln, Ill. |
$5,000 |
June 30 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 1 |
Tue |
Belle Clair Speedway |
Belleville, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 2 |
Wed |
Jacksonville Speedway |
Jacksonville, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 3 |
Thur |
LaSalle Speedway |
LaSalle, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 4 |
Fri |
Fayette Co. Speedway |
Brownstown, Ill. |
$7,500 |
July 5 |
Sat |
Highland Speedway |
Highland, Ill. |
$10,000 |
July 6 |
Sun |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt, Ind. |
$5,000 |
July 7 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 8 |
Tue |
Florence Speedway |
Union, Ky. |
$5,000 |
July 9 |
Wed |
Terre Haute Action Track |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
$5,000 |
July 10 |
Thur |
Macon Speedway |
Macon, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 11 |
Fri |
Farmer City Raceway |
Farmer City, Ill. |
$10,000 |
July 12 |
Sat |
34 Raceway |
Burlington, Iowa |
$10,000 |
July 13 |
Sun |
Vermilion Co. Speedway |
Danville, Ill. |
$5,000 |
July 14 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 15 |
Tue |
TBA |
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July 16 |
Wed |
Atomic Speedway |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
$5,000 |
July 17 |
Thur |
Brushcreek Motorsports Complex |
Peebles, Ohio |
$5,000 |
July 18 |
Fri |
Attica Raceway Park |
Attica, Ohio |
$5,000 |
July 19 |
Sat |
Oakshade Raceway |
Wauseon, Ohio |
$10,000 |
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals "Hell Tour" is brought to fans across the country by many important partners including: Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Racing Electronics (Official Communication), Velocita (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to these fine Contingency Partners: Beyea Headers, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Edelbrock, Fox Shocks, JE Pistons, JRI Shocks, Mobil 1, MSD, Quartermaster, Superflow Dynos, Summit Racing Equipment and Wrisco Aluminum; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts, Indiana Decal, Intercomp and Petroff Towing.
Contact: Chris Dolack
DIRTcar Racing PR
704-795-7223 | cdolack@dirtcar.com
Poel Powers to His First Win of 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Kankakee County Speedway
By Jordan Morris
KANKAKEE, Ill. - June 13, 2014 - After a disappointing 18th-place finish Thursday at Kankakee County Speedway, Jacob Poel rebounded in a big way on Friday night by claiming his first victory of this season's DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.
Jamie Lomax, of Lake Village, Ind., started the race from the pole position after winning the first heat race, but Poel, rallying from his third-place starting position, reeled in the leader quickly and moved to the point. Poel, of Spring Lake, Mich., stretched his lead to four seconds, dominating the race and capturing the $1,500 checkered flag.
With third-place finishes on Thursday and Friday, Kenny Wallace claimed the overall River City Shootout title for this week's races at Kankakee County Speedway.
(Click here for news and information on the Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals.)
Wallace, Steven Brooks and Nick Allen rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners included Jamie Lomax, Devin Wright and Jacob Poel
The DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals continues on Wednesday, June 18, at Spoon River Speedway in Canton, Ill.
DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Statistical Report; Kankakee County Speedway; Kankakee, Ill.; June 13, 2014
A-Main (30-laps): 1. 82-Jacob Poel ($1,500), 2. 36L-Jamie Lomax, 3. 36-Kenny Wallace, 4. 5-Steven Brooks, 5. 21A-Nick Allen, 6. 77-Ray Bollinger, 7. 41G-Matt Goulden, 8. D1-Lance Dehm, 9. 96M-Mike McKinney, 10. 12-Jeff Curl, 11. 36K-Kevin Hastings, 12. 32-Donovan Lodge, 13. 35-Jason Hastings, 14. 51-Jeremie Johnson, 15. 16J-Jason Lakey, 16. 88D-Jordan Danford, 17. 10-Shawn Scripter, 18. 37-Devin Wright, 19. 99J-Jimmy Dehm, 20. 4B-Cody Bauman, 21. 21L-Derek Losh, 22. 6-Brock Bauman.
2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Schedule
June 7 |
Sat |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt, Ind. |
Tyler Nicely |
June 11 |
Wed |
Brownstown Speedway |
Brownstown, Ind. |
RAIN |
June 12 |
Thur |
Kankakee Co-Speedway |
Kankakee, Ill. |
Devin Gilpin |
June 13 |
Fri |
Kankakee Co-Speedway |
Kankakee, Ill. |
Jacob Poel |
June 15 |
Sun |
Off |
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June 16 |
Mon |
Off |
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June 17 |
Tue |
Off |
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June 18 |
Wed |
Spoon River Speedway |
Canton, Ill. |
$1,000 |
June 19 |
Thur |
Quincy Raceways |
Quincy, Ill. |
$1,000 |
June 20 |
Fri |
Tri-City Speedway |
Pontoon Beach, Ill. |
$1,000 |
June 21 |
Sat |
Fairbury Speedway |
Fairbury, Ill. |
$1,500 |
June 22 |
Sun |
I-96 Speedway |
Ionia, Mich. |
$1,000 |
June 23 |
Mon |
Peoria Speedway |
Peoria, Ill. |
$1,000 |
June 24 |
Tue |
Off |
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June 25 |
Wed |
Clarksville Speedway |
Clarksville, Tenn. |
$1,000 |
June 26 |
Thur |
Clayhill Motorsports Park |
Atwood, Tenn. |
$1,500 |
June 27 |
Fri |
Paducah Int-Raceway |
Paducah, Ky. |
$1,000 |
June 28 |
Sat |
Federated I-55 Raceway |
Pevely, Mo. |
$1,000 |
June 29 |
Sun |
Lincoln Speedway |
Lincoln, Ill. |
$1,000 |
June 30 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 1 |
Tue |
Belle-Clair Speedway |
Belleville, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 2 |
Wed |
Jacksonville Speedway |
Jacksonville, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 3 |
Thur |
LaSalle Speedway |
LaSalle, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 4 |
Fri |
Fayette Co-Speedway |
Brownstown, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 5 |
Sat |
Highland Speedway |
Highland, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 6 |
Sun |
Tri-State Speedway |
Haubstadt, Ind. |
$1,000 |
July 7 |
Mon |
Off |
||
July 8 |
Tue |
Florence Speedway |
Union, Ky. |
$1,000 |
July 9 |
Wed |
Terre Haute Action Track |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
$1,000 |
July 10 |
Thur |
Macon Speedway |
Macon, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 11 |
Fri |
Farmer City Raceway |
Farmer City, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 13 |
Sun |
Vermilion Co-Speedway |
Danville, Ill. |
$1,000 |
July 14 |
Mon |
Off |
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July 15 |
Tue |
Off |
||
July 16 |
Wed |
Atomic Speedway |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
$1,000 |
July 17 |
Thu |
Brushcreek Motorsports |
Peebles, Ohio |
TBA |
July 18 |
Fri |
Attica Raceway Park |
Attica, Ohio |
$1,000 |
July 19 |
Sat |
Oakshade Raceway |
Wauseon, Ohio |
$1,000 |
The Summit Racing Modified Nationals is proudly brought to you by these fine partners : Summit Racing Equipment (Title Sponsor), Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Provider), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Racing Tire), Racing Electronics (Official Communication ), Velocita (Official Uniform),VP Racing Fuels (Official Fuel), along with these Contingency Parters: MSD, TomCat Performance, Landrum Performance Springs, Dominator Race Products, QuarterMaster, KSE Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Joes Racing Products, Wrisco Aluminum, Beyea Custom Headers, Fast Shafts, Bassett Racing Wheels, QA1, Auto Meter, Fluidampr, Fox Shocks, Impact Race Products, Penske Shocks, Performance Friction Brakes, Strange Oval, Schoenfeld Headers, Bell Helmets, Shafer Enterprises' Cool Shirts; Promotional Partners include: Chevy Performance Parts, Indiana Decal and Intercomp.
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